NHL Even Strength Assists Leaders 2024-25?

For the 2025-26 year, Connor McDavid is ahead of the pack in even strength assists with 29. Holding 2nd is Mikko Rantanen, having an even strength assists total of 25. Having a number of 23, Nikita Kucherov ranks in the third position. Holding on to the 4th and 5th position are Quinn Hughes (23) and Jack Eichel (23).

2025-26 NHL Even Strength Assists Leaders

EVA Rank	Player	EVA
1st	Connor McDavid	29
2nd	Mikko Rantanen	25
3rd	Nikita Kucherov	23
4th	Quinn Hughes	23
5th	Jack Eichel	23
6th	Leon Draisaitl	21
7th	Nick Suzuki	21
8th	Macklin Celebrini	19
9th	Moritz Seider	17
10th	David Pastrnak	17
11th	Vince Dunn	17
12th	Cale Makar	17
13th	Ryan Nugent-Hopkins	17
14th	Miro Heiskanen	17
15th	Lucas Raymond	17
16th	Jake Guentzel	16
17th	Evan Bouchard	16
18th	Jason Robertson	16
19th	Charlie McAvoy	15
20th	Lane Hutson	15
21st	Artemi Panarin	15
22nd	Mark Stone	15
23rd	Dylan Cozens	14
24th	Nathan MacKinnon	14
25th	Clayton Keller	14
26th	Jake Sanderson	14
27th	Rasmus Dahlin	13
28th	Kevin Fiala	13
29th	Sebastian Aho	13
30th	Kirill Marchenko	13
31st	Roope Hintz	13
32nd	Bryan Rust	13

2022 NHL Even Strength Assists Leaders

EVA Rank	Player	EVA
1st	Johnny Gaudreau – Calgary Flames	56
2nd	Jonathan Huberdeau – Florida Panthers	50
3rd	Roman Josi – Nashville Predators	47
4th	Matthew Tkachuk – Calgary Flames	45
5th	Robert Thomas – St. Louis Blues	45
6th	Connor McDavid – Edmonton Oilers	44
7th	Kirill Kaprizov – Minnesota Wild	44
8th	Steven Stamkos – Tampa Bay Lightning	44
9th	Patrick Kane – Chicago Blackhawks	44
10th	Mitch Marner – Toronto Maple Leafs	42
11th	Artemi Panarin – New York Rangers	42
12th	Joe Pavelski – Dallas Stars	41
13th	Kevin Fiala – Minnesota Wild	40
14th	Leon Draisaitl – Edmonton Oilers	38
15th	Nazem Kadri – Colorado Avalanche	38
16th	Kris Letang – Pittsburgh Penguins	38
17th	Mikko Rantanen – Colorado Avalanche	37
18th	Michael Bunting – Toronto Maple Leafs	37
19th	Nathan MacKinnon – Colorado Avalanche	36
20th	J.T. Miller – Vancouver Canucks	35
21st	Mika Zibanejad – New York Rangers	35
22nd	Timo Meier – San Jose Sharks	35
23rd	Aleksander Barkov – Florida Panthers	34
24th	Mats Zuccarello – Minnesota Wild	34
25th	Morgan Rielly – Toronto Maple Leafs	34
26th	Chandler Stephenson – Vegas Golden Knights	34
27th	Devon Toews – Colorado Avalanche	34
28th	Alexander Kerfoot – Toronto Maple Leafs	34
29th	Auston Matthews – Toronto Maple Leafs	33
30th	Cale Makar – Colorado Avalanche	33
31st	Victor Hedman – Tampa Bay Lightning	33
32nd	Evgeny Kuznetsov – Washington Capitals	33

