List of NHL career assists leaders

The following is a list of ice hockey players who have recorded 600 assists in the National Hockey League (NHL).[1] All players who reach this mark receive an NHL Milestone Award from the league; the award was introduced in 1982, and all who achieved the accomplishment prior to then were also granted the award.[2]

Players with 600 NHL assists

Wayne Gretzky
Ray Bourque
Steve Yzerman

As of completion of the 2024–25 season, 105 players have recorded 600 assists while playing in the NHL.

Of these players, 14 have recorded 1,000 assists while playing in the NHL, led by Wayne Gretzky who has a 714 assist advantage over second-place Ron Francis. Ray Bourque and Paul Coffey are the only defensemen to reach 1,000 assists while Jaromir Jagr is the only non-Canadian player with 1,000 career assists. This alone would place these players on the list of NHL players with 1,000 points, which also earns the NHL Milestone Award.[2]

Legend
Rank – Ranking on all-time assists list
Assists – Career regular season assists
GP – Career regular season games played
A/GP – Mean assists per game played, rounded to two decimal places
With team – Team for which the player recorded their 600th assist
Final season – Final NHL season player competed in
HHOF – Year of induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame
  Active NHL player
  Active player outside of NHL
Rank Player Assists GP A/GP With team Final season HHOF
1 Wayne Gretzky 1,963 1,487 1.32 Edmonton Oilers 1998–99 1999
2 Ron Francis 1,249 1,731 0.72 Pittsburgh Penguins 2003–04 2007
3 Mark Messier 1,193 1,756 0.68 Edmonton Oilers 2003–04 2007
4 Ray Bourque 1,169 1,612 0.73 Boston Bruins 2000–01 2004
5 Jaromir Jagr 1,155 1,733 0.67 Pittsburgh Penguins 2017–18 Not eligible yet
6 Paul Coffey 1,135 1,409 0.81 Pittsburgh Penguins 2000–01 2004
7 Joe Thornton 1,109 1,714 0.65 San Jose Sharks 2021–22 2025
8 Adam Oates 1,079 1,337 0.81 Boston Bruins 2003–04 2012
9 Steve Yzerman 1,063 1,514 0.70 Detroit Red Wings 2005–06 2009
10 Sidney Crosby 1,062 1,352 0.79 Pittsburgh Penguins Active
11 Gordie Howe 1,049 1,767 0.59 Detroit Red Wings 1979–80 1972[a]
12 Marcel Dionne 1,040 1,348 0.77 Los Angeles Kings 1988–89 1992
13 Mario Lemieux 1,033 915 1.13 Pittsburgh Penguins 2005–06 1997[b]
14 Joe Sakic 1,016 1,378 0.74 Colorado Avalanche 2008–09 2012
15 Doug Gilmour 964 1,474 0.65 Toronto Maple Leafs 2002–03 2011
16 Mark Recchi 956 1,652 0.58 Philadelphia Flyers 2010–11 2017
17 Al MacInnis 934 1,416 0.66 Calgary Flames 2003–04 2007
18 Larry Murphy 929 1,615 0.58 Pittsburgh Penguins 2000–01 2004
19 Stan Mikita 926 1,394 0.66 Chicago Black Hawks 1979–80 1983
20 Bryan Trottier 901 1,279 0.70 New York Islanders 1993–94 1997
21 Phil Housley 894 1,495 0.60 Calgary Flames 2002–03 2015
22 Dale Hawerchuk 891 1,188 0.75 Buffalo Sabres 1996–97 2001
23 Nicklas Lidstrom 878 1,564 0.56 Detroit Red Wings 2011–12 2015
24 Phil Esposito 873 1,282 0.68 Boston Bruins 1980–81 1984
