Wayne Gretzky has the most games with 1+ assist in a season, with 71 games in 1985-86.

Interpreted as:

most 1 or more assists games by a player in a season NHL

	NAME	GP	A	SEASON	TM	G	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	71	163	1985-86	EDM	40	203	+78	44	7	43	2	15	4	1	306	13.1
2	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	67	122	1990-91	LAK	31	153	+35	16	8	51	0	1	4	0	177	17.5
3	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	67	135	1984-85	EDM	63	198	+100	52	8	36	8	7	7	0	299	21.1
4	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	64	125	1982-83	EDM	56	181	+62	53	14	36	6	4	8	0	276	20.3
5	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	64	120	1981-82	EDM	82	202	+89	14	17	39	5	2	11	0	306	26.8
6	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	62	89	2022-23	EDM	48	137	+31	26	17	50	2	3	8	1	285	16.8	406	765	53.1	72	31	61	57	22:12
7	Nathan MacKinnon N. MacKinnon	60	89	2023-24	COL	42	131	+42	18	9	38	0	0	9	2	285	14.7	467	1,001	46.7	49	53	28	63	22:45
8	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	60	121	1986-87	EDM	50	171	+76	22	11	33	6	6	4	0	229	21.8
9	Nikita Kucherov N. Kucherov	59	100	2023-24	TBL	32	132	+18	20	10	40	0	0	5	1	228	14.0	2	3	66.7	38	23	42	65	21:29
10	Doug Gilmour D. Gilmour	59	95	1992-93	TOR	25	120	+40	66	12	44	2	2	1	0	165	15.2
11	Bobby Orr B. Orr	59	102	1970-71	BOS	30	132	+114	54	5	44	3	10	4	0	314	9.6
12	Adam Oates A. Oates	58	97	1992-93	BOS	28	125	+45	16	14	38	0	1	9	0	165	17.0
13	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	58	118	1983-84	EDM	70	188	+82	31	15	27	12	11	9	0	256	27.3
14	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	57	100	2023-24	EDM	23	123	+40	28	7	37	0	0	4	1	184	12.5	320	634	50.5	94	28	55	61	20:55
15	Nikita Kucherov N. Kucherov	57	83	2022-23	TBL	18	101	+14	24	5	42	0	0	2	0	197	9.1	2	2	100.0	40	21	42	74	20:13
16	Jonathan Huberdeau J. Huberdeau	57	85	2021-22	FLA	19	104	+36	32	4	33	2	2	5	1	161	11.8	14	37	37.8	76	19	46	70	19:23
17	Joe Thornton J. Thornton	57	96	2005-06	TOT	21	117	+40	21	8	40	0	2	4	0	143	14.7	675	1,297	52.0	24	15	27	59	21:23
18	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	57	114	1988-89	LAK	35	149	+28	18	7	42	3	10	3	0	228	15.4
19	Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	57	79	1981-82	NYI	30	109	+65	66	9	17	2	5	6	0	147	20.4
20	Bobby Clarke B. Clarke	57	89	1975-76	PHI	23	112	+76	104	6	28	3	2	2	0	154	14.9
21	Brian Leetch B. Leetch	56	80	1991-92	NYR	14	94	+30	22	5	36	1	0	3	1	181	7.7
22	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	56	102	1989-90	LAK	32	134	+31	36	7	30	3	2	3	1	180	17.8
23	Mark Messier M. Messier	56	84	1989-90	EDM	30	114	+24	42	9	34	4	5	2	1	143	21.0
24	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	56	86	1983-84	EDM	31	117	+61	76	8	27	1	8	4	1	183	16.9
25	Peter Stastny P. Stastny	56	93	1981-82	QUE	35	128	+6	75	14	33	2	1	3	0	163	21.5