NHL & WHA Career Playoff Leaders and Records for Assists

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Members of the Hockey Hall of Fame are marked with an asterisk (*).

NHL Leaders

NHL Leaders Table
Rank	Player	Years	A
1.	Wayne Gretzky*	1979-99	260
2.	Mark Messier*	1979-04	186
3.	Ray Bourque*	1979-01	139
4.	Paul Coffey*	1980-01	137
5.	Nicklas Lidstrom*	1991-12	129
6.	Doug Gilmour*	1983-03	128
7.	Jari Kurri*	1980-98	127
8.	Sergei Fedorov*	1990-09	124
9.	Jaromir Jagr	1990-18	123
10.	Al MacInnis*	1981-04	121
	Glenn Anderson*	1980-96	121
12.	Sidney Crosby	2005-19	119
13.	Larry Robinson*	1972-92	116
14.	Larry Murphy*	1980-01	115
	Steve Yzerman*	1983-06	115
16.	Adam Oates*	1985-04	114
17.	Chris Chelios*	1983-10	113
18.	Bryan Trottier*	1975-94	112
19.	Denis Savard*	1980-97	109
20.	Denis Potvin*	1973-88	108
21.	Peter Forsberg*	1994-11	107
22.	Joe Sakic*	1988-09	104
23.	Evgeni Malkin	2006-19	103
24.	Ron Francis*	1981-04	97
	Marian Hossa	1997-17	97
	Jean Beliveau*	1950-71	97
27.	Mario Lemieux*	1984-06	96
	Bobby Smith	1978-93	96
	Joe Thornton	1997-19	96
30.	Chris Pronger*	1993-12	95
31.	Sergei Zubov	1992-09	93
32.	Scott Stevens*	1982-04	92
	Gordie Howe*	1946-80	92
34.	Stan Mikita*	1958-80	91
35.	Brad Park*	1968-85	90
36.	Mike Modano*	1989-11	88
37.	Brett Hull*	1986-06	87
38.	Mark Recchi*	1988-11	86
	Craig Janney	1987-99	86
40.	Brian Propp	1979-94	84
41.	Ryan Getzlaf	2005-19	83
42.	Patrik Elias	1995-16	80
	Henri Richard*	1955-75	80
44.	Claude Lemieux	1983-09	78
	Jacques Lemaire*	1967-79	78
46.	Ken Linseman	1978-92	77
	Bobby Clarke*	1969-84	77
48.	Dale Hunter	1980-99	76
	Guy Lafleur*	1971-91	76
	Phil Esposito*	1963-81	76
51.	Steve Larmer	1980-95	75
	John Tonelli	1978-92	75
	Mike Bossy*	1977-87	75
54.	Brendan Shanahan*	1987-09	74
55.	Scott Niedermayer*	1991-10	73
	Patrick Kane	2007-19	73
57.	Peter Stastny*	1980-95	72
	Bernie Nicholls	1981-99	72
	Scott Gomez	1999-16	72
60.	Brian Bellows	1982-99	71
	Pavel Datsyuk	2001-16	71
	Brian Rafalski	1999-11	71
63.	Jonathan Toews	2007-19	70
	Gilbert Perreault*	1970-87	70
	Geoff Courtnall	1983-00	70
66.	Brian Leetch*	1987-06	69
	Luc Robitaille*	1986-06	69
	Jeremy Roenick	1988-09	69
	Alex Delvecchio*	1950-74	69
	Dale Hawerchuk*	1981-97	69
71.	Sergei Gonchar	1994-15	68
	Brad Richards	2000-16	68
73.	Nicklas Backstrom	2007-19	67
	Bobby Hull*	1957-80	67
	Frank Mahovlich*	1956-74	67
	Sandis Ozolinsh	1992-08	67
	Igor Larionov*	1989-04	67
78.	Bernie Federko*	1976-90	66
	Bobby Orr*	1966-79	66
	Jean Ratelle*	1960-81	66
	Charlie Huddy	1980-97	66
	Chris Kunitz	2003-19	66
83.	Trevor Linden	1988-08	65
84.	Dickie Moore*	1951-68	64
	Doug Harvey*	1947-69	64
	Dan Boyle	1998-16	64
87.	Yvan Cournoyer*	1963-79	63
	Neal Broten	1980-97	63
	Duncan Keith	2005-19	63
	Vincent Damphousse	1986-04	63
	Daniel Briere	1997-15	63
	Henrik Zetterberg	2002-18	63
93.	John Bucyk*	1955-78	62
	Pierre Turgeon	1987-07	62
95.	Steve Duchesne	1986-02	61
	Doug Wilson	1977-93	61
	Gary Roberts	1986-09	61
	Mike Richards	2005-16	61
99.	Rick Tocchet	1984-02	60
	Bernie Geoffrion*	1950-68	60
	Kevin Stevens	1987-02	60
	Rod Brind'Amour	1989-10	60
	Esa Tikkanen	1985-99	60
104.	Red Kelly*	1947-67	59
105.	Kris Letang	2006-19	58
	Justin Williams	2000-19	58
107.	Bobby Rousseau	1960-75	57
	Valtteri Filppula	2005-19	57
	Mats Naslund	1982-95	57
	Cliff Ronning	1986-04	57
	Eric Desjardins	1988-06	57
	Wayne Cashman	1964-83	57
113.	Alex Ovechkin	2005-19	56
	Gary Suter	1985-02	56
115.	Rick Middleton	1974-88	55
	Bill Barber*	1972-84	55
	Alex Kovalev	1992-13	55
	Henrik Sedin	2000-18	55
	Bob Bourne	1974-88	55
	Dave Andreychuk*	1982-06	55
