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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