most nhl assists from 2005 to october 21 2025

Between January 1, 2005 and October 21, 2025, Sidney Crosby had the most assists, with 1,066 assists.

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most NHL assists by a player from 2005 to october 21 2025

	NAME	A	GP	G	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	1,066	1,359	629	1,695	+199	862	185	404	4	7	101	25	4,309	14.6	15,733	29,766	52.9	1,186	665	773	1,117	20:39
2	Patrick Kane P. Kane	854	1,307	494	1,348	-2	454	139	310	0	1	82	14	4,242	11.6	328	846	38.8	337	299	719	721	20:03
3	Joe Thornton J. Thornton	848	1,205	270	1,118	+157	661	93	328	3	6	43	5	2,019	13.4	8,476	15,817	53.6	786	406	962	1,249	18:38
4	Anze Kopitar A. Kopitar	842	1,458	440	1,282	+110	348	124	324	14	14	78	9	3,334	13.2	14,542	27,223	53.4	1,274	1,036	834	941	20:47
5	Evgeni Malkin E. Malkin	840	1,220	516	1,356	+30	1,204	184	327	4	1	86	14	3,826	13.5	6,020	13,421	44.9	717	524	1,031	1,182	19:33
6	Nicklas Backstrom N. Backstrom	762	1,105	271	1,033	+83	504	86	335	2	0	39	9	2,264	12.0	8,912	17,776	50.1	771	652	759	615	19:23
7	Claude Giroux C. Giroux	754	1,270	366	1,120	+17	500	100	312	9	12	58	13	3,192	11.5	11,722	20,799	56.4	1,099	504	650	662	19:28
8	Ryan Getzlaf R. Getzlaf	737	1,157	282	1,019	+102	960	86	255	8	6	57	11	2,559	11.0	8,672	17,591	49.3	1,980	1,006	732	1,086	19:29
9	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	730	1,498	898	1,628	+65	833	326	278	5	1	136	27	6,880	13.1	64	190	33.7	3,757	563	784	1,195	20:36
10	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	728	719	362	1,090	+166	278	88	279	8	10	72	16	2,429	14.9	3,970	8,313	47.8	535	282	665	664	21:45
11	Henrik Sedin H. Sedin	728	1,012	196	924	+126	536	50	269	6	2	33	6	1,500	13.1	8,105	16,495	49.1	266	217	373	556	18:44
12	Erik Karlsson E. Karlsson	673	1,091	200	873	-122	490	44	262	2	5	38	12	2,982	6.7	0	4	0.0	780	1,434	853	1,295	25:12
13	Nathan MacKinnon N. MacKinnon	652	877	373	1,025	+182	393	104	224	2	2	70	14	3,525	10.6	5,622	12,108	46.4	604	479	460	657	20:32
14	Brent Burns B. Burns	648	1,468	260	908	+23	849	88	233	3	14	42	16	4,037	6.4	79	171	46.2	1,525	1,839	900	1,468	22:35
15	Nikita Kucherov N. Kucherov	638	807	359	997	+149	388	97	269	0	0	57	7	2,489	14.4	10	22	45.5	447	264	455	774	19:00
16	Victor Hedman V. Hedman	628	1,137	171	799	+192	772	35	253	1	13	29	8	2,429	7.0	1	3	33.3	1,175	1,761	556	934	23:27
17	John Tavares J. Tavares	625	1,191	498	1,123	-19	521	156	215	3	3	82	18	3,763	13.2	11,373	21,112	53.9	895	510	854	1,059	19:17
18	Blake Wheeler B. Wheeler	622	1,172	321	943	+67	764	59	196	14	10	49	5	2,955	10.9	808	1,766	45.8	1,353	723	552	523	18:11
19	Steven Stamkos S. Stamkos	609	1,171	583	1,192	+7	687	229	215	5	3	91	14	3,520	16.6	6,822	13,532	50.4	1,240	533	502	666	19:04
20	Kris Letang K. Letang	600	1,168	175	775	+88	809	56	231	6	10	34	11	2,954	5.9	1	5	20.0	2,010	1,765	635	1,116	24:11
21	Joe Pavelski J. Pavelski	592	1,332	476	1,068	+201	458	176	207	10	8	75	5	3,706	12.8	8,192	15,060	54.4	1,380	1,139	745	857	18:34
22	Patrice Bergeron P. Bergeron	590	1,223	411	1,001	+284	474	124	187	22	26	79	9	3,841	10.7	14,837	25,507	58.2	972	847	811	448	18:49
23	Ryan Suter R. Suter	589	1,526	107	696	+127	785	36	218	5	12	20	2	2,426	4.4	2	5	40.0	1,201	2,043	548	754	24:05
24	Eric Staal E. Staal	588	1,284	444	1,032	-76	814	131	179	20	8	69	4	3,877	11.5	9,775	20,225	48.3	924	529	830	677	19:16
25	Jason Spezza J. Spezza	585	1,137	334	919	-14	525	109	232	3	2	52	3	2,659	12.6	9,028	16,818	53.7	296	339	645	975	16:42