most playoff nhl assists before 1988

Before 1987-88, Wayne Gretzky made the most assists in the playoffs, with 140 assists.

Interpreted as:
most playoff NHL assists by a player before 1988
NAMEAGPGP+/-PIMPPGPPASHGSHAGWGOTGSS%FOWFOFOW%HITBKSTKAGVATOI/GP
1Wayne Gretzky
W. Gretzky
140
101
69
209
+80
40
18
32
9
14
13
1
400
17.3
2Bryan Trottier
B. Trottier
105
165
63
168
+45
206
18
40
4
4
10
1
407
15.5
3Denis Potvin
D. Potvin
104
180
55
159
+67
247
27
49
2
5
7
2
563
9.8
4Larry Robinson
L. Robinson
97
171
22
119
+87
170
7
41
0
2
3
2
364
6.0
5Jean Beliveau
J. Beliveau
97
162
79
176
+27
211
26
45
0
0
15
1
365
13.2
6Gordie Howe
G. Howe
92
157
68
160
+5
220
15
41
4
0
11
0
301
10.6
7Stan Mikita
S. Mikita
91
155
59
150
-8
169
18
36
2
1
11
1
496
11.9
8Brad Park
B. Park
90
161
35
125
+24
217
13
36
1
2
6
1
383
9.1
9Henri Richard
H. Richard
80
181
49
129
+21
181
6
17
0
0
9
1
388
10.1
10Jacques Lemaire
J. Lemaire
78
145
61
139
+54
65
19
21
1
1
11
3
521
11.7
11Bobby Clarke
B. Clarke
77
136
42
119
+17
154
15
24
3
1
7
3
286
14.7
12Guy Lafleur
G. Lafleur
76
124
57
133
+53
67
14
25
0
0
14
2
360
15.8
13Phil Esposito
P. Esposito
76
130
61
137
+25
138
22
27
0
3
12
1
535
11.4
14Mike Bossy
M. Bossy
75
129
85
160
+34
38
35
41
0
0
17
3
436
19.5
15Jari Kurri
J. Kurri
73
98
65
138
+73
65
11
21
6
6
7
1
284
22.9
16Gilbert Perreault
G. Perreault
70
90
33
103
-21
44
10
35
0
0
5
0
272
12.1
17Alex Delvecchio
A. Delvecchio
69
121
35
104
-3
29
13
33
0
1
6
0
227
6.2
18Mark Messier
M. Messier
68
100
55
123
+46
102
7
21
9
1
6
0
306
18.0
19Bobby Smith
B. Smith
68
111
40
108
-8
126
15
33
0
0
7
1
307
13.0
20Paul Coffey
P. Coffey
67
94
36
103
+65
167
11
22
3
1
6
0
288
12.5
21Bobby Hull
B. Hull
67
119
62
129
+16
102
24
23
2
1
11
1
531
11.5
22Frank Mahovlich
F. Mahovlich
67
137
51
118
-25
163
12
25
1
1
9
2
373
12.1
23Bobby Orr
B. Orr
66
74
26
92
+60
107
8
24
3
7
7
1
358
7.3
24Jean Ratelle
J. Ratelle
66
123
32
98
+15
22
11
17
0
1
5
1
236
13.6
25Glenn Anderson
G. Anderson
65
98
55
120
+32
196
12
18
0
0
9
3
306
18.0
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