Since January 1, 2023, Quinn Hughes has the most assists by a defenseman, with 175 assists.

	NAME	A	GP	G	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Quinn Hughes Q. Hughes	175	196	39	214	+53	91	11	75	0	1	5	1	484	8.1	0	0		65	162	100	176	25:22
2	Cale Makar C. Makar	155	182	59	214	+56	38	20	66	3	4	9	3	537	11.0	0	0		104	305	147	173	25:16
3	Adam Fox A. Fox	139	191	32	171	+47	90	7	60	2	5	9	2	359	8.9	0	0		96	306	140	146	23:28
4	Evan Bouchard E. Bouchard	138	207	37	175	+66	80	13	58	0	0	11	4	534	6.9	0	0		142	253	149	246	22:14
5	Victor Hedman V. Hedman	132	200	36	168	+38	134	9	54	1	2	4	0	466	7.7	0	0		148	313	84	218	23:48
6	Josh Morrissey J. Morrissey	131	202	34	165	+39	84	6	47	0	0	5	1	482	7.1	0	0		190	284	96	145	24:27
7	Erik Karlsson E. Karlsson	125	208	34	159	-37	90	7	38	0	0	6	3	505	6.7	0	1	0.0	86	245	146	257	24:12
8	Rasmus Dahlin R. Dahlin	120	199	42	162	+3	168	13	40	0	1	3	2	533	7.9	0	0		349	322	103	185	25:00
9	Roman Josi R. Josi	112	167	42	154	-4	79	14	46	0	1	8	2	537	7.8	0	0		111	310	65	151	24:50
10	Noah Dobson N. Dobson	111	191	23	134	-3	76	4	42	0	2	5	0	470	4.9	0	0		170	358	87	191	23:06
11	Zach Werenski Z. Werenski	105	151	34	139	+12	53	7	30	1	2	5	2	500	6.8	0	0		42	261	84	146	25:41
12	Morgan Rielly M. Rielly	105	197	18	123	-6	62	3	41	0	1	3	1	385	4.7	0	0		163	324	59	202	22:12
13	Miro Heiskanen M. Heiskanen	103	165	20	123	+22	62	3	43	0	0	4	1	384	5.2	0	0		102	236	94	144	25:02
14	Shea Theodore S. Theodore	102	140	16	118	+24	44	5	33	0	0	4	0	295	5.4	0	0		20	205	68	136	21:50
15	Moritz Seider M. Seider	98	211	20	118	-10	117	8	44	1	1	0	0	382	5.2	0	0		551	499	90	153	23:38
16	Devon Toews D. Toews	98	205	26	124	+89	64	2	11	0	2	6	2	400	6.5	0	0		181	292	117	150	24:13
17	Vince Dunn V. Dunn	98	168	32	130	+25	141	6	30	0	1	5	2	350	9.1	0	0		136	185	78	143	22:51
18	Mike Matheson M. Matheson	97	200	24	121	-19	130	6	39	2	3	3	2	438	5.5	0	0		161	425	126	244	25:10
19	John Carlson J. Carlson	96	171	16	112	+4	68	8	32	0	0	5	0	366	4.4	0	0		126	342	101	205	24:40
20	Shayne Gostisbehere S. Gostisbehere	95	191	21	116	-17	88	8	53	1	0	3	0	336	6.3	0	0		93	183	71	134	18:59
21	Jake Sanderson J. Sanderson	91	200	23	114	-13	43	9	46	0	4	7	2	426	5.4	1	1	100.0	107	389	108	208	23:36
22	MacKenzie Weegar M. Weegar	90	207	31	121	+32	99	7	32	0	4	2	1	488	6.4	0	1	0.0	519	456	119	259	23:02
23	Cam Fowler C. Fowler	90	194	20	110	-37	48	5	27	0	1	2	1	269	7.4	0	0		57	271	55	130	23:18
24	Mikhail Sergachev M. Sergachev	86	157	21	107	-11	73	4	39	1	0	4	2	286	7.3	0	0		180	292	63	170	24:10
25	Filip Hronek F. Hronek	82	171	12	94	+27	88	3	19	0	0	0	0	277	4.3	1	1	100.0	236	193	45	136	23:15