The following is a list of ice hockey players who have recorded 600 assists in the National Hockey League (NHL).[ 1] [ 2]
Players with 600 NHL assists [ edit ] Wayne Gretzky Ray Bourque Steve Yzerman As of completion of the 2023–24 season , 100 players have recorded 600 assists while playing in the NHL.
Of these players, 14 have recorded 1,000 assists while playing in the NHL, led by Wayne Gretzky who has a 714 assist advantage over second-place Ron Francis . Ray Bourque and Paul Coffey are the only defensemen to reach 1,000 assists while Jaromir Jagr is the only non-Canadian player with 1,000 career assists. This alone would place these players on the list of NHL players with 1,000 points , which also earns the NHL Milestone Award.[ 2]
Legend Rank – Ranking on all-time assists listAssists – Career regular season assists GP – Career regular season games played A/GP – Mean assists per game played, rounded to two decimal placesWith team – Team for which the player recorded their 600th assistFinal season – Final NHL season player competed inHHOF – Year of induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame Active NHL player
Active player outside of NHL
Rank Player Assists GP A/GP With team Final season HHOF 1 Wayne Gretzky 1,963 1,487 1.32 Edmonton Oilers 1998–99 1999 2 Ron Francis 1,249 1,731 0.72 Pittsburgh Penguins 2003–04 2007 3 Mark Messier 1,193 1,756 0.68 Edmonton Oilers 2003–04 2007 4 Ray Bourque 1,169 1,612 0.73 Boston Bruins 2000–01 2004 5 Jaromir Jagr 1,155 1,733 0.67 Pittsburgh Penguins 2017–18 Not eligible yet 6 Paul Coffey 1,135 1,409 0.81 Pittsburgh Penguins 2000–01 2004 7 Joe Thornton 1,109 1,714 0.65 San Jose Sharks 2021–22 Eligible 2025 8 Adam Oates 1,079 1,337 0.81 Boston Bruins 2003–04 2012 9 Steve Yzerman 1,063 1,514 0.70 Detroit Red Wings 2005–06 2009 10 Gordie Howe 1,049 1,767 0.59 Detroit Red Wings 1979–80 1972[ a] 11 Marcel Dionne 1,040 1,348 0.77 Los Angeles Kings 1988–89 1992 12 Mario Lemieux 1,033 915 1.13 Pittsburgh Penguins 2005–06 1997[ b] 13 Joe Sakic 1,016 1,378 0.74 Colorado Avalanche 2008–09 2012 14 Sidney Crosby 1,004 1,190 0.79 Pittsburgh Penguins Active 15 Doug Gilmour 964 1,474 0.65 Toronto Maple Leafs 2002–03 2011 16 Mark Recchi 956 1,652 0.58 Philadelphia Flyers 2010–11 2017 17 Al MacInnis 934 1,416 0.66 Calgary Flames 2003–04 2007 18 Larry Murphy 929 1,615 0.58 Pittsburgh Penguins 2000–01 2004 19 Stan Mikita 926 1,394 0.66 Chicago Black Hawks 1979–80 1983 20 Bryan Trottier 901 1,279 0.70 New York Islanders 1993–94 1997 21 Phil Housley 894 1,495 0.60 Calgary Flames 2002–03 2015 22 Dale Hawerchuk 891 1,188 0.75 Buffalo Sabres 1996–97 2001 23 Nicklas Lidstrom 878 1,564 0.56 Detroit Red Wings 2011–12 2015 24 Phil Esposito 873 1,282 0.68 Boston Bruins 1980–81 1984 25 Denis Savard 865 1,196 0.72 Chicago Blackhawks 1996–97 2000 26 Bobby Clarke 852 1,144 0.74 Philadelphia Flyers 1983–84 1987 27 Henrik Sedin 830 1,330 0.62 Vancouver Canucks 2017–18 2022 28 Alex Delvecchio 825 1,550 0.53 Detroit Red Wings 1973–74 1977 29 Gilbert Perreault 814 1,191 0.68 Buffalo Sabres 1986–87 1990 30 Johnny Bucyk 813 1,540 0.53 Boston Bruins 1977–78 1981 Patrick Kane 813 1,230 0.66 Chicago Blackhawks Active Mike Modano 813 1,499 0.54 Dallas Stars 2010–11 2014 33 Pierre Turgeon 812 1,294 0.63 St. Louis Blues 2006–07 2023 34 Evgeni Malkin 798 1,145 0.70 Pittsburgh Penguins Active 35 Jari Kurri 797 1,251 0.64 Los Angeles Kings 1997–98 2001 36 Guy Lafleur 793 1,126 0.70 Montreal Canadiens 1990–91 1988 37 Anze Kopitar 792 1,373 0.58 Los Angeles Kings Active 38 Peter Stastny 789 977 0.81 Quebec Nordiques 1994–95 1998 39 Mats Sundin 785 1,346 0.58 Toronto Maple Leafs 2008–09 2012 40 Brian Leetch 781 1,205 0.65 New York Rangers 2005–06 2009 41 Jean Ratelle 776 1,280 0.61 Boston Bruins 1980–81 1985 42 Vincent Damphousse 773 1,378 0.56 San Jose Sharks 2003–04 — Teemu Selanne 773 1,451 0.53 Anaheim Ducks 2013–14 2017 44 Chris Chelios 763 1,651 0.46 Chicago Blackhawks 2009–10 2013 45 Nicklas Backstrom 762 1,105 0.69 Washington