Adam Oates has made the most career assists by a 39-year-old player, with 64 assists.

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most NHL assists by a player by 39 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	64	80	14	78	-4	28	3	26	0	0	1	0	102	13.7	1,108	1,965	56.4	3	35	53	92	21:52
2	Ray Whitney R. Whitney	53	82	24	77	+26	28	8	12	0	0	1	0	185	13.0	4	15	26.7	28	10	34	39	18:39
3	Al MacInnis A. MacInnis	52	80	16	68	+22	61	9	28	1	1	2	0	299	5.4	2	2	100.0	8	26	13	35	26:55
4	Johnny Bucyk J. Bucyk	52	78	29	81	+11	10	9	23	0	0	4	0	167	17.4
5	Jean Beliveau J. Beliveau	51	70	25	76	+24	42	7	17	0	0	4	0	172	14.5
6	Mark Messier M. Messier	50	83	26	76	-29	52	15	20	0	0	3	0	145	17.9	1,106	1,943	56.9	65	43	60	104	19:49
7	Dave Keon D. Keon	47	68	10	57	-8	10	0	7	0	2	0	0	132	7.6
8	Alex Delvecchio A. Delvecchio	47	73	23	70	0	13	12	11	0	0	4	0	131	17.6
9	Jean Ratelle J. Ratelle	45	67	28	73	+10	8	14	11	0	0	1	0	145	19.3
10	Brett Hull B. Hull	43	81	25	68	-4	12	10	13	0	0	6	2	200	12.5	3	7	42.9	15	20	30	70	16:54
11	Gordie Howe G. Howe	43	74	39	82	+14	53	10	11	0	0	4	0	300	13.0
12	Joe Pavelski J. Pavelski	40	82	27	67	+12	20	11	10	0	0	4	1	194	13.9	355	695	51.1	75	70	25	56	16:49
13	Nicklas Lidstrom N. Lidstrom	40	82	9	49	+22	24	5	15	0	3	1	0	194	4.6	0	0		56	82	36	53	25:26
14	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	39	80	17	56	+12	30	10	26	1	0	0	0	244	7.0	0	0		124	113	74	66	26:42
15	Joe Thornton J. Thornton	35	73	16	51	+8	20	3	12	0	0	4	0	90	17.8	356	675	52.7	17	14	43	42	15:33
16	Ron Francis R. Francis	35	81	27	62	-10	28	13	18	1	0	3	0	157	17.2	510	928	55.0	6	17	26	17	20:19
17	Mark Recchi M. Recchi	33	76	16	49	-17	40	9	13	0	0	1	0	133	12.0	18	38	47.4	92	27	33	37	18:31
18	Martin St. Louis M. St. Louis	31	74	21	52	+12	20	5	8	0	0	1	0	144	14.6	51	110	46.4	13	37	41	43	17:34
19	Joe Nieuwendyk J. Nieuwendyk	30	65	26	56	-2	46	7	13	0	0	3	1	195	13.3	727	1,224	59.4	10	19	17	46	16:23
20	Ken Schinkel K. Schinkel	28	78	22	50	-12	6	2	7	0	0	2	0	157	14.0
21	Tim Horton T. Horton	28	73	9	37	+8	120	3	7	0	1	2	0	163	5.5
22	Igor Larionov I. Larionov	27	69	6	33	+4	22	2	7	0	0	0	0	48	12.5	303	671	45.2	20	14	21	51	15:57
23	Dean Prentice D. Prentice	27	71	20	47	+5	14	7	5	0	0	1	0	206	9.7
24	Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	26	48	13	39	+8	18	5	9	0	0	1	0	116	11.2	0	1	0.0	6	9	14	27	16:24
25	Gary Roberts G. Roberts	26	58	14	40	+4	51	4	9	0	0	1	0	122	11.5	6	19	31.6	76	9	17	26	16:45