Top NHL Defensemen by Assists

2022-23·Regular Season·20+ GP

Erik Karlsson (SJS) leads NHL defensemen with 76 assists across 82 games, 7 ahead of Quinn Hughes. Miro Heiskanen rounds out the top three at 62. Rankings cover the 2022-23 NHL season among qualifying defensemen.

Position: DefenseMin GP: 20+

Player	Team	Pos	Age	GP	G	A	A1	P	P/60	S%	xGF%	CF%	+/-	TOI	Cap Hit
Erik Karlsson DSJS#65	SJS	D	36	82	25	76	42	101	2.89	12.0%	51.4	53.7	−26	25.6	$11.50M
Quinn Hughes DVAN#43	VAN	D	26	78	7	69	35	76	2.28	4.5%	50.4	51.8	+15	25.7	$7.85M
Miro Heiskanen DDAL#4	DAL	D	27	79	11	62	34	73	2.17	5.3%	55.2	54.3	+12	25.5	$8.45M
Josh Morrissey DWPG#44	WPG	D	31	78	16	60	35	76	2.41	9.3%	52.1	51.2	+2	24.2	$6.25M
Adam Fox DNYR#23	NYR	D	28	82	12	60	28	72	2.16	7.5%	56.0	54.3	+28	24.4	$9.50M
Rasmus Dahlin DBUF#26	BUF	D	26	78	15	58	35	73	2.18	7.4%	52.7	53.5	+12	25.8	$6.00M
Brandon Montour DFLA#62	FLA	D	32	80	16	57	26	73	2.27	6.6%	53.5	52.5	+9	24.1	$3.50M
Mikhail Sergachev DTBL#98	TBL	D	28	79	10	54	28	64	2.04	6.4%	54.1	52.3	+13	23.8	$4.80M
Dougie Hamilton DNJD#7	NJD	D	33	82	22	52	27	74	2.49	8.0%	55.8	54.9	+23	21.8	$9.00M
Vince Dunn DSEA#29	SEA	D	29	81	14	50	24	64	2.00	9.3%	55.3	54.4	+28	23.7	$4.00M
Cale Makar DCOL#8	COL	D	27	60	17	49	29	66	2.50	9.7%	57.6	56.9	+16	26.4	$9.00M
Charlie McAvoy DBOS#73	BOS	D	28	67	7	45	20	52	2.09	6.7%	55.9	52.5	+29	22.3	$9.50M
Brent Burns DCAR#8	CAR	D	41	82	18	43	25	61	1.92	7.1%	58.6	61.5	+19	23.2	$8.00M
Alex Pietrangelo DVGK#7	VGK	D	36	73	11	43	19	54	1.85	6.5%	52.8	48.0	+13	24.0	$8.80M
Hampus Lindholm DBOS#27	BOS	D	32	80	10	43	24	53	1.71	6.3%	57.4	52.7	+49	23.2	$6.50M
Drew Doughty DLAK#8	LAK	D	36	81	9	43	14	52	1.47	6.2%	54.0	52.6	+12	26.2	$11.00M
Devon Toews DCOL#7	COL	D	32	80	7	43	16	50	1.49	4.2%	57.6	54.4	+39	25.1	$4.10M
Tyson Barrie DNSH#8	NSH	D	35	85	13	42	22	55	1.96	8.0%	50.4	47.7	−7	19.8	$4.50M
Roman Josi DNSH#59	NSH	D	36	67	18	41	21	59	2.10	6.7%	49.1	50.9	+5	25.2	$9.06M
Victor Hedman DTBL#77	TBL	D	35	76	9	40	23	49	1.63	4.9%	50.8	50.3	+10	23.7	$7.88M
Justin Faulk DSTL#72	STL	D	34	82	11	39	20	50	1.56	5.6%	43.4	45.2	−4	23.4	$6.50M
Rasmus Andersson DCGY#4	CGY	D	29	79	11	38	23	49	1.55	6.9%	51.9	53.1	+5	24.1	$4.55M
Cam Fowler DANA#17	ANA	D	34	82	10	38	21	48	1.45	7.7%	42.3	43.8	−23	24.2	$6.50M
