most assists by a player in regular season and playoffs single season 1979-80

Marcel Dionne and Wayne Gretzky were tied for the most assists in the 1980 regular-season and playoffs, with 87 assists in 1979-80.

	NAME	A	SEASON	TM	GP	G	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%
1	Marcel Dionne M. Dionne	87	1979-80	LAK	84	53	140	+30	36	17	30	0	0	6	0	366	14.5
2	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	87	1979-80	EDM	82	53	140	+11	21	13	23	1	1	6	0	292	18.2
3	Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	79	1979-80	NYI	99	54	133	+39	84	19	23	2	1	9	0	239	22.6
4	Gilbert Perreault G. Perreault	77	1979-80	BUF	94	50	127	+36	65	13	34	0	0	7	0	228	21.9
5	Guy Lafleur G. Lafleur	76	1979-80	MTL	77	53	129	+44	12	15	26	0	0	7	0	330	16.1
6	Ken Linseman K. Linseman	75	1979-80	PHI	97	26	101	+39	147	2	20	0	0	5	1	224	11.6
7	Bobby Clarke B. Clarke	69	1979-80	PHI	95	20	89	+52	81	4	11	2	4	4	1	180	11.1
8	Bobby Smith B. Smith	69	1979-80	MNS	76	28	97	+14	33	10	26	0	0	3	0	276	10.1
9	Butch Goring B. Goring	65	1979-80	TOT	102	33	98	-5	16	3	31	1	1	1	0	223	14.8
10	Larry Robinson L. Robinson	65	1979-80	MTL	82	14	79	+47	41	6	30	0	0	3	0	160	8.8
11	Mike Rogers M. Rogers	64	1979-80	HFD	83	44	108	+23	10	3	19	2	0	0	0	232	19.0
12	Al MacAdam A. MacAdam	60	1979-80	MNS	95	49	109	+36	28	14	20	0	0	5	1	216	22.7
13	Darryl Sittler D. Sittler	59	1979-80	TOR	76	41	100	+2	72	18	18	1	0	5	0	329	12.5
14	Mark Howe M. Howe	58	1979-80	HFD	77	25	83	+8	22	5	14	2	2	3	0	186	13.4
15	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	57	1979-80	BOS	90	19	76	+56	100	3	27	2	0	1	0	230	8.3
16	Doug Wilson D. Wilson	57	1979-80	CHI	80	14	71	-1	76	3	32	1	1	1	0	251	5.6
17	Bernie Federko B. Federko	56	1979-80	STL	82	39	95	-2	26	7	19	0	0	4	0	189	20.6
18	Terry Ruskowski T. Ruskowski	55	1979-80	CHI	78	15	70	+8	274	6	16	1	1	3	0	95	15.8
19	Barry Beck B. Beck	54	1979-80	TOT	80	16	70	+11	112	6	23	0	1	4	0	190	8.4
20	Mike Bossy M. Bossy	54	1979-80	NYI	91	61	115	+24	20	21	25	0	0	9	0	301	20.3
21	Rick Middleton R. Middleton	54	1979-80	BOS	90	44	98	+28	29	9	23	0	2	4	0	245	18.0
22	Dave Taylor D. Taylor	54	1979-80	LAK	65	39	93	+36	76	12	13	0	0	7	0	178	21.9
23	Dave Keon D. Keon	53	1979-80	HFD	79	10	63	-16	10	0	8	0	2	0	0	152	6.6
24	Kent Nilsson K. Nilsson	53	1979-80	AFM	84	40	93	-7	12	14	22	0	0	3	0	221	18.1
25	Borje Salming B. Salming	53	1979-80	TOR	77	20	73	-2	96	5	26	0	0	1	0	229	8.7