Cale Makar has the most assists by a defenseman this season, with 28 assists.

Interpreted as:

league best defence against assists 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	28	2024-25	COL	32	9	37	+5	6	4	11	1	0	2	0	93	9.7	0	0	28	43	25	45	25:12
2	Josh Morrissey J. Morrissey	27	2024-25	WPG	32	3	30	+6	16	1	13	0	0	0	0	67	4.5	0	0	24	50	13	31	24:39
3	Quinn Hughes Q. Hughes	27	2024-25	VAN	29	7	34	+10	21	1	13	0	0	1	0	93	7.5	0	0	5	25	10	28	25:02
4	Adam Fox A. Fox	24	2024-25	NYR	29	1	25	+3	18	0	11	0	0	1	0	43	2.3	0	0	20	36	19	27	23:04
5	Victor Hedman V. Hedman	21	2024-25	TBL	26	4	25	+4	10	1	11	0	0	1	0	64	6.3	0	0	13	47	8	36	23:21
6	Zach Werenski Z. Werenski	21	2024-25	CBJ	30	10	31	+8	17	4	8	0	1	2	1	109	9.2	0	0	8	49	21	35	26:14
7	Shea Theodore S. Theodore	21	2024-25	VGK	29	3	24	-1	12	0	10	0	0	1	0	56	5.4	0	0	2	36	18	47	22:34
8	John Carlson J. Carlson	20	2024-25	WSH	29	3	23	+16	10	1	7	0	0	0	0	73	4.1	0	0	24	55	13	43	24:13
9	Neal Pionk N. Pionk	20	2024-25	WPG	32	4	24	+7	24	2	6	0	1	1	0	56	7.1	0	0	44	54	12	44	21:44
10	Shayne Gostisbehere S. Gostisbehere	19	2024-25	CAR	29	6	25	-8	16	4	13	0	0	0	0	58	10.3	0	0	26	22	14	24	19:04
11	Lane Hutson L. Hutson	19	2024-25	MTL	30	1	20	-14	18	0	7	0	0	0	0	34	2.9	0	0	17	40	14	37	22:48
12	Erik Karlsson E. Karlsson	17	2024-25	PIT	32	2	19	-9	6	1	6	0	0	0	0	76	2.6	0	0	12	40	16	54	22:38
13	Jake Walman J. Walman	17	2024-25	SJS	28	5	22	+6	18	0	5	0	0	1	0	71	7.0	0	0	25	44	17	27	22:43
14	Dougie Hamilton D. Hamilton	16	2024-25	NJD	33	5	21	+1	16	4	8	0	0	2	0	98	5.1	0	0	33	47	12	55	20:28
15	Roman Josi R. Josi	16	2024-25	NSH	29	7	23	-21	8	1	9	0	0	1	0	86	8.1	0	0	32	52	16	46	24:59
16	Evan Bouchard E. Bouchard	16	2024-25	EDM	30	6	22	+6	10	0	6	0	0	0	0	74	8.1	0	0	10	50	20	41	23:38
17	Matt Grzelcyk M. Grzelcyk	15	2024-25	PIT	32	0	15	-11	6	0	7	0	0	0	0	40	0.0	0	0	17	46	13	24	19:56
18	Mikhail Sergachev M. Sergachev	15	2024-25	UTA	30	7	22	+5	16	2	6	0	0	2	1	49	14.3	0	0	18	53	15	51	25:35
19	Jake Sanderson J. Sanderson	15	2024-25	OTT	30	1	16	-13	2	1	11	0	1	0	0	61	1.6	0	0	21	59	28	44	24:26
20	Owen Power O. Power	15	2024-25	BUF	30	4	19	-2	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	54	7.4	0	0	10	48	13	27	22:38
21	Mike Matheson M. Matheson	14	2024-25	MTL	28	2	16	-10	29	1	6	0	0	0	0	50	4.0	0	0	14	62	26	33	24:28
22	Samuel Girard S. Girard	14	2024-25	COL	32	2	16	+3	6	0	1	0	0	1	1	37	5.4	0	0	31	55	9	45	20:59
23	Noah Dobson N. Dobson	14	2024-25	NYI	31	3	17	-6	8	0	6	0	1	0	0	90	3.3	0	0	27	61	19	46	24:06
24	Brandt Clarke B. Clarke	14	2024-25	LAK	30	3	17	+6	22	2	4	0	0	0	0	65	4.6	0	0	12	58	13	31	18:02
25	Thomas Chabot T. Chabot	13	2024-25	OTT	30	2	15	+11	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	70	2.9	0	0	25	51	18	41	23:00