NHL & WHA Single Season Playoff Leaders and Records for Assists

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Members of the Hockey Hall of Fame are marked with an asterisk (*).

NHL Leaders

NHL Leaders Table
Rank Player A Year
1. Wayne Gretzky* 31 1988
2. Wayne Gretzky* 30 1985
3. Wayne Gretzky* 29 1987
4. Mario Lemieux* 28 1991
5. Wayne Gretzky* 26 1983
6. Paul Coffey* 25 1985
  Doug Gilmour* 25 1993
  Wayne Gretzky* 25 1993
9. Al MacInnis* 24 1989
  Mark Recchi* 24 1991
11. Bryan Trottier* 23 1982
  Mark Messier* 23 1988
  Brian Leetch* 23 1994
14. Rick Middleton 22 1983
  Wayne Gretzky* 22 1984
  Mark Messier* 22 1990
  Doug Gilmour* 22 1994
  Evgeni Malkin 22 2009
  Jonathan Toews 22 2010
20. Sidney Crosby 21 2008
  Anze Kopitar 21 2014
22. Bob Bourne 20 1983
  Denis Savard* 20 1985
  Pelle Eklund 20 1987
  Logan Couture 20 2016
  Evgeny Kuznetsov 20 2018
27. Bobby Orr* 19 1972
  Peter Stastny* 19 1985
  Craig Janney 19 1990
  Brian Bellows 19 1991
  Ron Francis* 19 1992
  Eric Staal 19 2006
  Henrik Sedin 19 2011
  Sidney Crosby 19 2017
35. Ken Linseman 18 1980
  Mike Bossy* 18 1981
  Bryan Trottier* 18 1981
  Barry Pederson 18 1983
  Mark Messier* 18 1984
  Ray Bourque* 18 1988
  Ray Bourque* 18 1991
  Craig Janney 18 1991
  Larry Murphy* 18 1991
  Mario Lemieux* 18 1992
  Mark Messier* 18 1994
  Sergei Fedorov* 18 1996
  Steve Yzerman* 18 1998
  Mike Modano* 18 1999
  Peter Forsberg* 18 2002
  Daniel Briere 18 2010
  Patrick Kane 18 2010
  Ryan Getzlaf 18 2015
  Duncan Keith 18 2015
  Joe Thornton 18 2016
  Evgeni Malkin 18 2017
  Nicklas Backstrom 18 2018
  Blake Wheeler 18 2018
58. Guy Lafleur* 17 1977
  Larry Robinson* 17 1978
  Bryan Trottier* 17 1980
  Denis Potvin* 17 1981
  Bobby Smith 17 1981
  Charlie Huddy 17 1985
  Larry Robinson* 17 1987
  Jari Kurri* 17 1988
  Esa Tikkanen 17 1988
  Wayne Gretzky* 17 1989
  Tomas Sandstrom 17 1993
  Sergei Fedorov* 17 1995
  Joe Sakic* 17 1997
  Steve Yzerman* 17 2002
  Cory Stillman 17 2006
  David Krejci 17 2013
  Brent Burns 17 2016
  Reilly Smith 17 2018
76. Jean Beliveau* 16 1971
  Darryl Sittler* 16 1977
  Ken Linseman 16 1981
  Denis Potvin* 16 1982
  Glenn Anderson* 16 1985
  Mark Messier* 16 1987
  Brian Propp 16 1987
  Glenn Anderson* 16 1988
  Cam Neely* 16 1990
  Kevin Stevens 16 1991
  Joe Murphy 16 1992
  Mario Lemieux* 16 1996
  Joe Sakic* 16 1996
  Peter Forsberg* 16 1999
  Milan Hejduk 16 2001
  Scott Niedermayer* 16 2003
  Chris Pronger* 16 2006
  Sidney Crosby 16 2009
  Mike Richards 16 2010
  Justin Williams 16 2014
  Erik Karlsson 16 2017
97. Stan Mikita* 15 1962
  Phil Esposito* 15 1972
  Dennis Hull 15 1973
  Pat Stapleton 15 1973
  Bernie Federko* 15 1982
  Ray Bourque* 15 1983
  Jari Kurri* 15 1983
  Al MacInnis* 15 1986
  Mats Naslund 15 1987
  John Chabot 15 1988
  Chris Chelios* 15 1989
  Mark Howe* 15 1989
  Jari Kurri* 15 1990
  Steve Larmer 15 1990
  Denis Savard* 15 1990
  Craig Simpson 15 1990
  Dave Gagner 15 1991
  Brian Propp 15 1991
  Chris Chelios* 15 1992
  Kevin Stevens 15 1992
  Pavel Bure* 15 1994
  Dave Ellett 15 1994
  Stephane Richer 15 1995
  Alex Tanguay 15 2001
  Martin St. Louis* 15 2004
  Dany Heatley 15 2007
  Jason Spezza 15 2007
  Niklas Kronwall 15 2008
  Duncan Keith 15 2010
  Jeff Carter 15 2014
  Phil Kessel 15 2017
  John Carlson 15 2018
129. Fleming MacKell 14 1958
  Phil Esposito* 14 1970
  Bobby Hull* 14 1971
  Pat Stapleton 14 1971
  J.C. Tremblay 14 1971
  Frank Mahovlich* 14 1973
  Bobby Orr* 14 1974
  Bobby Clarke* 14 1976
  Denis Potvin* 14 1976
  Guy Chouinard 14 1981
  Wayne Gretzky* 14 1981
  Paul Reinhart 14 1981
  Tim Young 14 1981
  Stefan Persson 14 1982
  Marian Stastny 14 1982
  Paul Coffey* 14 1984
  Jari Kurri* 14 1984
  Troy Murray 14 1985
  Bernie Federko* 14 1986
  Doug Crossman 14 1987
  Doug Gilmour* 14 1988
  Ken Linseman 14 1988
  Adam Oates* 14 1992
  Sergei Zubov 14 1994
  Wayne Gretzky* 14 1996
  Sandis Ozolinsh 14 1996
  Sergei Zubov 14 1996
  Valeri Kamensky 14 1997
  Eric Lindros* 14 1997
  Patrik Elias 14 2001
