Between the 1978-79 and 1982-83 seasons, Wayne Gretzky had the most assists, with 440 assists.

Interpreted as:

most assists by a player 1978-79 to 1982-83

	NAME	A	GP	G	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	S	S%
1	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	440	319	269	709	+196	134	64	135	17	10	30	1,263	21.3
2	Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	355	387	204	559	+263	348	70	97	4	10	35	925	22.1
3	Marcel Dionne M. Dionne	350	398	276	626	+110	204	93	127	6	2	34	1,744	15.8
4	Bernie Federko B. Federko	315	380	154	469	-23	179	44	115	2	0	16	870	17.7
5	Guy Lafleur G. Lafleur	301	339	183	484	+156	105	53	105	0	1	31	1,265	14.5
6	Mike Bossy M. Bossy	290	393	312	602	+225	111	106	106	2	0	44	1,415	22.0
7	Bobby Smith B. Smith	288	376	153	441	0	299	63	103	0	0	21	1,163	13.2
8	Guy Chouinard G. Chouinard	271	352	148	419	+18	90	50	110	0	0	13	918	16.1
9	Dave Taylor D. Taylor	270	335	187	457	+113	532	57	99	0	1	18	963	19.4
10	Bobby Clarke B. Clarke	268	378	87	355	+135	542	19	68	6	17	10	706	12.3
11	Gilbert Perreault G. Perreault	251	354	148	399	+57	207	31	81	2	1	21	849	17.4
12	Borje Salming B. Salming	251	362	60	311	+32	598	13	113	2	2	4	948	6.3
13	Denis Potvin D. Potvin	250	307	95	345	+195	349	40	116	5	11	11	900	10.6
14	Dennis Maruk D. Maruk	249	345	182	431	-50	365	55	92	7	1	11	944	19.3
15	Rick Middleton R. Middleton	249	386	222	471	+123	67	62	80	9	8	32	1,011	22.0
16	Peter Stastny P. Stastny	240	232	132	372	+29	206	32	83	5	2	11	660	20.0
17	Larry Robinson L. Robinson	240	346	68	308	+222	183	28	82	1	3	7	696	9.8
18	Darryl Sittler D. Sittler	239	376	194	433	+7	342	63	66	6	1	21	1,344	14.4
19	Mike Rogers M. Rogers	238	311	151	389	-2	113	26	92	12	7	8	884	17.1
20	Randy Carlyle R. Carlyle	234	347	63	297	-77	500	28	118	4	4	5	943	6.7
21	Tom Lysiak T. Lysiak	231	347	125	356	+24	212	38	67	5	2	18	784	15.9
22	Thomas Gradin T. Gradin	227	391	140	367	+3	171	33	70	5	2	15	767	18.3
23	Kent Nilsson K. Nilsson	222	281	161	383	-6	54	63	91	4	1	17	754	21.4
24	Peter McNab P. McNab	221	384	170	391	+81	86	48	70	1	0	24	925	18.4
25	Wilf Paiement W. Paiement	221	374	145	366	-74	729	43	74	8	2	10	1,179	12.3