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NHL Assists Leaders: Los Angeles Kings
2020-21All situationsThrough 57 team games
Anze Kopitar (LAK) leads NHL skaters with 37 assists for the Los Angeles Kings in 2020-21, ahead of 
Drew Doughty (LAK) (26).
Leaders: Assists, Los Angeles Kings, 2020-21
- 1stAnze KopitarLAK · 56 GP37
- 2ndDrew DoughtyLAK · 56 GP26
3rdAlex IafalloLAK · 55 GP17
4thAdrian KempeLAK · 56 GP15
5thDustin BrownLAK · 49 GP14
The full ranked table, with filters, follows.
What Assists measures
This board ranks every NHL skater by total assists this season, regular season only. Total assists this season, all situations.
Totals reward games played and ice time as much as skill; see the per-60 version for the rate view.
Assists credit the last one or two players to touch the puck before a goal. Playmaking centres and power-play quarterbacks on the blue line top the list, and secondary assists make the totals noisier than goals suggest. Assists are a standard category and pile up for players on the top power-play unit. A defenseman racking up assists is usually on PP1; check the power-play points board to confirm. In 2020-21, 30 skaters qualify for this board; the median is 5 and Anze Kopitar leads at 37.
Assists leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | A | GP | Per game | G | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anze KopitarFLAK | LAK | 37 | 56 | 0.66 | 13 | 50 | 0.4% |
| 2 | Drew DoughtyDLAK | LAK | 26 | 56 | 0.46 | 8 | 34 | 18%▼1.9 |
| 3 | Alex IafalloFLAK | LAK | 17 | 55 | 0.31 | 13 | 30 | 4.3% |
| 4 | Adrian KempeFLAK | LAK | 15 | 56 | 0.27 | 14 | 29 | 95%▼0.9 |
| 5 | Dustin BrownFLAK | LAK | 14 | 49 | 0.29 | 17 | 31 | — |
| 6 |  Trevor MooreFLAK | LAK | 13 | 56 | 0.23 | 10 | 23 | 7.9%▼0.9 |
| 7 |  Gabriel VilardiFLAK | LAK | 13 | 54 | 0.24 | 10 | 23 | 68%▼6.1 |
| 8 |  Andreas AthanasiouFLAK | LAK | 13 | 47 | 0.28 | 10 | 23 | — |
| 9 |  Sean WalkerDLAK | LAK | 13 | 47 | 0.28 | 5 | 18 | 71%▲7.7 |
| 10 |  Mikey AndersonDLAK | LAK | 10 | 54 | 0.19 | 1 | 11 | 6.5%▼0.9 |
| 11 |  Matt RoyDLAK | LAK | 8 | 44 | 0.18 | 2 | 10 | 8.1% |
| 12 |  Brendan LemieuxFLAK | LAK | 7 | 49 | 0.14 | 4 | 11 | — |
| 13 |  Blake LizotteFLAK | LAK | 7 | 41 | 0.17 | 3 | 10 | 0.2% |
| 14 |  Kale ClagueDLAK | LAK | 6 | 18 | 0.33 | 0 | 6 | — |
| 15 |  Carl GrundstromFLAK | LAK | 5 | 47 | 0.11 | 6 | 11 | 0.1% |
| 16 |  Tobias BjornfotDLAK | LAK | 5 | 33 | 0.15 | 1 | 6 | — |
| 17 |  Austin WagnerFLAK | LAK | 4 | 44 | 0.09 | 4 | 8 | — |
| 18 |  Olli MaattaDLAK | LAK | 4 | 41 | 0.10 | 0 | 4 | 0.2% |
| 19 |  Jaret Anderson-DolanFLAK | LAK | 4 | 34 | 0.12 | 7 | 11 | — |
| 20 |  Lias AnderssonFLAK | LAK | 3 | 23 | 0.13 | 3 | 6 | — |
| 21 |  Christian WolaninDLAK | LAK | 3 | 18 | 0.17 | 0 | 3 | — |
| 22 |  Kurtis MacDermidFLAK | LAK | 2 | 28 | 0.07 | 2 | 4 | 0.0% |
| 23 |  Austin StrandDLAK | LAK | 1 | 13 | 0.08 | 0 | 1 | — |
| 24 |  Quinton ByfieldFLAK | LAK | 1 | 6 | 0.17 | 0 | 1 | 75%▼7.1 |
| 25 |  Matt LuffFLAK | LAK | 0 | 13 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0.0% |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Assists in 2020-21?
Anze Kopitar leads with 37. The median of the 30 qualified skaters is 5.
Which defenseman leads in Assists in 2020-21?
Drew Doughty leads NHL defensemen with 26; the top forward is Anze Kopitar at 37.
How is Assists calculated?
Total assists this season, all situations. Regular season only, from the NHL's official game data.
How reliable is Assists?
Totals reward games played and ice time as much as skill; see the per-60 version for the rate view.