| Rank | Player | Team | Assists |
| 1 | N. Backstrom | WSH | 68 |
| 2 | A. Ovechkin | WSH | 59 |
| 3 | M. Green | WSH | 57 |
| 4 | A. Semin | CAR | 44 |
| 5 | B. Laich | WSH | 34 |
| 6 | B. Morrison | 30 | |
| 7 | T. Fleischmann | FLA | 28 |
| 8 | M. Knuble | PHI | 24 |
| 9 | T. Poti | WSH | 20 |
| 10 | J. Schultz | WSH | 20 |
| 11 | E. Fehr | WSH | 18 |
| 12 | M. Bradley | 14 | |
| 13 | D. Steckel | ANA | 11 |
| 14 | C. Clark | 11 | |
| 15 | S. Morrisonn | 11 | |
| 16 | J. Chimera | WSH | 10 |
| 17 | B. Pothier | 7 | |
| 18 | B. Gordon | PHX | 6 |
| 19 | M. Perreault | WSH | 5 |
| 20 | J. Erskine | WSH | 5 |