most assists by a rookie defenseman in an nhl season

Larry Murphy has the most assists by a rookie defenseman, with 60 assists in 1980-81.

	NAME	A	SEASON	TM	GP	G	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Larry Murphy L. Murphy	60	1980-81	LAK	80	16	76	+16	79	5	27	1	3	0		153	10.5
2	Lane Hutson L. Hutson	57	2024-25	MTL	74	5	62	-6	34	1	24	0	0	0	0	83	6.0	0	0	39	110	51	93	22:40
3	Chris Chelios C. Chelios	55	1984-85	MTL	74	9	64	+10	87	2	30	1	3	0	0	200	4.5
4	Gary Suter G. Suter	50	1985-86	CGY	80	18	68	+11	141	9	30	0	1	4	0	195	9.2
5	Stefan Persson S. Persson	50	1977-78	NYI	66	6	56	+19	54	3	32	0	0	0		77	7.8
6	Nicklas Lidstrom N. Lidstrom	49	1991-92	DET	80	11	60	+36	22	5	26	0	1	1	0	168	6.5
7	Brian Leetch B. Leetch	48	1988-89	NYR	68	23	71	+8	50	8	23	3	1	1	0	268	8.6
8	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	48	1979-80	BOS	80	17	65	+52	73	3	24	2	0	1		185	9.2
9	Phil Housley P. Housley	47	1982-83	BUF	77	19	66	-4	39	11	23	0	0	2		183	10.4
10	Quinn Hughes Q. Hughes	45	2019-20	VAN	68	8	53	-11	22	3	22	0	0	2	1	126	6.3	0	0	7	46	35	60	21:53
11	Moritz Seider M. Seider	43	2021-22	DET	82	7	50	-9	34	2	19	0	2	4	2	187	3.7	0	0	151	161	41	48	23:02
12	Dale Tallon D. Tallon	42	1970-71	VAN	78	14	56	-25	58	5	12	0	0	1		232	6.0
13	Reed Larson R. Larson	41	1977-78	DET	75	19	60	-8	95	7	23	1	2	4		240	7.9
14	Bryan Berard B. Berard	40	1996-97	NYI	82	8	48	+1	86	3	17	0	0	1	1	172	4.7
15	Janne Niinimaa J. Niinimaa	40	1996-97	PHI	77	4	44	+12	58	1	23	0	0	2	0	141	2.8
16	Brock Faber B. Faber	39	2023-24	MIN	82	8	47	-1	26	3	13	0	0	1	0	136	5.9	0	0	65	150	15	35	24:58
17	Will Butcher W. Butcher	39	2017-18	NJD	81	5	44	+1	8	3	20	0	0	1	0	88	5.7	0	0	21	62	20	36	16:04
18	Luke Hughes L. Hughes	38	2023-24	NJD	82	9	47	-25	28	4	21	0	0	1	1	135	6.7	0	0	24	55	42	69	21:28
19	Cale Makar C. Makar	38	2019-20	COL	57	12	50	+12	12	4	15	0	0	4	0	121	9.9	0	0	45	47	34	40	21:00
20	Vladimir Malakhov V. Malakhov	38	1992-93	NYI	64	14	52	+14	59	7	15	0	0	0	0	178	7.9
21	Calle Johansson C. Johansson	38	1987-88	BUF	71	4	42	+12	37	2	18	0	1	0	0	93	4.3
22	Reijo Ruotsalainen R. Ruotsalainen	38	1981-82	NYR	78	18	56	+18	27	7	14	0	0	3		247	7.3
23	Dave Babych D. Babych	38	1980-81	WIN	69	6	44	-62	90	3	17	0	2	0		209	2.9
24	Paul Reinhart P. Reinhart	38	1979-80	AFM	79	9	47	+11	31	4	14	0	0	1		130	6.9
25	Barry Beck B. Beck	38	1977-78	CLR	75	22	60	-14	89	6	18	0	1	4		271	8.1