nhl most assist by a defensemen all-time

Ray Bourque has made the most career assists by a defenseman, with 1,169 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	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	1,169	1,612	410	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	1,135	1,409	396	1,531	+298	1,802	135	529	20	31	43	1	4,389	9.0	0	0		33	89	23	97	21:50
3	Al MacInnis A. MacInnis	934	1,416	340	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
4	Larry Murphy L. Murphy	929	1,615	288	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
5	Phil Housley P. Housley	894	1,495	338	1,232	-53	822	129	483	7	3	49	5	3,808	8.9	1	2	50.0	93	147	85	196	20:52
6	Nicklas Lidstrom N. Lidstrom	878	1,564	264	1,142	+450	514	132	458	10	30	35	4	3,875	6.8	0	0		477	990	462	638	26:56
7	Brian Leetch B. Leetch	781	1,205	247	1,028	+25	571	111	431	8	14	38	7	3,640	6.8	0	1	0.0	410	653	306	420	26:28
8	Chris Chelios C. Chelios	763	1,651	185	948	+351	2,891	69	338	13	39	31	1	3,627	5.1	1	5	20.0	569	615	286	550	20:55
9	Larry Robinson L. Robinson	750	1,384	208	958	+722	793	66	243	3	7	29	0	2,332	8.9
10	Denis Potvin D. Potvin	742	1,060	310	1,052	+456	1,356	127	332	10	22	44	0	3,050	10.2
11	Scott Stevens S. Stevens	712	1,635	196	908	+395	2,785	75	230	5	18	34	3	3,238	6.1	0	0		612	570	313	296	23:39
12	Brad Park B. Park	683	1,113	213	896	+363	1,429	92	285	5	8	28	0	2,827	7.5
13	Erik Karlsson E. Karlsson	670	1,084	200	870	-123	486	44	261	2	5	38	12	2,974	6.7	0	4	0.0	780	1,427	851	1,283	25:14
14	Bobby Orr B. Orr	645	657	270	915	+582	953	76	248	16	31	26		3,058	8.8
15	Gary Suter G. Suter	641	1,145	203	844	+126	1,349	90	388	8	15	18	1	3,091	6.6	1	2	50.0	343	239	42	169	21:39
16	Borje Salming B. Salming	637	1,148	150	787	+170	1,344	47	260	6	11	13	0	2,539	5.9
17	Victor Hedman V. Hedman	623	1,131	171	794	+193	772	35	250	1	13	29	8	2,422	7.1	1	3	33.3	1,171	1,746	554	925	23:26
18	Sergei Zubov S. Zubov	619	1,068	152	771	+148	337	81	327	5	13	22	3	2,266	6.7	1	1	100.0	298	467	344	835	26:30
19	Brent Burns B. Burns	606	1,320	234	840	+1	777	85	220	3	13	38	16	3,700	6.3	12	29	41.4	1,332	1,761	831	1,389	23:21
20	Kris Letang K. Letang	597	1,161	175	772	+85	805	56	229	6	10	34	11	2,946	5.9	1	5	20.0	2,001	1,755	633	1,102	24:12
21	Sergei Gonchar S. Gonchar	591	1,301	220	811	+33	981	102	325	2	9	35	4	2,866	7.7	3	3	100.0	821	1,159	332	788	23:39
22	Doug Wilson D. Wilson	590	1,024	237	827	+55	830	85	295	9	7	22	2	3,297	7.2
23	Ryan Suter R. Suter	589	1,526	107	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
24	Dave Babych D. Babych	581	1,195	142	723	-216	970	86	287	1	10	20	1	2,791	5.1
25	John Carlson J. Carlson	570	1,088	156	726	+103	364	47	217	2	7	32	2	2,520	6.2	1	5	20.0	924	2,097	626	1,075	23:38