NHL Defensemen ‑ All-Time Assists per Game Leaders

Minimum requirement for inclusion in the “Assists per Game” record list:
-At least 150 career assists

NHL Defensemen ‑ All-Time Assists per Game Leaders.
		Overall								Time on Ice				Goals					Assists					Points						per 60 All Situations			per 60 Even-Strength			per 60 Power-Play			per Game			Shots		Defensive		Faceoffs
Rk	Name	Born	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	TOI	ES	PP	SH	ESG	PPG	SHG	GWG	OTG	ESA	PPA	SHA	GWA	OTA	ESP	PPP	SHP	GWP	OTP	PPP%	G/60	A/60	P/60	ESG/60	ESA/60	ESP/60	PPG/60	PPA/60	PPP/60	G/GP	A/GP	P/GP	SHOTS	SH%	HITS	BS	FOW	FOL	FO%
1	Bobby Orr	1948	D	657	270	645	915	953	582					178	76	16	26	0	366	248	31	96	0	544	324	47	122	0	35.4%										0.411	0.982	1.393	3058	8.8%
2	Quinn Hughes	1999	D	433	59	350	409	175	31	24:21	19:59	3:45	0:36	45	14	0	8	3	183	164	3	56	19	228	178	3	64	22	43.5%	0.336	1.991	2.326	0.312	1.268	1.580	0.515	6.036	6.551	0.136	0.808	0.945	925	6.4%	116	339	0	0	0.00%
3	Paul Coffey	1961	D	1409	396	1135	1531	1802	298					241	135	20	43	1	575	529	31	140	11	816	664	51	183	12	43.4%										0.281	0.806	1.087	4389	9.0%			0	0	0.00%
4	Cale Makar	1998	D	395	116	312	428	110	136	24:47	19:09	3:53	1:44	72	41	3	24	6	170	138	4	52	10	242	179	7	76	16	41.8%	0.711	1.912	2.623	0.571	1.348	1.919	1.598	5.379	6.977	0.294	0.790	1.084	1118	10.4%	342	547	0	0	0.00%
5	Ray Bourque	1960	D	1612	410	1169	1579	1141	527					221	173	16	60	5	553	588	28	166	13	774	761	44	226	18	48.2%										0.254	0.725	0.980	6209	6.6%			0	3	0.00%
6	Adam Fox	1998	D	431	63	306	369	174	117	23:05	18:14	3:06	1:45	48	11	4	19	3	160	138	8	58	5	208	149	12	77	8	40.4%	0.380	1.844	2.224	0.366	1.221	1.588	0.493	6.187	6.680	0.146	0.710	0.856	816	7.7%	197	678	0	1	0.00%
7	Denis Potvin	1953	D	1060	310	742	1052	1356	456					173	127	10	44	0	388	332	22	88	4	561	459	32	132	4	43.6%										0.292	0.700	0.992	3050	10.2%
8	Al MacInnis	1963	D	1416	340	934	1274	1511	371					164	166	10	44	3	355	556	23	105	6	519	722	33	149	9	56.7%										0.240	0.660	0.900	5157	6.6%			2	0	100.00%
9	Paul Reinhart	1960	D	648	133	426	559	277	26					65	65	3	14	1	210	213	3	51	1	275	278	6	65	2	49.7%										0.205	0.657	0.863	1257	10.6%
10	Brian Leetch	1968	D	1205	247	781	1028	571	25					128	111	8	38	7	336	431	14	91	8	464	542	22	129	15	52.7%										0.205	0.648	0.853	3640	6.8%	28	91	0	1	0.00%
11	Erik Karlsson	1990	D	1084	200	670	870	486	-123	25:13	20:30	3:35	1:07	154	44	2	38	12	404	261	5	109	29	558	305	7	147	41	35.1%	0.439	1.470	1.909	0.416	1.091	1.506	0.678	4.023	4.701	0.185	0.618	0.803	2974	6.7%	780	1427	1	4	20.00%
12	Brad Park	1948	D	1113	213	683	896	1429	363					116	92	5	28	0	390	285	8	107	1	506	377	13	135	1	42.1%										0.191	0.614	0.805	2827	7.5%
13	Phil Housley	1964	D	1495	338	894	1232	822	-53					202	129	7	49	5	408	483	3	107	8	610	612	10	156	13	49.7%										0.226	0.598	0.824	3808	8.9%			2	1	66.67%
14	Mark Howe	1955	D	929	197	545	742	455	400					111	58	28	23	0	318	204	23	66	2	429	262	51	89	2	35.3%										0.212	0.587	0.799	2132	9.2%
15	Sergei Zubov	1970	D	1068	152	619	771	337	148					66	81	5	22	3	279	327	13	123	13	345	408	18	145	16	52.9%										0.142	0.580	0.722	2266	6.7%	88	178	1	0	100.00%
