NHL Defensemen ‑ All-Time Playoff Assists Leaders

NHL Defensemen ‑ All-Time Playoff 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	Ray Bourque	1960	D	214	41	139	180	171	27					26	15	0	4	0	62	74	3	20	1	88	89	3	24	1	49.4%										0.192	0.650	0.841	814	5.0%			1	0	100.00%
2	Paul Coffey	1961	D	194	59	137	196	264	53					32	21	6	8	0	69	66	2	24	2	101	87	8	32	2	44.4%										0.304	0.706	1.010	616	9.6%			0	0	0.00%
3	Nicklas Lidström	1970	D	263	54	129	183	76	61					21	30	3	11	1	45	81	3	26	2	66	111	6	37	3	60.7%										0.205	0.490	0.696	656	8.2%	61	117	0	0	0.00%
4	Al MacInnis	1963	D	177	39	121	160	255	11					13	26	0	5	1	47	71	3	18	2	60	97	3	23	3	60.6%										0.220	0.684	0.904	663	5.9%			0	1	0.00%
5	Larry Robinson	1951	D	227	28	116	144	211	100					21	7	0	3	2	68	45	3	24	1	89	52	3	27	3	36.1%										0.123	0.511	0.634	417	6.7%
6	Larry Murphy	1961	D	215	37	115	152	201	32					14	20	3	7	0	64	47	4	20	4	78	67	7	27	4	44.1%										0.172	0.535	0.707	504	7.3%			1	0	100.00%
7	Chris Chelios	1962	D	266	31	113	144	423	48					14	14	3	6	2	62	46	5	19	3	76	60	8	25	5	41.7%										0.117	0.425	0.541	587	5.3%	49	55	0	0	0.00%
8	Denis Potvin	1953	D	185	56	109	165	253	64					26	28	2	7	2	51	53	5	17	1	77	81	7	24	3	49.1%										0.303	0.589	0.892	578	9.7%
9	Victor Hedman	1990	D	166	23	95	118	94	23	24:57	19:52	2:46	2:18	13	10	0	5	1	52	42	1	13	3	65	52	1	18	4	44.1%	0.333	1.376	1.709	0.236	0.945	1.182	1.305	5.482	6.787	0.139	0.572	0.711	415	5.5%	225	318	0	0	0.00%
10	Chris Pronger	1974	D	173	26	95	121	326	40					13	13	0	3	0	42	49	4	18	1	55	62	4	21	1	51.2%										0.150	0.549	0.699	405	6.4%	142	225	0	0	0.00%
11	Sergei Zubov	1970	D	164	24	93	117	62	28					10	13	1	1	0	43	48	2	22	4	53	61	3	23	4	52.1%										0.146	0.567	0.713	382	6.3%	22	27	0	0	0.00%
12	Scott Stevens	1964	D	233	26	92	118	402	44					14	12	0	8	0	57	31	4	21	2	71	43	4	29	2	36.4%										0.112	0.395	0.506	481	5.4%			0	0	0.00%
13	Brad Park	1948	D	161	35	90	125	217	24					21	13	1	6	1	52	36	2	11	1	73	49	3	17	2	39.2%										0.217	0.559	0.776	383	9.1%
14	Scott Niedermayer	1973	D	202	25	73	98	155	20					10	12	3	8	2	43	29	1	16	2	53	41	4	24	4	41.8%										0.124	0.361	0.485	411	6.1%	63	95	1	1	50.00%
15	Duncan Keith	1983	D	151	19	72	91	70	20	27:07	21:38	2:43	2:45	17	2	0	5	1	43	27	2	20	2	60	29	2	25	3	31.9%	0.278	1.055	1.333	0.312	0.790	1.102	0.291	3.926	4.217	0.126	0.477	0.603	323	5.9%	120	264	0	0	0.00%
16	Brian Rafalski	1973	D	165	29	71	100	66	42	23:20	18:18	4:00	1:01	12	17	0	6	1	38	31	2	13	1	50	48	2	19	2	48.0%	0.452	1.106	1.558	0.238	0.755	0.993	1.545	2.818	4.363	0.176	0.430	0.606	290	10.0%	69	105	0	1	0.00%
