Between the 1977-78 and 1981-82 seasons, Bryan Trottier had the most assists, with 377 assists.

Interpreted as:

most assists by a player 1977-78 to 1981-82

	NAME	A	GP	G	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	S	S%
1	Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	377	384	216	593	+279	326	70	103	6	10	36	939	23.0
2	Marcel Dionne M. Dionne	342	388	256	598	+93	219	85	125	5	1	31	1,692	15.1
3	Guy Lafleur G. Lafleur	324	349	216	540	+224	119	59	113	0	1	42	1,394	15.5
4	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	315	239	198	513	+135	75	46	99	11	6	21	915	21.6
5	Bernie Federko B. Federko	279	377	147	426	-48	182	39	102	2	0	16	814	18.1
6	Bobby Clarke B. Clarke	274	369	85	359	+145	510	18	76	7	19	9	668	12.7
7	Borje Salming B. Salming	273	373	69	342	+67	564	17	130	1	1	9	1,093	6.3
8	Darryl Sittler D. Sittler	271	376	196	467	+24	382	67	79	6	1	21	1,424	13.8
9	Mike Bossy M. Bossy	270	387	305	575	+229	97	112	100	2	0	41	1,376	22.2
10	Denis Potvin D. Potvin	260	318	113	373	+219	370	45	123	4	11	16	997	11.3
11	Dave Taylor D. Taylor	254	353	188	442	+124	503	55	84	0	1	20	974	19.3
12	Gilbert Perreault G. Perreault	253	356	159	412	+84	193	30	85	0	0	23	849	18.7
13	Larry Robinson L. Robinson	243	355	67	310	+261	189	25	77	3	1	11	704	9.5
14	Guy Chouinard G. Chouinard	242	345	163	405	+48	80	54	88	0	0	12	906	18.0
15	Wilf Paiement W. Paiement	239	374	150	389	-78	673	44	86	10	3	9	1,276	11.8
16	Rick Middleton R. Middleton	237	385	198	435	+133	67	58	71	6	8	31	970	20.4
17	Bobby Smith B. Smith	235	299	129	364	+20	218	51	79	0	0	18	970	13.3
18	Tom Lysiak T. Lysiak	235	366	129	364	+8	239	35	63	5	2	19	876	14.7
19	Dennis Maruk D. Maruk	234	341	187	421	-54	344	47	85	9	1	13	957	19.5
20	Stefan Persson S. Persson	230	367	35	265	+129	368	20	144	0	1	5	508	6.9
21	Clark Gillies C. Gillies	225	387	160	385	+201	367	44	72	0	0	20	1,050	15.2
22	Dale McCourt D. McCourt	225	393	154	379	-38	104	51	88	10	3	15	1,133	13.6
23	John Van Boxmeer J. Van Boxmeer	221	385	64	285	+24	319	26	102	1	0	4	1,101	5.8
24	Terry O'Reilly T. O'Reilly	219	375	104	323	+98	1,117	11	41	1	2	17	588	17.7
25	Bob MacMillan B. MacMillan	217	392	147	364	+52	161	24	49	8	2	14	876	16.8