Since 1999-00, Joe Thornton has the most assists, with 1,080 assists.

Interpreted as:

most NHL assists by a player since 2000

	NAME	A	GP	G	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Joe Thornton J. Thornton	1,080	1,578	411	1,491	+185	1,184	139	393	6	6	66	9	2,907	14.1	12,730	24,108	52.8	1,142	498	1,225	1,527	19:18
2	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	1,026	1,304	600	1,626	+211	840	175	393	4	7	93	23	4,168	14.4	15,087	28,609	52.7	1,146	637	752	1,051	20:40
3	Henrik Sedin H. Sedin	830	1,330	240	1,070	+165	680	61	308	7	2	38	6	1,856	12.9	9,887	20,256	48.8	383	267	499	658	17:30
4	Patrick Kane P. Kane	821	1,255	474	1,295	+9	448	128	294	0	1	77	12	4,108	11.5	324	836	38.8	324	280	714	667	20:07
5	Anze Kopitar A. Kopitar	818	1,403	427	1,245	+108	344	122	311	14	14	75	9	3,267	13.1	13,955	26,206	53.3	1,243	983	818	894	20:52
6	Evgeni Malkin E. Malkin	817	1,177	504	1,321	+38	1,176	180	319	4	1	84	13	3,748	13.4	5,827	13,005	44.8	696	498	1,010	1,135	19:38
7	Nicklas Backstrom N. Backstrom	762	1,105	271	1,033	+83	504	86	335	2	0	39	9	2,264	12.0	8,912	17,777	50.1	771	652	759	615	19:23
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	Claude Giroux C. Giroux	728	1,212	357	1,085	+26	490	98	301	9	11	55	13	3,103	11.5	11,315	20,136	56.2	1,059	481	632	616	19:33
10	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	707	1,444	868	1,575	+60	825	316	272	5	1	132	26	6,690	13.0	64	188	34.0	3,676	553	778	1,152	20:43
11	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	674	672	349	1,023	+157	257	83	262	8	9	71	16	2,305	15.1	3,708	7,765	47.8	511	265	644	607	21:41
12	Daniel Sedin D. Sedin	648	1,306	393	1,041	+147	546	138	230	0	4	86	16	3,474	11.3	179	462	38.7	339	214	418	485	17:00
13	Erik Karlsson E. Karlsson	645	1,034	191	836	-108	472	43	254	2	5	37	11	2,859	6.7	0	4	0.0	763	1,373	823	1,197	25:18
14	Martin St. Louis M. St. Louis	641	1,121	390	1,031	+39	300	101	215	29	17	66	10	2,870	13.6	352	854	41.2	420	605	810	799	20:30
15	Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	638	1,071	421	1,059	+159	666	131	226	3	1	72	11	3,333	12.6	9	42	21.4	281	194	495	1,087	19:53
16	Brad Richards B. Richards	634	1,126	298	932	-66	251	95	282	8	6	41	2	3,451	8.6	7,436	15,216	48.9	307	451	582	816	19:55
17	Brent Burns B. Burns	632	1,444	257	889	0	833	88	231	3	14	42	16	3,938	6.5	81	178	45.5	1,551	1,785	889	1,421	22:26
18	Jason Spezza J. Spezza	632	1,248	363	995	+5	604	117	249	3	2	55	3	2,866	12.7	9,636	18,105	53.2	314	363	701	1,062	16:28
19	Henrik Zetterberg H. Zetterberg	623	1,082	337	960	+160	401	100	235	9	9	64	7	3,455	9.8	7,111	14,004	50.8	536	352	630	652	19:35
20	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
21	Patrice Bergeron P. Bergeron	613	1,294	427	1,040	+289	494	131	195	22	26	81	9	3,974	10.7	15,182	26,206	57.9	1,032	879	845	469	18:41
22	Eric Staal E. Staal	608	1,365	455	1,063	-82	854	133	184	21	8	72	5	4,041	11.3	10,063	20,894	48.2	940	558	885	703	19:07
23	Pavel Datsyuk P. Datsyuk	604	953	314	918	+249	228	97	233	6	5	51	8	2,244	14.0	7,444	13,822	53.9	635	422	1,134	665	18:52
24	Jarome Iginla J. Iginla	604	1,320	563	1,167	+43	916	182	208	10	5	93	7	4,225	13.3	2,726	5,238	52.0	1,599	464	610	778	19:56
25	Nathan MacKinnon N. MacKinnon	601	823	348	949	+154	368	96	206	2	2	67	14	3,298	10.6	5,058	11,026	45.9	579	441	441	578	20:25