most assists by a defence man before age 23

Bobby Orr has made the most career assists by a defenseman younger than 23, with 272 assists.

	NAME	A	GP	G	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Bobby Orr B. Orr	272	320	113	385	+257	506	26	113	8	15	11	0	1,496	7.6
2	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	236	314	107	343	+144	427	38	84	2	14	7	1	866	12.4
3	Phil Housley P. Housley	229	369	98	327	+2	196	40	109	3	1	16	1	946	10.4
4	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	199	310	95	294	+176	265	30	93	3	5	17	0	945	10.1
5	Dave Babych D. Babych	187	293	56	243	-108	300	31	97	0	3	7	0	956	5.9
6	Rasmus Dahlin R. Dahlin	186	353	46	232	-67	258	17	86	0	1	10	1	753	6.1	0	0		475	383	138	270	22:33
7	Larry Murphy L. Murphy	182	303	65	247	+12	301	24	81	2	6	6	0	639	10.2
8	Scott Stevens S. Stevens	177	382	68	245	+72	1,023	28	58	0	2	9	1	724	9.4
9	Doug Bodger D. Bodger	172	360	42	214	-3	344	28	87	0	4	5	1	775	5.4
10	Paul Reinhart P. Reinhart	168	257	47	215	+17	110	24	76	0	1	2	0	440	10.7
11	Denis Potvin D. Potvin	168	244	72	240	+26	395	30	80	3	5	12	0	705	10.2
12	Brian Leetch B. Leetch	164	224	51	215	+1	116	19	96	3	2	8	1	698	7.3
13	Quinn Hughes Q. Hughes	147	206	19	166	-26	74	3	74	0	2	3	2	383	5.0	0	0		45	149	116	165	23:18
14	Al MacInnis A. MacInnis	146	211	37	183	+43	202	19	94	0	1	2	0	669	5.5
15	Jim Benning J. Benning	136	359	37	173	-86	285	19	69	0	1	3	1	531	7.0
16	Glen Wesley G. Wesley	124	314	46	170	+50	256	19	69	4	5	6	0	704	6.5
17	Bryan Berard B. Berard	123	286	34	157	-22	231	16	62	1	0	8	3	597	5.7	0	0		63	53	14	77	19:52
18	Roman Hamrlik R. Hamrlik	121	339	49	170	-105	452	26	60	1	3	5	0	924	5.3
19	Erik Karlsson E. Karlsson	120	233	43	163	-11	124	10	53	1	1	11	0	634	6.8	0	1	0.0	146	201	172	228	23:32
20	Craig Hartsburg C. Hartsburg	120	229	44	164	+1	322	20	63	0	1	5	0	613	7.2
21	Drew Doughty D. Doughty	119	316	43	162	+14	247	20	55	0	0	12	2	575	7.5	0	0		508	361	104	290	24:49
22	Behn Wilson B. Wilson	118	238	43	161	+70	712	14	44	2	3	6	0	564	7.6
23	Barry Beck B. Beck	116	209	51	167	-31	286	16	49	0	2	8	0	658	7.8
24	Robert Picard R. Picard	114	230	42	156	-41	308	15	51	0	1	7	0	625	6.7
25	Ron Greschner R. Greschner	113	260	32	145	-53	308	4	32	2	1	4	0	555	5.8