Before 2021-22, Wayne Gretzky had the most assists per game, with 1.32 per game.

Interpreted as:

most assists per game with a minimum of 0.1875 assists per team game by a player before 2022

	NAME	A/GP	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	1.32	1,963	1,487	894	2,857	+520	577	204	686	73	76	91	2	5,088	17.6
2	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	1.13	1,033	915	690	1,723	+114	834	236	465	49	22	74	11	3,633	19.0	1,414	2,865	49.4	52	45	70	122	22:40
3	Bobby Orr B. Orr	0.98	645	657	270	915	+582	953	76	248	16	31	26		3,058	8.8
4	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	0.93	379	407	195	574	+63	138	40	134	3	5	44	9	1,282	15.2	2,036	4,544	44.8	211	157	408	349	21:33
5	Peter Forsberg P. Forsberg	0.90	636	708	249	885	+238	690	71	252	16	16	43	4	1,693	14.7	2,117	4,434	47.7	362	98	350	379	19:34
6	Peter Stastny P. Stastny	0.81	789	977	450	1,239	-15	824	145	321	7	7	54	2	2,374	19.0
7	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	0.81	839	1,039	486	1,325	+183	699	145	335	4	7	69	19	3,331	14.6	11,820	22,687	52.1	892	502	577	843	20:50
8	Adam Oates A. Oates	0.81	1,079	1,337	341	1,420	+33	415	103	410	12	23	56	5	2,392	14.3	4,526	7,892	57.3	45	149	209	371	20:00
9	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	0.81	1,135	1,409	396	1,531	+298	1,802	135	529	20	31	43	1	4,389	9.0	0	0		33	89	23	97	21:50
10	Marcel Dionne M. Dionne	0.77	1,040	1,348	731	1,771	+27	600	234	409	19	11	73	2	5,363	13.6
11	Kent Nilsson K. Nilsson	0.76	422	553	264	686	-25	116	97	179	16	8	28	1	1,374	19.2
12	Bernie Federko B. Federko	0.76	761	1,000	369	1,130	-131	487	120	305	2	0	40	0	2,074	17.8
13	Dale Hawerchuk D. Hawerchuk	0.75	891	1,188	518	1,409	-98	740	182	386	12	11	49	4	3,754	13.8
14	Bobby Clarke B. Clarke	0.74	852	1,144	358	1,210	+507	1,453	99	234	32	35	38	1	2,582	13.9
15	Craig Janney C. Janney	0.74	563	760	188	751	-13	170	66	228	1	0	32	2	1,057	17.8
16	Joe Sakic J. Sakic	0.74	1,016	1,378	625	1,641	+30	614	205	426	32	17	86	7	4,621	13.5	6,687	12,735	52.5	227	268	419	405	21:09
17	Mike Bossy M. Bossy	0.74	553	752	573	1,126	+380	210	180	198	8	1	80	4	2,709	21.2
18	Cale Makar C. Makar	0.73	74	101	20	94	+29	24	8	33	0	0	7	0	225	8.9	0	0		94	83	66	61	22:27
19	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	0.73	1,169	1,612	410	1,579	+527	1,141	173	588	16	28	60	5	6,209	6.6	0	1	0.0	277	203	143	135	26:38
20	Evgeni Malkin E. Malkin	0.72	680	940	424	1,104	+69	984	153	265	4	1	73	11	3,117	13.6	4,735	10,704	44.2	576	382	786	888	19:55
21	Denis Savard D. Savard	0.72	865	1,196	473	1,338	+103	1,336	127	361	20	13	56	1	3,142	15.1
22	Ron Francis R. Francis	0.72	1,249	1,731	549	1,798	-18	977	188	539	12	19	79	4	3,756	14.6	3,205	5,757	55.7	119	199	203	153	19:41
23	Mitch Marner M. Marner	0.72	255	355	103	358	+48	122	21	86	1	5	19	1	913	11.3	82	174	47.1	148	185	347	319	19:04
24	Nicklas Backstrom N. Backstrom	0.71	722	1,011	258	980	+119	476	79	317	2	0	38	8	2,125	12.1	8,308	16,529	50.3	729	608	713	577	19:37
25	Artemi Panarin A. Panarin	0.71	308	433	165	473	+113	128	42	80	0	0	30	7	1,132	14.6	4	26	15.4	136	89	264	305	19:41