NHL & WHA Single Season 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 (*).

Rate Statistic Requirements

NHL Leaders

NHL Leaders Table
Rank Player A/G Season
1.Wayne Gretzky* 2.038 1985-86
2.Wayne Gretzky* 1.703 1987-88
3.Wayne Gretzky* 1.688 1984-85
4.Wayne Gretzky* 1.595 1983-84
5.Wayne Gretzky* 1.564 1990-91
6.Wayne Gretzky* 1.563 1982-83
7.Wayne Gretzky* 1.532 1986-87
8.Mario Lemieux* 1.517 1992-93
9.Wayne Gretzky* 1.500 1981-82
 Mario Lemieux* 1.500 1988-89
11.Adam Oates* 1.475 1990-91
12.Wayne Gretzky* 1.462 1988-89
13.Wayne Gretzky* 1.397 1989-90
14.Wayne Gretzky* 1.363 1980-81
15.Mario Lemieux* 1.359 1991-92
16.Mario Lemieux* 1.322 1989-90
17.Connor McDavid 1.316 2023-24
18.Mario Lemieux* 1.314 1995-96
19.Bobby Orr* 1.308 1970-71
20.Connor McDavid 1.286 2020-21
21.Mario Lemieux* 1.273 1987-88
22.Nikita Kucherov 1.235 2023-24
23.Bobby Orr* 1.216 1973-74
 Wayne Gretzky* 1.216 1991-92
25.Ron Francis* 1.195 1995-96
26.Joe Thornton* 1.185 2005-06
27.Mario Lemieux* 1.177 1985-86
28.Bobby Clarke* 1.171 1975-76
29.Peter Šťastný* 1.163 1981-82
30.Adam Oates* 1.155 1992-93
31.Bobby Orr* 1.145 1969-70
 Bryan Trottier* 1.145 1978-79
33.Doug Gilmour* 1.145 1992-93
34.Bobby Orr* 1.143 1972-73
35.Paul Coffey* 1.139 1985-86
36.Bill Cowley* 1.139 1943-44
 Sidney Crosby 1.139 2012-13
38.Wayne Gretzky* 1.136 1993-94
39.Nikita Kucherov 1.132 2025-26
40.Pat LaFontaine* 1.131 1992-93
41.Paul Coffey* 1.130 1987-88
42.Steve Yzerman* 1.125 1988-89
43.Joe Thornton* 1.122 2006-07
44.Bobby Clarke* 1.113 1974-75
 Bobby Orr* 1.113 1974-75
46.Paul Coffey* 1.107 1988-89
47.Connor McDavid 1.104 2024-25
48.Denis Savard* 1.103 1982-83
49.Connor McDavid 1.098 2025-26
50.Ron Francis* 1.091 1994-95
51.Wayne Gretzky* 1.089 1992-93
52.Wayne Gretzky* 1.089 1979-80
53.Denis Savard* 1.088 1981-82
 Denis Savard* 1.088 1987-88
55.Connor McDavid 1.085 2022-23
 Nathan MacKinnon 1.085 2023-24
57.Elmer Lach* 1.080 1944-45
58.Nikita Kucherov 1.077 2024-25
59.Paul Coffey* 1.075 1983-84
60.Peter Šťastný* 1.066 1985-86
61.Denis Potvin* 1.065 1979-80
62.Mark Messier* 1.063 1989-90
 Sidney Crosby 1.063 2006-07
 Nathan MacKinnon 1.063 2024-25
65.Jonathan Huberdeau 1.063 2021-22
66.Jaromír Jágr 1.061 1995-96
 Nikita Kucherov 1.061 2018-19
68.Bobby Orr* 1.053 1971-72
69.Marcel Dionne* 1.050 1979-80
 Paul Coffey* 1.050 1984-85
71.Peter Forsberg* 1.049 1995-96
72.Bryan Trottier* 1.044 1983-84
 Jason Spezza 1.044 2005-06
74.Phil Esposito* 1.041 1968-69
75.Adam Oates* 1.039 1993-94
76.Mike Bossy* 1.038 1981-82
77.Peter Šťastný* 1.027 1982-83
 Peter Forsberg* 1.027 2002-03
79.Pete Mahovlich 1.025 1974-75
 Kent Nilsson 1.025 1980-81
81.Jaromír Jágr 1.025 1998-99
82.Bill Cowley* 1.022 1940-41
83.Denis Savard* 1.017 1988-89
84.Guy Lafleur* 1.014 1979-80
85.Bernie Nicholls 1.013 1988-89
86.Henrik Sedin* 1.012 2009-10
 Nikita Kucherov 1.012 2022-23
88.Doug Gilmour* 1.012 1993-94
89.Bill Cowley* 1.000 1938-39
 Elmer Lach* 1.000 1943-44
 Jean Ratelle* 1.000 1971-72
 Guy Lafleur* 1.000 1976-77
 Bryan Trottier* 1.000 1977-78
 Guy Chouinard 1.000 1980-81
 Mike Bossy* 1.000 1983-84
 Marcel Dionne* 1.000 1984-85
 Ron Francis* 1.000 1985-86
 Brian Leetch* 1.000 1991-92
 Steve Yzerman* 1.000 1993-94
100.Dale Hawerchuk* 0.988 1992-93
101.Bryan Trottier* 0.988 1981-82
 Adam Oates* 0.988 1989-90
 Adam Oates* 0.988 1991-92
 Phil Housley* 0.988 1992-93
 Wayne Gretzky* 0.988 1995-96
 Connor McDavid 0.988 2021-22
107.Phil Esposito* 0.987 1973-74
 Sergei Zubov* 0.987 1993-94
109.Artemi Panarin 0.987 2021-22
110.Bryan Trottier* 0.986 1980-81
111.Ray Bourque* 0.986 1993-94
112.Craig Janney 0.986 1993-94
113.Connor McDavid 0.984 2019-20
114.Stan Mikita* 0.982 1972-73
115.Mark Messier* 0.981 1990-91
116.Clint Smith* 0.980 1943-44
117.Paul Coffey* 0.978 1994-95
118.Craig Janney 0.976 1992-93
 Artemi Panarin 0.976 2020-21
120.Phil Esposito* 0.974 1970-71
121.Dale Hawerchuk* 0.974 1991-92
122.Nathan MacKinnon 0.972 2022-23
123.Rob Brown 0.971 1988-89
124.Doug Weight 0.963 1995-96
