most assists during a single playoff year for a defenseman

Ray Bourque has the most career assists by a defenseman in the playoffs, with 139 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	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	139	214	41	180	+27	171	15	74	0	3	4	0	814	5.0	1	1	100.0	72	59	45	36	28:57
2	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	137	194	59	196	+53	264	21	66	6	2	8	0	616	9.6
3	Nicklas Lidstrom N. Lidstrom	129	263	54	183	+61	76	30	81	3	3	11	1	656	8.2	0	0		99	193	85	107	28:00
4	Al MacInnis A. MacInnis	121	177	39	160	+11	255	26	71	0	3	5	1	663	5.9	0	1	0.0	52	51	14	33	28:21
5	Larry Robinson L. Robinson	116	227	28	144	+100	211	7	45	0	3	3	2	417	6.7
6	Larry Murphy L. Murphy	115	215	37	152	+32	201	20	47	3	4	7	0	504	7.3	1	1	100.0	10	17	7	19	21:33
7	Chris Chelios C. Chelios	113	266	31	144	+48	423	14	46	3	5	6	2	587	5.3	0	0		109	139	57	85	20:24
8	Denis Potvin D. Potvin	108	185	56	164	+64	253	28	52	2	5	7	2	578	9.7
9	Victor Hedman V. Hedman	97	170	23	120	+18	94	10	43	0	1	5	1	425	5.4	0	0		228	323	79	176	24:58
10	Chris Pronger C. Pronger	95	173	26	121	+40	326	13	49	0	4	3	0	405	6.4	0	0		254	330	72	129	29:04
11	Sergei Zubov S. Zubov	93	164	24	117	+28	62	13	48	1	2	1	0	382	6.3	0	0		53	63	61	151	28:32
12	Scott Stevens S. Stevens	92	233	26	118	+44	402	12	31	0	4	8	0	481	5.4	0	0		231	153	102	83	24:04
13	Brad Park B. Park	90	161	35	125	+24	217	13	36	1	2	6	1	383	9.1
14	Scott Niedermayer S. Niedermayer	73	202	25	98	+20	155	12	29	3	1	8	2	411	6.1	1	2	50.0	180	187	152	168	26:35
15	Duncan Keith D. Keith	72	151	19	91	+20	70	2	27	0	2	5	1	323	5.9	0	0		120	264	86	181	27:07
16	Brian Rafalski B. Rafalski	71	165	29	100	+42	66	17	31	0	2	6	1	290	10.0	0	1	0.0	164	175	106	147	23:20
17	Brian Leetch B. Leetch	69	95	28	97	+2	36	12	38	1	1	6	0	352	8.0	0	0		16	30	10	25	28:29
18	Sergei Gonchar S. Gonchar	68	141	22	90	+3	102	12	43	1	2	7	0	291	7.6	0	0		109	159	26	96	24:00
19	Kris Letang K. Letang	67	149	23	90	0	142	9	26	0	2	5	1	367	6.3	0	0		290	241	65	177	24:24
20	Sandis Ozolinsh S. Ozolinsh	67	137	23	90	-10	131	11	32	0	1	5	1	298	7.7	0	0		62	45	30	56	21:05
21	Charlie Huddy C. Huddy	66	183	19	85	+98	134	5	13	1	4	1	0	356	5.3
22	Bobby Orr B. Orr	66	74	26	92	+60	107	8	24	3	7	7	1	358	7.3
23	Alex Pietrangelo A. Pietrangelo	65	149	15	80	+26	95	1	18	0	0	2	0	388	3.9	0	0		155	367	126	118	25:51
24	Dan Boyle D. Boyle	64	130	17	81	-10	70	7	40	0	0	3	0	292	5.8	0	0		139	210	73	121	23:55
25	Doug Harvey D. Harvey	64	137	8	72	+7	152	2	30	0	0	2	1	28	10.7