Wayne Gretzky had the most assists by a player in his first 4 seasons, with 440 assists.

Interpreted as:

most NHL assists by a player through 4 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	440	319	269	709	+196	134	64	135	17	10	30		1,263	21.3
2	Peter Stastny P. Stastny	313	312	178	491	+51	279	43	103	5	3	15	0	849	21.0
3	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	301	292	215	516	-6	246	69	148	10	4	17	6	1,134	19.0
4	Denis Savard D. Savard	277	309	132	409	+41	299	37	113	0	0	16	0	813	16.2
5	Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	269	309	155	424	+183	151	50	90	4	0	25		733	21.1
6	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	265	290	132	397	+30	285	42	133	0	4	16	4	939	14.1	2,769	5,578	49.6	251	168	164	246	20:55
7	Dale Hawerchuk D. Hawerchuk	251	319	175	426	-18	225	52	87	3	5	13	2	1,172	14.9
8	Peter Forsberg P. Forsberg	245	266	98	343	+80	230	22	95	10	8	17	0	693	14.1
9	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	244	287	128	372	+49	90	20	74	3	5	27	7	870	14.7	1,401	3,237	43.3	113	115	319	227	21:22
10	Evgeni Malkin E. Malkin	238	309	143	381	+29	338	60	89	4	1	22	5	1,072	13.3	1,147	2,784	41.2	227	140	259	277	20:59
11	Mike Rogers M. Rogers	238	311	151	389	-2	113	26	92	12	7	8		884	17.1
12	Nicklas Backstrom N. Backstrom	236	323	87	323	+90	160	32	94	1	0	11	2	751	11.6	2,332	4,696	49.7	245	206	276	206	19:59
13	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	236	314	107	343	+144	427	38	84	2	14	7	1	866	12.4
14	Bobby Smith B. Smith	235	299	129	364	+20	218	51	79	0	0	18		970	13.3
15	Joe Sakic J. Sakic	228	299	139	367	-97	95	36	95	7	6	12	1	844	16.5
16	Marcel Dionne M. Dionne	227	309	139	366	-50	59	35	89	10	2	10		1,208	11.5
17	Kent Nilsson K. Nilsson	222	281	161	383	-6	54	63	91	4	1	17		754	21.4
18	Sergei Fedorov S. Fedorov	219	312	153	372	+118	244	44	69	13	16	23	4	1,062	14.4
19	John Cullen J. Cullen	219	306	109	328	-72	492	41	92	0	1	11	0	696	15.7
20	Ron Francis R. Francis	219	290	103	322	-77	220	25	93	2	1	11	0	774	13.3
21	Jari Kurri J. Kurri	217	290	161	378	+153	108	35	47	7	9	13	1	826	19.5
22	Denis Potvin D. Potvin	214	314	94	308	+64	483	36	96	3	6	15		914	10.3
23	Mitch Marner M. Marner	208	300	83	291	+27	102	21	72	1	3	14	1	757	11.0	78	169	46.2	125	144	294	250	18:27
24	Gary Suter G. Suter	208	286	61	269	+66	413	27	121	1	4	8	0	767	8.0
25	Artemi Panarin A. Panarin	204	322	116	320	+63	102	30	50	0	0	25	7	817	14.2	3	21	14.3	98	64	187	197	19:30