most assists in a single season by a defensemen in nhl

Defensemen made their most assists in a season in 2021-22, with 4,363 assists.

	POSITION	A	SEASON	GP	G	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Defenseman	4,363	2021-22	15,903	1,169	5,532	+279	8,006	165	912	21	90	186	47	23,614	5.0	0	6	0.0	22,232	21,476	5,148	9,340	19:18
2	Defenseman	4,331	2023-24	15,976	1,159	5,490	+339	8,798	167	908	26	86	193	44	21,413	5.4	4	9	44.4	21,453	24,966	4,951	7,807	19:10
3	Defenseman	4,293	2022-23	15,972	1,209	5,502	+326	8,627	172	939	33	99	221	54	22,783	5.3	3	9	33.3	22,001	23,333	5,496	8,802	19:10
4	Defenseman	4,119	2024-25	15,884	1,138	5,257	+352	7,512	153	788	23	79	167	38	20,866	5.5	1	6	16.7	17,098	23,031	5,117	16,717	19:16
5	Defenseman	3,926	2018-19	15,368	1,125	5,051	+212	7,658	215	838	30	99	203	43	23,471	4.8	14	42	33.3	21,493	21,784	5,416	10,920	19:23
6	Defenseman	3,864	2017-18	15,371	1,158	5,022	+156	7,647	219	972	16	74	218	42	24,225	4.8	15	55	27.3	20,894	22,541	4,905	10,141	19:25
7	Defenseman	3,819	2005-06	15,127	1,098	4,917	+74	15,050	494	1,589	39	128	179	47	19,075	5.8	63	187	33.7	15,886	20,902	5,622	9,362	19:16
8	Defenseman	3,672	2008-09	14,905	1,020	4,692	+37	11,353	394	1,241	21	98	180	38	19,048	5.4	27	90	30.0	18,611	20,883	4,633	8,087	19:43
9	Defenseman	3,670	2006-07	15,182	1,018	4,688	+54	12,579	393	1,336	23	116	165	30	18,529	5.5	40	145	27.6	17,820	21,726	5,035	9,612	19:23
10	Defenseman	3,663	1993-94	13,526	1,080	4,743	+62	17,193	389	1,420	45	117	155	5	20,232	5.3
11	Defenseman	3,648	1992-93	12,371	1,134	4,782	+82	17,014	409	1,420	41	109	131	7	18,306	6.2
12	Defenseman	3,625	2009-10	15,198	987	4,612	+20	10,455	298	1,078	16	88	162	36	19,200	5.1	26	82	31.7	19,918	21,490	4,566	8,215	19:34
13	Defenseman	3,542	2016-17	14,836	1,033	4,575	+122	7,817	224	859	25	75	181	46	21,567	4.8	16	36	44.4	19,916	21,506	4,256	9,295	19:35
14	Defenseman	3,531	2014-15	14,845	1,063	4,594	+60	8,131	268	928	18	74	181	36	20,786	5.1	21	51	41.2	21,801	22,155	4,306	8,648	19:52
15	Defenseman	3,531	2013-14	14,967	1,045	4,576	+65	8,807	287	968	22	87	175	40	20,871	5.0	23	52	44.2	20,976	21,925	4,277	8,256	19:45
16	Defenseman	3,485	2010-11	14,996	940	4,425	+103	9,940	284	1,009	14	75	165	42	19,399	4.8	18	43	41.9	20,075	22,522	4,854	7,945	19:37
17	Defenseman	3,452	2015-16	14,834	1,041	4,493	+100	8,228	264	932	19	79	192	40	20,896	5.0	14	44	31.8	20,237	21,428	4,031	8,681	19:37
18	Defenseman	3,430	2011-12	14,847	922	4,352	+70	8,460	272	896	11	76	162	25	19,728	4.7	18	50	36.0	20,105	21,842	4,310	7,708	19:43
19	Defenseman	3,368	2019-20	13,150	986	4,354	+168	6,358	172	773	19	74	159	36	20,288	4.9	4	12	33.3	17,106	17,594	4,363	8,948	19:20
20	Defenseman	3,368	2007-08	15,149	975	4,343	+80	11,951	385	1,170	23	97	155	24	18,416	5.3	42	106	39.6	18,002	19,183	4,736	7,931	19:29
21	Defenseman	3,266	1984-85	10,342	928	4,194	+40	12,670	294	1,027	28	80	109	9	15,215	6.1
22	Defenseman	3,232	1983-84	10,399	1,016	4,248	-3	13,191	307	988	29	91	118	10	15,386	6.6
23	Defenseman	3,222	2000-01	15,167	990	4,212	+65	13,551	358	1,182	27	109	170	33	19,028	5.2	54	138	39.1	25,717	18,602	5,940	12,089	19:24
24	Defenseman	3,204	1981-82	9,808	904	4,108	+9	14,297	263	962	17	71	89		14,964	6.0
25	Defenseman	3,190	1995-96	13,068	905	4,095	+53	15,553	329	1,254	32	101	115	6	18,126	5.0