most playoff nhl assists before 1989

Before 1988-89, Wayne Gretzky made the most assists in the playoffs, with 171 assists.

Interpreted as:
most playoff NHL assists by a player before 1989
NAMEAGPGP+/-PIMPPGPPASHGSHAGWGOTGSS%FOWFOFOW%HITBKSTKAGVATOI/GP
1Wayne Gretzky
W. Gretzky
171
120
81
252
+89
56
23
51
10
14
16
2
462
17.5
2Denis Potvin
D. Potvin
108
185
56
164
+64
253
28
52
2
5
7
2
578
9.7
3Bryan Trottier
B. Trottier
105
171
63
168
+36
216
18
40
4
4
10
1
418
15.1
4Larry Robinson
L. Robinson
101
182
23
124
+84
174
7
42
0
2
3
2
374
6.1
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
7Mark Messier
M. Messier
91
119
66
157
+55
131
14
31
10
1
6
0
348
19.0
8Stan Mikita
S. Mikita
91
155
59
150
-8
169
18
36
2
1
11
1
496
11.9
9Jari Kurri
J. Kurri
90
117
79
169
+88
77
16
28
6
7
10
2
341
23.2
10Brad Park
B. Park
90
161
35
125
+24
217
13
36
1
2
6
1
383
9.1
11Glenn Anderson
G. Anderson
81
117
64
145
+37
245
16
23
0
0
10
3
349
18.3
12Henri Richard
H. Richard
80
181
49
129
+21
181
6
17
0
0
9
1
388
10.1
13Jacques Lemaire
J. Lemaire
78
145
61
139
+54
65
19
21
1
1
11
3
521
11.7
14Bobby Clarke
B. Clarke
77
136
42
119
+17
154
15
24
3
1
7
3
286
14.7
15Ken Linseman
K. Linseman
76
111
43
119
+48
325
9
18
2
2
11
2
259
16.6
16Guy Lafleur
G. Lafleur
76
124
57
133
+53
67
14
25
0
0
14
2
360
15.8
17Phil Esposito
P. Esposito
76
130
61
137
+25
138
22
27
0
3
12
1
535
11.4
18Mike Bossy
M. Bossy
75
129
85
160
+34
38
35
41
0
0
17
3
436
19.5
19Bobby Smith
B. Smith
72
122
43
115
-13
134
16
33
0
0
7
1
325
13.2
20Gilbert Perreault
G. Perreault
70
90
33
103
-21
44
10
35
0
0
5
0
272
12.1
21John Tonelli
J. Tonelli
69
144
37
106
+37
174
4
7
0
0
7
1
268
13.8
22Alex Delvecchio
A. Delvecchio
69
121
35
104
-3
29
13
33
0
1
6
0
227
6.2
23Paul Coffey
P. Coffey
67
94
36
103
+65
167
11
22
3
1
6
0
288
12.5
24Bobby Hull
B. Hull
67
119
62
129
+16
102
24
23
2
1
11
1
531
11.5
25Frank Mahovlich
F. Mahovlich
67
137
51
118
-25
163
12
25
1
1
9
2
373
12.1
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