17	Brian Leetch	1968	D	95	28	69	97	36	2					15	12	1	6	0	30	38	1	11	3	45	50	2	17	3	51.5%										0.295	0.726	1.021	352	8.0%			0	0	0.00%
18	Sergei Gonchar	1974	D	141	22	68	90	102	3					9	12	1	7	0	23	43	2	9	3	32	55	3	16	3	61.1%										0.156	0.482	0.638	291	7.6%	81	133	0	0	0.00%
19	Sandis Ozolinsh	1972	D	137	23	67	90	131	-10					12	11	0	5	1	34	32	1	13	4	46	43	1	18	5	47.8%										0.168	0.489	0.657	298	7.7%	1	6	0	0	0.00%
20	Kristopher Letang	1987	D	149	23	67	90	142	0	24:24	19:12	3:46	1:24	14	9	0	5	1	39	26	2	11	1	53	35	2	16	2	38.9%	0.379	1.105	1.485	0.293	0.817	1.111	0.959	2.771	3.731	0.154	0.450	0.604	367	6.3%	290	241	0	0	0.00%
21	Bobby Orr	1948	D	74	26	66	92	107	60					15	8	3	7	1	35	24	7	13	0	50	32	10	20	1	34.8%										0.351	0.892	1.243	358	7.3%
22	Charlie Huddy	1959	D	183	19	66	85	134	98					13	5	1	1	0	49	13	4	10	2	62	18	5	11	2	21.2%										0.104	0.361	0.464	356	5.3%
23	Dan Boyle	1976	D	130	17	64	81	70	-10	23:54	18:32	4:22	1:00	10	7	0	3	0	24	40	0	10	4	34	47	0	13	4	58.0%	0.328	1.235	1.563	0.249	0.598	0.847	0.739	4.224	4.963	0.131	0.492	0.623	292	5.8%	104	152	0	0	0.00%
24	Doug Harvey	1924	D	137	8	64	72	152	7					6	2	0	2	1	34	30	0	17	3	40	32	0	19	4	44.4%										0.058	0.467	0.526
25	Alex Pietrangelo	1990	D	141	13	63	76	95	27	25:59	21:04	2:31	2:22	12	1	0	2	0	45	18	0	10	2	57	19	0	12	2	25.0%	0.213	1.032	1.245	0.242	0.909	1.151	0.168	3.026	3.194	0.092	0.447	0.539	378	3.4%	149	347	0	0	0.00%
26	Cale Makar	1998	D	74	21	61	82	18	25	24:35	19:40	3:30	1:24	11	9	1	5	1	35	25	1	12	3	46	34	2	17	4	41.5%	0.693	2.012	2.704	0.453	1.442	1.896	2.082	5.784	7.866	0.284	0.824	1.108	207	10.1%	93	116	0	0	0.00%
27	Doug Wilson	1957	D	95	19	61	80	86	11					11	6	2	2	0	24	37	0	7	0	35	43	2	9	0	53.8%										0.200	0.642	0.842	310	6.1%
28	Steve Duchesne	1965	D	121	16	61	77	96	-14					7	9	0	1	0	24	37	0	9	4	31	46	0	10	4	59.7%										0.132	0.504	0.636	256	6.3%			0	0	0.00%
29	Eric Desjardins	1969	D	168	23	57	80	93	16					16	7	0	5	2	24	28	5	10	2	40	35	5	15	4	43.8%										0.137	0.339	0.476	364	6.3%	1	13	0	1	0.00%
30	Gary Suter	1964	D	108	17	56	73	120	-4					8	7	2	3	0	22	32	2	5	0	30	39	4	8	0	53.4%										0.157	0.519	0.676	268	6.3%			0	0	0.00%
31	John Carlson	1990	D	128	20	55	75	54	-8	24:33	19:17	2:47	2:29	8	12	0	1	0	25	30	0	8	1	33	42	0	9	1	56.0%	0.382	1.050	1.431	0.194	0.608	0.802	2.011	5.028	7.039	0.156	0.430	0.586	362	5.5%	203	263	0	0	0.00%
32	Paul Reinhart	1960	D	83	23	54	77	42	-24					10	11	2	2	1	21	32	1	6	0	31	43	3	8	1	55.8%										0.277	0.651	0.928	183	12.6%
33	Shea Theodore	1995	D	116	15	54	69	46	20	20:56	18:02	2:40	0:13	11	4	0	2	0	37	17	0	12	2	48	21	0	14	2	30.4%	0.371	1.334	1.705	0.315	1.061	1.377	0.773	3.287	4.061	0.129	0.466	0.595	267	5.6%	40	165	0	0	0.00%