2021 NHL Even Strength Assists Leaders

EVA Rank	Player	EVA
1st	Connor McDavid – Edmonton Oilers	44
2nd	Leon Draisaitl – Edmonton Oilers	36
3rd	Patrick Kane – Chicago Blackhawks	32
4th	Mitch Marner – Toronto Maple Leafs	31
5th	Mark Scheifele – Winnipeg Jets	29
6th	Mark Stone – Vegas Golden Knights	29
7th	Nathan MacKinnon – Colorado Avalanche	28
8th	Artemi Panarin – New York Rangers	28
9th	Gabriel Landeskog – Colorado Avalanche	26
10th	Jakub Voracek – Philadelphia Flyers	26
11th	Jordan Greenway – Minnesota Wild	25
12th	John Tavares – Toronto Maple Leafs	25
13th	MacKenzie Weegar – Florida Panthers	25
14th	David Perron – St. Louis Blues	24
15th	James van Riemsdyk – Philadelphia Flyers	24
16th	Kris Letang – Pittsburgh Penguins	23
17th	Jonathan Marchessault – Vegas Golden Knights	23
18th	Mike Reilly – 2 Teams	23
19th	Brad Marchand – Boston Bruins	23
20th	David Krejci – Boston Bruins	23
21st	Jason Robertson – Dallas Stars	23
22nd	Sebastian Aho – Carolina Hurricanes	22
23rd	Oliver Bjorkstrand – Columbus Blue Jackets	22
24th	Ryan O’Reilly – St. Louis Blues	22
25th	Jonathan Huberdeau – Florida Panthers	22
26th	Jake Muzzin – Toronto Maple Leafs	22
27th	John Carlson – Washington Capitals	22
28th	Auston Matthews – Toronto Maple Leafs	22
29th	Tyson Barrie – Edmonton Oilers	21
30th	Kyle Connor – Winnipeg Jets	21
31st	Jake Guentzel – Pittsburgh Penguins	21
32nd	Evander Kane – San Jose Sharks	21

2020 NHL Even Strength Assists Leaders

EVA Rank	Player	EVA
1st	Artemi Panarin – New York Rangers	46
2nd	Leon Draisaitl – Edmonton Oilers	39
3rd	Nathan MacKinnon – Colorado Avalanche	39
4th	Patrick Kane – Chicago Blackhawks	36
5th	John Carlson – Washington Capitals	36
6th	Jonathan Toews – Chicago Blackhawks	35
7th	Mark Scheifele – Winnipeg Jets	34
8th	Brad Marchand – Boston Bruins	34
9th	Brayden Point – Tampa Bay Lightning	34
10th	Ryan O’Reilly – St. Louis Blues	33
11th	Mathew Barzal – New York Islanders	33
12th	Tomas Tatar – Montreal Canadiens	33
13th	Mitch Marner – Toronto Maple Leafs	32
14th	Evgeni Malkin – Pittsburgh Penguins	32
15th	Phillip Danault – Montreal Canadiens	31
16th	Nikolaj Ehlers – Winnipeg Jets	31
17th	Jonathan Huberdeau – Florida Panthers	31
18th	Jakub Voracek – Philadelphia Flyers	31
19th	Nikita Kucherov – Tampa Bay Lightning	31
20th	Connor McDavid – Edmonton Oilers	31
21st	Roman Josi – Nashville Predators	30
22nd	Mark Stone – Vegas Golden Knights	30
23rd	David Pastrnak – Boston Bruins	29
24th	Aaron Ekblad – Florida Panthers	29
25th	Johnny Gaudreau – Calgary Flames	28
26th	Sean Couturier – Philadelphia Flyers	28
27th	Teuvo Teravainen – Carolina Hurricanes	28
28th	Aleksander Barkov – Florida Panthers	28
29th	Steven Stamkos – Tampa Bay Lightning	28
30th	Anze Kopitar – Los Angeles Kings	27
31st	Bo Horvat – Vancouver Canucks	27
32nd	J.T. Miller – Vancouver Canucks	27

