nhl player most assist by active player in all-time by assist per game

Sidney Crosby has the most career assists by an active player, with 1,026 assists.

	NAME	A	A/GP	GP	G	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	1,026	0.79	1,303	600	1,626	+213	840	175	393	4	7	93	23	4,164	14.4	15,071	28,583	52.7	1,145	637	752	1,051	20:40
2	Patrick Kane P. Kane	820	0.65	1,254	474	1,294	+8	446	128	294	0	1	77	12	4,105	11.5	324	836	38.8	324	280	714	667	20:07
3	Evgeni Malkin E. Malkin	817	0.69	1,176	504	1,321	+38	1,174	180	319	4	1	84	13	3,747	13.5	5,823	12,994	44.8	696	496	1,007	1,133	19:38
4	Anze Kopitar A. Kopitar	816	0.58	1,402	427	1,243	+107	344	122	311	14	14	75	9	3,266	13.1	13,947	26,187	53.3	1,243	983	817	894	20:52
5	Nicklas Backstrom N. Backstrom	762	0.69	1,105	271	1,033	+83	504	86	335	2	0	39	9	2,264	12.0	8,912	17,777	50.1	771	652	759	615	19:23
6	Claude Giroux C. Giroux	727	0.60	1,211	357	1,084	+25	490	98	301	9	11	55	13	3,101	11.5	11,312	20,132	56.2	1,058	480	632	616	19:33
7	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	707	0.49	1,444	868	1,575	+60	825	316	272	5	1	132	26	6,690	13.0	64	188	34.0	3,676	553	778	1,152	20:43
8	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	673	1.00	671	349	1,022	+157	257	83	261	8	9	71	16	2,303	15.2	3,701	7,742	47.8	509	265	643	606	21:41
9	Erik Karlsson E. Karlsson	645	0.62	1,033	191	836	-108	472	43	254	2	5	37	11	2,856	6.7	0	4	0.0	760	1,372	823	1,194	25:18
10	Brent Burns B. Burns	632	0.44	1,444	257	889	0	833	88	231	3	14	42	16	3,938	6.5	81	178	45.5	1,551	1,785	889	1,421	22:26
11	Nathan MacKinnon N. MacKinnon	600	0.73	822	346	946	+151	368	96	206	2	2	67	14	3,295	10.5	5,047	11,001	45.9	579	440	440	576	20:25
12	John Tavares J. Tavares	597	0.53	1,137	468	1,065	-25	491	146	208	3	3	79	18	3,641	12.9	10,821	20,180	53.6	828	483	839	1,008	19:20
13	Victor Hedman V. Hedman	593	0.55	1,078	160	753	+179	752	32	239	1	13	29	8	2,305	6.9	1	3	33.3	1,145	1,660	537	842	23:28
14	Steven Stamkos S. Stamkos	590	0.53	1,112	562	1,152	+33	651	220	212	5	3	87	13	3,400	16.5	6,530	12,958	50.4	1,198	501	492	621	19:08
15	Kris Letang K. Letang	584	0.52	1,115	172	756	+88	769	55	226	6	10	34	11	2,857	6.0	1	5	20.0	1,927	1,686	612	1,032	24:13
16	Nikita Kucherov N. Kucherov	583	0.78	750	334	917	+143	343	89	248	0	0	51	6	2,306	14.5	9	20	45.0	437	241	432	685	18:51
17	Ryan Suter R. Suter	582	0.39	1,474	106	688	+116	775	36	218	4	12	20	2	2,391	4.4	2	5	40.0	1,183	1,974	538	722	24:19
18	John Carlson J. Carlson	541	0.52	1,037	154	695	+100	352	47	210	2	7	32	2	2,425	6.4	1	5	20.0	899	2,020	602	1,006	23:39
19	Brad Marchand B. Marchand	539	0.51	1,060	413	952	+290	1,077	80	161	36	22	81	21	2,706	15.3	266	682	39.0	988	358	660	891	18:02
20	Artemi Panarin A. Panarin	536	0.77	700	280	816	+152	212	72	179	0	1	45	10	1,909	14.7	12	58	20.7	211	135	395	575	19:41
21	Jamie Benn J. Benn	535	0.47	1,140	389	924	+75	861	108	150	16	14	60	11	2,951	13.2	4,705	8,910	52.8	1,914	754	822	793	17:49
22	Leon Draisaitl L. Draisaitl	524	0.70	748	368	892	+71	316	150	157	9	4	67	16	1,989	18.5	6,506	12,262	53.1	445	245	641	827	20:31
23	Roman Josi R. Josi	521	0.56	938	188	709	+64	389	64	190	1	9	35	9	2,776	6.8	0	2	0.0	669	1,771	352	627	24:52
24	Drew Doughty D. Doughty	513	0.44	1,177	156	669	+60	769	80	217	2	7	33	8	2,443	6.4	1	3	33.3	1,999	1,573	289	1,105	26:13
25	Jonathan Huberdeau J. Huberdeau	505	0.59	861	236	741	+4	444	54	176	4	2	31	5	1,895	12.5	148	364	40.7	689	351	463	673	17:55