most assists in a single season (regular season and playoffs combined) between 1979-80 to 1988-89

Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Wayne Gretzky 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) between 1979-80 to 1988-89

	NAME	A	SEASON	TM	GP	G	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%
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	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	131	1988-89	LAK	89	59	190	+11	26	12	51	6	10	5	0	345	17.1
8	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	127	1981-82	EDM	85	97	224	+79	34	20	40	7	3	13	1	397	24.4
9	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	123	1980-81	EDM	89	62	185	+51	32	17	43	5	3	4	0	300	20.7
10	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	121	1988-89	PIT	87	97	218	+40	116	38	51	14	5	8	1	354	27.4
11	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	109	1984-85	EDM	98	49	158	+80	141	15	34	3	5	10	0	352	13.9
12	Peter Stastny P. Stastny	104	1981-82	QUE	92	53	157	-9	101	20	38	3	1	4	0	253	20.9
13	Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	102	1981-82	NYI	99	56	158	+79	128	20	27	2	6	12	1	269	20.8
14	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	100	1983-84	EDM	99	48	148	+70	125	16	32	1	8	5	1	325	14.8
15	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	99	1985-86	EDM	89	49	148	+61	150	10	29	9	5	2	0	341	14.4
16	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	98	1987-88	PIT	77	70	168	+23	92	22	58	10	4	7	2	382	18.3
17	Mark Messier M. Messier	97	1987-88	EDM	96	48	145	+30	132	19	31	4	5	7	0	224	21.4
18	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	96	1988-89	PIT	86	32	128	-17	226	13	60	0	0	3	0	390	8.2
19	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	95	1988-89	DET	86	70	165	+10	63	19	32	3	5	7	2	423	16.5
20	Denis Savard D. Savard	95	1982-83	CHI	91	43	138	+29	121	16	36	0	0	5	0	259	16.6
21	Denis Savard D. Savard	94	1981-82	CHI	95	43	137	-2	134	13	40	0	0	6	0	288	14.9
22	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	93	1985-86	PIT	79	48	141	-8	43	17	49	0	0	4	1	276	17.4
23	Mike Bossy M. Bossy	93	1981-82	NYI	99	81	174	+76	22	23	36	0	0	13	1	363	22.3
24	Kent Nilsson K. Nilsson	91	1980-81	CGY	94	52	143	+18	28	20	38	0	0	8	0	251	20.7
25	Denis Savard D. Savard	90	1987-88	CHI	85	48	138	+7	112	14	50	8	6	7	1	283	17.0