2019 NHL Even Strength Assists Leaders

EVA Rank	Player	EVA
1st	Nikita Kucherov – Tampa Bay Lightning	54
2nd	Connor McDavid – Edmonton Oilers	50
3rd	Mitch Marner – Toronto Maple Leafs	48
4th	Artemi Panarin – Columbus Blue Jackets	47
5th	Sidney Crosby – Pittsburgh Penguins	46
6th	Patrick Kane – Chicago Blackhawks	45
7th	David Krejci – Boston Bruins	43
8th	Aleksander Barkov – Florida Panthers	42
9th	Brent Burns – San Jose Sharks	42
10th	Leon Draisaitl – Edmonton Oilers	42
11th	Johnny Gaudreau – Calgary Flames	42
12th	Claude Giroux – Philadelphia Flyers	42
13th	Jonathan Huberdeau – Florida Panthers	39
14th	Blake Wheeler – Winnipeg Jets	39
15th	Mikko Rantanen – Colorado Avalanche	39
16th	Max Domi – Montreal Canadiens	37
17th	Mark Giordano – Calgary Flames	37
18th	Sean Monahan – Calgary Flames	37
19th	Brad Marchand – Boston Bruins	36
20th	Brayden Point – Tampa Bay Lightning	36
21st	Jack Eichel – Buffalo Sabres	36
22nd	Evgeny Kuznetsov – Washington Capitals	36
23rd	Teuvo Teravainen – Carolina Hurricanes	35
24th	Phillip Danault – Montreal Canadiens	35
25th	Morgan Rielly – Toronto Maple Leafs	34
26th	Nicklas Backstrom – Washington Capitals	34
27th	Sean Couturier – Philadelphia Flyers	34
28th	Tomas Hertl – San Jose Sharks	34
29th	Evgeni Malkin – Pittsburgh Penguins	34
30th	Evgenii Dadonov – Florida Panthers	33
31st	Nathan MacKinnon – Colorado Avalanche	33
32nd	Ryan Johansen – Nashville Predators	33

2018 NHL Even Strength Assists Leaders

EVA Rank	Player	EVA
1st	Connor McDavid – Edmonton Oilers	49
2nd	Mathew Barzal – New York Islanders	41
3rd	Claude Giroux – Philadelphia Flyers	41
4th	Artemi Panarin – Columbus Blue Jackets	41
5th	Steven Stamkos – Tampa Bay Lightning	41
6th	Dylan Larkin – Detroit Red Wings	39
7th	Johnny Gaudreau – Calgary Flames	39
8th	Aleksander Barkov – Florida Panthers	39
9th	Leon Draisaitl – Edmonton Oilers	39
10th	Sean Couturier – Philadelphia Flyers	38
11th	Jonathan Marchessault – Vegas Golden Knights	38
12th	John Klingberg – Dallas Stars	37
13th	Nathan MacKinnon – Colorado Avalanche	37
14th	Erik Karlsson – Ottawa Senators	37
15th	Ryan Getzlaf – Anaheim Ducks	36
16th	Anze Kopitar – Los Angeles Kings	35
17th	Jakub Voracek – Philadelphia Flyers	35
18th	William Nylander – Toronto Maple Leafs	34
19th	Drew Doughty – Los Angeles Kings	33
20th	Jake Gardiner – Toronto Maple Leafs	33
21st	Nikita Kucherov – Tampa Bay Lightning	33
22nd	Evgeny Kuznetsov – Washington Capitals	33
23rd	David Perron – Vegas Golden Knights	33
24th	Brad Marchand – Boston Bruins	33
25th	Brent Burns – San Jose Sharks	32
26th	Yanni Gourde – Tampa Bay Lightning	32
27th	Patrick Kane – Chicago Blackhawks	32
28th	David Pastrnak – Boston Bruins	32
29th	Mikko Rantanen – Colorado Avalanche	32
30th	Blake Wheeler – Winnipeg Jets	32
31st	Evgeni Malkin – Pittsburgh Penguins	32
32nd	Mikael Granlund – Minnesota Wild	32

