NHL Progressive Playoff Leaders and Records for Assists

Playoff Leaders and Records: Single Season ▪ Career ▪ Active ▪ Yearly ▪ Progressive

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

	Yearly	A	Active	A	Career	A	Single Season	A
1918	Harry Cameron Newsy Lalonde	2	Harry Cameron Newsy Lalonde	2	Harry Cameron Newsy Lalonde	2	Newsy Lalonde Harry Cameron	2
1919	Louis Berlinguette Jack McDonald Didier Pitre	3	Newsy Lalonde Didier Pitre	4	Didier Pitre Newsy Lalonde	4	Louis Berlinguette Jack McDonald Didier Pitre	3
1920			Didier Pitre Newsy Lalonde	4	Didier Pitre Newsy Lalonde	4	Louis Berlinguette Jack McDonald Didier Pitre	3
1921	Frank Nighbor	3	Frank Nighbor	5	Frank Nighbor	5	Didier Pitre Jack McDonald Louis Berlinguette Frank Nighbor	3
1922	Harry Cameron	2	Frank Nighbor	6	Frank Nighbor	6	Jack McDonald Frank Nighbor Louis Berlinguette Didier Pitre	3
1923	Louis Berlinguette	2	Frank Nighbor	7	Frank Nighbor	7	Frank Nighbor Didier Pitre Louis Berlinguette Jack McDonald	3
1924	George Boucher Aurele Joliat Howie Morenz Frank Nighbor	1	Frank Nighbor	8	Frank Nighbor	8	Jack McDonald Didier Pitre Frank Nighbor Louis Berlinguette	3
1925	Sprague Cleghorn	2	Frank Nighbor	8	Frank Nighbor	8	Frank Nighbor Didier Pitre Louis Berlinguette Jack McDonald	3
1926	Duke McCurry Jesse Spring Nels Stewart	2	Frank Nighbor	8	Frank Nighbor	8	Jack McDonald Didier Pitre Frank Nighbor Louis Berlinguette	3
1927	Percy Galbraith	3	Frank Nighbor	9	Frank Nighbor	9	Didier Pitre Frank Nighbor Percy Galbraith Jack McDonald Louis Berlinguette	3
1928	Frank Boucher Bill Cook	3	Frank Nighbor	9	Frank Nighbor	9	Frank Nighbor Frank Boucher Didier Pitre Bill Cook Percy Galbraith Jack McDonald Louis Berlinguette	3
1929	Ace Bailey Paul Thompson	2	Frank Nighbor	9	Frank Nighbor	9	Jack McDonald Bill Cook Frank Boucher Frank Nighbor Louis Berlinguette Percy Galbraith Didier Pitre	3
1930	Cooney Weiland	5	Frank Nighbor	9	Frank Nighbor	9	Cooney Weiland	5
1931	Dit Clapper Aurele Joliat Howie Morenz	4	Cooney Weiland Aurele Joliat	8	Frank Nighbor	9	Cooney Weiland	5
1932	Frank Boucher Joe Primeau	6	Frank Boucher	12	Frank Boucher	12	Joe Primeau Frank Boucher	6
1933	Murray Murdoch Art Somers	4	Frank Boucher	14	Frank Boucher	14	Frank Boucher Joe Primeau	6
1934	Larry Aurie Doc Romnes	7	Frank Boucher	14	Frank Boucher	14	Doc Romnes Larry Aurie	7
1935	Charlie Conacher	4	Frank Boucher	17	Frank Boucher	17	Larry Aurie Doc Romnes	7
1936	Bill Thoms	5	Joe Primeau	18	Joe Primeau	18	Larry Aurie Doc Romnes	7
1937	Marty Barry	7	Frank Boucher	20	Frank Boucher	20	Larry Aurie Doc Romnes Marty Barry	7
1938	Roger Jenkins	6	Frank Boucher	20	Frank Boucher	20	Larry Aurie Marty Barry Doc Romnes	7
