Since 2004-05, Sidney Crosby has the most assists, with 1,075 assists.

Interpreted as:

most NHL assists by a player since 2005

	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	1,075	1,380	643	1,718	+195	882	191	407	4	7	102	25	4,363	14.7	15,974	30,205	52.9	1,203	673	782	1,134	20:39
2	Patrick Kane P. Kane	867	1,324	497	1,364	-4	460	139	316	0	1	83	14	4,296	11.6	328	847	38.7	341	307	720	740	20:00
3	Evgeni Malkin E. Malkin	853	1,239	522	1,375	+33	1,222	185	336	4	1	87	14	3,876	13.5	6,094	13,578	44.9	723	530	1,037	1,204	19:31
4	Anze Kopitar A. Kopitar	848	1,480	446	1,294	+118	354	127	325	14	14	79	9	3,372	13.2	14,765	27,630	53.4	1,282	1,052	839	961	20:46
5	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
6	Claude Giroux C. Giroux	764	1,292	369	1,133	+20	504	101	316	9	12	58	13	3,230	11.4	11,855	20,994	56.5	1,118	514	654	681	19:26
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	17,776	50.1	771	652	759	615	19:23
8	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	749	742	377	1,126	+163	290	92	290	8	10	73	16	2,500	15.1	4,079	8,550	47.7	543	291	675	697	21:46
9	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	741	1,521	911	1,652	+71	835	328	282	5	1	139	27	6,944	13.1	66	192	34.4	3,787	568	786	1,219	20:34
10	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
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	689	1,112	201	890	-119	496	44	268	2	5	38	12	3,033	6.6	0	4	0.0	782	1,454	865	1,331	25:11
13	Nathan MacKinnon N. MacKinnon	675	900	391	1,066	+208	401	108	231	2	2	72	15	3,632	10.8	5,834	12,570	46.4	618	493	466	693	20:34
14	Nikita Kucherov N. Kucherov	660	830	370	1,030	+164	400	99	274	0	0	60	8	2,566	14.4	10	22	45.5	454	273	461	813	19:03
15	Brent Burns B. Burns	655	1,491	264	919	+33	855	88	233	3	14	45	16	4,081	6.5	79	171	46.2	1,529	1,865	902	1,498	22:32
16	John Tavares J. Tavares	637	1,213	507	1,144	-18	533	157	217	3	3	83	19	3,832	13.2	11,606	21,488	54.0	917	515	863	1,083	19:17
17	Victor Hedman V. Hedman	635	1,149	171	806	+193	778	35	256	1	13	29	8	2,447	7.0	1	3	33.3	1,179	1,775	559	953	23:24
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	611	1,193	590	1,201	+1	699	230	215	5	3	94	16	3,564	16.6	6,902	13,670	50.5	1,262	541	510	688	19:02
20	Kris Letang K. Letang	608	1,189	177	785	+88	817	57	234	6	10	35	12	2,994	5.9	1	5	20.0	2,034	1,793	642	1,134	24:08
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	Artemi Panarin A. Panarin	590	784	312	902	+146	230	75	198	0	1	49	10	2,137	14.6	12	58	20.7	227	145	422	683	19:43
23	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
24	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
25	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