Top NHL Forwards by Assists

2025-26·Regular Season·20+ GP

Connor McDavid (EDM) leads NHL forwards with 90 assists across 82 games, 4 ahead of Nikita Kucherov. Nathan MacKinnon rounds out the top three at 74. Rankings cover the 2025-26 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	48	90	57	138	4.39	15.6%	56.6	54.3	+17	23.0	$12.50M
Nikita Kucherov RTBL#86	TBL	R	33	76	44	86	51	130	5.05	19.0%	57.0	55.8	+43	20.3	$9.50M
Nathan MacKinnon CCOL#29	COL	C	31	80	53	74	50	127	4.28	15.1%	60.8	56.9	+57	22.3	$12.60M
Nick Suzuki CMTL#14	MTL	C	27	82	29	72	45	101	3.55	15.8%	54.4	52.3	+37	20.8	$7.88M
David Pastrnak RBOS#88	BOS	R	30	77	29	71	57	100	3.77	11.1%	48.4	48.8	+4	20.7	$11.25M
Macklin Celebrini CSJS#71	SJS	C	20	82	45	70	46	115	3.95	15.7%	50.7	48.7	+8	21.3	$975,000
Mark Scheifele CWPG#55	WPG	C	33	82	36	67	42	103	3.50	20.6%	48.7	49.7	0	21.5	$8.50M
Jack Eichel CVGK#9	VGK	C	29	74	27	63	30	90	3.44	10.4%	60.4	53.8	+23	21.2	$10.00M
Martin Necas CCOL#88	COL	C	27	78	38	62	35	100	3.58	18.4%	57.8	55.4	+47	21.5	$6.50M
Leon Draisaitl CEDM#29	EDM	C	30	65	35	62	40	97	4.15	18.8%	55.2	53.4	+13	21.6	$14.00M
Clayton Keller CUTA#9	UTA	C	28	82	26	62	42	88	3.37	11.6%	56.1	56.4	+21	19.1	$7.15M
Artemi Panarin LLAK#10	LAK	L	34	78	28	56	30	84	3.10	12.5%	51.3	54.4	−7	20.8	$11.64M
Mitch Marner RVGK#16	VGK	R	29	81	24	56	38	80	2.97	14.5%	56.3	54.4	+17	20.0	$12.00M
Mikko Rantanen RDAL#96	DAL	R	29	64	22	55	34	77	3.58	15.8%	52.9	44.9	0	20.2	$12.00M
Kyle Connor LWPG#81	WPG	L	29	82	39	53	33	92	3.13	14.2%	48.9	49.4	−2	21.5	$7.14M
Sebastian Aho CCAR#20	CAR	C	29	79	27	53	32	80	3.10	13.8%	56.2	61.9	+11	19.6	$9.75M
Mathew Barzal CNYI#13	NYI	C	29	81	19	53	31	72	2.58	10.3%	51.3	51.7	+10	20.7	$9.15M
Jason Robertson LDAL#21	DAL	L	27	82	45	51	24	96	3.47	15.3%	55.2	50.7	+22	20.3	$7.75M
Lucas Raymond LDET#23	DET	L	24	80	25	51	34	76	3.03	14.5%	51.3	50.8	+1	18.8	$8.08M
Jake Guentzel CTBL#59	TBL	C	32	81	38	50	29	88	3.22	17.3%	53.9	53.2	+13	20.2	$9.00M
Jack Hughes CNJD#86	NJD	C	25	61	27	50	32	77	3.55	11.8%	53.9	56.6	0	21.3	$8.00M
Tim Stützle COTT#18	OTT	C	24	80	34	49	26	83	3.07	17.5%	52.7	54.7	+7	20.3	$8.35M
William Nylander RTOR#88	TOR	R	30	65	30	49	37	79	3.76	19.2%	46.4	47.7	−14	19.4	$11.50M
Ryan O'Reilly CNSH#90	NSH	C	35	81	25	49	32	74	2.69	16.2%	52.1	52.6	+8	20.4	$4.50M
