NHL Progressive Playoff Leaders and Records for Assists

Active players are listed in bold.
Members of the Hockey Hall of Fame are marked with an asterisk (*).

Table
	Yearly	A	Active	A	Career	A	Single Season	A
1918	Harry Cameron Newsy Lalonde	2	Newsy Lalonde Harry Cameron	2	Newsy Lalonde Harry Cameron	2	Harry Cameron Newsy Lalonde	2
1919	Louis Berlinguette Jack McDonald Didier Pitre	3	Newsy Lalonde Didier Pitre	4	Didier Pitre Newsy Lalonde	4	Didier Pitre Jack McDonald Louis Berlinguette	3
1920			Didier Pitre Newsy Lalonde	4	Didier Pitre Newsy Lalonde	4	Didier Pitre Jack McDonald Louis Berlinguette	3
1921	Frank Nighbor	3	Frank Nighbor	5	Frank Nighbor	5	Frank Nighbor Louis Berlinguette Jack McDonald Didier Pitre	3
1922	Harry Cameron	2	Frank Nighbor	6	Frank Nighbor	6	Didier Pitre Louis Berlinguette Frank Nighbor Jack McDonald	3
1923	Louis Berlinguette	2	Frank Nighbor	7	Frank Nighbor	7	Jack McDonald Didier Pitre Louis Berlinguette Frank Nighbor	3
1924	Georges Boucher Aurele Joliat Howie Morenz Frank Nighbor	1	Frank Nighbor	8	Frank Nighbor	8	Louis Berlinguette Frank Nighbor Didier Pitre Jack McDonald	3
1925	Sprague Cleghorn	2	Frank Nighbor	8	Frank Nighbor	8	Jack McDonald Louis Berlinguette Didier Pitre Frank Nighbor	3
1926	Duke McCurry Jesse Spring Nels Stewart	2	Frank Nighbor	8	Frank Nighbor	8	Louis Berlinguette Jack McDonald Frank Nighbor Didier Pitre	3
1927	Percy Galbraith	3	Frank Nighbor	9	Frank Nighbor	9	Jack McDonald Louis Berlinguette Percy Galbraith Frank Nighbor Didier Pitre	3
1928	Frank Boucher Bill Cook	3	Frank Nighbor	9	Frank Nighbor	9	Jack McDonald Frank Nighbor Didier Pitre Percy Galbraith Frank Boucher Bill Cook Louis Berlinguette	3
1929	Ace Bailey Paul Thompson	2	Frank Nighbor	9	Frank Nighbor	9	Percy Galbraith Didier Pitre Frank Nighbor Louis Berlinguette Jack McDonald Frank Boucher Bill Cook	3
1930	Cooney Weiland	5	Frank Nighbor	9	Frank Nighbor	9	Cooney Weiland	5
1931	Dit Clapper Aurele Joliat Howie Morenz	4	Aurele Joliat Cooney Weiland	8	Frank Nighbor	9	Cooney Weiland	5
1932	Frank Boucher Joe Primeau	6	Frank Boucher	12	Frank Boucher	12	Frank Boucher Joe Primeau	6
1933	Murray Murdoch Art Somers	4	Frank Boucher	14	Frank Boucher	14	Frank Boucher Joe Primeau	6
1934	Larry Aurie Doc Romnes	7	Frank Boucher	14	Frank Boucher	14	Larry Aurie Doc Romnes	7
1935	Charlie Conacher	4	Frank Boucher	17	Frank Boucher	17	Larry Aurie Doc Romnes	7
1936	Bill Thoms	5	Joe Primeau	18	Joe Primeau	18	Larry Aurie Doc Romnes	7
1937	Marty Barry	7	Frank Boucher	20	Frank Boucher	20	Larry Aurie Doc Romnes Marty Barry	7
1938	Roger Jenkins	6	Frank Boucher	20	Frank Boucher	20	Larry Aurie Doc Romnes Marty Barry	7
1939	Bill Cowley	11	Frank Boucher	20	Frank Boucher	20	Bill Cowley	11
1940	Neil Colville	7	Frank Boucher	20	Frank Boucher	20	Bill Cowley	11
1941	Syd Howe	7	Frank Boucher	20	Frank Boucher	20	Bill Cowley	11
1942	Syl Apps Wally Stanowski Billy Taylor	8	Syl Apps Syd Howe	23	Syl Apps Syd Howe	23	Bill Cowley	11
1943	Flash Hollett	9	Bill Cowley	26	Bill Cowley	26	Bill Cowley	11
1944	Toe Blake Elmer Lach	11	Syd Howe	27	Syd Howe	27	Bill Cowley Toe Blake Elmer Lach	11
