NHL & WHA Career Playoff Leaders and Records for Assists

Playoff Leaders and Records: Single Season ▪ Career ▪ Active ▪ Yearly ▪ Progressive

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

NHL Leaders

Rank	Player	A
1.	Wayne Gretzky*	260
2.	Mark Messier*	186
3.	Raymond Bourque*	139
4.	Paul Coffey*	137
5.	Doug Gilmour	128
6.	Jari Kurri*	127
7.	Sergei Fedorov	124
8.	Glenn Anderson*	121
	Al MacInnis*	121
10.	Nicklas Lidstrom	119
11.	Larry Robinson*	116
12.	Steve Yzerman*	115
	Larry Murphy*	115
14.	Adam Oates	114
15.	Bryan Trottier*	113
	Chris Chelios	113
17.	Denis Savard*	109
18.	Denis Potvin*	108
19.	Peter Forsberg	107
20.	Joe Sakic	104
	Jaromir Jagr	104
22.	Jean Beliveau*	97
	Ron Francis*	97
24.	Mario Lemieux*	96
	Bobby Smith	96
26.	Sergei Zubov	93
27.	Scott Stevens*	92
	Gordie Howe*	92
29.	Stan Mikita*	91
30.	Brad Park*	90
31.	Mike Modano	87
	Brett Hull*	87
33.	Craig Janney	86
34.	Brian Propp	84
35.	Henri Richard*	80
	Chris Pronger	80
37.	Claude Lemieux	78
	Jacques Lemaire*	78
39.	Bobby Clarke*	77
	Ken Linseman	77
41.	Phil Esposito*	76
	Dale Hunter	76
	Guy Lafleur*	76
44.	John Tonelli	75
	Mike Bossy*	75
	Steve Larmer	75
47.	Brendan Shanahan	74
48.	Patrik Elias	73
	Scott Niedermayer	73
	Mark Recchi	73
51.	Bernie Nicholls	72
	Peter Stastny*	72
53.	Brian Bellows	71
54.	Geoff Courtnall	70
	Gilbert Perreault*	70
56.	Brian Leetch*	69
	Alex Delvecchio*	69
	Jeremy Roenick	69
	Luc Robitaille*	69
	Dale Hawerchuk*	69
61.	Igor Larionov*	67
	Sandis Ozolinsh	67
	Bobby Hull*	67
	Frank Mahovlich*	67
65.	Jean Ratelle*	66
	Charlie Huddy	66
	Bernie Federko*	66
	Bobby Orr*	66
69.	Trevor Linden	65
70.	Doug Harvey*	64
	Dickie Moore*	64
72.	Neal Broten	63
	Vincent Damphousse	63
	Yvan Cournoyer*	63
75.	John Bucyk*	62
	Pierre Turgeon	62
	Brian Rafalski	62
78.	Doug Wilson	61
	Steve Duchesne	61
	Gary Roberts	61
81.	Esa Tikkanen	60
	Rod Brind'Amour	60
	Rick Tocchet	60
	Bernie Geoffrion*	60
	Kevin Stevens	60
86.	Red Kelly*	59
87.	Bobby Rousseau	57
	Mats Naslund	57
	Wayne Cashman	57
	Eric Desjardins	57
	Cliff Ronning	57
92.	Gary Suter	56
	Bob Bourne	56
94.	Rick Middleton	55
	Guy Carbonneau	55
	Bill Barber*	55
97.	Scott Gomez	54
	Dave Andreychuk	54
	Paul Reinhart	54
	Joe Juneau	54
	Alex Kovalev	54
102.	Pierre Pilote*	53
	Norm Ullman*	53
	Steve Thomas	53
	Rick MacLeish	53
106.	Jamie Langenbrunner	52
107.	Mark Howe	51
	J.C. Tremblay	51
109.	Mike Ridley	50
	Mike Gartner*	50
	Stefan Persson	50
	Joe Nieuwendyk	50
	Butch Goring	50
114.	Serge Savard*	49
	Dick Duff*	49
	Shayne Corson	49
	Doug Weight	49
	Brad Maxwell	49
	Ted Lindsay*	49
	Sergei Gonchar	49
	Tomas Sandstrom	49
122.	Steve Shutt*	48
	John MacLean	48
	Bob Gainey*	48
	Kevin Lowe	48
126.	Gordie Roberts	47
	Clark Gillies*	47
	Alexander Mogilny	47
	Darryl Sydor	47
	John LeClair	47
	Joel Otto	47
	Ken Hodge	47
133.	Brian Skrudland	46
	Rob Blake	46
	Joe Mullen*	46
	Dave Ellett	46
137.	Marian Hossa	45
	Jeff Brown	45
	Theoren Fleury	45
	Elmer Lach*	45
	Petr Svoboda	45
	Stephane Richer	45
	Dino Ciccarelli	45
	Darryl Sittler*	45
145.	Bob Nystrom	44
	Mats Sundin	44
	Maurice Richard*	44
	Martin Straka	44
	Russ Courtnall	44
	Brent Sutter	44
	Guy Lapointe*	44
152.	Bert Olmstead*	43
	Murray Craven	43
	Mike Ricci	43
	Phil Housley	43
	Mathieu Schneider	43
	Calle Johansson	43
	Tomas Holmstrom	43
	Joe Murphy	43
	Mike Krushelnyski	43
	Scott Young	43
162.	Peter McNab	42
	Milan Hejduk	42
	Rob Ramage	42
	Pete Mahovlich	42
	Terry O'Reilly	42
	Dave Poulin	42
168.	Dave Babych	41
	Jude Drouin	41
	Brad Richards	41
	Kent Nilsson	41
	Chris Drury	41
	Joe Thornton	41
	Fleming MacKell	41
	Steve Smith	41
	Pavel Datsyuk	41
177.	Gregg Sheppard	40
	Lanny McDonald*	40
	Carol Vadnais	40
	Alex Tanguay	40
	Adam Deadmarsh	40
	Bruce Driver	40
	Mike Keane	40
184.	Pat Stapleton	39
	Michel Goulet*	39
	Mel Bridgman	39
	Bobby Holik	39
	Peter Zezel	39
	Keith Primeau	39
	Tim Horton*	39
	Sidney Crosby	39
	Doug Crossman	39
193.	Claude Provost	38
	Tom Lysiak	38
	Evgeni Malkin	38
	Bob Carpenter	38
	Randy Gregg	38
	Craig MacTavish	38
199.	Toe Blake*	37
	Teemu Selanne	37
	Henrik Zetterberg	37
	Ed Westfall	37
	Petr Sykora	37
	Doug Risebrough	37
	Borje Salming*	37
	Vyacheslav Kozlov	37
	Bob Murray	37
	Kevin Hatcher	37
	Glen Wesley	37
	Daniel Alfredsson	37
211.	Jason Woolley	36
	Dave Keon*	36
	Jason Arnott	36
	Mike McEwen	36
	Chico Maki	36
	Pat Verbeek	36
	Kirk Muller	36
	Michal Pivonka	36
	Pat LaFontaine*	36
	Doug Mohns	36
	Pelle Eklund	36
	Allan Stanley*	36
223.	Valeri Kamensky	35
	Jyrki Lumme	35
	Ryan Walter	35
	Don Maloney	35
	Pavel Bure	35
	Steve Payne	35
	Wade Redden	35
	Fred Stanfield	35
231.	Bill Cowley*	34
	Bob Dailey	34
	Rejean Houle	34
	Dennis Hull	34
	Randy Burridge	34
	George Armstrong*	34
	Al Secord	34
	Pierre Larouche	34
	Adam Foote	34
	Mario Marois	34
	Jim Pappin	34
	Danny Briere	34
	Jimmy Watson	34
	Kelly Miller	34
245.	Martin Gelinas	33
	Rod Gilbert*	33
	Tony Amonte	33
	Bobby Schmautz	33
	Dave Taylor	33
	Eric Lindros	33
	Greg Gilbert	33

