most even strength assists in hall of fame career

Wayne Gretzky has the most career even-strength assists by a Hall of Famer, with 1,201 assists.

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most even strength assists in hall of fame by a player career

	NAME	EVA	HOF	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	1,201	1999	1,487	894	1,963	2,857	+520	577	204	686	73	76	91	2	5,088	17.6
2	Mark Messier M. Messier	710	2007	1,756	694	1,193	1,887	+211	1,912	179	402	63	81	92	8	4,221	16.4	3,780	6,871	55.0	195	138	161	310	18:47
3	Joe Thornton J. Thornton	701	2025	1,714	430	1,109	1,539	+182	1,272	146	402	6	6	68	9	3,067	14.0	12,730	24,107	52.8	1,142	498	1,225	1,527	19:18
4	Ron Francis R. Francis	691	2007	1,731	549	1,249	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
5	Gordie Howe G. Howe	684	1972	1,767	801	1,049	1,850	+160	1,685	211	353	24	12	121		3,803	10.1
6	Adam Oates A. Oates	646	2012	1,337	341	1,079	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
7	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	637	2009	1,514	692	1,063	1,755	+184	924	202	393	50	33	94	9	4,602	15.0	3,405	5,929	57.4	171	210	189	251	18:38
8	Marcel Dionne M. Dionne	620	1992	1,348	731	1,040	1,771	+27	600	234	409	19	11	73	2	5,363	13.6
9	Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	619	1997	1,279	524	901	1,425	+449	912	161	262	19	20	69	1	2,841	18.4
10	Stan Mikita S. Mikita	608	1983	1,396	541	926	1,467	+329	1,264	150	312	12	6	84		4,482	12.1
11	Doug Gilmour D. Gilmour	603	2011	1,474	450	964	1,414	+129	1,301	153	335	18	26	56	3	2,834	15.9	1,556	3,008	51.7	140	122	103	178	18:20
12	Bobby Clarke B. Clarke	583	1987	1,144	358	852	1,210	+507	1,453	99	234	32	35	38	1	2,582	13.9
13	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	575	2004	1,409	396	1,135	1,531	+298	1,802	135	529	20	31	43	1	4,389	9.0	0	0		33	89	23	97	21:50
14	Mark Recchi M. Recchi	573	2017	1,652	577	956	1,533	0	1,033	200	369	18	14	91	6	3,820	15.1	880	1,815	48.5	898	288	342	518	18:53
15	Joe Sakic J. Sakic	573	2012	1,378	625	1,016	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
16	Henri Richard H. Richard	572	1979	1,258	358	688	1,046	+243	932	47	115	0	1	53		3,199	8.5
17	Jean Ratelle J. Ratelle	560	1985	1,280	491	776	1,267	+236	276	137	213	4	3	68		2,916	16.8
18	Phil Esposito P. Esposito	558	1984	1,282	717	873	1,590	+252	910	246	303	23	12	118		5,166	13.9
19	Norm Ullman N. Ullman	554	1982	1,410	490	739	1,229	+7	710	116	172	8	13	59		3,426	12.3
20	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	553	2004	1,612	410	1,169	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
21	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	546	1997	915	690	1,033	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
22	Alex Delvecchio A. Delvecchio	544	1977	1,550	456	825	1,281	+24	383	111	265	15	16	75		3,129	10.1
23	Johnny Bucyk J. Bucyk	529	1981	1,540	556	813	1,369	-7	493	159	284	4	0	92		3,087	16.2
24	Guy Lafleur G. Lafleur	525	1988	1,126	560	793	1,353	+446	399	154	266	3	2	98	0	3,516	15.9
25	Henrik Sedin H. Sedin	520	2022	1,330	240	830	1,070	+165	680	61	308	7	2	38	6	1,856	12.9	9,887	20,256	48.8	383	267	499	658	17:30

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Kings	14	9	9	37	-2
Sharks	17	14	3	37	-11
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Kraken	12	13	6	30	-21
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Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche	24	2	7	55	56
Stars	22	7	5	49	25
Wild	20	9	5	45	17
Mammoth	16	16	3	35	2
Jets	15	15	2	32	-1
Blackhawks	13	14	6	32	-8
Blues	12	15	7	31	-37
Predators	13	15	4	30	-19
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Oilers	16	12	6	38	-2
Kings	14	9	9	37	-2
Sharks	17	14	3	37	-11
Kraken	12	13	6	30	-21
Flames	13	17	4	30	-16
Canucks	13	17	3	29	-20

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Red Wings	19	12	3	41	-4
Bruins	20	14	0	40	7
Lightning	18	12	3	39	18
Canadiens	17	12	4	38	-11
Panthers	17	13	2	36	2
Maple Leafs	15	12	5	35	1
Senators	15	13	4	34	-3
Sabres	14	14	4	32	-11
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Islanders	19	12	3	41	6
Flyers	17	9	6	40	7
Capitals	18	11	4	40	18
Penguins	14	9	9	37	1
Devils	18	14	1	37	-6
Rangers	16	15	4	36	-6
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