NHL & WHA Single Season Playoff 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 Year
1.Adam Oates* 2.250 1993
2.Dennis Maruk 1.800 1986
3.Darryl Sittler* 1.778 1977
4.Dale Hawerchuk* 1.750 1982
 Gilbert Perreault* 1.750 1982
6.Bobby Orr* 1.667 1975
 Jean Ratelle* 1.667 1975
 Bobby Schmautz 1.667 1975
 Carol Vadnais 1.667 1975
 Wayne Gretzky* 1.667 1985
 Kevin Fiala 1.667 2023
12.Wayne Gretzky* 1.632 1988
13.Wayne Gretzky* 1.625 1983
14.Peter Šťastný* 1.600 1981
15.Mark Messier* 1.571 1989
 Mike Ridley 1.571 1992
17.Leon Draisaitl 1.563 2022
18.Wayne Gretzky* 1.556 1981
19.Wayne Gretzky* 1.545 1989
20.Bernie Federko* 1.500 1982
 Ryan Nugent-Hopkins 1.500 2020
22.Connor McDavid 1.438 2022
23.Pat LaFontaine* 1.429 1993
24.Wayne Gretzky* 1.400 1982
 Doug Gilmour* 1.400 1988
 Joé Juneau 1.400 1996
 Neal Pionk 1.400 2023
28.Paul Coffey* 1.389 1985
29.Wayne Gretzky* 1.381 1987
30.Elmer Lach* 1.333 1946
 Pierre Pilote* 1.333 1963
 Gilbert Perreault* 1.333 1977
 Ken Linseman 1.333 1981
 Denis Savard* 1.333 1985
 Adam Oates* 1.333 1989
 Alexander Mogilny 1.333 1996
 Kevin Shattenkirk 1.333 2015
 Jonathan Huberdeau 1.333 2021
 Sidney Crosby 1.333 2022
40.Rick Middleton 1.294 1983
41.Paul Coffey* 1.286 1993
 Phil Housley* 1.286 1995
43.Bobby Orr* 1.267 1972
44.Bernie Geoffrion* 1.250 1960
 Stan Mikita* 1.250 1962
 Gilbert Perreault* 1.250 1981
 Bill Barber* 1.250 1982
 Miroslav Fryčer 1.250 1983
 Rick Vaive 1.250 1983
 Ivan Boldirev 1.250 1984
 Dave Babych 1.250 1989
 Brendan Shanahan* 1.250 1994
 Keith Yandle 1.250 2011
54.Toe Blake* 1.222 1944
 Elmer Lach* 1.222 1944
 Kent Nilsson 1.222 1983
 Doug Gilmour* 1.222 1994
58.Mario Lemieux* 1.217 1991
59.Guy Lafleur* 1.214 1977
60.Bryan Trottier* 1.211 1982
 Mark Messier* 1.211 1988
62.George Ferguson 1.200 1981
 Ken Linseman 1.200 1985
 Steve Larmer 1.200 1988
 Bernie Nicholls 1.200 1988
 Mario Lemieux* 1.200 1992
 Gary Roberts 1.200 1993
 Ray Bourque* 1.200 1996
 Scott Gomez 1.200 2004
 John Carlson 1.200 2020
71.Doug Gilmour* 1.190 1993
72.Paul Coffey* 1.182 1989
73.Fleming Mackell 1.167 1958
 Gilbert Perreault* 1.167 1973
 Tim Young 1.167 1981
 Mats Näslund 1.167 1988
 Chris Chelios* 1.167 1991
 John Cullen 1.167 1991
 Trevor Linden 1.167 1991
 Theo Fleury 1.167 1993
 Phil Housley* 1.167 1993
 Doug Gilmour* 1.167 1996
 Brett Hull* 1.167 1997
 Oleg Tverdovsky 1.167 1998
 Jeff Norton 1.167 1999
 Nicklas Lidström* 1.167 2001
 Mathieu Schneider 1.167 2006
 Jack Johnson 1.167 2010
 David Pastrňák 1.167 2018
90.Wayne Gretzky* 1.158 1984
91.Doug Wilson* 1.143 1980
 Doug Weight 1.143 2003
 Nathan MacKinnon 1.143 2014
 Adam Fox 1.143 2023
 Dmitry Orlov 1.143 2023
 Devon Toews 1.143 2023
97.Larry Robinson* 1.133 1978
