Top NHL Defensemen by Assists

2023-24·Regular Season·20+ GP

Quinn Hughes (VAN) leads NHL defensemen with 75 assists across 82 games, 6 ahead of Cale Makar. Evan Bouchard rounds out the top three at 64. Rankings cover the 2023-24 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
Quinn Hughes DVAN#43	VAN	D	26	82	17	75	35	92	2.73	8.5%	54.6	56.9	+38	24.7	$7.85M
Cale Makar DCOL#8	COL	D	27	77	21	69	28	90	2.83	9.1%	55.5	53.2	+15	24.8	$9.00M
Evan Bouchard DEDM#2	EDM	D	26	81	18	64	25	82	2.64	8.2%	64.0	60.0	+34	23.0	$3.90M
Victor Hedman DTBL#77	TBL	D	35	78	13	63	32	76	2.36	7.7%	51.6	51.6	+18	24.8	$7.88M
Roman Josi DNSH#59	NSH	D	36	82	23	62	38	85	2.53	8.6%	53.0	53.8	+12	24.6	$9.06M
Noah Dobson DNYI#8	NYI	D	26	79	10	60	35	70	2.17	5.7%	48.2	48.9	+12	24.5	$4.00M
Josh Morrissey DWPG#44	WPG	D	31	81	10	59	28	69	2.11	5.1%	56.8	52.4	+34	24.2	$6.25M
Adam Fox DNYR#23	NYR	D	28	72	17	56	25	73	2.59	12.4%	53.3	53.5	+21	23.4	$9.50M
Mike Matheson DMTL#8	MTL	D	32	82	11	51	24	62	1.78	5.9%	45.3	43.1	−24	25.6	$4.88M
Morgan Rielly DTOR#44	TOR	D	32	72	7	51	29	58	2.04	4.0%	51.1	50.2	+7	23.7	$7.50M
Zach Werenski DCBJ#8	CBJ	D	29	70	11	46	19	57	2.00	5.4%	49.0	48.5	0	24.5	$9.58M
Shayne Gostisbehere DDET#4	DET	D	33	81	10	46	18	56	2.17	7.2%	46.9	49.4	−16	19.1	$4.13M
Erik Karlsson DPIT#65	PIT	D	36	82	11	45	24	56	1.69	5.2%	54.3	54.6	+4	24.3	$11.50M
Miro Heiskanen DDAL#4	DAL	D	27	71	9	45	22	54	1.86	5.6%	57.5	57.2	+8	24.5	$8.45M
Filip Hronek DVAN#17	VAN	D	28	81	5	43	14	48	1.52	3.4%	52.3	53.4	+33	23.4	$4.40M
John Carlson DWSH#74	WSH	D	36	82	10	42	16	52	1.47	5.7%	47.6	47.7	−7	25.9	$8.00M
Kris Letang DPIT#58	PIT	D	39	82	10	41	18	51	1.51	6.1%	50.0	50.8	+13	24.7	$6.10M
Rasmus Dahlin DBUF#26	BUF	D	26	81	20	39	24	59	1.72	8.5%	52.8	54.0	−3	25.4	$6.00M
Brock Faber DMIN#7	MIN	D	24	82	8	39	18	47	1.38	5.9%	50.5	47.9	−1	25.0	$925,000
Devon Toews DCOL#7	COL	D	32	82	12	38	16	50	1.56	7.5%	55.7	53.7	+28	23.4	$4.10M
Luke Hughes DNJD#43	NJD	D	23	82	9	38	16	47	1.60	6.7%	50.6	54.8	−25	21.5	$925,000
Shea Theodore DVGK#27	VGK	D	31	47	5	37	19	42	2.43	4.8%	53.2	51.4	+4	22.1	$5.20M
Drew Doughty DLAK#8	LAK	D	36	82	15	35	14	50	1.42	11.1%	55.1	54.5	+15	25.8	$11.00M
Charlie McAvoy DBOS#73	BOS	D	28	74	12	35	16	47	1.53	9.0%	51.6	48.2	+4	24.8	$9.50M
