most assists by a rookie defecemen in an nhl season

Joe Juneau and Peter Stastny are tied for the most assists by a rookie, with 70 assists.

	NAME	A	SEASON	TM	GP	G	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Joe Juneau J. Juneau	70	1992-93	BOS	84	32	102	+23	33	9	28	0	0	3	1	229	14.0
2	Peter Stastny P. Stastny	70	1980-81	QUE	77	39	109	+10	37	11	22	2	0	4		232	16.8
3	Mathew Barzal M. Barzal	63	2017-18	NYI	82	22	85	+1	30	5	22	0	0	4	1	170	12.9	355	834	42.6	21	31	65	88	17:46
4	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	63	2005-06	PIT	81	39	102	-1	110	16	31	0	2	5	3	278	14.0	534	1,174	45.5	66	43	36	57	20:08
5	Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	63	1975-76	NYI	80	32	95	+27	21	11	30	1	0	5		178	18.0
6	Sergei Makarov S. Makarov	62	1989-90	CGY	80	24	86	+33	55	6	21	0	0	4	0	118	20.3
7	Mike Rogers M. Rogers	61	1979-80	HFD	80	44	105	+28	10	3	19	2	0	0		229	19.2
8	Lane Hutson L. Hutson	60	2024-25	MTL	82	6	66	-2	34	1	25	0	0	0	0	91	6.6	0	0		40	123	56	109	22:44
9	Neal Broten N. Broten	60	1981-82	MNS	73	38	98	+14	42	7	19	2	2	4		188	20.2
10	Larry Murphy L. Murphy	60	1980-81	LAK	80	16	76	+16	79	5	27	1	3	0		153	10.5
11	Dale Hawerchuk D. Hawerchuk	58	1981-82	WIN	80	45	103	-7	47	12	22	0	2	2		339	13.3
12	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	57	1984-85	PIT	73	43	100	-33	54	11	22	0	0	2	1	209	20.6
13	Teemu Selanne T. Selanne	56	1992-93	WIN	84	76	132	+8	45	24	25	0	0	7	0	387	19.6
14	Nicklas Backstrom N. Backstrom	55	2007-08	WSH	82	14	69	+13	24	3	22	0	0	4	1	153	9.2	405	874	46.3	34	34	72	50	19:00
15	Chris Chelios C. Chelios	55	1984-85	MTL	74	9	64	+10	87	2	30	1	3	0	0	200	4.5
16	Terry Ruskowski T. Ruskowski	55	1979-80	CHI	74	15	70	+7	252	6	16	1	1	3		88	17.0
17	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	54	2005-06	WSH	81	52	106	+2	52	21	31	3	0	5	2	425	12.2	2	16	12.5	172	20	69	88	21:37
18	Marian Stastny M. Stastny	54	1981-82	QUE	74	35	89	-5	27	13	17	0	0	3		174	20.1
19	Kent Nilsson K. Nilsson	53	1979-80	AFM	80	40	93	-3	10	14	22	0	0	3		217	18.4
20	Evgeni Malkin E. Malkin	52	2006-07	PIT	78	33	85	+2	80	16	24	0	0	6	1	242	13.6	315	728	43.3	40	36	40	69	19:10
21	Jude Drouin J. Drouin	52	1970-71	MNS	75	16	68	+4	49	4	19	0	0	2		208	7.7
22	Patrick Kane P. Kane	51	2007-08	CHI	82	21	72	-5	52	7	21	0	0	4	1	191	11.0	16	26	61.5	16	7	49	22	18:22
23	Scott Gomez S. Gomez	51	1999-00	NJD	82	19	70	+14	78	7	20	0	0	1	0	204	9.3	152	341	44.6	49	12	67	64	16:21
24	Pelle Eklund P. Eklund	51	1985-86	PHI	70	15	66	-2	12	8	38	0	0	5	0	141	10.6
25	Paul Stastny P. Stastny	50	2006-07	COL	82	28	78	+4	42	11	20	0	1	6	0	185	15.1	594	1,226	48.5	29	49	62	46	18:10