NHL & WHA Single Season Playoff Leaders and Records for Assists Per Game
Active players are listed in bold.
Members of the Hockey Hall of Fame are marked with an asterisk (*).
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. | Dale Hawerchuk* | 1.750 | 1982 |
|   | Gilbert Perreault* | 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 |
|   | Kevin Fiala | 1.667 | 2023 |
| 12. | Wayne Gretzky* | 1.632 | 1988 |
| 13. | Wayne Gretzky* | 1.625 | 1983 |
| 14. | Peter Šťastný* | 1.600 | 1981 |
| 15. | Mark Messier* | 1.571 | 1989 |
|   | Mike Ridley | 1.571 | 1992 |
| 17. | Leon Draisaitl | 1.563 | 2022 |
| 18. | Wayne Gretzky* | 1.556 | 1981 |
| 19. | Wayne Gretzky* | 1.545 | 1989 |
| 20. | Bernie Federko* | 1.500 | 1982 |
|   | Ryan Nugent-Hopkins | 1.500 | 2020 |
| 22. | Connor McDavid | 1.438 | 2022 |
| 23. | Pat LaFontaine* | 1.429 | 1993 |
| 24. | Wayne Gretzky* | 1.400 | 1982 |
|   | Doug Gilmour* | 1.400 | 1988 |
|   | Joé Juneau | 1.400 | 1996 |
|   | Neal Pionk | 1.400 | 2023 |
|   | Nikita Kucherov | 1.400 | 2024 |
| 29. | Paul Coffey* | 1.389 | 1985 |
| 30. | Wayne Gretzky* | 1.381 | 1987 |
| 31. | Connor McDavid | 1.360 | 2024 |
| 32. | Elmer Lach* | 1.333 | 1946 |
|   | Pierre Pilote* | 1.333 | 1963 |
|   | Gilbert Perreault* | 1.333 | 1977 |
|   | Ken Linseman | 1.333 | 1981 |
|   | Denis Savard* | 1.333 | 1985 |
|   | Adam Oates* | 1.333 | 1989 |
|   | Alexander Mogilny* | 1.333 | 1996 |
|   | Kevin Shattenkirk | 1.333 | 2015 |
|   | Jonathan Huberdeau | 1.333 | 2021 |
|   | Sidney Crosby | 1.333 | 2022 |
| 42. | Rick Middleton | 1.294 | 1983 |
| 43. | Paul Coffey* | 1.286 | 1993 |
|   | Phil Housley* | 1.286 | 1995 |
| 45. | Bobby Orr* | 1.267 | 1972 |
| 46. | Bernie Geoffrion* | 1.250 | 1960 |
|   | Stan Mikita* | 1.250 | 1962 |
|   | Gilbert Perreault* | 1.250 | 1981 |
|   | Bill Barber* | 1.250 | 1982 |
|   | Miroslav Fryčer | 1.250 | 1983 |
|   | Rick Vaive | 1.250 | 1983 |
|   | Ivan Boldirev | 1.250 | 1984 |
|   | Dave Babych | 1.250 | 1989 |
|   | Brendan Shanahan* | 1.250 | 1994 |
|   | Keith Yandle | 1.250 | 2011 |
| 56. | Toe Blake* | 1.222 | 1944 |
|   | Elmer Lach* | 1.222 | 1944 |
|   | Kent Nilsson | 1.222 | 1983 |
|   | Doug Gilmour* | 1.222 | 1994 |
| 60. | Mario Lemieux* | 1.217 | 1991 |
| 61. | Guy Lafleur* | 1.214 | 1977 |
| 62. | Bryan Trottier* | 1.211 | 1982 |
|   | Mark Messier* | 1.211 | 1988 |
| 64. | George Ferguson | 1.200 | 1981 |
|   | Ken Linseman | 1.200 | 1985 |
|   | Steve Larmer | 1.200 | 1988 |
|   | Bernie Nicholls | 1.200 | 1988 |
|   | Mario Lemieux* | 1.200 | 1992 |
|   | Gary Roberts | 1.200 | 1993 |
|   | Ray Bourque* | 1.200 | 1996 |
|   | Scott Gomez | 1.200 | 2004 |
|   | John Carlson | 1.200 | 2020 |
|   | Victor Hedman | 1.200 | 2024 |
| 74. | Doug Gilmour* | 1.190 | 1993 |