16	Doug Wilson	1957	D	1024	237	590	827	830	55					143	85	9	22	2	288	295	7	75	2	431	380	16	97	4	45.9%										0.231	0.576	0.808	3297	7.2%
17	Jeff Brown	1966	D	747	154	430	584	498	-51					69	80	5	16	0	163	260	7	55	1	232	340	12	71	1	58.2%										0.206	0.576	0.782	2120	7.3%			0	0	0.00%
18	Larry Murphy	1961	D	1615	288	929	1217	1084	197					165	114	9	36	4	478	433	18	118	6	643	547	27	154	10	44.9%										0.178	0.575	0.754	3604	8.0%			2	0	100.00%
19	Nicklas Lidström	1970	D	1564	264	878	1142	514	450					122	132	10	35	4	390	458	30	166	22	512	590	40	201	26	51.7%										0.169	0.561	0.730	3875	6.8%	264	567	0	0	0.00%
20	Gary Suter	1964	D	1145	203	641	844	1349	126					105	90	8	18	1	238	388	15	79	3	343	478	23	97	4	56.6%										0.177	0.560	0.737	3091	6.6%			2	3	40.00%
21	Börje Salming	1951	D	1148	150	637	787	1344	170					97	47	6	13	0	366	260	11	74	2	463	307	17	87	2	39.0%										0.131	0.555	0.686	2539	5.9%
22	Roman Josi	1990	D	962	190	534	724	399	59	24:52	20:00	3:05	1:46	124	65	1	35	9	328	197	9	93	16	452	262	10	128	25	36.2%	0.476	1.339	1.816	0.386	1.022	1.409	1.313	3.980	5.294	0.198	0.555	0.753	2840	6.7%	679	1814	0	2	0.00%
23	Craig Hartsburg	1959	D	570	98	315	413	815	-6					56	40	2	11	1	133	180	2	33	0	189	220	4	44	1	53.3%										0.172	0.553	0.725	1494	6.6%
24	Victor Hedman	1990	D	1131	171	623	794	772	193	23:26	18:32	2:40	2:13	135	35	1	29	8	360	250	13	109	16	495	285	14	138	24	35.9%	0.387	1.410	1.797	0.386	1.030	1.416	0.694	4.960	5.654	0.151	0.551	0.702	2422	7.1%	1171	1745	1	2	33.33%
25	Rasmus Dahlin	2000	D	509	83	277	360	378	-58	23:16	19:26	3:09	0:40	55	28	0	13	3	159	116	2	44	9	214	144	2	57	12	40.0%	0.420	1.403	1.824	0.333	0.964	1.297	1.047	4.338	5.385	0.163	0.544	0.707	1191	7.0%	770	637	0	0	0.00%
26	Larry Robinson	1951	D	1384	208	750	958	793	722					139	66	3	29	0	500	243	7	97	2	639	309	10	126	2	32.3%										0.150	0.542	0.692	2332	8.9%
27	Reijo Ruotsalainen	1960	D	446	107	237	344	180	65					70	37	0	16	2	140	96	1	31	0	210	133	1	47	2	38.7%										0.240	0.531	0.771	1382	7.7%
28	Evan Bouchard	1999	D	347	55	183	238	124	57	20:45	17:36	2:29	0:39	38	17	0	12	4	115	66	2	29	6	153	83	2	41	10	34.9%	0.458	1.524	1.982	0.373	1.129	1.502	1.184	4.595	5.779	0.159	0.527	0.686	864	6.4%	294	421	0	0	0.00%
29	John Carlson	1990	D	1088	156	569	725	364	103	23:37	18:10	2:58	2:28	107	47	2	32	2	345	217	7	103	24	452	264	9	135	26	36.4%	0.364	1.328	1.692	0.325	1.047	1.372	0.871	4.021	4.891	0.143	0.523	0.666	2520	6.2%	924	2097	1	4	20.00%
30	Brian Rafalski	1973	D	833	79	436	515	282	178	22:54	17:47	3:50	1:15	39	39	1	16	3	239	195	2	86	15	278	234	3	102	18	45.4%	0.248	1.371	1.620	0.158	0.968	1.126	0.730	3.648	4.378	0.095	0.523	0.618	1533	5.2%	275	523	2	3	40.00%
31	John Klingberg	1992	D	644	82	334	416	263	-40	22:35	19:16	2:57	0:21	61	21	0	24	7	195	139	0	60	18	256	160	0	84	25	38.5%	0.338	1.377	1.716	0.295	0.943	1.237	0.660	4.366	5.026	0.127	0.519	0.646	1262	6.5%	434	761	1	0	100.00%
32	Kristopher Letang	1987	D	1161	175	597	772	805	85	24:11	18:57	3:20	1:53	113	56	6	34	11	358	229	10	103	25	471	285	16	137	36	36.9%	0.374	1.275	1.649	0.308	0.976	1.284	0.866	3.541	4.407	0.151	0.514	0.665	2946	5.9%	1996	1755	1	4	20.00%
33	Reed Larson	1956	D	904	222	463	685	1388	-128					126	88	8	17	0	269	185	9	46	1	395	273	17	63	1	39.9%										0.246	0.512	0.758	2926	7.6%
