Wayne Gretzky made the most assists by a player in his first 6 seasons, with 693 assists.

Interpreted as:

most NHL assists by a player through 6 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	693	473	429	1,122	+374	225	92	198	40	28	48	0	1,943	22.1
2	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	493	427	345	838	+17	424	114	231	26	9	29	7	1,673	20.6
3	Peter Stastny P. Stastny	462	463	251	713	+74	434	65	165	6	3	32	1	1,264	19.9
4	Denis Savard D. Savard	413	468	217	630	+67	466	58	169	1	1	25	0	1,359	16.0
5	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	410	473	192	602	+262	644	59	136	13	23	15	1	1,459	13.2
6	Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	403	460	228	631	+264	293	74	127	6	5	37		1,075	21.2
7	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	379	407	195	574	+63	138	40	134	3	5	44	9	1,282	15.2	2,037	4,545	44.8	211	157	408	349	21:33
8	Dale Hawerchuk D. Hawerchuk	363	479	268	631	-43	321	80	130	5	6	19	2	1,752	15.3
9	Bobby Orr B. Orr	360	404	152	512	+345	620	37	142	12	20	15		1,878	8.1
10	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	357	412	215	572	+65	387	65	163	3	5	25	5	1,398	15.4	4,316	8,350	51.7	345	234	222	352	21:13
11	Marcel Dionne M. Dionne	350	469	232	582	-35	109	56	136	12	4	21		1,913	12.1
12	Peter Forsberg P. Forsberg	349	393	142	491	+116	390	34	135	12	12	26	0	1,015	14.0	242	519	46.6	70	19	69	60	20:55
13	Joe Sakic J. Sakic	349	461	215	564	-108	153	66	145	10	8	25	1	1,387	15.5
14	Denis Potvin D. Potvin	348	467	155	503	+192	622	57	159	6	9	23		1,438	10.8
15	Jari Kurri J. Kurri	344	441	300	644	+276	160	65	79	16	16	35	3	1,329	22.6
16	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	336	435	229	565	-13	255	61	135	10	7	23	3	1,387	16.5
17	Ron Francis R. Francis	335	418	157	492	-61	289	39	140	3	2	22	1	1,083	14.5
18	Kent Nilsson K. Nilsson	333	425	229	562	-34	90	79	148	16	7	25	1	1,136	20.2
19	Bobby Smith B. Smith	331	456	182	513	-7	370	70	120	1	1	24	0	1,363	13.4
20	Mike Bossy M. Bossy	328	466	365	693	+256	117	131	121	2	0	48		1,650	22.1
21	Gary Suter G. Suter	326	441	89	415	+96	612	38	191	1	5	10	0	1,236	7.2
22	Pierre Turgeon P. Turgeon	324	474	218	542	+20	161	94	116	3	4	37	4	1,158	18.8
23	Bobby Clarke B. Clarke	321	466	176	497	+178	551	56	92	13	6	21		1,271	13.8
24	Evgeni Malkin E. Malkin	319	427	208	527	+43	426	77	120	4	1	34	6	1,593	13.1	1,799	4,194	42.9	288	192	340	390	20:53
25	Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	319	441	219	538	+107	331	58	88	5	2	42	4	1,465	14.9