NHL & WHA Career Playoff Leaders and Records for Assists

Active players are listed in bold.
Members of the Hockey Hall of Fame are marked with an asterisk (*).

NHL Leaders

NHL Leaders Table
Rank	Player	Years	A
1.	Wayne Gretzky*	1979-99	260
2.	Mark Messier*	1979-04	186
3.	Ray Bourque*	1979-01	139
4.	Paul Coffey*	1980-01	137
5.	Sidney Crosby	2005-25	130
6.	Nicklas Lidström*	1991-12	129
7.	Doug Gilmour*	1983-03	128
8.	Jari Kurri*	1980-98	127
9.	Sergei Fedorov*	1990-09	124
10.	Jaromír Jágr	1990-18	123
11.	Glenn Anderson*	1980-96	121
	Al MacInnis*	1981-04	121
13.	Larry Robinson*	1972-92	116
14.	Larry Murphy*	1980-01	115
	Steve Yzerman*	1983-06	115
16.	Adam Oates*	1985-04	114
	Nikita Kucherov	2013-25	114
18.	Chris Chelios*	1983-10	113
	Evgeni Malkin	2006-25	113
20.	Bryan Trottier*	1975-94	111
21.	Denis Potvin*	1973-88	109
	Denis Savard*	1980-97	109
23.	Peter Forsberg*	1994-11	107
24.	Joe Sakic*	1988-09	104
25.	Joe Thornton	1997-22	102
26.	Jean Béliveau*	1950-71	97
	Ron Francis*	1981-04	97
	Marián Hossa*	1997-17	97
29.	Bobby Smith	1978-93	96
	Mario Lemieux*	1984-06	96
31.	Chris Pronger*	1993-12	95
32.	Victor Hedman	2009-25	94
33.	Sergei Zubov*	1992-09	93
34.	Gordie Howe*	1946-80	92
	Scott Stevens*	1982-04	92
36.	Stan Mikita*	1958-80	91
37.	Brad Park*	1968-85	90
38.	Mike Modano*	1989-11	88
39.	Brett Hull*	1986-06	87
40.	Craig Janney	1987-99	86
	Mark Recchi*	1988-11	86
42.	David Krejčí	2006-23	85
	Patrick Kane	2007-25	85
44.	Brian Propp	1979-94	84
45.	Ryan Getzlaf	2005-22	83
46.	Brad Marchand	2009-25	82
47.	Henri Richard*	1955-75	80
	Patrik Eliáš	1995-16	80
	Connor McDavid	2015-25	80
50.	Jacques Lemaire*	1967-79	78
	Claude Lemieux	1983-09	78
	Patrice Bergeron	2003-23	78
53.	Bobby Clarke*	1969-84	77
	Ken Linseman	1978-92	77
55.	Phil Esposito*	1963-81	76
	Guy Lafleur*	1971-91	76
	Dale Hunter	1980-99	76
	Nicklas Bäckström	2007-24	76
59.	Mike Bossy*	1977-87	75
	John Tonelli	1978-92	75
	Steve Larmer	1980-95	75
62.	Brendan Shanahan*	1987-09	74
	Jonathan Toews	2007-23	74
64.	Scott Niedermayer*	1991-10	73
	Corey Perry	2005-25	73
66.	Peter Šťastný*	1980-95	72
	Bernie Nicholls	1981-99	72
	Scott Gomez	1999-16	72
	Duncan Keith	2005-22	72
70.	Brian Bellows	1982-99	71
	Brian Rafalski	1999-11	71
	Pavel Datsyuk*	2001-16	71
73.	Gilbert Perreault*	1970-87	70
	Geoff Courtnall	1983-00	70
75.	Alex Delvecchio*	1950-74	69
	Dale Hawerchuk*	1981-97	69
	Luc Robitaille*	1986-06	69
	Brian Leetch*	1987-06	69
	Jeremy Roenick*	1988-09	69
	Joe Pavelski	2006-24	69
	Alex Ovechkin	2005-25	69
82.	Sergei Gonchar	1994-15	68
	Brad Richards	2000-16	68
84.	Bobby Hull*	1957-80	67
	Frank Mahovlich*	1956-74	67
	Igor Larionov*	1989-04	67
	Sandis Ozoliņš	1992-08	67
	Kris Letang	2006-25	67
	Leon Draisaitl	2014-25	67
	Mikko Rantanen	2015-25	67
91.	Jean Ratelle*	1960-81	66
	Bobby Orr*	1966-79	66
	Bernie Federko*	1976-90	66
	Charlie Huddy	1980-97	66
	Chris Kunitz	2003-19	66
	Nathan MacKinnon	2013-25	66
97.	Trevor Linden	1988-08	65
98.	Doug Harvey*	1947-69	64
	Dickie Moore*	1951-68	64
	Dan Boyle	1998-16	64
101.	Yvan Cournoyer*	1963-79	63
	Neal Broten	1980-97	63
	Vincent Damphousse	1986-04	63
	Daniel Brière	1997-15	63
	Henrik Zetterberg	2002-18	63
106.	Johnny Bucyk*	1955-78	62
	Pierre Turgeon*	1987-07	62
108.	Doug Wilson*	1977-93	61
	Steve Duchesne	1986-02	61
	Gary Roberts	1986-09	61
	Justin Williams	2000-20	61
	Mike Richards	2005-16	61
	Valtteri Filppula	2005-21	61
	Alex Pietrangelo	2008-25	61
115.	Bernie Geoffrion*	1950-68	60
	Esa Tikkanen	1985-99	60
	Rick Tocchet	1984-02	60
	Rod Brind'Amour	1989-10	60
	Kevin Stevens	1987-02	60
120.	Red Kelly*	1947-67	59
	Cale Makar	2019-25	59
122.	Bobby Rousseau	1960-75	57
	Wayne Cashman	1964-83	57
	Mats Näslund	1982-95	57
	Cliff Ronning	1986-04	57
	Éric Desjardins	1988-06	57
127.	Gary Suter	1985-02	56
