Ray Bourque has the most career assists - goals by a defenseman, with 759.

	NAME	A-G	A	G	GP	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	759	1,169	410	1,612	1,579	+527	1,141	173	588	16	28	60	5	6,209	6.6	0	1	0.0	277	203	143	135	26:38
2	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	739	1,135	396	1,409	1,531	+298	1,802	135	529	20	31	43	1	4,389	9.0	0	0		33	89	23	97	21:50
3	Larry Murphy L. Murphy	641	929	288	1,615	1,217	+197	1,084	114	433	9	18	36	4	3,604	8.0	2	2	100.0	66	152	40	129	20:40
4	Nicklas Lidstrom N. Lidstrom	614	878	264	1,564	1,142	+450	514	132	458	10	30	35	4	3,875	6.8	0	0		477	990	462	638	26:56
5	Al MacInnis A. MacInnis	594	934	340	1,416	1,274	+371	1,511	166	556	10	23	44	3	5,157	6.6	2	2	100.0	152	266	129	247	26:38
6	Chris Chelios C. Chelios	578	763	185	1,651	948	+351	2,891	69	338	13	39	31	1	3,627	5.1	1	5	20.0	569	615	286	550	20:55
7	Phil Housley P. Housley	556	894	338	1,495	1,232	-53	822	129	483	7	3	49	5	3,808	8.9	1	2	50.0	93	147	85	196	20:52
8	Larry Robinson L. Robinson	542	750	208	1,384	958	+722	793	66	243	3	7	29	0	2,332	8.9
9	Brian Leetch B. Leetch	534	781	247	1,205	1,028	+25	571	111	431	8	14	38	7	3,640	6.8	0	1	0.0	410	653	306	420	26:28
10	Scott Stevens S. Stevens	516	712	196	1,635	908	+395	2,785	75	230	5	18	34	3	3,238	6.1	0	0		612	570	313	296	23:39
11	Borje Salming B. Salming	487	637	150	1,148	787	+170	1,344	47	260	6	11	13	0	2,539	5.9
12	Ryan Suter R. Suter	482	589	107	1,526	696	+127	785	36	218	5	12	20	2	2,426	4.4	2	5	40.0	1,201	2,043	548	754	24:05
13	Erik Karlsson E. Karlsson	470	670	200	1,086	870	-123	488	44	261	2	5	38	12	2,978	6.7	0	4	0.0	780	1,429	852	1,289	25:13
14	Brad Park B. Park	470	683	213	1,113	896	+363	1,429	92	285	5	8	28	0	2,827	7.5
15	Sergei Zubov S. Zubov	467	619	152	1,068	771	+148	337	81	327	5	13	22	3	2,266	6.7	1	1	100.0	298	467	344	835	26:30
16	Victor Hedman V. Hedman	454	625	171	1,132	796	+192	772	35	251	1	13	29	8	2,423	7.1	1	3	33.3	1,172	1,749	555	929	23:26
17	Dave Babych D. Babych	439	581	142	1,195	723	-216	970	86	287	1	10	20	1	2,791	5.1
18	Gary Suter G. Suter	438	641	203	1,145	844	+126	1,349	90	388	8	15	18	1	3,091	6.6	1	2	50.0	343	239	42	169	21:39
19	Duncan Keith D. Keith	434	540	106	1,256	646	+159	675	30	156	5	15	19	3	2,526	4.2	0	1	0.0	684	2,010	650	1,002	24:41
20	Denis Potvin D. Potvin	432	742	310	1,060	1,052	+456	1,356	127	332	10	22	44	0	3,050	10.2
21	Kris Letang K. Letang	422	597	175	1,163	772	+88	807	56	229	6	10	34	11	2,951	5.9	1	5	20.0	2,006	1,756	635	1,107	24:12
22	John Carlson J. Carlson	414	570	156	1,089	726	+102	366	47	217	2	7	32	2	2,522	6.2	1	5	20.0	924	2,102	626	1,075	23:38
23	Keith Yandle K. Yandle	413	516	103	1,109	619	-103	616	39	254	0	4	16	1	2,406	4.3	0	1	0.0	462	1,046	357	924	20:47
24	Teppo Numminen T. Numminen	403	520	117	1,372	637	+56	513	40	234	2	16	20	1	2,051	5.7	2	3	66.7	281	653	319	424	22:03
25	Scott Niedermayer S. Niedermayer	396	568	172	1,263	740	+167	784	90	245	1	16	39	13	2,436	7.1	7	26	26.9	565	674	566	617	25:25