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 (*).
NHL Leaders
Year | Player | A/G |
---|---|---|
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
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 |
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