Bobby Orr had the most assists in 1971-72, with 80 assists.

Interpreted as:

1972 most assists by a player

	NAME	A	SEASON	TM	GP	G	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	S	S%
1	Bobby Orr B. Orr	80	1971-72	BOS	76	37	117	+83	106	11	24	4	5	4	353	10.5
2	Phil Esposito P. Esposito	67	1971-72	BOS	76	66	133	+54	76	27	25	2	2	16	426	15.5
3	Jean Ratelle J. Ratelle	63	1971-72	NYR	63	46	109	+61	4	5	21	1	0	6	183	25.1
4	Vic Hadfield V. Hadfield	56	1971-72	NYR	78	50	106	+60	142	23	11	0	0	7	242	20.7
5	Fred Stanfield F. Stanfield	56	1971-72	BOS	78	23	79	+19	14	5	22	0	0	4	169	13.6
6	Rod Gilbert R. Gilbert	54	1971-72	NYR	73	43	97	+50	64	6	17	0	0	4	238	18.1
7	Frank Mahovlich F. Mahovlich	53	1971-72	MTL	76	43	96	+42	36	14	17	4	2	4	261	16.5
8	Johnny Bucyk J. Bucyk	51	1971-72	BOS	78	32	83	+15	4	13	32	0	0	7	174	18.4
9	Pit Martin P. Martin	51	1971-72	CHI	78	24	75	+45	56	5	7	1	0	7	170	14.1
10	J.C. Tremblay	51	1971-72	MTL	76	6	57	+53	24	3	25	0	2	2	130	4.6
11	Norm Ullman N. Ullman	50	1971-72	TOR	77	23	73	+7	26	9	10	0	0	1	204	11.3
12	Marcel Dionne M. Dionne	49	1971-72	DET	78	28	77	0	14	7	18	0	0	2	268	10.4
13	Jacques Lemaire J. Lemaire	49	1971-72	MTL	77	32	81	+37	26	8	15	0	0	7	266	12.0
14	Brad Park B. Park	49	1971-72	NYR	75	24	73	+63	130	8	16	2	1	4	263	9.1
15	Gilbert Perreault G. Perreault	48	1971-72	BUF	76	26	74	-41	24	11	25	0	0	1	218	11.9
16	John McKenzie J. McKenzie	47	1971-72	BOS	77	22	69	+20	128	10	21	0	0	3	133	16.5
17	Bobby Clarke B. Clarke	46	1971-72	PHI	78	35	81	+24	87	11	9	1	0	3	225	15.6
18	Alex Delvecchio A. Delvecchio	45	1971-72	DET	75	20	65	-17	22	9	9	0	0	5	123	16.3
19	Syl Apps Jr. S. Apps Jr.	44	1971-72	PIT	72	15	59	+17	78	3	11	1	0	1	164	9.1
20	Jude Drouin J. Drouin	43	1971-72	MNS	63	13	56	+4	31	3	16	0	0	5	213	6.1
21	Bobby Hull B. Hull	43	1971-72	CHI	78	50	93	+53	24	8	15	3	1	9	336	14.9
22	Walt Tkaczuk W. Tkaczuk	42	1971-72	NYR	76	24	66	+33	65	3	8	2	4	2	231	10.4
23	Red Berenson R. Berenson	41	1971-72	DET	78	28	69	-8	16	6	15	2	0	2	218	12.8
24	Ken Hodge K. Hodge	40	1971-72	BOS	60	16	56	+39	81	0	4	1	1	2	140	11.4
25	Dennis Hull D. Hull	39	1971-72	CHI	78	30	69	+21	10	8	8	1	0	2	270	11.1