  Sergei Fedorov* 14 2002
  Brad Richards 14 2004
  Matt Cullen 14 2006
  Nicklas Lidstrom* 14 2007
  Marian Hossa 14 2008
  Mike Ribeiro 14 2008
  Henrik Zetterberg 14 2008
  Ryan Getzlaf 14 2009
  Ville Leino 14 2010
  Chris Pronger* 14 2010
  Patrice Bergeron 14 2011
  Joe Thornton 14 2011
  Jakob Silfverberg 14 2015
  Nick Bonino 14 2016
  David Pastrnak 14 2018
174. Tim Horton* 13 1962
  Frank Mahovlich* 13 1971
  Stan Mikita* 13 1971
  Jacques Lemaire* 13 1973
  Stan Mikita* 13 1973
  Guy Lafleur* 13 1979
  Don Maloney 13 1979
  Mike Bossy* 13 1980
  Bob Dailey 13 1980
  Denis Potvin* 13 1980
  Bobby Smith 13 1980
  Steve Larmer 13 1985
  Mark Messier* 13 1985
  Paul Reinhart 13 1986
  Larry Robinson* 13 1986
  Glenn Anderson* 13 1987
  Kent Nilsson 13 1987
  Steve Yzerman* 13 1987
  Bob Probert 13 1988
  Patrik Sundstrom 13 1988
  Paul Coffey* 13 1989
  Joel Otto 13 1989
  Neal Broten 13 1991
  Adam Oates* 13 1991
  Jaromir Jagr 13 1992
  Rick Tocchet 13 1992
  Mike Keane 13 1993
  Luc Robitaille* 13 1993
  Igor Larionov* 13 1994
  Trevor Linden 13 1994
  Ron Francis* 13 1995
  John MacLean 13 1995
  Larry Murphy* 13 1995
  Sandis Ozolinsh 13 1997
  Nicklas Lidstrom* 13 1998
  Andrei Nikolishin 13 1998
  Joe Sakic* 13 1999
  Patrik Elias 13 2000
  Brett Hull* 13 2000
  Mike Modano* 13 2000
  Rob Blake* 13 2001
  Joe Sakic* 13 2001
  Chris Chelios* 13 2002
  Dave Andreychuk* 13 2004
  Doug Weight 13 2006
  Pavel Datsyuk 13 2008
  Sergei Gonchar 13 2008
  Valtteri Filppula 13 2009
  Chris Kunitz 13 2009
  Henrik Zetterberg 13 2009
  Sidney Crosby 13 2010
  Vincent Lecavalier 13 2011
  Kris Letang 13 2013
  Drew Doughty 13 2014
  Ryan McDonagh 13 2014
  Victor Hedman 13 2015
  Marian Hossa 13 2015
  Sidney Crosby 13 2016
  Jon Marchessault 13 2018
  Brad Marchand 13 2018
  T.J. Oshie 13 2018
235. Elmer Lach* 12 1946
  Ted Lindsay* 12 1955
  Dickie Moore* 12 1959
  Pierre Pilote* 12 1961
  Norm Ullman* 12 1963
  John McKenzie 12 1970
  Fred Stanfield 12 1970
  Yvan Cournoyer* 12 1971
  John McKenzie 12 1972
  Carol Vadnais 12 1974
  Bobby Clarke* 12 1975
  Jude Drouin 12 1975
  Jacques Lemaire* 12 1977
  Jean Ratelle* 12 1977
  Phil Esposito* 12 1979
  Jacques Lemaire* 12 1979
  Bobby Clarke* 12 1980
  Butch Goring 12 1980
  Tony Currie 12 1981
  Craig Hartsburg 12 1981
  Wayne Merrick 12 1981
  Steve Payne 12 1981
  Anders Kallur 12 1983
  Denis Potvin* 12 1983
  Duane Sutter 12 1983
  Bryan Trottier* 12 1983
  Brian Bellows 12 1984
  Al MacInnis* 12 1984
  Jari Kurri* 12 1985
  Doug Gilmour* 12 1986
  Ryan Walter 12 1987
  Adam Oates* 12 1988
  Glenn Anderson* 12 1990
  Ray Bourque* 12 1990
  Adam Oates* 12 1990
  Doug Wilson 12 1990
  Mike Modano* 12 1991
  Vincent Damphousse 12 1993
  Alex Kovalev 12 1994
  Neal Broten 12 1995
  Paul Coffey* 12 1995
  Nicklas Lidstrom* 12 1995
  Adam Deadmarsh 12 1996
  Jaromir Jagr 12 1996
  Valeri Kamensky 12 1996
  Uwe Krupp 12 1996
  Scott Young 12 1996
  Steve Yzerman* 12 1996
  Sergei Fedorov* 12 1997
  Peter Forsberg* 12 1997
  John LeClair 12 1997
  Janne Niinimaa 12 1997
  Tomas Holmstrom 12 1998
  Larry Murphy* 12 1998
  Theoren Fleury 12 1999
  Sergei Zubov 12 1999
  Jason Arnott 12 2000
  Mark Recchi* 12 2000
  Petr Sykora 12 2001
  Gary Roberts 12 2002
  Shawn Horcoff 12 2006
  Daniel Briere 12 2007
  Chris Pronger* 12 2007
  Evgeni Malkin 12 2008
  Brad Richards 12 2008
  Nicklas Backstrom 12 2009
  Nicklas Lidstrom* 12 2009
  Dan Boyle 12 2010
  Matt Carle 12 2010
  Johan Franzen 12 2010
  Scott Gomez 12 2010
  Marian Hossa 12 2010
  Dan Boyle 12 2011
  Steve Downie 12 2011
  Ryan Kesler 12 2011
  Dustin Brown 12 2012
  Drew Doughty 12 2012
  Anze Kopitar 12 2012
  Zdeno Chara 12 2013
  Nathan Horton 12 2013
  Milan Lucic 12 2013
  Evgeni Malkin 12 2013
  Marian Hossa 12 2014
  Patrick Kane 12 2014
  Brent Seabrook 12 2014
  Patrick Kane 12 2015
  Nikita Kucherov 12 2015
  Phil Kessel 12 2016
  Kris Letang 12 2016
  Evgeni Malkin 12 2016
  Sidney Crosby 12 2018
  Alex Ovechkin 12 2018

