NHL Defensemen ‑ All-Time Even Strength Assists Leaders

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NHL Defensemen ‑ All-Time Even Strength Assists 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		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%
2		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%
3		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%
4		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%
5		Scott Stevens	1964	D	1635	196	712	908	2785	395					116	75	5	34	3	464	230	18	116	14	580	305	23	150	17	33.6%										0.120	0.435	0.555	3238	6.1%			0	1	0.00%
6		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%
7		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%
8		Brent Burns	1985	D	1497	261	649	910	855	10	22:22	17:40	2:48	1:52	170	88	3	42	16	401	234	14	106	16	571	322	17	148	32	35.4%	0.468	1.163	1.630	0.386	0.909	1.295	1.256	3.339	4.595	0.174	0.434	0.608	4051	6.4%	1523	1827	81	97	45.51%
9		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%
10		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%
11		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%
12		Chris Chelios	1962	D	1651	185	763	948	2891	351					103	69	13	31	1	386	338	39	109	11	489	407	52	140	12	42.9%										0.112	0.462	0.574	3627	5.1%	214	257	2	8	20.00%
13		Duncan Keith	1983	D	1256	106	540	646	675	159	24:39	19:22	2:25	2:52	71	30	5	19	3	369	156	15	99	22	440	186	20	118	25	28.8%	0.205	1.046	1.251	0.175	0.910	1.085	0.592	3.080	3.672	0.084	0.430	0.514	2526	4.2%	684	2010	0	1	0.00%
14		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%
15		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%
16		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%
17		Ryan Suter	1985	D	1526	107	589	696	785	126	24:05	19:13	2:43	2:08	66	36	5	20	2	359	218	12	103	14	425	254	17	123	16	36.5%	0.175	0.962	1.136	0.135	0.734	0.869	0.520	3.151	3.672	0.070	0.386	0.456	2425	4.4%	1201	2043	2	3	40.00%
18		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%
19		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%
20		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%
21		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%
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		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%
24		Alex Pietrangelo	1990	D	1087	148	489	637	355	123	24:22	19:15	2:32	2:34	109	38	1	33	6	318	154	17	92	19	427	192	18	125	25	30.1%	0.335	1.108	1.443	0.312	0.911	1.224	0.824	3.341	4.165	0.136	0.450	0.586	2588	5.7%	761	2095	1	2	33.33%
25		Zdeno Chara	1977	D	1680	209	471	680	2085	301	23:30	18:05	1:58	3:25	108	93	8	35	3	311	133	27	68	12	419	226	35	103	15	33.2%	0.318	0.716	1.033	0.213	0.614	0.827	1.682	2.406	4.088	0.124	0.280	0.405	3419	6.1%	2455	1752	13	23	36.11%
26		Tim Horton	1930	D	1445	115	403	518	1611	191					89	23	3	21	0	309	75	19	71	0	398	98	22	92	0	18.9%										0.080	0.279	0.358
27		Scott Niedermayer	1973	D	1263	172	568	740	784	167					81	90	1	39	13	307	245	16	97	8	388	335	17	136	21	45.3%										0.136	0.450	0.586	2436	7.1%	284	343	9	30	23.08%
28		Drew Doughty	1989	D	1207	160	526	686	789	69	26:09	20:20	3:24	2:23	77	80	3	34	8	296	223	7	92	16	373	303	10	126	24	44.2%	0.304	1.000	1.304	0.188	0.723	0.911	1.164	3.245	4.409	0.133	0.436	0.568	2489	6.4%	2024	1618	1	2	33.33%
29		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%
30		Bill Gadsby	1927	D	1248	130	438	568	1539	-62					92	32	6	14	0	288	140	10	50	0	380	172	16	64	0	30.3%										0.104	0.351	0.455
31		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%
32		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%
33		Kevin Lowe	1959	D	1254	84	347	431	1498	260					62	17	5	12	1	282	39	26	47	3	344	56	31	59	4	13.0%										0.067	0.277	0.344	1264	6.7%			0	0	0.00%
34		Doug Mohns	1933	D	1391	248	462	710	1261	-96					172	70	6	40	0	281	176	5	54	0	453	246	11	94	0	34.6%										0.178	0.332	0.510
35		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%
36		Rob Blake	1969	D	1270	240	537	777	1679	-4					100	136	4	41	2	279	243	15	68	9	379	379	19	109	11	48.8%										0.189	0.423	0.612	3896	6.2%	430	673	5	9	35.71%
37		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
38		Gordie Roberts	1957	D	1097	61	359	420	1582	56					50	10	1	5	0	275	73	11	36	2	325	83	12	41	2	19.8%										0.056	0.327	0.383	1108	5.5%
39		Teppo Numminen	1968	D	1372	117	520	637	513	56					75	40	2	20	1	270	234	16	76	8	345	274	18	96	9	43.0%										0.085	0.379	0.464	2051	5.7%	59	254	2	5	28.57%
40		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%
41		Mark Giordano	1983	D	1148	158	419	577	918	129	22:02	17:06	2:40	2:15	93	52	13	26	8	266	141	12	75	15	359	193	25	101	23	33.4%	0.375	0.993	1.368	0.284	0.812	1.096	1.019	2.763	3.782	0.138	0.365	0.503	2346	6.7%	1243	2164	0	0	0.00%
42		Ryan McDonagh	1989	D	1010	80	340	420	379	289	22:34	18:36	1:08	2:48	66	9	5	15	3	264	61	15	63	11	330	70	20	78	14	16.7%	0.211	0.895	1.105	0.211	0.843	1.053	0.466	3.159	3.625	0.079	0.337	0.416	1518	5.3%	1080	2011	2	3	40.00%
43		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%
44		Garry Galley	1963	D	1149	125	475	600	1218	1					69	50	6	12	0	260	206	9	51	4	329	256	15	63	4	42.7%										0.109	0.413	0.522	2070	6.0%			1	1	50.00%
45		Phil Russell	1952	D	1016	99	325	424	2038	47					79	14	6	9	0	258	59	8	42	0	337	73	14	51	0	17.2%										0.097	0.320	0.417	1760	5.6%
46		Alex Goligoski	1985	D	1078	87	388	475	376	55	21:55	17:45	2:21	1:48	60	26	1	11	3	258	122	8	53	10	318	148	9	64	13	31.2%	0.221	0.985	1.206	0.188	0.808	0.996	0.614	2.882	3.497	0.081	0.360	0.441	1614	5.4%	1168	1778	1	2	33.33%
47		Keith Yandle	1986	D	1109	103	516	619	616	-103	20:47	16:55	3:22	0:29	64	39	0	16	1	258	254	4	81	10	322	293	4	97	11	47.3%	0.268	1.343	1.611	0.205	0.825	1.030	0.624	4.067	4.691	0.093	0.465	0.558	2406	4.3%	462	1046	0	1	0.00%
48		Sergei Gonchar	1974	D	1301	220	591	811	981	33					116	102	2	35	4	257	325	9	95	13	373	427	11	130	17	52.7%										0.169	0.454	0.623	2866	7.7%	511	908	3	0	100.00%
49		Ron Greschner	1954	D	981	179	431	610	1226	-84					122	51	6	18	0	255	171	5	48	1	377	222	11	66	1	36.4%										0.182	0.439	0.622	1877	9.5%
50		Serge Savard	1946	D	1040	106	333	439	590	462					74	23	9	14	0	254	67	12	50	0	328	90	21	64	0	20.5%										0.102	0.320	0.422	1390	7.6%

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