Top NHL Forwards by Assists

2022-23·Regular Season·20+ GP

Connor McDavid (EDM) leads NHL forwards with 89 assists across 82 games, 6 ahead of Nikita Kucherov. Leon Draisaitl rounds out the top three at 76. Rankings cover the 2022-23 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
Connor McDavid CEDM#97	EDM	C	29	82	64	89	60	153	5.00	18.2%	58.3	54.1	+22	22.4	$12.50M
Nikita Kucherov RTBL#86	TBL	R	33	82	30	83	48	113	4.11	11.1%	54.4	53.7	−2	20.1	$9.50M
Leon Draisaitl CEDM#29	EDM	C	30	80	52	76	60	128	4.42	21.1%	54.3	52.4	+7	21.7	$8.50M
Nathan MacKinnon CCOL#29	COL	C	31	71	42	69	42	111	4.20	11.5%	55.2	55.6	+29	22.3	$6.30M
Matthew Tkachuk LFLA#19	FLA	L	28	79	40	69	39	109	4.05	12.4%	61.4	61.2	+29	20.4	$9.50M
Mitch Marner RTOR#16	TOR	R	29	80	30	69	40	99	3.49	15.3%	57.4	53.2	+18	21.3	$10.90M
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins CEDM#93	EDM	C	33	82	37	67	28	104	3.84	18.4%	54.2	51.5	+12	19.8	$5.13M
Jason Robertson LDAL#21	DAL	L	27	82	46	63	39	109	4.23	14.7%	60.6	56.2	+37	18.8	$7.75M
Elias Pettersson CVAN#40	VAN	C	27	80	39	63	37	102	3.72	15.2%	54.1	50.0	+16	20.6	$7.35M
Artemi Panarin LNYR#10	NYR	L	34	82	29	63	34	92	3.43	14.2%	52.0	52.8	+4	19.6	$11.64M
Sidney Crosby CPIT#87	PIT	C	39	82	33	60	36	93	3.38	12.9%	53.9	54.4	+8	20.1	$8.70M
Jack Hughes CNJD#86	NJD	C	25	78	43	56	35	99	3.81	12.8%	57.4	56.8	+10	20.0	$8.00M
Evgeni Malkin CPIT#71	PIT	C	40	82	27	56	36	83	3.27	11.2%	55.2	54.9	−12	18.6	$6.10M
Aleksander Barkov CFLA#16	FLA	C	31	68	23	55	31	78	3.24	11.1%	55.9	57.0	+10	21.2	$10.00M
Johnny Gaudreau LCBJ#13	CBJ	L	33	80	21	53	30	74	2.86	9.5%	47.1	47.8	−33	19.4	$9.75M
David Pastrnak RBOS#88	BOS	R	30	82	61	52	31	113	4.23	15.0%	54.7	51.9	+34	19.6	$6.67M
Mika Zibanejad CNYR#93	NYR	C	33	82	39	52	32	91	3.34	15.5%	49.9	49.7	+25	20.0	$8.50M
Tim Stützle COTT#18	OTT	C	24	78	39	51	30	90	3.26	17.1%	55.0	55.6	−3	21.3	$925,000
Mikko Rantanen RCOL#96	COL	R	29	82	55	50	37	105	3.46	17.9%	54.9	53.9	+15	22.2	$9.25M
Steven Stamkos CTBL#91	TBL	C	36	81	34	50	29	84	3.27	14.2%	51.3	49.5	−5	19.0	$8.50M
J.T. Miller LVAN#8	VAN	L	33	81	32	50	37	82	2.94	14.3%	47.1	51.6	−7	20.7	$5.25M
Clayton Keller CARI#9	ARI	C	28	82	37	49	38	86	3.03	16.5%	46.3	49.2	−2	20.8	$7.15M
Kyle Connor LWPG#81	WPG	L	29	82	31	49	31	80	2.85	11.4%	52.7	51.7	−11	20.5	$7.14M
