NHL & WHA Yearly Leaders and Records for Assists Per Game

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

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NHL Leaders

NHL Leaders Table
Season Player A/G
2025-26 Nikita Kucherov 1.132
2024-25 Connor McDavid 1.104
2023-24 Connor McDavid 1.316
2022-23 Connor McDavid 1.085
2021-22 Jonathan Huberdeau 1.063
2020-21 Connor McDavid 1.286
2019-20 Connor McDavid 0.984
2018-19 Nikita Kucherov 1.061
2017-18 Ryan Getzlaf 0.893
2016-17 Connor McDavid 0.854
2015-16 Erik Karlsson 0.805
2014-15 Nicklas Bäckström 0.732
2013-14 Sidney Crosby 0.850
2012-13 Sidney Crosby 1.139
2011-12 Claude Giroux 0.844
2010-11 Henrik Sedin* 0.915
2009-10 Henrik Sedin* 1.012
2008-09 Evgeni Malkin 0.951
2007-08 Sidney Crosby 0.906
2006-07 Joe Thornton* 1.122
2005-06 Joe Thornton* 1.185
2003-04 Peter Forsberg* 0.949
2002-03 Peter Forsberg* 1.027
2001-02 Adam Oates* 0.800
2000-01 Mario Lemieux* 0.953
1999-00 Joe Sakic* 0.883
1998-99 Jaromír Jágr 1.025
1997-98 Peter Forsberg* 0.917
1996-97 Mario Lemieux* 0.947
1995-96 Mario Lemieux* 1.314
1994-95 Ron Francis* 1.091
1993-94 Wayne Gretzky* 1.136
1992-93 Mario Lemieux* 1.517
1991-92 Mario Lemieux* 1.359
1990-91 Wayne Gretzky* 1.564
1989-90 Wayne Gretzky* 1.397
1988-89 Mario Lemieux* 1.500
1987-88 Wayne Gretzky* 1.703
1986-87 Wayne Gretzky* 1.532
1985-86 Wayne Gretzky* 2.038
1984-85 Wayne Gretzky* 1.688
1983-84 Wayne Gretzky* 1.595
1982-83 Wayne Gretzky* 1.563
1981-82 Wayne Gretzky* 1.500
1980-81 Wayne Gretzky* 1.363
1979-80 Wayne Gretzky* 1.089
1978-79 Bryan Trottier* 1.145
1977-78 Bryan Trottier* 1.000
1976-77 Guy Lafleur* 1.000
1975-76 Bobby Clarke* 1.171
1974-75 Bobby Orr* 1.113
  Bobby Clarke* 1.113
1973-74 Bobby Orr* 1.216
1972-73 Bobby Orr* 1.143
1971-72 Bobby Orr* 1.053
1970-71 Bobby Orr* 1.308
1969-70 Bobby Orr* 1.145
1968-69 Phil Esposito* 1.041
1967-68 Phil Esposito* 0.662
1966-67 Stan Mikita* 0.886
1965-66 Jean Béliveau* 0.716
1964-65 Stan Mikita* 0.843
1963-64 Andy Bathgate* 0.817
1962-63 Henri Richard* 0.746
1961-62 Bill Hay* 0.867
1960-61 Jean Béliveau* 0.841
1959-60 Don McKenney 0.700
1958-59 Dickie Moore* 0.786
1957-58 Henri Richard* 0.776
1956-57 Ted Lindsay* 0.786
1955-56 Bert Olmstead* 0.800
1954-55 Bert Olmstead* 0.686
1953-54 Gordie Howe* 0.686
1952-53 Gordie Howe* 0.657
1951-52 Elmer Lach* 0.714
1950-51 Ted Kennedy* 0.683
1949-50 Ted Lindsay* 0.797
1948-49 Doug Bentley* 0.741
1947-48 Doug Bentley* 0.617
1946-47 Billy Taylor 0.767
1945-46 Bill Mosienko* 0.750
1944-45 Elmer Lach* 1.080
1943-44 Bill Cowley* 1.139
1942-43 Bill Cowley* 0.938
1941-42 Bill Cowley* 0.821
1940-41 Bill Cowley* 1.022
1939-40 Milt Schmidt* 0.625
1938-39 Bill Cowley* 1.000
1937-38 Syl Apps* 0.617
1936-37 Syl Apps* 0.604
1935-36 Art Chapman 0.583
1934-35 Art Chapman 0.723
1933-34 Joe Primeau* 0.711
1932-33 Frank Boucher* 0.609
1931-32 Joe Primeau* 0.804
1930-31 Joe Primeau* 0.842
1929-30 Frank Boucher* 0.857
1927-28 Howie Morenz* 0.419
1926-27 Dick Irvin* 0.409
1925-26 Frank Nighbor* 0.400
1924-25 Hap Day* 0.654
1923-24 Georges Boucher* 0.429
1922-23 Edmond Bouchard 0.625
1921-22 Harry Cameron* 0.708
1920-21 Jack Darragh* 0.583
1919-20 Frank Nighbor* 0.696
1918-19 Newsy Lalonde* 0.529
1917-18 Reg Noble* 0.500

WHA Leaders

WHA Leaders Table
Season Player A/G
1978-79 Robbie Ftorek 0.963
1977-78 Ulf Nilsson 1.219
1976-77 Ulf Nilsson 1.197
1975-76 Ulf Nilsson 0.974
1974-75 André Lacroix 1.359
1973-74 André Lacroix 1.026
1972-73 J.C. Tremblay 1.000