Wayne Gretzky had the most assists by a player in his first 13 seasons, with 1,514 assists.

Interpreted as:

most NHL assists by a player through 13 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	1,514	999	749	2,263	+594	441	166	479	66	68	77	2	3,758	19.9
2	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	922	788	648	1,570	+157	755	217	406	49	22	70	10	3,225	20.1	444	852	52.1	29	23	30	47	24:20
3	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	871	953	330	1,201	+238	1,368	114	391	17	29	29	1	3,209	10.3
4	Dale Hawerchuk D. Hawerchuk	814	1,032	484	1,298	-120	680	168	355	12	10	43	4	3,416	14.2
5	Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	814	991	470	1,284	+485	725	149	246	17	18	66	1	2,379	19.8
6	Adam Oates A. Oates	796	908	276	1,072	+35	299	82	288	12	18	42	2	1,947	14.2
7	Marcel Dionne M. Dionne	796	1,003	583	1,379	+75	378	171	300	18	6	61	1	4,233	13.8
8	Peter Stastny P. Stastny	777	954	444	1,221	-14	820	143	315	7	7	53	1	2,335	19.0
9	Denis Savard D. Savard	769	946	423	1,192	+97	1,050	119	330	19	13	50	1	2,687	15.7
10	Bobby Clarke B. Clarke	747	991	318	1,065	+446	1,268	90	212	30	28	35		2,291	13.9
11	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	743	950	272	1,015	+422	759	97	348	8	13	39	4	3,661	7.4
12	Ron Francis R. Francis	741	964	338	1,079	-58	717	105	316	9	15	49	2	2,307	14.7
13	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	738	942	517	1,255	+84	616	138	277	43	24	62	5	3,218	16.1
14	Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	729	950	506	1,235	+212	661	133	245	11	4	90	12	3,398	14.9	4	18	22.2	71	56	117	385	22:23
15	Guy Lafleur G. Lafleur	725	942	516	1,241	+473	371	139	237	3	2	94	0	3,170	16.3
16	Joe Sakic J. Sakic	721	934	457	1,178	+1	398	144	305	30	16	67	4	3,227	14.2	1,963	3,684	53.3	63	80	142	105	23:07
17	Bernie Federko B. Federko	721	927	352	1,073	-123	463	117	284	2	0	40	0	1,966	17.9
18	Mark Messier M. Messier	714	930	427	1,141	+205	1,200	101	215	40	50	49	4	2,408	17.7
19	Jari Kurri J. Kurri	712	990	555	1,267	+344	458	143	209	38	39	69	7	2,737	20.3
20	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	705	864	411	1,116	+165	622	124	288	3	5	57	13	2,843	14.5	9,638	18,711	51.5	735	414	446	697	20:52
21	Joe Thornton J. Thornton	695	995	306	1,001	+135	932	109	257	6	4	49	8	2,063	14.8	8,794	16,858	52.2	763	249	661	857	20:51
22	Doug Gilmour D. Gilmour	695	981	346	1,041	+152	892	117	247	16	25	41	1	2,120	16.3
23	Phil Esposito P. Esposito	691	922	562	1,253	+330	675	180	240	23	10	97		4,010	14.0
24	Nicklas Backstrom N. Backstrom	684	956	243	927	+119	462	74	300	2	0	38	8	2,034	11.9	7,955	15,799	50.4	704	581	680	553	19:40
25	Denis Potvin D. Potvin	680	930	279	959	+436	1,174	110	297	10	22	40	0	2,715	10.3