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NHL Assists Leaders: Colorado Avalanche
2022-23All situationsThrough 85 team games
Nathan MacKinnon (COL) leads NHL skaters with 69 assists for the Colorado Avalanche in 2022-23, ahead of 
Mikko Rantanen (COL) (50).
Leaders: Assists, Colorado Avalanche, 2022-23
- 1stNathan MacKinnonCOL · 71 GP69
- 2ndMikko RantanenCOL · 82 GP50
3rdCale MakarCOL · 60 GP49
4thDevon ToewsCOL · 80 GP43
5thJ.T. CompherCOL · 82 GP35
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 2022-23, 32 skaters qualify for this board; the median is 8 and Nathan MacKinnon leads at 69.
Assists leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | A | GP | Per game | G | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nathan MacKinnonFCOL | COL | 69 | 71 | 0.97 | 42 | 111 | 100% |
| 2 | Mikko RantanenFCOL | COL | 50 | 82 | 0.61 | 55 | 105 | 99% |
| 3 | Cale MakarDCOL | COL | 49 | 60 | 0.82 | 17 | 66 | 100% |
| 4 | Devon ToewsDCOL | COL | 43 | 80 | 0.54 | 7 | 50 | 82%▲8.8 |
| 5 | J.T. CompherFCOL | COL | 35 | 82 | 0.43 | 17 | 52 | 3.2% |
| 6 |  Samuel GirardDCOL | COL | 31 | 76 | 0.41 | 6 | 37 | 28%▲5 |
| 7 |  Artturi LehkonenFCOL | COL | 30 | 64 | 0.47 | 21 | 51 | 83%▲6.8 |
| 8 |  Valeri NichushkinFCOL | COL | 30 | 53 | 0.57 | 17 | 47 | 50%▼2.5 |
| 9 |  Evan RodriguesFCOL | COL | 23 | 69 | 0.33 | 16 | 39 | 8.3%▲0.8 |
| 10 |  Logan O'ConnorFCOL | COL | 17 | 82 | 0.21 | 9 | 26 | 0.2% |
| 11 |  Alex NewhookFCOL | COL | 16 | 82 | 0.20 | 14 | 30 | 24%▼0.8 |
| 12 |  Bowen ByramDCOL | COL | 14 | 42 | 0.33 | 10 | 24 | 87%▼2.3 |
| 13 |  Lars EllerFCOL | COL | 13 | 84 | 0.15 | 10 | 23 | 4.9%▲0.8 |
| 14 |  Matt NietoFCOL | COL | 12 | 81 | 0.15 | 12 | 24 | — |
| 15 |  Andrew CoglianoFCOL | COL | 9 | 79 | 0.11 | 10 | 19 | — |
| 16 |  Denis MalginFCOL | COL | 8 | 65 | 0.12 | 13 | 21 | — |
| 17 |  Erik JohnsonDCOL | COL | 8 | 63 | 0.13 | 0 | 8 | — |
| 18 |  Josh MansonDCOL | COL | 8 | 27 | 0.30 | 2 | 10 | 44%▲7.6 |
| 19 |  Jack JohnsonDCOL | COL | 6 | 83 | 0.07 | 2 | 8 | — |
| 20 |  Brad HuntDCOL | COL | 6 | 47 | 0.13 | 4 | 10 | — |
| 21 |  Kurtis MacDermidFCOL | COL | 5 | 44 | 0.11 | 1 | 6 | 0.0% |
| 22 |  Ben MeyersFCOL | COL | 0 | 39 | 0.00 | 4 | 4 | 6.6%▲0.8 |
| 23 |  Anton BlidhFCOL | COL | 0 | 14 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 24 |  Darren HelmFCOL | COL | 0 | 11 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 25 |  Alex GalchenyukFCOL | COL | 0 | 11 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Assists in 2022-23?
Nathan MacKinnon leads with 69. The median of the 32 qualified skaters is 8.
Which defenseman leads in Assists in 2022-23?
Cale Makar leads NHL defensemen with 49; the top forward is Nathan MacKinnon at 69.
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.