Top NHL Forwards by Assists

2021-22·Regular Season·20+ GP

Jonathan Huberdeau (FLA) leads NHL forwards with 85 assists across 80 games, 6 ahead of Connor McDavid. Johnny Gaudreau rounds out the top three at 75. Rankings cover the 2021-22 NHL season among qualifying forwards.

Position: ForwardsMin GP: 20+

Player	Team	Pos	Age	GP	G	A	A1	P	P/60	S%	xGF%	CF%	+/-	TOI	Cap Hit
Jonathan Huberdeau LFLA#10	FLA	L	33	80	30	85	53	115	4.44	13.5%	56.4	55.4	+35	19.4	$5.90M
Connor McDavid CEDM#97	EDM	C	29	80	44	79	49	123	4.18	14.0%	57.4	56.6	+28	22.1	$12.50M
Johnny Gaudreau LCGY#13	CGY	L	33	82	40	75	52	115	4.53	15.3%	60.6	56.2	+64	18.6	$6.75M
Artemi Panarin LNYR#10	NYR	L	34	75	22	74	43	96	4.00	12.4%	47.6	48.8	+21	19.2	$11.64M
J.T. Miller LVAN#8	VAN	L	33	80	32	67	36	99	3.53	15.5%	51.2	52.3	+15	21.1	$5.25M
Patrick Kane RCHI#88	CHI	R	37	78	26	66	46	92	3.24	9.1%	47.7	49.3	−19	21.8	$10.50M
Steven Stamkos CTBL#91	TBL	C	36	81	42	64	43	106	4.25	17.4%	51.4	50.5	+24	18.5	$8.50M
Matthew Tkachuk LCGY#19	CGY	L	28	82	42	62	39	104	4.25	16.6%	61.2	58.8	+57	17.9	$7.00M
Mitch Marner RTOR#16	TOR	R	29	72	35	62	36	97	3.87	15.6%	62.1	58.0	+23	20.9	$10.90M
Kirill Kaprizov LMIN#97	MIN	L	29	81	47	61	39	108	4.19	16.3%	54.0	53.4	+27	19.1	$9.00M
Nazem Kadri CCOL#91	COL	C	36	71	28	59	35	87	3.82	11.3%	55.4	57.0	+13	19.2	$4.50M
Robert Thomas CSTL#18	STL	C	27	72	20	57	36	77	3.42	17.4%	53.2	48.6	+17	18.8	$2.80M
Mikko Rantanen RCOL#96	COL	R	29	75	36	56	37	92	3.51	14.2%	57.8	55.7	+35	21.0	$9.25M
Nathan MacKinnon CCOL#29	COL	C	31	65	32	56	38	88	3.86	10.7%	55.0	53.8	+22	21.1	$6.30M
Jakub Voracek RCBJ#-	CBJ	R	37	79	6	56	40	62	2.70	4.1%	42.9	46.5	−13	17.5	$8.25M
Leon Draisaitl CEDM#29	EDM	C	30	80	55	55	33	110	3.69	19.8%	50.8	50.5	+17	22.3	$8.50M
Mats Zuccarello RMIN#36	MIN	R	39	70	24	55	37	79	3.64	15.1%	53.2	52.0	+21	18.6	$6.00M
Joe Pavelski CDAL#16	DAL	C	42	82	27	54	30	81	3.21	12.5%	57.3	53.2	+11	18.5	$7.00M
Evgeny Kuznetsov CWSH#92	WSH	C	34	79	24	54	34	78	2.92	11.5%	48.6	49.3	+7	20.3	$7.80M
Sidney Crosby CPIT#87	PIT	C	39	69	31	53	31	84	3.66	14.9%	54.8	53.7	+19	20.0	$8.70M
Mikael Granlund CNSH#64	NSH	C	34	80	11	53	27	64	2.35	9.4%	49.1	48.5	−9	20.4	$5.00M
Kevin Fiala LMIN#22	MIN	L	30	82	33	52	31	85	3.52	12.6%	56.0	52.3	+23	17.6	$5.10M
Mika Zibanejad CNYR#93	NYR	C	33	81	29	52	33	81	3.06	13.2%	50.7	48.1	+30	19.6	$5.35M
