NHL & WHA Yearly Leaders and Records for Adjusted Assists

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

Adjusted Statistics

NHL Leaders

NHL Leaders Table
Season Player A/A
2023-24 Connor McDavid 105
2022-23 Connor McDavid 84
2021-22 Jonathan Huberdeau 81
2020-21 Connor McDavid 108
2019-20 Leon Draisaitl 78
2018-19 Nikita Kucherov 87
2017-18 Blake Wheeler 69
  Claude Giroux 69
2016-17 Connor McDavid 77
2015-16 Erik Karlsson 74
2014-15 Nicklas Bäckström 66
2013-14 Sidney Crosby 75
2012-13 Martin St. Louis* 81
2011-12 Henrik Sedin* 74
2010-11 Henrik Sedin* 80
2009-10 Henrik Sedin* 87
2008-09 Evgeni Malkin 80
2007-08 Joe Thornton 72
2006-07 Joe Thornton 92
2005-06 Joe Thornton 92
2003-04 Martin St. Louis* 64
  Scott Gomez 64
2002-03 Peter Forsberg* 85
2001-02 Adam Oates* 73
2000-01 Adam Oates* 74
  Jaromír Jágr 74
1999-00 Mark Recchi* 68
1998-99 Jaromír Jágr 94
1997-98 Jaromír Jágr 77
  Wayne Gretzky* 77
1996-97 Mario Lemieux* 75
  Wayne Gretzky* 75
1995-96 Mario Lemieux* 89
  Ron Francis* 89
1994-95 Ron Francis* 83
1993-94 Wayne Gretzky* 84
1992-93 Adam Oates* 78
1991-92 Wayne Gretzky* 80
1990-91 Wayne Gretzky* 109
1989-90 Wayne Gretzky* 86
1988-89 Mario Lemieux* 94
  Wayne Gretzky* 94
1987-88 Wayne Gretzky* 91
1986-87 Wayne Gretzky* 103
1985-86 Wayne Gretzky* 129
1984-85 Wayne Gretzky* 108
1983-84 Wayne Gretzky* 94
1982-83 Wayne Gretzky* 102
1981-82 Wayne Gretzky* 88
1980-81 Wayne Gretzky* 85
1979-80 Wayne Gretzky* 74
1978-79 Bryan Trottier* 74
1977-78 Bryan Trottier* 70
1976-77 Guy Lafleur* 72
1975-76 Bobby Clarke* 78
1974-75 Bobby Orr* 78
  Bobby Clarke* 78
1973-74 Bobby Orr* 87
1972-73 Phil Esposito* 70
1971-72 Bobby Orr* 81
1970-71 Bobby Orr* 95
1969-70 Bobby Orr* 91
1968-69 Phil Esposito* 77
1967-68 Phil Esposito* 54
1966-67 Stan Mikita* 68
1965-66 Bobby Rousseau 51
  Stan Mikita* 51
  Jean Béliveau* 51
1964-65 Stan Mikita* 68
1963-64 Andy Bathgate* 67
1962-63 Henri Richard* 55
1961-62 Andy Bathgate* 60
1960-61 Jean Béliveau* 63
1959-60 Don McKenney 55
1958-59 Dickie Moore* 64
1957-58 Henri Richard* 62
1956-57 Ted Lindsay* 70
1955-56 Bert Olmstead* 77
1954-55 Bert Olmstead* 68
1953-54 Gordie Howe* 70
1952-53 Gordie Howe* 66
1951-52 Elmer Lach* 65
1950-51 Ted Kennedy* 63
  Gordie Howe* 63
1949-50 Ted Lindsay* 79
1948-49 Doug Bentley* 73
1947-48 Doug Bentley* 58
1946-47 Billy Taylor 66
1945-46 Elmer Lach* 59
1944-45 Elmer Lach* 76
1943-44 Clint Smith* 51
1942-43 Bill Cowley* 54
1941-42 Phil Watson 52
1940-41 Bill Cowley* 77
1939-40 Milt Schmidt* 56
1938-39 Bill Cowley* 63
1937-38 Syl Apps* 55
1936-37 Syl Apps* 63
1935-36 Art Chapman 63
1934-35 Art Chapman 70
1933-34 Joe Primeau* 80
1932-33 Frank Boucher* 69
1931-32 Joe Primeau* 105
1930-31 Joe Primeau* 116
1929-30 Frank Boucher* 118
1928-29 Frank Boucher* 119
1927-28 Howie Morenz* 123
1926-27 Dick Irvin* 114
1925-26 Frank Nighbor* 103
1924-25 Red Green 76
  Cy Denneny* 76
1923-24 Georges Boucher* 72
1922-23 Eddie Gerard* 61
1921-22 Harry Cameron* 66
1920-21 Jack Darragh* 71
1919-20 Frank Nighbor* 62
1918-19 Newsy Lalonde* 68
1917-18 Reg Noble* 51
  Cy Denneny* 51
  Harry Cameron* 51