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NHL Assists Leaders

2019-20All situationsThrough 71 team games

This board ranks every NHL skater by total assists this season, regular season only.

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.

Leader in 2019-20: Leon Draisaitl (EDM), 67 A.

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NHL Assists Leaders, 2019-20, All situations
#	Player	Team	A	GP	Per game	G	PTS
1	Leon DraisaitlFEDM	EDM	67	71	0.94	43	110	22:37	100%
2	Artemi PanarinFNYR	NYR	63	69	0.91	32	95	20:36	97%▼1.8
3	Connor McDavidFEDM	EDM	63	64	0.98	34	97	21:52	100%▲1.5
4	John CarlsonDWSH	WSH	60	69	0.87	15	75	24:38	99%▲2.4
5	Brad MarchandFBOS	BOS	59	70	0.84	28	87	19:27	73%▲0.7
6	Nathan MacKinnonFCOL	COL	58	69	0.84	35	93	21:13	100%▲0.9
7	Jonathan HuberdeauFFLA	FLA	55	69	0.80	23	78	18:46	17%▲12
8	Nikita KucherovFTBL	TBL	52	68	0.76	33	85	18:52	100%
9	Patrick KaneFCHI	CHI	51	70	0.73	33	84	21:20	80%▲0.9
10	Mitch MarnerFTOR	TOR	51	59	0.86	16	67	21:33	99%▲1.3
11	Ryan O'ReillyFSTL	STL	49	71	0.69	12	61	20:34	84%▲5
12	Roman JosiDNSH	NSH	49	69	0.71	16	65	25:47	98%▼0.5
13	Evgeni MalkinFPIT	PIT	49	55	0.89	25	74	19:31	82%▲11
14	Teuvo TeravainenFCAR	CAR	48	68	0.71	15	63	19:12	13%▲8.6
15	David PastrnakFBOS	BOS	47	70	0.67	48	95	18:58	100%▲1.1
16	J.T. MillerFVAN	VAN	45	69	0.65	27	72	20:06	92%▲7.7
17	Quinn HughesDVAN	VAN	45	68	0.66	8	53	21:53	100%
18	Mark ScheifeleFWPG	WPG	44	71	0.62	29	73	21:48	99%
19	Jakub VoracekFPHI	PHI	44	69	0.64	12	56	17:03	—
20	Victor HedmanDTBL	TBL	44	66	0.67	11	55	24:04	93%▲11
21	Blake WheelerFWPG	WPG	43	71	0.61	22	65	19:19	—
22	Jonathan ToewsFCHI	CHI	42	70	0.60	18	60	19:47	0.3%
23	Jack EichelFBUF	BUF	42	68	0.62	36	78	22:06	99%▲1.4
24	Aleksander BarkovFFLA	FLA	42	66	0.64	20	62	20:01	97%▲7
25	Mark StoneFVGK	VGK	42	65	0.65	21	63	19:25	93%▲9.6
26	Nicklas BackstromFWSH	WSH	42	61	0.69	12	54	19:01	—
27	Anze KopitarFLAK	LAK	41	70	0.59	21	62	21:02	0.5%
28	Ryan StromeFNYR	NYR	41	70	0.59	18	59	19:35	4.0%▲3.9
29	Mathew BarzalFNYI	NYI	41	68	0.60	19	60	20:03	84%▲11
30	Johnny GaudreauFCGY	CGY	40	70	0.57	18	58	18:47	—
31	Ryan SuterDMIN	MIN	40	69	0.58	8	48	24:38	—
32	Keith YandleDFLA	FLA	40	69	0.58	5	45	19:42	—
33	Torey KrugDBOS	BOS	40	61	0.66	9	49	20:29	0.0%
34	Neal PionkDWPG	WPG	39	71	0.55	6	45	23:23	32%▲31
35	Tomas TatarFMTL	MTL	39	68	0.57	22	61	16:18	—
36	Elias PetterssonFVAN	VAN	39	68	0.57	27	66	18:32	87%▼5.5
37	Brayden PointFTBL	TBL	39	66	0.59	25	64	18:54	95%▲7.5
38	Ryan Nugent-HopkinsFEDM	EDM	39	65	0.60	22	61	20:28	77%▲15
39	Matthew TkachukFCGY	CGY	38	69	0.55	23	61	18:18	100%▲2.6
40	Tony DeAngeloDNYR	NYR	38	68	0.56	15	53	19:17	24%▲18
41	Cale MakarDCOL	COL	38	57	0.67	12	50	21:01	100%▲1
42	Sean CouturierFPHI	PHI	37	69	0.54	22	59	19:50	9.2%▲7.2
43	Andrei SvechnikovFCAR	CAR	37	68	0.54	24	61	16:44	97%▲8.8
44	Travis KonecnyFPHI	PHI	37	66	0.56	24	61	16:48	92%▲9.6
45	Steven StamkosFTBL	TBL	37	57	0.65	29	66	18:25	94%▼4.2
46	Alex PietrangeloDSTL	STL	36	70	0.51	16	52	24:11	4.0%▲3.7
