Wayne Gretzky made the most assists by a player in his first 5 seasons, with 558 assists.

Interpreted as:

most NHL assists by a player through 5 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	558	393	356	914	+274	173	84	162	29	21	41	0	1,589	22.4
2	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	415	368	300	715	+35	346	100	196	23	9	25	7	1,447	20.7
3	Peter Stastny P. Stastny	381	387	210	591	+72	374	50	125	6	3	24	0	1,057	19.9
4	Denis Savard D. Savard	344	388	170	514	+57	355	44	144	0	0	17	0	1,078	15.8
5	Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	331	387	197	528	+214	219	65	105	4	0	32		919	21.4
6	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	323	371	183	506	+45	356	55	154	2	5	22	5	1,237	14.8	3,770	7,369	51.2	314	211	207	323	21:08
7	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	320	394	144	464	+201	524	50	111	4	18	13	1	1,151	12.5
8	Peter Forsberg P. Forsberg	312	344	128	440	+107	338	31	123	12	12	24	0	910	14.1
9	Dale Hawerchuk D. Hawerchuk	310	399	221	531	-45	269	70	112	5	6	15	2	1,485	14.9
10	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	307	351	162	469	+42	118	31	106	3	5	33	7	1,082	15.0	1,721	3,907	44.0	150	133	372	302	21:27
11	Bobby Smith B. Smith	288	376	153	441	0	299	63	103	0	0	21		1,163	13.2
12	Joe Sakic J. Sakic	285	377	187	472	-100	135	56	122	9	7	16	1	1,108	16.9
13	Jari Kurri J. Kurri	281	363	232	513	+231	138	49	61	10	12	26	1	1,093	21.2
14	Marcel Dionne M. Dionne	281	389	179	460	-46	97	42	104	11	3	16		1,537	11.6
15	Bobby Orr B. Orr	280	328	115	395	+262	514	26	118	8	15	11		1,525	7.5
16	Denis Potvin D. Potvin	278	394	124	402	+121	564	45	129	3	8	21		1,201	10.3
17	Mike Rogers M. Rogers	276	389	174	450	-27	158	32	108	15	8	10	0	1,070	16.3
18	Ron Francis R. Francis	272	343	127	399	-72	244	32	118	3	2	15	0	894	14.2
19	Kent Nilsson K. Nilsson	271	348	192	463	-30	76	70	118	13	3	22	1	935	20.5
20	Mike Bossy M. Bossy	270	387	305	575	+229	97	112	100	2	0	41		1,376	22.2
21	Gary Suter G. Suter	268	362	77	345	+70	510	32	159	1	5	9	0	978	7.9
22	Artemi Panarin A. Panarin	267	391	148	415	+99	122	37	67	0	0	29	7	1,026	14.4	4	23	17.4	123	82	243	279	19:41
23	Nicklas Backstrom N. Backstrom	266	365	101	367	+86	184	35	110	1	0	15	3	846	11.9	2,685	5,387	49.8	276	231	304	224	19:53
24	Brad Richards B. Richards	261	408	107	368	-11	95	28	127	5	2	11	1	1,233	8.7	2,440	5,328	45.8	75	143	175	309	19:55
25	Evgeni Malkin E. Malkin	260	352	158	418	+25	356	65	98	4	1	25	5	1,254	12.6	1,224	2,984	41.0	259	151	288	317	20:51