since 2005 which player has scored the most primary assists in a single season

Since 2004-05, Nikita Kucherov and Connor McDavid are tied for the most assists in a season, with 100 assists in 2023-24.

	NAME	A	SEASON	TM	GP	G	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Nikita Kucherov N. Kucherov	100	2023-24	TBL	81	44	144	+8	22	13	40	0	0	6	1	306	14.4	2	4	50.0	47	35	62	96	21:40
2	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	100	2023-24	EDM	76	32	132	+35	30	7	37	1	0	5	1	263	12.2	442	865	51.1	118	39	68	84	21:22
3	Joe Thornton J. Thornton	96	2005-06	TOT	81	29	125	+31	61	11	40	0	2	6	1	195	14.9	922	1,798	51.3	33	23	43	102	21:20
4	Joe Thornton J. Thornton	92	2006-07	SJS	82	22	114	+24	44	10	44	0	0	5	0	213	10.3	778	1,522	51.1	64	15	51	102	20:19
5	Nathan MacKinnon N. MacKinnon	89	2023-24	COL	82	51	140	+35	42	10	38	0	0	9	2	405	12.6	607	1,314	46.2	55	69	42	82	22:49
6	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	89	2022-23	EDM	82	64	153	+22	36	21	50	4	3	11	2	352	18.2	525	1,011	51.9	89	40	82	77	22:23
7	Nikita Kucherov N. Kucherov	87	2018-19	TBL	82	41	128	+24	62	15	33	0	0	8	0	246	16.7	0	3	0.0	44	31	58	89	19:58
8	Jonathan Huberdeau J. Huberdeau	85	2021-22	FLA	80	30	115	+35	54	5	33	3	2	7	2	222	13.5	18	54	33.3	99	28	63	85	19:25
9	Nikita Kucherov N. Kucherov	84	2024-25	TBL	78	37	121	+22	45	8	38	0	0	9	1	265	14.0	1	2	50.0	23	33	30	122	21:11
10	Nathan MacKinnon N. MacKinnon	84	2024-25	COL	79	32	116	+25	41	9	29	0	0	5	1	320	10.0	756	1,514	49.9	38	58	27	121	22:47
11	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	84	2006-07	PIT	79	36	120	+10	60	13	48	0	0	4	0	250	14.4	839	1,686	49.8	55	43	37	72	20:46
12	Nikita Kucherov N. Kucherov	83	2022-23	TBL	82	30	113	-2	36	8	42	0	0	4	0	271	11.1	2	2	100.0	61	28	57	98	20:08
13	Henrik Sedin H. Sedin	83	2009-10	VAN	82	29	112	+35	48	4	23	2	0	5	0	166	17.5	756	1,527	49.5	13	13	44	42	19:41
14	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	79	2021-22	EDM	80	44	123	+28	45	10	34	0	1	9	4	314	14.0	562	1,046	53.7	75	26	73	68	22:04
15	Evgeni Malkin E. Malkin	78	2008-09	PIT	82	35	113	+17	80	14	27	2	0	4	2	290	12.1	283	668	42.4	80	39	94	81	22:31
16	Leon Draisaitl L. Draisaitl	76	2022-23	EDM	80	52	128	+7	24	32	30	1	1	11	1	247	21.1	807	1,470	54.9	66	40	77	102	21:44
17	Erik Karlsson E. Karlsson	76	2022-23	SJS	82	25	101	-26	36	5	22	0	0	4	2	209	12.0	0	1	0.0	33	90	81	101	25:37
18	Mitch Marner M. Marner	75	2024-25	TOR	81	27	102	+18	14	6	27	1	1	7	3	173	15.6	10	34	29.4	49	40	56	106	21:19
19	Quinn Hughes Q. Hughes	75	2023-24	VAN	82	17	92	+38	38	5	33	0	0	2	1	199	8.5	0	0		29	55	43	52	24:41
20	Johnny Gaudreau J. Gaudreau	75	2021-22	CGY	82	40	115	+64	26	6	19	0	0	9	2	262	15.3	1	1	100.0	10	9	50	81	18:34
21	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	75	2018-19	EDM	78	41	116	+3	20	9	24	1	1	9	3	240	17.1	428	918	46.6	39	30	99	89	22:50
22	Henrik Sedin H. Sedin	75	2010-11	VAN	82	19	94	+26	40	8	27	0	0	4	0	157	12.1	721	1,387	52.0	15	21	43	38	19:16
23	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	74	2024-25	EDM	67	26	100	+20	27	9	22	0	0	3	0	196	13.3	370	776	47.7	40	18	32	74	22:02
24	Artemi Panarin A. Panarin	74	2021-22	NYR	75	22	96	+21	18	5	32	0	0	5	1	177	12.4	1	2	50.0	22	14	56	71	19:13
25	Marc Savard M. Savard	74	2006-07	BOS	82	22	96	-19	96	10	39	1	0	3	0	221	10.0	712	1,420	50.1	35	31	48	68	20:13