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NHL Assists Leaders: Edmonton Oilers
2024-25All situationsThrough 85 team games
Connor McDavid (EDM) leads NHL skaters with 74 assists for the Edmonton Oilers in 2024-25, ahead of 
Leon Draisaitl (EDM) (54).
Leaders: Assists, Edmonton Oilers, 2024-25
- 1stConnor McDavidEDM · 67 GP74
- 2ndLeon DraisaitlEDM · 71 GP54
3rdEvan BouchardEDM · 82 GP53
4thJake WalmanEDM · 65 GP33
5thRyan Nugent-HopkinsEDM · 78 GP29
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 2024-25, 29 skaters qualify for this board; the median is 12 and Connor McDavid leads at 74.
Assists leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | A | GP | Per game | G | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Connor McDavidFEDM | EDM | 74 | 67 | 1.10 | 26 | 100 | 100% |
| 2 | Leon DraisaitlFEDM | EDM | 54 | 71 | 0.76 | 52 | 106 | 100% |
| 3 | Evan BouchardDEDM | EDM | 53 | 82 | 0.65 | 14 | 67 | 100% |
| 4 | Jake WalmanDEDM | EDM | 33 | 65 | 0.51 | 7 | 40 | 22%▼2.5 |
| 5 | Ryan Nugent-HopkinsFEDM | EDM | 29 | 78 | 0.37 | 20 | 49 | 73%▼0.9 |
| 6 |  Darnell NurseDEDM | EDM | 28 | 76 | 0.37 | 5 | 33 | 60%▼2.7 |
| 7 |  Mattias EkholmDEDM | EDM | 24 | 65 | 0.37 | 9 | 33 | 68% |
| 8 |  Brett KulakDEDM | EDM | 18 | 82 | 0.22 | 7 | 25 | 7.8%▲3.5 |
| 9 |  Connor BrownFEDM | EDM | 17 | 82 | 0.21 | 13 | 30 | 5.8% |
| 10 |  Zach HymanFEDM | EDM | 17 | 73 | 0.23 | 27 | 44 | 94% |
| 11 |  Vasily PodkolzinFEDM | EDM | 16 | 82 | 0.20 | 8 | 24 | 90%▲3.3 |
| 12 |  Mattias JanmarkFEDM | EDM | 16 | 80 | 0.20 | 2 | 18 | 0.0% |
| 13 |  Adam HenriqueFEDM | EDM | 15 | 81 | 0.19 | 12 | 27 | 0.4% |
| 14 |  Jeff SkinnerFEDM | EDM | 13 | 72 | 0.18 | 16 | 29 | 0.1% |
| 15 |  Viktor ArvidssonFEDM | EDM | 12 | 67 | 0.18 | 15 | 27 | 40%▼1.1 |
| 16 |  Corey PerryFEDM | EDM | 11 | 81 | 0.14 | 19 | 30 | 5.0%▼0.8 |
| 17 |  Ty EmbersonDEDM | EDM | 11 | 76 | 0.14 | 2 | 13 | 0.1% |
| 18 |  Kasperi KapanenFEDM | EDM | 8 | 67 | 0.12 | 6 | 14 | 15%▼1.8 |
| 19 |  Trent FredericFEDM | EDM | 7 | 58 | 0.12 | 8 | 15 | 4.0%▼0.8 |
| 20 |  Derek RyanFEDM | EDM | 5 | 36 | 0.14 | 1 | 6 | — |
| 21 |  Troy StecherDEDM | EDM | 4 | 66 | 0.06 | 3 | 7 | 0.2% |
| 22 |  John KlingbergDEDM | EDM | 3 | 11 | 0.27 | 1 | 4 | 0.1% |
| 23 |  Noah PhilpFEDM | EDM | 2 | 15 | 0.13 | 0 | 2 | 0.0% |
| 24 |  Max JonesFEDM | EDM | 1 | 26 | 0.04 | 1 | 2 | 0.1% |
| 25 |  Joshua BrownDEDM | EDM | 1 | 10 | 0.10 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Assists in 2024-25?
Connor McDavid leads with 74. The median of the 29 qualified skaters is 12.
Which defenseman leads in Assists in 2024-25?
Evan Bouchard leads NHL defensemen with 53; the top forward is Connor McDavid at 74.
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.