NHL & WHA Yearly 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 (*).

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NHL Leaders

NHL Leaders Table
Year Player A/G
2026 Matt Duchene 1.167
  Leon Draisaitl 1.167
2025 Connor McDavid 1.182
2024 Nikita Kucherov 1.400
2023 Kevin Fiala 1.667
2022 Leon Draisaitl 1.563
2021 Jonathan Huberdeau 1.333
2020 Ryan Nugent-Hopkins 1.500
2019 Shea Theodore 1.000
  Dustin Byfuglien 1.000
2018 David Pastrňák 1.167
2017 Erik Karlsson 0.842
2016 Jonathan Toews 0.857
  Patrick Kane 0.857
2015 Kevin Shattenkirk 1.333
2014 Nathan MacKinnon 1.143
2013 Kris Letang 0.867
2012 Claude Giroux 0.900
2011 Keith Yandle 1.250
2010 Jack Johnson 1.167
2009 Ryan Getzlaf 1.077
2008 Sidney Crosby 1.050
2007 Joe Thornton* 0.909
  Scott Gomez 0.909
2006 Mathieu Schneider 1.167
2004 Scott Gomez 1.200
2003 Doug Weight 1.143
2002 Peter Forsberg* 0.900
2001 Nicklas Lidström* 1.167
2000 Pierre Turgeon* 1.000
1999 Jeff Norton 1.167
1998 Oleg Tverdovsky 1.167
1997 Brett Hull* 1.167
1996 Joé Juneau 1.400
1995 Phil Housley* 1.286
1994 Brendan Shanahan* 1.250
1993 Adam Oates* 2.250
1992 Mike Ridley 1.571
1991 Mario Lemieux* 1.217
1990 Craig Janney 1.056
1989 Mark Messier* 1.571
1988 Wayne Gretzky* 1.632
1987 Wayne Gretzky* 1.381
1986 Dennis Maruk 1.800
1985 Wayne Gretzky* 1.667
1984 Ivan Boldirev 1.250
1983 Wayne Gretzky* 1.625
1982 Gilbert Perreault* 1.750
  Dale Hawerchuk* 1.750
1981 Peter Šťastný* 1.600
1980 Doug Wilson* 1.143
1979 Guy Lafleur* 0.813
1978 Larry Robinson* 1.133
1977 Darryl Sittler* 1.778
1976 Denis Potvin* 1.077
1975 Carol Vadnais 1.667
  Bobby Schmautz 1.667
  Jean Ratelle* 1.667
  Bobby Orr* 1.667
1974 Bobby Orr* 0.875
1973 Gilbert Perreault* 1.167
1972 Bobby Orr* 1.267
1971 Bobby Orr* 1.000
  Phil Esposito* 1.000
1970 Bobby Hull* 1.000
  Phil Esposito* 1.000
1969 Bert Marshall 1.000
  Phil Esposito* 1.000
1968 Howie Menard 0.714
1967 Doug Mohns 1.000
1966 Alex Delvecchio* 0.917
1965 J.C. Tremblay 0.692
1964 Pierre Pilote* 0.857
  Stan Mikita* 0.857
1963 Pierre Pilote* 1.333
1962 Stan Mikita* 1.250
1961 Pierre Pilote* 1.000
  Gordie Howe* 1.000
1960 Bernie Geoffrion* 1.250
1959 Dickie Moore* 1.091
1958 Fleming Mackell 1.167
1957 Gordie Howe* 1.000
1956 Bert Olmstead* 1.000
1955 Ted Lindsay* 1.091
1954 Jean Béliveau* 0.800
1953 Johnny Wilson 0.833
  Gordie Howe* 0.833
1952 Metro Prystai 0.625
  Gordie Howe* 0.625
1951 Max Bentley* 1.000
1950 Ed Slowinski 0.500
1949 Billy Reay 0.714
1948 Milt Schmidt* 1.000
1947 Billy Taylor 1.000
1946 Elmer Lach* 1.333
1945 Jack Crawford 0.714
1944 Elmer Lach* 1.222
  Toe Blake* 1.222
1943 Buddy O'Connor* 1.000
  Flash Hollett 1.000
1942 Neil Colville* 0.833
1941 Syd Howe* 0.778
1940 Neil Colville* 0.583
1939 Charlie Conacher* 1.000
1938 Roger Jenkins 0.600
1937 Marty Barry* 0.700
1936 Bill Thoms 0.556
1934 Doc Romnes 0.875
1932 Joe Primeau* 0.857
  Frank Boucher* 0.857
1930 Cooney Weiland* 0.833

WHA Leaders

WHA Leaders Table
Year Player A/G
1979 Terry Ruskowski 1.500
1978 Ulf Nilsson 1.444
1977 Serge Bernier 1.294
1976 Ulf Nilsson 1.462
1975 Fran Huck 1.083
1974 Pat Stapleton 1.083
1973 Bobby Hull* 1.143