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NHL Assists Leaders: New Jersey Devils
2025-26All situationsThrough 83 team games
Jack Hughes (NJD) leads NHL skaters with 50 assists for the New Jersey Devils in 2025-26, ahead of 
Jesper Bratt (NJD) (49).
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Leaders: Assists, New Jersey Devils, 2025-26
- 1stJack HughesNJD · 61 GP50
- 2ndJesper BrattNJD · 82 GP49
3rdNico HischierNJD · 82 GP38
4thLuke HughesNJD · 68 GP29
5thDougie HamiltonNJD · 77 GP27
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, 33 skaters qualify for this board; the median is 6 and Jack Hughes leads at 50.
Assists leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | A | GP | Per game | G | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jack HughesFNJD | NJD | 50 | 61 | 0.82 | 27 | 77 | 99% |
| 2 | Jesper BrattFNJD | NJD | 49 | 82 | 0.60 | 22 | 71 | 95% |
| 3 | Nico HischierFNJD | NJD | 38 | 82 | 0.46 | 28 | 66 | 95% |
| 4 | Luke HughesDNJD | NJD | 29 | 68 | 0.43 | 6 | 35 | 83% |
| 5 | Dougie HamiltonDNJD | NJD | 27 | 77 | 0.35 | 12 | 39 | 82%▼0.9 |
| 6 |  Connor BrownFNJD | NJD | 25 | 75 | 0.33 | 18 | 43 | 5.8% |
| 7 |  Dawson MercerFNJD | NJD | 22 | 82 | 0.27 | 20 | 42 | 21%▼0.8 |
| 8 |  Timo MeierFNJD | NJD | 20 | 77 | 0.26 | 24 | 44 | 75%▼2.5 |
| 9 |  Arseny GritsyukFNJD | NJD | 18 | 66 | 0.27 | 13 | 31 | 24%▲4.7 |
| 10 |  Jonas SiegenthalerDNJD | NJD | 16 | 82 | 0.20 | 0 | 16 | 0.2%▼3 |
| 11 |  Simon NemecDNJD | NJD | 15 | 68 | 0.22 | 11 | 26 | 48%▼2.5 |
| 12 |  Brenden DillonDNJD | NJD | 12 | 82 | 0.15 | 3 | 15 | 7.3%▼1.6 |
| 13 |  Johnathan KovacevicDNJD | NJD | 8 | 34 | 0.24 | 0 | 8 | 0.1% |
| 14 |  Cody GlassFNJD | NJD | 7 | 70 | 0.10 | 19 | 26 | 4.1% |
| 15 |  Paul CotterFNJD | NJD | 6 | 79 | 0.08 | 9 | 15 | 48%▼8.2 |
| 16 |  Brett PesceDNJD | NJD | 6 | 37 | 0.16 | 1 | 7 | 0.3% |
| 17 |  Lenni HameenahoFNJD | NJD | 6 | 33 | 0.18 | 2 | 8 | 8.0% |
| 18 |  Stefan NoesenFNJD | NJD | 4 | 38 | 0.11 | 3 | 7 | 0.1% |
| 19 |  Colton WhiteDNJD | NJD | 4 | 23 | 0.17 | 0 | 4 | 0.0% |
| 20 |  Nick BjugstadFNJD | NJD | 3 | 61 | 0.05 | 6 | 9 | 0.1% |
| 21 |  Maxim TsyplakovFNJD | NJD | 2 | 49 | 0.04 | 2 | 4 | 9.9% |
| 22 |  Juho LammikkoFNJD | NJD | 2 | 24 | 0.08 | 0 | 2 | 0.0% |
| 23 |  Dennis CholowskiDNJD | NJD | 2 | 17 | 0.12 | 0 | 2 | 0.0% |
| 24 |  Brian HalonenFNJD | NJD | 1 | 15 | 0.07 | 1 | 2 | 0.0% |
| 25 |  Evgenii DadonovFNJD | NJD | 0 | 24 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0.1% |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Assists in 2025-26?
Jack Hughes leads with 50. The median of the 33 qualified skaters is 6.
Which defenseman leads in Assists in 2025-26?
Luke Hughes leads NHL defensemen with 29; the top forward is Jack Hughes at 50.
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.