Between the 1986-87 and 1996-97 seasons, Wayne Gretzky had the most assists, with 987 assists.

Interpreted as:

most assists by a player between 1986-87 to 1996-97

	NAME	A	GP	G	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%
1	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	987	782	381	1,368	+109	264	92	394	30	33	30	1	2,462	15.5
2	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	731	593	522	1,253	+183	640	173	319	48	22	59	7	2,569	20.3
3	Adam Oates A. Oates	727	788	249	976	+54	253	78	262	10	14	38	2	1,777	14.0
4	Mark Messier M. Messier	676	779	347	1,023	+171	893	90	247	37	46	50	5	2,113	16.4
5	Ron Francis R. Francis	672	823	276	948	+76	567	98	282	8	16	41	2	1,848	14.9
6	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	666	812	456	1,122	+164	587	121	237	43	26	57	4	2,910	15.7
7	Doug Gilmour D. Gilmour	663	830	297	960	+149	813	113	246	14	20	33	0	1,761	16.9
8	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	653	738	189	842	+52	1,030	68	351	7	8	24	0	2,553	7.4
9	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	635	788	209	844	+260	535	85	313	9	14	31	4	3,434	6.1
10	Dale Hawerchuk D. Hawerchuk	581	789	297	878	-53	471	112	274	7	5	34	2	2,269	13.1
11	Al MacInnis A. MacInnis	557	778	214	771	+222	954	100	331	6	15	22	1	2,945	7.3
12	Larry Murphy L. Murphy	523	844	155	678	+109	542	65	261	4	6	23	3	2,082	7.4
13	Pierre Turgeon P. Turgeon	520	750	344	864	+61	251	131	190	10	8	60	6	2,085	16.5
14	Joe Sakic J. Sakic	513	655	307	820	-97	261	96	223	20	12	42	1	2,144	14.3
15	Phil Housley P. Housley	512	763	204	716	-35	484	72	284	4	2	23	2	2,066	9.9
16	Vincent Damphousse V. Damphousse	511	852	310	821	-14	768	86	166	11	8	52	3	2,348	13.2
17	Brian Leetch B. Leetch	503	649	147	650	+95	325	68	274	6	7	23	2	2,173	6.8
18	Bernie Nicholls B. Nicholls	501	726	304	805	+21	874	96	212	19	13	23	4	2,040	14.9
19	Luc Robitaille L. Robitaille	500	832	462	962	+46	727	171	165	2	3	53	3	2,399	19.3
20	Craig Janney C. Janney	498	636	173	671	-3	144	60	208	1	0	32	2	940	18.4
21	Chris Chelios C. Chelios	484	793	136	620	+195	1,872	59	246	9	23	27	0	2,183	6.2
22	Gary Suter G. Suter	484	765	149	633	+86	941	67	288	5	9	12	0	2,190	6.8
23	Scott Stevens S. Stevens	454	812	104	558	+182	1,578	44	179	4	6	16	0	1,860	5.6
24	Denis Savard D. Savard	452	728	256	708	+36	870	69	192	19	12	31	1	1,783	14.4
25	Kirk Muller K. Muller	443	805	284	727	-45	910	112	147	10	9	39	5	1,974	14.4