Career NHL assist leaders (through 2021-22 All-Star break; x _ active):
Player |
Assists |
1. Wayne Gretzky |
1963 |
2. Ron Francis |
1249 |
3. Mark Messier |
1193 |
4. Ray Bourque |
1169 |
5. Jaromir Jagr |
1155 |
6. Paul Coffey |
1135 |
7. x-Joe Thornton |
1106 |
8. Adam Oates |
1079 |
9. Steve Yzerman |
1063 |
10. Gordie Howe |
1049 |
11. Marcel Dionne |
1040 |
12. Mario Lemieux |
1033 |
13. Joe Sakic |
1016 |
14. Doug Gilmour |
964 |
15. Mark Recchi |
956 |
16. Al MacInnis |
934 |
17. Larry Murphy |
929 |
18. Stan Mikita |
926 |
19. Bryan Trottier |
901 |
20. Phil Housley |
894 |
21. Dale Hawerchuk |
891 |
22. Nicklas Lidstrom |
878 |
23. Phil Esposito |
873 |
24. x-Sidney Crosby |
867 |
25. Denis Savard |
865 |
26. Bobby Clarke |
852 |
27. Henrik Sedin |
830 |
28. Alex Delvecchio |
825 |
29. Gilbert Perreault |
814 |
T30. John Bucyk |
813 |
T30. Mike Modano |
813 |
32. Pierre Turgeon |
812 |
33. Jari Kurri |
797 |
34. Guy Lafleur |
793 |
35. Peter Stastny |
789 |
36. Mats Sundin |
785 |
37. Brian Leetch |
781 |
38. Jean Ratelle |
776 |
T39. Vincent Damphousse |
773 |
T39. Teemu Selanne |
773 |
41. Chris Chelios |
763 |
42. Bernie Federko |
761 |
43. Doug Weight |
755 |
44. Larry Robinson |
750 |
45. Denis Potvin |
742 |
46. Norm Ullman |
739 |
47. Bernie Nicholls |
734 |
T48. Rod Brind'Amour |
732 |
T48. x-Nicklas Backstrom |
732 |
50. x-Ryan Getzlaf |
727 |
source: hockey-reference.com
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