Wayne Gretzky made the most assists in 1986-87, with 121 assists.

	NAME	A	SEASON	TM	GP	G	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%
1	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	121	1986-87	EDM	79	62	183	+69	28	13	33	7	6	4	0	288	21.5
2	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	72	1986-87	BOS	78	23	95	+44	36	6	27	1	2	3	0	334	6.9
3	Mark Messier M. Messier	70	1986-87	EDM	77	37	107	+22	73	7	21	4	7	5	0	210	17.6
4	Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	64	1986-87	NYI	80	23	87	+4	50	13	25	0	2	1	0	195	11.8
5	Ron Francis R. Francis	63	1986-87	HFD	75	30	93	+11	45	7	22	0	0	7	1	189	15.9
6	Doug Gilmour D. Gilmour	63	1986-87	STL	80	42	105	-4	58	17	25	1	1	2	0	208	20.2
7	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	59	1986-87	DET	80	31	90	-2	43	9	24	1	1	2	0	217	14.3
8	Larry Murphy L. Murphy	58	1986-87	WSH	80	23	81	+25	39	8	20	0	1	4	1	224	10.3
9	Marcel Dionne M. Dionne	56	1986-87	TOT	81	28	84	-17	60	10	24	0	0	2	0	273	10.3
10	Steve Larmer S. Larmer	56	1986-87	CHI	80	28	84	+18	22	10	12	0	1	4	0	221	12.7
11	Al MacInnis A. MacInnis	56	1986-87	CGY	79	20	76	+20	97	7	25	0	0	2	0	262	7.6
12	Mats Naslund M. Naslund	55	1986-87	MTL	79	25	80	-3	16	10	28	0	0	3	0	172	14.5
13	Jari Kurri J. Kurri	54	1986-87	EDM	79	54	108	+35	41	12	13	5	2	10	1	211	25.6
14	Aaron Broten A. Broten	53	1986-87	NJD	80	26	79	+4	36	6	25	0	1	3	1	179	14.5
15	Dale Hawerchuk D. Hawerchuk	53	1986-87	WIN	80	47	100	+2	52	10	18	0	0	4	0	267	17.6
16	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	53	1986-87	PIT	63	54	107	+12	57	19	19	0	0	4	2	267	20.2
17	Paul Reinhart P. Reinhart	53	1986-87	CGY	76	15	68	+5	22	7	22	0	0	2	0	119	12.6
18	Peter Stastny P. Stastny	53	1986-87	QUE	64	24	77	-22	43	12	20	0	0	4	0	156	15.4
19	Bernie Federko B. Federko	52	1986-87	STL	64	20	72	-27	32	9	25	0	0	3	0	130	15.4
20	Barry Pederson B. Pederson	52	1986-87	VAN	79	24	76	-17	50	6	26	0	1	3	0	182	13.2
21	Dino Ciccarelli D. Ciccarelli	51	1986-87	MNS	80	52	103	+11	88	22	13	0	0	5	0	255	20.4
22	Doug Lidster D. Lidster	51	1986-87	VAN	80	12	63	-32	40	3	30	0	3	0	0	176	6.8
23	Scott Stevens S. Stevens	51	1986-87	WSH	77	10	61	+15	283	2	19	0	1	0	0	163	6.1
24	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	50	1986-87	EDM	59	17	67	+13	49	10	22	2	1	3	0	165	10.3
25	Craig Hartsburg C. Hartsburg	50	1986-87	MNS	73	11	61	-2	93	4	33	0	0	1	0	189	5.8