most assists by a player in regular and postseason from 1979-80 to 1998-99

Between the 1979-80 and 1998-99 seasons, Wayne Gretzky had the most assists in the regular-season and playoffs, with 2,223 assists.

	NAME	A	GP	G	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%
1	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	2,223	1,695	1,016	3,239	+611	643	239	776	85	93	115	6	5,787	17.6
2	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	1,239	1,516	444	1,683	+363	1,996	150	578	26	33	48	1	4,822	9.2
3	Mark Messier M. Messier	1,236	1,649	719	1,955	+303	1,933	174	422	71	80	90	6	4,340	16.6
4	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	1,208	1,633	421	1,629	+518	1,218	170	599	14	31	63	5	6,470	6.5
5	Ron Francis R. Francis	1,120	1,462	489	1,609	+46	952	156	468	11	22	71	3	3,368	14.5
6	Larry Murphy L. Murphy	991	1,677	311	1,302	+228	1,226	126	462	11	22	42	3	3,858	8.1
7	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	978	1,323	653	1,631	+109	850	188	363	50	33	78	6	4,343	15.0
8	Denis Savard D. Savard	974	1,365	539	1,513	+120	1,590	151	401	22	15	62	1	3,629	14.9
9	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	966	834	683	1,649	+158	820	229	434	55	22	73	9	3,417	20.0
10	Dale Hawerchuk D. Hawerchuk	960	1,285	548	1,508	-119	805	196	423	12	11	51	4	4,052	13.5
11	Doug Gilmour D. Gilmour	952	1,349	451	1,403	+179	1,291	149	347	20	35	63	4	2,797	16.1
12	Adam Oates A. Oates	938	1,093	326	1,264	+25	377	99	349	14	23	48	3	2,307	14.1
13	Jari Kurri J. Kurri	924	1,451	707	1,631	+405	668	180	281	49	54	86	9	3,676	19.2
14	Al MacInnis A. MacInnis	877	1,284	326	1,203	+311	1,525	162	531	8	19	33	2	4,678	7.0
15	Peter Stastny P. Stastny	861	1,070	483	1,344	-18	949	158	347	8	7	62	5	2,526	19.1
16	Phil Housley P. Housley	815	1,287	315	1,130	-48	746	120	444	7	4	40	3	3,362	9.4
17	Bernie Nicholls B. Nicholls	806	1,245	517	1,323	-52	1,456	168	318	29	16	39	5	3,549	14.6
18	Dale Hunter D. Hunter	773	1,593	365	1,138	+79	4,296	105	173	12	18	49	8	2,286	16.0
19	Bobby Smith B. Smith	731	1,181	391	1,122	-17	1,118	140	281	1	3	60	5	2,917	13.4
20	Bernie Federko B. Federko	729	910	341	1,070	-95	512	116	297	2	0	39	1	1,895	18.0
21	Chris Chelios C. Chelios	725	1,249	193	918	+228	2,615	80	367	13	30	34	2	3,375	5.7
22	Glenn Anderson G. Anderson	722	1,354	591	1,313	+264	1,562	173	195	14	7	102	10	3,663	16.1
23	Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	722	1,149	435	1,157	+292	1,011	129	207	19	24	55	2	2,491	17.5
24	Scott Stevens S. Stevens	699	1,430	190	889	+302	2,845	82	249	4	13	32	2	3,010	6.3
25	Neal Broten N. Broten	697	1,234	324	1,021	+12	646	76	253	27	26	41	5	2,614	12.4