Wayne Gretzky has made the most assists in a decade, with 1,200 assists in the 1980s.

	NAME	A	DECADE	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	1,200	1980s	774	637	1,837	+568	349	136	356	60	63	66	1	3,095	20.6
2	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	763	1990s	713	257	1,020	-48	228	68	330	13	13	25	1	1,993	12.9
3	Adam Oates A. Oates	693	1990s	721	234	927	+45	256	75	263	12	20	36	2	1,601	14.6
4	Peter Stastny P. Stastny	630	1980s	675	356	986	+31	663	110	246	6	6	43	1	1,814	19.6
5	Bernie Federko B. Federko	624	1980s	750	290	914	-68	407	100	250	2	0	35	0	1,615	18.0
6	Denis Savard D. Savard	609	1980s	676	324	933	+83	779	86	265	13	8	39	1	2,046	15.8
7	Ron Francis R. Francis	604	1990s	762	238	842	+79	453	87	249	7	16	34	1	1,653	14.4
8	Bobby Clarke B. Clarke	598	1970s	773	270	868	+360	909	82	175	26	20	28		1,892	14.3
9	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	595	1980s	653	254	849	+264	981	86	247	17	26	22	1	2,159	11.8
10	Phil Esposito P. Esposito	590	1970s	778	518	1,108	+146	582	198	222	18	10	83		3,625	14.3
11	Marcel Dionne M. Dionne	576	1980s	729	404	980	+47	424	150	225	7	6	41	2	2,794	14.5
12	Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	573	1980s	755	332	905	+295	618	104	165	13	18	44	1	1,809	18.4
13	Doug Gilmour D. Gilmour	571	1990s	741	222	793	+115	776	76	214	12	16	31	0	1,433	15.5
14	Joe Sakic J. Sakic	565	1990s	722	352	917	-38	316	110	240	26	12	48	1	2,505	14.1
15	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	555	1990s	743	363	918	+130	527	104	192	37	21	46	2	2,482	14.6
16	Bobby Orr B. Orr	554	1970s	483	225	779	+498	655	66	214	15	27	23		2,338	9.6
17	Joe Thornton J. Thornton	548	2000s	700	246	794	+117	743	89	199	3	2	42	8	1,612	15.3	7,457	14,390	51.8	594	185	476	671	21:05
18	Bobby Smith B. Smith	546	1980s	758	286	832	+46	666	99	206	1	2	42	3	2,057	13.9
19	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	545	1980s	718	211	756	+347	578	75	243	7	13	31	3	2,694	7.8
20	Mark Messier M. Messier	544	1990s	694	275	819	+111	678	77	212	28	35	38	5	1,793	15.3
21	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	538	1990s	735	174	712	+157	489	83	290	7	15	29	2	3,039	5.7
22	Jean Ratelle J. Ratelle	532	1970s	759	330	862	+228	162	93	151	4	2	48		1,887	17.5
23	Nicklas Backstrom N. Backstrom	521	2010s	731	195	716	+91	378	55	234	2	0	33	7	1,575	12.4	6,464	12,706	50.9	588	456	497	399	19:46
24	Brian Leetch B. Leetch	518	1990s	722	152	670	+39	349	74	292	3	6	24	2	2,279	6.7
25	Pierre Turgeon P. Turgeon	518	1990s	721	349	867	+88	251	120	187	10	8	61	6	2,135	16.3