NHL Defensemen ‑ All-Time Playoff Assists per Game Leaders

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-At least 15 career assists

NHL Defensemen ‑ All-Time Playoff Assists per Game Leaders.
		Overall								Time on Ice				Goals					Assists					Points						per 60 All Situations			per 60 Even-Strength			per 60 Power-Play			per Game			Shots		Defensive		Faceoffs
Rk	Name	Born	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	TOI	ES	PP	SH	ESG	PPG	SHG	GWG	OTG	ESA	PPA	SHA	GWA	OTA	ESP	PPP	SHP	GWP	OTP	PPP%	G/60	A/60	P/60	ESG/60	ESA/60	ESP/60	PPG/60	PPA/60	PPP/60	G/GP	A/GP	P/GP	SHOTS	SH%	HITS	BS	FOW	FOL	FO%
1	Bobby Orr	1948	D	74	26	66	92	107	60					15	8	3	7	1	35	24	7	13	0	50	32	10	20	1	34.8%										0.351	0.892	1.243	358	7.3%
2	Evan Bouchard	1999	D	74	20	61	81	38	16	23:33	19:12	3:33	0:47	12	8	0	6	1	31	30	0	9	2	43	38	0	15	3	46.9%	0.688	2.099	2.788	0.506	1.308	1.815	1.819	6.821	8.640	0.270	0.824	1.095	209	9.6%	79	109	0	0	0.00%
3	Quinn Hughes	1999	D	30	2	24	26	8	-1	23:30	18:57	4:29	0:03	1	1	0	0	0	11	13	0	6	1	12	14	0	6	1	53.8%	0.170	2.043	2.213	0.105	1.160	1.266	0.446	5.794	6.239	0.067	0.800	0.867	51	3.9%	6	33	0	0	0.00%
4	Cale Makar	1998	D	79	22	63	85	20	23	24:42	19:41	3:33	1:27	12	9	1	5	1	37	25	1	12	3	49	34	2	17	4	40.0%	0.676	1.936	2.612	0.463	1.427	1.890	1.921	5.337	7.259	0.278	0.797	1.076	226	9.7%	100	122	0	0	0.00%
5	Adam Fox	1998	D	46	5	34	39	28	7	24:48	19:17	3:21	2:09	3	2	0	1	0	17	17	0	7	1	20	19	0	8	1	48.7%	0.263	1.787	2.050	0.203	1.149	1.352	0.777	6.606	7.383	0.109	0.739	0.848	83	6.0%	48	102	0	0	0.00%
6	Brian Leetch	1968	D	95	28	69	97	36	2					15	12	1	6	0	30	38	1	11	3	45	50	2	17	3	51.5%										0.295	0.726	1.021	352	8.0%			0	0	0.00%
7	Paul Coffey	1961	D	194	59	137	196	264	53					32	21	6	8	0	69	66	2	24	2	101	87	8	32	2	44.4%										0.304	0.706	1.010	616	9.6%			0	0	0.00%
8	Al MacInnis	1963	D	177	39	121	160	255	11					13	26	0	5	1	47	71	3	18	2	60	97	3	23	3	60.6%										0.220	0.684	0.904	663	5.9%			0	1	0.00%
9	Larry Goodenough	1953	D	22	3	15	18	10	6					2	1	0	0	0	6	9	0	1	0	8	10	0	1	0	55.6%										0.136	0.682	0.818	50	6.0%
10	Erik Karlsson	1990	D	67	8	45	53	34	4	26:32	21:17	4:07	1:06	5	3	0	3	1	28	17	0	5	4	33	20	0	8	5	37.7%	0.270	1.518	1.788	0.210	1.177	1.388	0.650	3.684	4.334	0.119	0.672	0.791	192	4.2%	81	106	0	0	0.00%
11	Paul Reinhart	1960	D	83	23	54	77	42	-24					10	11	2	2	1	21	32	1	6	0	31	43	3	8	1	55.8%										0.277	0.651	0.928	183	12.6%
12	Ray Bourque	1960	D	214	41	139	180	171	27					26	15	0	4	0	62	74	3	20	1	88	89	3	24	1	49.4%										0.192	0.650	0.841	814	5.0%			1	0	100.00%
13	Doug Wilson	1957	D	95	19	61	80	86	11					11	6	2	2	0	24	37	0	7	0	35	43	2	9	0	53.8%										0.200	0.642	0.842	310	6.1%
14	Brad Maxwell	1957	D	79	12	49	61	178	-19					6	6	0	0	0	23	25	1	4	1	29	31	1	4	1	50.8%										0.152	0.620	0.772	211	5.7%