128.	Bill Barber*	1972-84	55
	Bob Bourne	1974-88	55
	Rick Middleton	1974-88	55
	Dave Andreychuk*	1982-06	55
	Guy Carbonneau*	1980-00	55
	Alex Kovalev	1992-13	55
	Patrick Marleau	1997-21	55
	Henrik Sedin*	2000-18	55
	John Carlson	2009-25	55
	Anže Kopitar	2006-25	55
138.	Paul Reinhart	1979-90	54
	Joé Juneau	1991-04	54
140.	Norm Ullman*	1955-75	53
	Pierre Pilote*	1955-69	53
	Rick MacLeish	1970-84	53
	Steve Thomas	1984-04	53
	Jamie Langenbrunner	1994-13	53
	Claude Giroux	2007-25	53
	Logan Couture	2009-24	53
	Ryan McDonagh	2010-25	53
	Reilly Smith	2011-25	53
	Shea Theodore	2015-25	53
150.	Zdeno Chára	1997-22	52
	Brent Burns	2003-25	52
152.	J.C. Tremblay	1959-72	51
	Mark Howe*	1979-95	51
	Tomas Holmström	1996-12	51
	Steven Stamkos	2008-25	51
156.	Butch Goring	1969-85	50
	Stefan Persson	1977-86	50
	Mike Gartner*	1979-98	50
	Mike Ridley	1985-97	50
	Joe Nieuwendyk*	1986-07	50
	Jamie Benn	2009-25	50
	Ondřej Palát	2012-25	50
163.	Ted Lindsay*	1944-65	49
	Dick Duff*	1954-72	49
	Serge Savard*	1966-83	49
	Brad Maxwell	1977-87	49
	Tomas Sandström	1984-99	49
	Shayne Corson	1985-04	49
	Doug Weight	1991-11	49
	Daniel Alfredsson*	1995-14	49
	Phil Kessel	2006-23	49
172.	Steve Shutt*	1972-85	48
	Bob Gainey*	1973-89	48
	Kevin Lowe*	1979-98	48
	John MacLean	1983-02	48
	Jason Spezza	2002-22	48
	Martin St. Louis*	1998-15	48
	Milan Lucic	2007-24	48
	David Pastrňák	2014-25	48
180.	Ken Hodge	1964-78	47
	Clark Gillies*	1974-88	47
	Gordie Roberts	1979-94	47
	Rob Blake*	1989-10	47
	Alexander Mogilny	1989-06	47
	John LeClair	1990-07	47
	Darryl Sydor	1991-10	47
	Dany Heatley	2001-15	47
188.	Joe Mullen*	1981-97	46
	Dave Ellett	1984-00	46
	Joel Otto	1984-98	46
	Brian Skrudland	1985-00	46
	Daniel Sedin*	2000-18	46
	Tyler Seguin	2010-25	46
	Torey Krug	2011-24	46
195.	Elmer Lach*	1940-54	45
	Darryl Sittler*	1970-85	45
	Dino Ciccarelli*	1980-99	45
	Petr Svoboda	1984-01	45
	Jeff Brown	1985-98	45
	Stéphane Richer	1984-02	45
	Theo Fleury	1988-03	45
	Erik Karlsson	2009-25	45
	Brayden Point	2016-25	45
	Miro Heiskanen	2018-25	45
	Evan Bouchard	2018-25	45
206.	Maurice Richard*	1942-60	44
	Guy Lapointe*	1968-84	44
	Bob Nystrom	1972-86	44
	Brent Sutter	1980-98	44
	Russ Courtnall	1983-99	44
	Teemu Selänne*	1992-14	44
	Martin Straka	1992-08	44
	Mats Sundin*	1990-09	44
	Zach Parise	2005-24	44
	P.K. Subban	2009-22	44
	Mika Zibanejad	2011-25	44
	J.T. Miller	2012-25	44
	Ryan Nugent-Hopkins	2011-25	44
219.	Bert Olmstead*	1948-62	43
	Mike Krushelnyski	1981-95	43
	Phil Housley*	1982-03	43
	Murray Craven	1982-00	43
	Calle Johansson	1987-04	43
	Joe Murphy	1986-01	43
	Scott Young	1987-06	43
	Mathieu Schneider	1987-10	43
	Mike Ricci	1990-07	43
	Paul Stastny	2006-23	43
	Derick Brassard	2007-23	43
	Sebastian Aho	2016-25	43
231.	Pete Mahovlich	1965-81	42
	Terry O'Reilly	1971-85	42
	Peter McNab	1973-87	42
	Dave Poulin	1982-95	42
	Rob Ramage	1979-94	42
	Chris Drury	1998-11	42
	Milan Hejduk	1998-13	42
	Niklas Kronwall	2003-19	42
	Charlie McAvoy	2017-25	42
240.	Fleming Mackell	1947-60	41
	Jude Drouin	1968-81	41
	Kent Nilsson	1979-95	41
	Dave Babych	1980-99	41
	Steve Smith	1984-01	41
	Saku Koivu	1995-14	41
	Jason Arnott	1993-12	41
	Ryan Kesler	2003-19	41
	Ryan O'Reilly	2009-25	41
249.	Carol Vadnais	1966-83	40
	Gregg Sheppard	1972-82	40
	Lanny McDonald*	1973-89	40
	Randy Gregg	1982-92	40
	Bruce Driver	1983-98	40
	Mike Keane	1988-04	40
	Adam Deadmarsh	1994-03	40
	Petr Sýkora	1995-12	40
	Alex Tanguay	1999-16	40
	Paul Martin	2003-18	40
	Patrick Sharp	2002-18	40
	Kevin Shattenkirk	2010-24	40
	Mark Stone	2012-25	40
	Alex Killorn	2012-25	40
	Gabriel Landeskog	2011-22	40
	Jonathan Marchessault	2012-25	40
	Mattias Ekholm	2011-25	40
	Evgeny Kuznetsov	2013-24	40
	Aleksander Barkov	2013-25	40
	Artemi Panarin	2015-25	40
	Devon Toews	2018-25	40

