Ron Francis, Mark Messier and Wayne Gretzky were tied for playing the most seasons with 35+ assists, with 20 seasons.

Interpreted as:

most 35 or more assist seasons by NHL player

	NAME	SEAS	A	GP	G	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Ron Francis R. Francis	20	1,158	1,499	494	1,652	0	899	168	507	11	16	73	4	3,411	14.5	2,697	4,853	55.6	108	168	183	127	20:38
2	Mark Messier M. Messier	20	1,078	1,431	616	1,694	+210	1,631	163	374	54	75	80	8	3,680	16.7	1,999	3,563	56.1	128	73	103	195	20:07
3	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	20	1,963	1,487	894	2,857	+520	577	204	686	73	76	91	2	5,088	17.6
4	Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	19	1,040	1,427	689	1,729	+323	989	192	369	11	4	120	17	5,004	13.8	7	38	18.4	216	158	387	957	20:39
5	Gordie Howe G. Howe	19	860	1,332	664	1,524	+154	1,296	187	309	20	12	105		3,514	9.8
6	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	18	1,044	1,358	334	1,378	+508	981	134	520	14	23	49	5	5,302	6.3	0	0		113	109	78	63	26:06
7	Anze Kopitar A. Kopitar	17	760	1,326	409	1,169	+80	328	120	287	14	13	70	9	3,132	13.1	13,141	24,721	53.2	1,165	938	774	835	20:55
8	Joe Sakic J. Sakic	17	947	1,261	584	1,531	+36	564	192	396	32	16	84	7	4,261	13.7	5,584	10,574	52.8	194	223	371	350	21:22
9	Larry Murphy L. Murphy	17	821	1,354	254	1,075	+193	941	100	391	9	15	30	2	3,065	8.3
10	Stan Mikita S. Mikita	17	838	1,184	493	1,331	+296	1,015	140	292	11	6	74		3,994	12.3
11	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	16	910	1,168	536	1,446	+190	763	156	357	3	7	80	19	3,727	14.4	13,381	25,533	52.4	1,044	576	692	952	20:42
12	Joe Thornton J. Thornton	16	946	1,263	337	1,283	+215	955	105	346	5	6	57	8	2,422	13.9	10,792	20,419	52.9	907	390	995	1,302	19:52
13	Nicklas Lidstrom N. Lidstrom	16	777	1,286	226	1,003	+388	434	115	406	9	24	30	3	3,287	6.9	0	0		407	806	387	559	27:08
14	Mats Sundin M. Sundin	16	742	1,258	532	1,274	+83	1,051	146	274	31	25	90	15	3,758	14.2	7,595	13,840	54.9	424	262	202	448	19:55
15	Mark Recchi M. Recchi	16	798	1,275	494	1,292	+12	869	162	314	17	13	77	5	3,112	15.9	659	1,346	49.0	640	208	256	392	19:42
16	Adam Oates A. Oates	16	1,020	1,163	315	1,335	+59	376	97	391	12	22	53	5	2,173	14.5	4,039	7,041	57.4	40	130	191	337	21:04
17	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	16	916	1,210	614	1,530	+172	778	178	328	50	31	76	6	3,941	15.6	1,751	3,050	57.4	97	99	92	106	20:54
18	Marcel Dionne M. Dionne	16	990	1,244	693	1,683	+47	526	208	380	19	11	69	2	5,105	13.6
19	Patrick Kane P. Kane	15	754	1,133	428	1,182	+10	418	116	269	0	1	65	9	3,773	11.3	321	823	39.0	291	253	656	582	20:16
20	Mike Modano M. Modano	15	687	1,155	480	1,167	+142	762	130	279	28	15	79	7	3,489	13.8	4,974	9,638	51.6	102	189	437	626	21:14
21	Al MacInnis A. MacInnis	15	787	1,110	277	1,064	+326	1,232	136	481	8	18	32	2	4,101	6.8	2	2	100.0	107	188	86	163	26:49
22	Phil Housley P. Housley	15	748	1,121	289	1,037	-16	678	108	406	5	3	38	4	2,995	9.6	0	1	0.0	23	50	48	90	23:29
23	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	15	1,015	1,080	363	1,378	+298	1,506	124	472	19	30	37	1	3,789	9.6
24	Vincent Damphousse V. Damphousse	14	659	1,091	370	1,029	+9	1,006	109	240	15	18	66	4	2,900	12.8	2,860	5,660	50.5	136	97	137	266	19:54
25	Doug Gilmour D. Gilmour	14	804	1,073	362	1,166	+142	1,023	133	288	16	24	47	2	2,167	16.7	523	976	53.6	42	37	28	54	19:50