which nhl player has the most assists in a season

Wayne Gretzky of the Oilers breaks his own NHL single-season record with his 126th assist. He'd break it again the following season when he finished with 163 assists.

	NAME	SEASON	TM	GP	A	G	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	TOI/GP
1	Wayne Gretzky	1985-86	EDM	80	163	52	215	71	46	11	43	3	15	6	1	350	14.9
2	Wayne Gretzky	1984-85	EDM	80	135	73	208	100	52	8	36	11	7	7	0	354	20.6
3	Wayne Gretzky	1982-83	EDM	80	125	71	196	61	59	18	36	6	4	9		348	20.4
4	Wayne Gretzky	1990-91	LAK	78	122	41	163	30	16	8	51	0	1	5	0	212	19.3
5	Wayne Gretzky	1986-87	EDM	79	121	62	183	69	28	13	33	7	6	4	0	288	21.5
6	Wayne Gretzky	1981-82	EDM	80	120	92	212	80	26	18	39	6	2	12		370	24.9
7	Wayne Gretzky	1983-84	EDM	74	118	87	205	78	39	20	27	12	11	11	0	326	26.7
8	Wayne Gretzky	1988-89	LAK	78	114	54	168	15	26	11	42	5	10	5	0	303	17.8
9	Mario Lemieux	1988-89	PIT	76	114	85	199	41	100	31	48	13	5	8	1	313	27.2
10	Wayne Gretzky	1987-88	EDM	64	109	40	149	39	24	9	40	5	4	3	0	211	19.0
11	Wayne Gretzky	1980-81	EDM	80	109	55	164	41	28	15	38	4	3	3		261	21.1
12	Wayne Gretzky	1989-90	LAK	73	102	40	142	8	42	10	30	4	2	4	1	236	16.9
13	Bobby Orr	1970-71	BOS	78	102	37	139	124	91	5	44	3	10	5		392	9.4
14	Mario Lemieux	1987-88	PIT	77	98	70	168	23	92	22	58	10	4	7	2	382	18.3
15	Adam Oates	1992-93	BOS	84	97	45	142	15	32	24	38	1	1	11	0	254	17.7
16	Joe Thornton	2005-06	TOT	81	96	29	125	31	61	11	40	0	2	6	1	195	14.9	21:20
17	Doug Gilmour	1992-93	TOR	83	95	32	127	32	100	15	44	3	2	2	0	211	15.2
18	Pat LaFontaine	1992-93	BUF	84	95	53	148	11	63	20	43	2	0	7	0	306	17.3
19	Mario Lemieux	1985-86	PIT	79	93	48	141	-8	43	17	49	0	0	4	1	276	17.4
20	Peter Stastny	1981-82	QUE	80	93	46	139	-10	91	16	33	3	1	3		227	20.3
21	Joe Thornton	2006-07	SJS	82	92	22	114	24	44	10	44	0	0	5	0	213	10.3	20:19
22	Ron Francis	1995-96	PIT	77	92	27	119	25	56	12	42	1	1	4	0	158	17.1
23	Mario Lemieux	1995-96	PIT	70	92	69	161	10	54	31	48	8	1	8	2	338	20.4
24	Wayne Gretzky	1993-94	LAK	81	92	38	130	-25	20	14	47	4	3	0	0	233	16.3
25	Mario Lemieux	1992-93	PIT	60	91	69	160	55	38	16	39	6	3	10	0	286	24.1