Between the 1986-87 and 1995-96 seasons, Wayne Gretzky had the most assists, with 915 assists.

Interpreted as:

1986-87 to 1995-96 most assists by a player

	NAME	A	GP	G	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%
1	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	915	700	356	1,271	+97	236	86	369	30	32	28	1	2,176	16.4
2	Adam Oates A. Oates	667	708	227	894	+59	239	75	246	8	10	33	1	1,617	14.0
3	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	659	517	472	1,131	+156	575	158	297	45	19	52	7	2,242	21.1
4	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	628	681	180	808	+41	992	67	343	6	8	22	0	2,443	7.4
5	Mark Messier M. Messier	628	708	311	939	+159	805	83	236	32	40	41	5	1,886	16.5
6	Ron Francis R. Francis	609	742	249	858	+69	547	88	258	7	15	39	2	1,665	15.0
7	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	604	726	190	794	+271	517	77	304	8	9	28	4	3,204	5.9
8	Doug Gilmour D. Gilmour	603	749	275	878	+147	745	109	228	13	20	32	0	1,618	17.0
9	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	603	731	434	1,037	+142	509	113	219	43	24	54	4	2,678	16.2
10	Dale Hawerchuk D. Hawerchuk	559	738	285	844	-62	439	106	269	7	5	32	2	2,167	13.2
11	Al MacInnis A. MacInnis	527	706	201	728	+220	889	94	320	5	13	21	1	2,649	7.6
12	Larry Murphy L. Murphy	487	763	146	633	+106	522	60	243	4	6	22	2	1,924	7.6
13	Phil Housley P. Housley	483	686	193	676	-25	460	69	267	3	2	21	2	1,899	10.2
14	Luc Robitaille L. Robitaille	476	763	438	914	+30	679	166	156	2	3	49	2	2,199	19.9
15	Bernie Nicholls B. Nicholls	468	661	292	760	+42	811	94	200	18	10	23	4	1,903	15.3
16	Gary Suter G. Suter	463	683	142	605	+90	871	64	277	5	9	12	0	1,965	7.2
17	Joe Sakic J. Sakic	461	590	285	746	-87	227	86	197	18	11	37	1	1,883	15.1
18	Pierre Turgeon P. Turgeon	461	672	318	779	+53	237	126	168	10	8	53	6	1,869	17.0
19	Craig Janney C. Janney	460	559	158	618	-2	118	55	200	1	0	31	2	852	18.5
20	Vincent Damphousse V. Damphousse	457	770	283	740	-8	686	79	152	9	5	49	3	2,104	13.5
21	Chris Chelios C. Chelios	446	721	126	572	+179	1,760	57	228	9	22	25	0	1,989	6.3
22	Brian Leetch B. Leetch	445	567	127	572	+64	285	59	253	6	5	21	2	1,917	6.6
23	Pat LaFontaine P. LaFontaine	436	638	381	817	-13	431	140	201	11	0	52	4	2,087	18.3
24	Scott Stevens S. Stevens	435	733	99	534	+156	1,508	44	173	4	6	15	0	1,694	5.8
25	Denis Savard D. Savard	434	664	247	681	+46	810	67	186	19	12	29	1	1,701	14.5