| 75. | Paul Coffey* | 1.182 | 1989 |
|   | Connor McDavid | 1.182 | 2025 |
| 77. | Fleming Mackell | 1.167 | 1958 |
|   | Gilbert Perreault* | 1.167 | 1973 |
|   | Tim Young | 1.167 | 1981 |
|   | Mats Näslund | 1.167 | 1988 |
|   | Chris Chelios* | 1.167 | 1991 |
|   | John Cullen | 1.167 | 1991 |
|   | Trevor Linden | 1.167 | 1991 |
|   | Theo Fleury | 1.167 | 1993 |
|   | Phil Housley* | 1.167 | 1993 |
|   | Doug Gilmour* | 1.167 | 1996 |
|   | Brett Hull* | 1.167 | 1997 |
|   | Oleg Tverdovsky | 1.167 | 1998 |
|   | Jeff Norton | 1.167 | 1999 |
|   | Nicklas Lidström* | 1.167 | 2001 |
|   | Mathieu Schneider | 1.167 | 2006 |
|   | Jack Johnson | 1.167 | 2010 |
|   | David Pastrňák | 1.167 | 2018 |
|   | Anže Kopitar | 1.167 | 2025 |
|   | Leon Draisaitl | 1.167 | 2026 |
|   | Matt Duchene | 1.167 | 2026 |
| 97. | Wayne Gretzky* | 1.158 | 1984 |
| 98. | Doug Wilson* | 1.143 | 1980 |
|   | Doug Weight | 1.143 | 2003 |
|   | Nathan MacKinnon | 1.143 | 2014 |
|   | Adam Fox | 1.143 | 2023 |
|   | Dmitry Orlov | 1.143 | 2023 |
|   | Devon Toews | 1.143 | 2023 |
|   | Cam Fowler | 1.143 | 2025 |
| 105. | Larry Robinson* | 1.133 | 1978 |
| 106. | Henri Richard* | 1.125 | 1960 |
|   | Dale Hawerchuk* | 1.125 | 1993 |
|   | Ryan Getzlaf | 1.125 | 2015 |
|   | Sebastian Aho | 1.125 | 2020 |
| 110. | Mike Gartner* | 1.111 | 1986 |
|   | Patrik Eliáš | 1.111 | 2006 |
|   | Jamie Langenbrunner | 1.111 | 2006 |
| 113. | Mario Tremblay | 1.100 | 1980 |
|   | Joe Mullen* | 1.100 | 1982 |
|   | Wayne Gretzky* | 1.100 | 1986 |
| 116. | Ted Lindsay* | 1.091 | 1955 |
|   | Dickie Moore* | 1.091 | 1959 |
|   | Norm Ullman* | 1.091 | 1963 |
|   | Tony Currie | 1.091 | 1981 |
|   | Al MacInnis* | 1.091 | 1984 |
|   | Al MacInnis* | 1.091 | 1989 |
| 122. | Tim Horton* | 1.083 | 1962 |
|   | Ron Francis* | 1.083 | 1995 |
|   | Larry Murphy* | 1.083 | 1995 |
|   | Brad Marchand | 1.083 | 2018 |
|   | Evan Bouchard | 1.083 | 2023 |
| 127. | Nikita Kucherov | 1.080 | 2020 |
| 128. | Denis Potvin* | 1.077 | 1976 |
|   | Stefan Persson | 1.077 | 1982 |
|   | Wayne Gretzky* | 1.077 | 1996 |
|   | Ryan Getzlaf | 1.077 | 2009 |
| 132. | Nathan MacKinnon | 1.067 | 2020 |
| 133. | Ken Linseman | 1.059 | 1980 |
|   | Barry Pederson | 1.059 | 1983 |
|   | Blake Wheeler | 1.059 | 2018 |
| 136. | Peter Šťastný* | 1.056 | 1985 |
|   | Craig Janney | 1.056 | 1990 |
| 138. | Sidney Crosby | 1.050 | 2008 |
|   | Cale Makar | 1.050 | 2022 |
| 140. | Nikita Kucherov | 1.043 | 2021 |
| 141. | Wayne Gretzky* | 1.042 | 1993 |
| 142. | Evan Bouchard | 1.040 | 2024 |
| 143. | Charlie Conacher* | 1.000 | 1939 |
|   | Flash Hollett | 1.000 | 1943 |
|   | Buddy O'Connor* | 1.000 | 1943 |
|   | Billy Taylor | 1.000 | 1947 |
|   | Milt Schmidt* | 1.000 | 1948 |
|   | Max Bentley* | 1.000 | 1951 |