98.Henri Richard* 1.125 1960
 Dale Hawerchuk* 1.125 1993
 Ryan Getzlaf 1.125 2015
 Sebastian Aho 1.125 2020
102.Mike Gartner* 1.111 1986
 Patrik Eliáš 1.111 2006
 Jamie Langenbrunner 1.111 2006
105.Mario Tremblay 1.100 1980
 Joe Mullen* 1.100 1982
 Wayne Gretzky* 1.100 1986
108.Ted Lindsay* 1.091 1955
 Dickie Moore* 1.091 1959
 Norm Ullman* 1.091 1963
 Tony Currie 1.091 1981
 Al MacInnis* 1.091 1984
 Al MacInnis* 1.091 1989
114.Tim Horton* 1.083 1962
 Ron Francis* 1.083 1995
 Larry Murphy* 1.083 1995
 Brad Marchand 1.083 2018
 Evan Bouchard 1.083 2023
119.Nikita Kucherov 1.080 2020
120.Denis Potvin* 1.077 1976
 Stefan Persson 1.077 1982
 Wayne Gretzky* 1.077 1996
 Ryan Getzlaf 1.077 2009
124.Nathan MacKinnon 1.067 2020
125.Ken Linseman 1.059 1980
 Barry Pederson 1.059 1983
 Blake Wheeler 1.059 2018
128.Peter Šťastný* 1.056 1985
 Craig Janney 1.056 1990
130.Sidney Crosby 1.050 2008
 Cale Makar 1.050 2022
132.Nikita Kucherov 1.043 2021
133.Wayne Gretzky* 1.042 1993
134.Charlie Conacher* 1.000 1939
 Flash Hollett 1.000 1943
 Buddy O'Connor* 1.000 1943
 Billy Taylor 1.000 1947
 Milt Schmidt* 1.000 1948
 Max Bentley* 1.000 1951
 Gordie Howe* 1.000 1955
 Bill Quackenbush* 1.000 1955
 Bert Olmstead* 1.000 1956
 Gordie Howe* 1.000 1957
 Doug Harvey* 1.000 1959
 Jim Morrison 1.000 1959
 Alex Delvecchio* 1.000 1960
 Gordie Howe* 1.000 1961
 Pierre Pilote* 1.000 1961
 Doug Mohns 1.000 1967
 Phil Esposito* 1.000 1969
 Bert Marshall 1.000 1969
 Phil Esposito* 1.000 1970
 Bobby Hull* 1.000 1970
 Phil Esposito* 1.000 1971
 Bobby Orr* 1.000 1971
 Phil Esposito* 1.000 1972
 Marcel Dionne* 1.000 1977
 Mike Murphy 1.000 1977
 Rick Kehoe 1.000 1980
 Mike Bossy* 1.000 1981
 Randy Carlyle 1.000 1981
 Joe Micheletti 1.000 1981
 Bryan Trottier* 1.000 1981
 John Van Boxmeer 1.000 1981
 Glenn Anderson* 1.000 1982
 Paul Gardner 1.000 1982
 Jari Kurri* 1.000 1982
 Pierre Mondou 1.000 1982
 Barry Pederson 1.000 1982
 Bob Bourne 1.000 1983
 Paul Reinhart 1.000 1984
 Scott Stevens* 1.000 1984
 Mike O'Connell 1.000 1985
 Gilbert Perreault* 1.000 1985
 John Tucker 1.000 1985
 Jari Kurri* 1.000 1986
 Gary Leeman 1.000 1986
 Bernie Nicholls 1.000 1987
 Larry Robinson* 1.000 1987
 Andrew McBain 1.000 1988
 Luc Robitaille* 1.000 1988
 Thomas Steen 1.000 1988
 Gary Suter 1.000 1988
 Pierre Turgeon* 1.000 1989
 Dirk Graham 1.000 1990
 Wayne Gretzky* 1.000 1990
 Sergei Makarov* 1.000 1990
 Mark Messier* 1.000 1990
 Joe Nieuwendyk* 1.000 1990
 Adam Oates* 1.000 1990
 Craig Janney 1.000 1991
 Alexander Mogilny 1.000 1991
 Adam Oates* 1.000 1991
 Mark Recchi* 1.000 1991
 Craig Janney 1.000 1992
 Joe Murphy 1.000 1992
 Peter Šťastný* 1.000 1992
 Peter Bondra 1.000 1993
 Al MacInnis* 1.000 1993