47	Aaron EkbladDFLA	FLA	36	67	0.54	5	41	22:59	50%▲34
48	Taylor HallFARI	ARI	36	65	0.55	16	52	19:10	28%▲20
49	Rasmus DahlinDBUF	BUF	36	59	0.61	4	40	19:18	100%▲1
50	David PerronFSTL	STL	35	71	0.49	25	60	18:19	0.2%
51	Jaden SchwartzFSTL	STL	35	71	0.49	22	57	18:11	11%▲11
52	Kyle ConnorFWPG	WPG	35	71	0.49	38	73	21:05	99%▲1.1
53	Patrik LaineFWPG	WPG	35	68	0.51	28	63	19:25	9.7%▲9.2
54	Max PaciorettyFVGK	VGK	34	71	0.48	32	66	17:55	—
55	Phillip DanaultFMTL	MTL	34	71	0.48	13	47	18:51	4.9%▲4.5
56	Dylan LarkinFDET	DET	34	71	0.48	19	53	21:15	96%
57	Tyson BarrieDTOR	TOR	34	70	0.49	5	39	21:53	—
58	Nick SchmaltzFARI	ARI	34	70	0.49	11	45	15:32	94%▲4.4
59	Adam FoxDNYR	NYR	34	70	0.49	8	42	18:54	99%▲6.8
60	John TavaresFTOR	TOR	34	63	0.54	26	60	19:33	96%▲9.3
61	Mika ZibanejadFNYR	NYR	34	57	0.60	41	75	21:38	98%▲1.4
62	Erik KarlssonDSJS	SJS	34	56	0.61	6	40	24:31	95%
63	Brayden SchennFSTL	STL	33	71	0.46	25	58	18:28	28%▲7.8
64	Shea TheodoreDVGK	VGK	33	71	0.46	13	46	22:14	91%▲28
65	Nikolaj EhlersFWPG	WPG	33	71	0.46	25	58	16:31	93%▲7.5
66	Thomas ChabotDOTT	OTT	33	71	0.46	6	39	26:00	83%▼12
67	Brent BurnsDSJS	SJS	33	70	0.47	12	45	25:25	50%▼14
68	Auston MatthewsFTOR	TOR	33	70	0.47	47	80	20:58	99%
69	Tyler SeguinFDAL	DAL	33	69	0.48	17	50	19:09	22%▲19
70	Evgeny KuznetsovFWSH	WSH	33	63	0.52	19	52	17:51	—
71	Claude GirouxFPHI	PHI	32	69	0.46	21	53	18:59	30%▲20
72	Robert ThomasFSTL	STL	32	66	0.48	10	42	14:34	93%▲20
73	Pierre-Luc DuboisFCBJ	CBJ	31	70	0.44	18	49	17:56	42%▲33
74	Bo HorvatFVAN	VAN	31	69	0.45	22	53	19:44	90%▲1.2
75	Nikita GusevFNJD	NJD	31	66	0.47	13	44	14:42	—
76	Kevin FialaFMIN	MIN	31	64	0.48	23	54	15:24	67%▼8.3
77	William KarlssonFVGK	VGK	31	63	0.49	15	46	18:52	24%▲20
78	Sidney CrosbyFPIT	PIT	31	41	0.76	16	47	20:16	100%▲2.4
79	Samuel GirardDCOL	COL	30	70	0.43	4	34	21:19	9.0%▲8.6
80	Mike HoffmanFFLA	FLA	30	69	0.43	29	59	16:50	—
81	Jaccob SlavinDCAR	CAR	30	68	0.44	6	36	23:24	16%▲4.6
82	Pavel BuchnevichFNYR	NYR	30	68	0.44	16	46	16:56	36%▲7.6
83	David KrejciFBOS	BOS	30	61	0.49	13	43	17:10	—
84	Ryan EllisDNSH	NSH	30	49	0.61	8	38	23:30	—
85	Jeff PetryDMTL	MTL	29	71	0.41	11	40	23:39	0.1%
86	Mikael BacklundFCGY	CGY	29	70	0.41	16	45	17:57	14%▲9.3
87	Ryan GetzlafFANA	ANA	29	69	0.42	13	42	18:44	—
88	Josh BaileyFNYI	NYI	29	68	0.43	14	43	16:54	—
89	Matt DucheneFNSH	NSH	29	66	0.44	13	42	16:53	62%▼17
90	Oscar KlefbomDEDM	EDM	29	62	0.47	5	34	25:25	—
91	Kris LetangDPIT	PIT	29	61	0.48	15	44	25:44	47%▼16
92	Brock BoeserFVAN	VAN	29	57	0.51	16	45	18:34	64%▼4.5
93	Bryan RustFPIT	PIT	29	55	0.53	27	56	19:46	85%▲2.5
94	Darnell NurseDEDM	EDM	28	71	0.39	5	33	23:27	69%▼13
95	Nick SuzukiFMTL	MTL	28	71	0.39	13	41	15:59	100%▲0.5
96	Alex GoligoskiDARI	ARI	28	70	0.40	4	32	23:03	—
97	Sam ReinhartFBUF	BUF	28	69	0.41	22	50	20:38	99%
98	Brock NelsonFNYI	NYI	28	68	0.41	26	54	18:52	88%▼3.6
99	William NylanderFTOR	TOR	28	68	0.41	31	59	18:13	99%▼0.8
100	Sebastian AhoFCAR	CAR	28	68	0.41	38	66	19:25	99%▲1.2

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