Wayne Gretzky had the most assists by a player in his first 14 seasons, with 1,563 assists.

Interpreted as:

most NHL assists by a player through 14 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	1,563	1,044	765	2,328	+600	447	166	503	68	69	78	2	3,899	19.6
2	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	947	812	654	1,601	+157	769	219	418	49	22	70	10	3,300	19.8	602	1,206	49.9	34	30	47	68	23:36
3	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	934	1,033	344	1,278	+266	1,474	119	422	17	31	32	1	3,487	9.9
4	Marcel Dionne M. Dionne	876	1,083	629	1,505	+86	424	187	336	19	9	63	2	4,549	13.8
5	Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	842	1,064	487	1,329	+478	769	154	255	17	18	69	1	2,542	19.2
6	Adam Oates A. Oates	838	967	288	1,126	+34	321	85	306	12	21	42	2	2,026	14.2
7	Dale Hawerchuk D. Hawerchuk	825	1,055	489	1,314	-122	682	170	363	12	10	45	4	3,472	14.1
8	Bobby Clarke B. Clarke	809	1,071	341	1,150	+483	1,383	96	223	31	32	37		2,455	13.9
9	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	806	1,028	291	1,097	+460	799	105	381	8	18	46	5	3,991	7.3
10	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	801	1,023	539	1,340	+106	694	146	295	43	26	65	5	3,450	15.6
11	Denis Savard D. Savard	797	1,020	441	1,238	+96	1,156	121	341	20	13	52	1	2,868	15.4
12	Ron Francis R. Francis	789	1,008	349	1,138	-28	735	108	334	9	16	50	2	2,401	14.5
13	Peter Stastny P. Stastny	788	971	449	1,237	-16	824	145	321	7	7	54	2	2,365	19.0
14	Mark Messier M. Messier	780	1,005	452	1,232	+199	1,272	108	238	42	52	51	4	2,623	17.2
15	Joe Sakic J. Sakic	774	1,016	483	1,257	+13	416	153	321	31	16	71	5	3,487	13.9	3,085	5,832	52.9	127	132	203	159	22:43
16	Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	772	1,027	537	1,309	+207	699	143	261	11	4	93	12	3,655	14.7	4	19	21.1	94	80	157	505	22:05
17	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	770	943	446	1,216	+183	658	136	305	3	7	60	14	3,063	14.6	10,650	20,537	51.9	820	457	500	764	20:53
18	Bernie Federko B. Federko	761	1,000	369	1,130	-131	487	120	305	2	0	40	0	2,074	17.8
19	Doug Gilmour D. Gilmour	755	1,062	368	1,123	+154	960	121	265	17	25	42	1	2,263	16.3
20	Joe Thornton J. Thornton	754	1,077	324	1,078	+152	963	113	276	6	5	51	8	2,219	14.6	9,351	17,851	52.4	805	275	757	952	20:49
21	Phil Esposito P. Esposito	737	1,002	596	1,333	+303	727	195	256	23	11	101		4,354	13.7
22	Jari Kurri J. Kurri	731	1,028	565	1,296	+327	482	145	222	38	39	69	7	2,821	20.0
23	Guy Lafleur G. Lafleur	728	961	518	1,246	+470	381	139	239	3	2	94	0	3,204	16.2
24	Nicklas Backstrom N. Backstrom	722	1,011	258	980	+119	476	79	317	2	0	38	8	2,125	12.1	8,308	16,530	50.3	729	608	713	577	19:37
25	Gilbert Perreault G. Perreault	715	1,021	452	1,167	+45	424	118	266	6	3	76	0	2,706	16.7