Top NHL Defensemen by Assists

2025-26·Regular Season·20+ GP

Evan Bouchard (EDM) leads NHL defensemen with 74 assists across 82 games, 5 ahead of Quinn Hughes. Lane Hutson rounds out the top three at 66. Rankings cover the 2025-26 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
Evan Bouchard DEDM#2	EDM	D	26	82	21	74	33	95	2.82	9.5%	58.5	55.3	+25	24.7	$10.50M
Quinn Hughes DMIN#43	MIN	D	26	74	7	69	33	76	2.22	3.7%	54.1	53.1	−4	27.7	$7.85M
Lane Hutson DMTL#48	MTL	D	22	82	12	66	31	78	2.40	9.7%	55.0	52.4	+36	23.8	$950,000
Zach Werenski DCBJ#8	CBJ	D	29	75	22	59	28	81	2.43	8.5%	55.3	53.8	+7	26.6	$9.58M
Cale Makar DCOL#8	COL	D	27	75	20	59	33	79	2.54	10.1%	57.0	54.3	+32	24.8	$9.00M
Rasmus Dahlin DBUF#26	BUF	D	26	77	19	55	26	74	2.38	9.7%	53.3	51.5	+18	24.2	$11.00M
Miro Heiskanen DDAL#4	DAL	D	27	77	9	54	21	63	1.93	6.1%	54.7	49.3	+9	25.5	$8.45M
Erik Karlsson DPIT#65	PIT	D	36	75	15	51	23	66	2.24	8.5%	50.8	53.8	+8	23.6	$11.50M
Charlie McAvoy DBOS#73	BOS	D	28	69	11	50	30	61	2.17	9.9%	49.6	48.8	+13	24.4	$9.50M
Moritz Seider DDET#53	DET	D	25	82	10	50	26	60	1.71	5.3%	55.1	53.0	+15	25.7	$8.55M
Mikhail Sergachev DUTA#98	UTA	D	28	78	10	49	16	59	1.87	6.3%	50.0	52.8	+2	24.3	$8.50M
Darren Raddysh DTBL#43	TBL	D	30	73	22	48	24	70	2.54	10.4%	56.1	57.2	+21	22.7	$975,000
Jackson LaCombe DANA#2	ANA	D	25	82	10	48	29	58	1.75	6.4%	52.0	53.9	−2	24.2	$925,000
John Carlson DANA#74	ANA	D	36	71	14	46	23	60	2.19	9.1%	54.2	54.5	+9	23.2	$8.00M
Adam Fox DNYR#23	NYR	D	28	55	9	44	17	53	2.45	9.9%	55.4	55.9	+5	23.6	$9.50M
Roman Josi DNSH#59	NSH	D	36	68	13	42	19	55	1.95	7.2%	48.4	50.7	−15	24.9	$9.06M
Josh Morrissey DWPG#44	WPG	D	31	77	14	41	22	55	1.73	9.6%	50.0	49.2	+6	24.7	$6.25M
Filip Hronek DVAN#17	VAN	D	28	82	8	41	22	49	1.43	5.8%	44.0	49.7	−23	25.0	$7.25M
Jake Sanderson DOTT#85	OTT	D	24	67	14	40	17	54	1.95	9.5%	56.3	56.0	+16	24.8	$8.05M
Shayne Gostisbehere DCAR#4	CAR	D	33	55	13	37	17	50	2.84	11.2%	59.2	59.9	+11	19.2	$3.20M
Matthew Schaefer DNYI#48	NYI	D	19	82	23	36	17	59	1.75	10.4%	50.0	49.9	+13	24.7	$975,000
Brock Faber DMIN#7	MIN	D	24	80	15	36	19	51	1.55	8.7%	54.1	50.0	+18	24.7	$8.50M
Noah Dobson DMTL#8	MTL	D	26	80	12	35	18	47	1.57	7.6%	48.4	47.3	+5	22.5	$9.50M
