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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. Nicklas Lidstrom 129
6. Doug Gilmour* 128
7. Jari Kurri* 127
8. Sergei Fedorov 124
9. Glenn Anderson* 121
  Al MacInnis* 121
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. Jaromir Jagr 104
  Joe Sakic 104
22. Jean Beliveau* 97
  Ron Francis* 97
24. Mario Lemieux* 96
  Bobby Smith 96
26. Chris Pronger 95
27. Sergei Zubov 93
28. Scott Stevens* 92
  Gordie Howe* 92
30. Stan Mikita* 91
31. Brad Park* 90
32. Mike Modano 88
33. Brett Hull* 87
34. Craig Janney 86
  Mark Recchi 86
36. Brian Propp 84
37. Henri Richard* 80
38. Jacques Lemaire* 78
  Claude Lemieux 78
40. Patrik Elias 77
  Ken Linseman 77
  Bobby Clarke* 77
43. Dale Hunter 76
  Guy Lafleur* 76
  Phil Esposito* 76
46. John Tonelli 75
  Steve Larmer 75
  Mike Bossy* 75
49. Brendan Shanahan 74
50. Scott Niedermayer 73
51. Bernie Nicholls 72
  Peter Stastny* 72
53. Brian Bellows 71
  Brian Rafalski 71
55. Gilbert Perreault* 70
  Geoff Courtnall 70
  Scott Gomez 70
58. Jeremy Roenick 69
  Alex Delvecchio* 69
  Brian Leetch* 69
  Dale Hawerchuk* 69
  Luc Robitaille* 69
63. Bobby Hull* 67
  Frank Mahovlich* 67
  Igor Larionov* 67
  Sandis Ozolinsh 67
67. Bernie Federko* 66
  Bobby Orr* 66
  Jean Ratelle* 66
  Charlie Huddy 66
71. Trevor Linden 65
72. Joe Thornton 64
  Dickie Moore* 64
  Doug Harvey* 64
75. Yvan Cournoyer* 63
  Neal Broten 63
  Vincent Damphousse 63
78. John Bucyk* 62
  Pierre Turgeon 62
80. Doug Wilson 61
  Steve Duchesne 61
  Gary Roberts 61
  Marian Hossa 61
84. Bernie Geoffrion* 60
  Kevin Stevens 60
  Esa Tikkanen 60
  Rod Brind'Amour 60
  Rick Tocchet 60
89. Red Kelly* 59
  Sergei Gonchar 59
  Pavel Datsyuk 59
92. Cliff Ronning 57
  Wayne Cashman 57
  Eric Desjardins 57
  Mats Naslund 57
  Bobby Rousseau 57
97. Gary Suter 56
  Bob Bourne 56
99. Bill Barber* 55
  Rick Middleton 55
  Alex Kovalev 55
  Guy Carbonneau 55
103. Danny Briere 54
  Dave Andreychuk 54
  Paul Reinhart 54
  Joe Juneau 54
107. Steve Thomas 53
  Rick MacLeish 53
  Pierre Pilote* 53
  Norm Ullman* 53
  Jamie Langenbrunner 53
112. Sidney Crosby 52
113. J.C. Tremblay 51
  Mark Howe* 51
115. Stefan Persson 50
  Tomas Holmstrom 50
  Joe Nieuwendyk* 50
  Butch Goring 50
  Mike Ridley 50
  Henrik Zetterberg 50
  Mike Gartner* 50
122. Doug Weight 49
  Brad Maxwell 49
  Ted Lindsay* 49
  Tomas Sandstrom 49
  Serge Savard* 49
  Dick Duff* 49
  Shayne Corson 49
129. Bob Gainey* 48
  John MacLean 48
  Steve Shutt* 48
  Kevin Lowe 48
133. John LeClair 47
  Darryl Sydor 47
  Alexander Mogilny 47
  Clark Gillies* 47
  Gordie Roberts 47
  Joel Otto 47
  Ken Hodge 47
  Rob Blake 47
141. Henrik Sedin 46
  Dave Ellett 46
  Brian Skrudland 46
  Joe Mullen* 46
145. Dan Boyle 45
  Dino Ciccarelli* 45
  Darryl Sittler* 45
  Jeff Brown 45
  Theoren Fleury 45
  Elmer Lach* 45
  Petr Svoboda 45
  Stephane Richer 45
