Connor McDavid had the most assists per game in 2016-17, with 0.85 per game.

Interpreted as:

most assists per game with a minimum of 0.375 assists per team game by a player 2017

	NAME	A/GP	SEASON	TM	A	GP	G	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	0.85	2016-17	EDM	70	82	30	100	+27	26	3	24	1	1	6	1	251	12.0	348	806	43.2	34	29	76	54	21:08
2	Ryan Getzlaf R. Getzlaf	0.78	2016-17	ANA	58	74	15	73	+7	49	6	14	2	1	3	0	138	10.9	509	1,012	50.3	99	88	61	68	21:04
3	Nicklas Backstrom N. Backstrom	0.77	2016-17	WSH	63	82	23	86	+17	38	8	27	0	0	5	2	162	14.2	685	1,333	51.4	45	33	61	54	18:16
4	Victor Hedman V. Hedman	0.71	2016-17	TBL	56	79	16	72	+3	47	4	29	0	0	5	2	166	9.6	0	0		93	132	39	73	24:31
5	Erik Karlsson E. Karlsson	0.70	2016-17	OTT	54	77	17	71	+10	28	4	23	0	2	5	1	218	7.8	0	0		67	201	59	106	26:50
6	Patrick Kane P. Kane	0.67	2016-17	CHI	55	82	34	89	+11	32	7	16	0	0	5	1	292	11.6	7	51	13.7	28	15	49	42	21:24
7	Mark Scheifele M. Scheifele	0.63	2016-17	WPG	50	79	32	82	+18	38	7	8	0	2	5	2	160	20.0	635	1,461	43.5	49	34	67	42	20:34
8	Evgeni Malkin E. Malkin	0.63	2016-17	PIT	39	62	33	72	+18	77	11	12	0	0	6	1	191	17.3	365	846	43.1	40	25	52	54	18:37
9	Henrik Zetterberg H. Zetterberg	0.62	2016-17	DET	51	82	17	68	+15	22	2	11	0	0	0	0	195	8.7	705	1,362	51.8	58	30	38	37	19:43
10	Nikita Kucherov N. Kucherov	0.61	2016-17	TBL	45	74	40	85	+13	38	17	15	0	0	7	1	246	16.3	0	0		30	20	54	64	19:26
11	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	0.60	2016-17	PIT	45	75	44	89	+17	24	14	11	0	0	5	1	255	17.3	842	1,748	48.2	80	27	39	70	19:53
12	Johnny Gaudreau J. Gaudreau	0.60	2016-17	CGY	43	72	18	61	-7	4	4	12	0	0	3	1	182	9.9	0	0		9	14	44	86	18:29
13	Duncan Keith D. Keith	0.59	2016-17	CHI	47	80	6	53	+22	16	2	13	0	0	2	1	183	3.3	0	0		24	107	32	73	25:37
14	Leon Draisaitl L. Draisaitl	0.59	2016-17	EDM	48	82	29	77	+7	20	10	17	0	0	5	3	172	16.9	476	972	49.0	41	36	75	75	18:53
15	Blake Wheeler B. Wheeler	0.59	2016-17	WPG	48	82	26	74	+6	47	5	16	2	1	4	0	259	10.0	43	94	45.7	100	51	39	44	20:09
16	Brad Marchand B. Marchand	0.57	2016-17	BOS	46	80	39	85	+18	81	9	15	3	2	8	1	226	17.3	13	36	36.1	51	35	69	84	19:26
17	Alexander Wennberg A. Wennberg	0.57	2016-17	CBJ	46	80	13	59	+9	21	2	21	0	0	5	0	109	11.9	609	1,285	47.4	58	56	44	31	18:23
18	Brent Burns B. Burns	0.57	2016-17	SJS	47	82	29	76	+19	40	8	17	0	1	6	3	320	9.1	0	0		69	142	53	153	24:52
19	Ryan Johansen R. Johansen	0.57	2016-17	NSH	47	82	14	61	+1	60	4	19	1	0	3	0	154	9.1	803	1,472	54.6	77	28	38	51	18:50
20	Phil Kessel P. Kessel	0.57	2016-17	PIT	47	82	23	70	+3	20	8	22	0	0	4	1	229	10.0	5	15	33.3	12	15	15	51	17:56
21	Tyler Seguin T. Seguin	0.56	2016-17	DAL	46	82	26	72	-15	22	11	18	0	0	4	1	301	8.6	401	786	51.0	60	26	37	39	18:28
22	Jamie Benn J. Benn	0.56	2016-17	DAL	43	77	26	69	-9	66	12	14	1	0	4	2	201	12.9	212	412	51.5	89	47	55	55	19:22
23	Mats Zuccarello M. Zuccarello	0.55	2016-17	NYR	44	80	15	59	+15	26	5	9	0	0	3	0	189	7.9	6	13	46.2	85	52	70	54	18:50
24	Mitch Marner M. Marner	0.55	2016-17	TOR	42	77	19	61	0	38	4	17	0	0	5	0	176	10.8	14	37	37.8	41	39	67	62	16:49
25	Joe Thornton J. Thornton	0.54	2016-17	SJS	43	79	7	50	+7	51	1	18	0	0	0	0	81	8.6	375	737	50.9	52	31	64	74	18:04