Ron Francis and Wayne Gretzky were tied for playing the most seasons with 43+ assists, with 19 seasons.

Interpreted as:

most 43 or more assists seasons by a 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	19	1,123	1,417	472	1,595	+22	869	160	492	10	16	72	4	3,255	14.5	2,235	3,973	56.3	104	154	167	106	20:57
2	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	19	1,926	1,439	883	2,809	+540	571	201	667	73	73	90	2	4,946	17.9
3	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	17	1,009	1,276	321	1,330	+506	901	125	499	14	21	46	5	5,038	6.4	0	0		113	109	78	63	26:06
4	Marcel Dionne M. Dionne	16	990	1,244	693	1,683	+47	526	208	380	19	11	69	2	5,105	13.6
5	Joe Sakic J. Sakic	15	872	1,127	534	1,406	+72	490	170	359	31	15	80	7	3,859	13.8	5,584	10,574	52.8	194	223	371	350	21:22
6	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	15	881	1,158	601	1,482	+161	760	173	311	49	30	71	5	3,837	15.7	1,061	1,868	56.8	67	56	58	58	21:07
7	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
8	Gordie Howe G. Howe	15	700	1,047	523	1,223	+134	1,007	149	242	14	10	81		2,953	9.8
9	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	14	831	1,077	497	1,328	+156	721	148	326	2	7	74	16	3,444	14.4	12,252	23,437	52.3	979	530	626	870	20:42
10	Joe Thornton J. Thornton	14	874	1,109	298	1,172	+212	853	97	326	5	6	50	8	2,161	13.8	9,515	17,883	53.2	756	362	886	1,202	20:02
11	Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	14	850	1,082	543	1,393	+255	802	154	315	6	4	94	14	4,015	13.5	6	31	19.4	164	126	320	826	21:32
12	Mark Messier M. Messier	14	851	1,028	477	1,328	+231	1,249	128	298	47	63	66	6	2,773	17.2	1,043	1,879	55.5	78	47	60	126	19:14
13	Dale Hawerchuk D. Hawerchuk	14	858	1,114	501	1,359	-105	706	174	373	12	11	45	4	3,596	13.9
14	Nicklas Lidstrom N. Lidstrom	13	653	1,045	185	838	+333	362	95	343	8	18	27	3	2,674	6.9	0	0		351	724	351	506	27:20
15	Phil Housley P. Housley	13	676	1,004	252	928	-16	564	99	367	5	3	37	4	2,629	9.6	0	1	0.0	23	50	48	90	23:29
16	Bobby Clarke B. Clarke	13	785	991	316	1,101	+499	1,307	84	216	30	34	33	1	2,183	14.5
17	Stan Mikita S. Mikita	13	681	921	414	1,095	+264	863	119	239	11	4	64		3,302	12.5
18	Patrick Kane P. Kane	12	641	930	351	992	+15	370	96	220	0	1	53	9	3,133	11.2	313	806	38.8	240	205	545	468	20:25
19	Mike Modano M. Modano	12	577	942	410	987	+126	621	109	234	22	12	71	6	2,866	14.3	4,411	8,493	51.9	92	161	351	544	21:39
20	Adam Oates A. Oates	12	861	926	268	1,129	+56	310	83	328	11	19	46	4	1,807	14.8	3,424	5,977	57.3	38	129	176	312	21:44
21	Al MacInnis A. MacInnis	12	668	898	234	902	+267	1,058	113	410	6	14	23	1	3,338	7.0	2	2	100.0	8	26	13	35	26:55
22	Jari Kurri J. Kurri	12	675	917	532	1,207	+368	434	133	190	37	39	66	7	2,570	20.7
23	Phil Esposito P. Esposito	12	724	926	594	1,318	+206	718	215	273	21	12	93		4,290	13.8
24	Claude Giroux C. Giroux	11	573	885	275	848	+29	379	72	242	7	10	42	13	2,377	11.6	8,853	15,746	56.2	779	344	473	449	20:07
25	Mats Sundin M. Sundin	11	550	866	366	916	+87	746	97	218	23	18	61	7	2,715	13.5	4,737	8,635	54.9	307	182	141	294	19:56