34	Guy Lapointe	1948	D	884	171	451	622	893	329					108	59	4	22	0	241	199	11	81	0	349	258	15	103	0	41.5%										0.193	0.510	0.704	2479	6.9%
35	Stefan Persson	1954	D	622	52	317	369	574	176					22	30	0	7	1	132	182	3	46	0	154	212	3	53	1	57.5%										0.084	0.510	0.593	786	6.6%
36	Torey Krug	1991	D	778	89	394	483	374	0	20:30	17:02	3:05	0:22	55	32	2	18	4	207	187	0	74	21	262	219	2	92	25	45.3%	0.335	1.482	1.817	0.249	0.937	1.185	0.800	4.675	5.475	0.114	0.506	0.621	1852	4.8%	621	832	3	2	60.00%
37	Ian Turnbull	1953	D	628	123	317	440	736	23					86	33	4	10	0	208	105	4	37	0	294	138	8	47	0	31.4%										0.196	0.505	0.701	1971	6.2%
38	Shea Theodore	1995	D	564	78	285	363	177	86	21:21	18:24	2:40	0:16	61	16	1	18	8	190	93	2	48	10	251	109	3	66	18	30.0%	0.388	1.419	1.807	0.352	1.098	1.450	0.637	3.701	4.338	0.138	0.505	0.644	1388	5.6%	186	668	1	0	100.00%
39	Tom Kurvers	1962	D	659	93	328	421	350	-38					47	44	2	10	0	137	184	7	40	0	184	228	9	50	0	54.2%										0.141	0.498	0.639	1256	7.4%
40	Morgan Rielly	1994	D	873	87	426	513	250	-23	22:07	18:41	2:16	1:08	71	15	1	15	6	263	158	5	74	18	334	173	6	89	24	33.7%	0.270	1.323	1.593	0.261	0.967	1.228	0.453	4.769	5.222	0.100	0.488	0.588	1857	4.7%	789	1203	0	4	0.00%
41	Dave Babych	1961	D	1195	142	581	723	970	-216					55	86	1	20	1	284	287	10	67	2	339	373	11	87	3	51.6%										0.119	0.486	0.605	2791	5.1%			0	0	0.00%
42	Tomas Kaberle	1978	D	984	87	476	563	260	17	23:13	16:29	4:31	2:12	54	32	1	16	7	216	250	10	79	18	270	282	11	95	25	50.1%	0.228	1.250	1.478	0.200	0.799	0.998	0.431	3.370	3.801	0.088	0.484	0.572	1466	5.9%	290	717	5	6	45.45%
43	Tyson Barrie	1991	D	822	110	398	508	263	-83	21:02	17:38	3:05	0:18	77	32	1	21	4	215	180	3	54	12	292	212	4	75	16	41.7%	0.382	1.381	1.763	0.319	0.890	1.209	0.755	4.249	5.004	0.134	0.484	0.618	1774	6.2%	506	869	0	0	0.00%
44	Zachary Werenski	1997	D	567	113	271	384	146	4	23:52	19:52	2:40	1:19	86	25	2	17	7	176	92	3	42	10	262	117	5	59	17	30.5%	0.501	1.201	1.702	0.458	0.937	1.396	0.986	3.629	4.615	0.199	0.478	0.677	1586	7.1%	303	748	0	0	0.00%
45	Charlie McAvoy	1997	D	504	60	240	300	429	144	23:25	19:09	2:26	1:49	44	14	2	18	7	175	62	3	38	7	219	76	5	56	14	25.3%	0.305	1.219	1.524	0.273	1.087	1.361	0.683	3.023	3.705	0.119	0.476	0.595	851	7.1%	908	883	0	0	0.00%
46	Miro Heiskanen	1999	D	475	58	225	283	142	21	24:30	20:25	2:40	1:24	46	12	0	10	2	136	87	2	31	6	182	99	2	41	8	35.0%	0.299	1.160	1.459	0.285	0.841	1.126	0.565	4.097	4.662	0.122	0.474	0.596	1098	5.3%	294	577	0	0	0.00%
47	Randy Carlyle	1956	D	1055	148	499	647	1400	-137					89	55	4	18	2	245	240	14	60	2	334	295	18	78	4	45.6%										0.140	0.473	0.613	2177	6.8%
48	Steve Duchesne	1965	D	1113	227	525	752	824	89					133	84	10	30	2	285	231	9	81	9	418	315	19	111	11	41.9%										0.204	0.472	0.676	2542	8.9%			2	5	28.57%
49	Risto Siltanen	1958	D	562	90	265	355	266	-79					35	54	1	8	1	105	159	1	23	0	140	213	2	31	1	60.0%										0.160	0.472	0.632	1269	7.1%
50	Pierre Pilote	1931	D	890	80	418	498	1257	187					43	35	2	17	0	275	134	9	57	0	318	169	11	74	0	33.9%										0.090	0.470	0.560

Current season NHL stats last updated: April 22, 2025
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