|   | Gordie Howe* | 1.000 | 1955 |
|   | Bill Quackenbush* | 1.000 | 1955 |
|   | Bert Olmstead* | 1.000 | 1956 |
|   | Gordie Howe* | 1.000 | 1957 |
|   | Doug Harvey* | 1.000 | 1959 |
|   | Jim Morrison | 1.000 | 1959 |
|   | Alex Delvecchio* | 1.000 | 1960 |
|   | Gordie Howe* | 1.000 | 1961 |
|   | Pierre Pilote* | 1.000 | 1961 |
|   | Doug Mohns | 1.000 | 1967 |
|   | Phil Esposito* | 1.000 | 1969 |
|   | Bert Marshall | 1.000 | 1969 |
|   | Phil Esposito* | 1.000 | 1970 |
|   | Bobby Hull* | 1.000 | 1970 |
|   | Phil Esposito* | 1.000 | 1971 |
|   | Bobby Orr* | 1.000 | 1971 |
|   | Phil Esposito* | 1.000 | 1972 |
|   | Marcel Dionne* | 1.000 | 1977 |
|   | Mike Murphy | 1.000 | 1977 |
|   | Rick Kehoe | 1.000 | 1980 |
|   | Mike Bossy* | 1.000 | 1981 |
|   | Randy Carlyle | 1.000 | 1981 |
|   | Joe Micheletti | 1.000 | 1981 |
|   | Bryan Trottier* | 1.000 | 1981 |
|   | John Van Boxmeer | 1.000 | 1981 |
|   | Glenn Anderson* | 1.000 | 1982 |
|   | Paul Gardner | 1.000 | 1982 |
|   | Jari Kurri* | 1.000 | 1982 |
|   | Pierre Mondou | 1.000 | 1982 |
|   | Barry Pederson | 1.000 | 1982 |
|   | Bob Bourne | 1.000 | 1983 |
|   | Paul Reinhart | 1.000 | 1984 |
|   | Scott Stevens* | 1.000 | 1984 |
|   | Mike O'Connell | 1.000 | 1985 |
|   | Gilbert Perreault* | 1.000 | 1985 |
|   | John Tucker | 1.000 | 1985 |
|   | Jari Kurri* | 1.000 | 1986 |
|   | Gary Leeman | 1.000 | 1986 |
|   | Bernie Nicholls | 1.000 | 1987 |
|   | Larry Robinson* | 1.000 | 1987 |
|   | Andrew McBain | 1.000 | 1988 |
|   | Luc Robitaille* | 1.000 | 1988 |
|   | Thomas Steen | 1.000 | 1988 |
|   | Gary Suter | 1.000 | 1988 |
|   | Pierre Turgeon* | 1.000 | 1989 |
|   | 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 |
|   | Craig Janney | 1.000 | 1991 |
|   | Alexander Mogilny* | 1.000 | 1991 |
|   | Adam Oates* | 1.000 | 1991 |
|   | Mark Recchi* | 1.000 | 1991 |
|   | Craig Janney | 1.000 | 1992 |
|   | Joe Murphy | 1.000 | 1992 |
|   | Peter Šťastný* | 1.000 | 1992 |
|   | Peter Bondra | 1.000 | 1993 |
|   | Al MacInnis* | 1.000 | 1993 |
|   | Joe Nieuwendyk* | 1.000 | 1993 |
|   | Mike Ricci | 1.000 | 1993 |
|   | Sergei Fedorov* | 1.000 | 1994 |
|   | Dale Hawerchuk* | 1.000 | 1994 |
|   | Brian Leetch* | 1.000 | 1994 |
|   | Jeremy Roenick* | 1.000 | 1994 |
|   | Denis Chassé | 1.000 | 1995 |
|   | Sergei Fedorov* | 1.000 | 1995 |
|   | Theo Fleury | 1.000 | 1995 |
|   | Mark Messier* | 1.000 | 1995 |
|   | Michael Nylander | 1.000 | 1995 |
|   | Brendan Shanahan* | 1.000 | 1995 |
|   | Adam Oates* | 1.000 | 1996 |
|   | Gord Murphy | 1.000 | 1997 |
|   | Cliff Ronning | 1.000 | 1997 |
|   | Joe Sakic* | 1.000 | 1997 |
|   | Jason Allison | 1.000 | 1998 |
|   | Sandis Ozoliņš | 1.000 | 1998 |
|   | Bobby Holík | 1.000 | 1999 |
