Since 2011-12, Connor McDavid has the most assists, with 723 assists.

Interpreted as:

highest assist by a player in NHL since 2011-2012

	NAME	A	GP	G	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	723	713	361	1,084	+169	276	87	278	8	9	72	16	2,412	15.0	3,940	8,252	47.7	533	280	664	654	21:44
2	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	706	942	411	1,117	+131	467	120	241	1	2	75	20	2,904	14.2	11,370	21,331	53.3	839	430	550	757	20:26
3	Patrick Kane P. Kane	652	986	389	1,041	-17	312	104	227	0	0	65	13	3,311	11.7	288	753	38.2	266	248	541	580	20:26
4	Claude Giroux C. Giroux	651	1,056	316	967	-1	412	82	283	6	8	51	13	2,802	11.3	10,698	18,749	57.1	862	392	517	553	19:54
5	Nathan MacKinnon N. MacKinnon	650	872	368	1,018	+175	391	103	224	2	2	70	14	3,498	10.5	5,568	12,008	46.4	599	475	458	650	20:32
6	Nikita Kucherov N. Kucherov	637	804	359	996	+155	386	97	268	0	0	57	7	2,485	14.4	10	22	45.5	446	263	454	768	19:00
7	Anze Kopitar A. Kopitar	620	1,063	302	922	+121	234	78	227	7	12	63	7	2,209	13.7	11,537	21,096	54.7	912	808	591	659	20:42
8	Erik Karlsson E. Karlsson	617	951	182	799	-88	414	39	235	2	4	34	12	2,684	6.8	0	4	0.0	704	1,307	765	1,163	25:41
9	Victor Hedman V. Hedman	586	979	164	750	+192	623	35	247	1	13	29	8	2,232	7.3	1	3	33.3	1,059	1,567	492	819	23:50
10	Evgeni Malkin E. Malkin	577	863	356	933	+5	846	118	229	0	0	61	9	2,561	13.9	4,781	10,404	46.0	454	373	741	861	19:02
11	Artemi Panarin A. Panarin	569	754	302	871	+147	222	75	190	0	1	47	10	2,057	14.7	12	58	20.7	222	140	415	654	19:41
12	Leon Draisaitl L. Draisaitl	558	791	400	958	+86	340	163	168	9	4	72	19	2,153	18.6	6,864	12,951	53.0	462	261	662	885	20:35
13	John Tavares J. Tavares	554	1,024	441	995	+12	446	135	186	3	3	76	15	3,322	13.3	10,088	18,567	54.3	825	458	723	928	19:24
14	Blake Wheeler B. Wheeler	552	928	264	816	+25	619	53	184	11	8	42	5	2,467	10.7	730	1,557	46.9	1,160	617	457	444	18:58
15	John Carlson J. Carlson	535	985	148	683	+70	314	46	212	2	7	29	2	2,357	6.3	1	5	20.0	825	1,910	556	976	23:54
16	Roman Josi R. Josi	535	963	190	725	+58	399	65	197	1	9	35	9	2,842	6.7	0	2	0.0	679	1,819	360	656	24:52
17	Brad Marchand B. Marchand	535	1,005	404	939	+262	1,044	82	162	31	22	81	21	2,640	15.3	257	652	39.4	931	347	631	903	18:28
18	Jonathan Huberdeau J. Huberdeau	529	912	253	782	+2	460	62	185	7	3	35	6	1,997	12.7	154	381	40.4	719	389	478	728	18:03
19	Nicklas Backstrom N. Backstrom	526	782	184	710	-7	344	54	241	1	0	28	7	1,513	12.2	6,580	13,080	50.3	526	446	483	409	19:09
20	Mitch Marner M. Marner	522	659	221	743	+132	200	50	178	10	8	37	7	1,669	13.2	107	247	43.3	386	353	639	644	20:03
21	Brent Burns B. Burns	521	1,046	206	727	+33	532	62	189	3	10	29	11	3,264	6.3	67	148	45.3	1,005	1,440	670	1,164	23:28
22	Jamie Benn J. Benn	504	1,041	355	859	+87	782	101	146	12	12	56	12	2,682	13.2	4,664	8,762	53.2	1,676	706	694	759	17:55
23	Johnny Gaudreau J. Gaudreau	500	763	243	743	+25	176	50	163	0	0	48	15	2,002	12.1	9	28	32.1	103	151	451	779	18:59
24	Kris Letang K. Letang	497	864	146	643	+83	604	45	189	5	9	26	10	2,327	6.3	0	3	0.0	1,524	1,347	527	911	25:14
25	Aleksander Barkov A. Barkov	496	804	286	782	+125	164	84	159	13	10	52	10	2,097	13.6	7,726	14,575	53.0	535	526	648	482	20:07