most assists by a player regular season and playoffs single season 1997-98

Jaromir Jagr had the most assists in the 1998 regular-season and playoffs, with 72 assists in 1997-98.

	NAME	A	SEASON	TM	GP	G	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%
1	Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	72	1997-98	PIT	83	39	111	+22	66	8	32	0	0	8	1	285	13.7
2	Peter Forsberg P. Forsberg	71	1997-98	COL	79	31	102	+9	106	9	32	3	1	7	0	220	14.1
3	Adam Oates A. Oates	69	1997-98	WSH	103	24	93	+14	44	4	26	3	5	4	0	152	15.8
4	Ron Francis R. Francis	67	1997-98	PIT	87	26	93	+17	22	7	28	0	0	5	0	208	12.5
5	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	67	1997-98	NYR	82	23	90	-11	28	6	24	0	0	4	0	201	11.4
6	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	63	1997-98	DET	97	30	93	+13	68	9	26	3	3	0	0	253	11.9
7	Jozef Stumpel J. Stumpel	60	1997-98	LAK	81	22	82	+19	55	4	17	0	2	2	0	169	13.0
8	Jason Allison J. Allison	56	1997-98	BOS	87	35	91	+33	64	6	23	0	2	8	0	171	20.5
9	Nicklas Lidstrom N. Lidstrom	55	1997-98	DET	102	23	78	+34	26	9	32	1	2	3	0	264	8.7
10	Larry Murphy L. Murphy	53	1997-98	DET	104	14	67	+47	39	3	16	3	3	3	0	165	8.5
11	Sergei Zubov S. Zubov	52	1997-98	DAL	90	14	66	+19	18	8	31	1	1	3	1	182	7.7
12	Theo Fleury T. Fleury	51	1997-98	CGY	82	27	78	0	197	3	19	2	5	4	0	282	9.6
13	Doug Weight D. Weight	51	1997-98	EDM	91	28	79	-3	83	11	24	0	1	5	0	231	12.1
14	Mark Recchi M. Recchi	50	1997-98	MTL	92	36	86	+13	57	9	24	1	0	8	0	238	15.1
15	Pierre Turgeon P. Turgeon	50	1997-98	STL	70	26	76	+8	26	8	19	0	1	4	0	167	15.6
16	Igor Larionov I. Larionov	49	1997-98	DET	91	11	60	+19	52	3	17	0	1	2	0	120	9.2
17	Brett Hull B. Hull	48	1997-98	STL	76	30	78	-4	28	11	14	0	1	7	1	243	12.3
18	Mike Modano M. Modano	48	1997-98	DAL	69	25	73	+29	44	8	15	5	3	3	0	240	10.4
19	Vincent Damphousse V. Damphousse	47	1997-98	MTL	86	21	68	+10	80	3	16	1	2	5	1	206	10.2
20	Cliff Ronning C. Ronning	47	1997-98	PHX	86	12	59	+4	40	3	20	0	0	0	0	214	5.6
21	Steve Duchesne S. Duchesne	46	1997-98	STL	90	14	60	+1	38	5	27	1	1	1	0	181	7.7
22	Craig Janney C. Janney	46	1997-98	PHX	74	10	56	+3	12	4	10	0	0	0	0	78	12.8
23	Saku Koivu S. Koivu	46	1997-98	MTL	75	16	62	+12	50	3	19	2	1	3	0	159	10.1
24	Scott Niedermayer S. Niedermayer	45	1997-98	NJD	87	14	59	+5	31	11	18	0	1	1	0	190	7.4
25	Sandis Ozolinsh S. Ozolinsh	45	1997-98	COL	73	13	58	-15	79	9	30	0	0	2	0	154	8.4