Wayne Gretzky had the most assists by a player in his first 12 seasons, with 1,424 assists.

Interpreted as:

most NHL assists by a player through 12 season

	NAME	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	1,424	925	718	2,142	+606	407	154	437	64	66	75	2	3,543	20.3
2	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	881	745	613	1,494	+142	737	201	390	48	22	65	9	3,054	20.1
3	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	796	873	318	1,114	+222	1,291	109	345	17	29	29	1	2,955	10.8
4	Dale Hawerchuk D. Hawerchuk	763	951	449	1,212	-130	589	155	327	11	10	36	4	3,189	14.1
5	Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	762	914	440	1,202	+475	677	134	229	17	15	63	1	2,203	20.0
6	Peter Stastny P. Stastny	754	892	427	1,181	-9	798	136	304	7	7	50	1	2,229	19.2
7	Marcel Dionne M. Dionne	743	937	544	1,287	+68	350	158	281	18	6	59		3,951	13.8
8	Adam Oates A. Oates	738	826	258	996	+29	263	79	265	10	14	39	2	1,826	14.1
9	Denis Savard D. Savard	735	883	407	1,142	+96	960	115	319	18	10	48	1	2,588	15.7
10	Bobby Clarke B. Clarke	701	929	301	1,002	+418	1,114	88	201	29	26	32		2,181	13.8
11	Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	688	875	470	1,158	+207	623	120	228	9	4	81	10	3,108	15.1	3	13	23.1	64	52	105	341	22:46
12	Guy Lafleur G. Lafleur	685	862	486	1,171	+489	352	132	218	3	2	88		2,953	16.5
13	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	683	870	251	934	+411	703	90	320	7	13	37	3	3,327	7.5
14	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	679	862	481	1,160	+55	552	122	255	41	19	54	4	2,998	16.0
15	Bernie Federko B. Federko	676	861	330	1,006	-103	409	108	264	2	0	34	0	1,851	17.8
16	Ron Francis R. Francis	675	882	311	986	-55	655	97	283	9	12	47	1	2,091	14.9
17	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	673	671	349	1,022	+157	257	83	261	8	9	71	16	2,303	15.2	3,701	7,742	47.8	509	265	643	606	21:41
18	Jari Kurri J. Kurri	666	909	524	1,190	+368	410	129	184	34	36	66	7	2,539	20.6
19	Joe Sakic J. Sakic	657	852	403	1,060	-44	368	125	278	27	13	55	2	2,895	13.9	749	1,392	53.8	19	26	63	51	23:16
20	Doug Gilmour D. Gilmour	655	900	314	969	+157	815	107	228	14	23	38	1	1,940	16.2
21	Joe Thornton J. Thornton	646	915	285	931	+131	885	100	233	4	4	46	8	1,914	14.9	8,119	15,618	52.0	707	214	547	759	20:57
22	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	645	782	382	1,027	+165	576	115	259	3	5	51	10	2,596	14.7	8,612	16,776	51.3	660	378	404	621	20:53
23	Bobby Orr B. Orr	645	657	270	915	+582	953	76	248	16	31	26		3,058	8.8
24	Phil Esposito P. Esposito	643	848	527	1,170	+369	639	161	219	22	10	95		3,736	14.1
25	Nicklas Backstrom N. Backstrom	642	895	231	873	+120	448	72	284	2	0	38	8	1,902	12.1	7,439	14,751	50.4	674	536	646	511	19:43