which defenseman has the most assists in 2016

Erik Karlsson had the most assists by a defenseman in 2015-16, with 66 assists.

	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	Erik Karlsson E. Karlsson	66	2015-16	OTT	82	16	82	-2	50	1	25	0	0	3	2	248	6.5	0	1	0.0	84	175	61	96	28:58
2	Kris Letang K. Letang	51	2015-16	PIT	71	16	67	+9	66	5	22	0	3	2	1	218	7.3	0	0		135	122	47	69	26:57
3	Brent Burns B. Burns	48	2015-16	SJS	82	27	75	-5	53	7	23	1	1	4	1	353	7.6	1	1	100.0	101	145	53	102	25:52
4	John Klingberg J. Klingberg	48	2015-16	DAL	76	10	58	+22	30	2	20	0	0	4	3	171	5.8	0	0		44	68	36	78	22:41
5	Roman Josi R. Josi	47	2015-16	NSH	81	14	61	-3	43	6	18	1	1	3	1	198	7.1	0	0		59	185	21	43	25:29
6	P.K. Subban	45	2015-16	MTL	68	6	51	+4	75	2	22	0	0	0	0	176	3.4	0	0		102	80	23	106	26:22
7	Ryan Suter R. Suter	43	2015-16	MIN	82	8	51	+10	30	3	18	1	1	2	0	188	4.3	0	0		69	142	36	41	28:36
8	Keith Yandle K. Yandle	42	2015-16	NYR	82	5	47	-4	40	2	20	0	0	1	0	160	3.1	0	0		43	68	27	76	19:58
9	Torey Krug T. Krug	40	2015-16	BOS	81	4	44	+9	33	1	18	0	0	1	0	244	1.6	2	2	100.0	61	94	20	57	21:37
10	TJ Brodie	39	2015-16	CGY	70	6	45	+4	18	2	7	0	2	1	1	79	7.6	0	0		15	104	47	91	25:16
11	Andrei Markov A. Markov	39	2015-16	MTL	82	5	44	-6	38	4	13	0	0	0	0	117	4.3	0	0		57	142	38	93	23:50
12	Drew Doughty D. Doughty	37	2015-16	LAK	82	14	51	+24	52	9	15	1	1	3	0	197	7.1	0	0		125	105	10	97	28:01
13	Victor Hedman V. Hedman	37	2015-16	TBL	78	10	47	+21	46	1	10	0	1	0	0	180	5.6	0	0		62	132	48	62	23:04
14	Tyson Barrie T. Barrie	36	2015-16	COL	78	13	49	-16	31	3	18	1	1	5	0	172	7.6	0	0		37	84	29	59	23:12
15	Mark Giordano M. Giordano	35	2015-16	CGY	82	21	56	-5	54	9	10	1	2	2	1	212	9.9	0	0		65	193	45	68	24:48
16	Nick Leddy N. Leddy	35	2015-16	NYI	81	5	40	-9	25	3	16	0	0	1	0	121	4.1	0	0		83	87	40	52	22:37
17	Brent Seabrook B. Seabrook	35	2015-16	CHI	81	14	49	+6	32	6	19	0	0	3	1	167	8.4	0	0		121	150	19	89	22:49
18	Dustin Byfuglien D. Byfuglien	34	2015-16	WPG	81	19	53	+4	119	3	14	1	1	6	0	247	7.7	0	0		222	105	73	92	25:12
19	Oliver Ekman-Larsson O. Ekman-Larsson	34	2015-16	ARI	75	21	55	-6	96	12	15	0	0	8	2	228	9.2	0	0		154	67	40	39	24:46
20	Duncan Keith D. Keith	34	2015-16	CHI	67	9	43	+13	26	4	14	0	1	4	0	130	6.9	0	1	0.0	16	116	22	46	25:14
21	Alex Goligoski A. Goligoski	32	2015-16	DAL	82	5	37	+21	34	1	4	0	1	1	0	127	3.9	0	0		100	159	18	73	23:50
22	Jake Muzzin J. Muzzin	32	2015-16	LAK	82	8	40	+7	64	1	12	0	1	1	0	203	3.9	0	0		197	135	13	68	23:04
23	Rasmus Ristolainen R. Ristolainen	32	2015-16	BUF	82	9	41	-21	33	4	17	0	0	1	0	202	4.5	0	0		139	137	20	48	25:17
24	John Carlson J. Carlson	31	2015-16	WSH	56	8	39	+16	14	2	12	0	1	4	1	124	6.5	0	0		46	114	24	47	23:42
25	Dougie Hamilton D. Hamilton	31	2015-16	CGY	82	12	43	-14	46	5	11	0	0	3	0	190	6.3	0	0		78	106	15	63	19:46