Wayne Gretzky played the most seasons with 48+ assists, with 19 seasons.

Interpreted as:

most 48 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	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	19	1,926	1,439	883	2,809	+540	571	201	667	73	73	90	2	4,946	17.9
2	Ron Francis R. Francis	18	1,080	1,358	447	1,527	+37	818	148	478	10	16	71	4	3,092	14.5	2,235	3,973	56.3	104	154	167	106	20:57
3	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	15	919	1,135	293	1,212	+493	815	111	447	14	20	43	5	4,533	6.5	0	0		113	109	78	63	26:06
4	Marcel Dionne M. Dionne	15	947	1,174	657	1,604	+54	489	199	362	19	11	65	2	4,811	13.7
5	Joe Sakic J. Sakic	14	829	1,080	515	1,344	+65	460	167	340	29	14	75	7	3,702	13.9	5,584	10,574	52.8	194	223	371	350	21:22
6	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	14	971	1,035	349	1,320	+280	1,434	120	445	18	30	35	1	3,608	9.7
7	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	13	786	1,002	453	1,239	+139	697	134	315	2	7	69	15	3,189	14.2	11,410	21,689	52.6	899	503	587	800	20:46
8	Mark Messier M. Messier	13	808	946	453	1,261	+256	1,160	116	281	44	60	64	6	2,642	17.1
9	Dale Hawerchuk D. Hawerchuk	13	814	1,032	484	1,298	-120	680	168	355	12	10	43	4	3,416	14.2
10	Joe Thornton J. Thornton	12	785	964	269	1,054	+198	675	90	292	5	6	45	6	1,928	14.0	8,482	15,805	53.7	644	316	774	1,064	20:12
11	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
12	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	12	747	925	513	1,260	+122	638	139	265	43	26	61	5	3,184	16.1
13	Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	11	718	841	463	1,181	+236	660	132	265	6	4	80	13	3,278	14.1	5	25	20.0	110	77	204	578	22:24
14	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	11	898	764	605	1,503	+111	718	202	406	47	22	63	10	3,108	19.5	474	1,029	46.1	7	8	10	22	23:05
15	Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	11	741	847	412	1,153	+454	644	134	229	11	17	57	1	2,046	20.1
16	Evgeni Malkin E. Malkin	10	558	727	331	889	+43	786	120	217	4	1	54	8	2,439	13.6	3,729	8,233	45.3	476	319	639	739	20:07
17	Doug Gilmour D. Gilmour	10	648	779	280	928	+150	773	110	228	12	18	32	2	1,621	17.3	523	976	53.6	42	37	28	54	19:50
18	Al MacInnis A. MacInnis	10	581	766	206	787	+247	909	97	358	5	11	18	1	2,820	7.3	2	2	100.0	8	26	13	35	26:55
19	Jari Kurri J. Kurri	10	586	761	469	1,055	+365	346	110	155	33	36	62	7	2,170	21.6
20	Bernie Federko B. Federko	10	643	758	299	942	-63	367	98	254	2	0	30	0	1,656	18.1
21	Gilbert Perreault G. Perreault	10	574	771	345	919	+87	307	93	228	5	3	53	0	2,008	17.2
22	Stan Mikita S. Mikita	10	542	708	304	846	+211	730	90	193	9	1	42		2,412	12.6
23	Nicklas Backstrom N. Backstrom	9	525	728	191	716	+92	364	62	235	1	0	31	7	1,523	12.5	5,964	11,905	50.1	543	412	512	425	19:39
24	Patrick Kane P. Kane	9	507	695	276	783	+3	260	74	171	0	1	42	9	2,410	11.5	58	192	30.2	185	152	390	364	20:45
25	Denis Savard D. Savard	9	615	660	323	938	+64	788	92	276	15	10	40	1	2,068	15.6