Men's World Championships
Most Assists per Game in a Single Tournament
Minimum requirement for inclusion in the “Assists per Game” record list:
-At least 5 assists
| Rk | Name | Team | Age | Pos | Year | GP | G | A | P | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | G/GP | A/GP | P/GP | SOG | SH% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Zigmund Palffy | SVK | 29 | F | 2002 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.333 | 2.000 | 2.333 | 12 | 8.3% |
| 2 |  | Josef Malecek | CZE | 31 | F | 1935 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 0 | 1.714 | 1.714 | 3.429 | ||||||
| 3 |  | Hassie Young | CAN | 25 | F | 1950 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 5 | 1.429 | 1.714 | 3.143 | ||||||
| 4 | | Leo Lucchini | CAN | 22 | F | 1950 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 0 | 1.571 | 1.714 | 3.286 | ||||||
| 5 | | Tod Sloan | CAN | 34 | F | 1962 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 1.000 | 1.667 | 2.667 | ||||||
| 6 | | Tyson Barrie | CAN | 25 | D | 2017 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.667 | 1.667 | 2.333 | 9 | 22.2% |
| 7 |  | Nils Lundkvist | SWE | 20 | D | 2021 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 1.667 | 1.667 | 4 | 0.0% |
| 8 | | William Nylander | SWE | 23 | F | 2019 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.625 | 1.625 | 2.250 | 19 | 26.3% |
| 9 |  | Vladimir Petrov | USR | 25 | F | 1973 | 10 | 18 | 16 | 34 | 12 | 1.800 | 1.600 | 3.400 | ||||||
| 10 | | Anatoly Firsov | USR | 26 | F | 1967 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 2 | 1.571 | 1.571 | 3.143 | ||||||
| 11 | | Viktor Yakushev | USR | 28 | F | 1966 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 0.286 | 1.571 | 1.857 | ||||||
| 12 | | Eric Unger | CAN | 27 | F | 1954 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 0 | 1.143 | 1.571 | 2.714 | ||||||
| 13 | | Henrik Zetterberg | SWE | 31 | F | 2012 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.375 | 1.500 | 1.875 | 28 | 10.7% |
| 14 |  | Holger Meitinger | FRG | 24 | F | 1981 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 4 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 2.500 | ||||||
| 15 |  | Othmar Delnon | SUI | 30 | F | 1947 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 2.500 | ||||||
| 16 | | James Dewey | CAN | 21 | F | 1934 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0.250 | 1.500 | 1.750 | ||||||
| 17 |  | Artemi Panarin | RUS | 25 | F | 2017 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.444 | 1.444 | 1.889 | 31 | 12.9% |
| 18 |  | Saku Koivu | FIN | 28 | F | 2003 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.143 | 1.429 | 1.571 | 15 | 6.7% |
| 19 | | Teuvo Teräväinen | FIN | 30 | F | 2025 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.143 | 1.429 | 1.571 | 20 | 5.0% |
| 20 | | Boris Mayorov | USR | 23 | F | 1961 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 6 | 1.000 | 1.429 | 2.429 | ||||||
| 21 |  | Einar Bruno Larsen | NOR | 22 | F | 1962 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 0.571 | 1.429 | 2.000 | ||||||
| 22 | | Harold Jones | CAN | 27 | F | 1961 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 0.429 | 1.429 | 1.857 | ||||||
| 23 | | Miloslav Sasek | CZE | 23 | F | 1957 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 0.429 | 1.429 | 1.857 | ||||||
| 24 |  | Buzz Johnson | USA | 28 | F | 1950 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 0.857 | 1.429 | 2.286 | ||||||
| 25 | | Sergei Makarov | USR | 27 | F | 1986 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 12 | 21 | 0.400 | 1.400 | 1.800 | |||||
| 26 | | Valeri Kharlamov | USR | 25 | F | 1973 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 31 | 0.900 | 1.400 | 2.300 | ||||||
| 27 | | Vladimir Petrov | USR | 29 | F | 1977 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 8 | 0.700 | 1.400 | 2.100 | ||||||
| 28 | | Connor Brown | CAN | 27 | F | 2021 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.200 | 1.400 | 1.600 | 19 | 10.5% |
| 29 | | Lubomir Visnovsky | SVK | 31 | D | 2008 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.400 | 1.400 | 1.800 | 19 | 10.5% |
| 30 | | Mats Lindh | SWE | 27 | F | 1975 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0.200 | 1.400 | 1.600 | ||||||
| 31 | | Patrick Thoresen | NOR | 28 | F | 2012 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.875 | 1.375 | 2.250 | 22 | 31.8% |
| 32 | | Grant Warwick | CAN | 33 | F | 1955 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 0.750 | 1.375 | 2.125 | ||||||
| 33 | | Saku Koivu | FIN | 24 | F | 1999 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.444 | 1.333 | 1.778 | ||
| 34 | | Petteri Nummelin | FIN | 28 | D | 2001 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.111 | 1.333 | 1.444 | 23 | 4.3% |
| 35 | | Michael Nylander | SWE | 33 | F | 2006 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.167 | 1.333 | 1.500 | 9 | 11.1% |
| 36 | | Donald Stanley | CAN | 32 | F | 1950 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0.667 | 1.333 | 2.000 | ||||||
| 37 | | Boris Mikhailov | USR | 28 | F | 1973 | 10 | 16 | 13 | 29 | 4 | 1.600 | 1.300 | 2.900 | ||||||
| 38 |  | Tomas Kaberle | CZE | 30 | D | 2008 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.143 | 1.286 | 1.429 | 14 | 7.1% |
| 39 | | Ladislav Nagy | SVK | 38 | F | 2018 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.143 | 1.286 | 1.429 | 22 | 4.5% |
| 40 | | William Wylie | CAN | 33 | F | 1962 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 0.286 | 1.286 | 1.571 | ||||||
| 41 | | Jim Troumbly | USA | 21 | F | 1950 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 20 | 6 | 1.571 | 1.286 | 2.857 | ||||||
| 42 | | Albert Lemay | CAN | 24 | F | 1935 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 0 | 1.429 | 1.286 | 2.714 | ||||||
| 43 | | Duncan Keith | CAN | 28 | D | 2012 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.125 | 1.250 | 1.375 | 14 | 7.1% |
| 44 | | Patrick Kane | USA | 30 | F | 2019 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.250 | 1.250 | 1.500 | 28 | 7.1% |
| 45 | | Max Pacioretty | USA | 23 | F | 2012 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.250 | 1.250 | 1.500 | 25 | 8.0% |
| 46 | | Oliver Ekman-Larsson | SWE | 23 | D | 2015 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.250 | 1.250 | 1.500 | 28 | 7.1% |
| 47 | | Henrik Tömmernes | SWE | 32 | D | 2023 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 1.250 | 1.250 | 19 | 0.0% |
| 48 | | Anatoly Firsov | USR | 29 | F | 1970 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 0.750 | 1.250 | 2.000 | ||||||
| 49 | | Gebhard Poltera | SUI | 25 | F | 1949 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 0.750 | 1.250 | 2.000 | ||||||
| 50 | | Josef Malecek | CZE | 35 | F | 1939 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 0 | 1.500 | 1.250 | 2.750 | ||||||
Post-1980s IIHF World Championship stats sourced from: IIHF Official Website and the Official Guide & Record Books of the Finnish Ice Hockey Federation.
Pre-1980s stats sourced primarily from the wonderful Russian Hockey site https://ice-hockey-stat.com/ and their beautifully documented international hockey history.