|   | Pierre Turgeon* | 1.000 | 2000 |
|   | Markus Näslund | 1.000 | 2004 |
|   | Paul Kariya* | 1.000 | 2006 |
|   | Brenden Morrow | 1.000 | 2006 |
|   | Brad Richards | 1.000 | 2006 |
|   | Sergei Zubov* | 1.000 | 2006 |
|   | Jaromír Jágr | 1.000 | 2008 |
|   | Daniel Alfredsson* | 1.000 | 2010 |
|   | Sidney Crosby | 1.000 | 2010 |
|   | Johan Franzén | 1.000 | 2010 |
|   | Jason Spezza | 1.000 | 2010 |
|   | Jonathan Toews | 1.000 | 2010 |
|   | Mike Cammalleri | 1.000 | 2011 |
|   | Pavel Datsyuk* | 1.000 | 2011 |
|   | Claude Giroux | 1.000 | 2011 |
|   | Saku Koivu | 1.000 | 2011 |
|   | Corey Perry | 1.000 | 2011 |
|   | Sidney Crosby | 1.000 | 2018 |
|   | Mitch Marner | 1.000 | 2018 |
|   | Dustin Byfuglien | 1.000 | 2019 |
|   | Shea Theodore | 1.000 | 2019 |
|   | Aleksander Barkov | 1.000 | 2021 |
|   | Charlie McAvoy | 1.000 | 2021 |
|   | Brad Marchand | 1.000 | 2022 |
|   | Mikko Rantanen | 1.000 | 2022 |
|   | Viktor Arvidsson | 1.000 | 2023 |
|   | Mitch Marner | 1.000 | 2023 |
|   | Connor McDavid | 1.000 | 2023 |
|   | Phillip Danault | 1.000 | 2025 |
|   | Leon Draisaitl | 1.000 | 2025 |
|   | Lane Hutson | 1.000 | 2025 |
|   | Adrian Kempe | 1.000 | 2025 |
|   | Evan Bouchard | 1.000 | 2026 |
|   | Quinn Hughes | 1.000 | 2026 |
|   | Kirill Kaprizov | 1.000 | 2026 |
|   | Mikko Rantanen | 1.000 | 2026 |
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. | Gavin Kirk | 1.000 | 1975 |
|   | Réal Cloutier | 1.000 | 1976 |
|   | Larry Lund | 1.000 | 1975 |
|   | Tom Martin | 1.000 | 1975 |
|   | Reg Thomas | 1.000 | 1977 |
|   | Terry Ruskowski | 1.000 | 1977 |
|   | Mike Ford | 1.000 | 1976 |
|   | Robbie Ftorek | 1.000 | 1975 |
|   | Jim Dorey | 1.000 | 1975 |
|   | Poul Popiel | 1.000 | 1974 |
|   | Larry Lund | 1.000 | 1974 |
|   | Jim Dorey | 1.000 | 1974 |
|   | Wayne Carleton | 1.000 | 1974 |
|   | Lars-Erik Sjöberg | 1.000 | 1978 |
|   | Gerry Pinder | 1.000 | 1973 |
|   | Mike McMahon | 1.000 | 1973 |
|   | Tom Martin | 1.000 | 1973 |
| 31. | Tom Webster | 0.933 | 1973 |
|   | Tim Sheehy | 0.933 | 1973 |
| 33. | Mark Howe* | 0.923 | 1975 |
|   | Gordie Howe* | 0.923 | 1975 |
| 35. | J.C. Tremblay | 0.909 | 1975 |
|   | Mark Howe* | 0.909 | 1977 |
|   | Serge Bernier | 0.909 | 1978 |
| 38. | André Lacroix | 0.900 | 1975 |
|   | Peter Sullivan | 0.900 | 1979 |
|   | Dave Keon* | 0.900 | 1979 |
|   | Poul Popiel | 0.900 | 1973 |
|   | Ray Adduono | 0.900 | 1975 |
| 43. | Jim Wiste | 0.889 | 1973 |
|   | Kent Nilsson | 0.889 | 1978 |
|   | Paul Andrea | 0.889 | 1973 |
|   | Blair MacDonald | 0.889 | 1977 |
| 47. | Terry Caffery | 0.875 | 1973 |
| 48. | Christian Bordeleau | 0.867 | 1975 |
| 49. | André Lacroix | 0.857 | 1977 |
|   | Norm Dubé | 0.857 | 1977 |


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