Top NHL Defensemen by Assists

2024-25·Regular Season·20+ GP

Cale Makar (COL) leads NHL defensemen with 62 assists across 80 games, 2 ahead of Quinn Hughes. Lane Hutson rounds out the top three at 60. Rankings cover the 2024-25 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
Cale Makar DCOL#8	COL	D	27	80	30	62	34	92	2.68	12.2%	57.8	56.2	+28	25.7	$9.00M
Quinn Hughes DVAN#43	VAN	D	26	68	16	60	34	76	2.61	8.3%	54.7	56.0	+2	25.7	$7.85M
Lane Hutson DMTL#48	MTL	D	22	82	6	60	25	66	2.12	6.6%	51.2	50.8	−2	22.7	$950,000
Zach Werenski DCBJ#8	CBJ	D	29	81	23	59	32	82	2.27	7.7%	52.3	52.3	+12	26.7	$9.58M
Evan Bouchard DEDM#2	EDM	D	26	82	14	53	14	67	2.09	6.0%	57.8	59.6	+14	23.5	$3.90M
Rasmus Dahlin DBUF#26	BUF	D	26	73	17	51	27	68	2.31	8.5%	52.1	55.0	+11	24.2	$11.00M
Victor Hedman DTBL#77	TBL	D	35	79	15	51	26	66	2.17	8.3%	54.2	52.0	+18	23.1	$7.88M
Adam Fox DNYR#23	NYR	D	28	74	10	51	30	61	2.13	7.4%	52.7	56.0	+9	23.2	$9.50M
Shea Theodore DVGK#27	VGK	D	31	67	7	50	28	57	2.32	5.5%	54.2	52.2	+18	22.0	$5.20M
Josh Morrissey DWPG#44	WPG	D	31	80	14	48	19	62	1.91	8.1%	54.8	51.1	+17	24.4	$6.25M
Jake Sanderson DOTT#85	OTT	D	24	80	11	46	20	57	1.75	5.6%	50.5	50.8	−14	24.4	$8.05M
John Carlson DWSH#74	WSH	D	36	79	5	46	24	51	1.64	3.0%	53.5	53.8	+17	23.6	$8.00M
Erik Karlsson DPIT#65	PIT	D	36	82	11	42	17	53	1.67	5.8%	48.2	51.8	−24	23.2	$11.50M
MacKenzie Weegar DCGY#52	CGY	D	32	81	8	39	15	47	1.44	4.3%	52.2	54.8	+18	24.2	$6.25M
Matt Grzelcyk DPIT#24	PIT	D	32	82	1	39	19	40	1.42	1.1%	46.5	49.9	−6	20.6	$2.75M
Mikhail Sergachev DUTA#98	UTA	D	28	77	15	38	22	53	1.64	11.4%	53.8	54.1	−8	25.1	$8.50M
Moritz Seider DDET#53	DET	D	25	82	8	38	14	46	1.34	4.9%	49.6	49.9	−5	25.1	$8.55M
Shayne Gostisbehere DCAR#4	CAR	D	33	70	7	38	12	45	2.08	5.7%	59.9	62.7	+1	18.5	$3.20M
Luke Hughes DNJD#43	NJD	D	23	71	7	37	21	44	1.76	5.8%	51.3	53.2	−9	21.2	$925,000
Thomas Chabot DOTT#72	OTT	D	29	80	9	36	18	45	1.47	5.0%	52.0	52.7	+17	23.0	$8.00M
Thomas Harley DDAL#55	DAL	D	25	78	16	34	14	50	1.64	9.4%	53.2	52.1	+32	23.4	$4.00M
Devon Toews DCOL#7	COL	D	32	76	10	34	14	44	1.41	7.2%	56.3	56.3	+30	24.6	$7.25M
Morgan Rielly DTOR#44	TOR	D	32	82	7	34	17	41	1.40	5.6%	50.3	47.8	−8	21.4	$7.50M
