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NHL All-Time Assists Leaders

Wayne Gretzky leads all-time with 1,963 A. Official NHL career records, regular season only, updated weekly. ● = active player.

# Player Pos Teams GP G P A
1 Wayne Gretzky C EDM, LAK, STL, NYR 1,487 894 2,857 1,963
2 Ron Francis C HFD, PIT, CAR, TOR 1,731 549 1,798 1,249
3 Mark Messier C EDM, NYR, VAN 1,756 694 1,887 1,193
4 Ray Bourque D BOS, COL 1,612 410 1,579 1,169
5 Jaromir Jagr R PIT, WSH, NYR, PHI, DAL, BOS, NJD, FLA, CGY 1,733 766 1,921 1,155
6 Paul Coffey D EDM, PIT, LAK, DET, HFD, PHI, CHI, CAR, BOS 1,409 396 1,531 1,135
7 Joe Thornton C BOS, SJS, TOR, FLA 1,714 430 1,539 1,109
8 Sidney Crosby ● C PIT 1,420 654 1,761 1,107
9 Adam Oates C DET, STL, BOS, WSH, PHI, ANA, EDM 1,337 341 1,420 1,079
10 Steve Yzerman C DET 1,514 692 1,755 1,063
11 Gordie Howe R DET, HFD 1,767 801 1,850 1,049
12 Marcel Dionne C DET, LAK, NYR 1,348 731 1,771 1,040
13 Mario Lemieux C PIT 915 690 1,723 1,033
14 Joe Sakic C QUE, COL 1,378 625 1,641 1,016
15 Doug Gilmour C STL, CGY, TOR, NJD, CHI, BUF, MTL 1,474 450 1,414 964
16 Mark Recchi R PIT, PHI, MTL, CAR, ATL, TBL, BOS 1,652 577 1,533 956
17 Al MacInnis D CGY, STL 1,416 340 1,274 934
18 Larry Murphy D LAK, WSH, MNS, PIT, TOR, DET 1,615 288 1,217 929
19 Stan Mikita C CHI 1,396 541 1,467 926
20 Bryan Trottier C NYI, PIT 1,279 524 1,425 901
21 Phil Housley D BUF, WIN, STL, CGY, NJD, WSH, CHI, TOR 1,495 338 1,232 894
22 Patrick Kane ● R CHI, NYR, DET 1,369 508 1,400 892
23 Dale Hawerchuk C WIN, BUF, STL, PHI 1,188 518 1,409 891
24 Nicklas Lidstrom D DET 1,564 264 1,142 878
25 Evgeni Malkin ● C PIT 1,269 533 1,407 874
26 Phil Esposito C CHI, BOS, NYR 1,282 717 1,590 873
27 Denis Savard C CHI, MTL, TBL 1,196 473 1,338 865
28 Anze Kopitar ● C LAK 1,521 452 1,316 864
29 Bobby Clarke C PHI 1,144 358 1,210 852
30 Henrik Sedin C VAN 1,330 240 1,070 830
31 Alex Delvecchio C DET 1,550 456 1,281 825
32 Gilbert Perreault C BUF 1,191 512 1,326 814
33 Johnny Bucyk L DET, BOS 1,540 556 1,369 813
34 Mike Modano C MNS, DAL, DET 1,499 561 1,374 813
35 Pierre Turgeon C BUF, NYI, MTL, STL, DAL, COL 1,294 515 1,327 812
36 Connor McDavid ● C EDM 794 409 1,220 811
37 Jari Kurri R EDM, LAK, NYR, ANA, COL 1,251 601 1,398 797
38 Guy Lafleur R MTL, NYR, QUE 1,126 560 1,353 793
39 Peter Stastny C QUE, NJD, STL 977 450 1,239 789
40 Claude Giroux ● R PHI, FLA, OTT 1,345 379 1,165 786
41 Mats Sundin C QUE, TOR, VAN 1,346 564 1,349 785
42 Brian Leetch D NYR, TOR, BOS 1,205 247 1,028 781
43 Jean Ratelle C NYR, BOS 1,280 491 1,267 776
44 Vincent Damphousse C TOR, EDM, MTL, SJS 1,378 432 1,205 773
45 Teemu Selanne R WIN, ANA, SJS, COL 1,451 684 1,457 773
46 Chris Chelios D MTL, CHI, DET, ATL 1,651 185 948 763
47 Nicklas Backstrom C WSH 1,105 271 1,033 762
48 Bernie Federko C STL, DET 1,000 369 1,130 761
49 Alex Ovechkin ● L WSH 1,573 929 1,687 758
50 Doug Weight C NYR, EDM, STL, CAR, ANA, NYI 1,238 278 1,033 755
51 Larry Robinson D MTL, LAK 1,384 208 958 750
52 Denis Potvin D NYI 1,060 310 1,052 742
53 Norm Ullman C DET, TOR 1,410 490 1,229 739
54 Ryan Getzlaf C ANA 1,157 282 1,019 737
55 Bernie Nicholls C LAK, NYR, EDM, NJD, CHI, SJS 1,127 475 1,209 734
56 Rod Brind'Amour C STL, PHI, CAR 1,484 452 1,184 732
57 Luc Robitaille L LAK, PIT, NYR, DET 1,431 668 1,394 726
