most assists by player in first season nhl

Wayne Gretzky had the most assists by a player in his first season, with 86 assists in 1979-80.

NAMEASEASONTMGPGP+/-PIMPPGPPASHGSHAGWGOTGSS%FOWFOFOW%HITBKSTKAGVATOI/GP
1Wayne Gretzky
W. Gretzky
86
1979-80
EDM EDM
79
51
137
+14
21
13
22
1
1
6
284
18.0
2Peter Stastny
P. Stastny
70
1980-81
QUE QUE
77
39
109
+10
37
11
22
2
0
4
232
16.8
3Sidney Crosby
S. Crosby
63
2005-06
PIT PIT
81
39
102
-1
110
16
31
0
2
5
3
278
14.0
534
1,174
45.5
66
43
36
57
20:08
4Bryan Trottier
B. Trottier
63
1975-76
NYI NYI
80
32
95
+27
21
11
30
1
0
5
178
18.0
5Sergei Makarov
S. Makarov
62
1989-90
CGY CGY
80
24
86
+33
55
6
21
0
0
4
0
118
20.3
6Mike Rogers
M. Rogers
61
1979-80
HFD HFD
80
44
105
+28
10
3
19
2
0
0
229
19.2
7Larry Murphy
L. Murphy
60
1980-81
LAK LAK
80
16
76
+16
79
5
27
1
3
0
153
10.5
8Dale Hawerchuk
D. Hawerchuk
58
1981-82
WIN WIN
80
45
103
-7
47
12
22
0
2
2
339
13.3
9Mario Lemieux
M. Lemieux
57
1984-85
PIT PIT
73
43
100
-33
54
11
22
0
0
2
1
209
20.6
10Teemu Selanne
T. Selanne
56
1992-93
WIN WIN
84
76
132
+8
45
24
25
0
0
7
0
387
19.6
11Mark Howe
M. Howe
56
1979-80
HFD HFD
74
24
80
+14
20
5
14
2
2
3
178
13.5
12Nicklas Backstrom
N. Backstrom
55
2007-08
WSH WSH
82
14
69
+13
24
3
22
0
0
4
1
153
9.2
405
874
46.3
34
34
72
50
19:00
13Terry Ruskowski
T. Ruskowski
55
1979-80
CHI CHI
74
15
70
+7
252
6
16
1
1
3
88
17.0
14Alex Ovechkin
A. Ovechkin
54
2005-06
WSH WSH
81
52
106
+2
52
21
31
3
0
5
2
425
12.2
2
16
12.5
172
20
69
88
21:37
15Marian Stastny
M. Stastny
54
1981-82
QUE QUE
74
35
89
-5
27
13
17
0
0
3
174
20.1
16Kent Nilsson
K. Nilsson
53
1979-80
AFM AFM
80
40
93
-3
10
14
22
0
0
3
217
18.4
17Evgeni Malkin
E. Malkin
52
2006-07
PIT PIT
78
33
85
+2
80
16
24
0
0
6
1
242
13.6
315
728
43.3
40
36
40
69
19:10
18Patrick Kane
P. Kane
51
2007-08
CHI CHI
82
21
72
-5
52
7
21
0
0
4
1
191
11.0
16
26
61.5
16
7
49
22
18:22
19Scott Gomez
S. Gomez
51
1999-00
NJD NJD
82
19
70
+14
78
7
20
0
0
1
0
204
9.3
152
341
44.6
49
12
67
64
16:21
20Pelle Eklund
P. Eklund
51
1985-86
PHI PHI
70
15
66
-2
12
8
38
0
0
5
0
141
10.6
21Paul Stastny
P. Stastny
50
2006-07
COL COL
82
28
78
+4
42
11
20
0
1
6
0
185
15.1
594
1,226
48.5
29
49
62
46
18:10
22Gary Suter
G. Suter
50
1985-86
CGY CGY
80
18
68
+11
141
9
30
0
1
4
0
195
9.2
23Stefan Persson
S. Persson
50
1977-78
NYI NYI
66
6
56
+19
54
3
32
0
0
0
77
7.8
24Alexei Yashin
A. Yashin
49
1993-94
OTT OTT
83
30
79
-49
22
11
16
2
1
3
0
232
12.9
25Nicklas Lidstrom
N. Lidstrom
49
1991-92
DET DET
80
11
60
+36
22
5
26
0
1
1
0
168
6.5
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