Owen Power DBUF#25	BUF	D	23	79	7	33	16	40	1.43	5.0%	48.6	51.7	−13	21.3	$8.35M
Jake Walman DEDM#96	EDM	D	30	65	7	33	16	40	1.62	4.3%	48.1	50.5	+4	22.8	$3.40M
Cam Fowler DSTL#17	STL	D	34	68	9	31	17	40	1.64	10.2%	52.0	50.1	+12	21.5	$6.50M
Dougie Hamilton DNJD#7	NJD	D	33	64	9	31	14	40	1.89	4.8%	51.7	52.1	+8	19.9	$9.00M
Bowen Byram DBUF#4	BUF	D	25	82	7	31	14	38	1.23	7.4%	48.0	48.8	+11	22.7	$3.85M
Darren Raddysh DTBL#43	TBL	D	30	73	6	31	12	37	1.76	5.6%	52.7	50.8	+9	17.3	$975,000
Aaron Ekblad DFLA#5	FLA	D	30	56	3	30	14	33	1.50	2.8%	52.5	55.5	+11	23.5	$7.50M
Jackson LaCombe DANA#2	ANA	D	25	75	14	29	18	43	1.54	10.4%	48.5	49.2	0	22.3	$925,000
Noah Dobson DNYI#8	NYI	D	26	71	10	29	16	39	1.42	5.1%	54.9	53.0	−16	23.3	$4.00M
Noah Hanifin DVGK#15	VGK	D	29	80	10	29	17	39	1.36	6.9%	54.6	52.9	+8	21.6	$7.35M
Neal Pionk DWPG#4	WPG	D	31	69	10	29	17	39	1.54	8.1%	51.6	50.8	+21	22.1	$5.88M
Roman Josi DNSH#59	NSH	D	36	53	9	29	19	38	1.72	6.0%	51.9	55.8	−26	25.0	$9.06M
Alex Pietrangelo DVGK#7	VGK	D	36	71	4	29	14	33	1.24	3.3%	53.0	51.5	+11	22.4	$8.80M
Vince Dunn DSEA#29	SEA	D	29	62	11	28	12	39	1.71	8.0%	50.2	51.0	−3	22.1	$7.35M
Brandt Clarke DLAK#92	LAK	D	23	78	5	28	15	33	1.56	3.8%	54.2	53.5	+13	16.3	$863,334
Filip Hronek DVAN#17	VAN	D	28	61	5	28	12	33	1.36	6.0%	53.9	52.9	0	23.9	$7.25M
Mason Lohrei DBOS#6	BOS	D	25	77	5	28	9	33	1.32	5.4%	47.5	47.9	−43	19.5	$925,000
Darnell Nurse DEDM#25	EDM	D	31	76	5	28	16	33	1.16	2.7%	55.2	52.1	+11	22.4	$9.25M
Justin Faulk DSTL#72	STL	D	34	78	4	28	13	32	1.10	3.2%	48.3	46.3	−9	22.5	$6.50M
Jakob Chychrun DWSH#6	WSH	D	28	74	20	27	15	47	1.81	11.2%	47.8	52.0	+17	21.1	$4.60M
Seth Jones DFLA#3	FLA	D	32	63	9	27	17	36	1.39	7.0%	44.9	48.8	−24	24.6	$9.50M
Ryan McDonagh DTBL#27	TBL	D	37	82	4	27	12	31	1.11	5.1%	53.0	48.2	+43	20.4	$6.75M
Ivan Provorov DCBJ#9	CBJ	D	29	82	7	26	12	33	1.03	7.0%	47.0	47.8	+11	23.4	$6.75M
Rasmus Sandin DWSH#38	WSH	D	26	82	4	26	14	30	1.14	5.1%	53.0	49.2	+13	19.2	$4.60M
Alex Vlasic DCHI#72	CHI	D	25	82	4	26	12	30	0.94	3.9%	43.5	42.5	−23	23.3	$4.60M
Jared Spurgeon DMIN#46	MIN	D	36	66	7	25	11	32	1.42	6.5%	52.5	51.2	+8	20.5	$7.58M
Mike Matheson DMTL#8	MTL	D	32	80	6	25	16	31	0.93	4.0%	46.7	47.3	−6	25.1	$4.88M

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