Between the 1996-97 and 2000-01 seasons, Jaromir Jagr made the most assists, with 321 assists.

Interpreted as:

most assists by a player 1996-97 to 2000-01

	NAME	A	GP	G	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	321	365	220	541	+100	262	52	125	4	2	36	5	1,446	15.2	2	11	18.2	44	39	71	218	23:16
2	Peter Forsberg P. Forsberg	290	337	124	414	+96	381	36	115	11	11	25	2	890	13.9	594	1,274	46.6	155	38	175	136	20:51
3	Adam Oates A. Oates	285	384	80	365	+4	114	19	110	4	13	18	4	525	15.2	2,316	4,012	57.7	35	94	123	220	21:40
4	Joe Sakic J. Sakic	260	344	172	432	+88	171	58	108	12	5	30	3	1,344	12.8	1,963	3,684	53.3	63	80	142	105	23:07
5	Ron Francis R. Francis	256	404	111	367	+12	124	39	107	1	1	17	1	785	14.1	1,566	2,837	55.2	85	107	108	72	21:06
6	Doug Weight D. Weight	252	361	99	351	+12	306	25	124	1	1	13	2	874	11.3	1,577	3,102	50.8	133	89	74	123	21:23
7	Teemu Selanne T. Selanne	243	378	216	459	+57	142	66	99	2	1	38	3	1,291	16.7	8	21	38.1	81	29	102	190	22:01
8	Mark Recchi M. Recchi	238	386	137	375	+38	226	33	102	5	4	24	2	1,003	13.7	234	491	47.7	171	57	104	170	21:42
9	Nicklas Lidstrom N. Lidstrom	236	403	81	317	+75	98	38	128	7	7	8	0	1,114	7.3	0	0		124	189	108	172	28:36
10	Theo Fleury T. Fleury	235	380	141	376	+10	577	29	94	14	10	16	3	1,403	10.0	343	629	54.5	132	61	142	184	20:36
11	Mats Sundin M. Sundin	233	401	165	398	+56	288	39	58	7	9	32	6	1,119	14.7	1,881	3,489	53.9	131	66	57	139	19:45
12	Pierre Turgeon P. Turgeon	231	336	135	366	+69	119	40	84	0	2	25	3	859	15.7	1,319	2,585	51.0	14	41	87	149	18:59
13	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	231	368	128	359	+65	218	47	79	6	7	20	3	1,040	12.3	1,774	3,065	57.9	105	107	88	111	21:34
14	Mike Modano M. Modano	227	367	161	388	+123	218	41	74	18	9	33	3	1,102	14.6	1,837	3,554	51.7	43	79	170	264	22:39
15	Doug Gilmour D. Gilmour	219	361	83	302	-10	325	28	75	2	1	13	2	551	15.1	742	1,405	52.8	93	73	57	116	18:57
16	Jozef Stumpel J. Stumpel	214	339	88	302	+20	101	23	63	0	5	17	3	682	12.9	1,225	2,366	51.8	147	31	79	152	19:26
17	Vincent Damphousse V. Damphousse	211	362	94	305	+25	310	22	81	6	13	15	1	903	10.4	1,345	2,669	50.4	84	55	81	138	20:34
18	Brian Leetch B. Leetch	210	372	78	288	-46	168	37	104	1	6	10	2	1,035	7.5	0	0		194	271	153	205	28:27
19	Jeremy Roenick J. Roenick	210	384	141	351	+15	564	39	70	7	8	32	3	997	14.1	899	1,813	49.6	260	53	161	233	20:56
20	Paul Kariya P. Kariya	209	313	175	384	+78	113	58	89	11	2	22	0	1,426	12.3	105	248	42.3	42	68	123	145	23:44
21	Jason Allison J. Allison	206	354	110	316	+29	267	26	96	4	3	19	1	666	16.5	1,045	1,997	52.3	169	68	83	111	22:48
22	Ziggy Palffy Z. Palffy	202	349	180	382	+53	163	44	88	12	4	23	1	1,140	15.8	7	12	58.3	117	53	119	154	19:43
23	Mark Messier M. Messier	201	360	112	313	-50	298	37	76	12	17	19	2	725	15.4	1,999	3,563	56.1	128	73	103	195	20:07
24	Martin Straka M. Straka	200	363	108	308	+63	130	21	73	9	6	15	0	719	15.0	422	982	43.0	120	74	52	110	23:27
25	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	199	384	67	266	+7	206	40	116	3	8	9	0	1,232	5.4	0	1	0.0	277	203	143	135	26:38