Wayne Gretzky played the most seasons with 50+ assists, with 18 seasons.

Interpreted as:

most 50 or more assist NHL 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	18	1,877	1,394	867	2,744	+534	565	201	643	71	72	89	2	4,805	18.0
2	Ron Francis R. Francis	16	984	1,245	407	1,391	+3	764	137	439	10	15	66	4	2,842	14.3	2,235	3,973	56.3	104	154	167	106	20:57
3	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
4	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	14	971	1,035	349	1,320	+280	1,434	120	445	18	30	35	1	3,608	9.7
5	Marcel Dionne M. Dionne	14	898	1,096	629	1,527	+54	475	192	344	19	11	63	2	4,543	13.8
6	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	13	822	990	259	1,081	+420	691	104	402	12	17	40	5	4,137	6.3	0	0		113	109	78	63	26:06
7	Dale Hawerchuk D. Hawerchuk	13	814	1,032	484	1,298	-120	680	168	355	12	10	43	4	3,416	14.2
8	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
9	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	11	689	869	393	1,082	+102	616	118	280	2	6	56	13	2,768	14.2	9,857	18,679	52.8	759	428	512	716	20:47
10	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
11	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	11	699	845	474	1,173	+141	605	126	246	43	26	59	4	3,007	15.8
12	Mark Messier M. Messier	11	711	812	382	1,093	+209	1,002	99	257	34	51	48	5	2,217	17.2
13	Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	11	741	847	412	1,153	+454	644	134	229	11	17	57	1	2,046	20.1
14	Joe Thornton J. Thornton	10	687	806	232	919	+198	598	77	250	3	6	42	6	1,648	14.1	7,253	13,610	53.3	549	255	600	875	20:25
15	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
16	Jari Kurri J. Kurri	10	586	761	469	1,055	+365	346	110	155	33	36	62	7	2,170	21.6
17	Bernie Federko B. Federko	10	643	758	299	942	-63	367	98	254	2	0	30	0	1,656	18.1
18	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
19	Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	9	622	709	385	1,007	+214	590	111	236	4	3	71	12	2,847	13.5	4	23	17.4	90	64	170	455	22:33
20	Doug Gilmour D. Gilmour	9	600	705	255	855	+159	710	100	215	12	18	29	0	1,508	16.9
21	Denis Savard D. Savard	9	615	660	323	938	+64	788	92	276	15	10	40	1	2,068	15.6
22	Peter Stastny P. Stastny	9	630	675	356	986	+31	663	110	246	6	6	43	1	1,814	19.6
23	Denis Potvin D. Potvin	9	535	688	209	744	+367	794	81	244	8	18	29	0	2,071	10.1
24	Bobby Clarke B. Clarke	9	604	698	228	832	+407	856	63	168	26	27	24		1,571	14.5
25	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	8	615	600	319	934	+149	231	75	244	8	9	64	15	2,106	15.1	3,317	6,863	48.3	481	252	598	561	21:55