Wayne Gretzky has made the most career assists by a player younger than 28, with 1,157 assists.

Interpreted as:

NHL most assists before turning 28 years old by a player

	NAME	A	GP	G	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	1,157	744	616	1,773	+574	343	132	336	58	60	64	1	2,982	20.7
2	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	697	577	477	1,174	+107	586	148	312	37	18	46	7	2,297	20.8
3	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	664	664	346	1,010	+155	255	82	257	8	9	71	16	2,280	15.2	3,661	7,666	47.8	509	264	641	602	21:41
4	Bobby Orr B. Orr	624	631	264	888	+574	924	74	236	16	31	26	0	2,985	8.8
5	Dale Hawerchuk D. Hawerchuk	608	793	410	1,018	-91	510	134	240	11	10	30	4	2,688	15.3
6	Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	608	688	352	960	+438	508	112	174	11	12	56	0	1,665	21.1
7	Denis Savard D. Savard	605	664	321	926	+83	773	85	264	13	8	39	1	2,023	15.9
8	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	595	757	445	1,040	+38	476	111	223	38	16	50	4	2,647	16.8
9	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	595	653	254	849	+264	981	86	247	17	26	22	1	2,159	11.8
10	Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	565	713	382	947	+183	539	95	185	8	3	66	8	2,556	14.9	2	9	22.2	16	9	28	89	24:10
11	Ron Francis R. Francis	555	712	264	819	-52	530	83	232	6	2	40	1	1,725	15.3
12	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	551	627	302	853	+129	510	91	234	3	5	37	7	2,093	14.4	6,784	13,121	51.7	490	316	325	504	21:03
13	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	521	689	200	721	+327	556	72	232	7	13	31	3	2,572	7.8
14	Pierre Turgeon P. Turgeon	520	750	344	864	+61	251	131	190	10	8	60	6	2,085	16.5
15	Joe Sakic J. Sakic	513	655	307	820	-97	261	96	223	20	12	42	1	2,144	14.3
16	Phil Housley P. Housley	484	748	222	706	-15	494	83	253	5	3	32	3	1,991	11.2
17	Mark Messier M. Messier	478	687	316	794	+145	978	70	129	27	38	35	1	1,807	17.5
18	Nathan MacKinnon N. MacKinnon	475	709	284	759	+113	306	83	157	2	2	55	11	2,767	10.3	4,176	9,133	45.7	504	347	389	440	20:01
19	Bobby Clarke B. Clarke	473	622	233	706	+301	758	72	136	23	9	26	0	1,623	14.4
20	Mitch Marner M. Marner	465	596	200	665	+115	188	46	160	10	7	32	5	1,542	13.0	97	219	44.3	345	320	600	563	19:55
21	Marcel Dionne M. Dionne	464	619	327	791	-20	176	84	184	12	5	32	0	2,569	12.7
22	Guy Lafleur G. Lafleur	461	603	355	816	+388	275	92	145	3	2	70	0	2,030	17.5
23	Al MacInnis A. MacInnis	455	606	154	609	+176	721	72	281	3	7	13	0	2,062	7.5
24	Kirk Muller K. Muller	454	761	271	725	-32	812	102	139	8	10	33	4	1,862	14.6
25	Jari Kurri J. Kurri	451	600	397	848	+336	231	87	111	24	21	50	5	1,747	22.7