Vince Dunn DSEA#29	SEA	D	29	59	11	35	19	46	2.03	9.2%	50.9	52.0	+8	23.1	$7.35M
Torey Krug DSTL#47	STL	D	35	77	4	35	16	39	1.38	2.5%	44.4	46.8	−31	22.0	$6.50M
Noah Hanifin DVGK#15	VGK	D	29	80	13	34	19	47	1.49	7.9%	50.7	51.1	+19	23.6	$4.95M
Brady Skjei DCAR#76	CAR	D	32	80	13	34	16	47	1.66	7.0%	53.2	58.5	+15	21.3	$5.25M
Mattias Ekholm DEDM#14	EDM	D	36	79	11	34	23	45	1.62	6.2%	63.5	59.9	+44	21.0	$6.25M
Travis Sanheim DPHI#6	PHI	D	30	81	10	34	17	44	1.37	6.8%	53.4	51.0	−20	23.8	$6.25M
Cam Fowler DANA#17	ANA	D	34	81	5	34	15	39	1.18	4.6%	44.2	46.9	−36	24.4	$6.50M
Brent Burns DCAR#8	CAR	D	41	82	10	33	14	43	1.46	5.4%	57.0	60.5	+19	21.5	$8.00M
Moritz Seider DDET#53	DET	D	25	82	9	33	17	42	1.37	6.7%	44.6	45.8	−7	22.4	$863,334
MacKenzie Weegar DCGY#52	CGY	D	32	82	20	32	14	52	1.66	9.6%	49.0	53.8	+2	22.9	$6.25M
Thomas Harley DDAL#55	DAL	D	25	79	15	32	14	47	1.70	10.4%	54.9	55.7	+28	21.0	$863,334
Sean Durzi DARI#50	ARI	D	27	76	9	32	11	41	1.42	6.3%	50.1	51.4	−1	22.7	$1.70M
Jaccob Slavin DCAR#74	CAR	D	32	81	6	31	11	37	1.31	4.0%	58.3	60.8	+21	20.9	$5.30M
Rasmus Andersson DCGY#4	CGY	D	29	78	9	30	14	39	1.26	5.7%	48.6	50.6	−11	23.8	$4.55M
Gustav Forsling DFLA#42	FLA	D	30	79	10	29	17	39	1.34	6.2%	58.1	58.1	+56	22.1	$2.67M
Alex Pietrangelo DVGK#7	VGK	D	36	64	4	29	16	33	1.31	2.8%	51.6	48.1	−5	23.6	$8.80M
Ryan McDonagh DNSH#27	NSH	D	37	74	3	29	13	32	1.19	3.3%	57.4	53.1	+19	21.8	$6.75M
Jake Sanderson DOTT#85	OTT	D	24	79	10	28	12	38	1.24	6.3%	52.7	53.6	+8	23.2	$925,000
Neal Pionk DWPG#4	WPG	D	31	82	5	28	6	33	1.16	3.4%	49.1	49.3	+9	20.8	$5.88M
Dylan DeMelo DWPG#2	WPG	D	33	82	3	28	12	31	1.04	3.6%	55.4	50.3	+46	21.7	$3.00M
Justin Faulk DSTL#72	STL	D	34	60	2	28	16	30	1.37	1.5%	47.2	46.8	−2	22.0	$6.50M
Jakob Chychrun DOTT#6	OTT	D	28	82	14	27	11	41	1.34	6.9%	46.9	50.5	−30	22.4	$4.60M
Owen Power DBUF#25	BUF	D	23	76	6	27	13	33	1.14	5.6%	49.3	51.5	+8	22.9	$916,667
Darren Raddysh DTBL#43	TBL	D	30	82	6	27	8	33	1.26	5.9%	53.1	52.7	−3	19.1	$762,500
Ivan Provorov DCBJ#9	CBJ	D	29	82	5	27	13	32	1.06	4.7%	45.4	48.5	−11	22.2	$6.75M
Marcus Pettersson DPIT#29	PIT	D	30	82	4	26	8	30	0.97	3.8%	52.5	52.4	+28	22.7	$4.03M

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