Before 1969-70, Gordie Howe had the most assists, with 954 assists.

Interpreted as:

most career assists by a player before 1969-70

	NAME	A	GP	G	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%
1	Gordie Howe G. Howe	954	1,548	732	1,686	+131	1,547	191	329	19	12	113		3,246	9.7
2	Alex Delvecchio A. Delvecchio	642	1,237	375	1,017	+42	316	83	207	15	11	62		2,478	9.5
3	Jean Beliveau J. Beliveau	631	992	463	1,094	+92	981	163	234	0	2	78		2,286	11.2
4	Andy Bathgate A. Bathgate	595	993	334	929	-48	590	71	221	6	3	32		2,252	8.7
5	Red Kelly R. Kelly	542	1,316	281	823	+50	327	71	161	15	13	41		1,387	9.0
6	Henri Richard H. Richard	502	881	288	790	+146	724	43	103	0	1	42		2,254	9.0
7	Norm Ullman N. Ullman	488	963	364	852	-16	593	83	123	6	12	51		2,320	12.7
8	Stan Mikita S. Mikita	483	697	285	768	+188	819	83	164	8	1	46		2,461	11.6
9	Ted Lindsay T. Lindsay	472	1,068	379	851	+9	1,808	93	125	9	1	58		209	10.0
10	Doug Harvey D. Harvey	452	1,113	88	540	+46	1,225	26	206	5	10	17		350	6.9
11	Bill Gadsby B. Gadsby	438	1,248	130	568	-62	1,539	32	140	6	10	14		699	5.2
12	Bernie Geoffrion B. Geoffrion	429	883	393	822	+39	683	120	182	2	0	75		1,404	12.0
13	Johnny Bucyk J. Bucyk	427	897	281	708	-139	402	55	111	4	0	40		1,727	13.0
14	Bobby Hull B. Hull	425	819	472	897	+151	570	123	119	14	7	70		3,536	12.5
15	Maurice Richard M. Richard	422	978	544	966	+18	1,287	143	111	4	2	84	0	166	11.4
16	Bert Olmstead B. Olmstead	421	848	181	602	-1	887	55	139	3	3	30		440	10.5
17	Pierre Pilote P. Pilote	418	890	80	498	+187	1,257	35	134	2	9	17		791	7.7
18	Elmer Lach E. Lach	408	664	215	623		478	60	104	2	2	45	0
19	George Armstrong G. Armstrong	384	1,080	276	660	+86	708	62	95	8	10	39		1,562	10.3
20	Dean Prentice D. Prentice	381	1,066	296	677	-52	415	60	61	8	6	37		1,827	10.8
21	Doug Mohns D. Mohns	359	1,022	224	583	-90	987	61	137	4	3	34		1,439	11.8
22	Bill Cowley B. Cowley	354	549	195	549		143	25	28	0	0	34	1
23	Phil Goyette P. Goyette	347	763	159	506	+34	87	26	78	0	1	30		1,257	10.9
24	Dickie Moore D. Moore	346	719	261	607	+63	646	83	99	2	0	52		743	14.4
25	Milt Schmidt M. Schmidt	346	776	229	575		466	31	67	4	3	35	4