Aleksander Barkov CFLA#16	FLA	C	31	67	39	49	26	88	3.88	18.2%	61.8	58.1	+36	20.3	$5.90M
Sam Reinhart CFLA#13	FLA	C	30	78	33	49	31	82	3.55	17.7%	60.6	56.6	+25	17.8	$6.50M
John Tavares CTOR#91	TOR	C	36	79	27	49	21	76	3.19	11.4%	55.1	52.8	−8	18.1	$11.00M
Vladimir Tarasenko RSTL#11	STL	R	34	75	34	48	27	82	3.88	14.8%	49.6	45.2	+7	16.9	$7.50M
Brad Marchand CBOS#63	BOS	C	38	70	32	48	29	80	3.56	13.2%	63.2	62.8	+16	19.2	$6.13M
Jordan Kyrou RSTL#25	STL	R	28	74	27	48	32	75	3.67	14.4%	48.7	46.0	+10	16.6	$2.80M
Anze Kopitar CLAK#11	LAK	C	39	81	19	48	29	67	2.39	9.0%	53.9	55.2	−6	20.8	$10.00M
Jesper Bratt LNJD#63	NJD	L	28	76	26	47	26	73	3.31	13.2%	55.2	54.0	0	17.4	$2.75M
Auston Matthews CTOR#34	TOR	C	29	73	60	46	26	106	4.23	17.2%	63.5	59.7	+20	20.6	$11.64M
Kyle Connor LWPG#81	WPG	L	29	79	47	46	27	93	3.24	14.8%	49.9	49.6	−3	21.8	$7.14M
William Nylander RTOR#88	TOR	R	30	81	34	46	34	80	3.24	13.3%	55.9	53.9	−9	18.3	$6.96M
Pavel Buchnevich LSTL#89	STL	L	31	73	30	46	22	76	3.41	15.1%	53.3	51.0	+29	18.3	$5.80M
Jake Guentzel CPIT#59	PIT	C	32	76	40	44	23	84	3.30	15.2%	53.1	53.1	+13	20.1	$6.00M
Sebastian Aho CCAR#20	CAR	C	29	79	37	44	28	81	3.25	16.7%	55.2	54.2	+18	19.0	$8.46M
Nikita Kucherov RTBL#86	TBL	R	33	47	25	44	27	69	4.41	16.0%	50.5	51.1	+1	20.0	$9.50M
Claude Giroux RFLA#28	FLA	R	38	75	21	44	19	65	2.73	10.2%	55.2	55.2	−5	19.1	$8.28M
Mathew Barzal CNYI#13	NYI	C	29	73	15	44	25	59	2.69	9.3%	46.4	49.1	−15	18.0	$7.00M
Phil Kessel RARI#8	ARI	R	39	82	8	44	24	52	2.28	4.6%	43.4	44.7	−24	16.7	$8.00M
Matt Duchene CNSH#95	NSH	C	35	78	43	43	24	86	3.48	18.8%	52.4	51.7	+6	19.0	$8.00M
Teuvo Teravainen CCAR#86	CAR	C	32	77	22	43	26	65	2.86	10.9%	53.3	53.5	+22	17.7	$5.40M
Chandler Stephenson CVGK#9	VGK	C	32	79	21	43	17	64	2.52	16.8%	51.5	51.2	+5	19.3	$2.75M
Blake Wheeler RWPG#17	WPG	R	40	65	17	43	24	60	2.83	10.2%	50.5	50.2	−15	19.5	$8.25M
Filip Forsberg LNSH#9	NSH	L	32	69	42	42	27	84	4.04	18.6%	54.4	52.5	+12	18.1	$6.00M
Timo Meier RSJS#28	SJS	R	30	77	35	41	22	76	3.09	10.7%	53.0	50.8	−3	19.2	$6.00M
Mark Scheifele CWPG#55	WPG	C	33	67	29	41	23	70	2.97	18.2%	49.4	50.1	−17	21.1	$6.13M
Taylor Hall LBOS#71	BOS	L	34	81	20	41	27	61	2.75	9.2%	58.0	54.7	+11	16.4	$6.00M
Alex Ovechkin LWSH#8	WSH	L	41	77	50	40	23	90	3.41	15.0%	47.9	49.4	+8	20.6	$9.50M

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