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NHL & WHA Career Leaders and Records for Assists Per Game

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

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NHL Leaders

Rank Player A/G
1. Wayne Gretzky* 1.320
2. Mario Lemieux* 1.129
3. Bobby Orr* 0.982
4. Peter Forsberg 0.898
5. Sidney Crosby 0.874
6. Peter Stastny* 0.808
7. Adam Oates 0.807
8. Paul Coffey* 0.805
9. Marcel Dionne* 0.771
10. Kent Nilsson 0.763
11. Bernie Federko* 0.761
12. Dale Hawerchuk* 0.750
13. Bobby Clarke* 0.745
14. Jaromir Jagr 0.742
15. Craig Janney 0.741
16. Joe Sakic 0.737
17. Mike Bossy* 0.735
18. Raymond Bourque* 0.725
19. Denis Savard* 0.723
20. Ron Francis* 0.722
21. Bryan Trottier* 0.705
22. Guy Lafleur* 0.704
23. Steve Yzerman* 0.702
24. Denis Potvin* 0.700
25. Joe Thornton 0.697
26. Gilbert Perreault* 0.683
27. Phil Esposito* 0.681
28. Mark Messier* 0.679
29. Stan Mikita* 0.664
30. Al MacInnis* 0.660
31. Paul Reinhart 0.657
32. Pavel Datsyuk 0.657
33. Ryan Getzlaf 0.655
  Mike Rogers 0.655
35. Doug Gilmour* 0.654
36. Bernie Nicholls 0.651
37. Eric Lindros 0.649
38. Brian Leetch* 0.648
39. Bill Cowley* 0.643
40. Henrik Sedin 0.642
41. Ken Linseman 0.641
42. Jason Spezza 0.640
43. Guy Chouinard 0.640
44. Jari Kurri* 0.637
45. Alex Ovechkin 0.633
46. Jean Beliveau* 0.633
47. Bobby Smith 0.630
48. Pat LaFontaine* 0.630
49. Pierre Turgeon 0.627
50. Brad Richards 0.627
51. Marc Savard 0.618
52. Elmer Lach* 0.615
53. Brad Park* 0.614
54. Doug Weight 0.610
55. Jean Ratelle* 0.606
56. Jason Allison 0.600
  Tom Lysiak 0.600
58. Phil Housley 0.598
59. Gordie Howe* 0.594
60. Paul Kariya 0.594
61. Barry Pederson 0.593
62. Daniel Alfredsson 0.592
63. Anton Stastny 0.591
64. Mats Naslund 0.588
65. Dennis Maruk 0.588
66. Mark Howe* 0.587
67. John Cullen 0.585
68. Theoren Fleury 0.584
69. Andy Bathgate* 0.584
70. Mats Sundin 0.583
71. Alex Zhamnov 0.582
72. Thomas Steen 0.582
73. Syl Apps 0.582
74. Darryl Sittler* 0.581
75. Sergei Zubov 0.580
76. Mark Recchi 0.579
  Scott Gomez 0.579
78. Rod Gilbert* 0.578
79. Neal Broten 0.577
80. Doug Wilson 0.576
81. Jeff Brown 0.576
82. Larry Murphy* 0.575
83. Dave Taylor 0.574
84. Doug Bentley* 0.572
85. Bengt-Ake Gustafsson 0.571
86. Brian Propp 0.570
87. Martin St. Louis 0.569
88. Steve Larmer 0.568
89. Thomas Gradin 0.567
90. Ales Hemsky 0.566
91. Alexander Mogilny 0.565
92. Pelle Eklund 0.564
93. Kelly Kisio 0.564
94. Nicklas Lidstrom 0.564
95. Alex Tanguay 0.563
96. Rene Robert 0.562
97. Ziggy Palffy 0.561
98. Vincent Damphousse 0.561
99. Gary Suter 0.560
  Teemu Selanne 0.560
101. Sergei Fedorov 0.558
102. Borje Salming* 0.555
103. Michel Goulet* 0.555
104. Henrik Zetterberg 0.553
105. Craig Hartsburg 0.553
106. Jacques Lemaire* 0.550
107. Pete Mahovlich 0.549
108. Pavol Demitra 0.548
  Henri Richard* 0.548
110. Patrik Sundstrom 0.543
111. Tim Young 0.543
112. Mike Modano 0.542
113. Larry Robinson* 0.542
114. Saku Koivu 0.540
115. Mike Ridley 0.538
116. Rick Middleton 0.537
117. Ken Hodge 0.536
118. Alex Delvecchio* 0.533
119. Glenn Anderson* 0.532
120. Dany Heatley 0.532
121. Joe Mullen* 0.528
122. John Bucyk* 0.528
123. Bobby Hull* 0.527
124. Pierre Larouche 0.526
125. Norm Ullman* 0.524
126. Brian Rafalski 0.523
127. Alexei Yashin 0.522
