most assists in a single season (regular season and playoffs combined)

Wayne Gretzky has made the most assists in a combined regular-season and postseason, with 174 assists in 1985-86.

Interpreted as:

most assists by a player in a single season (regular season and playoffs combined)

	NAME	A	SEASON	TM	GP	G	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	174	1985-86	EDM	90	60	234	+70	48	15	45	4	16	8	1	391	15.3
2	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	165	1984-85	EDM	98	90	255	+127	56	12	39	13	10	10	0	421	21.4
3	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	151	1982-83	EDM	96	83	234	+81	63	20	42	9	9	12	0	424	19.6
4	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	150	1986-87	EDM	100	67	217	+79	34	15	41	7	9	4	0	343	19.5
5	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	140	1987-88	EDM	83	52	192	+48	40	14	59	6	4	6	1	273	19.0
6	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	140	1983-84	EDM	93	100	240	+96	51	22	33	13	12	14	0	413	24.2
7	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	134	2023-24	EDM	101	40	174	+47	40	9	52	1	0	6	2	338	11.8	587	1,204	48.8	161	55	93	100	21:46
8	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	133	1990-91	LAK	90	45	178	+30	18	9	56	0	1	7	1	238	18.9
9	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	131	1988-89	LAK	89	59	190	+11	26	12	51	6	10	5	0	345	17.1
10	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	127	1981-82	EDM	85	97	224	+79	34	20	40	7	3	13	1	397	24.4
11	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	123	1980-81	EDM	89	62	185	+51	32	17	43	5	3	4	0	300	20.7
12	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	121	1988-89	PIT	87	97	218	+40	116	38	51	14	5	8	1	354	27.4
13	Doug Gilmour D. Gilmour	120	1992-93	TOR	104	42	162	+48	130	19	52	3	2	3	1	262	16.0
14	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	109	1989-90	LAK	80	43	152	+4	42	11	31	4	2	4	1	249	17.3
15	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	109	1984-85	EDM	98	49	158	+80	141	15	34	3	5	10	0	352	13.9
16	Bobby Orr B. Orr	109	1970-71	BOS	85	42	151	+122	116	6	46	4	11	6	0	430	9.8
17	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	108	1995-96	PIT	88	80	188	+13	87	34	57	9	1	10	2	416	19.2
18	Nikita Kucherov N. Kucherov	107	2023-24	TBL	86	44	151	+7	24	13	43	0	0	6	1	315	14.0	2	4	50.0	60	38	62	106	21:39
19	Doug Gilmour D. Gilmour	106	1993-94	TOR	101	33	139	+28	147	15	41	1	6	4	0	198	16.7
20	Adam Oates A. Oates	106	1992-93	BOS	88	45	151	+15	36	24	42	1	1	11	0	265	17.0
21	Mark Messier M. Messier	106	1989-90	EDM	101	54	160	+24	99	14	42	7	6	4	1	258	20.9
22	Pat LaFontaine P. LaFontaine	105	1992-93	BUF	91	55	160	+11	63	21	47	2	0	7	0	319	17.2
23	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	105	1991-92	PIT	79	60	165	+33	96	20	45	6	6	10	0	318	18.9
24	Peter Stastny P. Stastny	104	1981-82	QUE	92	53	157	-9	101	20	38	3	1	4	0	253	20.9
25	Bobby Orr B. Orr	104	1973-74	BOS	90	36	140	+91	110	12	29	0	5	6	0	480	7.5