58 Nikita Kucherov ● R TBL 879 401 1,124 723
59 Nathan MacKinnon ● C COL 950 420 1,142 722
60 Erik Karlsson ● D OTT, SJS, PIT 1,159 215 936 721
61 Daniel Alfredsson R OTT, DET 1,246 444 1,157 713
62 Jean Beliveau C MTL 1,125 507 1,219 712
63 Scott Stevens D WSH, STL, NJD 1,635 196 908 712
64 Jeremy Roenick C CHI, PHX, PHI, LAK, SJS 1,363 513 1,216 703
65 Dave Andreychuk L BUF, TOR, NJD, COL, BOS, TBL 1,639 640 1,338 698
66 Brendan Shanahan L NJD, STL, HFD, DET, NYR 1,524 656 1,354 698
67 Dale Hunter C QUE, WSH, COL 1,407 323 1,020 697
68 Sergei Fedorov C DET, ANA, CBJ, WSH 1,248 483 1,179 696
69 Henri Richard C MTL 1,258 358 1,046 688
70 Brad Park D NYR, BOS, DET 1,113 213 896 683
71 Bobby Smith C MNS, MTL 1,077 357 1,036 679
72 Ray Whitney L SJS, EDM, FLA, CBJ, DET, CAR, PHX, DAL 1,330 385 1,064 679
73 Jarome Iginla R CGY, PIT, BOS, COL, LAK 1,554 625 1,300 675
74 Brent Burns ● D MIN, SJS, CAR, COL 1,579 273 945 672
75 John Tavares ● C NYI, TOR 1,266 525 1,185 660
76 Brett Hull R CGY, STL, DAL, DET, PHX 1,269 741 1,391 650
77 Daniel Sedin L VAN 1,306 393 1,041 648
78 Bobby Orr D BOS, CHI 657 270 915 645
79 Martin St. Louis R CGY, TBL, NYR 1,134 391 1,033 642
80 Gary Suter D CGY, CHI, SJS 1,145 203 844 641
81 Victor Hedman ● D TBL 1,164 172 811 639
82 Dave Taylor R LAK 1,111 431 1,069 638
83 Borje Salming D TOR, DET 1,148 150 787 637
84 Darryl Sittler C TOR, PHI, DET 1,096 484 1,121 637
85 Peter Forsberg C QUE, COL, PHI, NSH 708 249 885 636
86 Neal Broten C MNS, DAL, NJD, LAK 1,099 289 923 634
87 Brad Richards C TBL, DAL, NYR, CHI, DET 1,126 298 932 634
88 Theo Fleury R CGY, COL, NYR, CHI 1,084 455 1,088 633
89 Jason Spezza C OTT, DAL, TOR 1,248 363 995 632
90 Steven Stamkos ● C TBL, NSH 1,246 624 1,256 632
91 Patrick Marleau C SJS, TOR, PIT 1,779 566 1,197 631
92 Kris Letang ● D PIT 1,235 178 806 628
93 Mike Gartner R WSH, MNS, NYR, TOR, PHX 1,432 708 1,335 627
94 Andy Bathgate R NYR, TOR, DET, PIT 1,069 349 973 624
95 Artemi Panarin ● L CHI, CBJ, NYR, LAK 830 330 954 624
96 Henrik Zetterberg C DET 1,082 337 960 623
97 Blake Wheeler R BOS, ATL, WPG, NYR 1,172 321 943 622
98 Sergei Zubov D NYR, PIT, DAL 1,068 152 771 619
99 Leon Draisaitl ● C EDM 855 434 1,053 619
100 Patrik Elias C NJD 1,240 408 1,025 617
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Current Players — Career Career Assists

Career totals for players active in 2025-26, from Pucky's own stat database.

#PlayerTeamGPA
1 Sidney Crosby PIT 1,426 1,107
2 Patrick Kane CHI 1,369 892
3 Evgeni Malkin PIT 1,275 874
4 Connor McDavid EDM 794 811
5 Claude Giroux OTT 1,345 786
6 Alex Ovechkin WSH 1,573 758
7 Nikita Kucherov TBL 880 723
8 Nathan MacKinnon COL 950 722
9 Erik Karlsson PIT 1,165 721
10 Brent Burns COL 1,579 672
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Career Assists — frequently asked

Who has the most assists in NHL history?
Wayne Gretzky leads the NHL all-time with 1,963 regular-season assists in 1,487 games.
Who is the active leader in assists?
Sidney Crosby is the highest-ranked active player at #8 all-time with 1,107.
How many active players are in the all-time top 100?
17 active players are in the top 100: Sidney Crosby (#8), Patrick Kane (#22), Evgeni Malkin (#25), Anze Kopitar (#28), Connor McDavid (#36), and more.