NHL & WHA Single Season Playoff Leaders and Records for Assists Per Game

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NHL Leaders Rank Player A/G Year 1. Adam Oates 2.250 1993 2. Dennis Maruk 1.800 1986 3. Darryl Sittler* 1.778 1977 4. Gilbert Perreault* 1.750 1982   Dale Hawerchuk* 1.750 1982 6. Bobby Orr* 1.667 1975   Jean Ratelle* 1.667 1975   Bobby Schmautz 1.667 1975   Carol Vadnais 1.667 1975   Wayne Gretzky* 1.667 1985 11. Wayne Gretzky* 1.632 1988 12. Wayne Gretzky* 1.625 1983 13. Peter Stastny* 1.600 1981 14. Mike Ridley 1.571 1992   Mark Messier* 1.571 1989 16. Wayne Gretzky* 1.556 1981 17. Wayne Gretzky* 1.546 1989 18. Bernie Federko* 1.500 1982 19. Pat LaFontaine* 1.429 1993 20. Doug Gilmour 1.400 1988   Joe Juneau 1.400 1996   Wayne Gretzky* 1.400 1982 23. Paul Coffey* 1.389 1985 24. Wayne Gretzky* 1.381 1987 25. Pierre Pilote* 1.333 1963   Gilbert Perreault* 1.333 1977   Denis Savard* 1.333 1985   Adam Oates 1.333 1989   Ken Linseman 1.333 1981   Alexander Mogilny 1.333 1996   Elmer Lach* 1.333 1946 32. Rick Middleton 1.294 1983 33. Phil Housley 1.286 1995   Paul Coffey* 1.286 1993 35. Bobby Orr* 1.267 1972 36. Miroslav Frycer 1.250 1983   Rick Vaive 1.250 1983   Dave Babych 1.250 1989   Stan Mikita* 1.250 1962   Brendan Shanahan 1.250 1994   Ivan Boldirev 1.250 1984   Bernie Geoffrion* 1.250 1960   Bill Barber* 1.250 1982   Gilbert Perreault* 1.250 1981 45. Kent Nilsson 1.222 1983   Toe Blake* 1.222 1944   Elmer Lach* 1.222 1944   Doug Gilmour 1.222 1994 49. Mario Lemieux* 1.217 1991 50. Guy Lafleur* 1.214 1977 51. Mark Messier* 1.210 1988   Bryan Trottier* 1.210 1982 53. Bernie Nicholls 1.200 1988   Ken Linseman 1.200 1985   George Ferguson 1.200 1981   Raymond Bourque* 1.200 1996   Mario Lemieux* 1.200 1992   Gary Roberts 1.200 1993   Scott Gomez 1.200 2004   Steve Larmer 1.200 1988 61. Doug Gilmour 1.190 1993 62. Paul Coffey* 1.182 1989 63. Tim Young 1.167 1981   Fleming MacKell 1.167 1958   Mats Naslund 1.167 1988   Oleg Tverdovsky 1.167 1998   Doug Gilmour 1.167 1996   Brett Hull* 1.167 1997   Jeff Norton 1.167 1999   Nicklas Lidstrom 1.167 2001   Mathieu Schneider 1.167 2006   Phil Housley 1.167 1993   Theoren Fleury 1.167 1993   Gilbert Perreault* 1.167 1973   Chris Chelios 1.167 1991   John Cullen 1.167 1991   Trevor Linden 1.167 1991 78. Wayne Gretzky* 1.158 1984 79. Doug Wilson 1.143 1980   Doug Weight 1.143 2003 81. Larry Robinson* 1.133 1978 82. Henri Richard* 1.125 1960   Dale Hawerchuk* 1.125 1993 84. Mike Gartner* 1.111 1986   Patrik Elias 1.111 2006   Jamie Langenbrunner 1.111 2006 87. Mario Tremblay 1.100 1980   Wayne Gretzky* 1.100 1986   Joe Mullen* 1.100 1982 90. Norm Ullman* 1.091 1963   Al MacInnis* 1.091 1984   Al MacInnis* 1.091 1989   Dickie Moore* 1.091 1959   Ted Lindsay* 1.091 1955   Tony Currie 1.091 1981 96. Ron