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NHL Career Leaders and Records for Assists

Leaders and Records: Season / Career / Active / Yearly

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Active players are listed in bold.
Members of the Hockey Hall of Fame are marked with an asterisk (*).

RankPlayerA
1.Wayne Gretzky*1963
2.Ron Francis*1249
3.Mark Messier*1193
4.Raymond Bourque*1169
5.Paul Coffey*1135
6.Adam Oates1079
7.Steve Yzerman1063
8.Gordie Howe*1049
9.Marcel Dionne*1040
10.Mario Lemieux*1033
11.Joe Sakic1006
12.Doug Gilmour964
13.Jaromir Jagr953
14.Al MacInnis*934
15.Larry Murphy*929
16.Stan Mikita*926
17.Bryan Trottier*901
18.Phil Housley894
19.Dale Hawerchuk*891
20.Phil Esposito*873
21.Denis Savard*865
22.Mark Recchi859
23.Bobby Clarke*852
24.Alex Delvecchio*825
25.Gilbert Perreault*814
26.John Bucyk*813
27.Pierre Turgeon812
28.Jari Kurri*797
29.Guy Lafleur*793
30.Peter Stastny*789
31.Brian Leetch781
32.Jean Ratelle*776
33.Vincent Damphousse773
34.Mats Sundin766
35.Chris Chelios763
36.Bernie Federko*761
37.Mike Modano755
38.Larry Robinson*750
39.Denis Potvin*742
40.Norm Ullman*739
41.Bernie Nicholls734
42.Nicklas Lidstrom726
 Luc Robitaille726
44.Scott Stevens*712
 Jean Beliveau*712
46.Doug Weight704
47.Dave Andreychuk698
48.Dale Hunter697
49.Jeremy Roenick694
50.Brendan Shanahan690
51.Henri Richard*688
52.Rod Brind'Amour687
53.Brad Park*683
54.Bobby Smith679
55.Sergei Fedorov674
56.Brett Hull650
57.Bobby Orr*645
58.Gary Suter641
59.Dave Taylor638
60.Darryl Sittler*637
 Borje Salming*637
62.Peter Forsberg636
63.Neal Broten634
64.Theoren Fleury633
65.Mike Gartner*627
66.Andy Bathgate*624
67.Sergei Zubov615
 Rod Gilbert*615
69.Teemu Selanne606
70.Michel Goulet*604
71.Kirk Muller602
72.Glenn Anderson601
73.Dino Ciccarelli592
74.Dave Keon*590
 Doug Wilson590
76.Dave Babych581
77.Brian Propp579
78.Steve Larmer571
79.Frank Mahovlich*570
80.Craig Janney563
 Cliff Ronning563
82.Joe Nieuwendyk562
83.Joe Mullen*561
84.Bobby Hull*560
85.Alexander Mogilny559
86.Mike Bossy*553
 Thomas Steen553
88.Tom Lysiak551
 Ken Linseman551
90.Paul Kariya549
91.Mark Howe545
 Pat LaFontaine*545
93.Red Kelly*542
94.Pat Verbeek541
95.Rick Middleton540
96.Brian Bellows537
97.Andrew Cassels528
98.Steve Duchesne525
99.Dennis Maruk522
100.Daniel Alfredsson516
 Wayne Cashman516
 Joe Thornton516
103.Butch Goring513
104.Steve Thomas512
 Rick Tocchet512
106.John Tonelli511
107.Alex Kovalev508
108.Lanny McDonald*506
109.Teppo Numminen505
 Ivan Boldirev505
111.Randy Carlyle499
112.Eric Lindros493
 Murray Craven493
114.Trevor Linden492
115.James Patrick490
 Ray Ferraro490
 Mathieu Schneider490
118.Pete Mahovlich485
 Pit Martin485
 Scott Niedermayer485
121.Keith Tkachuk484
 Tony Amonte484
123.Jozef Stumpel481
124.Rob Blake479
125.Scott Mellanby476
126.Garry Galley475
 Igor Larionov475
128.Ted Lindsay*472
 Ken Hodge472
130.Alex Zhamnov470
131.Dean Prentice469
 Gary Roberts469
 Jacques Lemaire*469
134.Phil Goyette467
135.Brent Sutter466
 Mike Ridley466
137.Bill Barber*463
 Reed Larson463
139.Tomas Sandstrom462
 Doug Mohns462
141.Martin Straka460
142.Wilf Paiement458
 Bobby Rousseau458
144.Ray Whitney455
145.Murray Oliver454
146.Ed Olczyk452
 Doug Harvey*452
 Markus Naslund452
149.Guy Lapointe*451
 Walt Tkaczuk451
151.Peter McNab450
 Kevin Hatcher450
153.Mel Bridgman449
154.Russ Courtnall447
155.Michael Nylander446
156.Alexei Yashin444
157.Eric Desjardins439
 Jason Arnott439
159.Bill Gadsby*438
160.Yvan Cournoyer*435
161.Fredrik Olausson434
162.Dave Christian433
163.Geoff Courtnall432
164.Ron Greschner431
165.Jeff Brown430
 Sergei Gonchar430
167.Bernie Geoffrion*429
 Vyacheslav Kozlov429
 John MacLean429
 Kelly Kisio429
171.Chris Pronger427
 Pierre Larouche427
173.Owen Nolan426
 Paul Reinhart426
175.Rob Ramage425
 John Ogrodnick425
177.Syl Apps423
178.Kent Nilsson422
 Doug Bodger422
180.Maurice Richard*421
 Bert Olmstead*421
182.Craig Ramsay420
 Shayne Corson420
184.Bob Nevin419
 Dan Quinn419
186.Michal Pivonka418
 Carol Vadnais418
 Pavol Demitra418
 Pierre Pilote*418
 Rene Robert418
191.George Armstrong*417
192.Joe Juneau416
 Saku Koivu416
 Bobby Holik416
 Calle Johansson416
 Barry Pederson416
197.Dave Ellett415
 Scott Young415
199.John LeClair413
200.Stan Smyl411
201.Rick MacLeish410
202.Glen Wesley409
203.Elmer Lach*408
 Bob Carpenter408
205.Petr Nedved407
206.Claude Lemieux406
207.Fred Stanfield405
 Kevin Dineen405
 Marc Savard405
210.Guy Carbonneau403
 Tim Horton*403
212.Terry O'Reilly402
213.Robert Lang401
 Dave Gagner401
215.Stephane Richer398
216.Kevin Stevens397
 Red Berenson397
 Sandis Ozolinsh397
219.Rick Kehoe396
220.Roman Hamrlik395
221.Ed Westfall394
222.Steve Shutt*393
223.Walt McKechnie392
224.Garry Unger391
225.Bruce Driver390
226.Peter Zezel389
 Darryl Sydor389
 Peter Bondra389
 Vic Hadfield389
230.Jarome Iginla388
 Greg Adams388
 Scott Gomez388
233.Esa Tikkanen386
234.Anton Stastny384
 Ziggy Palffy384
 Thomas Gradin384
237.Mats Naslund383
 Jean Pronovost383
239.Bob Murray382
 Ryan Walter382
241.Clark Gillies*378
 Robert Reichel378
243.Bryan Smolinski377
244.Bill Guerin376
245.Vaclav Prospal375
 Alexei Zhitnik375
247.Ron Stackhouse372
 Mike Foligno372
249.Martin Rucinsky371
250.Guy Chouinard370