34	Ryan McDonagh	1989	D	192	12	54	66	101	16	24:22	20:19	1:17	2:44	7	5	0	3	1	43	8	3	9	2	50	13	3	12	3	19.7%	0.154	0.692	0.846	0.108	0.661	0.768	1.206	1.930	3.137	0.063	0.281	0.344	290	4.1%	425	445	0	0	0.00%
35	Pierre Pilote	1931	D	86	8	53	61	102	7					6	2	0	1	0	29	22	2	14	1	35	24	2	15	1	39.3%										0.093	0.616	0.709
36	Brent Burns	1985	D	122	23	52	75	107	14	24:19	19:00	3:30	1:47	15	8	0	0	0	30	22	0	10	3	45	30	0	10	3	40.0%	0.465	1.052	1.517	0.388	0.776	1.164	1.121	3.084	4.205	0.189	0.426	0.615	382	6.0%	271	188	2	7	22.22%
37	Zdeno Chara	1977	D	200	18	52	70	218	49	25:24	19:49	2:06	3:28	12	6	0	4	0	37	15	0	11	3	49	21	0	15	3	30.0%	0.213	0.614	0.827	0.182	0.560	0.742	0.853	2.132	2.985	0.090	0.260	0.350	387	4.7%	493	268	2	0	100.00%
38	Mark Howe	1955	D	101	10	51	61	34	42					9	1	0	1	1	27	19	5	3	0	36	20	5	4	1	32.8%										0.099	0.505	0.604	212	4.7%
39	J.C. Tremblay	1939	D	108	14	51	65	58	37					9	3	2	5	0	28	23	0	9	1	37	26	2	14	1	40.0%										0.130	0.472	0.602	197	7.1%
40	Stefan Persson	1954	D	102	7	50	57	69	16					1	6	0	0	0	21	29	0	11	0	22	35	0	11	0	61.4%										0.069	0.490	0.559	139	5.0%
41	Brad Maxwell	1957	D	79	12	49	61	178	-19					6	6	0	0	0	23	25	1	4	1	29	31	1	4	1	50.8%										0.152	0.620	0.772	211	5.7%
42	Serge Savard	1946	D	130	19	49	68	90	47					12	4	3	6	1	33	15	1	11	3	45	19	4	17	4	27.9%										0.146	0.377	0.523	198	9.6%
43	Evan Bouchard	1999	D	54	13	48	61	30	7	22:35	18:52	3:23	0:19	7	6	0	5	1	22	26	0	8	2	29	32	0	13	3	52.5%	0.639	2.361	3.000	0.412	1.295	1.707	1.968	8.528	10.496	0.241	0.889	1.130	146	8.9%	71	78	0	0	0.00%
44	Kevin Lowe	1959	D	214	10	48	58	192	48					8	0	2	1	0	39	5	4	6	1	47	5	6	7	1	8.6%										0.047	0.224	0.271	186	5.4%			0	0	0.00%
45	Rob Blake	1969	D	146	26	47	73	166	0					16	9	1	1	0	26	21	0	12	2	42	30	1	13	2	41.1%										0.178	0.322	0.500	436	6.0%	55	83	0	1	0.00%
46	Gordie Roberts	1957	D	153	10	47	57	273	20					7	1	2	0	0	40	5	2	6	1	47	6	4	6	1	10.5%										0.065	0.307	0.373	159	6.3%
47	Darryl Sydor	1972	D	155	9	47	56	73	7					5	4	0	1	0	14	33	0	7	1	19	37	0	8	1	66.1%										0.058	0.303	0.361	265	3.4%	8	21	0	1	0.00%
48	Torey Krug	1991	D	82	11	46	57	48	-7	20:22	16:58	3:12	0:11	5	6	0	0	0	18	28	0	9	0	23	34	0	9	0	59.6%	0.395	1.652	2.047	0.216	0.776	0.992	1.370	6.394	7.764	0.134	0.561	0.695	200	5.5%	110	104	0	0	0.00%
49	Dave Ellett	1964	D	116	11	46	57	87	-25					2	9	0	1	1	22	24	0	5	2	24	33	0	6	3	57.9%										0.095	0.397	0.491	247	4.5%			0	0	0.00%
50	Erik Karlsson	1990	D	67	8	45	53	34	4	26:32	21:17	4:07	1:06	5	3	0	3	1	28	17	0	5	4	33	20	0	8	5	37.7%	0.270	1.518	1.788	0.210	1.177	1.388	0.650	3.684	4.334	0.119	0.672	0.791	192	4.2%	81	106	0	0	0.00%

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