Jesper Bratt LNJD#63	NJD	L	28	82	22	49	30	71	2.77	12.4%	55.3	56.9	−11	18.8	$7.88M
Connor Bedard CCHI#98	CHI	C	21	69	30	45	33	75	3.13	13.3%	45.0	43.8	−18	20.9	$950,000
Sidney Crosby CPIT#87	PIT	C	39	68	29	45	28	74	3.40	18.1%	48.5	49.9	0	19.2	$8.70M
Mark Stone RVGK#61	VGK	R	34	60	28	45	31	73	3.80	21.5%	62.1	55.5	+26	19.2	$9.50M
Nikolaj Ehlers LCAR#27	CAR	L	30	82	26	45	29	71	3.13	12.5%	57.0	60.8	+8	16.6	$8.50M
Kirill Kaprizov LMIN#97	MIN	L	29	78	45	44	27	89	3.09	16.7%	55.1	51.4	+10	22.1	$9.00M
Alex DeBrincat RDET#93	DET	R	28	82	41	44	24	85	3.36	14.3%	52.4	51.1	+8	18.5	$7.88M
Mika Zibanejad CNYR#93	NYR	C	33	81	34	44	29	78	2.76	15.8%	48.6	49.5	−20	20.9	$8.50M
Luke Evangelista RNSH#77	NSH	R	24	81	12	44	27	56	2.50	6.8%	53.5	57.6	+1	16.6	$3.00M
Matt Boldy LMIN#12	MIN	L	25	76	42	43	23	85	3.26	16.5%	53.1	51.2	+18	20.6	$7.00M
Juraj Slafkovský LMTL#20	MTL	L	22	82	30	43	26	73	2.88	16.6%	49.8	48.9	+9	18.5	$7.60M
Matthew Knies LTOR#23	TOR	L	23	79	23	43	22	66	2.67	16.4%	40.9	42.2	−30	18.8	$7.75M
Ivan Demidov RMTL#93	MTL	R	20	82	19	43	26	62	2.93	15.0%	50.0	44.9	+3	15.5	$940,833
Evgeni Malkin CPIT#71	PIT	C	40	56	19	42	26	61	3.71	12.8%	53.6	47.7	+13	17.6	$6.10M
Wyatt Johnston CDAL#53	DAL	C	23	82	45	41	24	86	3.13	21.8%	52.1	45.2	−5	20.1	$8.40M
Tage Thompson CBUF#72	BUF	C	28	81	40	41	28	81	3.12	14.7%	50.8	50.3	−6	19.2	$7.14M
Nick Schmaltz CUTA#8	UTA	C	30	82	33	41	30	74	2.75	16.0%	55.2	55.9	+17	19.7	$5.85M
Travis Konecny RPHI#11	PHI	R	29	77	27	41	24	68	2.78	16.0%	52.1	46.7	+14	19.1	$8.75M
Trevor Zegras CPHI#11	PHI	C	25	81	26	41	27	67	2.65	15.6%	55.2	49.6	0	18.7	$5.75M
Patrick Kane RDET#88	DET	R	37	67	16	41	23	57	2.88	9.5%	50.6	50.4	−1	17.7	$3.00M
John Tavares CTOR#91	TOR	C	36	82	31	40	21	71	2.86	16.1%	48.1	48.3	−28	18.2	$4.39M
Kirill Marchenko RCBJ#86	CBJ	R	26	76	27	40	20	67	2.79	12.4%	52.4	52.2	+7	18.9	$3.85M
Ryan McLeod CBUF#71	BUF	C	27	81	14	40	26	54	2.27	15.6%	52.4	49.8	+25	17.6	$5.00M
Andrei Svechnikov RCAR#37	CAR	R	26	79	31	39	24	70	3.13	15.3%	55.2	61.5	+1	17.0	$7.75M
Gabriel Vilardi CWPG#13	WPG	C	27	82	30	39	20	69	2.69	20.0%	49.8	48.8	−12	18.7	$7.50M
Robert Thomas CSTL#18	STL	C	27	64	25	39	23	64	3.16	24.5%	56.6	51.4	+22	19.0	$8.13M

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Red: Below 50%