Mattias Ekholm DEDM#14	EDM	D	36	82	6	35	14	41	1.46	4.6%	58.6	56.1	+32	20.6	$6.25M
Jakob Chychrun DWSH#6	WSH	D	28	80	26	34	13	60	1.93	11.8%	50.2	51.4	+20	23.3	$9.00M
Dmitry Orlov DSJS#7	SJS	D	35	82	3	34	18	37	1.28	3.3%	48.1	51.0	−28	21.2	$6.50M
Vince Dunn DSEA#29	SEA	D	29	81	11	33	18	44	1.50	6.1%	43.7	45.7	−24	21.7	$7.35M
Brandt Clarke DLAK#92	LAK	D	23	82	8	32	24	40	1.48	5.0%	53.4	54.1	+11	19.8	$863,334
Sam Malinski DCOL#70	COL	D	28	82	8	32	19	40	1.66	4.9%	62.0	58.7	+43	17.6	$1.40M
John Marino DUTA#6	UTA	D	29	80	4	32	15	36	1.34	7.3%	55.1	54.0	+42	20.2	$4.40M
Bowen Byram DBUF#4	BUF	D	25	82	11	31	15	42	1.38	10.1%	48.7	48.9	+15	22.3	$6.25M
Oliver Ekman-Larsson DTOR#95	TOR	D	35	78	8	31	11	39	1.46	7.4%	47.3	46.7	−6	20.6	$3.50M
Kris Letang DPIT#58	PIT	D	39	74	3	31	16	34	1.27	2.9%	48.8	48.8	−4	21.7	$6.10M
Rasmus Andersson DVGK#4	VGK	D	29	81	17	30	22	47	1.50	9.6%	50.1	50.3	+4	23.2	$4.55M
Mike Matheson DMTL#8	MTL	D	32	78	7	30	13	37	1.18	6.1%	47.8	46.1	+9	24.2	$4.88M
Thomas Harley DDAL#55	DAL	D	25	70	6	30	16	36	1.34	5.3%	49.0	47.2	+3	23.1	$4.00M
Tony DeAngelo DNYI#4	NYI	D	30	76	5	30	18	35	1.44	3.4%	47.7	52.5	−5	19.1	$1.75M
Shea Theodore DVGK#27	VGK	D	31	70	10	29	14	39	1.46	7.7%	57.0	54.3	+19	22.8	$7.43M
K'Andre Miller DCAR#79	CAR	D	26	72	8	29	13	37	1.38	6.5%	56.9	62.3	+7	22.4	$7.50M
Luke Hughes DNJD#43	NJD	D	23	68	6	29	12	35	1.34	4.0%	50.2	54.2	−4	23.0	$9.00M
Ryan Shea DPIT#5	PIT	D	29	80	6	29	20	35	1.39	8.3%	52.6	48.3	+30	18.9	$900,000
Mattias Samuelsson DBUF#23	BUF	D	26	78	13	28	12	41	1.38	11.9%	50.2	46.9	+41	22.8	$4.29M
Philip Broberg DSTL#6	STL	D	25	81	6	28	14	34	1.08	6.1%	51.5	46.3	+14	23.4	$4.58M
Dougie Hamilton DNJD#7	NJD	D	33	77	12	27	10	39	1.41	5.9%	51.3	54.6	−2	21.5	$9.00M
Parker Wotherspoon DPIT#29	PIT	D	29	80	3	27	12	30	1.12	4.3%	51.0	52.0	+17	20.2	$1.00M
Travis Sanheim DPHI#6	PHI	D	30	81	11	26	13	37	1.13	11.6%	53.1	48.0	+12	24.2	$6.25M
Esa Lindell DDAL#23	DAL	D	32	82	6	26	11	32	1.01	7.2%	54.9	47.8	+30	23.2	$5.25M
Josh Manson DCOL#42	COL	D	35	79	5	26	13	31	1.32	3.9%	58.3	57.0	+42	17.8	$4.50M
Cam Fowler DSTL#17	STL	D	34	82	4	26	16	30	1.04	4.4%	48.9	49.1	−11	21.1	$6.50M
Gustav Forsling DFLA#42	FLA	D	30	80	2	26	12	28	0.93	1.8%	51.8	53.7	−5	22.6	$5.75M

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