Between the 2001-02 and 2011-12 seasons, Joe Thornton made the most assists, with 654 assists.

Interpreted as:

most assists by a player between 2001-02 to 2011-12

	NAME	A	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	654	788	245	899	+164	686	82	252	5	5	41	7	1,706	14.4	7,570	14,339	52.8	563	241	617	843	20:41
2	Henrik Sedin H. Sedin	556	810	162	718	+183	472	43	209	5	2	31	4	1,225	13.2	6,050	12,148	49.8	230	155	307	399	17:22
3	Brad Richards B. Richards	496	772	224	720	-63	185	74	228	8	6	31	1	2,540	8.8	5,615	11,384	49.3	196	298	439	594	21:22
4	Martin St. Louis M. St. Louis	491	784	301	792	+23	222	81	174	25	14	53	9	2,196	13.7	201	498	40.4	268	400	581	583	21:35
5	Pavel Datsyuk P. Datsyuk	478	732	240	718	+208	186	67	191	6	2	37	4	1,665	14.4	5,310	9,862	53.8	453	309	912	551	18:37
6	Daniel Alfredsson D. Alfredsson	450	735	293	743	+128	319	85	192	20	13	48	4	2,078	14.1	118	344	34.3	555	288	604	590	20:23
7	Nicklas Lidstrom N. Lidstrom	447	789	128	575	+245	314	67	240	2	12	20	4	1,936	6.6	0	0		353	801	354	466	26:36
8	Ray Whitney R. Whitney	429	744	219	648	-30	284	66	206	3	2	30	6	1,861	11.8	94	221	42.5	165	205	410	387	18:37
9	Daniel Sedin D. Sedin	425	784	259	684	+163	340	93	149	0	3	57	10	2,096	12.4	134	348	38.5	166	124	258	285	16:41
10	Scott Gomez S. Gomez	417	744	136	553	+24	456	39	144	1	2	26	2	1,951	7.0	5,356	10,641	50.3	291	196	486	508	18:13
11	Alex Tanguay A. Tanguay	413	724	194	607	+121	370	45	137	3	3	29	3	1,073	18.1	192	503	38.2	381	236	370	462	18:02
12	Jarome Iginla J. Iginla	412	800	394	806	+68	597	122	148	10	4	65	6	2,873	13.7	1,984	3,765	52.7	875	248	419	568	21:24
13	Marian Hossa M. Hossa	401	752	341	742	+122	415	105	170	23	7	51	6	2,644	12.9	43	137	31.4	679	211	605	443	19:41
14	Dany Heatley D. Heatley	393	751	349	742	+71	594	136	145	8	5	61	5	2,364	14.8	266	610	43.6	657	255	382	532	20:41
15	Jason Spezza J. Spezza	390	606	226	616	+77	386	80	148	2	2	31	3	1,566	14.4	5,537	10,617	52.2	157	149	416	624	18:41
16	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	386	434	223	609	+80	401	67	172	3	5	28	5	1,473	15.1	4,543	8,803	51.6	356	241	232	367	21:05
17	Sergei Gonchar S. Gonchar	386	692	121	507	-24	554	64	230	1	7	16	3	1,604	7.5	1	1	100.0	495	845	233	510	25:03
18	Mike Ribeiro M. Ribeiro	386	716	172	558	+11	340	57	144	2	2	25	6	1,177	14.6	3,705	8,179	45.3	720	259	448	524	17:37
19	Patrik Elias P. Elias	385	722	249	634	+93	302	74	140	10	11	55	11	2,186	11.4	1,685	3,819	44.1	448	172	304	477	18:39
20	Marc Savard M. Savard	385	554	152	537	-29	593	62	170	3	7	27	5	1,403	10.8	4,967	9,765	50.9	174	149	298	429	19:37
21	Vincent Lecavalier V. Lecavalier	384	768	312	696	-42	585	92	145	13	9	52	8	2,624	11.9	6,289	13,107	48.0	864	228	351	503	19:49
22	Tomas Kaberle T. Kaberle	383	753	70	453	-3	200	30	215	1	7	13	6	1,206	5.8	5	9	55.6	417	932	251	629	23:49
23	Vinny Prospal V. Prospal	380	754	195	575	-57	404	63	131	1	1	25	4	1,755	11.1	1,241	2,405	51.6	554	260	434	311	18:30
24	Ilya Kovalchuk I. Kovalchuk	379	779	406	785	-110	498	136	165	6	5	55	13	2,844	14.3	109	306	35.6	408	179	409	903	21:51
25	Henrik Zetterberg H. Zetterberg	372	668	252	624	+144	271	84	130	7	9	50	6	2,315	10.9	4,138	8,095	51.1	277	211	418	430	19:31