Francis* 1.083 1995   Tim Horton* 1.083 1962   Larry Murphy* 1.083 1995 99. Wayne Gretzky* 1.077 1996   Stefan Persson 1.077 1982   Denis Potvin* 1.077 1976   Ryan Getzlaf 1.077 2009 103. Barry Pederson 1.059 1983   Ken Linseman 1.059 1980 105. Peter Stastny* 1.056 1985   Craig Janney 1.056 1990 107. Sidney Crosby 1.050 2008 108. Wayne Gretzky* 1.042 1993 109. Buddy O'Connor* 1.000 1943   Joe Murphy 1.000 1992   Peter Stastny* 1.000 1992   Bill Quackenbush* 1.000 1955   Billy Taylor 1.000 1947   Milt Schmidt* 1.000 1948   Max Bentley* 1.000 1951   Pierre Turgeon 1.000 2000   Adam Oates 1.000 1996   Pierre Pilote* 1.000 1961   Craig Janney 1.000 1992   Doug Mohns 1.000 1967   Markus Naslund 1.000 2004   Bobby Hull* 1.000 1970   Phil Esposito* 1.000 1970   Bert Marshall 1.000 1969   Phil Esposito* 1.000 1969   Craig Janney 1.000 1991   Bert Olmstead* 1.000 1956   Alexander Mogilny 1.000 1991   Adam Oates 1.000 1991   Mark Recchi 1.000 1991   Gordie Howe* 1.000 1961   Alex Delvecchio* 1.000 1960   Jason Allison 1.000 1998   Mark Messier* 1.000 1995   Theoren Fleury 1.000 1995   Gordie Howe* 1.000 1955   Sergei Fedorov 1.000 1994   Dale Hawerchuk* 1.000 1994   Brian Leetch* 1.000 1994   Jeremy Roenick 1.000 1994   Sergei Fedorov 1.000 1995   Bobby Holik 1.000 1999   Jim Morrison 1.000 1959   Michael Nylander 1.000 1995   Joe Sakic 1.000 1997   Peter Bondra 1.000 1993   Al MacInnis* 1.000 1993   Joe Nieuwendyk 1.000 1993   Mike Ricci 1.000 1993   Gord Murphy 1.000 1997   Cliff Ronning 1.000 1997   Gordie Howe* 1.000 1957   Brendan Shanahan 1.000 1995   Sandis Ozolinsh 1.000 1998   Denis Chasse 1.000 1995   Flash Hollett 1.000 1943   Pierre Mondou 1.000 1982   Gilbert Perreault* 1.000 1985   John Tucker 1.000 1985   Randy Carlyle 1.000 1981   Mike Bossy* 1.000 1981   Jaromir Jagr 1.000 2008   Rick Kehoe 1.000 1980   Jari Kurri* 1.000 1986   Gary Leeman 1.000 1986   Bernie Nicholls 1.000 1987   Larry Robinson* 1.000 1987   Mike O'Connell 1.000 1985   Doug Harvey* 1.000 1959   Pat Hughes 1.000 1981   Jari Kurri* 1.000 1982   Paul Gardner 1.000 1982   Glenn Anderson* 1.000 1982   Bob Bourne 1.000 1983   Barry Pederson 1.000 1982   John Van Boxmeer 1.000 1981   Bryan Trottier* 1.000 1981   Joe Micheletti 1.000 1981   Paul Reinhart 1.000 1984   Scott Stevens* 1.000 1984   Charlie Conacher* 1.000 1939   Sergei Zubov 1.000 2006   Brad Richards 1.000 2006   Pierre Turgeon 1.000 1989   Phil Esposito* 1.000 1972   Bobby Orr* 1.000 1971   Phil Esposito* 1.000 1971   Dirk Graham 1.000 1990   Wayne Gretzky* 1.000 1990   Sergei Makarov 1.000 1990   Mark Messier* 1.000 1990   Joe Nieuwendyk 1.000 1990   Adam Oates 1.000 1990   Paul Kariya 1.000 2006   Brenden Morrow 1.000 2006   Mike Murphy 1.000 1977   Marcel Dionne* 1.000 1977   Andrew McBain 1.000 1988   Gary Suter 1.000 1988   Luc Robitaille* 