most assists by a player in regular season and playoffs single season 1972-73

Phil Esposito made the most assists in the 1973 regular-season and playoffs, with 76 assists in 1972-73.

	NAME	A	SEASON	TM	GP	G	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%
1	Phil Esposito P. Esposito	76	1972-73	BOS	80	55	131	+13	89	19	25	5	1	11	0	416	13.2
2	Bobby Clarke B. Clarke	73	1972-73	PHI	89	39	112	+31	86	12	25	2	2	5	0	259	15.1
3	Bobby Orr B. Orr	73	1972-73	BOS	68	30	103	+51	106	7	29	1	4	3	0	302	9.9
4	Frank Mahovlich F. Mahovlich	69	1972-73	MTL	95	47	116	+42	57	9	23	2	1	5	0	286	16.4
5	Stan Mikita S. Mikita	69	1972-73	CHI	72	34	103	+28	40	8	21	2	0	7	0	222	15.3
6	Pit Martin P. Martin	67	1972-73	CHI	93	39	106	+34	36	8	13	0	1	4	0	216	18.1
7	Gilbert Perreault G. Perreault	67	1972-73	BUF	84	31	98	+13	12	9	22	0	0	8	0	256	12.1
8	Dennis Hull D. Hull	66	1972-73	CHI	94	48	114	+35	31	12	14	0	0	8	0	332	14.5
9	Jacques Lemaire J. Lemaire	64	1972-73	MTL	94	51	115	+69	18	12	15	0	0	6	0	365	14.0
10	Rod Gilbert R. Gilbert	60	1972-73	NYR	86	30	90	+16	27	6	17	0	0	5	0	202	14.9
11	Jean Ratelle J. Ratelle	60	1972-73	NYR	88	43	103	+30	12	12	15	0	0	4	0	263	16.3
12	Fred Stanfield F. Stanfield	59	1972-73	BOS	83	21	80	+7	10	7	23	0	0	2	0	225	9.3
13	Jim Pappin J. Pappin	58	1972-73	CHI	92	49	107	+31	106	8	11	2	0	5	0	222	22.1
14	Syl Apps Jr. S. Apps Jr.	56	1972-73	PIT	77	29	85	+25	18	6	10	2	0	4		186	15.6
15	Johnny Bucyk J. Bucyk	56	1972-73	BOS	83	40	96	+14	12	10	25	0	0	10	0	175	22.9
16	Rick MacLeish R. MacLeish	54	1972-73	PHI	88	53	107	+14	71	23	19	2	1	7	1	310	17.1
17	Juha Widing J. Widing	54	1972-73	LAK	77	16	70	-15	30	0	21	0	0	3		189	8.5
18	Alex Delvecchio A. Delvecchio	53	1972-73	DET	77	18	71	+6	13	8	17	0	0	3		130	13.8
19	Gary Dornhoefer G. Dornhoefer	52	1972-73	PHI	88	33	85	+18	184	4	15	0	1	5	1	213	15.5
20	Dennis Hextall D. Hextall	52	1972-73	MNS	84	32	84	+27	156	3	8	0	0	6	0	157	20.4
21	Marcel Dionne M. Dionne	50	1972-73	DET	77	40	90	-4	21	10	19	0	0	6		282	14.2
22	Yvan Cournoyer Y. Cournoyer	49	1972-73	MTL	84	55	104	+56	20	9	12	0	0	7	0	243	22.6
23	Jude Drouin J. Drouin	49	1972-73	MNS	84	28	77	+10	61	3	9	0	0	5	0	296	9.5
24	J.P. Parise	48	1972-73	MNS	84	27	75	+15	105	6	10	0	0	4	0	207	13.0
25	Brad Park B. Park	48	1972-73	NYR	62	12	60	+33	59	5	10	0	0	2	0	166	7.2