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NHL Assists Leaders: Toronto Maple Leafs
2025-26All situationsThrough 83 team games
William Nylander (TOR) leads NHL skaters with 49 assists for the Toronto Maple Leafs in 2025-26, ahead of 
Matthew Knies (TOR) (43).
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Leaders: Assists, Toronto Maple Leafs, 2025-26
- 1stWilliam NylanderTOR · 65 GP49
- 2ndMatthew KniesTOR · 79 GP43
3rdJohn TavaresTOR · 82 GP40
4thOliver Ekman-LarssonTOR · 78 GP31
5thAuston MatthewsTOR · 60 GP26
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, 29 skaters qualify for this board; the median is 7 and William Nylander leads at 49.
Assists leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | A | GP | Per game | G | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | William NylanderFTOR | TOR | 49 | 65 | 0.75 | 30 | 79 | 99% |
| 2 | Matthew KniesFTOR | TOR | 43 | 79 | 0.54 | 23 | 66 | 91%▼3.9 |
| 3 | John TavaresFTOR | TOR | 40 | 82 | 0.49 | 31 | 71 | 92%▼2.6 |
| 4 | Oliver Ekman-LarssonDTOR | TOR | 31 | 78 | 0.40 | 8 | 39 | 29%▼4.2 |
| 5 | Auston MatthewsFTOR | TOR | 26 | 60 | 0.43 | 27 | 53 | 99% |
| 6 |  Morgan RiellyDTOR | TOR | 25 | 78 | 0.32 | 11 | 36 | 73%▼2.9 |
| 7 |  Matias MaccelliFTOR | TOR | 25 | 71 | 0.35 | 14 | 39 | 15%▲3.2 |
| 8 |  Max DomiFTOR | TOR | 24 | 80 | 0.30 | 12 | 36 | 4.9% |
| 9 |  Jake McCabeDTOR | TOR | 20 | 80 | 0.25 | 5 | 25 | 25%▼2.6 |
| 10 |  Easton CowanFTOR | TOR | 18 | 66 | 0.27 | 11 | 29 | 65%▲5.2 |
| 11 |  Nick RobertsonFTOR | TOR | 16 | 78 | 0.21 | 16 | 32 | 26%▼1.2 |
| 12 |  Steven LorentzFTOR | TOR | 11 | 71 | 0.15 | 7 | 18 | 0.0% |
| 13 |  Troy StecherDTOR | TOR | 11 | 64 | 0.17 | 3 | 14 | 0.2% |
| 14 |  Dakota JoshuaFTOR | TOR | 8 | 55 | 0.15 | 10 | 18 | 3.2%▼0.8 |
| 15 |  Brandon CarloDTOR | TOR | 7 | 55 | 0.13 | 0 | 7 | 3.3% |
| 16 |  Simon BenoitDTOR | TOR | 6 | 73 | 0.08 | 0 | 6 | 4.0% |
| 17 |  Calle JarnkrokFTOR | TOR | 2 | 56 | 0.04 | 6 | 8 | 0.1% |
| 18 |  Philippe MyersDTOR | TOR | 2 | 39 | 0.05 | 0 | 2 | 0.0% |
| 19 |  Jacob QuillanFTOR | TOR | 2 | 23 | 0.09 | 1 | 3 | 0.0% |
| 20 |  Bo GroulxFTOR | TOR | 2 | 13 | 0.15 | 3 | 5 | — |
| 21 |  Chris TanevDTOR | TOR | 2 | 11 | 0.18 | 0 | 2 | 4.2%▼0.9 |
| 22 |  Luke HaymesFTOR | TOR | 1 | 4 | 0.25 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 23 |  Dakota MermisDTOR | TOR | 0 | 11 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 24 |  Michael PezzettaFTOR | TOR | 0 | 9 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 25 |  Henry ThrunDTOR | TOR | 0 | 4 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Assists in 2025-26?
William Nylander leads with 49. The median of the 29 qualified skaters is 7.
Which defenseman leads in Assists in 2025-26?
Oliver Ekman-Larsson leads NHL defensemen with 31; the top forward is William Nylander at 49.
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.