Wayne Gretzky played the most seasons with 70+ assists, with 16 seasons.

Interpreted as:

most NHL seasons by a player with 70+ assists

	NAME	SEAS	A	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	16	1,757	1,242	835	2,592	+568	523	192	592	71	72	82	2	4,472	18.7
2	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	8	725	561	480	1,205	+157	564	158	334	47	22	53	6	2,397	20.0
3	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	7	559	521	270	829	+156	204	68	219	7	6	54	13	1,816	14.9	2,991	6,060	49.4	456	206	466	493	21:59
4	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	6	492	474	196	688	+151	688	61	216	12	18	17	1	1,772	11.1
5	Bobby Orr B. Orr	6	520	447	214	734	+480	604	61	196	14	26	23		2,208	9.7
6	Adam Oates A. Oates	5	425	382	145	570	+40	158	55	163	6	7	24	0	949	15.3
7	Peter Stastny P. Stastny	5	394	388	219	613	+53	339	58	143	5	3	23	1	1,056	20.7
8	Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	5	386	374	214	600	+316	317	62	104	9	12	33	0	947	22.6
9	Marcel Dionne M. Dionne	5	386	400	263	649	+106	192	90	146	15	6	25	1	1,746	15.1
10	Nikita Kucherov N. Kucherov	4	354	323	152	506	+52	165	44	153	0	0	27	2	1,088	14.0	5	11	45.5	175	127	207	405	20:44
11	Mark Messier M. Messier	4	300	312	154	454	+93	331	44	97	17	22	21	2	815	18.9
12	Dale Hawerchuk D. Hawerchuk	4	309	318	136	445	-28	212	58	152	6	3	14	3	1,073	12.7
13	Guy Lafleur G. Lafleur	4	304	312	218	522	+257	86	57	97	0	1	40		1,260	17.3
14	Phil Esposito P. Esposito	4	305	308	248	553	+192	295	67	107	12	6	45		1,705	14.5
15	Henrik Sedin H. Sedin	3	229	246	58	287	+80	154	13	84	2	0	11	1	457	12.7	2,118	4,134	51.2	43	47	106	132	19:07
16	Brian Leetch B. Leetch	3	222	242	53	275	+39	98	23	118	1	1	10	1	727	7.3
17	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	3	216	226	64	280	+103	169	23	107	4	4	7	0	1,043	6.1
18	Denis Savard D. Savard	3	260	238	111	371	+30	276	35	119	7	6	14	1	713	15.6
19	Nathan MacKinnon N. MacKinnon	2	173	161	83	256	+60	83	19	67	0	0	14	3	725	11.4	1,363	2,828	48.2	93	127	69	203	22:48
20	Artemi Panarin A. Panarin	2	145	157	71	216	+39	42	16	65	0	1	10	2	480	14.8	2	12	16.7	42	29	90	143	19:41
21	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	2	154	156	69	223	+13	136	20	81	0	1	7	1	488	14.1	1,668	3,301	50.5	135	85	93	152	21:21
22	Joe Thornton J. Thornton	2	188	163	51	239	+55	105	21	84	0	2	11	1	408	12.5	1,700	3,320	51.2	97	38	94	204	20:49
23	Peter Forsberg P. Forsberg	2	163	157	59	222	+78	117	15	57	3	4	5	1	383	15.4	333	709	47.0	39	9	23	31	19:20
24	Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	2	170	163	106	276	+48	162	30	65	2	2	19	4	746	14.2
25	Ron Francis R. Francis	2	168	161	51	219	+31	124	21	83	3	8	8	0	373	13.7