NHL Career Assists Leaders
Regular-season career assists leaders, 1917–present. Assists — primary and secondary.
| # | Player | A |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wayne Gretzky | 1,963 |
| 2 | Ron Francis | 1,249 |
| 3 | Mark Messier | 1,193 |
| 4 | Ray Bourque | 1,169 |
| 5 | Jaromir Jagr | 1,155 |
| 6 | Paul Coffey | 1,135 |
| 7 | Joe Thornton | 1,109 |
| 8 | Sidney Crosby | 1,107 |
| 9 | Adam Oates | 1,079 |
| 10 | Steve Yzerman | 1,063 |
| 11 | Gordie Howe | 1,049 |
| 12 | Marcel Dionne | 1,040 |
| 13 | Mario Lemieux | 1,033 |
| 14 | Joe Sakic | 1,016 |
| 15 | Doug Gilmour | 964 |
| 16 | Mark Recchi | 956 |
| 17 | Al MacInnis | 934 |
| 18 | Larry Murphy | 929 |
| 19 | Stan Mikita | 926 |
| 20 | Bryan Trottier | 901 |
| 21 | Phil Housley | 894 |
| 22 | Patrick Kane | 892 |
| 23 | Dale Hawerchuk | 891 |
| 24 | Nicklas Lidstrom | 878 |
| 25 | Evgeni Malkin | 874 |
| 26 | Phil Esposito | 873 |
| 27 | Denis Savard | 865 |
| 28 | Anze Kopitar | 864 |
| 29 | Bobby Clarke | 852 |
| 30 | Henrik Sedin | 830 |
| 31 | Alex Delvecchio | 825 |
| 32 | Gilbert Perreault | 814 |
| 33 | Mike Modano | 813 |
| 34 | Johnny Bucyk | 813 |
| 35 | Pierre Turgeon | 812 |
| 36 | Connor McDavid | 811 |
| 37 | Jari Kurri | 797 |
| 38 | Guy Lafleur | 793 |
| 39 | Peter Stastny | 789 |
| 40 | Claude Giroux | 786 |
| 41 | Mats Sundin | 785 |
| 42 | Brian Leetch | 781 |
| 43 | Jean Ratelle | 776 |
| 44 | Teemu Selanne | 773 |
| 45 | Vincent Damphousse | 773 |
| 46 | Chris Chelios | 763 |
| 47 | Nicklas Backstrom | 762 |
| 48 | Bernie Federko | 761 |
| 49 | Alex Ovechkin | 758 |
| 50 | Doug Weight | 755 |