Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux were tied for the most assists in 1988-89, with 114 assists.

	NAME	A	SEASON	TM	GP	G	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%
1	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	114	1988-89	LAK	78	54	168	+15	26	11	42	5	10	5	0	303	17.8
2	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	114	1988-89	PIT	76	85	199	+41	100	31	48	13	5	8	1	313	27.2
3	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	90	1988-89	DET	80	65	155	+17	61	17	29	3	5	7	2	388	16.8
4	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	83	1988-89	PIT	75	30	113	-10	195	11	53	0	0	2	0	342	8.8
5	Bernie Nicholls B. Nicholls	80	1988-89	LAK	79	70	150	+30	96	21	28	8	6	6	0	385	18.2
6	Rob Brown R. Brown	66	1988-89	PIT	68	49	115	+27	118	24	23	0	0	6	1	169	29.0
7	Adam Oates A. Oates	62	1988-89	DET	69	16	78	-1	14	2	23	0	0	1	0	127	12.6
8	Mark Messier M. Messier	61	1988-89	EDM	72	33	94	-5	130	6	28	6	6	4	0	164	20.1
9	Thomas Steen T. Steen	61	1988-89	WIN	80	27	88	+14	80	9	18	1	4	2	0	173	15.6
10	Scott Stevens S. Stevens	61	1988-89	WSH	80	7	68	+1	225	6	33	0	0	3	0	195	3.6
11	Dan Quinn D. Quinn	60	1988-89	PIT	79	34	94	-37	102	16	31	0	1	4	0	200	17.0
12	Doug Gilmour D. Gilmour	59	1988-89	CGY	72	26	85	+45	44	11	15	0	3	5	0	161	16.1
13	Joe Mullen J. Mullen	59	1988-89	CGY	79	51	110	+51	16	13	27	1	1	7	0	270	18.9
14	Denis Savard D. Savard	59	1988-89	CHI	58	23	82	-5	110	7	30	5	1	1	0	182	12.6
15	Chris Chelios C. Chelios	58	1988-89	MTL	80	15	73	+35	185	8	30	0	1	6	0	206	7.3
16	Jari Kurri J. Kurri	58	1988-89	EDM	76	44	102	+19	69	10	16	5	6	8	1	214	20.6
17	Hakan Loob H. Loob	58	1988-89	CGY	79	27	85	+28	44	5	20	0	1	4	0	223	12.1
18	Al MacInnis A. MacInnis	58	1988-89	CGY	79	16	74	+38	136	8	37	0	1	3	0	277	5.8
19	Tomas Sandstrom T. Sandstrom	56	1988-89	NYR	79	32	88	+5	148	11	21	2	1	4	0	240	13.3
20	Dale Hawerchuk D. Hawerchuk	55	1988-89	WIN	75	41	96	-30	28	14	24	3	1	4	0	239	17.2
21	Gerard Gallant G. Gallant	54	1988-89	DET	76	39	93	+7	230	13	21	0	0	7	0	221	17.6
22	Pierre Turgeon P. Turgeon	54	1988-89	BUF	80	34	88	-2	26	19	20	0	1	5	1	182	18.7
23	Eddie Olczyk E. Olczyk	52	1988-89	TOR	80	38	90	0	75	11	17	2	1	4	0	249	15.3
24	Luc Robitaille L. Robitaille	52	1988-89	LAK	78	46	98	+5	65	10	14	0	0	4	1	237	19.4
25	Jimmy Carson J. Carson	51	1988-89	EDM	80	49	100	+3	36	19	16	0	0	5	0	240	20.4