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. | Connor McDavid | 5.000 | 2024 |
2. | Adam Oates* | 2.250 | 1993 |
3. | Dennis Maruk | 1.800 | 1986 |
4. | Darryl Sittler* | 1.778 | 1977 |
5. | Dale Hawerchuk* | 1.750 | 1982 |
  | Gilbert Perreault* | 1.750 | 1982 |
7. | 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 |
13. | Wayne Gretzky* | 1.632 | 1988 |
14. | Wayne Gretzky* | 1.625 | 1983 |
15. | Peter Šťastný* | 1.600 | 1981 |
16. | Mark Messier* | 1.571 | 1989 |
  | Mike Ridley | 1.571 | 1992 |
18. | Leon Draisaitl | 1.563 | 2022 |
19. | Wayne Gretzky* | 1.556 | 1981 |
20. | Wayne Gretzky* | 1.545 | 1989 |
21. | Bernie Federko* | 1.500 | 1982 |
  | Ryan Nugent-Hopkins | 1.500 | 2020 |
23. | Connor McDavid | 1.438 | 2022 |
24. | Pat LaFontaine* | 1.429 | 1993 |
25. | Wayne Gretzky* | 1.400 | 1982 |
  | Doug Gilmour* | 1.400 | 1988 |
  | Joé Juneau | 1.400 | 1996 |
  | Neal Pionk | 1.400 | 2023 |
29. | Paul Coffey* | 1.389 | 1985 |
30. | Wayne Gretzky* | 1.381 | 1987 |
31. | 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 |
41. | Rick Middleton | 1.294 | 1983 |
42. | Paul Coffey* | 1.286 | 1993 |
  | Phil Housley* | 1.286 | 1995 |
44. | Bobby Orr* | 1.267 | 1972 |
45. | 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 |
55. | Toe Blake* | 1.222 | 1944 |
  | Elmer Lach* | 1.222 | 1944 |
  | Kent Nilsson | 1.222 | 1983 |
  | Doug Gilmour* | 1.222 | 1994 |
59. | Mario Lemieux* | 1.217 | 1991 |
60. | Guy Lafleur* | 1.214 | 1977 |
61. | Bryan Trottier* | 1.211 | 1982 |
  | Mark Messier* | 1.211 | 1988 |
63. | 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 |
72. | Doug Gilmour* | 1.190 | 1993 |
73. | Paul Coffey* | 1.182 | 1989 |
74. | 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 |
91. | Wayne Gretzky* | 1.158 | 1984 |
92. | 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 |
98. | Larry Robinson* | 1.133 | 1978 |
99. | Henri Richard* | 1.125 | 1960 |
  | Dale Hawerchuk* | 1.125 | 1993 |
  | Ryan Getzlaf | 1.125 | 2015 |
  | Sebastian Aho | 1.125 | 2020 |
103. | Mike Gartner* | 1.111 | 1986 |
  | Patrik Eliáš | 1.111 | 2006 |
  | Jamie Langenbrunner | 1.111 | 2006 |
106. | Mario Tremblay | 1.100 | 1980 |
  | Joe Mullen* | 1.100 | 1982 |
  | Wayne Gretzky* | 1.100 | 1986 |
109. | 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 |
115. | 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 |
120. | Nikita Kucherov | 1.080 | 2020 |
121. | Denis Potvin* | 1.077 | 1976 |
  | Stefan Persson | 1.077 | 1982 |
  | Wayne Gretzky* | 1.077 | 1996 |
  | Ryan Getzlaf | 1.077 | 2009 |
125. | Nathan MacKinnon | 1.067 | 2020 |
126. | Ken Linseman | 1.059 | 1980 |
  | Barry Pederson | 1.059 | 1983 |
  | Blake Wheeler | 1.059 | 2018 |
129. | Peter Šťastný* | 1.056 | 1985 |
  | Craig Janney | 1.056 | 1990 |
131. | Sidney Crosby | 1.050 | 2008 |
  | Cale Makar | 1.050 | 2022 |
133. | Nikita Kucherov | 1.043 | 2021 |
134. | Wayne Gretzky* | 1.042 | 1993 |
135. | 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 |
248. | Mark Messier* | 0.947 | 1984 |
  | Ray Bourque* | 0.947 | 1991 |
  | Sergei Fedorov* | 0.947 | 1996 |
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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