153. Martin Straka 44
  Russ Courtnall 44
  Brent Sutter 44
  Guy Lapointe* 44
  Bob Nystrom 44
  Evgeni Malkin 44
  Mats Sundin 44
  Maurice Richard* 44
161. Daniel Alfredsson 43
  Mathieu Schneider 43
  Calle Johansson 43
  Joe Murphy 43
  Mike Krushelnyski 43
  Scott Young 43
  Bert Olmstead* 43
  Murray Craven 43
  Mike Ricci 43
  Phil Housley 43
171. Chris Drury 42
  Dany Heatley 42
  Terry O'Reilly 42
  Dave Poulin 42
  Peter McNab 42
  Milan Hejduk 42
  Rob Ramage 42
  Pete Mahovlich 42
179. Kent Nilsson 41
  Fleming MacKell 41
  Steve Smith 41
  Dave Babych 41
  Jude Drouin 41
  Brad Richards 41
  Jason Arnott 41
186. Alex Tanguay 40
  Adam Deadmarsh 40
  Bruce Driver 40
  Mike Keane 40
  Gregg Sheppard 40
  Lanny McDonald* 40
  Carol Vadnais 40
193. Mel Bridgman 39
  Bobby Holik 39
  Peter Zezel 39
  Keith Primeau 39
  Tim Horton* 39
  Doug Crossman 39
  Michel Goulet* 39
  Pat Stapleton 39
  Daniel Sedin 39
202. Craig MacTavish 38
  Claude Provost 38
  Tom Lysiak 38
  Teemu Selanne 38
  Bob Carpenter 38
  Randy Gregg 38
  Saku Koivu 38
209. Doug Risebrough 37
  Vyacheslav Kozlov 37
  Bob Murray 37
  Kevin Hatcher 37
  Glen Wesley 37
  Borje Salming* 37
  Toe Blake* 37
  Ed Westfall 37
  Petr Sykora 37
218. Allan Stanley* 36
  Patrick Marleau 36
  Michal Pivonka 36
  Pat Verbeek 36
  Pavol Demitra 36
  Pelle Eklund 36
  Doug Mohns 36
  Pat LaFontaine* 36
  Mike McEwen 36
  Kirk Muller 36
  Dave Keon* 36
  Jason Woolley 36
  Chico Maki 36
231. Steve Payne 35
  Johan Franzen 35
  Adam Foote 35
  Pavel Bure 35
  Martin St. Louis 35
  Wade Redden 35
  Fred Stanfield 35
  Ryan Getzlaf 35
  Bill Guerin 35
  Valeri Kamensky 35
  Jyrki Lumme 35
  Ryan Walter 35
  Don Maloney 35
244. Niklas Kronwall 34
  Kelly Miller 34
  Jimmy Watson 34
  Jim Pappin 34
  Mario Marois 34
  George Armstrong* 34
  Randy Burridge 34
  Dennis Hull 34
  Rejean Houle 34
  Bob Dailey 34
  Bill Cowley* 34
  Roman Hamrlik 34
  Al Secord 34
  Mike Richards 34
  Pierre Larouche 34

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. Gord Labossiere 28
  Anders Hedberg 28
18. Tom Webster 26
19. John Schella 25
  Mike Ford 25
  John French 25
22. Dave Keon* 23
  J.C. Tremblay 23
24. Willy Lindstrom 22
  Rosaire Paiement 22
  Larry Pleau 22
  Lars-Erik Sjoberg 22
  Rich Preston 22
29. Mike Rogers 21
  Ted Taylor 21
  Tim Sheehy 21
  Wayne Carleton 21
  Pat Stapleton 21
  Blair MacDonald 21
35. Gordie Roberts 20
  Mike Antonovich 20
37. Norm Beaudin 19
  Gavin Kirk 19
  Kent Nilsson 19
  Bobby Guindon 19
41. Ray Adduono 18
  Paul Shmyr 18
  Ralph Backstrom 18
  Dan Labraaten 18
45. Murray Hall 17
  George Morrison 17
47. Frank Hughes 16
  Andre Hinse 16
  Ted Green 16
50. Kevin Morrison 15
  Fran Huck 15
  Ron Plumb 15
  Wayne Connelly 15
  Paulin Bordeleau 15
  Garry Lariviere 15
  John McKenzie 15
  Mike Walton 15
  Larry Hale 15
  Ron Chipperfield 15