who scored the most assists in a nhl season

Wayne Gretzky has made the most assists in a season, with 163 assists in 1985-86.

	NAME	A	SEASON	TM	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	163	1985-86	EDM	80	52	215	+71	46	11	43	3	15	6	1	350	14.9
2	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	135	1984-85	EDM	80	73	208	+100	52	8	36	11	7	7	0	354	20.6
3	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	125	1982-83	EDM	80	71	196	+61	59	18	36	6	4	9		348	20.4
4	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	122	1990-91	LAK	78	41	163	+30	16	8	51	0	1	5	0	212	19.3
5	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	121	1986-87	EDM	79	62	183	+69	28	13	33	7	6	4	0	288	21.5
6	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	120	1981-82	EDM	80	92	212	+80	26	18	39	6	2	12		370	24.9
7	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	118	1983-84	EDM	74	87	205	+78	39	20	27	12	11	11	0	326	26.7
8	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	114	1988-89	LAK	78	54	168	+15	26	11	42	5	10	5	0	303	17.8
9	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	114	1988-89	PIT	76	85	199	+41	100	31	48	13	5	8	1	313	27.2
10	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	109	1987-88	EDM	64	40	149	+39	24	9	40	5	4	3	0	211	19.0
11	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	109	1980-81	EDM	80	55	164	+41	28	15	38	4	3	3		261	21.1
12	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	102	1989-90	LAK	73	40	142	+8	42	10	30	4	2	4	1	236	16.9
13	Bobby Orr B. Orr	102	1970-71	BOS	78	37	139	+124	91	5	44	3	10	5		392	9.4
14	Nikita Kucherov N. Kucherov	100	2023-24	TBL	81	44	144	+8	22	13	40	0	0	6	1	306	14.4	2	4	50.0	47	35	62	96	21:40
15	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	100	2023-24	EDM	76	32	132	+35	30	7	37	1	0	5	1	263	12.2	442	865	51.1	118	39	68	84	21:22
16	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	98	1987-88	PIT	77	70	168	+23	92	22	58	10	4	7	2	382	18.3
17	Adam Oates A. Oates	97	1992-93	BOS	84	45	142	+15	32	24	38	1	1	11	0	254	17.7
18	Joe Thornton J. Thornton	96	2005-06	TOT	81	29	125	+31	61	11	40	0	2	6	1	195	14.9	922	1,798	51.3	33	23	43	102	21:20
19	Doug Gilmour D. Gilmour	95	1992-93	TOR	83	32	127	+32	100	15	44	3	2	2	0	211	15.2
20	Pat LaFontaine P. LaFontaine	95	1992-93	BUF	84	53	148	+11	63	20	43	2	0	7	0	306	17.3
21	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	93	1985-86	PIT	79	48	141	-8	43	17	49	0	0	4	1	276	17.4
22	Peter Stastny P. Stastny	93	1981-82	QUE	80	46	139	-10	91	16	33	3	1	3		227	20.3
23	Joe Thornton J. Thornton	92	2006-07	SJS	82	22	114	+24	44	10	44	0	0	5	0	213	10.3	778	1,522	51.1	64	15	51	102	20:19
24	Ron Francis R. Francis	92	1995-96	PIT	77	27	119	+25	56	12	42	1	1	4	0	158	17.1
25	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	92	1995-96	PIT	70	69	161	+10	54	31	48	8	1	8	2	338	20.4