which nhl player most assists 2000s decade

Between the 1999-00 and 2008-09 seasons, Joe Thornton had the most assists in a decade, with 548 assists in the 2000s.

	NAME	A	DECADE	GP	G	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Joe Thornton J. Thornton	548	2000s	700	246	794	+117	743	89	199	3	2	42	8	1,612	15.3	7,457	14,390	51.8	594	185	476	671	21:05
2	Nicklas Lidstrom N. Lidstrom	447	2000s	718	127	574	+232	278	68	237	6	10	21	3	1,909	6.7	0	0		331	737	366	529	27:49
3	Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	436	2000s	611	301	737	+112	406	95	178	3	1	49	7	2,292	13.1	7	34	20.6	167	121	296	811	21:49
4	Daniel Alfredsson D. Alfredsson	434	2000s	661	277	711	+145	319	81	177	18	11	41	2	1,993	13.9	88	257	34.2	563	255	524	539	20:24
5	Scott Gomez S. Gomez	430	2000s	706	148	578	+60	458	38	150	1	1	27	3	1,914	7.7	4,520	9,087	49.7	303	153	501	520	17:43
6	Marc Savard M. Savard	427	2000s	643	185	612	-38	652	70	179	4	8	32	8	1,644	11.3	5,547	10,860	51.1	248	186	377	506	19:25
7	Joe Sakic J. Sakic	412	2000s	586	250	662	+104	274	85	165	6	4	36	6	1,968	12.7	6,687	12,735	52.5	227	268	419	405	21:09
8	Mark Recchi M. Recchi	388	2000s	709	212	600	-13	395	83	162	6	7	34	4	1,596	13.3	774	1,572	49.2	733	241	300	470	19:25
9	Alex Tanguay A. Tanguay	387	2000s	659	193	580	+157	345	50	118	3	2	28	3	987	19.6	132	345	38.3	460	166	347	388	17:42
10	Doug Weight D. Weight	381	2000s	637	141	522	+11	492	48	178	1	4	21	5	1,356	10.4	4,740	9,600	49.4	457	292	208	354	19:34
11	Brad Richards B. Richards	380	2000s	620	168	548	-61	139	54	181	8	6	20	1	1,934	8.7	4,240	8,893	47.7	123	233	330	501	20:57
12	Jarome Iginla J. Iginla	371	2000s	708	347	718	+78	544	112	139	10	5	57	4	2,561	13.5	1,868	3,512	53.2	794	204	348	472	21:09
13	Sergei Gonchar S. Gonchar	369	2000s	638	135	504	+37	552	64	219	1	5	17	3	1,650	8.2	2	2	100.0	513	641	244	559	24:57
14	Mats Sundin M. Sundin	366	2000s	653	268	634	+66	550	93	149	12	10	51	12	2,005	13.4	7,927	14,441	54.9	438	276	212	466	19:44
15	Alex Kovalev A. Kovalev	365	2000s	686	255	620	-14	704	88	175	6	9	39	6	2,147	11.9	503	1,126	44.7	594	204	307	606	21:00
16	Ray Whitney R. Whitney	365	2000s	634	196	561	-51	271	58	186	3	2	26	4	1,667	11.8	161	352	45.7	109	184	385	409	18:43
17	Marian Hossa M. Hossa	364	2000s	708	324	688	+95	421	102	166	16	6	54	7	2,481	13.1	47	144	32.6	714	184	535	459	19:16
18	Mike Modano M. Modano	362	2000s	690	232	594	+61	400	66	155	10	12	45	7	1,705	13.6	6,871	13,255	51.8	174	269	639	919	20:34
19	Markus Naslund M. Naslund	362	2000s	722	296	658	+12	505	100	176	3	1	41	5	2,378	12.4	23	60	38.3	270	158	402	409	18:45
20	Brian Rafalski B. Rafalski	358	2000s	692	67	425	+144	234	34	164	1	2	15	2	1,293	5.2	2	5	40.0	479	656	353	576	23:02
21	Patrik Elias P. Elias	356	2000s	656	258	614	+148	339	73	134	9	9	58	15	2,076	12.4	777	1,784	43.6	492	137	328	467	18:28
22	Pavol Demitra P. Demitra	355	2000s	609	227	582	+111	234	65	136	6	4	41	9	1,589	14.3	2,386	5,055	47.2	161	215	182	458	19:33
23	Paul Kariya P. Kariya	352	2000s	612	216	568	-19	270	80	160	8	1	23	1	1,933	11.2	162	417	38.8	159	247	284	405	20:48
24	Vincent Lecavalier V. Lecavalier	352	2000s	705	289	641	-70	538	83	135	13	9	45	5	2,268	12.7	5,517	11,901	46.4	776	192	335	575	19:59
25	Pavel Datsyuk P. Datsyuk	351	2000s	526	171	522	+159	139	48	144	5	2	24	2	1,161	14.7	3,589	6,758	53.1	234	225	612	400	18:09