Between the 1981-82 and 1985-86 seasons, Wayne Gretzky made the most assists, with 661 assists.

Interpreted as:

most assists by a player 1981-82 to 1985-86

	NAME	A	GP	G	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%
1	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	661	394	375	1,036	+390	222	75	181	38	39	45	1	1,748	21.5
2	Peter Stastny P. Stastny	392	386	212	604	+64	397	54	143	4	3	28	1	1,032	20.5
3	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	387	399	183	570	+257	514	57	129	13	22	15	1	1,346	13.6
4	Denis Savard D. Savard	366	392	189	555	+40	419	54	159	1	1	22	0	1,200	15.8
5	Mike Bossy M. Bossy	329	382	294	623	+228	102	77	105	5	1	44	2	1,408	20.9
6	Bernie Federko B. Federko	329	384	159	488	-21	198	57	116	0	0	16	0	898	17.7
7	Dale Hawerchuk D. Hawerchuk	310	399	221	531	-45	269	70	112	5	6	15	2	1,485	14.9
8	Marcel Dionne M. Dionne	309	384	227	536	-4	188	74	121	3	6	20	2	1,573	14.4
9	Jari Kurri J. Kurri	301	366	268	569	+249	120	56	69	16	16	34	3	1,127	23.8
10	Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	295	374	189	484	+207	334	47	77	11	8	25	1	933	20.3
11	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	289	355	109	398	+168	249	44	129	2	11	16	1	1,381	7.9
12	Neal Broten N. Broten	279	388	146	425	+51	214	34	98	8	7	14	1	916	15.9
13	Ron Francis R. Francis	272	343	127	399	-72	244	32	118	3	2	15	0	894	14.2
14	Ken Linseman K. Linseman	266	361	123	389	+87	796	30	84	9	4	13	2	753	16.3
15	Bobby Smith B. Smith	262	381	143	405	-16	350	52	91	1	1	18	1	1,002	14.3
16	Glenn Anderson G. Anderson	255	384	236	491	+190	365	61	70	7	4	44	0	1,272	18.6
17	Dave Babych D. Babych	253	383	77	330	-60	338	43	128	1	4	10	0	1,192	6.5
18	Brian Propp B. Propp	253	387	206	459	+166	311	60	80	11	16	31	0	1,424	14.5
19	Michel Goulet M. Goulet	247	379	263	510	+144	294	74	66	12	7	31	1	1,249	21.1
20	Dennis Maruk D. Maruk	247	372	148	395	-33	364	45	91	2	2	10	0	844	17.5
21	Dale Hunter D. Hunter	245	397	111	356	+102	1,184	18	24	9	11	11	1	641	17.3
22	Denis Potvin D. Potvin	243	358	96	339	+192	404	40	96	4	6	13	0	973	9.9
23	Doug Wilson D. Wilson	243	373	109	352	+59	300	31	113	2	3	10	1	1,268	8.6
24	Kent Nilsson K. Nilsson	242	326	156	398	-42	64	53	114	16	8	16	1	824	18.9
25	Dave Taylor D. Taylor	242	342	154	396	-1	539	47	91	2	1	13	1	875	17.6