Between the 1988-89 and 1998-99 seasons, Wayne Gretzky made the most assists, with 877 assists.

Interpreted as:

most assists by a player between 1988-89 to 1998-99

	NAME	A	GP	G	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%
1	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	877	791	311	1,188	-33	254	79	372	18	23	30	1	2,296	13.5
2	Adam Oates A. Oates	755	790	250	1,005	+44	270	77	286	12	20	37	2	1,728	14.5
3	Ron Francis R. Francis	652	831	267	919	+83	489	95	270	7	16	38	1	1,809	14.8
4	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	645	823	428	1,073	+147	588	121	221	40	26	53	4	2,870	14.9
5	Doug Gilmour D. Gilmour	630	813	248	878	+160	820	87	229	12	19	36	0	1,594	15.6
6	Mark Messier M. Messier	605	766	308	913	+106	808	83	240	34	41	42	5	1,957	15.7
7	Joe Sakic J. Sakic	604	792	375	979	-74	340	120	261	26	13	50	1	2,653	14.1
8	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	590	744	161	751	+36	946	54	318	3	5	20	0	2,389	6.7
9	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	581	795	192	773	+177	541	89	311	7	15	29	2	3,282	5.9
10	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	580	453	398	978	+148	491	132	242	38	18	48	3	1,920	20.7
11	Pierre Turgeon P. Turgeon	572	801	383	955	+86	277	139	207	10	9	66	7	2,317	16.5
12	Brian Leetch B. Leetch	566	790	175	741	+47	399	82	315	6	7	25	2	2,547	6.9
13	Craig Janney C. Janney	554	745	181	735	-19	170	65	224	1	0	31	2	1,028	17.6
14	Vincent Damphousse V. Damphousse	521	850	314	835	+2	812	89	187	14	11	57	4	2,449	12.8
15	Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	517	662	345	862	+163	501	86	167	8	3	63	8	2,304	15.0
16	Al MacInnis A. MacInnis	515	772	208	723	+228	893	106	310	6	17	22	1	2,979	7.0
17	Mark Recchi M. Recchi	509	781	333	842	-4	569	103	191	12	6	49	1	1,940	17.2
18	Phil Housley P. Housley	497	754	171	668	-15	407	66	281	4	2	21	2	1,944	8.8
19	Larry Murphy L. Murphy	495	847	145	640	+138	510	57	244	6	7	22	2	1,954	7.4
20	Theo Fleury T. Fleury	480	806	374	854	+156	1,357	108	178	28	13	55	5	2,736	13.7
21	Chris Chelios C. Chelios	476	807	117	593	+180	1,820	47	248	9	23	21	0	2,235	5.2
22	Luc Robitaille L. Robitaille	462	812	419	881	+78	737	152	145	2	3	58	6	2,402	17.4
23	Dale Hawerchuk D. Hawerchuk	451	629	206	657	-46	360	82	217	4	3	26	0	1,710	12.0
24	Jeremy Roenick J. Roenick	449	753	344	793	+122	918	128	173	23	14	51	2	2,066	16.7
25	Bernie Nicholls B. Nicholls	431	651	245	676	+27	689	81	180	11	13	20	2	1,669	14.7