128. Dan Quinn 0.520
129. Andrew Cassels 0.520
130. Charlie Simmer 0.518
131. Mike Ribeiro 0.517
132. Jeremy Roenick 0.516
133. Igor Larionov* 0.516
134. Ray Whitney 0.515
135. Daniel Sedin 0.515
136. Dennis Hextall 0.514
137. Andre Boudrias 0.514
138. Bill Barber* 0.513
139. Brett Hull* 0.512
  Reed Larson 0.512
141. Michael Nylander 0.511
142. Guy Lapointe* 0.510
143. Stefan Persson 0.510
144. Patrik Elias 0.507
145. Luc Robitaille* 0.507
146. Michal Pivonka 0.507
147. Ian Turnbull 0.505
148. Jozef Stumpel 0.503
149. Joe Juneau 0.502
  Wayne Cashman 0.502
151. Tom Kurvers 0.498
152. John Tonelli 0.497
153. Terry Ruskowski 0.497
154. Bert Olmstead* 0.496
155. Phil Goyette 0.496
156. Marian Hossa 0.496
157. Dale Hunter 0.495
158. Cliff Ronning 0.495
159. Eric Staal 0.495
160. Rod Brind'Amour 0.493
161. Brian Bradley 0.493
162. Martin Havlat 0.488
163. Tomas Kaberle 0.487
164. Pavel Bure 0.487
165. Steve Vickers 0.487
166. Bobby Rousseau 0.486
  Dave Babych 0.486
168. Bernie Geoffrion* 0.486
169. Paul MacLean 0.485
170. Rick MacLeish 0.485
171. Wilf Paiement 0.484
172. Ilya Kovalchuk 0.483
173. Dickie Moore* 0.483
  Frank Mahovlich* 0.483
175. Martin Straka 0.482
176. Dino Ciccarelli* 0.480
177. Ivan Boldirev 0.480
178. Walt Tkaczuk 0.477
179. Tom Fergus 0.477
180. Sergei Gonchar 0.476
181. Mike Bullard 0.475
182. Randy Carlyle 0.473
183. Ted Kennedy* 0.473
184. Valeri Kamensky 0.472
185. Steve Duchesne 0.472
  Peter McNab 0.472
  Vincent Lecavalier 0.472
188. Tomas Sandstrom 0.470
189. Pierre Pilote* 0.470
190. Jarome Iginla 0.469
191. Tim Kerr 0.464
192. Chris Pronger 0.464
193. Bob MacMillan 0.464
194. Butch Goring 0.463
195. Rick Martin 0.463
196. Chris Chelios 0.462
197. Vinny Prospal 0.462
198. Murray Craven 0.460
199. Mel Bridgman 0.460
200. Stan Smyl 0.459
201. Jude Drouin 0.458
  Brendan Shanahan 0.458
  John Ogrodnick 0.458
204. Alex Kovalev 0.458
205. Don Maloney 0.458
206. Steve Sullivan 0.457
207. Mark Johnson 0.456
208. Dan Boyle 0.456
209. Robert Reichel 0.455
  Lanny McDonald* 0.455
211. Dave Keon* 0.455
212. Kevin Stevens 0.454
213. Sandis Ozolinsh 0.454
214. Brian Bellows 0.452
215. Terry O'Reilly 0.451
216. Scott Niedermayer 0.450
217. Yvan Cournoyer* 0.449
218. Dave Poulin 0.449
219. Rick Tocchet 0.448
220. Joe Nieuwendyk* 0.447
221. Robert Lang 0.447
222. Kirk Muller 0.446
223. Milt Schmidt* 0.446
  Marian Gaborik 0.446
225. Peter Zezel 0.446
226. Fred Stanfield 0.443
227. Ted Lindsay* 0.442
228. Danny Briere 0.441
229. Lubomir Visnovsky 0.441
230. Pit Martin 0.441
231. Greg Malone 0.440
232. Esa Tikkanen 0.440
233. Aaron Broten 0.440
234. Ron Greschner 0.439
235. Keith Tkachuk 0.439
236. Ed Olczyk 0.438
237. Cory Stillman 0.438
238. Mike Gartner* 0.438
239. Rick Kehoe 0.437
240. Pat Flatley 0.436
241. Scott Stevens* 0.435
242. Brian Mullen 0.435
243. Russ Courtnall 0.434
244. Milan Hejduk 0.433
245. Steve Rucchin 0.433
246. Don McKenney 0.432
247. Brendan Morrison 0.432
248. Maurice Richard* 0.430
249. Dave Christian 0.429
250. John Anderson 0.429

WHA Leaders

Rank Player A/G
1. Ulf Nilsson 1.147
2. Andre Lacroix 0.993
3. Robbie Ftorek 0.823
4. Bobby Hull* 0.815
5. Serge Bernier 0.806
6. Gordie Howe* 0.797
7. Christian Bordeleau 0.789
8. J.C. Tremblay 0.788
9. Marc Tardif 0.785