The following is a list of ice hockey players who have recorded 600 assists in the National Hockey League (NHL).[ 1] All players who reach this mark receive an NHL Milestone Award from the league; the award was introduced in 1982, and all who achieved the accomplishment prior to then were also granted the award.[ 2]
Players with 600 NHL assists 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 list
Assists – Career regular season assists
GP – Career regular season games played
A/GP – Mean assists per game played, rounded to two decimal places
With team – Team for which the player recorded their 600th assist
Final season – Final NHL season player competed in
HHOF – 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
Sidney Crosby
1050
1,333
0.79
Pittsburgh Penguins
Active
11
Gordie Howe
1,049
1,767
0.59
Detroit Red Wings
1979–80
1972[ a]
12
Marcel Dionne
1,040
1,348
0.77
Los Angeles Kings
1988–89
1992
13
Mario Lemieux
1,033
915
1.13
Pittsburgh Penguins
2005–06
1997[ b]
14
Joe Sakic
1,016
1,378
0.74
Colorado Avalanche
2008–09
2012
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
Patrick Kane
836
1280
0.65
Chicago Blackhawks
Active
28
Henrik Sedin
830
1,330
0.62
Vancouver Canucks
2017–18
2022
29
Evgeni Malkin
827
1,198
0.69
Pittsburgh Penguins
Active
30
Anze Kopitar
826
1431
0.58
Los Angeles Kings
Active
31
Alex Delvecchio
825
1,550
0.53
Detroit Red Wings
1973–74
1977
32
Gilbert Perreault
814
1,191
0.68
Buffalo Sabres
1986–87
1990
33
Johnny Bucyk
813
1,540
0.53
Boston Bruins
1977–78
1981
Mike Modano
813
1,499
0.54
Dallas Stars
2010–11
2014
35
Pierre Turgeon
812
1,294
0.63
St. Louis Blues
2006–07
2023
36
Jari Kurri
797
1,251
0.64
Los Angeles Kings
1997–98
2001
37
Guy Lafleur
793
1,126
0.70
Montreal Canadiens
1990–91
1988
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
Claude Giroux
742
1241
0.60
Ottawa Senators
Active
51
Norm Ullman
739
1,410
0.52
Toronto Maple Leafs
1974–75
1982
52
Ryan Getzlaf
737
1,157
0.64
Anaheim Ducks
2021–22
Eligible 2025
53
Bernie Nicholls
734
1,127
0.65
New Jersey Devils
1998–99
—
54
Rod Brind'Amour
732
1,484
0.49
Carolina Hurricanes
2009–10
—
55
Luc Robitaille
726
1,431
0.51
Los Angeles Kings
2005–06
2009
56
Alexander Ovechkin
714
1470
0.49
Washington Capitals
Active
57
Daniel Alfredsson
713
1,246
0.57
Ottawa Senators
2013–14
2022
58
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
60
Jeremy Roenick
703
1,363
0.52
Philadelphia Flyers
2008–09
2024
61
Connor McDavid
700
699
1.00
Edmonton Oilers
Active
62
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
64
Dale Hunter
697
1,407
0.50
Washington Capitals
1998–99
—
65
Sergei Fedorov
696
1,248
0.56
Columbus Blue Jackets
2008–09
2015
66
Henri Richard
688
1,256
0.55
Montreal Canadiens
1974–75
1979
67
Brad Park
683
1,113
0.61
Boston Bruins
1984–85
1988
68
Bobby Smith
679
1,077
0.63
Montreal Canadiens
1992–93
—
Ray Whitney
679
1,330
0.51
Phoenix Coyotes
2013–14
—
70
Jarome Iginla
675
1,554
0.43
Boston Bruins
2016–17
2020
71
Erik Karlsson
665
1065
0.62
Pittsburgh Penguins
Active
72
Brett Hull
650
1,269
0.51
Detroit Red Wings
2005–06
2009
73
Daniel Sedin
648
1,306
0.50
Vancouver Canucks
2017–18
2022
74
Bobby Orr
645
657
0.98
Boston Bruins
1978–79
1979
75
Brent Burns
626
1,415
0.44
Carolina Hurricanes
Active
76
Martin St. Louis
642
1,134
0.57
Tampa Bay Lightning
2014–15
2018
77
Gary Suter
641
1,145
0.56
San Jose Sharks
2001–02
—
78
Dave Taylor
638
1,111
0.57
Los Angeles Kings
1993–94
—
79
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
81
Peter Forsberg
636
708
0.90
Philadelphia Flyers
2010–11
2014
82
Neal Broten
634
1,099
0.58
New Jersey Devils
1996–97
—
Brad Richards
634
1,126
0.56
Chicago Blackhawks
2015–16
—
84
Theoren Fleury
633
1,084
0.58
New York Rangers
2002–03
—
85
Jason Spezza
632
1,248
0.51
Toronto Maple Leafs
2021–22
Eligible 2025
Nathan MacKinnon
632
852
0.74
Colorado Avalanche
Active
87
Patrick Marleau
631
1,779
0.35
Toronto Maple Leafs
2020–21
—
88
Mike Gartner
627
1,432
0.44
Phoenix Coyotes
1997–98
2001
89
Andy Bathgate
624
1,069
0.58
Pittsburgh Penguins
1970–71
1978
90
Henrik Zetterberg
623
1,082
0.58
Detroit Red Wings
2017–18
—
91
Blake Wheeler
622
1,172
0.53
Winnipeg Jets
Active
92
Sergei Zubov
619
1,068
0.58
Dallas Stars
2008–09
2019
93
Patrik Elias
617
1,240
0.50
New Jersey Devils
2015–16
—
94
Rod Gilbert
615
1,065
0.58
New York Rangers
1977–78
1982
95
Patrice Bergeron
613
1,294
0.47
Boston Bruins
2022–23
Eligible 2026
Nikita Kucherov
613
781
0.78
Tampa Bay Lightning
Active
97
John Tavares
611
1162
0.52
Toronto Maple Leafs
Active
98
Victor Hedman
610
1109
0.55
Tampa Bay Lightning
Active
99
Marian Hossa
609
1,309
0.47
Chicago Blackhawks
2016–17
2020
100
Eric Staal
608
1,365
0.45
Florida Panthers
2022–23
Not eligible yet
Notes
^ 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 .
References
History Personnel Records
League records (individual , team )
Statistical leaders (by country of birth )
Points, career (min. 1,000)
Assists, career (min. 600)
Goals, career (min. 500)
Points, season (min. 100)
Goals, season (min. 50)
50 goals in 50 games
Games, career (min. 1,000)
Consecutive games, career (min. 500)
PIMs, career (min. 2,000)
5+ goals, game
8+ points, game
Goaltender wins, career (min. 300)
Goaltenders who have scored
Wayne Gretzky's records
Gordie Howe's records
Longest winning streaks
Longest losing streaks
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