 Joe Nieuwendyk* 1.000 1993
 Mike Ricci 1.000 1993
 Sergei Fedorov* 1.000 1994
 Dale Hawerchuk* 1.000 1994
 Brian Leetch* 1.000 1994
 Jeremy Roenick 1.000 1994
 Denis Chassé 1.000 1995
 Sergei Fedorov* 1.000 1995
 Theo Fleury 1.000 1995
 Mark Messier* 1.000 1995
 Michael Nylander 1.000 1995
 Brendan Shanahan* 1.000 1995
 Adam Oates* 1.000 1996
 Gord Murphy 1.000 1997
 Cliff Ronning 1.000 1997
 Joe Sakic* 1.000 1997
 Jason Allison 1.000 1998
 Sandis Ozoliņš 1.000 1998
 Bobby Holík 1.000 1999
 Pierre Turgeon* 1.000 2000
 Markus Näslund 1.000 2004
 Paul Kariya* 1.000 2006
 Brenden Morrow 1.000 2006
 Brad Richards 1.000 2006
 Sergei Zubov* 1.000 2006
 Jaromír Jágr 1.000 2008
 Daniel Alfredsson* 1.000 2010
 Sidney Crosby 1.000 2010
 Johan Franzén 1.000 2010
 Jason Spezza 1.000 2010
 Jonathan Toews 1.000 2010
 Mike Cammalleri 1.000 2011
 Pavel Datsyuk 1.000 2011
 Claude Giroux 1.000 2011
 Saku Koivu 1.000 2011
 Corey Perry 1.000 2011
 Sidney Crosby 1.000 2018
 Mitch Marner 1.000 2018
 Dustin Byfuglien 1.000 2019
 Shea Theodore 1.000 2019
 Aleksander Barkov 1.000 2021
 Charlie McAvoy 1.000 2021
 Brad Marchand 1.000 2022
 Mikko Rantanen 1.000 2022
 Viktor Arvidsson 1.000 2023
 Mitch Marner 1.000 2023
 Connor McDavid 1.000 2023
247.Mark Messier* 0.947 1984
 Ray Bourque* 0.947 1991
 Sergei Fedorov* 0.947 1996
250.Denis Potvin* 0.944 1981
 Charlie Huddy 0.944 1985

WHA Leaders

WHA Leaders Table
Rank Player A/G Year
1.Terry Ruskowski 1.500 1979
2.Ulf Nilsson 1.462 1976
3.Ulf Nilsson 1.444 1978
4.Serge Bernier 1.294 1977
5.Serge Bernier 1.200 1976
6.Bobby Hull* 1.143 1973
7.Kent Nilsson 1.100 1979
8.Fran Huck 1.083 1975
 Pat Stapleton 1.083 1974
10.Gordie Howe* 1.077 1974
11.Norm Beaudin 1.071 1973
12.Jim Dorey 1.067 1973
13.Ulf Nilsson 1.050 1977
14.Gavin Kirk 1.000 1975
 Réal Cloutier 1.000 1976
 Larry Lund 1.000 1975
 Tom Martin 1.000 1975
 Reg Thomas 1.000 1977
 Terry Ruskowski 1.000 1977
 Mike Ford 1.000 1976
 Robbie Ftorek 1.000 1975
 Jim Dorey 1.000 1975
 Poul Popiel 1.000 1974
 Larry Lund 1.000 1974
 Jim Dorey 1.000 1974
 Wayne Carleton 1.000 1974
 Lars-Erik Sjöberg 1.000 1978
 Gerry Pinder 1.000 1973
 Mike McMahon 1.000 1973
 Tom Martin 1.000 1973
31.Tom Webster 0.933 1973
 Tim Sheehy 0.933 1973
33.Mark Howe* 0.923 1975
 Gordie Howe* 0.923 1975
35.J.C. Tremblay 0.909 1975
 Mark Howe* 0.909 1977
 Serge Bernier 0.909 1978
38.André Lacroix 0.900 1975
 Peter Sullivan 0.900 1979
 Dave Keon* 0.900 1979
 Poul Popiel 0.900 1973
 Ray Adduono 0.900 1975
43.Jim Wiste 0.889 1973
 Kent Nilsson 0.889 1978
 Paul Andrea 0.889 1973
 Blair MacDonald 0.889 1977
47.Terry Caffery 0.875 1973
48.Christian Bordeleau 0.867 1975
49.André Lacroix 0.857 1977
 Norm Dubé 0.857 1977