Most Assists per Game in One Season by Active NHL Forwards

Rk	Age		Name	Pos	Season	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	G/GP	A/GP	P/GP
1	26		Joe Thornton	F	2005‑06	81	29	96	125	61	31	11	0	6	0.358	1.185	1.543
2	25		Sidney Crosby	F	2012‑13	36	15	41	56	16	26	3	0	1	0.417	1.139	1.556
3	27		Joe Thornton	F	2006‑07	82	22	92	114	44	24	10	0	5	0.268	1.122	1.390
4	19		Sidney Crosby	F	2006‑07	79	36	84	120	60	10	13	0	4	0.456	1.063	1.519
5	23		Jaromír Jágr	F	1995‑96	82	62	87	149	96	31	20	1	12	0.756	1.061	1.817
6	22		Jason Spezza	F	2005‑06	68	19	71	90	33	23	7	0	5	0.279	1.044	1.324
7	26		Jaromír Jágr	F	1998‑99	81	44	83	127	66	17	10	1	7	0.543	1.025	1.568
8	29		Henrik Sedin	F	2009‑10	82	29	83	112	48	35	4	2	5	0.354	1.012	1.366
9	22		Evgeni Malkin	F	2008‑09	82	35	78	113	80	17	14	2	4	0.427	0.951	1.378
10	30		Henrik Sedin	F	2010‑11	82	19	75	94	40	26	8	0	4	0.232	0.915	1.146
11	21		Sidney Crosby	F	2008‑09	77	33	70	103	76	3	7	0	3	0.429	0.909	1.338
12	20		Sidney Crosby	F	2007‑08	53	24	48	72	39	18	6	0	4	0.453	0.906	1.358
13	37		Martin St. Louis	F	2012‑13	48	17	43	60	14	0	3	0	2	0.354	0.896	1.250
14	29		Daniel Sedin	F	2009‑10	63	29	56	85	28	36	8	0	8	0.460	0.889	1.349
15	30		Joe Thornton	F	2009‑10	79	20	69	89	54	17	4	1	2	0.253	0.873	1.127
16	25		Jaromír Jágr	F	1997‑98	77	35	67	102	64	17	7	0	8	0.455	0.870	1.325
17	26		Henrik Sedin	F	2006‑07	82	10	71	81	66	19	1	0	2	0.122	0.866	0.988
18	25		Teemu Selänne	F	1995‑96	79	40	68	108	22	5	9	1	5	0.506	0.861	1.367
19	27		Jaromír Jágr	F	1999‑00	63	42	54	96	50	25	10	0	5	0.667	0.857	1.524
20	28		Jaromír Jágr	F	2000‑01	81	52	69	121	42	19	14	1	10	0.642	0.852	1.494
21	25		Ryan Getzlaf	F	2010‑11	67	19	57	76	35	14	7	0	4	0.284	0.851	1.134
22	23		Joe Thornton	F	2002‑03	77	36	65	101	109	12	12	2	4	0.468	0.844	1.312
23	23		Claude Giroux	F	2011‑12	77	28	65	93	29	6	6	0	5	0.364	0.844	1.208
24	33		Jaromír Jágr	F	2005‑06	82	54	69	123	72	34	24	0	9	0.659	0.841	1.500
25	21		Jaromír Jágr	F	1993‑94	80	32	67	99	61	15	9	0	6	0.400	0.838	1.238
26	29		Brad Richards	F	2009‑10	80	24	67	91	14	-12	13	0	2	0.300	0.838	1.138
27	25		Nicklas Bäckström	F	2012‑13	48	8	40	48	20	8	3	0	1	0.167	0.833	1.000
28	22		Nicklas Bäckström	F	2009‑10	82	33	68	101	50	37	11	0	4	0.402	0.829	1.232
29	23		Sidney Crosby	F	2010‑11	41	32	34	66	31	20	10	1	3	0.780	0.829	1.610
30	35		Martin St. Louis	F	2010‑11	82	31	68	99	12	0	4	0	7	0.378	0.829	1.207
31	25		Brad Richards	F	2005‑06	82	23	68	91	32	0	7	4	0	0.280	0.829	1.110
32	24		Alexander Ovechkin	F	2009‑10	72	50	59	109	89	45	13	0	7	0.694	0.819	1.514
33	28		Joe Thornton	F	2007‑08	82	29	67	96	59	18	11	0	5	0.354	0.817	1.171
34	31		Henrik Sedin	F	2011‑12	82	14	67	81	52	23	8	0	6	0.171	0.817	0.988
35	23		Ryan Getzlaf	F	2008‑09	81	25	66	91	121	5	9	0	2	0.309	0.815	1.123
36	29		Pavel Datsyuk	F	2007‑08	82	31	66	97	20	41	10	1	6	0.378	0.805	1.183
37	34		Jaromír Jágr	F	2006‑07	82	30	66	96	78	26	7	0	5	0.366	0.805	1.171
38	21		Nicklas Bäckström	F	2008‑09	82	22	66	88	46	16	14	0	1	0.268	0.805	1.073
39	32		Henrik Zetterberg	F	2012‑13	46	11	37	48	18	2	4	2	5	0.239	0.804	1.043
40	30		Pavel Datsyuk	F	2008‑09	81	32	65	97	22	34	11	1	3	0.395	0.802	1.198
41	28		Teemu Selänne	F	1998‑99	75	47	60	107	30	18	25	0	7	0.627	0.800	1.427
42	34		Martin St. Louis	F	2009‑10	82	29	65	94	12	-8	7	1	7	0.354	0.793	1.146
43	22		Jaromír Jágr	F	1994‑95	48	32	38	70	37	23	8	3	7	0.667	0.792	1.458
44	23		Jason Spezza	F	2006‑07	67	34	53	87	45	19	13	1	5	0.507	0.791	1.299
45	25		Evgeni Malkin	F	2011‑12	75	50	59	109	70	18	12	0	9	0.667	0.787	1.453
46	27		Pavel Datsyuk	F	2005‑06	75	28	59	87	22	26	11	0	4	0.373	0.787	1.160
47	29		Jarome Iginla	F	2006‑07	70	39	55	94	40	12	13	1	7	0.557	0.786	1.343
48	24		Alex Tanguay	F	2003‑04	69	25	54	79	42	30	7	0	5	0.362	0.783	1.145
49	22		Saku Koivu	F	1996‑97	50	17	39	56	38	7	5	0	3	0.340	0.780	1.120
50	33		Daniel Alfredsson	F	2005‑06	77	43	60	103	50	29	16	5	8	0.558	0.779	1.338

Qualifying criterion: At least 30 assists

Current season NHL stats last updated: May 26, 2013