Adam Oates has made the most career assists by a player older than 30, with 589 assists.

Interpreted as:

most assists by a player after age 30

	NAME	A	GP	G	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Adam Oates A. Oates	589	786	174	763	+14	237	54	233	8	18	29	5	1,215	14.3	4,526	7,892	57.3	45	149	209	371	20:00
2	Gordie Howe G. Howe	563	921	383	946	+160	789	113	185	16	8	49	0	3,803	10.1
3	Ron Francis R. Francis	520	787	218	738	+34	272	85	233	3	5	31	2	1,495	14.6	3,205	5,757	55.7	119	199	203	153	19:41
4	Jean Ratelle J. Ratelle	515	720	311	826	+222	144	95	147	3	3	42	0	1,693	18.4
5	Mark Messier M. Messier	510	858	280	790	+16	728	83	199	26	33	46	4	1,898	14.8	3,780	6,871	55.0	195	138	161	310	18:47
6	Johnny Bucyk J. Bucyk	497	844	347	844	+141	129	125	202	2	0	60	0	1,877	18.5
7	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	490	519	158	648	-77	150	43	229	9	8	14	0	1,417	11.2
8	Joe Thornton J. Thornton	463	799	145	608	+51	387	46	169	2	2	22	1	1,153	12.6	4,611	8,489	54.3	435	284	678	768	17:42
9	Martin St. Louis M. St. Louis	462	690	251	713	+2	152	63	169	11	9	40	8	1,917	13.1	294	696	42.2	229	387	554	542	21:46
10	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	458	706	147	605	+112	412	80	251	8	15	21	1	2,735	5.4	0	1	0.0	277	203	143	135	26:38
11	Mark Recchi M. Recchi	457	896	251	708	+5	482	97	182	6	8	43	5	1,942	12.9	880	1,815	48.5	898	288	342	518	18:53
12	Nicklas Lidstrom N. Lidstrom	447	789	128	575	+245	314	67	240	2	12	20	4	1,936	6.6	0	0		353	801	354	466	26:36
13	Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	433	800	265	698	+112	516	84	149	0	0	46	7	2,285	11.6	5	25	20.0	213	142	389	738	19:01
14	Alex Delvecchio A. Delvecchio	433	717	221	654	+37	133	63	139	5	10	34	0	1,981	11.2
15	Igor Larionov I. Larionov	420	760	132	552	+114	432	44	153	7	11	28	1	835	15.8	1,292	2,865	45.1	56	63	111	214	14:47
16	Daniel Alfredsson D. Alfredsson	396	668	245	641	+112	269	69	163	19	14	44	5	1,769	13.8	113	319	35.4	486	292	557	531	20:07
17	Phil Esposito P. Esposito	395	610	337	732	-46	399	134	145	11	6	42	0	2,262	14.9
18	Chris Chelios C. Chelios	388	1,039	80	468	+209	1,489	27	147	5	24	12	1	2,021	4.0	1	5	20.0	569	615	286	550	20:55
19	Brent Burns B. Burns	379	716	123	502	+6	328	39	135	2	9	18	8	2,202	5.6	1	3	33.3	505	1,036	507	853	24:12
20	Ray Whitney R. Whitney	378	697	194	572	+13	268	59	171	1	1	26	5	1,602	12.1	88	224	39.3	174	205	405	382	17:45
21	Larry Murphy L. Murphy	373	691	109	482	+131	329	45	169	4	7	17	3	1,503	7.3	2	2	100.0	66	152	40	129	20:40
22	Jean Beliveau J. Beliveau	363	576	215	578	+77	393	72	131	0	0	25	0	1,869	11.5
23	Joe Sakic J. Sakic	359	526	222	581	+74	246	80	148	5	4	31	5	1,726	12.9	5,938	11,343	52.3	208	242	356	354	20:55
24	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	357	488	214	571	+32	232	60	115	1	2	43	12	1,456	14.7	6,026	10,926	55.2	446	248	326	410	20:19
25	Norm Ullman N. Ullman	357	633	214	571	+47	190	56	71	3	5	16	0	1,721	12.4