Wayne Gretzky had the most assists by a player in his first 7 seasons, with 856 assists.

Interpreted as:

most NHL assists by a player through 7 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	856	553	481	1,337	+445	271	103	241	43	43	54	1	2,293	21.0
2	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	519	453	364	883	+25	454	120	238	27	9	31	7	1,762	20.7
3	Peter Stastny P. Stastny	515	527	275	790	+52	477	77	185	6	3	36	1	1,420	19.4
4	Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	482	540	278	760	+334	381	92	144	8	10	47		1,292	21.5
5	Denis Savard D. Savard	463	538	257	720	+84	574	65	187	1	1	32	0	1,594	16.1
6	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	460	532	209	669	+275	693	69	158	15	24	18	1	1,624	12.9
7	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	458	487	239	697	+91	183	50	168	3	6	53	13	1,596	15.0	2,599	5,591	46.5	286	183	481	417	21:38
8	Dale Hawerchuk D. Hawerchuk	440	559	312	752	-52	380	100	169	8	8	23	4	2,044	15.3
9	Bobby Orr B. Orr	432	467	181	613	+400	719	44	170	13	24	18		2,160	8.4
10	Peter Forsberg P. Forsberg	411	466	169	580	+139	444	46	159	14	16	31	2	1,193	14.2	594	1,274	46.6	155	38	175	136	20:51
11	Bobby Clarke B. Clarke	410	542	206	616	+261	687	66	120	17	8	23		1,465	14.1
12	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	401	514	291	692	-19	334	77	156	17	11	31	4	1,719	16.9
13	Jari Kurri J. Kurri	398	520	354	752	+311	201	77	92	21	18	45	4	1,540	23.0
14	Mike Bossy M. Bossy	395	533	416	811	+321	125	137	143	2	0	59	0	1,896	21.9
15	Adam Oates A. Oates	393	467	122	515	+4	146	25	139	3	4	16	0	923	13.2
16	Marcel Dionne M. Dionne	393	539	268	661	-42	146	65	154	12	4	25		2,207	12.1
17	Joe Sakic J. Sakic	392	508	234	626	-101	183	69	164	12	9	30	1	1,544	15.2
18	Mitch Marner M. Marner	386	507	168	554	+89	166	36	132	8	7	28	4	1,333	12.6	92	196	46.9	276	261	523	476	19:40
19	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	386	434	223	609	+80	401	67	172	3	5	28	5	1,473	15.1	4,543	8,803	51.6	356	241	232	367	21:05
20	Ron Francis R. Francis	385	498	182	567	-69	376	50	165	4	2	25	1	1,255	14.5
21	Guy Lafleur G. Lafleur	384	523	303	687	+333	247	79	113	3	1	57		1,688	18.0
22	Artemi Panarin A. Panarin	382	508	187	569	+134	146	47	112	0	0	35	8	1,309	14.3	5	28	17.9	158	103	320	376	19:37
23	Denis Potvin D. Potvin	381	498	163	544	+205	666	61	169	6	11	23		1,536	10.6
24	Pierre Turgeon P. Turgeon	380	543	256	636	+34	179	104	138	7	7	43	6	1,412	18.1
25	Craig Janney C. Janney	378	440	131	509	+32	82	45	163	1	0	28	2	721	18.2