WHA Leaders

WHA Leaders Table
Rank Player A Year
1. Serge Bernier 22 1977
2. Ulf Nilsson 21 1977
3. Ulf Nilsson 19 1976
4. Dan Labraaten 17 1977
5. Jim Dorey 16 1973
  Anders Hedberg 16 1977
  Bobby Hull* 16 1973
8. Norm Beaudin 15 1973
9. Tom Webster 14 1973
  Poul Popiel 14 1974
  Larry Lund 14 1974
  Tim Sheehy 14 1973
  Ralph Backstrom 14 1974
  Gordie Howe* 14 1974
15. Mike Ford 13 1977
  Ulf Nilsson 13 1978
  Larry Lund 13 1975
  Real Cloutier 13 1977
  Fran Huck 13 1975
  Christian Bordeleau 13 1975
  Pat Stapleton 13 1974
22. Wayne Carleton 12 1974
  Terry Ruskowski 12 1979
  Andre Boudrias 12 1977
  Norm Dube 12 1977
  Peter Sullivan 12 1977
  Mike Ford 12 1976
  Mark Howe* 12 1975
  Gordie Howe* 12 1975
30. Dave Keon* 11 1978
  Terry Ruskowski 11 1977
  Kent Nilsson 11 1979
  Tommy Williams 11 1973
  Marc Tardif 11 1975
  Rosaire Paiement 11 1976
  John French 11 1973
37. Thommie Bergman 10 1976
  Serge Bernier 10 1978
  Brett Callighen 10 1979
  Ron Chipperfield 10 1979
  Wayne Gretzky* 10 1979
  Mark Howe* 10 1974
  Poul Popiel 10 1975
  Marc Tardif 10 1977
  Garry Lariviere 10 1977
  Mark Howe* 10 1977
  J.C. Tremblay 10 1975
  Mark Howe* 10 1976
  Terry Ruskowski 10 1976
  Blair MacDonald 10 1979
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