NHL All-Time Leaders
Assists

Rank 	Player 	Years 	assists (current)
1 	Wayne Gretzky 	(1979-1999) 	1963
2 	Ron Francis 	(1981-2004) 	1249
3 	Mark Messier 	(1979-2004) 	1193
4 	Ray Bourque 	(1979-2001) 	1169
5 	Jaromir Jagr 	(1990-2018) 	1155
6 	Paul Coffey 	(1980-2001) 	1135
7 	Joe Thornton 	(1997-2022) 	1109
8 	Adam Oates 	(1985-2004) 	1079
9 	Steve Yzerman 	(1983-2006) 	1063
10 	Gordie Howe 	(1946-1980) 	1049
11 	Marcel Dionne 	(1971-1989) 	1040
12 	Mario Lemieux 	(1984-2006) 	1033
13 	Joe Sakic 	(1988-2009) 	1016
14 	Doug Gilmour 	(1983-2003) 	964
15 	Mark Recchi 	(1988-2011) 	956
16 	Al MacInnis 	(1981-2004) 	934
17 	Larry Murphy 	(1980-2001) 	929
18 	Stan Mikita 	(1958-1980) 	926
19 	Bryan Trottier 	(1975-1994) 	901
20 	Phil Housley 	(1982-2003) 	894
21 	Sidney Crosby 	(2005-2022) 	892
22 	Dale Hawerchuk 	(1981-1997) 	891
23 	Nicklas Lidstrom 	(1991-2012) 	878
24 	Phil Esposito 	(1963-1981) 	873
25 	Denis Savard 	(1980-1997) 	865
26 	Bobby Clarke 	(1969-1984) 	852
27 	Henrik Sedin 	(2000-2018) 	830
28 	Alex Delvecchio 	(1950-1974) 	825
29 	Gilbert Perreault 	(1970-1987) 	814
30 	Johnny Bucyk 	(1955-1978) 	813
30 	Mike Modano 	(1988-2011) 	813
32 	Pierre Turgeon 	(1987-2007) 	812
33 	Jari Kurri 	(1980-1998) 	797
34 	Guy Lafleur 	(1971-1991) 	793
35 	Peter Stastny 	(1980-1995) 	789
36 	Mats Sundin 	(1990-2009) 	785
37 	Brian Leetch 	(1987-2006) 	781
38 	Jean Ratelle 	(1960-1981) 	776
39 	Vincent Damphousse 	(1986-2004) 	773
39 	Teemu Selanne 	(1992-2014) 	773
41 	Chris Chelios 	(1983-2010) 	763
42 	Bernie Federko 	(1976-1990) 	761
43 	Doug Weight 	(1990-2011) 	755
44 	Larry Robinson 	(1972-1992) 	750
44 	Patrick Kane 	(2007-2022) 	750
46 	Nicklas Backstrom 	(2007-2022) 	747
47 	Denis Potvin 	(1973-1988) 	742
48 	Norm Ullman 	(1955-1975) 	739
49 	Ryan Getzlaf 	(2005-2022) 	737
50 	Bernie Nicholls 	(1981-1999) 	734
51 	Rod Brind'Amour 	(1988-2010) 	732
52 	Luc Robitaille 	(1986-2006) 	726
53 	Daniel Alfredsson 	(1995-2014) 	713
54 	Jean Beliveau 	(1950-1971) 	712
54 	Scott Stevens 	(1982-2004) 	712
56 	Jeremy Roenick 	(1988-2009) 	703
57 	Evgeni Malkin 	(2006-2022) 	702
57 	Anze Kopitar 	(2006-2022) 	702
59 	Dave Andreychuk 	(1982-2006) 	698
59 	Brendan Shanahan 	(1987-2009) 	698
61 	Dale Hunter 	(1980-1999) 	697
62 	Sergei Fedorov 	(1990-2009) 	696
63 	Henri Richard 	(1955-1975) 	688
64 	Brad Park 	(1968-1985) 	683
65 	Bobby Smith 	(1978-1993) 	679
65 	Ray Whitney 	(1991-2014) 	679
67 	Jarome Iginla 	(1995-2017) 	675
68 	Brett Hull 	(1985-2006) 	650
69 	Daniel Sedin 	(2000-2018) 	648
70 	Bobby Orr 	(1966-1979) 	645
71 	Gary Suter 	(1985-2002) 	642
71 	Martin St. Louis 	(1998-2015) 	642
73 	Dave Taylor 	(1977-1994) 	638
74 	Borje Salming 	(1973-1990) 	637
74 	Darryl Sittler 	(1970-1985) 	637
76 	Peter Forsberg 	(1994-2011) 	636
77 	Neal Broten 	(1980-1997) 	634
77 	Brad Richards 	(2000-2016) 	634
79 	Theoren Fleury 	(1988-2003) 	633
80 	Jason Spezza 	(2002-2022) 	632
81 	Patrick Marleau 	(1997-2021) 	631
82 	Alex Ovechkin 	(2005-2022) 	630
83 	Claude Giroux 	(2007-2022) 	629
84 	Mike Gartner 	(1979-1998) 	627
85 	Andy Bathgate 	(1952-1971) 	624
86 	Henrik Zetterberg 	(2002-2018) 	623
87 	Sergei Zubov 	(1992-2009) 	619
88 	Patrik Elias 	(1995-2016) 	617
89 	Rod Gilbert 	(1960-1978) 	615
90 	Marian Hossa 	(1997-2017) 	609
91 	Michel Goulet 	(1979-1994) 	604
91 	Pavel Datsyuk 	(2001-2016) 	604
93 	Kirk Muller 	(1984-2003) 	602
94 	Glenn Anderson 	(1980-1996) 	601
95 	Alexei Kovalev 	(1992-2013) 	599
96 	Eric Staal 	(2003-2021) 	593
97 	Dino Ciccarelli 	(1980-1999) 	592
98 	Sergei Gonchar 	(1994-2015) 	591
99 	Dave Keon 	(1960-1982) 	590
99 	Doug Wilson 	(1977-1993) 	590