Between the 1989-90 and 1998-99 seasons, Wayne Gretzky had the most assists, with 763 assists.

Interpreted as:

most assists by a player in 1990s

	NAME	A	GP	G	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%
1	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	763	713	257	1,020	-48	228	68	330	13	13	25	1	1,993	12.9
2	Adam Oates A. Oates	693	721	234	927	+45	256	75	263	12	20	36	2	1,601	14.6
3	Ron Francis R. Francis	604	762	238	842	+79	453	87	249	7	16	34	1	1,653	14.4
4	Doug Gilmour D. Gilmour	571	741	222	793	+115	776	76	214	12	16	31	0	1,433	15.5
5	Joe Sakic J. Sakic	565	722	352	917	-38	316	110	240	26	12	48	1	2,505	14.1
6	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	555	743	363	918	+130	527	104	192	37	21	46	2	2,482	14.6
7	Mark Messier M. Messier	544	694	275	819	+111	678	77	212	28	35	38	5	1,793	15.3
8	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	538	735	174	712	+157	489	83	290	7	15	29	2	3,039	5.7
9	Brian Leetch B. Leetch	518	722	152	670	+39	349	74	292	3	6	24	2	2,279	6.7
10	Pierre Turgeon P. Turgeon	518	721	349	867	+88	251	120	187	10	8	61	6	2,135	16.3
11	Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	517	662	345	862	+163	501	86	167	8	3	63	8	2,304	15.0
12	Craig Janney C. Janney	508	683	165	673	-39	158	63	206	1	0	29	2	933	17.7
13	Mark Recchi M. Recchi	508	766	332	840	-2	569	103	191	12	6	49	1	1,929	17.2
14	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	507	669	131	638	+46	751	43	265	3	5	18	0	2,047	6.4
15	Vincent Damphousse V. Damphousse	479	770	288	767	+10	737	83	178	14	11	53	4	2,259	12.7
16	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	466	377	313	779	+107	391	101	194	25	13	40	2	1,607	19.5
17	Theo Fleury T. Fleury	460	770	360	820	+151	1,311	103	166	28	13	52	5	2,647	13.6
18	Larry Murphy L. Murphy	460	769	134	594	+138	428	51	222	6	7	21	2	1,794	7.5
19	Al MacInnis A. MacInnis	457	693	192	649	+190	757	98	273	6	16	19	1	2,702	7.1
20	Phil Housley P. Housley	453	682	145	598	-21	360	61	255	4	1	18	1	1,766	8.2
21	Jeremy Roenick J. Roenick	440	733	335	775	+118	914	126	170	23	14	51	2	2,014	16.6
22	Rod Brind'Amour R. Brind'Amour	430	778	273	703	+24	698	85	137	18	17	38	5	1,867	14.6
23	Mike Modano M. Modano	424	710	311	735	+63	496	87	169	19	6	45	2	2,374	13.1
24	Mats Sundin M. Sundin	419	693	296	715	+7	543	67	144	19	15	45	3	2,010	14.7
25	Chris Chelios C. Chelios	418	727	102	520	+145	1,635	39	218	9	22	15	0	2,029	5.0