Capitals Active 46 Bernie Federko 761 1,000 0.76 St. Louis Blues 1989–90 2002 47 Doug Weight 755 1,238 0.61 St. Louis Blues 2010–11 — 48 Larry Robinson 750 1,384 0.54 Montreal Canadiens 1991–92 1995 49 Denis Potvin 742 1,060 0.70 New York Islanders 1987–88 1991 50 Norm Ullman 739 1,410 0.52 Toronto Maple Leafs 1974–75 1982 51 Ryan Getzlaf 737 1,157 0.64 Anaheim Ducks 2021–22 Eligible 2025 52 Bernie Nicholls 734 1,127 0.65 New Jersey Devils 1998–99 — 53 Rod Brind'Amour 732 1,484 0.49 Carolina Hurricanes 2009–10 — 54 Luc Robitaille 726 1,431 0.51 Los Angeles Kings 2005–06 2009 55 Claude Giroux 716 1,182 0.61 Philadelphia Flyers Active 56 Daniel Alfredsson 713 1,246 0.57 Ottawa Senators 2013–14 2022 57 Jean Beliveau 712 1,125 0.63 Montreal Canadiens 1970–71 1972 Scott Stevens 712 1,635 0.44 New Jersey Devils 2003–04 2007 59 Jeremy Roenick 703 1,363 0.52 Philadelphia Flyers 2008–09 2024 60 Dave Andreychuk 698 1,639 0.43 New Jersey Devils 2005–06 2017 Brendan Shanahan 698 1,524 0.46 Detroit Red Wings 2008–09 2013 62 Dale Hunter 697 1,407 0.50 Washington Capitals 1998–99 — Alexander Ovechkin 697 1,426 0.49 Washington Capitals Active 64 Sergei Fedorov 696 1,248 0.56 Columbus Blue Jackets 2008–09 2015 65 Henri Richard 688 1,256 0.55 Montreal Canadiens 1974–75 1979 66 Brad Park 683 1,113 0.61 Boston Bruins 1984–85 1988 67 Bobby Smith 679 1,077 0.63 Montreal Canadiens 1992–93 — Ray Whitney 679 1,330 0.51 Phoenix Coyotes 2013–14 — 69 Jarome Iginla 675 1,554 0.43 Boston Bruins 2016–17 2020 70 Brett Hull 650 1,269 0.51 Detroit Red Wings 2005–06 2009 71 Daniel Sedin 648 1,306 0.50 Vancouver Canucks 2017–18 2022 72 Connor McDavid 647 645 1.00 Edmonton Oilers Active 73 Bobby Orr 645 657 0.98 Boston Bruins 1978–79 1979 74 Martin St. Louis 642 1,134 0.57 Tampa Bay Lightning 2014–15 2018 75 Gary Suter 641 1,145 0.56 San Jose Sharks 2001–02 — 76 Dave Taylor 638 1,111 0.57 Los Angeles Kings 1993–94 — 77 Borje Salming 637 1,148 0.55 Toronto Maple Leafs 1989–90 1996 Darryl Sittler 637 1,096 0.58 Philadelphia Flyers 1984–85 1989 79 Peter Forsberg 636 708 0.90 Philadelphia Flyers 2010–11 2014 80 Neal Broten 634 1,099 0.58 New Jersey Devils 1996–97 — Brad Richards 634 1,126 0.56 Chicago Blackhawks 2015–16 — 82 Theoren Fleury 633 1,084 0.58 New York Rangers 2002–03 — 83 Jason Spezza 632 1,248 0.51 Toronto Maple Leafs 2021–22 Eligible 2025 84 Patrick Marleau 631 1,779 0.35 Toronto Maple Leafs 2020–21 — 85 Erik Karlsson 628 1,002 0.63 Pittsburgh Penguins Active 86 Mike Gartner 627 1,432 0.44 Phoenix Coyotes 1997–98 2001 87 Brent Burns 626 1,415 0.44 Carolina Hurricanes Active 88 Andy Bathgate 624 1,069 0.58 Pittsburgh Penguins 1970–71 1978 89 Henrik Zetterberg 623 1,082 0.58 Detroit Red Wings 2017–18 — 90 Blake Wheeler 622 1,172 0.53 Winnipeg Jets Active 91 Sergei Zubov 619 1,068 0.58 Dallas Stars 2008–09 2019 92 Patrik Elias 617 1,240 0.50 New Jersey Devils 2015–16 — 93 Rod Gilbert 615 1,065 0.58 New York Rangers 1977–78 1982 94 Patrice Bergeron 613 1,294 0.47 Boston Bruins 2022–23 Eligible 2026 95 Marian Hossa 609 1,309 0.47 Chicago Blackhawks 2016–17 2020 96 Eric Staal 608 1,365 0.45 Florida Panthers 2022–23 Not eligible yet 97 Michel Goulet 605 1,089 0.56 Chicago Blackhawks 1993–94 1998 98 Pavel Datsyuk 604 953 0.63 Detroit Red Wings 2015–16 2024 99 Kirk Muller 602 1,349 0.45 Dallas Stars 2002–03 — 100 Glenn Anderson 601 1,375 0.44 St. Louis Blues 1995–96 2008
^ Gordie Howe initially retired from hockey at the end of the 1970–71 season and was inducted to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1972. He returned to playing professional hockey, in the World Hockey Association , in 1973–74 , where he played until returning to the NHL for the 1979–80 season . ^ Mario Lemieux initially retired from hockey at the end of the 1996–97 season and was inducted to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1997. He returned as an NHL owner in 1999, then returned to playing in the NHL in the 2000–01 season .
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