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NHL Assists Leaders: Colorado Avalanche
2025-26All situationsThrough 83 team games
Nathan MacKinnon (COL) leads NHL skaters with 74 assists for the Colorado Avalanche in 2025-26, ahead of 
Martin Necas (COL) (62).
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Leaders: Assists, Colorado Avalanche, 2025-26
- 1stNathan MacKinnonCOL · 80 GP74
- 2ndMartin NecasCOL · 78 GP62
3rdCale MakarCOL · 75 GP59
4thNazem KadriCOL · 77 GP34
5thSam MalinskiCOL · 82 GP32
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 2025-26, 30 skaters qualify for this board; the median is 16 and Nathan MacKinnon leads at 74.
Assists leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | A | GP | Per game | G | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nathan MacKinnonFCOL | COL | 74 | 80 | 0.93 | 53 | 127 | 100% |
| 2 | Martin NecasFCOL | COL | 62 | 78 | 0.79 | 38 | 100 | 100% |
| 3 | Cale MakarDCOL | COL | 59 | 75 | 0.79 | 20 | 79 | 100% |
| 4 | Nazem KadriFCOL | COL | 34 | 77 | 0.44 | 16 | 50 | 72%▲2.7 |
| 5 | Sam MalinskiDCOL | COL | 32 | 82 | 0.39 | 8 | 40 | 41%▼3.5 |
| 6 |  Brock NelsonFCOL | COL | 32 | 81 | 0.40 | 33 | 65 | 88%▲1.4 |
| 7 |  Valeri NichushkinFCOL | COL | 32 | 72 | 0.44 | 17 | 49 | 50%▼2.5 |
| 8 |  Artturi LehkonenFCOL | COL | 27 | 70 | 0.39 | 21 | 48 | 83%▲6.8 |
| 9 |  Josh MansonDCOL | COL | 26 | 79 | 0.33 | 5 | 31 | 44%▲7.6 |
| 10 |  Brent BurnsDCOL | COL | 23 | 82 | 0.28 | 12 | 35 | 44%▼2.7 |
| 11 |  Devon ToewsDCOL | COL | 21 | 68 | 0.31 | 3 | 24 | 82%▲8.8 |
| 12 |  Gabriel LandeskogFCOL | COL | 21 | 60 | 0.35 | 14 | 35 | 51%▲4.6 |
| 13 |  Jack DruryFCOL | COL | 17 | 82 | 0.21 | 10 | 27 | 4.8% |
| 14 |  Nicolas RoyFCOL | COL | 17 | 74 | 0.23 | 8 | 25 | 11%▼1.3 |
| 15 |  Nick BlankenburgDCOL | COL | 16 | 61 | 0.26 | 8 | 24 | 4.8% |
| 16 |  Ross ColtonFCOL | COL | 15 | 73 | 0.21 | 9 | 24 | 7.3% |
| 17 |  Parker KellyFCOL | COL | 14 | 82 | 0.17 | 21 | 35 | 17%▼1.2 |
| 18 |  Brett KulakDCOL | COL | 11 | 83 | 0.13 | 1 | 12 | 7.8%▲3.5 |
| 19 |  Zakhar BardakovFCOL | COL | 9 | 60 | 0.15 | 1 | 10 | 0.0% |
| 20 |  Gavin BrindleyFCOL | COL | 7 | 56 | 0.13 | 6 | 13 | 13% |
| 21 |  Joel KivirantaFCOL | COL | 6 | 51 | 0.12 | 3 | 9 | 0.1% |
| 22 |  Logan O'ConnorFCOL | COL | 2 | 13 | 0.15 | 0 | 2 | 0.2% |
| 23 |  Jack AhcanDCOL | COL | 2 | 11 | 0.18 | 0 | 2 | 0.1% |
| 24 |  Ivan IvanFCOL | COL | 1 | 9 | 0.11 | 0 | 1 | 3.2% |
| 25 |  Tristen NielsenFCOL | COL | 1 | 4 | 0.25 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Assists in 2025-26?
Nathan MacKinnon leads with 74. The median of the 30 qualified skaters is 16.
Which defenseman leads in Assists in 2025-26?
Cale Makar leads NHL defensemen with 59; the top forward is Nathan MacKinnon 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.