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. Carol Vadnais 1.667 1975   Bobby Schmautz 1.667 1975   Jean Ratelle* 1.667 1975   Bobby Orr* 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. Mark Messier* 1.571 1989   Mike Ridley 1.571 1992 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. Alexander Mogilny 1.333 1996   Gilbert Perreault* 1.333 1977   Denis Savard* 1.333 1985   Elmer Lach* 1.333 1946   Adam Oates 1.333 1989   Ken Linseman 1.333 1981   Pierre Pilote* 1.333 1963 32. Rick Middleton 1.294 1983 33. Phil Housley 1.286 1995   Paul Coffey* 1.286 1993 35. Bobby Orr* 1.267 1972 36. Bill Barber* 1.250 1982   Rick Vaive 1.250 1983   Brendan Shanahan 1.250 1994   Dave Babych 1.250 1989   Gilbert Perreault* 1.250 1981   Bernie Geoffrion* 1.250 1960   Ivan Boldirev 1.250 1984   Keith Yandle 1.250 2011   Stan Mikita* 1.250 1962   Miroslav Frycer 1.250 1983 46. Elmer Lach* 1.222 1944   Doug Gilmour* 1.222 1994   Kent Nilsson 1.222 1983   Toe Blake* 1.222 1944 50. Mario Lemieux* 1.217 1991 51. Guy Lafleur* 1.214 1977 52. Mark Messier* 1.210 1988   Bryan Trottier* 1.210 1982 54. Ken Linseman 1.200 1985   Steve Larmer 1.200 1988   Scott Gomez 1.200 2004   Mario Lemieux* 1.200 1992   George Ferguson 1.200 1981   Gary Roberts 1.200 1993   Bernie Nicholls 1.200 1988   Raymond Bourque* 1.200 1996 62. Doug Gilmour* 1.190 1993 63. Paul Coffey* 1.182 1989 64. Theoren Fleury 1.167 1993   Tim Young 1.167 1981   Oleg Tverdovsky 1.167 1998   Mathieu Schneider 1.167 2006   Jack Johnson 1.167 2010   Nicklas Lidstrom 1.167 2001   Jeff Norton 1.167 1999   Chris Chelios 1.167 1991   Gilbert Perreault* 1.167 1973   Trevor Linden 1.167 1991   John Cullen 1.167 1991   Fleming MacKell 1.167 1958   Mats Naslund 1.167 1988   Doug Gilmour* 1.167 1996   Phil Housley 1.167 1993   Brett Hull* 1.167 1997 80. Wayne Gretzky* 1.158 1984 81. Doug Weight 1.143 2003   Doug Wilson 1.143 1980 83. Larry Robinson* 1.133 1978 84. Henri Richard* 1.125 1960   Dale Hawerchuk* 1.125 1993 86. Patrik Elias 1.111 2006   Jamie Langenbrunner 1.111 2006   Mike Gartner* 1.111 1986 89. Mario Tremblay 1.100 1980   Joe Mullen* 1.100 1982   Wayne Gretzky* 1.100 1986 92. Tony Currie 1.091 1981   Ted Lindsay* 1.091 1955   Al MacInnis* 1.091 1989   Dickie Moore* 1.091 1959   Al MacInnis* 1.091 1984   Norm Ullman* 1.091 1963 98. Tim Horton* 1.083 1962   Ron Francis* 1.083 1995   Larry Murphy* 1.083 1995 101. Stefan Persson 1.077 1982   Denis Potvin* 1.077 1976   Ryan Getzlaf 1.077 2009   Wayne Gretzky* 1.077 1996 105. Barry Pederson 1.059 1983   Ken Linseman 1.059 1980 107. Craig Janney 1.056 1990   Peter Stastny* 1.056 1985 109. Sidney Crosby 1.050 2008 110. Wayne Gretzky* 1.042 1993 111. Peter Bondra 1.000 1993   Adam Oates 1.000 1991   Saku Koivu 1.000 2011   Peter Stastny* 1.000 1992   Craig Janney 1.000 1991   Joe Murphy 1.000 1992   Mark Recchi 1.000 1991   Alexander Mogilny 1.000 1991   Craig Janney 1.000 1992   Al MacInnis* 1.000 1993   Bobby Holik 1.000 1999   Pierre Turgeon 1.000 2000   Markus Naslund 1.000 2004   Paul Kariya 1.000 2006   Brenden Morrow 1.000 2006   Brad Richards 1.000 2006   Sergei Zubov 1.000 2006   Jaromir Jagr 1.000 2008   Daniel Alfredsson 1.000 2010   Sidney Crosby 1.000 2010   Johan Franzen 1.000 2010   Jason Spezza 1.000 2010   Jonathan Toews 1.000 2010   Michael Cammalleri 1.000 2011   Pavel Datsyuk 1.000 2011   Sandis Ozolinsh 1.000 1998   Jason Allison 1.000 1998   Joe Sakic 1.000 1997   Joe Nieuwendyk* 1.000 1993   Mike Ricci 1.000 1993   Adam Oates 1.000 1996   Sergei Fedorov 1.000 1994   Dale Hawerchuk* 1.000 1994   Brian Leetch* 1.000 1994   Jeremy Roenick 1.000 1994   Denis Chasse 1.000 1995   Sergei Fedorov 1.000 1995   Theoren Fleury 1.000 1995   Mark Messier* 1.000 1995   Michael Nylander 1.000 1995   Brendan Shanahan 1.000 1995   Gord Murphy 1.000 1997   Cliff Ronning 1.000 1997   Claude Giroux 1.000 2011   Adam Oates 1.000 1990   Mike Murphy 1.000 1977   Phil Esposito* 1.000 