2017 NHL Even Strength Assists Leaders

EVA Rank	Player	EVA
1st	Connor McDavid – Edmonton Oilers	45
2nd	Ryan Getzlaf – Anaheim Ducks	43
3rd	Henrik Zetterberg – Detroit Red Wings	40
4th	Mark Scheifele – Winnipeg Jets	40
5th	Patrick Kane – Chicago Blackhawks	39
6th	Nicklas Backstrom – Washington Capitals	36
7th	Artemi Panarin – Chicago Blackhawks	35
8th	Mats Zuccarello – New York Rangers	35
9th	Josh Bailey – New York Islanders	34
10th	Duncan Keith – Chicago Blackhawks	34
11th	Sidney Crosby – Pittsburgh Penguins	34
12th	Charlie Coyle – Minnesota Wild	33
13th	Nikolaj Ehlers – Winnipeg Jets	32
14th	Leon Draisaitl – Edmonton Oilers	31
15th	Blake Wheeler – Winnipeg Jets	31
16th	Johnny Gaudreau – Calgary Flames	31
17th	Jaden Schwartz – St. Louis Blues	30
18th	Nikita Kucherov – Tampa Bay Lightning	30
19th	Brent Burns – San Jose Sharks	29
20th	Evgeny Kuznetsov – Washington Capitals	29
21st	Mikael Granlund – Minnesota Wild	29
22nd	Brad Marchand – Boston Bruins	29
23rd	Jamie Benn – Dallas Stars	29
24th	Erik Karlsson – Ottawa Senators	29
25th	Gustav Nyquist – Detroit Red Wings	29
26th	Ryan Johansen – Nashville Predators	28
27th	J.T. Miller – New York Rangers	28
28th	Tyler Seguin – Dallas Stars	28
29th	Alex Ovechkin – Washington Capitals	27
30th	Brandon Saad – Columbus Blue Jackets	27
31st	Brady Skjei – New York Rangers	27
32nd	Victor Hedman – Tampa Bay Lightning	27

2016 NHL Even Strength Assists Leaders

EVA Rank	Player	EVA
1st	Evgeny Kuznetsov – Washington Capitals	44
2nd	Joe Thornton – San Jose Sharks	42
3rd	Erik Karlsson – Ottawa Senators	41
4th	Patrick Kane – Chicago Blackhawks	40
5th	Blake Wheeler – Winnipeg Jets	36
6th	Sidney Crosby – Pittsburgh Penguins	35
7th	Jussi Jokinen – Florida Panthers	34
8th	Anze Kopitar – Los Angeles Kings	34
9th	Johnny Gaudreau – Calgary Flames	33
10th	Jaromír Jágr – Florida Panthers	33
11th	Ryan Getzlaf – Anaheim Ducks	33
12th	Jamie Benn – Dallas Stars	32
13th	Taylor Hall – Edmonton Oilers	31
14th	Artemi Panarin – Chicago Blackhawks	31
15th	Mike Ribeiro – Nashville Predators	30
16th	Jonathan Huberdeau – Florida Panthers	30
17th	T.J. Brodie – Calgary Flames	30
18th	Milan Lucic – Los Angeles Kings	29
19th	Jeff Carter – Los Angeles Kings	29
20th	Henrik Sedin – Vancouver Canucks	29
21st	David Krejci – Boston Bruins	29
22nd	Mikko Koivu – Minnesota Wild	28
23rd	Tomas Plekanec – Montreal Canadiens	28
24th	Roman Josi – Nashville Predators	28
25th	Ryan Johansen – 2 Teams	28
26th	John Klingberg – Dallas Stars	28
27th	Leon Draisaitl – Edmonton Oilers	28
28th	Mark Scheifele – Winnipeg Jets	28
29th	Alex Goligoski – Dallas Stars	27
30th	Carl Soderberg – Colorado Avalanche	27
31st	Paul Stastny – St. Louis Blues	27
32nd	Andrei Markov – Montreal Canadiens	26