Nico Hischier CNJD#13	NJD	C	27	81	31	49	32	80	3.07	12.1%	60.7	54.8	+33	19.3	$7.25M
Joe Pavelski CDAL#16	DAL	C	42	82	28	49	24	77	3.18	15.1%	58.4	53.7	+42	17.7	$5.50M
Kevin Fiala LLAK#22	LAK	L	30	69	23	49	33	72	3.56	11.1%	56.5	52.6	+2	17.6	$7.88M
Chandler Stephenson CVGK#9	VGK	C	32	81	16	49	28	65	2.53	13.3%	52.1	47.6	+12	19.0	$2.75M
Brady Tkachuk LOTT#7	OTT	L	27	82	35	48	29	83	3.26	10.1%	56.6	56.8	−10	18.6	$8.21M
Tage Thompson CBUF#72	BUF	C	28	78	47	47	27	94	3.89	15.9%	50.9	53.6	+4	18.6	$1.40M
William Nylander RTOR#88	TOR	R	30	82	40	47	27	87	3.43	13.7%	58.0	52.3	+10	18.5	$6.96M
Zach Hyman LEDM#18	EDM	L	34	79	36	47	27	83	3.13	13.0%	56.4	53.2	+13	20.2	$5.50M
Jeff Skinner CBUF#53	BUF	C	34	79	35	47	30	82	3.58	14.5%	52.2	54.3	+15	17.4	$9.00M
Dylan Larkin CDET#71	DET	C	30	80	32	47	24	79	3.03	13.1%	48.7	49.7	−7	19.6	$6.10M
Robert Thomas CSTL#18	STL	C	27	73	18	47	30	65	2.76	17.0%	45.1	47.2	−8	19.3	$2.80M
Anze Kopitar CLAK#11	LAK	C	39	82	28	46	24	74	2.67	16.6%	56.1	52.1	+20	20.3	$10.00M
Brad Marchand CBOS#63	BOS	C	38	73	21	46	31	67	2.97	11.5%	60.4	56.5	+27	18.5	$6.13M
Auston Matthews CTOR#34	TOR	C	29	74	40	45	29	85	3.40	12.2%	59.1	52.8	+31	20.3	$11.64M
Jamie Benn LDAL#14	DAL	L	37	82	33	45	22	78	3.62	17.4%	51.3	47.8	+23	15.8	$9.50M
Mats Zuccarello RMIN#36	MIN	R	39	78	22	45	30	67	2.55	11.1%	51.7	52.4	−3	20.2	$6.00M
Brayden Point CTBL#21	TBL	C	30	82	51	44	23	95	3.53	21.7%	55.0	53.1	+2	19.7	$9.50M
John Tavares CTOR#91	TOR	C	36	80	36	44	27	80	3.40	13.0%	56.1	51.8	−7	17.7	$11.00M
Claude Giroux ROTT#28	OTT	R	38	82	35	44	27	79	3.08	16.4%	54.9	56.3	+4	18.8	$6.50M
Brayden Schenn CSTL#10	STL	C	35	82	21	44	22	65	2.58	14.6%	41.7	44.9	−27	18.4	$6.50M
Casey Mittelstadt CBUF#11	BUF	C	27	82	15	44	26	59	2.74	11.1%	50.1	51.6	−8	15.7	$2.50M
Alex Tuch RBUF#89	BUF	R	30	74	36	43	29	79	3.34	16.5%	52.5	53.7	+14	19.2	$4.75M
Martin Necas CCAR#88	CAR	C	27	82	28	43	32	71	2.82	11.7%	55.9	58.7	+5	18.4	$3.00M
Jordan Eberle RSEA#7	SEA	R	36	82	20	43	32	63	2.76	11.3%	53.9	51.9	+6	16.7	$5.50M
Evgeny Kuznetsov CWSH#92	WSH	C	34	81	12	43	25	55	2.26	7.0%	43.5	47.8	−26	18.1	$7.80M
Dylan Strome CWSH#17	WSH	C	29	81	23	42	24	65	2.89	14.9%	49.6	50.3	−4	16.7	$3.50M
Trevor Zegras CANA#11	ANA	C	25	81	23	42	24	65	2.56	12.5%	42.6	47.0	−24	18.8	$925,000

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Green: Above 50% (league avg)

Red: Below 50%