25 Denis Savard 865 1,196 0.72 Chicago Blackhawks 1996–97 2000
26 Bobby Clarke 852 1,144 0.74 Philadelphia Flyers 1983–84 1987
27 Patrick Kane 851 1,302 0.65 Chicago Blackhawks Active
28 Anze Kopitar 838 1,454 0.58 Los Angeles Kings Active
29 Evgeni Malkin 832 1,213 0.69 Pittsburgh Penguins Active
30 Henrik Sedin 830 1,330 0.62 Vancouver Canucks 2017–18 2022
31 Alex Delvecchio 825 1,550 0.53 Detroit Red Wings 1973–74 1977
32 Gilbert Perreault 814 1,191 0.68 Buffalo Sabres 1986–87 1990
33 Johnny Bucyk 813 1,540 0.53 Boston Bruins 1977–78 1981
Mike Modano 813 1,499 0.54 Dallas Stars 2010–11 2014
35 Pierre Turgeon 812 1,294 0.63 St. Louis Blues 2006–07 2023
36 Jari Kurri 797 1,251 0.64 Los Angeles Kings 1997–98 2001
37 Guy Lafleur 793 1,126 0.70 Montreal Canadiens 1990–91 1988
38 Peter Stastny 789 977 0.81 Quebec Nordiques 1994–95 1998
39 Mats Sundin 785 1,346 0.58 Toronto Maple Leafs 2008–09 2012
40 Brian Leetch 781 1,205 0.65 New York Rangers 2005–06 2009
41 Jean Ratelle 776 1,280 0.61 Boston Bruins 1980–81 1985
42 Vincent Damphousse 773 1,378 0.56 San Jose Sharks 2003–04 —
Teemu Selanne 773 1,451 0.53 Anaheim Ducks 2013–14 2017
44 Chris Chelios 763 1,651 0.46 Chicago Blackhawks 2009–10 2013
45 Nicklas Bäckström 762 1,105 0.69 Washington Capitals Active
46 Bernie Federko 761 1,000 0.76 St. Louis Blues 1989–90 2002
47 Doug Weight 755 1,238 0.61 St. Louis Blues 2010–11 —
48 Claude Giroux 751 1,263 0.59 Ottawa Senators Active
49 Larry Robinson 750 1,384 0.54 Montreal Canadiens 1991–92 1995
50 Denis Potvin 742 1,060 0.70 New York Islanders 1987–88 1991
51 Norm Ullman 739 1,410 0.52 Toronto Maple Leafs 1974–75 1982
52 Ryan Getzlaf 737 1,157 0.64 Anaheim Ducks 2021–22 —
53 Bernie Nicholls 734 1,127 0.65 New Jersey Devils 1998–99 —
54 Rod Brind'Amour 732 1,484 0.49 Carolina Hurricanes 2009–10 —
55 Luc Robitaille 726 1,431 0.51 Los Angeles Kings 2005–06 2009
Alexander Ovechkin 726 1,491 0.49 Washington Capitals Active
57 Connor McDavid 721 712 1.01 Edmonton Oilers Active
58 Daniel Alfredsson 713 1,246 0.57 Ottawa Senators 2013–14 2022
59 Jean Beliveau 712 1,125 0.63 Montreal Canadiens 1970–71 1972
Scott Stevens 712 1,635 0.44 New Jersey Devils 2003–04 2007
61 Jeremy Roenick 703 1,363 0.52 Philadelphia Flyers 2008–09 2024
62 Dave Andreychuk 698 1,639 0.43 New Jersey Devils 2005–06 2017
Brendan Shanahan 698 1,524 0.46 Detroit Red Wings 2008–09 2013
64 Dale Hunter 697 1,407 0.50 Washington Capitals 1998–99 —
65 Sergei Fedorov 696 1,248 0.56 Columbus Blue Jackets 2008–09 2015
66 Henri Richard 688 1,256 0.55 Montreal Canadiens 1974–75 1979
67 Brad Park 683 1,113 0.61 Boston Bruins 1984–85 1988
68 Bobby Smith 679 1,077 0.63 Montreal Canadiens 1992–93 —
Ray Whitney 679 1,330 0.51 Phoenix Coyotes 2013–14 —
70 Jarome Iginla 675 1,554 0.43 Boston Bruins 2016–17 2020
71 Erik Karlsson 670 1,084 0.62 Pittsburgh Penguins Active
72 Brett Hull 650 1,269 0.51 Detroit Red Wings 2005–06 2009
73 Brent Burns 649 1,497 0.43 Carolina Hurricanes Active
