which nhl player most assists 2010s decade

Between the 2009-10 and 2018-19 seasons, Nicklas Backstrom had the most assists in a decade, with 521 assists in the 2010s.

	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	Nicklas Backstrom N. Backstrom	521	2010s	731	195	716	+91	378	55	234	2	0	33	7	1,575	12.4	6,464	12,706	50.9	588	456	497	399	19:46
2	Claude Giroux C. Giroux	508	2010s	776	227	735	+28	338	71	219	6	8	38	11	2,057	11.0	7,681	13,939	55.1	729	345	406	399	20:04
3	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	505	2010s	653	314	819	+153	373	94	172	3	3	44	10	2,124	14.8	7,881	14,959	52.7	569	289	336	518	20:52
4	Joe Thornton J. Thornton	488	2010s	730	148	636	+91	383	44	184	3	4	22	1	1,151	12.9	4,834	8,821	54.8	476	264	663	779	18:41
5	Patrick Kane P. Kane	486	2010s	741	310	796	+68	244	80	161	0	1	52	7	2,486	12.5	286	755	37.9	206	167	471	357	20:19
6	Ryan Getzlaf R. Getzlaf	480	2010s	687	173	653	+86	527	44	145	6	6	39	8	1,511	11.4	5,461	11,154	49.0	1,301	682	458	694	20:49
7	Henrik Sedin H. Sedin	479	2010s	684	131	610	+68	310	36	161	4	0	21	2	969	13.5	5,516	11,304	48.8	192	152	256	340	18:48
8	Anze Kopitar A. Kopitar	451	2010s	767	233	684	+114	200	62	166	7	7	41	7	1,837	12.7	7,769	14,662	53.0	774	518	465	476	21:11
9	Erik Karlsson E. Karlsson	434	2010s	680	129	563	-30	338	31	184	1	4	26	6	2,014	6.4	0	3	0.0	614	956	533	793	25:51
10	Blake Wheeler B. Wheeler	430	2010s	779	221	651	+63	526	37	140	11	8	33	4	2,136	10.3	360	863	41.7	992	513	361	351	18:55
11	Evgeni Malkin E. Malkin	422	2010s	610	276	698	+31	664	95	169	2	1	53	9	2,070	13.3	3,194	7,184	44.5	351	233	487	559	19:37
12	Jakub Voracek J. Voracek	415	2010s	766	186	601	-29	388	48	156	0	0	23	9	2,016	9.2	78	198	39.4	377	234	297	424	17:48
13	Phil Kessel P. Kessel	406	2010s	774	291	697	-91	242	88	165	1	0	56	10	2,642	11.0	118	284	41.5	138	185	310	614	19:07
14	Henrik Zetterberg H. Zetterberg	401	2010s	650	154	555	+41	243	32	155	2	4	27	4	2,022	7.6	4,581	9,106	50.3	387	220	361	385	19:44
15	Keith Yandle K. Yandle	399	2010s	788	85	484	-32	485	30	190	0	4	15	1	1,859	4.6	0	0		334	829	284	740	22:32
16	John Tavares J. Tavares	390	2010s	751	319	709	-23	341	93	139	3	3	50	12	2,396	13.3	7,119	13,787	51.6	377	288	639	715	19:55
17	Duncan Keith D. Keith	388	2010s	755	67	455	+104	334	23	121	2	11	16	2	1,649	4.1	0	1	0.0	330	1,213	387	619	25:16
18	David Krejci D. Krejci	377	2010s	706	166	543	+82	252	38	94	1	5	31	3	1,349	12.3	5,210	10,212	51.0	500	402	367	358	18:28
19	Brent Burns B. Burns	369	2010s	717	163	532	+11	456	53	136	2	8	28	10	2,351	6.9	67	148	45.3	984	956	454	841	23:24
20	Jamie Benn J. Benn	368	2010s	745	281	649	+51	560	74	95	12	11	43	5	2,082	13.5	2,600	5,279	49.3	1,282	509	606	551	18:41
21	Daniel Sedin D. Sedin	365	2010s	664	214	579	+67	282	71	129	0	1	50	9	1,971	10.9	60	173	34.7	193	113	223	283	18:25
22	Ryan Suter R. Suter	365	2010s	762	59	424	+98	379	24	149	4	8	12	1	1,402	4.2	2	5	40.0	636	1,139	296	372	27:03
23	Eric Staal E. Staal	363	2010s	765	253	616	-31	501	66	102	12	7	42	1	2,327	10.9	6,068	12,095	50.2	570	312	548	393	19:40
24	Jonathan Toews J. Toews	363	2010s	727	269	632	+172	382	60	98	15	13	52	11	1,972	13.6	8,535	14,897	57.3	469	265	615	318	20:08
25	Mikko Koivu M. Koivu	360	2010s	691	144	504	+56	358	40	137	4	10	26	4	1,558	9.2	7,588	13,933	54.5	429	400	456	333	19:49