2015 NHL Even Strength Assists Leaders

EVA Rank	Player	EVA
1st	Ondrej Palat – Tampa Bay Lightning	38
2nd	Jamie Benn – Dallas Stars	37
3rd	Jakub Voracek – Philadelphia Flyers	37
4th	Mike Ribeiro – Nashville Predators	36
5th	Daniel Sedin – Vancouver Canucks	35
6th	Henrik Sedin – Vancouver Canucks	35
7th	Jiri Hudler – Calgary Flames	35
8th	Sidney Crosby – Pittsburgh Penguins	35
9th	Tyler Johnson – Tampa Bay Lightning	34
10th	Ryan Getzlaf – Anaheim Ducks	33
11th	P.K. Subban – Montreal Canadiens	32
12th	Joe Thornton – San Jose Sharks	31
13th	Nicklas Backstrom – Washington Capitals	30
14th	John Carlson – Washington Capitals	30
15th	Mark Stone – Ottawa Senators	30
16th	Anze Kopitar – Los Angeles Kings	30
17th	Matt Duchene – Colorado Avalanche	29
18th	John Tavares – New York Islanders	29
19th	Jussi Jokinen – Florida Panthers	29
20th	Derick Brassard – New York Rangers	29
21st	Derek Stepan – New York Rangers	29
22nd	Jeff Carter – Los Angeles Kings	28
23rd	Marián Hossa – Chicago Blackhawks	28
24th	Carl Soderberg – Boston Bruins	28
25th	Kyle Turris – Ottawa Senators	28
26th	Alex Pietrangelo – St. Louis Blues	28
27th	Mats Zuccarello – New York Rangers	28
28th	Gabriel Landeskog – Colorado Avalanche	27
29th	Ryan O’Reilly – Colorado Avalanche	27
30th	Andrew Ladd – Winnipeg Jets	27
31st	Tyson Barrie – Colorado Avalanche	27
32nd	Johnny Gaudreau – Calgary Flames	27

2014 NHL Even Strength Assists Leaders

EVA Rank	Player	EVA
1st	Joe Thornton – San Jose Sharks	47
2nd	Taylor Hall – Edmonton Oilers	42
3rd	Sidney Crosby – Pittsburgh Penguins	41
4th	Ryan Getzlaf – Anaheim Ducks	38
5th	Duncan Keith – Chicago Blackhawks	36
6th	Matt Duchene – Colorado Avalanche	35
7th	Gabriel Landeskog – Colorado Avalanche	34
8th	David Krejci – Boston Bruins	34
9th	Tyler Seguin – Dallas Stars	33
10th	Bryan Little – Winnipeg Jets	32
11th	Kyle Okposo – New York Islanders	32
12th	Jaromír Jágr – New Jersey Devils	31
13th	Phil Kessel – Toronto Maple Leafs	31
14th	Thomas Vanek – 2 Teams	31
15th	Nathan MacKinnon – Colorado Avalanche	30
16th	Blake Wheeler – Winnipeg Jets	30
17th	Jason Spezza – Ottawa Senators	30
18th	Patrick Sharp – Chicago Blackhawks	29
19th	Jamie Benn – Dallas Stars	29
20th	Corey Perry – Anaheim Ducks	29
21st	Claude Giroux – Philadelphia Flyers	28
22nd	Erik Karlsson – Ottawa Senators	28
23rd	Anze Kopitar – Los Angeles Kings	28
24th	Brent Seabrook – Chicago Blackhawks	28
25th	T.J. Oshie – St. Louis Blues	28
26th	Jonathan Toews – Chicago Blackhawks	28
27th	Brad Marchand – Boston Bruins	27
28th	Eric Staal – Carolina Hurricanes	27
29th	Mats Zuccarello – New York Rangers	27
30th	Tyler Bozak – Toronto Maple Leafs	27
31st	Ondrej Palat – Tampa Bay Lightning	26
32nd	Alex Pietrangelo – St. Louis Blues	26