most assists in a season by a defenseman in a single season since 1990

Since 1989-90, Brian Leetch has made the most assists by a defenseman in a season, with 80 assists in 1991-92.

	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	Brian Leetch B. Leetch	80	1991-92	NYR	80	22	102	+25	26	10	36	1	0	3	1	245	9.0
2	Phil Housley P. Housley	79	1992-93	WIN	80	18	97	-14	52	6	50	0	0	2	0	249	7.2
3	Sergei Zubov S. Zubov	77	1993-94	NYR	78	12	89	+20	39	9	40	0	1	1	0	222	5.4
4	Erik Karlsson E. Karlsson	76	2022-23	SJS	82	25	101	-26	36	5	22	0	0	4	2	209	12.0	0	1	0.0	33	90	81	101	25:37
5	Quinn Hughes Q. Hughes	75	2023-24	VAN	82	17	92	+38	38	5	33	0	0	2	1	199	8.5	0	0		29	55	43	52	24:41
6	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	75	1992-93	TOT	80	12	87	+16	77	5	46	0	0	0	0	254	4.7
7	Al MacInnis A. MacInnis	75	1990-91	CGY	78	28	103	+42	90	17	46	0	3	1	0	305	9.2
8	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	74	1989-90	PIT	80	29	103	-25	95	10	38	0	1	3	0	324	9.0
9	Roman Josi R. Josi	73	2021-22	NSH	80	23	96	+13	46	11	26	0	0	2	0	281	8.2	0	0		66	133	48	71	25:33
10	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	73	1990-91	BOS	76	21	94	+33	75	7	38	0	0	3	0	323	6.5
11	Brian Leetch B. Leetch	72	1990-91	NYR	80	16	88	+2	42	6	45	0	1	4	0	206	7.8
12	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	71	1993-94	BOS	72	20	91	+26	58	10	42	3	2	1	0	386	5.2
13	Brian Leetch B. Leetch	70	1995-96	NYR	82	15	85	+12	30	7	37	0	0	3	0	276	5.4
14	Cale Makar C. Makar	69	2023-24	COL	77	21	90	+15	16	7	32	1	3	1	0	231	9.1	0	0		36	148	70	42	24:46
15	Quinn Hughes Q. Hughes	69	2022-23	VAN	78	7	76	+15	34	2	32	0	1	0	0	154	4.5	0	0		29	71	56	45	25:40
16	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	69	1990-91	PIT	76	24	93	-18	128	8	34	0	0	3	0	240	10.0
17	Brent Burns B. Burns	67	2018-19	SJS	82	16	83	+13	34	7	21	1	4	6	2	300	5.3	0	1	0.0	90	105	88	118	25:06
18	Erik Karlsson E. Karlsson	66	2015-16	OTT	82	16	82	-2	50	1	25	0	0	3	2	248	6.5	0	1	0.0	84	175	61	96	28:58
19	Victor Hedman V. Hedman	65	2021-22	TBL	82	20	85	+26	36	6	32	0	0	6	1	219	9.1	0	0		93	129	52	56	25:05
20	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	65	1989-90	BOS	76	19	84	+31	50	8	39	0	0	3	0	310	6.1
21	Evan Bouchard E. Bouchard	64	2023-24	EDM	81	18	82	+34	32	8	27	0	0	7	2	220	8.2	0	0		71	105	59	82	23:00
22	Nicklas Lidstrom N. Lidstrom	64	2005-06	DET	80	16	80	+21	50	9	41	0	0	2	0	243	6.6	0	0		28	82	54	61	28:07
23	Victor Hedman V. Hedman	63	2023-24	TBL	78	13	76	+18	76	4	27	0	0	2	0	168	7.7	0	0		65	102	29	54	24:48
24	Adam Fox A. Fox	63	2021-22	NYR	78	11	74	+18	26	0	33	1	1	2	1	158	7.0	0	0		30	128	78	58	23:54
25	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	63	1993-94	DET	80	14	77	+28	106	5	31	0	2	3	0	278	5.0