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NHL Assists Leaders: Minnesota Wild
2025-26All situationsThrough 83 team games
Quinn Hughes (MIN) leads NHL skaters with 69 assists for the Minnesota Wild in 2025-26, ahead of 
Kirill Kaprizov (MIN) (44).
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Leaders: Assists, Minnesota Wild, 2025-26
- 1stQuinn HughesMIN · 74 GP69
- 2ndKirill KaprizovMIN · 78 GP44
3rdMatt BoldyMIN · 76 GP43
4thMats ZuccarelloMIN · 59 GP39
5thBrock FaberMIN · 80 GP36
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, 31 skaters qualify for this board; the median is 11 and Quinn Hughes leads at 69.
Assists leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | A | GP | Per game | G | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quinn HughesDMIN | MIN | 69 | 74 | 0.93 | 7 | 76 | 100% |
| 2 | Kirill KaprizovFMIN | MIN | 44 | 78 | 0.56 | 45 | 89 | 98% |
| 3 | Matt BoldyFMIN | MIN | 43 | 76 | 0.57 | 42 | 85 | 100% |
| 4 | Mats ZuccarelloFMIN | MIN | 39 | 59 | 0.66 | 15 | 54 | 39%▼1.9 |
| 5 | Brock FaberDMIN | MIN | 36 | 80 | 0.45 | 15 | 51 | 87%▼1.2 |
| 6 |  Marcus JohanssonFMIN | MIN | 34 | 75 | 0.45 | 15 | 49 | 0.5% |
| 7 |  Joel Eriksson EkFMIN | MIN | 32 | 70 | 0.46 | 19 | 51 | 81%▲3.2 |
| 8 |  Vladimir TarasenkoFMIN | MIN | 24 | 75 | 0.32 | 23 | 47 | 7.4%▼0.9 |
| 9 |  Ryan HartmanFMIN | MIN | 20 | 76 | 0.26 | 23 | 43 | 28%▼4.1 |
| 10 |  Yakov TreninFMIN | MIN | 17 | 82 | 0.21 | 6 | 23 | 18% |
| 11 |  Jared SpurgeonDMIN | MIN | 16 | 79 | 0.20 | 6 | 22 | 44%▼8 |
| 12 |  Danila YurovFMIN | MIN | 15 | 73 | 0.21 | 12 | 27 | 37%▲3.9 |
| 13 |  Bobby BrinkFMIN | MIN | 15 | 68 | 0.22 | 15 | 30 | 15% |
| 14 |  Jake MiddletonDMIN | MIN | 14 | 75 | 0.19 | 2 | 16 | 6.6%▲1.8 |
| 15 |  Jonas BrodinDMIN | MIN | 14 | 62 | 0.23 | 4 | 18 | 7.9%▲2.9 |
| 16 |  Nick FolignoFMIN | MIN | 11 | 54 | 0.20 | 4 | 15 | 3.3% |
| 17 |  Michael McCarronFMIN | MIN | 9 | 79 | 0.11 | 8 | 17 | 13%▲1.8 |
| 18 |  Jeff PetryDMIN | MIN | 9 | 67 | 0.13 | 0 | 9 | 0.1% |
| 19 |  Nico SturmFMIN | MIN | 6 | 49 | 0.12 | 5 | 11 | 0.1% |
| 20 |  Daemon HuntDMIN | MIN | 6 | 32 | 0.19 | 0 | 6 | 0.1% |
| 21 |  Marcus FolignoFMIN | MIN | 5 | 56 | 0.09 | 8 | 13 | 4.1% |
| 22 |  Zach BogosianDMIN | MIN | 4 | 41 | 0.10 | 2 | 6 | 0.4% |
| 23 |  Robby FabbriFMIN | MIN | 3 | 21 | 0.14 | 2 | 5 | — |
| 24 |  Ben JonesFMIN | MIN | 2 | 28 | 0.07 | 1 | 3 | 0.0% |
| 25 |  Nicolas Aube-KubelFMIN | MIN | 2 | 6 | 0.33 | 0 | 2 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Assists in 2025-26?
Quinn Hughes leads with 69. The median of the 31 qualified skaters is 11.
Which defenseman leads in Assists in 2025-26?
Quinn Hughes leads NHL defensemen with 69; the top forward is Kirill Kaprizov at 44.
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.