Joe Thornton has the most career assists by a 36-year-old player, with 63 assists.

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most NHL assists by a player by 36 years old

	NAME	A	GP	G	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Joe Thornton J. Thornton	63	82	19	82	+25	54	8	21	0	0	6	0	121	15.7	399	753	53.0	48	30	69	98	18:22
2	Jean Ratelle J. Ratelle	61	78	33	94	+18	22	8	11	1	0	6	0	185	17.8
3	Alex Delvecchio A. Delvecchio	60	71	13	73	+30	16	4	13	0	1	1	0	205	6.3
4	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	58	81	22	80	-6	28	3	21	0	1	3	0	232	9.5
5	Evgeni Malkin E. Malkin	56	82	27	83	-12	82	11	25	0	0	3	0	240	11.3	422	856	49.3	53	33	82	105	18:35
6	Rod Brind'Amour R. Brind'Amour	56	78	26	82	+7	46	9	21	2	3	5	1	181	14.4	1,213	2,047	59.3	123	49	48	57	23:19
7	Mats Sundin M. Sundin	55	83	28	83	+10	54	6	26	1	0	4	0	317	8.8	1,095	1,999	54.8	53	44	30	62	20:21
8	Joe Sakic J. Sakic	55	82	32	87	+10	60	10	24	0	0	6	1	263	12.2	876	1,669	52.5	18	32	69	60	19:55
9	Igor Larionov I. Larionov	55	78	13	68	+39	36	3	20	1	2	4	1	114	11.4
10	Ray Whitney R. Whitney	53	82	24	77	+2	32	7	23	0	0	2	1	219	11.0	2	4	50.0	27	26	62	41	18:25
11	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	52	82	42	94	+7	40	10	13	0	0	3	0	278	15.1	1,090	1,872	58.2	101	37	73	57	20:05
12	Mats Zuccarello M. Zuccarello	51	69	12	63	-5	30	5	28	0	0	1	0	173	6.9	27	72	37.5	26	50	38	38	18:54
13	Henrik Zetterberg H. Zetterberg	51	84	18	69	+16	22	2	11	0	0	1	0	201	9.0	720	1,393	51.7	59	31	39	38	19:46
14	Daniel Alfredsson D. Alfredsson	51	84	26	77	-1	24	6	24	2	5	5	0	210	12.4	14	37	37.8	62	41	68	45	20:31
15	Johnny Bucyk J. Bucyk	51	78	32	83	+15	4	13	32	0	0	7	0	174	18.4
16	Vyacheslav Kozlov V. Kozlov	50	82	26	76	-14	44	12	31	0	0	3	0	165	15.8	3	8	37.5	37	17	41	53	17:14
17	Martin St. Louis M. St. Louis	49	77	25	74	-3	16	4	12	0	0	3	1	185	13.5	18	41	43.9	17	39	66	53	22:38
18	Nicklas Lidstrom N. Lidstrom	49	80	13	62	+40	46	10	23	0	3	1	0	224	5.8	0	0		24	95	40	83	27:29
19	Doug Gilmour D. Gilmour	48	74	25	73	-9	63	10	13	0	0	3	2	113	22.1	523	976	53.6	42	37	28	54	19:50
20	Mark Messier M. Messier	48	77	26	74	-3	53	7	14	1	4	5	0	174	14.9
21	Brent Burns B. Burns	47	89	7	54	-13	48	2	12	0	2	0	0	222	3.2	0	1	0.0	53	169	65	89	26:02
22	Ray Ferraro R. Ferraro	47	81	29	76	-11	91	11	17	0	0	2	1	172	16.9	818	1,705	48.0	78	43	29	41	18:19
23	Gordie Howe G. Howe	47	70	29	76	+22	104	13	20	3	0	2	0	341	8.5
24	Teemu Selanne T. Selanne	46	82	48	94	+26	82	25	23	0	0	10	2	257	18.7	178	351	50.7	10	9	37	85	17:42
25	Bob Nevin B. Nevin	45	80	30	75	+34	23	7	7	0	2	6	0	146	20.5