74 Daniel Sedin 648 1,306 0.50 Vancouver Canucks 2017–18 2022
Nathan MacKinnon 648 870 0.74 Colorado Avalanche Active
76 Bobby Orr 645 657 0.98 Boston Bruins 1978–79 1979
77 Martin St. Louis 642 1,134 0.57 Tampa Bay Lightning 2014–15 2018
78 Gary Suter 641 1,145 0.56 San Jose Sharks 2001–02 —
79 Dave Taylor 638 1,111 0.57 Los Angeles Kings 1993–94 —
80 Borje Salming 637 1,148 0.55 Toronto Maple Leafs 1989–90 1996
Darryl Sittler 637 1,096 0.58 Philadelphia Flyers 1984–85 1989
Nikita Kucherov 637 803 0.79 Tampa Bay Lightning Active
83 Peter Forsberg 636 708 0.90 Philadelphia Flyers 2010–11 2014
84 Neal Broten 634 1,099 0.58 New Jersey Devils 1996–97 —
Brad Richards 634 1,126 0.56 Chicago Blackhawks 2015–16 —
86 Theoren Fleury 633 1,084 0.58 New York Rangers 2002–03 —
87 Jason Spezza 632 1,248 0.51 Toronto Maple Leafs 2021–22 —
88 Patrick Marleau 631 1,779 0.35 Toronto Maple Leafs 2020–21 —
89 Mike Gartner 627 1,432 0.44 Phoenix Coyotes 1997–98 2001
90 Andy Bathgate 624 1,069 0.58 Pittsburgh Penguins 1970–71 1978
91 Henrik Zetterberg 623 1,082 0.58 Detroit Red Wings 2017–18 —
Victor Hedman 623 1,131 0.55 Tampa Bay Lightning Active
93 Blake Wheeler 622 1,172 0.53 Winnipeg Jets 2023–24 Eligible 2027
94 John Tavares 620 1,184 0.52 Toronto Maple Leafs Active
95 Sergei Zubov 619 1,068 0.58 Dallas Stars 2008–09 2019
96 Patrik Elias 617 1,240 0.50 New Jersey Devils 2015–16 —
97 Rod Gilbert 615 1,065 0.58 New York Rangers 1977–78 1982
98 Patrice Bergeron 613 1,294 0.47 Boston Bruins 2022–23 Eligible 2026
99 Marian Hossa 609 1,309 0.47 Chicago Blackhawks 2016–17 2020
100 Eric Staal 608 1,365 0.45 Florida Panthers 2022–23 Eligible 2026
Steven Stamkos 608 1,164 0.52 Nashville Predators Active
102 Michel Goulet 605 1,089 0.56 Chicago Blackhawks 1993–94 1998
103 Pavel Datsyuk 604 953 0.63 Detroit Red Wings 2015–16 2024
104 Kirk Muller 602 1,349 0.45 Dallas Stars 2002–03 —
105 Glenn Anderson 601 1,375 0.44 St. Louis Blues 1995–96 2008

Notes

  1. ^ Gordie Howe initially retired from hockey at the end of the 1970–71 season and was inducted to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1972. He returned to playing professional hockey, in the World Hockey Association, in 1973–74, where he played until returning to the NHL for the 1979–80 season.
  2. ^ Mario Lemieux initially retired from hockey at the end of the 1996–97 season and was inducted to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1997. He returned as an NHL owner in 1999, then returned to playing in the NHL in the 2000–01 season.

References

  1. ^ "NHL & WHA Career Leaders and Records for Assists". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved 2019-09-20.
  2. ^ a b "Players such as Eddie Shack, accorded much attention but..." United Press International. July 20, 1982. Retrieved December 22, 2023. … creation of the NHL Milestone Award announced Tuesday by league president John Ziegler.
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