List of NHL career assists leaders

The following is a list of ice hockey players who have recorded 600 assists in the National Hockey League (NHL). 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.
==Players with 600 NHL assists==
As of completion of the , 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.
;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
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Rank	Player	Assists	GP 	A/GP	With team 	Final season	HHOF
1 	 	1,963 	1,487	 	Edmonton Oilers 	 	1999
2 	 	1,249 	1,731	 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	 	2007
3 	 	1,193 	1,756	 	Edmonton Oilers 	 	2007
4 	 	1,169 	1,612	 	Boston Bruins 	 	2004
5 	 	1,155 	1,733	 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	 	Not eligible yet
6 	 	1,135 	1,409	 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	 	2004
7 	 	1,109 	1,714	 	San Jose Sharks 	 	Eligible 2025
8 	 	1,079 	1,337	 	Boston Bruins 	 	2012
9 	 	1,063 	1,514	 	Detroit Red Wings 	 	2009
10 	 	1,049 	1,767	 	Detroit Red Wings 	 	1972
11 	 	1,040 	1,348	 	Los Angeles Kings 	 	1992
12 	 	1,033 	915 	 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	 	1997
13 	 	1,016 	1,378	 	Colorado Avalanche 	 	2012
14 	 	1,004 	1,190	 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	Active 	Active
15 	 	964 	1,474	 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	 	2011
16 	 	956 	1,652	 	Philadelphia Flyers 	 	2017
17 	 	934 	1,416	 	Calgary Flames 	 	2007
18 	 	929 	1,615	 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	 	2004
19 	 	926 	1,394	 	Chicago Black Hawks 	 	1983
20 	 	901 	1,279	 	New York Islanders 	 	1997
21 	 	894 	1,495	 	Calgary Flames 	 	2015
22 	 	891 	1,188	 	Buffalo Sabres 	 	2001
23 	 	878 	1,564	 	Detroit Red Wings 	 	2015
24 	 	873 	1,282	 	Boston Bruins 	 	1984
25 	 	865 	1,196	 	Chicago Blackhawks 	 	2000
26 	 	852 	1,144	 	Philadelphia Flyers 	 	1987
27 	 	830 	1,330	 	Vancouver Canucks 	 	2022
28 	 	825 	1,550	 	Detroit Red Wings 	 	1977
29 	 	814 	1,191	 	Buffalo Sabres 	 	1990
30 	 	813 	1,540	 	Boston Bruins 	 	1981
30 	 	813 	1,230	 	Chicago Blackhawks 	Active 	Active
30 	 	813 	1,499	 	Dallas Stars 	 	2014
33 	 	812 	1,294	 	St. Louis Blues 	 	2023
34 	 	798 	1,145	 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	Active 	Active
35 	 	797 	1,251	 	Los Angeles Kings 	 	2001
36 	 	793 	1,126	 	Montreal Canadiens 	 	1988
37 	 	792 	1,373	 	Los Angeles Kings 	Active 	Active
38 	 	789 	977 	 	Quebec Nordiques 	 	1998
39 	 	785 	1,346	 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	 	2012
40 	 	781 	1,205	 	New York Rangers 	 	2009
41 	 	776 	1,280	 	Boston Bruins 	 	1985
42 	 	773 	1,378	 	San Jose Sharks 	 	
42 	 	773 	1,451	 	Anaheim Ducks 	 	2017
44 	 	763 	1,651	 	Chicago Blackhawks 	 	2013
45 	 	762 	1,105	 	Washington Capitals 	Active 	Active
46 	 	761 	1,000	 	St. Louis Blues 	 	2002
47 	 	755 	1,238	 	St. Louis Blues 	 	
48 	 	750 	1,384	 	Montreal Canadiens 	 	1995
49 	 	742 	1,060	 	New York Islanders 	 	1991
50 	 	739 	1,410	 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	 	1982
51 	 	737 	1,157	 	Anaheim Ducks 	 	Eligible 2025
52 	 	734 	1,127	 	New Jersey Devils 	 	
53 	 	732 	1,484	 	Carolina Hurricanes 	 	
54 	 	726 	1,431	 	Los Angeles Kings 	 	2009
55 	 	716 	1,182	 	Philadelphia Flyers 	Active 	Active
56 	 	713 	1,246	 	Ottawa Senators 	 	2022
57 	 	712 	1,125	 	Montreal Canadiens 	 	1972
57 	 	712 	1,635	 	New Jersey Devils 	 	2007
59 	 	703 	1,363	 	Philadelphia Flyers 	 	2024
60 	 	698 	1,639	 	New Jersey Devils 	 	2017
60 	 	698 	1,524	 	Detroit Red Wings 	 	2013
62 	 	697 	1,407	 	Washington Capitals 	 	
62 	 	697 	1,426	 	Washington Capitals 	Active 	Active
64 	 	696 	1,248	 	Columbus Blue Jackets	 	2015
65 	 	688 	1,256	 	Montreal Canadiens 	 	1979
66 	 	683 	1,113	 	Boston Bruins 	 	1988
67 	 	679 	1,077	 	Montreal Canadiens 	 	
67 	 	679 	1,330	 	Phoenix Coyotes 	 	
69 	 	675 	1,554	 	Boston Bruins 	 	2020
70 	 	650 	1,269	 	Detroit Red Wings 	 	2009
71 	 	648 	1,306	 	Vancouver Canucks 	 	2022
72 	 	647 	645 	 	Edmonton Oilers 	Active 	Active
73 	 	645 	657 	 	Boston Bruins 	 	1979
74 	 	642 	1,134	 	Tampa Bay Lightning 	 	2018
75 	 	641 	1,145	 	San Jose Sharks 	 	
76 	 	638 	1,111	 	Los Angeles Kings 	 	
77 	 	637 	1,148	 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	 	1996
77 	 	637 	1,096	 	Philadelphia Flyers 	 	1989
79 	 	636 	708 	 	Philadelphia Flyers 	 	2014
80 	 	634 	1,099	 	New Jersey Devils 	 	
80 	 	634 	1,126	 	Chicago Blackhawks 	 	
82 	 	633 	1,084	 	New York Rangers 	 	
83 	 	632 	1,248	 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	 	Eligible 2025
84 	 	631 	1,779	 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	 	
85 	 	628 	1,002	 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	Active 	Active
86 	 	627 	1,432	 	Phoenix Coyotes 	 	2001
87 	 	626 	1,415	 	Carolina Hurricanes 	Active 	Active
88 	 	624 	1,069	 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	 	1978
89 	 	623 	1,082	 	Detroit Red Wings 	 	
90 	 	622 	1,172	 	Winnipeg Jets 	Active 	Active
91 	 	619 	1,068	 	Dallas Stars 	 	2019
92 	 	617 	1,240	 	New Jersey Devils 	 	
93 	 	615 	1,065	 	New York Rangers 	 	1982
94 	 	613 	1,294	 	Boston Bruins 	 	Eligible 2026
95 	 	609 	1,309	 	Chicago Blackhawks 	 	2020
96 	 	608 	1,365	 	Florida Panthers 	 	Not eligible yet
97 	 	605 	1,089	 	Chicago Blackhawks 	 	1998
98 	 	604 	953 	 	Detroit Red Wings 	 	2024
99 	 	602 	1,349	 	Dallas Stars 	 	
100 	 	601 	1,375	 	St. Louis Blues 	 	2008
==Notes==
==References==
1000 assists
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