1969   Jari Kurri* 1.000 1982   Pierre Mondou 1.000 1982   Barry Pederson 1.000 1982   Doug Mohns 1.000 1967   Bob Bourne 1.000 1983   Gordie Howe* 1.000 1961   Alex Delvecchio* 1.000 1960   Jim Morrison 1.000 1959   Doug Harvey* 1.000 1959   Paul Reinhart 1.000 1984   Scott Stevens* 1.000 1984   Paul Gardner 1.000 1982   Glenn Anderson* 1.000 1982   Bert Marshall 1.000 1969   Marcel Dionne* 1.000 1977   Phil Esposito* 1.000 1972   Rick Kehoe 1.000 1980   Bobby Orr* 1.000 1971   Phil Esposito* 1.000 1971   Bobby Hull* 1.000 1970   Randy Carlyle 1.000 1981   Pat Hughes 1.000 1981   Joe Micheletti 1.000 1981   Bryan Trottier* 1.000 1981   John Van Boxmeer 1.000 1981   Phil Esposito* 1.000 1970   Pierre Pilote* 1.000 1961   Mike O'Connell 1.000 1985   Gilbert Perreault* 1.000 1985   Mike Bossy* 1.000 1981   Gary Suter 1.000 1988   Billy Taylor 1.000 1947   Buddy O'Connor* 1.000 1943   Pierre Turgeon 1.000 1989   Flash Hollett 1.000 1943   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   Charlie Conacher* 1.000 1939   Thomas Steen 1.000 1988   Luc Robitaille* 1.000 1988   Andrew McBain 1.000 1988   Jari Kurri* 1.000 1986   Gary Leeman 1.000 1986   Bill Quackenbush* 1.000 1955   Gordie Howe* 1.000 1957   Bernie Nicholls 1.000 1987   Larry Robinson* 1.000 1987   Gordie Howe* 1.000 1955   John Tucker 1.000 1985   Max Bentley* 1.000 1951   Milt Schmidt* 1.000 1948   Corey Perry 1.000 2011   Bert Olmstead* 1.000 1956 214. Mark Messier* 0.947 1984   Raymond Bourque* 0.947 1991   Sergei Fedorov 0.947 1996 217. Denis Potvin* 0.944 1981   Charlie Huddy 0.944 1985 219. Pat Stapleton 0.938 1973   Jari Kurri* 0.938 1983   John Chabot 0.938 1988   Dennis Hull 0.938 1973 223. Adam Oates 0.933 1992   Troy Murray 0.933 1985 225. Rick Tocchet 0.929 1992   Igor Larionov* 0.929 1994 227. Eric Lindros 0.917 1995   Henrik Sedin 0.917 2010   Ron Francis* 0.917 1993   Larry Murphy* 0.917 1993   Kevin Stevens 0.917 1993   Peter Stastny* 0.917 1982   Evgeni Malkin 0.917 2009   Wayne Gretzky* 0.917 1991   Alex Delvecchio* 0.917 1966   Bill Cowley* 0.917 1939 237. Joe Thornton 0.909 2007   Scott Gomez 0.909 2007   Pete Mahovlich 0.909 1975   Dmitri Mironov 0.909 1997   Bernie Federko* 0.909 1981   Mario Lemieux* 0.909 1993   Peter Forsberg 0.909 2001 244. Ron Francis* 0.905 1992 245. Paul Coffey* 0.900 1986   Rick MacLeish 0.900 1977   Bernie Geoffrion* 0.900 1956   Craig Janney 0.900 1989   Todd Elik 0.900 1990   Gordie Howe* 0.900 1956   Maurice Richard* 0.900 1956   Raymond Bourque* 0.900 1980   Chris Pronger 0.900 1998   Nicklas Lidstrom 0.900 1999   Bob Dailey 0.900 1977   Peter Forsberg 0.900 2002   J.C. Tremblay 0.900 1966   Doug Harvey* 0.900 1958   Bert Olmstead* 0.900 1957   Dany Heatley 0.900 2006   Jason Spezza 0.900 2006   Patrik Elias 0.900 2007   Steve Duchesne 0.900 1990   Ian Turnbull 0.900 1976

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. Fran Huck 1.083 1975   Pat Stapleton 1.083 1974 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. Real Cloutier 1.000 1976   Mike Ford 1.000 1976   Reg Thomas 1.000 1977   Jim Dorey 1.000 1975   Robbie Ftorek 1.000 1975   Terry Ruskowski 1.000 1977   Lars-Erik Sjoberg 1.000 1978   Tom Martin 1.000 1975   Gavin Kirk 1.000 1975   Larry Lund 1.000 1975   Mike McMahon 1.000 1973   Jim Dorey 1.000 1974   Larry Lund 1.000 1974   Gerry Pinder 1.000 1973   Tom Martin 1.000 1973   Poul Popiel 1.000 1974   Wayne Carleton 1.000 1974 31. Tom Webster 0.933 1973   Tim Sheehy 0.933 1973 33. Mark Howe* 0.923 1975   Gordie Howe* 0.923 1975 35. Serge Bernier 0.909 1978   Mark Howe* 0.909 1977   J.C. Tremblay 0.909 1975 38. Peter Sullivan 0.900 1979   Poul Popiel 0.900 1973   Ray Adduono 0.900 1975   Andre Lacroix 0.900 1975   Dave Keon* 0.900 1979 43. Kent Nilsson 0.889 1978   Jim Wiste 0.889 1973   Paul Andrea 0.889 1973   Blair MacDonald 0.889 1977 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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