who holds the devils rookie record for most assists by a defenseman

Will Butcher has the most assists by a rookie Devils defenseman, with 39 assists in 2017-18.

	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	Will Butcher W. Butcher	39	2017-18	NJD	81	5	44	+1	8	3	20	0	0	1	0	88	5.7	0	0		21	62	20	36	16:04
2	Luke Hughes L. Hughes	38	2023-24	NJD	82	9	47	-25	28	4	21	0	0	1	1	135	6.7	0	0		24	55	42	69	21:28
3	Barry Beck B. Beck	38	1977-78	CLR	75	22	60	-14	89	6	18	0	1	4		271	8.1
4	Eric Weinrich E. Weinrich	34	1990-91	NJD	76	4	38	+10	48	1	13	0	1	0	0	96	4.2
5	Viacheslav Fetisov V. Fetisov	34	1989-90	NJD	72	8	42	+9	52	2	12	0	1	0	0	108	7.4
6	Scott Niedermayer S. Niedermayer	29	1992-93	NJD	80	11	40	+8	47	5	14	0	0	0	0	131	8.4
7	Brian Rafalski B. Rafalski	27	1999-00	NJD	75	5	32	+21	28	1	6	0	0	1	0	128	3.9	0	1	0.0	102	68	77	49	18:51
8	Tom Edur T. Edur	25	1976-77	CLR	80	7	32	+14	39	3	4	0	0	1		150	4.7
9	Uli Hiemer U. Hiemer	24	1984-85	NJD	53	5	29	-15	70	3	11	0	0	0	0	86	5.8
10	Bruce Driver B. Driver	23	1984-85	NJD	67	9	32	-21	36	3	11	1	1	0	0	143	6.3
11	Eric Gelinas E. Gelinas	22	2013-14	NJD	60	7	29	-3	22	5	12	0	0	2	1	124	5.6	0	0		99	20	12	26	16:55
12	Ty Smith T. Smith	21	2020-21	NJD	48	2	23	-9	22	1	6	0	0	0	0	69	2.9	0	0		32	35	8	30	20:07
13	Rob Ramage R. Ramage	20	1979-80	CLR	75	8	28	-42	135	4	7	0	0	3		218	3.7
14	Colin White C. White	19	2000-01	NJD	82	1	20	+32	155	0	4	0	2	1	0	114	0.9	0	0		163	116	52	62	19:06
15	Paul Martin P. Martin	18	2003-04	NJD	70	6	24	+12	4	2	8	0	0	2	1	82	7.3	0	0		17	64	35	53	20:08
16	Jim McElmury J. McElmury	17	1974-75	KCS	78	5	22	-47	25	1	8	0	0	1		136	3.7
17	Simon Nemec S. Nemec	16	2023-24	NJD	60	3	19	-7	33	0	2	0	0	1	0	73	4.1	0	0		23	105	18	25	19:52
18	Adam Larsson A. Larsson	16	2011-12	NJD	65	2	18	-7	20	0	4	0	1	0	0	68	2.9	0	0		94	67	12	44	20:37
19	Craig Wolanin C. Wolanin	16	1985-86	NJD	44	2	18	-7	74	0	2	0	0	1	0	45	4.4
20	Jaroslav Modry J. Modry	15	1993-94	NJD	41	2	17	+10	18	2	2	0	0	0	0	35	5.7
21	Alexei Kasatonov A. Kasatonov	15	1989-90	NJD	39	6	21	+15	16	1	5	0	2	0	0	60	10.0
22	Mark Suzor M. Suzor	15	1977-78	CLR	60	4	19	-35	56	2	4	0	0	0		89	4.5
23	Murray Brumwell M. Brumwell	14	1982-83	NJD	59	5	19	-20	34	1	6	0	0	0		61	8.2
24	Tapio Levo T. Levo	13	1981-82	CLR	34	9	22	-13	14	3	6	0	0	0		70	12.9
25	Damon Severson D. Severson	12	2014-15	NJD	51	5	17	-13	22	0	7	0	0	0	0	93	5.4	0	1	0.0	19	34	14	38	21:58