	Guy Carbonneau	1980-00	55
	Patrice Bergeron	2003-19	55
	David Krejci	2006-19	55
124.	Joe Juneau	1991-04	54
	Paul Reinhart	1979-90	54
126.	Norm Ullman*	1955-75	53
	Corey Perry	2005-19	53
	Steve Thomas	1984-04	53
	Jamie Langenbrunner	1994-13	53
	Patrick Marleau	1997-19	53
	Pierre Pilote*	1955-69	53
	Rick MacLeish	1970-84	53
133.	Mark Howe*	1979-95	51
	J.C. Tremblay	1959-72	51
	Tomas Holmstrom	1996-12	51
136.	Joe Nieuwendyk*	1986-07	50
	Mike Gartner*	1979-98	50
	Mike Ridley	1985-97	50
	Butch Goring	1969-85	50
	Stefan Persson	1977-86	50
141.	Tomas Sandstrom	1984-99	49
	Shayne Corson	1985-04	49
	Ted Lindsay*	1944-65	49
	Daniel Alfredsson	1995-14	49
	Brad Maxwell	1977-87	49
	Dick Duff*	1954-72	49
	Serge Savard*	1966-83	49
	Doug Weight	1991-11	49
149.	Steve Shutt*	1972-85	48
	John MacLean	1983-02	48
	Martin St. Louis*	1998-15	48
	Kevin Lowe	1979-98	48
	Bob Gainey*	1973-89	48
154.	Darryl Sydor	1991-10	47
	Logan Couture	2009-19	47
	Clark Gillies*	1974-88	47
	Joe Pavelski	2006-19	47
	John LeClair	1990-07	47
	Dany Heatley	2001-15	47
	Gordie Roberts	1979-94	47
	Rob Blake*	1989-10	47
	Alexander Mogilny	1989-06	47
	Ken Hodge	1964-78	47
164.	Brian Skrudland	1985-00	46
	Joe Mullen*	1981-97	46
	Daniel Sedin	2000-18	46
	Dave Ellett	1984-00	46
	Joel Otto	1984-98	46
	Zdeno Chara	1997-19	46
170.	Stephane Richer	1984-02	45
	Theoren Fleury	1988-03	45
	Anze Kopitar	2006-19	45
	Dino Ciccarelli*	1980-99	45
	Petr Svoboda	1984-01	45
	Elmer Lach*	1940-54	45
	Jeff Brown	1985-98	45
	Darryl Sittler*	1970-85	45
178.	Bob Nystrom	1972-86	44
	Brent Sutter	1980-98	44
	Mats Sundin*	1990-09	44
	Russ Courtnall	1983-99	44
	Maurice Richard*	1942-60	44
	Teemu Selanne*	1992-14	44
	Guy Lapointe*	1968-84	44
	Martin Straka	1992-08	44
186.	Mike Ricci	1990-07	43
	Phil Kessel	2006-19	43
	Mike Krushelnyski	1981-95	43
	Murray Craven	1982-00	43
	Mathieu Schneider	1987-10	43
	Bert Olmstead*	1948-62	43
	Joe Murphy	1986-01	43
	Calle Johansson	1987-04	43
	Jason Spezza	2002-19	43
	Scott Young	1987-06	43
	Phil Housley*	1982-03	43
197.	P.K. Subban	2009-19	42
	Terry O'Reilly	1971-85	42
	Peter McNab	1973-87	42
	Milan Hejduk	1998-13	42
	Rob Ramage	1979-94	42
	Niklas Kronwall	2003-19	42
	Pete Mahovlich	1965-81	42
	Chris Drury	1998-11	42
	Dave Poulin	1982-95	42
	Milan Lucic	2007-19	42
207.	Claude Giroux	2007-19	41
	Dave Babych	1980-99	41
	Saku Koivu	1995-14	41
	Kent Nilsson	1979-95	41
	Steve Smith	1984-01	41
	Victor Hedman	2009-19	41
	Jude Drouin	1968-81	41
	Fleming MacKell	1947-60	41
	Ryan Kesler	2003-19	41
	Jason Arnott	1993-12	41
217.	Lanny McDonald*	1973-89	40
	Patrick Sharp	2002-18	40
	Carol Vadnais	1966-83	40
	Adam Deadmarsh	1994-03	40
	Gregg Sheppard	1972-82	40
	Paul Martin	2003-18	40
	Bruce Driver	1983-98	40
	Mike Keane	1988-04	40
	Alex Tanguay	1999-16	40
	Randy Gregg	1982-92	40
	Petr Sykora	1995-12	40
228.	Brent Seabrook	2005-19	39
	Pat Stapleton	1961-73	39
	Brad Marchand	2009-19	39
	Tim Horton*	1949-74	39
	Peter Zezel	1984-99	39
	Zach Parise	2005-19	39
	Johan Franzen	2005-16	39
	Doug Crossman	1980-94	39
	Mel Bridgman	1975-89	39
	Matt Cullen	1997-19	39
	Bobby Holik	1990-09	39
	Keith Primeau	1990-06	39
	Michel Goulet*	1979-94	39
241.	Matt Carle	2005-17	38
	Craig MacTavish	1979-97	38
	Bob Carpenter	1981-99	38
	Tom Lysiak	1973-86	38
	Roman Hamrlik	1992-13	38
	Claude Provost	1955-70	38
247.	John Carlson	2009-19	37
	Pat LaFontaine*	1983-98	37
	Toe Blake*	1934-48	37
	Vyacheslav Kozlov	1991-10	37
	Mikael Samuelsson	2000-14	37
	Ed Westfall	1961-79	37
	Borje Salming*	1973-90	37
	Kevin Hatcher	1984-01	37
	Doug Risebrough	1974-87	37
	Bob Murray	1975-90	37
	Glen Wesley	1987-08	37

