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NHL Yearly Playoff Leaders and Records for Assists Per Game

Playoff Leaders and Records: Season / Career / Active / Yearly

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Active players are listed in bold.
Members of the Hockey Hall of Fame are marked with an asterisk (*).

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YearPlayerA/G
2008Sidney Crosby1.050
2007Joe Thornton0.909
 Scott Gomez0.909
2006Mathieu Schneider1.167
2004Scott Gomez1.200
2003Doug Weight1.143
2002Peter Forsberg0.900
2001Nicklas Lidstrom1.167
2000Pierre Turgeon1.000
1999Jeff Norton1.167
1998Oleg Tverdovsky1.167
1997Brett Hull1.167
1996Joe Juneau1.400
1995Phil Housley1.286
1994Brendan Shanahan1.250
1993Adam Oates2.250
1992Mike Ridley1.571
1991Mario Lemieux*1.217
1990Craig Janney1.056
1989Mark Messier*1.571
1988Wayne Gretzky*1.632
1987Wayne Gretzky*1.381
1986Dennis Maruk1.800
1985Wayne Gretzky*1.667
1984Ivan Boldirev1.250
1983Wayne Gretzky*1.625
1982Gilbert Perreault*1.750
 Dale Hawerchuk*1.750
1981Peter Stastny*1.600
1980Doug Wilson1.143
1979Guy Lafleur*0.812
1978Larry Robinson*1.133
1977Darryl Sittler*1.778
1976Denis Potvin*1.077
1975Carol Vadnais1.667
 Bobby Schmautz1.667
 Jean Ratelle*1.667
 Bobby Orr*1.667
1974Bobby Orr*0.875
1973Gilbert Perreault*1.167
1972Bobby Orr*1.267
1971Bobby Orr*1.000
 Phil Esposito*1.000
1970Bobby Hull*1.000
 Phil Esposito*1.000
1969Bert Marshall1.000
 Phil Esposito*1.000
1968Howie Menard0.714
1967Doug Mohns1.000
1966Alex Delvecchio*0.917
1965J.C. Tremblay0.692
1964Stan Mikita*0.857
 Pierre Pilote*0.857
1963Pierre Pilote*1.333
1962Stan Mikita*1.250
1961Gordie Howe*1.000
 Pierre Pilote*1.000
1960Bernie Geoffrion*1.250
1959Dickie Moore*1.091
1958Fleming MacKell1.167
1957Gordie Howe*1.000
1956Bert Olmstead*1.000
1955Ted Lindsay*1.091
1954Jean Beliveau*0.800
1953Gordie Howe*0.833
 Johnny Wilson0.833
1952Metro Prystai0.625
 Gordie Howe*0.625
1951Max Bentley*1.000
1950Ed Slowinski0.500
1949Billy Reay0.714
1948Milt Schmidt*1.000
1947Billy Taylor1.000
1946Elmer Lach*1.333
1945Jack Crawford0.714
1944Elmer Lach*1.222
 Toe Blake*1.222
1943Flash Hollett1.000
 Buddy O'Connor*1.000
1942Neil Colville*0.833
1941Syd Howe*0.778
1940Neil Colville*0.583
1939Bill Cowley*0.917
1938Roger Jenkins0.600
1937Marty Barry*0.700
1936Bill Thoms0.556
1934Doc Romnes0.875
1932Joe Primeau*0.857
 Frank Boucher*0.857
1930Cooney Weiland*0.833