nhl assists leaders from 1979-80 to 1986-87

Between the 1979-80 and 1986-87 seasons, Wayne Gretzky had the most assists, with 977 assists.

	NAME	A	GP	G	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%
1	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	977	632	543	1,520	+514	299	116	274	50	49	58	1	2,581	21.0
2	Marcel Dionne M. Dionne	526	625	366	892	+67	350	124	196	7	6	37	2	2,536	14.4
3	Peter Stastny P. Stastny	515	527	275	790	+52	477	77	185	6	3	36	1	1,420	19.4
4	Bernie Federko B. Federko	510	605	248	758	-36	301	82	196	2	0	27	0	1,381	18.0
5	Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	493	605	285	778	+292	526	84	139	13	15	38	1	1,470	19.4
6	Denis Savard D. Savard	463	538	257	720	+84	574	65	187	1	1	32	0	1,594	16.1
7	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	460	532	209	669	+275	693	69	158	15	24	18	1	1,624	12.9
8	Mike Bossy M. Bossy	458	599	451	909	+286	179	128	160	8	1	67	4	2,195	20.5
9	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	438	580	176	614	+293	454	62	195	6	13	26	1	2,107	8.4
10	Bobby Smith B. Smith	429	600	227	656	+8	519	85	157	1	2	35	3	1,664	13.6
11	Kent Nilsson K. Nilsson	422	547	263	685	-20	116	96	179	16	8	28	1	1,372	19.2
12	Dave Taylor D. Taylor	404	542	256	660	+85	825	81	145	3	2	26	1	1,366	18.7
13	Jari Kurri J. Kurri	398	520	354	752	+311	201	77	92	21	18	45	4	1,540	23.0
14	Ken Linseman K. Linseman	387	556	177	564	+136	1,179	36	109	10	4	21	3	1,141	15.5
15	Rick Middleton R. Middleton	372	600	306	678	+142	96	86	124	21	13	39	1	1,477	20.7
16	Mark Messier M. Messier	371	570	265	636	+124	778	55	93	20	29	27	1	1,530	17.3
17	Brian Propp B. Propp	370	599	297	667	+272	520	78	119	16	19	44	0	2,035	14.6
18	Mark Howe M. Howe	368	579	147	515	+286	258	32	129	25	14	16	0	1,536	9.6
19	Michel Goulet M. Goulet	365	607	366	731	+124	448	99	105	14	7	41	1	1,957	18.7
20	Dale Hawerchuk D. Hawerchuk	363	479	268	631	-43	321	80	130	5	6	19	2	1,752	15.3
21	Doug Wilson D. Wilson	363	591	149	512	+76	486	44	168	4	4	13	1	1,985	7.5
22	Denis Potvin D. Potvin	362	521	136	498	+238	622	61	154	4	13	18	0	1,424	9.6
23	Larry Robinson L. Robinson	362	577	107	469	+258	316	50	148	1	4	14	0	1,100	9.7
24	Thomas Gradin T. Gradin	353	601	189	542	-21	276	47	102	10	7	25	1	1,194	15.8
25	Gilbert Perreault G. Perreault	351	518	212	563	+60	295	49	118	6	4	29	0	1,213	17.5