The following is a list of ice hockey players who have recorded 600 assists in the National Hockey League (NHL).[1]

Players with 600 NHL assists

Wayne Gretzky
Ray Bourque
Steve Yzerman

As of completion of the 2022–23 season, 97 players have recorded 600 assists while playing in the NHL. All players who reach this mark receive an NHL Milestone Award from the league.[2]

Only 13 players 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.

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 —
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 —
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[lower-alpha 1]
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[lower-alpha 2]
13 Joe Sakic 1,016 1,378 0.74 Colorado Avalanche 2008–09 2012
14 Doug Gilmour 964 1,474 0.65 Toronto Maple Leafs 2002–03 2011
15 Mark Recchi 956 1,652 0.58 Philadelphia Flyers 2010–11 2017
16 Sidney Crosby 952 1,190 0.80 Pittsburgh Penguins Active —
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
Mike Modano 813 1,499 0.54 Dallas Stars 2010–11 2014
32 Pierre Turgeon 812 1,294 0.63 St. Louis Blues 2006–07 2023
33 Jari Kurri 797 1,251 0.64 Los Angeles Kings 1997–98 2001
34 Guy Lafleur 793 1,126 0.70 Montreal Canadiens 1990–91 1988
35 Peter Stastny 789 977 0.81 Quebec Nordiques 1994–95 1998
36 Patrick Kane 786 1,180 0.67 Chicago Blackhawks Active —
37 Mats Sundin 785 1,346 0.58 Toronto Maple Leafs 2008–09 2012
38 Brian Leetch 781 1,205 0.65 New York Rangers 2005–06 2009
39 Jean Ratelle 776 1,280 0.61 Boston Bruins 1980–81 1985
40 Vincent Damphousse 773 1,378 0.56 San Jose Sharks 2003–04 —
Teemu Selanne 773 1,451 0.53 Anaheim Ducks 2013–14 2017
42 Chris Chelios 763 1,651 0.46 Chicago Blackhawks 2009–10 2013
43 Nicklas Backstrom 761 1,097 0.69 Washington Capitals Active —
Bernie Federko 761 1,000 0.76 St. Louis Blues 1989–90 2002
45 Evgeni Malkin 758 1,063 0.71 Pittsburgh Penguins Active —
46 Doug Weight 755 1,238 0.61 St. Louis Blues 2010–11 —
47 Larry Robinson 750 1,384 0.54 Montreal Canadiens 1991–92 1995
48 Anze Kopitar 748 1,292 0.58 Los Angeles Kings Active —
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 —
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 Daniel Alfredsson 713 1,246 0.57 Ottawa Senators 2013–14 2022
56 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
58 Jeremy Roenick 703 1,363 0.52 Philadelphia Flyers 2008–09 —
59 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
61 Dale Hunter 697 1,407 0.50 Washington Capitals 1998–99 —
62 Sergei Fedorov 696 1,248 0.56 Columbus Blue Jackets 2008–09 2015
63 Henri Richard 688 1,256 0.55 Montreal Canadiens 1974–75 1979
64 Brad Park 683 1,113 0.61 Boston Bruins 1984–85 1988
65 Bobby Smith 679 1,077 0.63 Montreal Canadiens 1992–93 —
Ray Whitney 679 1,330 0.51 Phoenix Coyotes 2013–14 —
67 Jarome Iginla 675 1,554 0.43 Boston Bruins 2016–17 2020
68 Claude Giroux 673 1,100 0.61 Philadelphia Flyers Active —
69 Alexander Ovechkin 663 1,347 0.49 Washington Capitals Active —
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 Bobby Orr 645 657 0.98 Boston Bruins 1978–79 1979
73 Martin St. Louis 642 1,134 0.57 Tampa Bay Lightning 2014–15 2018
74 Gary Suter 641 1,145 0.56 San Jose Sharks 2001–02 —
75 Dave Taylor 638 1,111 0.57 Los Angeles Kings 1993–94 —
76 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
78 Peter Forsberg 636 708 0.90 Philadelphia Flyers 2010–11 2014
79 Neal Broten 634 1,099 0.58 New Jersey Devils 1996–97 —
Brad Richards 634 1,126 0.56 Chicago Blackhawks 2015–16 —
81 Theoren Fleury 633 1,084 0.58 New York Rangers 2002–03 —
82 Jason Spezza 632 1,248 0.51 Toronto Maple Leafs 2021–22 —
83 Patrick Marleau 631 1,779 0.35 Toronto Maple Leafs 2020–21 —
84 Mike Gartner 627 1,432 0.44 Phoenix Coyotes 1997–98 2001
85 Andy Bathgate 624 1,069 0.58 Pittsburgh Penguins 1970–71 1978
86 Henrik Zetterberg 623 1,082 0.58 Detroit Red Wings 2017–18 —
87 Sergei Zubov 619 1,068 0.58 Dallas Stars 2008–09 2019
88 Patrik Elias 617 1,240 0.50 New Jersey Devils 2015–16 —
89 Rod Gilbert 615 1,065 0.58 New York Rangers 1977–78 1982
90 Patrice Bergeron 613 1,294 0.47 Boston Bruins 2022–23 —
91 Blake Wheeler 610 1,118 0.55 Winnipeg Jets Active —
92 Marian Hossa 609 1,309 0.47 Chicago Blackhawks 2016–17 2020
93 Eric Staal 608 1,365 0.45 Florida Panthers 2022–23 —
94 Michel Goulet 605 1,089 0.56 Chicago Blackhawks 1993–94 1998
95 Pavel Datsyuk 604 953 0.63 Detroit Red Wings 2015–16 —
96 Kirk Muller 602 1,349 0.45 Dallas Stars 2002–03 —
97 Glenn Anderson 601 1,375 0.44 St. Louis Blues 1995–96 2008

Notes

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ 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

  1. ↑ "NHL & WHA Career Leaders and Records for Assists". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved 2019-09-20.
  2. ↑ "Players such as Eddie Shack, accorded much attention but... - UPI Archives". UPI. July 20, 1982. Retrieved December 22, 2023.
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