Since 2004-05, Sidney Crosby has made the most assists, with 1,062 assists.

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NHL most 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	1,062	1,352	625	1,687	+197	854	184	403	4	7	100	25	4,299	14.5	15,664	29,637	52.9	1,181	662	772	1,107	20:40
2	Patrick Kane P. Kane	851	1,302	492	1,343	0	454	138	308	0	1	81	14	4,233	11.6	328	846	38.8	335	298	719	714	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	838	1,454	440	1,278	+108	348	124	321	14	14	78	9	3,328	13.2	14,493	27,146	53.4	1,266	1,030	831	935	20:48
5	Evgeni Malkin E. Malkin	832	1,213	514	1,346	+28	1,202	183	325	4	1	86	14	3,810	13.5	6,000	13,370	44.9	713	523	1,029	1,176	19:34
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	751	1,263	365	1,116	+16	496	100	311	9	12	57	13	3,183	11.5	11,687	20,748	56.3	1,094	503	647	657	19:29
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	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
10	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	726	1,491	897	1,623	+60	831	326	277	5	1	136	27	6,864	13.1	64	190	33.7	3,742	563	784	1,189	20:37
11	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	721	712	361	1,082	+168	276	87	277	8	9	72	16	2,407	15.0	3,935	8,242	47.7	533	280	663	652	21:44
12	Erik Karlsson E. Karlsson	670	1,084	200	870	-123	486	44	261	2	5	38	12	2,974	6.7	0	4	0.0	780	1,427	851	1,283	25:14
13	Nathan MacKinnon N. MacKinnon	648	870	367	1,015	+173	389	102	224	2	2	69	14	3,492	10.5	5,539	11,961	46.3	597	474	458	643	20:32
14	Brent Burns B. Burns	644	1,461	260	904	+20	843	88	232	3	14	42	16	4,018	6.5	79	171	46.2	1,523	1,827	896	1,462	22:35
15	Nikita Kucherov N. Kucherov	637	803	357	994	+157	386	96	268	0	0	57	7	2,481	14.4	10	22	45.5	446	263	454	766	19:00
16	Victor Hedman V. Hedman	623	1,131	171	794	+193	772	35	250	1	13	29	8	2,422	7.1	1	3	33.3	1,171	1,746	554	925	23:26
17	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
18	John Tavares J. Tavares	620	1,184	494	1,114	-21	521	155	215	3	3	82	18	3,749	13.2	11,310	21,002	53.9	888	509	853	1,056	19:18
19	Steven Stamkos S. Stamkos	608	1,164	582	1,190	+10	679	228	215	5	3	91	14	3,506	16.6	6,801	13,494	50.4	1,238	529	500	662	19:05
20	Kris Letang K. Letang	597	1,161	175	772	+85	805	56	229	6	10	34	11	2,946	5.9	1	5	20.0	2,001	1,755	633	1,102	24:12
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