1939	Bill Cowley	11	Marty Barry Doc Romnes	18	Frank Boucher	20	Bill Cowley	11
1940	Neil Colville	7	Doc Romnes Marty Barry Charlie Conacher	18	Frank Boucher	20	Bill Cowley	11
1941	Syd Howe	7	Syd Howe Charlie Conacher	18	Frank Boucher	20	Bill Cowley	11
1942	Syl Apps	9	Syl Apps	24	Syl Apps	24	Bill Cowley	11
1943	Flash Hollett	9	Bill Cowley	26	Bill Cowley	26	Bill Cowley	11
1944	Toe Blake Elmer Lach	11	Syd Howe	27	Syd Howe	27	Bill Cowley Elmer Lach Toe Blake	11
1945	Joe Carveth	6	Bill Cowley	29	Bill Cowley	29	Bill Cowley Elmer Lach Toe Blake	11
1946	Elmer Lach	12	Bill Cowley	32	Bill Cowley	32	Elmer Lach	12
1947	Toe Blake	7	Toe Blake	37	Toe Blake	37	Elmer Lach	12
1948	Max Bentley Pete Horeck	7	Toe Blake	37	Toe Blake	37	Elmer Lach	12
1949	Ted Kennedy Ted Lindsay	6	Elmer Lach	31	Toe Blake	37	Elmer Lach	12
1950	George Gee Ed Slowinski	6	Elmer Lach	33	Toe Blake	37	Elmer Lach	12
1951	Max Bentley	11	Elmer Lach	35	Toe Blake	37	Elmer Lach	12
1952	Gordie Howe Metro Prystai	5	Elmer Lach	37	Toe Blake Elmer Lach	37	Elmer Lach	12
1953	Fleming MacKell	7	Elmer Lach	43	Elmer Lach	43	Elmer Lach	12
1954	Jean Beliveau Dickie Moore	8	Elmer Lach	45	Elmer Lach	45	Elmer Lach	12
1955	Ted Lindsay	12	Ted Lindsay	37	Elmer Lach	45	Ted Lindsay Elmer Lach	12
1956	Bert Olmstead	10	Gordie Howe	42	Elmer Lach	45	Ted Lindsay Elmer Lach	12
1957	Bert Olmstead	9	Gordie Howe	47	Gordie Howe	47	Ted Lindsay Elmer Lach	12
1958	Fleming MacKell	14	Gordie Howe	48	Gordie Howe	48	Fleming MacKell	14
1959	Dickie Moore	12	Doug Harvey	58	Doug Harvey	58	Fleming MacKell	14
1960	Bernie Geoffrion	10	Doug Harvey	58	Doug Harvey	58	Fleming MacKell	14
1961	Pierre Pilote	12	Gordie Howe	64	Gordie Howe	64	Fleming MacKell	14
1962	Stan Mikita	15	Gordie Howe	64	Gordie Howe	64	Stan Mikita	15
1963	Norm Ullman	12	Gordie Howe	73	Gordie Howe	73	Stan Mikita	15
1964	Frank Mahovlich	11	Gordie Howe	83	Gordie Howe	83	Stan Mikita	15
1965	Chico Maki J.C. Tremblay	9	Gordie Howe	85	Gordie Howe	85	Stan Mikita	15
1966	Alex Delvecchio	11	Gordie Howe	91	Gordie Howe	91	Stan Mikita	15
1967	Bob Pulford	10	Gordie Howe	91	Gordie Howe	91	Stan Mikita	15
1968	Dave Balon	9	Gordie Howe	91	Gordie Howe	91	Stan Mikita	15
1969	Jean Beliveau Phil Esposito	10	Gordie Howe	91	Gordie Howe	91	Stan Mikita	15
1970	Phil Esposito	14	Gordie Howe	91	Gordie Howe	91	Stan Mikita	15
1971	Jean Beliveau	16	Jean Beliveau	97	Jean Beliveau	97	Jean Beliveau	16
1972	Bobby Orr	19	Henri Richard	72	Jean Beliveau	97	Bobby Orr	19
1973	Dennis Hull Pat Stapleton	15	Stan Mikita	80	Jean Beliveau	97	Bobby Orr	19
1974	Bobby Orr	14	Stan Mikita	86	Jean Beliveau	97	Bobby Orr	19
1975	Bobby Clarke Jude Drouin	12	Stan Mikita	90	Jean Beliveau	97	Bobby Orr	19
1976	Bobby Clarke Denis Potvin	14	Stan Mikita	90	Jean Beliveau	97	Bobby Orr	19
