Between the 1984-85 and 1988-89 seasons, Wayne Gretzky had the most assists, with 642 assists.

Interpreted as:

most assists by a player 1984-85 to 1988-89

	NAME	A	GP	G	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%
1	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	642	381	281	923	+294	176	52	194	31	42	25	1	1,506	18.7
2	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	415	368	300	715	+35	346	100	196	23	9	25	7	1,447	20.7
3	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	359	339	147	506	+120	554	48	163	15	12	15	0	1,293	11.4
4	Denis Savard D. Savard	332	367	192	524	+42	480	49	152	13	8	23	1	1,233	15.6
5	Dale Hawerchuk D. Hawerchuk	321	395	231	552	-44	257	79	132	11	5	18	3	1,391	16.6
6	Peter Stastny P. Stastny	317	363	178	495	-20	384	67	143	1	3	28	1	965	18.4
7	Bernie Federko B. Federko	307	365	126	433	-58	199	49	135	0	0	16	0	705	17.9
8	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	303	363	97	400	+145	281	40	134	3	7	12	3	1,543	6.3
9	Jari Kurri J. Kurri	292	386	280	572	+202	192	62	80	22	18	45	5	1,135	24.7
10	Bernie Nicholls B. Nicholls	289	384	217	506	+6	465	64	104	20	6	15	3	1,458	14.9
11	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	288	355	190	478	+6	222	48	116	10	7	21	2	1,210	15.7
12	Mark Messier M. Messier	285	344	165	450	+83	433	39	91	23	24	24	1	892	18.5
13	Al MacInnis A. MacInnis	281	382	86	367	+115	498	34	173	2	3	7	0	1,284	6.7
14	Ron Francis R. Francis	271	357	132	403	-12	256	37	120	2	1	19	1	836	15.8
15	Mats Naslund M. Naslund	269	394	167	436	+78	74	56	107	2	0	24	2	908	18.4
16	Bobby Smith B. Smith	259	382	134	393	+45	335	38	99	0	1	22	3	938	14.3
17	Scott Stevens S. Stevens	254	390	65	319	+49	1,078	32	109	1	2	12	1	880	7.4
18	Marcel Dionne M. Dionne	244	345	148	392	-48	222	63	109	1	5	12	1	1,130	13.1
19	Brian Propp B. Propp	242	352	173	415	+125	243	51	89	18	17	25	0	1,293	13.4
20	Joe Mullen J. Mullen	241	394	222	463	+104	87	67	93	1	1	36	3	1,136	19.5
21	Doug Gilmour D. Gilmour	236	376	150	386	+27	251	52	78	5	9	19	1	877	17.1
22	Michel Goulet M. Goulet	234	368	231	465	-44	303	102	93	1	0	20	1	1,226	18.8
23	Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	234	376	135	369	+40	261	42	81	6	6	13	1	877	15.4
24	Steve Larmer S. Larmer	233	400	189	422	+43	181	77	74	9	16	15	0	1,128	16.8
25	Thomas Steen T. Steen	233	388	107	340	-19	348	24	64	10	8	10	0	917	11.7