Moritz Seider DDET#53	DET	D	25	82	5	37	17	42	1.33	3.6%	46.8	47.3	−11	23.1	$863,334
Morgan Rielly DTOR#44	TOR	D	32	65	4	37	20	41	1.74	3.2%	52.9	50.8	−9	21.7	$7.50M
Noah Dobson DNYI#8	NYI	D	26	78	13	36	22	49	1.85	6.3%	51.5	51.3	+4	20.4	$4.00M
Erik Gustafsson DTOR#56	TOR	D	34	70	7	35	18	42	1.82	5.7%	52.8	53.8	+9	19.8	$800,000
K'Andre Miller DNYR#79	NYR	D	26	79	9	34	14	43	1.49	8.0%	51.0	51.7	+12	22.0	$925,000
Shea Theodore DVGK#27	VGK	D	31	55	8	33	15	41	2.09	5.9%	52.9	50.4	+16	21.4	$5.20M
Evan Bouchard DEDM#2	EDM	D	26	82	8	32	11	40	1.58	5.1%	57.7	57.1	+6	18.5	$863,334
Darnell Nurse DEDM#25	EDM	D	31	82	12	31	15	43	1.34	5.9%	52.4	51.5	+26	23.5	$9.25M
Tony DeAngelo DPHI#4	PHI	D	30	70	11	31	16	42	1.63	6.3%	45.6	49.0	−27	22.1	-
Noah Hanifin DCGY#15	CGY	D	29	81	7	31	17	38	1.24	4.0%	54.0	53.7	+2	22.6	$4.95M
Samuel Girard DCOL#49	COL	D	28	76	6	31	11	37	1.36	5.0%	53.4	52.9	−10	21.5	$5.00M
Owen Power DBUF#25	BUF	D	23	79	4	31	15	35	1.12	3.1%	49.7	52.2	+10	23.8	$916,667
Thomas Chabot DOTT#72	OTT	D	29	68	11	30	12	41	1.45	6.7%	52.3	51.5	−11	25.0	$8.00M
Filip Hronek DVAN#17	VAN	D	28	64	9	30	13	39	1.68	7.3%	47.9	45.3	+7	21.7	$4.40M
Juuso Välimäki DARI#4	ARI	D	28	78	4	30	11	34	1.44	4.3%	50.0	50.1	−10	18.2	$1.55M
Kris Letang DPIT#58	PIT	D	39	64	12	29	10	41	1.55	7.5%	52.6	52.0	−13	24.9	$6.10M
Sean Durzi DLAK#50	LAK	D	27	72	9	29	11	38	1.60	8.2%	51.1	51.6	−12	19.8	$1.70M
Dmitry Orlov DBOS#7	BOS	D	35	66	7	29	13	36	1.45	5.6%	53.3	52.9	+12	22.5	$5.10M
Gustav Forsling DFLA#42	FLA	D	30	82	13	28	16	41	1.28	6.2%	52.5	55.5	+19	23.4	$2.67M
Shayne Gostisbehere DCAR#4	CAR	D	33	75	13	28	15	41	1.58	8.4%	48.3	51.8	−5	20.8	$4.50M
Rasmus Sandin DWSH#38	WSH	D	26	71	7	28	10	35	1.53	8.6%	52.4	51.4	+3	19.3	$1.40M
Jake Sanderson DOTT#85	OTT	D	24	77	4	28	11	32	1.14	3.0%	49.7	51.8	−6	21.9	$925,000
Justin Schultz DSEA#4	SEA	D	36	73	7	27	12	34	1.57	7.1%	49.3	50.4	+4	17.8	$3.00M
MacKenzie Weegar DCGY#52	CGY	D	32	81	4	27	9	31	1.09	2.5%	56.9	61.7	+15	21.1	$3.25M
Mike Matheson DMTL#8	MTL	D	32	48	8	26	18	34	1.74	6.3%	44.2	46.6	+7	24.5	$4.88M
Damon Severson DNJD#78	NJD	D	32	81	7	26	12	33	1.22	6.9%	58.0	56.6	+9	20.0	$4.17M
Jeff Petry DPIT#2	PIT	D	38	61	5	26	8	31	1.36	4.4%	53.5	51.9	+2	22.3	$6.25M

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