Wayne Gretzky has made the most career assists by a player younger than 31, with 1,473 assists.

Interpreted as:

NHL most assists by a player before turning 31 years old

	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	1,473	968	736	2,209	+597	427	161	457	64	68	77	2	3,671	20.0
2	Dale Hawerchuk D. Hawerchuk	814	1,027	483	1,297	-119	674	168	355	12	10	43	4	3,400	14.2
3	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	809	669	563	1,372	+115	672	186	368	45	19	58	9	2,727	20.6
4	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	796	873	318	1,114	+222	1,291	109	345	17	29	29	1	2,955	10.8
5	Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	762	914	440	1,202	+475	677	134	229	17	15	63	1	2,203	20.0
6	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	738	942	517	1,255	+84	616	138	277	43	24	62	5	3,218	16.1
7	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	732	722	362	1,094	+164	278	88	282	8	10	72	16	2,435	14.9	3,983	8,356	47.7	535	282	665	666	21:45
8	Ron Francis R. Francis	729	944	331	1,060	-52	705	103	306	9	14	48	2	2,261	14.6
9	Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	722	933	501	1,223	+210	651	133	244	11	4	89	12	3,352	14.9	4	17	23.5	68	52	106	349	22:30
10	Denis Savard D. Savard	713	858	396	1,109	+90	927	110	311	18	10	48	1	2,542	15.6
11	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	711	906	263	974	+415	729	93	337	8	13	39	4	3,474	7.6
12	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	705	864	411	1,116	+165	622	124	288	3	5	57	13	2,843	14.5	9,638	18,711	51.5	735	414	446	697	20:52
13	Marcel Dionne M. Dionne	692	857	488	1,180	+58	328	141	261	17	5	52	0	3,605	13.5
14	Mark Messier M. Messier	683	898	414	1,097	+195	1,184	96	203	37	48	46	4	2,323	17.8
15	Joe Sakic J. Sakic	657	852	403	1,060	-44	368	125	278	27	13	55	2	2,895	13.9	749	1,392	53.8	19	26	63	51	23:16
16	Nathan MacKinnon N. MacKinnon	655	880	374	1,029	+181	397	104	224	2	2	70	14	3,536	10.6	5,651	12,176	46.4	606	479	461	663	20:33
17	Bobby Clarke B. Clarke	655	849	282	937	+402	974	83	184	28	24	30	0	2,031	13.9
18	Joe Thornton J. Thornton	646	915	285	931	+131	885	100	233	4	4	46	8	1,914	14.9	8,119	15,618	52.0	707	214	547	759	20:57
19	Bobby Orr B. Orr	645	657	270	915	+582	953	76	248	16	31	26	0	3,058	8.8
20	Pierre Turgeon P. Turgeon	640	929	423	1,063	+108	319	155	232	10	10	72	7	2,557	16.5	540	1,016	53.1	5	19	39	69	19:13
21	Guy Lafleur G. Lafleur	636	794	459	1,095	+484	340	123	205	3	2	87	0	2,777	16.5
22	Doug Gilmour D. Gilmour	632	856	304	936	+162	789	104	216	14	23	37	1	1,867	16.3
23	Phil Housley P. Housley	610	884	252	862	-24	574	95	329	5	3	35	3	2,407	10.5
24	Al MacInnis A. MacInnis	609	803	213	822	+239	960	102	379	4	12	22	1	2,891	7.4
25	Nicklas Backstrom N. Backstrom	608	836	215	823	+124	428	68	275	2	0	35	8	1,777	12.1	6,947	13,710	50.7	631	513	611	466	19:43