Since 2004-05, Sidney Crosby has the most assists, with 1,026 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	1,026	1,303	600	1,626	+213	840	175	393	4	7	93	23	4,164	14.4	15,071	28,583	52.7	1,145	637	752	1,051	20:40
2	Joe Thornton J. Thornton	848	1,205	270	1,118	+157	661	93	328	3	6	43	5	2,020	13.4	8,476	15,818	53.6	786	406	962	1,249	18:38
3	Patrick Kane P. Kane	820	1,254	474	1,294	+8	446	128	294	0	1	77	12	4,105	11.5	324	836	38.8	324	280	714	667	20:07
4	Evgeni Malkin E. Malkin	817	1,176	504	1,321	+38	1,174	180	319	4	1	84	13	3,747	13.5	5,823	12,994	44.8	696	496	1,007	1,133	19:38
5	Anze Kopitar A. Kopitar	816	1,402	427	1,243	+107	344	122	311	14	14	75	9	3,266	13.1	13,947	26,187	53.3	1,243	983	817	894	20:52
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	17,777	50.1	771	652	759	615	19:23
7	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
8	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
9	Claude Giroux C. Giroux	727	1,211	357	1,084	+25	490	98	301	9	11	55	13	3,101	11.5	11,312	20,132	56.2	1,058	480	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	673	671	349	1,022	+157	257	83	261	8	9	71	16	2,303	15.2	3,701	7,742	47.8	509	265	643	606	21:41
12	Erik Karlsson E. Karlsson	645	1,033	191	836	-108	472	43	254	2	5	37	11	2,856	6.7	0	4	0.0	760	1,372	823	1,194	25:18
13	Brent Burns B. Burns	627	1,408	256	883	+10	821	88	229	3	14	42	16	3,904	6.6	79	171	46.2	1,517	1,770	879	1,402	22:40
14	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
15	Nathan MacKinnon N. MacKinnon	600	822	346	946	+151	368	96	206	2	2	67	14	3,295	10.5	5,047	11,001	45.9	579	440	440	576	20:25
16	John Tavares J. Tavares	597	1,137	468	1,065	-25	491	146	208	3	3	79	18	3,641	12.9	10,821	20,180	53.6	828	483	839	1,008	19:20
17	Victor Hedman V. Hedman	593	1,078	160	753	+179	752	32	239	1	13	29	8	2,305	6.9	1	3	33.3	1,145	1,660	537	842	23:28
18	Joe Pavelski J. Pavelski	592	1,332	476	1,068	+201	458	176	207	10	8	75	5	3,706	12.8	8,192	15,059	54.4	1,380	1,139	745	857	18:34
19	Steven Stamkos S. Stamkos	590	1,112	562	1,152	+33	651	220	212	5	3	87	13	3,400	16.5	6,530	12,958	50.4	1,198	501	492	621	19:08
20	Patrice Bergeron P. Bergeron	590	1,223	411	1,001	+284	472	124	187	22	26	79	9	3,841	10.7	14,837	25,507	58.2	972	847	811	448	18:49
21	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
22	Jason Spezza J. Spezza	585	1,137	334	919	-14	525	109	232	3	2	52	3	2,659	12.6	9,029	16,819	53.7	296	339	645	975	16:42
23	Kris Letang K. Letang	584	1,115	172	756	+88	769	55	226	6	10	34	11	2,857	6.0	1	5	20.0	1,927	1,686	612	1,032	24:13
24	Nikita Kucherov N. Kucherov	583	750	334	917	+143	343	89	248	0	0	51	6	2,306	14.5	9	20	45.0	437	241	432	685	18:51
25	Jakub Voracek J. Voracek	583	1,058	223	806	-36	525	55	204	0	0	31	12	2,517	8.9	98	274	35.8	472	316	425	555	17:16