most defence man assist since 2015-16 to 2020-21

Between the 2015-16 and 2020-21 seasons, Brent Burns made the most assists by a defenseman, with 272 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	Brent Burns B. Burns	272	454	103	375	-24	243	34	99	2	9	20	8	1,669	6.2	1	2	50.0	442	737	354	620	25:24
2	John Carlson J. Carlson	263	411	70	333	+51	128	17	119	0	2	19	2	1,043	6.7	0	2	0.0	312	728	254	420	24:11
3	Erik Karlsson E. Karlsson	263	391	59	322	-44	170	14	98	1	4	12	5	1,061	5.6	0	2	0.0	299	708	325	466	26:11
4	Victor Hedman V. Hedman	261	424	75	336	+112	250	14	127	0	4	15	6	1,035	7.2	1	3	33.3	477	642	224	320	24:12
5	Torey Krug T. Krug	245	414	43	288	+4	197	17	122	1	0	12	3	1,054	4.1	2	3	66.7	339	414	126	313	21:17
6	Keith Yandle K. Yandle	243	453	35	278	-28	222	15	121	0	3	5	0	958	3.7	0	1	0.0	180	399	158	489	21:14
7	Roman Josi R. Josi	238	427	79	317	+48	188	27	84	1	5	15	4	1,343	5.9	0	1	0.0	325	759	152	306	25:06
8	John Klingberg J. Klingberg	233	413	54	287	+15	147	16	100	0	0	16	3	880	6.1	1	1	100.0	250	495	174	471	23:18
9	Tyson Barrie T. Barrie	229	424	61	290	-71	133	18	103	1	1	14	0	1,065	5.7	0	0		230	466	131	294	22:25
10	Kris Letang K. Letang	229	372	68	297	+34	272	20	90	1	7	12	4	1,077	6.3	0	2	0.0	623	567	247	412	25:44
11	Ryan Suter R. Suter	215	449	41	256	+38	165	14	81	3	4	9	0	835	4.9	1	1	100.0	383	652	144	190	26:13
12	Drew Doughty D. Doughty	210	451	59	269	-9	258	35	84	2	5	11	5	978	6.0	1	2	50.0	746	632	97	489	26:51
13	Morgan Rielly M. Rielly	200	418	49	249	0	115	8	70	1	1	9	5	967	5.1	0	4	0.0	314	568	199	438	22:53
14	Mark Giordano M. Giordano	187	439	77	264	+63	293	22	61	8	7	14	4	1,097	7.0	0	0		387	940	270	314	24:07
15	Rasmus Ristolainen R. Ristolainen	185	430	36	221	-116	259	10	92	0	2	6	4	953	3.8	0	0		1,171	680	109	233	24:51
16	Seth Jones S. Jones	183	421	51	234	-5	150	13	58	0	5	12	8	1,009	5.1	0	0		509	717	232	317	24:18
17	Alex Pietrangelo A. Pietrangelo	183	413	72	255	+54	124	19	59	0	5	17	3	1,098	6.6	0	2	0.0	271	766	269	224	25:04
18	Duncan Keith D. Keith	180	426	30	210	+7	188	11	52	0	2	9	2	862	3.5	0	1	0.0	182	740	191	402	24:15
19	Dougie Hamilton D. Hamilton	174	429	84	258	+49	295	19	60	1	2	19	5	1,291	6.5	1	4	25.0	493	498	139	337	20:50
20	Nick Leddy N. Leddy	171	440	35	206	-58	97	12	61	0	0	4	2	678	5.2	0	0		452	514	128	304	22:04
21	P.K. Subban	165	391	53	218	-18	366	16	70	1	2	8	0	943	5.6	1	3	33.3	476	485	150	428	23:47
22	Oliver Ekman-Larsson O. Ekman-Larsson	161	429	73	234	-95	310	35	66	2	2	15	3	969	7.5	0	1	0.0	789	374	150	275	23:39
23	Jake Gardiner J. Gardiner	160	399	28	188	+12	165	5	54	0	1	6	4	570	4.9	2	3	66.7	326	374	178	363	20:19
24	Shayne Gostisbehere S. Gostisbehere	159	379	60	219	-29	129	27	79	0	0	11	6	909	6.6	1	1	100.0	201	455	108	277	19:58
25	Alex Goligoski A. Goligoski	156	444	33	189	-16	142	8	41	1	4	4	1	633	5.2	1	1	100.0	597	852	89	341	22:54