#    PLAYER             ASSISTS
  -    ------             -------
  1.   Wayne Gretzky         1963
  2.   Ron Francis           1249
  3.   Mark Messier          1193
  4.   Ray Bourque           1169
  5.   Paul Coffey           1135
  6.   Adam Oates            1079
  7.   STEVE YZERMAN         1063
  8.   Gordie Howe           1049
  9.   Marcel Dionne         1040
 10.   Mario Lemieux         1033
 11.   Doug Gilmour           964
 12.   Al MacInnis            934
 13.   Larry Murphy           929
 14.   Stan Mikita            926
 15.   JOE SAKIC              915
 16.   Bryan Trottier         901
 17.   Phil Housley           894
 18.   Dale Hawerchuk         891
 19.   Phil Esposito          873
 20.   Denis Savard           865
 21.   Bobby Clarke           852
 22.   JAROMIR JAGR           841
 23.   Alex Delvecchio        825
 24.   Gilbert Perreault      814
 25.   Johnny Bucyk           813
 26.   PIERRE TURGEON         809
 27.   Jari Kurri             797
 28.   Guy Lafleur            793
 29.   Peter Stastny          789
 30.   MARK RECCHI            781
 30.   BRIAN LEETCH           781
 32.   Jean Ratelle           776
 33.   Vincent Damphousse     773
 34.   Bernie Federko         761
 35.   Larry Robinson         750
 36.   CHRIS CHELIOS          743
 37.   Denis Potvin           742
 38.   Norm Ullman            739
 39.   Bernie Nicholls        734
 40.   Luc Robitaille         726
 41.   Jean Beliveau          712
 41.   Scott Stevens          712
 43.   MIKE MODANO            698
 43.   Dave Andreychuk        698
 45.   Dale Hunter            697
 46.   Henri Richard          688
 47.   Brad Park              683
 48.   Bobby Smith            679
 49.   MATS SUNDIN            671
 50.   JEREMY ROENICK         658
 51.   Brett Hull             650
 52.   DOUG WEIGHT            646
 53.   Bobby Orr              645
 54.   Gary Suter             642
 55.   Dave Taylor            638
 56.   Borje Salming          637
 56.   Darryl Sittler         637
 58.   BRENDAN SHANAHAN       634
 58.   Neal Broten            634
 60.   Theoren Fleury         633
 61.   Mike Gartner           627
 62.   Andy Bathgate          624
 63.   SERGEI FEDOROV         620
 64.   NICKLAS LIDSTROM       617
 65.   Rod Gilbert            615
 66.   Michel Goulet          604
 67.   Kirk Muller            602
 68.   Glenn Anderson         601
 69.   ROD BRIND'AMOUR        599
 70.   Dino Ciccarelli        592
 71.   Doug Wilson            590
 71.   Dave Keon              590
 73.   PETER FORSBERG         581
 73.   Dave Babych            581
 75.   Brian Propp            579
 76.   Steve Larmer           571
 77.   Frank Mahovlich        570
 78.   Cliff Ronning          563
 79.   Craig Janney           563
 80.   Joe Mullen             561
 81.   Bobby Hull             560
 82.   ALEXANDER MOGILNY      559
 82.   JOE NIEUWENDYK         559
 84.   Thomas Steen           553
 84.   Mike Bossy             553
 86.   Ken Linseman           551
 86.   Tom Lysiak             551
 88.   TEEMU SELANNE          549
 89.   Pat LaFontaine         545
 89.   Mark Howe              545
 91.   SERGEI ZUBOV           542
 91.   Red Kelly              542
 93.   Pat Verbeek            541
 94.   Rick Middleton         540
 95.   Brian Bellows          537
 96.   ANDREW CASSELS         528
 97.   Steve Duchesne         525
 98.   Dennis Maruk           522
 99.   Wayne Cashman          516
100.   Butch Goring           513

Upcoming active players:

###.   TREVOR LINDEN          474
###.   ERIC LINDROS           472
###.   ALEXEI ZHAMNOV         470
###.   PAUL KARIYA            448
###.   ERIC DESJARDINS        439
###.   ALEXEI KOVALEV         430