WHA Leaders

WHA Leaders Table
Rank	Player	Years	A
1.	Ulf Nilsson	1974-78	53
2.	Mark Howe*	1973-79	51
3.	Poul Popiel	1972-78	47
4.	Serge Bernier	1973-79	46
5.	Larry Lund	1972-78	45
6.	Gordie Howe*	1973-79	43
7.	Bobby Hull*	1972-79	37
8.	Terry Ruskowski	1974-79	36
9.	Christian Bordeleau	1972-79	34
10.	Jim Dorey	1972-79	33
	Rick Ley	1972-79	33
12.	Peter Sullivan	1975-79	32
	Marc Tardif	1973-79	32
14.	Real Cloutier	1974-79	30
15.	Andre Lacroix	1972-79	29
16.	Anders Hedberg	1974-78	28
	Gord Labossiere	1972-76	28
18.	Tom Webster	1972-78	26
19.	John Schella	1972-78	25
	John French	1972-78	25
	Mike Ford	1974-78	25
22.	Dave Keon*	1975-79	23
	J.C. Tremblay	1972-79	23
24.	Willy Lindstrom	1975-79	22
	Larry Pleau	1972-79	22
	Rich Preston	1974-79	22
	Rosaire Paiement	1972-78	22
	Lars-Erik Sjoberg	1974-79	22
29.	Mike Rogers	1974-79	21
	Blair MacDonald	1973-79	21
	Ted Taylor	1972-78	21
	Tim Sheehy	1972-78	21
	Pat Stapleton	1973-78	21
	Wayne Carleton	1972-77	21
35.	Gordie Roberts	1975-79	20
	Mike Antonovich	1972-79	20
37.	Bobby Guindon	1972-79	19
	Norm Beaudin	1972-76	19
	Gavin Kirk	1972-79	19
	Kent Nilsson	1977-79	19
41.	Ray Adduono	1973-78	18
	Ralph Backstrom	1973-77	18
	Paul Shmyr	1972-79	18
	Dan Labraaten	1976-78	18
45.	Murray Hall	1972-76	17
	George Morrison	1972-77	17
47.	Frank Hughes	1972-78	16
	Ted Green	1972-79	16
	Andre Hinse	1973-77	16
50.	Mike Walton	1973-76	15
	Paulin Bordeleau	1976-79	15
	Larry Hale	1972-78	15
	Kevin Morrison	1973-79	15
	Fran Huck	1973-78	15
	Ron Plumb	1972-79	15
	Garry Lariviere	1974-79	15
	John McKenzie	1972-79	15
	Wayne Connelly	1972-77	15
	Ron Chipperfield	1974-79	15

Leaders Index

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