15	Pierre Pilote	1931	D	86	8	53	61	102	7					6	2	0	1	0	29	22	2	14	1	35	24	2	15	1	39.3%										0.093	0.616	0.709
16	Pat Stapleton	1940	D	65	10	39	49	40	4					3	5	2	0	0	21	15	3	8	0	24	20	5	8	0	40.8%										0.154	0.600	0.754	145	6.9%
17	Denis Potvin	1953	D	185	56	109	165	253	64					26	28	2	7	2	51	53	5	17	1	77	81	7	24	3	49.1%										0.303	0.589	0.892	578	9.7%
18	Ian Turnbull	1953	D	55	13	32	45	94	-9					7	6	0	0	0	17	14	1	4	1	24	20	1	4	1	44.4%										0.236	0.582	0.818	185	7.0%
19	Neal Pionk	1995	D	35	1	20	21	20	-15	24:40	20:44	2:16	1:39	0	1	0	0	0	11	9	0	4	2	11	10	0	4	2	47.6%	0.069	1.389	1.459	0.000	0.909	0.909	0.755	6.798	7.554	0.029	0.571	0.600	64	1.6%	128	56	0	0	0.00%
20	Victor Hedman	1990	D	170	23	97	120	94	18	24:58	19:50	2:49	2:18	13	10	0	5	1	53	43	1	13	3	66	53	1	18	4	44.2%	0.325	1.371	1.696	0.231	0.943	1.174	1.252	5.385	6.637	0.135	0.571	0.706	425	5.4%	228	323	0	0	0.00%
21	Sergei Zubov	1970	D	164	24	93	117	62	28					10	13	1	1	0	43	48	2	22	4	53	61	3	23	4	52.1%										0.146	0.567	0.713	382	6.3%	22	27	0	0	0.00%
22	Dennis Wideman	1983	D	55	1	31	32	22	-5	24:19	18:53	3:14	2:11	1	0	0	0	0	19	12	0	11	3	20	12	0	11	3	37.5%	0.045	1.390	1.435	0.058	1.098	1.155	0.000	4.028	4.028	0.018	0.564	0.582	106	0.9%	53	104	0	0	0.00%
23	Torey Krug	1991	D	82	11	46	57	48	-7	20:22	16:58	3:12	0:11	5	6	0	0	0	18	28	0	9	0	23	34	0	9	0	59.6%	0.395	1.652	2.047	0.216	0.776	0.992	1.370	6.394	7.764	0.134	0.561	0.695	200	5.5%	110	104	0	0	0.00%
24	Brad Park	1948	D	161	35	90	125	217	24					21	13	1	6	1	52	36	2	11	1	73	49	3	17	2	39.2%										0.217	0.559	0.776	383	9.1%
25	Chris Pronger	1974	D	173	26	95	121	326	40					13	13	0	3	0	42	49	4	18	1	55	62	4	21	1	51.2%										0.150	0.549	0.699	405	6.4%	142	225	0	0	0.00%
26	Bob Dailey	1953	D	63	12	34	46	105	17					7	4	1	2	0	19	12	3	6	1	26	16	4	8	1	34.8%										0.190	0.540	0.730	166	7.2%
27	Larry Murphy	1961	D	215	37	115	152	201	32					14	20	3	7	0	64	47	4	20	4	78	67	7	27	4	44.1%										0.172	0.535	0.707	504	7.3%			1	0	100.00%
28	Gary Suter	1964	D	108	17	56	73	120	-4					8	7	2	3	0	22	32	2	5	0	30	39	4	8	0	53.4%										0.157	0.519	0.676	268	6.3%			0	0	0.00%
29	Jeff Brown	1966	D	87	20	45	65	59	7					13	7	0	4	1	17	28	0	9	1	30	35	0	13	2	53.8%										0.230	0.517	0.747	257	7.8%			0	0	0.00%
30	Keith Yandle	1986	D	58	6	30	36	26	-2	19:23	15:58	3:15	0:08	5	1	0	0	0	13	17	0	6	2	18	18	0	6	2	50.0%	0.320	1.601	1.921	0.324	0.841	1.165	0.317	5.393	5.710	0.103	0.517	0.621	105	5.7%	23	47	0	0	0.00%
31	Miro Heiskanen	1999	D	93	17	48	65	24	-2	26:20	22:23	2:42	1:15	10	7	0	1	0	27	21	0	6	1	37	28	0	7	1	43.1%	0.416	1.175	1.592	0.288	0.778	1.066	1.668	5.003	6.671	0.183	0.516	0.699	203	8.4%	123	158	0	0	0.00%
32	Devon Toews	1994	D	84	12	43	55	20	27	23:24	19:38	2:00	1:45	10	1	1	1	0	32	11	0	5	1	42	12	1	6	1	21.8%	0.366	1.312	1.679	0.364	1.164	1.527	0.355	3.908	4.264	0.143	0.512	0.655	135	8.9%	106	119	0	0	0.00%