WHA Leaders

WHA Leaders Table
Rank	Player	Years	A
1.	Ulf Nilsson	1974-78	53
2.	Mark Howe*	1973-79	51
3.	Poul Popiel	1972-78	47
4.	Serge Bernier	1973-79	46
5.	Larry Lund	1972-78	45
6.	Gordie Howe*	1973-79	43
7.	Bobby Hull*	1972-79	37
8.	Terry Ruskowski	1974-79	36
9.	Christian Bordeleau	1972-79	34
10.	Jim Dorey	1972-79	33
	Rick Ley	1972-79	33
12.	Marc Tardif	1973-79	32
	Peter Sullivan	1975-79	32
14.	Réal Cloutier	1974-79	30
15.	André Lacroix	1972-79	29
16.	Gord Labossiere	1972-76	28
	Anders Hedberg	1974-78	28
18.	Tom Webster	1972-78	26
19.	John French	1972-78	25
	John Schella	1972-78	25
	Mike Ford	1974-78	25
22.	J.C. Tremblay	1972-79	23
	Dave Keon*	1975-79	23
24.	Larry Pleau	1972-79	22
	Rosaire Paiement	1972-78	22
	Rich Preston	1974-79	22
	Willy Lindström	1975-79	22
	Lars-Erik Sjöberg	1974-79	22
29.	Mike Rogers	1974-79	21
	Tim Sheehy	1972-78	21
	Pat Stapleton	1973-78	21
	Ted Taylor	1972-78	21
	Wayne Carleton	1972-77	21
	Blair MacDonald	1973-79	21
35.	Mike Antonovich	1972-79	20
	Gordie Roberts	1975-79	20
37.	Norm Beaudin	1972-76	19
	Gavin Kirk	1972-79	19
	Bobby Guindon	1972-79	19
	Kent Nilsson	1977-79	19
41.	Paul Shmyr	1972-79	18
	Ralph Backstrom	1973-77	18
	Ray Adduono	1973-78	18
	Dan Labraaten	1976-78	18
45.	George Morrison	1972-77	17
	Murray Hall	1972-76	17
47.	Ted Green	1972-79	16
	Frank Hughes	1972-78	16
	André Hinse	1973-77	16
50.	Wayne Connelly	1972-77	15
	Larry Hale	1972-78	15
	John McKenzie	1972-79	15
	Ron Plumb	1972-79	15
	Fran Huck	1973-78	15
	Mike Walton	1973-76	15
	Garry Lariviere	1974-79	15
	Kevin Morrison	1973-79	15
	Ron Chipperfield	1974-79	15
	Paulin Bordeleau	1976-79	15

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