1.000 1988   Thomas Steen 1.000 1988 202. Mark Messier* 0.947 1984   Sergei Fedorov 0.947 1996   Raymond Bourque* 0.947 1991 205. Charlie Huddy 0.944 1985   Denis Potvin* 0.944 1981 207. John Chabot 0.938 1988   Pat Stapleton 0.938 1973   Dennis Hull 0.938 1973   Jari Kurri* 0.938 1983 211. Adam Oates 0.933 1992   Troy Murray 0.933 1985 213. Rick Tocchet 0.929 1992   Igor Larionov* 0.929 1994 215. Bill Cowley* 0.917 1939   Evgeni Malkin 0.917 2009   Peter Stastny* 0.917 1982   Ron Francis* 0.917 1993   Kevin Stevens 0.917 1993   Alex Delvecchio* 0.917 1966   Eric Lindros 0.917 1995   Wayne Gretzky* 0.917 1991   Larry Murphy* 0.917 1993 224. Peter Forsberg 0.909 2001   Scott Gomez 0.909 2007   Mario Lemieux* 0.909 1993   Joe Thornton 0.909 2007   Bernie Federko* 0.909 1981   Pete Mahovlich 0.909 1975   Dmitri Mironov 0.909 1997 231. Ron Francis* 0.905 1992 232. Jason Spezza 0.900 2006   Raymond Bourque* 0.900 1980   Paul Coffey* 0.900 1986   Dany Heatley 0.900 2006   Patrik Elias 0.900 2007   Rick MacLeish 0.900 1977   Bob Dailey 0.900 1977   Ian Turnbull 0.900 1976   Craig Janney 0.900 1989   Gordie Howe* 0.900 1956   Maurice Richard* 0.900 1956   Bert Olmstead* 0.900 1957   Doug Harvey* 0.900 1958   Chris Pronger 0.900 1998   Nicklas Lidstrom 0.900 1999   J.C. Tremblay 0.900 1966   Bernie Geoffrion* 0.900 1956   Todd Elik 0.900 1990   Steve Duchesne 0.900 1990   Peter Forsberg 0.900 2002

WHA Leaders Rank Player A/G Year 1. Terry Ruskowski 1.500 1979 2. Ulf Nilsson 1.462 1976 3. Ulf Nilsson 1.444 1978 4. Serge Bernier 1.294 1977 5. Serge Bernier 1.200 1976 6. Bobby Hull* 1.143 1973 7. Kent Nilsson 1.100 1979 8. Pat Stapleton 1.083 1974   Fran Huck 1.083 1975 10. Gordie Howe* 1.077 1974 11. Norm Beaudin 1.071 1973 12. Jim Dorey 1.067 1973 13. Ulf Nilsson 1.050 1977 14. Gavin Kirk 1.000 1975   Larry Lund 1.000 1975   Lars-Erik Sjoberg 1.000 1978   Robbie Ftorek 1.000 1975   Tom Martin 1.000 1975   Jim Dorey 1.000 1975   Mike Ford 1.000 1976   Terry Ruskowski 1.000 1977   Real Cloutier 1.000 1976   Reg Thomas 1.000 1977   Mike McMahon 1.000 1973   Larry Lund 1.000 1974   Wayne Carleton 1.000 1974   Poul Popiel 1.000 1974   Jim Dorey 1.000 1974   Gerry Pinder 1.000 1973   Tom Martin 1.000 1973 31. Tim Sheehy 0.933 1973   Tom Webster 0.933 1973 33. Gordie Howe* 0.923 1975   Mark Howe 0.923 1975 35. Serge Bernier 0.909 1978   Mark Howe 0.909 1977   J.C. Tremblay 0.909 1975 38. Dave Keon* 0.900 1979   Peter Sullivan 0.900 1979   Andre Lacroix 0.900 1975   Poul Popiel 0.900 1973   Ray Adduono 0.900 1975 43. Paul Andrea 0.889 1973   Blair MacDonald 0.889 1977   Kent Nilsson 0.889 1978   Jim Wiste 0.889 1973 47. Terry Caffery 0.875 1973 48. Christian Bordeleau 0.867 1975 49. Andre Lacroix 0.857 1977   Norm Dube 0.857 1977

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