Adam Oates has the most career assists by a 38-year-old player, with 69 assists.

Interpreted as:

most NHL assists by a player by 38 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	Adam Oates A. Oates	69	81	13	82	-9	28	5	37	0	2	4	1	72	18.1	1,081	1,836	58.9	16	49	74	99	21:00
2	Igor Larionov I. Larionov	53	78	17	70	+18	44	5	19	2	2	5	0	86	19.8	118	265	44.5	8	9	11	21	17:44
3	Ron Francis R. Francis	52	83	22	74	-7	18	8	29	0	1	4	1	165	13.3	713	1,235	57.7	30	53	68	37	20:22
4	Joe Pavelski J. Pavelski	49	82	28	77	+42	8	13	14	0	1	2	0	184	15.2	368	689	53.4	93	64	32	57	17:43
5	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	47	85	12	59	-13	30	10	30	0	0	1	0	280	4.3	0	1	0.0	82	33	34	30	28:00
6	Jean Ratelle J. Ratelle	45	80	27	72	+17	12	11	11	0	1	5	0	137	19.7
7	Johnny Bucyk J. Bucyk	44	76	31	75	+13	8	12	18	0	0	9	0	139	22.3
8	Nicklas Lidstrom N. Lidstrom	43	78	16	59	+31	30	10	23	0	1	4	1	180	8.9	0	0		43	67	26	46	24:49
9	Gordie Howe G. Howe	41	70	25	66	-2	53	8	15	1	1	1	0	296	8.4
10	Ray Whitney R. Whitney	40	75	17	57	0	24	3	23	0	0	1	0	156	10.9	45	100	45.0	29	15	27	32	16:57
11	Mark Recchi M. Recchi	40	80	28	68	-3	66	16	15	0	1	3	0	191	14.7	54	120	45.0	83	35	30	41	19:38
12	Martin St. Louis M. St. Louis	39	81	30	69	+13	10	9	12	1	1	5	1	204	14.7	68	167	40.7	24	38	65	53	20:56
13	Brett Hull B. Hull	39	82	37	76	+11	22	12	14	1	1	4	1	262	14.1	7	18	38.9	12	4	13	14	18:07
14	Larry Murphy L. Murphy	37	84	8	45	+1	24	7	12	0	0	0	0	159	5.0	1	1	100.0	32	80	18	65	22:14
15	Stan Mikita S. Mikita	36	65	19	55	+3	34	4	12	0	0	1	0	147	12.9
16	Rod Brind'Amour R. Brind'Amour	35	80	16	51	-23	36	6	18	1	1	1	0	135	11.9	908	1,488	61.0	76	35	40	40	18:58
17	Al MacInnis A. MacInnis	35	71	11	46	+3	52	6	16	0	0	4	0	231	4.8	0	0		59	89	40	66	26:56
18	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	34	79	31	65	-22	20	13	15	0	0	5	1	272	11.4	0	2	0.0	161	27	26	35	19:13
19	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	33	75	18	51	+10	46	7	11	0	1	3	0	141	12.8	627	1,134	55.3	13	35	48	51	17:32
20	Norm Ullman N. Ullman	33	77	10	43	-12	8	0	5	0	0	0	0	146	6.8
21	Larry Robinson L. Robinson	32	64	7	39	+7	34	1	11	0	0	1	0	80	8.8
22	Kimmo Timonen K. Timonen	31	80	6	37	+8	40	1	19	0	1	2	0	153	3.9	0	0		75	124	15	32	21:05
23	Mike Modano M. Modano	31	80	15	46	-13	46	4	14	0	0	4	1	197	7.6	617	1,176	52.5	35	24	57	81	18:18
24	Scott Young S. Young	31	79	18	49	-32	52	10	23	0	0	1	0	284	6.3	0	6	0.0	27	24	16	56	18:23
25	Doug Gilmour D. Gilmour	31	70	10	41	-7	48	5	7	0	0	2	0	78	12.8	634	1,241	51.1	43	38	42	52	18:39