33	Larry Robinson	1951	D	227	28	116	144	211	100					21	7	0	3	2	68	45	3	24	1	89	52	3	27	3	36.1%										0.123	0.511	0.634	417	6.7%
34	Cam Fowler	1991	D	69	8	35	43	14	5	24:01	18:51	3:15	1:55	6	2	0	1	0	15	20	0	2	1	21	22	0	3	1	51.2%	0.290	1.267	1.556	0.277	0.692	0.968	0.534	5.342	5.877	0.116	0.507	0.623	118	6.8%	50	92	0	0	0.00%
35	Phil Housley	1964	D	85	13	43	56	36	-23					7	6	0	1	0	12	30	1	4	1	19	36	1	5	1	64.3%										0.153	0.506	0.659	213	6.1%			0	0	0.00%
36	Mark Howe	1955	D	101	10	51	61	34	42					9	1	0	1	1	27	19	5	3	0	36	20	5	4	1	32.8%										0.099	0.505	0.604	212	4.7%
37	Steve Duchesne	1965	D	121	16	61	77	96	-14					7	9	0	1	0	24	37	0	9	4	31	46	0	10	4	59.7%										0.132	0.504	0.636	256	6.3%			0	0	0.00%
38	Rob Ramage	1959	D	84	8	42	50	218	0					2	5	1	1	0	17	23	2	2	0	19	28	3	3	0	56.0%										0.095	0.500	0.595	223	3.6%
39	Dan Boyle	1976	D	130	17	64	81	70	-10	23:54	18:32	4:22	1:00	10	7	0	3	0	24	40	0	10	4	34	47	0	13	4	58.0%	0.328	1.235	1.563	0.249	0.598	0.847	0.739	4.224	4.963	0.131	0.492	0.623	292	5.8%	104	152	0	0	0.00%
40	Nicklas Lidström	1970	D	263	54	129	183	76	61					21	30	3	11	1	45	81	3	26	2	66	111	6	37	3	60.7%										0.205	0.490	0.696	656	8.2%	61	117	0	0	0.00%
41	Stefan Persson	1954	D	102	7	50	57	69	16					1	6	0	0	0	21	29	0	11	0	22	35	0	11	0	61.4%										0.069	0.490	0.559	139	5.0%
42	Sandis Ozolinsh	1972	D	137	23	67	90	131	-10					12	11	0	5	1	34	32	1	13	4	46	43	1	18	5	47.8%										0.168	0.489	0.657	298	7.7%	1	6	0	0	0.00%
43	Sergei Gonchar	1974	D	141	22	68	90	102	3					9	12	1	7	0	23	43	2	9	3	32	55	3	16	3	61.1%										0.156	0.482	0.638	291	7.6%	81	133	0	0	0.00%
44	Zarley Zalapski	1968	D	48	4	23	27	47	2					3	1	0	1	0	11	12	0	2	0	14	13	0	3	0	48.1%										0.083	0.479	0.563	107	3.7%			0	0	0.00%
45	Duncan Keith	1983	D	151	19	72	91	70	20	27:07	21:38	2:43	2:45	17	2	0	5	1	43	27	2	20	2	60	29	2	25	3	31.9%	0.278	1.055	1.333	0.312	0.790	1.102	0.291	3.926	4.217	0.126	0.477	0.603	323	5.9%	120	264	0	0	0.00%
46	J.C. Tremblay	1939	D	108	14	51	65	58	37					9	3	2	5	0	28	23	0	9	1	37	26	2	14	1	40.0%										0.130	0.472	0.602	197	7.1%
47	Doug Harvey	1924	D	137	8	64	72	152	7					6	2	0	2	1	34	30	0	17	3	40	32	0	19	4	44.4%										0.058	0.467	0.526
48	Charlie McAvoy	1997	D	91	6	42	48	84	-5	25:09	21:03	2:06	1:59	4	2	0	2	0	19	21	2	9	2	23	23	2	11	2	47.9%	0.157	1.101	1.258	0.125	0.595	0.720	0.626	6.574	7.200	0.066	0.462	0.527	146	4.1%	252	176	0	0	0.00%
49	Mike McEwen	1956	D	78	12	36	48	48	0					3	9	0	1	0	22	14	0	6	1	25	23	0	7	1	47.9%										0.154	0.462	0.615	193	6.2%
50	P.K. Subban	1989	D	96	18	44	62	133	1	25:36	20:00	3:45	1:49	7	11	0	2	1	27	17	0	7	1	34	28	0	9	2	45.2%	0.439	1.074	1.514	0.219	0.843	1.062	1.829	2.827	4.656	0.188	0.458	0.646	241	7.5%	168	171	0	0	0.00%

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