125.Guy Lafleur* 0.963 1978-79
 Marcel Dionne* 0.963 1980-81
 Barry Pederson 0.963 1983-84
 Dale Hawerchuk* 0.963 1984-85
 Dale Hawerchuk* 0.963 1987-88
130.Phil Esposito* 0.962 1972-73
 Al MacInnis* 0.962 1990-91
 Connor McDavid 0.962 2018-19
133.Mark Messier* 0.961 1987-88
134.Bernie Federko* 0.961 1984-85
 Ray Bourque* 0.961 1990-91
136.Denis Potvin* 0.959 1978-79
137.Bobby Clarke* 0.958 1977-78
138.Adam Oates* 0.957 1995-96
139.Buddy O'Connor* 0.955 1943-44
140.Leon Draisaitl 0.954 2025-26
141.Mario Lemieux* 0.953 2000-01
142.Jari Kurri* 0.953 1983-84
143.Evgeni Malkin 0.951 2008-09
144.Dennis Maruk 0.950 1981-82
 Neal Broten 0.950 1985-86
 Leon Draisaitl 0.950 2022-23
147.Peter Forsberg* 0.949 2003-04
148.Mario Lemieux* 0.947 1996-97
149.Leon Draisaitl 0.946 2020-21
150.Leon Draisaitl 0.944 2019-20
151.Guy Lafleur* 0.943 1974-75
 Kris Letang 0.943 2012-13
153.Joe Sakic* 0.942 1991-92
154.Steve Yzerman* 0.940 1992-93
155.Mario Lemieux* 0.940 2002-03
156.Herb Cain 0.939 1943-44
157.Bill Cowley* 0.938 1942-43
 Paul Coffey* 0.938 1992-93
 Nathan MacKinnon 0.938 2020-21
160.Max Bentley* 0.936 1942-43
 Nikita Kucherov 0.936 2021-22
162.Bernie Federko* 0.936 1980-81
 Mark Recchi* 0.936 1990-91
164.Gary Suter 0.933 1987-88
 Peter Forsberg* 0.933 2005-06
166.Quinn Hughes 0.932 2025-26
167.Eric Lindros* 0.932 1995-96
168.Erik Karlsson 0.927 2022-23
169.Mitch Marner 0.926 2024-25
170.Marcel Dionne* 0.925 1974-75
 Paul Coffey* 0.925 1989-90
 Nathan MacKinnon 0.925 2025-26
173.Bernie Nicholls 0.924 1989-90
174.Guy Lafleur* 0.923 1977-78
 Ray Bourque* 0.923 1986-87
176.David Pastrňák 0.922 2025-26
177.Bobby Smith 0.918 1979-80
178.Peter Forsberg* 0.917 1997-98
179.Joe Sakic* 0.915 1994-95
180.Henrik Sedin* 0.915 2010-11
 Johnny Gaudreau 0.915 2021-22
 Quinn Hughes 0.915 2023-24
183.Artemi Panarin 0.913 2019-20
184.Peter Šťastný* 0.913 1983-84
 Roman Josi 0.913 2021-22
186.Mark Messier* 0.911 1991-92
187.Patrick Kane 0.911 2020-21
188.John Cullen 0.910 1990-91
189.Peter Šťastný* 0.909 1980-81
 Mark Messier* 0.909 1986-87
 Sidney Crosby 0.909 2008-09
192.Paul Coffey* 0.908 1990-91
193.Peter Šťastný* 0.907 1984-85
194.Ken Linseman 0.906 1985-86
 Paul Coffey* 0.906 1991-92
196.Thomas Steen 0.906 1989-90
 Sidney Crosby 0.906 2007-08
198.Stan Mikita* 0.905 1968-69
199.Ron Francis* 0.905 1992-93
200.Ray Bourque* 0.904 1984-85
201.Eric Lindros* 0.904 1996-97
202.Dave Taylor 0.903 1980-81
203.Marc Savard 0.902 2006-07
 Evan Bouchard 0.902 2025-26
205.Darryl Sittler* 0.900 1977-78
 Brian Leetch* 0.900 1990-91
207.Bob MacMillan 0.899 1978-79
208.Adam Oates* 0.899 1988-89
209.Cale Makar 0.896 2023-24
210.Martin St. Louis* 0.896 2012-13
211.Réal Cloutier 0.896 1981-82
212.Ryan Getzlaf 0.893 2017-18
213.Peter Forsberg* 0.892 1996-97
214.Joé Juneau 0.892 1993-94
215.Pierre Turgeon* 0.892 1992-93
216.Eric Lindros* 0.891 1994-95
217.Evgeni Malkin 0.891 2019-20
218.Guy Chouinard 0.891 1981-82
219.Michal Pivoňka 0.890 1995-96
220.Elmer Lach* 0.889 1942-43
 Daniel Sedin* 0.889 2009-10
222.Pete Mahovlich 0.888 1975-76
 Marcel Dionne* 0.888 1978-79
 Bobby Smith 0.888 1981-82
225.Stan Mikita* 0.886 1966-67
226.Craig Janney 0.885 1991-92
 Quinn Hughes 0.885 2022-23
228.Denis Savard* 0.883 1989-90
 Joe Sakic* 0.883 1999-00
230.Quinn Hughes 0.882 2024-25
231.Phil Esposito* 0.882 1971-72
 Randy Carlyle 0.882 1980-81
233.Ulf Nilsson 0.880 1979-80
 Michel Goulet* 0.880 1983-84
 Mark Messier* 0.880 1992-93
236.Wayne Gretzky* 0.878 1996-97
 Nick Suzuki 0.878 2025-26
238.Randy Carlyle 0.877 1981-82
 Mark Messier* 0.877 1983-84
 Jari Kurri* 0.877 1984-85
241.Bernie Federko* 0.873 1987-88
 Joe Thornton* 0.873 2009-10
 Matthew Tkachuk 0.873 2022-23
244.Sergei Fedorov* 0.872 1995-96
245.Jaromír Jágr 0.870 1997-98
246.John Carlson 0.870 2019-20
247.Dave Taylor 0.869 1979-80
248.Börje Salming* 0.868 1976-77
249.Bill Hay* 0.867 1961-62
250.Henrik Sedin* 0.866 2006-07
 Blake Wheeler 0.866 2018-19
 Artemi Panarin 0.866 2023-24