1977	Guy Lafleur	17	Stan Mikita	91	Jean Beliveau	97	Bobby Orr	19
1978	Larry Robinson	17	Stan Mikita	91	Jean Beliveau	97	Bobby Orr	19
1979	Guy Lafleur Don Maloney	13	Stan Mikita	91	Jean Beliveau	97	Bobby Orr	19
1980	Ken Linseman	18	Gordie Howe	92	Jean Beliveau	97	Bobby Orr	19
1981	Mike Bossy Bryan Trottier	18	Phil Esposito	76	Jean Beliveau	97	Bobby Orr	19
1982	Bryan Trottier	23	Denis Potvin	82	Jean Beliveau	97	Bryan Trottier	23
1983	Wayne Gretzky	26	Denis Potvin	94	Jean Beliveau	97	Wayne Gretzky	26
1984	Wayne Gretzky	22	Denis Potvin	99	Denis Potvin	99	Wayne Gretzky	26
1985	Wayne Gretzky	30	Denis Potvin	101	Denis Potvin	101	Wayne Gretzky	30
1986	Al MacInnis	15	Wayne Gretzky	111	Wayne Gretzky	111	Wayne Gretzky	30
1987	Wayne Gretzky	29	Wayne Gretzky	140	Wayne Gretzky	140	Wayne Gretzky	30
1988	Wayne Gretzky	31	Wayne Gretzky	171	Wayne Gretzky	171	Wayne Gretzky	31
1989	Al MacInnis	24	Wayne Gretzky	188	Wayne Gretzky	188	Wayne Gretzky	31
1990	Mark Messier	22	Wayne Gretzky	195	Wayne Gretzky	195	Wayne Gretzky	31
1991	Mario Lemieux	28	Wayne Gretzky	206	Wayne Gretzky	206	Wayne Gretzky	31
1992	Ron Francis	19	Wayne Gretzky	211	Wayne Gretzky	211	Wayne Gretzky	31
1993	Doug Gilmour Wayne Gretzky	25	Wayne Gretzky	236	Wayne Gretzky	236	Wayne Gretzky	31
1994	Brian Leetch	23	Wayne Gretzky	236	Wayne Gretzky	236	Wayne Gretzky	31
1995	Sergei Fedorov	17	Wayne Gretzky	236	Wayne Gretzky	236	Wayne Gretzky	31
1996	Sergei Fedorov	18	Wayne Gretzky	250	Wayne Gretzky	250	Wayne Gretzky	31
1997	Joe Sakic	17	Wayne Gretzky	260	Wayne Gretzky	260	Wayne Gretzky	31
1998	Steve Yzerman	18	Wayne Gretzky	260	Wayne Gretzky	260	Wayne Gretzky	31
1999	Mike Modano	18	Wayne Gretzky	260	Wayne Gretzky	260	Wayne Gretzky	31
2000	Patrik Elias Brett Hull Mike Modano	13	Mark Messier	186	Wayne Gretzky	260	Wayne Gretzky	31
2001	Milan Hejduk	16	Mark Messier	186	Wayne Gretzky	260	Wayne Gretzky	31
2002	Peter Forsberg	18	Mark Messier	186	Wayne Gretzky	260	Wayne Gretzky	31
2003	Scott Niedermayer	16	Mark Messier	186	Wayne Gretzky	260	Wayne Gretzky	31
2004	Martin St. Louis	15	Mark Messier	186	Wayne Gretzky	260	Wayne Gretzky	31
2005					Wayne Gretzky	260	Wayne Gretzky	31
2006	Eric Staal	19	Steve Yzerman	115	Wayne Gretzky	260	Wayne Gretzky	31
2007	Dany Heatley Jason Spezza	15	Chris Chelios Sergei Fedorov	113	Wayne Gretzky	260	Wayne Gretzky	31
2008	Sidney Crosby	21	Sergei Fedorov	117	Wayne Gretzky	260	Wayne Gretzky	31
2009	Evgeni Malkin	22	Sergei Fedorov	124	Wayne Gretzky	260	Wayne Gretzky	31
2010	Jonathan Toews	22	Nicklas Lidstrom	125	Wayne Gretzky	260	Wayne Gretzky	31
2011	Henrik Sedin	19	Nicklas Lidstrom	129	Wayne Gretzky	260	Wayne Gretzky	31

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