Cale Makar has the most assists by a defenseman this season, with 21 assists.

Interpreted as:

defensemen assist leaders this regular season

	NAME	A	SEASON	TM	GP	G	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Cale Makar C. Makar	21	2025-26	COL	23	9	30	+24	10	0	8	0	0	3	0	66	13.6	0	0	13	41	13	20	25:22
2	Quinn Hughes Q. Hughes	20	2025-26	VAN	19	2	22	-5	6	2	9	0	0	0	0	53	3.8	0	0	1	23	6	25	27:06
3	Adam Fox A. Fox	19	2025-26	NYR	25	3	22	+3	10	1	5	0	1	1	0	49	6.1	0	0	15	41	17	30	24:12
4	Josh Morrissey J. Morrissey	18	2025-26	WPG	22	5	23	+9	6	1	6	0	0	0	0	38	13.2	0	0	13	46	7	26	24:36
5	Miro Heiskanen M. Heiskanen	17	2025-26	DAL	24	3	20	+1	6	1	7	0	0	1	0	54	5.6	0	0	4	40	17	27	25:53
6	Evan Bouchard E. Bouchard	17	2025-26	EDM	25	4	21	-1	10	1	4	0	0	1	1	68	5.9	0	0	9	32	18	37	23:47
7	John Carlson J. Carlson	16	2025-26	WSH	23	6	22	+8	6	0	5	0	0	0	0	54	11.1	0	0	9	32	20	40	23:14
8	Lane Hutson L. Hutson	16	2025-26	MTL	22	3	19	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	36	8.3	0	0	12	35	9	33	22:39
9	Rasmus Dahlin R. Dahlin	15	2025-26	BUF	20	1	16	-4	12	1	5	0	0	0	0	50	2.0	0	0	15	25	9	42	24:25
10	Oliver Ekman-Larsson O. Ekman-Larsson	14	2025-26	TOR	23	3	17	+5	20	0	3	0	0	0	0	34	8.8	0	0	35	26	5	40	21:00
11	Morgan Rielly M. Rielly	14	2025-26	TOR	22	3	17	-6	2	0	3	0	0	1	0	44	6.8	0	0	11	26	6	39	22:19
12	Zach Werenski Z. Werenski	14	2025-26	CBJ	24	8	22	+7	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	95	8.4	0	0	15	34	14	46	26:32
13	Charlie McAvoy C. McAvoy	14	2025-26	BOS	19	0	14	-2	26	0	5	0	0	0	0	25	0.0	0	0	26	32	9	21	23:46
14	Jake Sanderson J. Sanderson	14	2025-26	OTT	23	4	18	+2	2	2	6	0	0	0	0	50	8.0	0	0	9	39	16	26	24:33
15	Jakob Chychrun J. Chychrun	13	2025-26	WSH	24	9	22	+16	23	3	1	0	0	1	1	83	10.8	0	0	23	24	11	30	23:22
16	Shayne Gostisbehere S. Gostisbehere	13	2025-26	CAR	14	3	16	+7	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	28	10.7	0	0	8	14	3	17	18:49
17	Erik Karlsson E. Karlsson	13	2025-26	PIT	22	1	14	+7	6	0	3	0	0	0	0	40	2.5	0	0	0	24	13	33	23:37
18	Dmitry Orlov D. Orlov	13	2025-26	SJS	24	0	13	-1	14	0	5	0	0	0	0	32	0.0	0	0	32	31	6	34	22:05
19	Filip Hronek F. Hronek	13	2025-26	VAN	24	2	15	+6	8	1	4	0	0	0	0	33	6.1	0	0	45	36	11	28	24:24
20	Mikhail Sergachev M. Sergachev	13	2025-26	UTA	24	3	16	-4	16	1	6	0	0	0	0	52	5.8	0	0	6	41	8	39	24:51
21	Noah Dobson N. Dobson	13	2025-26	MTL	22	3	16	+2	10	0	2	0	0	1	0	38	7.9	0	0	9	43	8	29	22:49
22	Moritz Seider M. Seider	13	2025-26	DET	24	3	16	+2	18	1	7	0	0	0	0	61	4.9	0	0	43	48	11	32	25:00
23	Luke Hughes L. Hughes	13	2025-26	NJD	23	1	14	0	22	0	4	0	0	0	0	48	2.1	0	0	8	21	6	33	23:09
24	Victor Hedman V. Hedman	12	2025-26	TBL	15	0	12	+1	4	0	6	0	0	0	0	23	0.0	0	0	7	28	5	25	22:36
25	Gustav Forsling G. Forsling	11	2025-26	FLA	23	1	12	+6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	3.3	0	0	19	27	7	13	22:03