WHA Leaders

WHA Leaders Table
Rank Player A/G Season
1.André Lacroix 1.359 1974-75
2.Ulf Nilsson 1.219 1977-78
3.Ulf Nilsson 1.205 1974-75
4.Ulf Nilsson 1.197 1976-77
5.Marc Tardif 1.141 1977-78
6.Christian Bordeleau 1.042 1976-77
7.André Lacroix 1.026 1973-74
8.André Lacroix 1.012 1976-77
9.Réal Cloutier 1.000 1977-78
 J.C. Tremblay 1.000 1972-73
11.André Lacroix 0.987 1977-78
12.Réal Cloutier 0.987 1976-77
13.Gordie Howe* 0.986 1973-74
14.Ulf Nilsson 0.974 1975-76
15.Christian Bordeleau 0.973 1975-76
16.Serge Bernier 0.971 1975-76
17.Marc Tardif 0.968 1976-77
18.J.C. Tremblay 0.963 1975-76
 Robbie Ftorek 0.963 1978-79
20.Larry Lund 0.962 1974-75
21.Jim Harrison 0.957 1973-74
22.Marc Tardif 0.951 1975-76
23.André Lacroix 0.949 1972-73
24.Bobby Hull* 0.941 1976-77
25.Bobby Hull* 0.922 1977-78
26.Mark Howe* 0.912 1976-77
27.Tom Webster 0.909 1975-76
28.André Lacroix 0.900 1975-76
 Robbie Ftorek 0.900 1975-76
30.Gordie Howe* 0.897 1975-76
31.Anders Hedberg 0.897 1976-77
32.Serge Bernier 0.897 1977-78
33.Serge Bernier 0.895 1974-75
34.Robbie Ftorek 0.888 1976-77
35.Terry Ruskowski 0.880 1978-79
36.Bobby Hull* 0.875 1975-76
37.Kent Nilsson 0.872 1978-79
38.Mark Howe* 0.871 1977-78
39.Ron Ward 0.870 1972-73
40.Gordie Howe* 0.867 1974-75
41.Wayne Dillon 0.857 1974-75
42.John McKenzie 0.844 1973-74
43.Mark Howe* 0.844 1978-79
44.Ray Adduono 0.838 1975-76
45.John McKenzie 0.833 1972-73
 Norm Beaudin 0.833 1972-73
 Bobby Hull* 0.833 1974-75
48.Dave Keon* 0.829 1976-77
49.Bobby Hull* 0.825 1972-73
50.Terry Caffery 0.824 1972-73