1945	Joe Carveth	6	Bill Cowley	29	Bill Cowley	29	Bill Cowley Toe Blake Elmer Lach	11
1946	Elmer Lach	12	Bill Cowley	32	Bill Cowley	32	Elmer Lach	12
1947	Toe Blake	7	Toe Blake	37	Toe Blake	37	Elmer Lach	12
1948	Max Bentley Pete Horeck	7	Toe Blake	37	Toe Blake	37	Elmer Lach	12
1949	Ted Kennedy Ted Lindsay	6	Elmer Lach	31	Toe Blake	37	Elmer Lach	12
1950	George Gee Ed Slowinski	6	Elmer Lach	33	Toe Blake	37	Elmer Lach	12
1951	Max Bentley	11	Elmer Lach	35	Toe Blake	37	Elmer Lach	12
1952	Gordie Howe Metro Prystai	5	Elmer Lach	37	Elmer Lach Toe Blake	37	Elmer Lach	12
1953	Fleming Mackell	7	Elmer Lach	43	Elmer Lach	43	Elmer Lach	12
1954	Jean Béliveau Dickie Moore	8	Elmer Lach	45	Elmer Lach	45	Elmer Lach	12
1955	Ted Lindsay	12	Ted Lindsay	37	Elmer Lach	45	Elmer Lach Ted Lindsay	12
1956	Bert Olmstead	10	Gordie Howe	42	Elmer Lach	45	Elmer Lach Ted Lindsay	12
1957	Bert Olmstead	9	Gordie Howe	47	Gordie Howe	47	Elmer Lach Ted Lindsay	12
1958	Fleming Mackell	14	Gordie Howe	48	Gordie Howe	48	Fleming Mackell	14
1959	Dickie Moore	12	Doug Harvey	58	Doug Harvey	58	Fleming Mackell	14
1960	Bernie Geoffrion	10	Doug Harvey	58	Doug Harvey	58	Fleming Mackell	14
1961	Pierre Pilote	12	Gordie Howe	64	Gordie Howe	64	Fleming Mackell	14
1962	Stan Mikita	15	Gordie Howe	64	Gordie Howe	64	Stan Mikita	15
1963	Norm Ullman	12	Gordie Howe	73	Gordie Howe	73	Stan Mikita	15
1964	Frank Mahovlich	11	Gordie Howe	83	Gordie Howe	83	Stan Mikita	15
1965	Chico Maki J.C. Tremblay	9	Gordie Howe	85	Gordie Howe	85	Stan Mikita	15
1966	Alex Delvecchio	11	Gordie Howe	91	Gordie Howe	91	Stan Mikita	15
1967	Bob Pulford	10	Gordie Howe	91	Gordie Howe	91	Stan Mikita	15
1968	Dave Balon	9	Gordie Howe	91	Gordie Howe	91	Stan Mikita	15
1969	Jean Béliveau Phil Esposito	10	Gordie Howe	91	Gordie Howe	91	Stan Mikita	15
1970	Phil Esposito	14	Gordie Howe	91	Gordie Howe	91	Stan Mikita	15
1971	Jean Béliveau	16	Jean Béliveau	97	Jean Béliveau	97	Jean Béliveau	16
1972	Bobby Orr	19	Henri Richard	72	Jean Béliveau	97	Bobby Orr	19
1973	Dennis Hull Pat Stapleton	15	Stan Mikita	80	Jean Béliveau	97	Bobby Orr	19
1974	Bobby Orr	14	Stan Mikita	86	Jean Béliveau	97	Bobby Orr	19
1975	Bobby Clarke Jude Drouin	12	Stan Mikita	90	Jean Béliveau	97	Bobby Orr	19
1976	Bobby Clarke Denis Potvin	14	Stan Mikita	90	Jean Béliveau	97	Bobby Orr	19
1977	Guy Lafleur	17	Stan Mikita	91	Jean Béliveau	97	Bobby Orr	19
1978	Larry Robinson	17	Stan Mikita	91	Jean Béliveau	97	Bobby Orr	19
1979	Guy Lafleur Don Maloney	13	Stan Mikita	91	Jean Béliveau	97	Bobby Orr	19
1980	Ken Linseman	18	Gordie Howe	92	Jean Béliveau	97	Bobby Orr	19
1981	Mike Bossy Bryan Trottier	18	Phil Esposito	76	Jean Béliveau	97	Bobby Orr	19
1982	Bryan Trottier	23	Denis Potvin	82	Jean Béliveau	97	Bryan Trottier	23
1983	Wayne Gretzky	26	Denis Potvin	94	Jean Béliveau	97	Wayne Gretzky	26
1984	Wayne Gretzky	22	Denis Potvin	99	Denis Potvin	99	Wayne Gretzky	26
1985	Wayne Gretzky	30	Denis Potvin	101	Denis Potvin	101	Wayne Gretzky	30
1986	Al MacInnis	15	Wayne Gretzky	111	Wayne Gretzky	111	Wayne Gretzky	30
1987	Wayne Gretzky	29	Wayne Gretzky	140	Wayne Gretzky	140	Wayne Gretzky	30