WHA Leaders

Rank	Player	A
1.	Ulf Nilsson	53
2.	Mark Howe	51
3.	Poul Popiel	47
4.	Serge Bernier	46
5.	Larry Lund	45
6.	Gordie Howe*	43
7.	Bobby Hull*	37
8.	Terry Ruskowski	36
9.	Christian Bordeleau	34
10.	Rick Ley	33
	Jim Dorey	33
12.	Marc Tardif	32
	Peter Sullivan	32
14.	Real Cloutier	30
15.	Andre Lacroix	29
16.	Anders Hedberg	28
	Gord Labossiere	28
18.	Tom Webster	26
19.	John French	25
	John Schella	25
	Mike Ford	25
22.	Dave Keon*	23
	J.C. Tremblay	23
24.	Rich Preston	22
	Willy Lindstrom	22
	Lars-Erik Sjoberg	22
	Larry Pleau	22
	Rosaire Paiement	22
29.	Wayne Carleton	21
	Pat Stapleton	21
	Blair MacDonald	21
	Tim Sheehy	21
	Ted Taylor	21
	Mike Rogers	21
35.	Mike Antonovich	20
	Gordie Roberts	20
37.	Kent Nilsson	19
	Gavin Kirk	19
	Bobby Guindon	19
	Norm Beaudin	19
41.	Paul Shmyr	18
	Ralph Backstrom	18
	Ray Adduono	18
	Dan Labraaten	18
45.	George Morrison	17
	Murray Hall	17
47.	Frank Hughes	16
	Andre Hinse	16
	Ted Green	16
50.	Kevin Morrison	15
	Ron Plumb	15
	Wayne Connelly	15
	Ron Chipperfield	15
	Fran Huck	15
	Larry Hale	15
	John McKenzie	15
	Paulin Bordeleau	15
	Garry Lariviere	15
	Mike Walton	15

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