NHL & WHA Yearly 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
Season | Player | A/G |
---|---|---|
2023-24 | Connor McDavid | 1.316 |
2022-23 | Connor McDavid | 1.085 |
2021-22 | Jonathan Huberdeau | 1.063 |
2020-21 | Connor McDavid | 1.286 |
2019-20 | Connor McDavid | 0.984 |
2018-19 | Nikita Kucherov | 1.061 |
2017-18 | Ryan Getzlaf | 0.893 |
2016-17 | Connor McDavid | 0.854 |
2015-16 | Erik Karlsson | 0.805 |
2014-15 | Nicklas Bäckström | 0.732 |
2013-14 | Sidney Crosby | 0.850 |
2012-13 | Sidney Crosby | 1.139 |
2011-12 | Claude Giroux | 0.844 |
2010-11 | Henrik Sedin* | 0.915 |
2009-10 | Henrik Sedin* | 1.012 |
2008-09 | Evgeni Malkin | 0.951 |
2007-08 | Sidney Crosby | 0.906 |
2006-07 | Joe Thornton | 1.122 |
2005-06 | Joe Thornton | 1.185 |
2003-04 | Peter Forsberg* | 0.949 |
2002-03 | Peter Forsberg* | 1.027 |
2001-02 | Adam Oates* | 0.800 |
2000-01 | Mario Lemieux* | 0.953 |
1999-00 | Joe Sakic* | 0.883 |
1998-99 | Jaromír Jágr | 1.025 |
1997-98 | Peter Forsberg* | 0.917 |
1996-97 | Mario Lemieux* | 0.947 |
1995-96 | Mario Lemieux* | 1.314 |
1994-95 | Ron Francis* | 1.091 |
1993-94 | Wayne Gretzky* | 1.136 |
1992-93 | Mario Lemieux* | 1.517 |
1991-92 | Mario Lemieux* | 1.359 |
1990-91 | Wayne Gretzky* | 1.564 |
1989-90 | Wayne Gretzky* | 1.397 |
1988-89 | Mario Lemieux* | 1.500 |
1987-88 | Wayne Gretzky* | 1.703 |
1986-87 | Wayne Gretzky* | 1.532 |
1985-86 | Wayne Gretzky* | 2.038 |
1984-85 | Wayne Gretzky* | 1.688 |
1983-84 | Wayne Gretzky* | 1.595 |
1982-83 | Wayne Gretzky* | 1.563 |
1981-82 | Wayne Gretzky* | 1.500 |
1980-81 | Wayne Gretzky* | 1.363 |
1979-80 | Wayne Gretzky* | 1.089 |
1978-79 | Bryan Trottier* | 1.145 |
1977-78 | Bryan Trottier* | 1.000 |
1976-77 | Guy Lafleur* | 1.000 |
1975-76 | Bobby Clarke* | 1.171 |
1974-75 | Bobby Orr* | 1.113 |
  | Bobby Clarke* | 1.113 |
1973-74 | Bobby Orr* | 1.216 |
1972-73 | Bobby Orr* | 1.143 |
1971-72 | Bobby Orr* | 1.053 |
1970-71 | Bobby Orr* | 1.308 |
1969-70 | Bobby Orr* | 1.145 |
1968-69 | Phil Esposito* | 1.041 |
1967-68 | Phil Esposito* | 0.662 |
1966-67 | Stan Mikita* | 0.886 |
1965-66 | Jean Béliveau* | 0.716 |
1964-65 | Stan Mikita* | 0.843 |
1963-64 | Andy Bathgate* | 0.817 |
1962-63 | Henri Richard* | 0.746 |
1961-62 | Bill Hay* | 0.867 |
1960-61 | Jean Béliveau* | 0.841 |
1959-60 | Don McKenney | 0.700 |
1958-59 | Dickie Moore* | 0.786 |
1957-58 | Henri Richard* | 0.776 |
1956-57 | Ted Lindsay* | 0.786 |
1955-56 | Bert Olmstead* | 0.800 |
1954-55 | Bert Olmstead* | 0.686 |
1953-54 | Gordie Howe* | 0.686 |
1952-53 | Gordie Howe* | 0.657 |
1951-52 | Elmer Lach* | 0.714 |
1950-51 | Ted Kennedy* | 0.683 |
1949-50 | Ted Lindsay* | 0.797 |
1948-49 | Doug Bentley* | 0.741 |
1947-48 | Doug Bentley* | 0.617 |
1946-47 | Billy Taylor | 0.767 |
1945-46 | Bill Mosienko* | 0.750 |
1944-45 | Elmer Lach* | 1.080 |
1943-44 | Bill Cowley* | 1.139 |
1942-43 | Bill Cowley* | 0.938 |
1941-42 | Bill Cowley* | 0.821 |
1940-41 | Bill Cowley* | 1.022 |
1939-40 | Milt Schmidt* | 0.625 |
1938-39 | Bill Cowley* | 1.000 |
1937-38 | Syl Apps* | 0.617 |
1936-37 | Syl Apps* | 0.604 |
1935-36 | Art Chapman | 0.583 |
1934-35 | Art Chapman | 0.723 |
1933-34 | Joe Primeau* | 0.711 |
1932-33 | Frank Boucher* | 0.609 |
1931-32 | Joe Primeau* | 0.804 |
1930-31 | Joe Primeau* | 0.842 |
1929-30 | Frank Boucher* | 0.857 |
1927-28 | Howie Morenz* | 0.419 |
1926-27 | Dick Irvin* | 0.409 |
1925-26 | Frank Nighbor* | 0.400 |
1924-25 | Hap Day* | 0.654 |
1923-24 | Georges Boucher* | 0.429 |
1922-23 | Edmond Bouchard | 0.625 |
1921-22 | Harry Cameron* | 0.708 |
1920-21 | Jack Darragh* | 0.583 |
1919-20 | Frank Nighbor* | 0.696 |
1918-19 | Newsy Lalonde* | 0.529 |
1917-18 | Reg Noble* | 0.500 |
WHA Leaders
Season | Player | A/G |
---|---|---|
1978-79 | Robbie Ftorek | 0.963 |
1977-78 | Ulf Nilsson | 1.219 |
1976-77 | Ulf Nilsson | 1.197 |
1975-76 | Ulf Nilsson | 0.974 |
1974-75 | André Lacroix | 1.359 |
1973-74 | André Lacroix | 1.026 |
1972-73 | J.C. Tremblay | 1.000 |
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