1988	Wayne Gretzky	31	Wayne Gretzky	171	Wayne Gretzky	171	Wayne Gretzky	31
1989	Al MacInnis	24	Wayne Gretzky	188	Wayne Gretzky	188	Wayne Gretzky	31
1990	Mark Messier	22	Wayne Gretzky	195	Wayne Gretzky	195	Wayne Gretzky	31
1991	Mario Lemieux	28	Wayne Gretzky	206	Wayne Gretzky	206	Wayne Gretzky	31
1992	Ron Francis	19	Wayne Gretzky	211	Wayne Gretzky	211	Wayne Gretzky	31
1993	Doug Gilmour Wayne Gretzky	25	Wayne Gretzky	236	Wayne Gretzky	236	Wayne Gretzky	31
1994	Brian Leetch	23	Wayne Gretzky	236	Wayne Gretzky	236	Wayne Gretzky	31
1995	Sergei Fedorov	17	Wayne Gretzky	236	Wayne Gretzky	236	Wayne Gretzky	31
1996	Sergei Fedorov	18	Wayne Gretzky	250	Wayne Gretzky	250	Wayne Gretzky	31
1997	Joe Sakic	17	Wayne Gretzky	260	Wayne Gretzky	260	Wayne Gretzky	31
1998	Steve Yzerman	18	Wayne Gretzky	260	Wayne Gretzky	260	Wayne Gretzky	31
1999	Mike Modano	18	Wayne Gretzky	260	Wayne Gretzky	260	Wayne Gretzky	31
2000	Patrik Eliáš Brett Hull Mike Modano	13	Mark Messier	186	Wayne Gretzky	260	Wayne Gretzky	31
2001	Milan Hejduk	16	Mark Messier	186	Wayne Gretzky	260	Wayne Gretzky	31
2002	Peter Forsberg	18	Mark Messier	186	Wayne Gretzky	260	Wayne Gretzky	31
2003	Scott Niedermayer	16	Mark Messier	186	Wayne Gretzky	260	Wayne Gretzky	31
2004	Martin St. Louis	15	Mark Messier	186	Wayne Gretzky	260	Wayne Gretzky	31
2005					Wayne Gretzky	260	Wayne Gretzky	31
2006	Eric Staal	19	Steve Yzerman	115	Wayne Gretzky	260	Wayne Gretzky	31
2007	Dany Heatley Jason Spezza	15	Sergei Fedorov Chris Chelios	113	Wayne Gretzky	260	Wayne Gretzky	31
2008	Sidney Crosby	21	Sergei Fedorov	117	Wayne Gretzky	260	Wayne Gretzky	31
2009	Evgeni Malkin	22	Sergei Fedorov	124	Wayne Gretzky	260	Wayne Gretzky	31
2010	Jonathan Toews	22	Nicklas Lidström	125	Wayne Gretzky	260	Wayne Gretzky	31
2011	Henrik Sedin	19	Nicklas Lidström	129	Wayne Gretzky	260	Wayne Gretzky	31
2012	Dustin Brown Drew Doughty Anže Kopitar	12	Nicklas Lidström	129	Wayne Gretzky	260	Wayne Gretzky	31
2013	David Krejčí	17	Jaromír Jágr	121	Wayne Gretzky	260	Wayne Gretzky	31
2014	Anže Kopitar	21	Jaromír Jágr	121	Wayne Gretzky	260	Wayne Gretzky	31
2015	Ryan Getzlaf Duncan Keith	18	Jaromír Jágr	121	Wayne Gretzky	260	Wayne Gretzky	31
2016	Logan Couture	20	Jaromír Jágr	123	Wayne Gretzky	260	Wayne Gretzky	31
2017	Sidney Crosby	19	Jaromír Jágr	123	Wayne Gretzky	260	Wayne Gretzky	31
2018	Evgeny Kuznetsov	20	Jaromír Jágr	123	Wayne Gretzky	260	Wayne Gretzky	31
2019	Torey Krug Alex Pietrangelo	16	Sidney Crosby	120	Wayne Gretzky	260	Wayne Gretzky	31
2020	Nikita Kucherov	27	Sidney Crosby	121	Wayne Gretzky	260	Wayne Gretzky	31
2021	Nikita Kucherov	24	Sidney Crosby	122	Wayne Gretzky	260	Wayne Gretzky	31
2022	Leon Draisaitl	25	Sidney Crosby	130	Wayne Gretzky	260	Wayne Gretzky	31
2023	Jack Eichel	20	Sidney Crosby	130	Wayne Gretzky	260	Wayne Gretzky	31
2024	Connor McDavid	34	Sidney Crosby	130	Wayne Gretzky	260	Connor McDavid	34
2025	Connor McDavid	26	Sidney Crosby	130	Wayne Gretzky	260	Connor McDavid	34
2026	Jack Eichel Mitch Marner	18	Sidney Crosby	134	Wayne Gretzky	260	Connor McDavid	34

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