Between the 1987-88 and 1997-98 seasons, Wayne Gretzky had the most assists, with 933 assists.

Interpreted as:

most assists by a player between 1987-88 to 1997-98

	NAME	A	GP	G	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%
1	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	933	785	342	1,275	+29	264	85	385	23	27	30	1	2,375	14.4
2	Adam Oates A. Oates	753	794	252	1,005	+61	268	77	278	12	17	40	2	1,760	14.3
3	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	678	530	468	1,146	+171	583	154	300	48	22	55	5	2,302	20.3
4	Ron Francis R. Francis	671	829	271	942	+77	542	98	285	8	16	39	1	1,848	14.7
5	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	652	807	449	1,101	+169	590	118	234	44	26	55	4	2,881	15.6
6	Mark Messier M. Messier	644	784	332	976	+139	878	91	243	35	41	47	5	2,042	16.3
7	Doug Gilmour D. Gilmour	640	813	268	908	+163	823	99	241	13	20	36	0	1,647	16.3
8	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	630	736	174	804	+42	1,011	59	348	5	7	22	0	2,495	7.0
9	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	598	792	199	797	+218	579	88	307	8	14	31	4	3,364	5.9
10	Pierre Turgeon P. Turgeon	566	810	366	932	+74	275	137	207	10	9	64	6	2,225	16.4
11	Joe Sakic J. Sakic	549	719	334	883	-97	311	108	239	21	12	44	1	2,398	13.9
12	Craig Janney C. Janney	541	704	183	724	+2	156	64	217	1	0	32	2	1,012	18.1
13	Brian Leetch B. Leetch	536	725	164	700	+59	357	79	297	6	7	25	2	2,403	6.8
14	Al MacInnis A. MacInnis	531	770	213	744	+208	937	102	323	7	16	22	1	2,910	7.3
15	Dale Hawerchuk D. Hawerchuk	528	709	250	778	-55	419	102	256	7	5	30	2	2,002	12.5
16	Vincent Damphousse V. Damphousse	527	848	307	834	+8	802	84	179	12	10	56	4	2,370	13.0
17	Larry Murphy L. Murphy	506	846	143	649	+119	540	59	253	5	7	21	2	1,987	7.2
18	Phil Housley P. Housley	491	749	189	680	-46	451	68	283	4	2	21	2	1,982	9.5
19	Chris Chelios C. Chelios	490	803	128	618	+193	1,899	54	251	9	23	25	0	2,247	5.7
20	Luc Robitaille L. Robitaille	485	810	433	918	+70	765	158	160	2	3	57	4	2,330	18.6
21	Bernie Nicholls B. Nicholls	475	706	277	752	+33	799	89	200	18	13	21	3	1,894	14.6
22	Gary Suter G. Suter	473	770	154	627	+97	945	68	285	7	9	12	0	2,237	6.9
23	Mark Recchi M. Recchi	472	710	317	789	+3	535	100	171	12	5	47	1	1,769	17.9
24	Pat LaFontaine P. LaFontaine	449	638	368	817	-28	401	133	212	10	0	48	3	2,066	17.8
25	Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	434	581	301	735	+146	435	76	133	7	3	56	5	1,961	15.3