Wayne Gretzky has the most career assists by a player younger than 29, with 1,271 assists.

Interpreted as:

NHL most assists before turning 29 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	1,271	823	664	1,935	+572	387	143	375	63	64	68	2	3,264	20.3
2	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	717	599	494	1,211	+105	618	155	320	37	18	50	7	2,389	20.7
3	Dale Hawerchuk D. Hawerchuk	676	867	433	1,109	-111	530	147	276	11	10	34	4	2,921	14.8
4	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	669	733	283	952	+239	1,076	96	285	17	27	25	1	2,483	11.4
5	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
6	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	653	815	469	1,122	+49	512	118	240	41	19	53	4	2,864	16.4
7	Denis Savard D. Savard	651	724	345	996	+92	829	95	282	14	8	41	1	2,182	15.8
8	Bobby Orr B. Orr	643	651	268	911	+580	949	76	248	16	31	26	0	3,040	8.8
9	Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	639	756	380	1,019	+441	555	116	180	16	13	59	0	1,823	20.8
10	Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	617	781	418	1,035	+203	581	102	203	9	3	74	9	2,820	14.8	2	10	20.0	39	29	60	191	23:18
11	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	600	707	338	938	+148	552	101	248	3	5	46	9	2,341	14.4	7,770	15,028	51.7	580	351	365	551	20:59
12	Ron Francis R. Francis	588	781	281	869	-63	575	86	240	7	2	42	1	1,844	15.2
13	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	583	755	216	799	+359	610	77	264	7	13	32	3	2,843	7.6
14	Pierre Turgeon P. Turgeon	566	810	366	932	+74	275	137	207	10	9	64	6	2,225	16.4
15	Nathan MacKinnon N. MacKinnon	564	791	335	899	+148	348	93	195	2	2	64	13	3,172	10.6	4,783	10,447	45.8	559	416	431	522	20:18
16	Phil Housley P. Housley	556	823	238	794	-34	544	88	299	5	3	34	3	2,242	10.6
17	Mark Messier M. Messier	553	767	362	915	+148	1,055	81	160	30	43	41	2	1,998	18.1
18	Joe Sakic J. Sakic	549	719	334	883	-97	311	108	239	21	12	44	1	2,398	13.9
19	Marcel Dionne M. Dionne	548	699	380	928	+14	208	101	213	12	5	38	0	2,917	13.0
20	Bobby Clarke B. Clarke	541	693	254	795	+348	841	77	155	25	15	27	0	1,749	14.5
21	Guy Lafleur G. Lafleur	536	677	405	941	+428	287	107	171	3	2	77	0	2,353	17.2
22	Joe Thornton J. Thornton	516	754	240	756	+98	775	85	184	3	2	41	7	1,634	14.7	6,739	13,095	51.5	513	161	412	585	21:18
23	Al MacInnis A. MacInnis	512	678	174	686	+189	804	83	318	3	8	13	0	2,366	7.4
24	Jari Kurri J. Kurri	509	676	441	950	+355	300	97	127	29	27	58	6	1,961	22.5
25	Leon Draisaitl L. Draisaitl	506	727	351	857	+54	316	147	151	9	4	63	14	1,926	18.2	6,302	11,884	53.0	442	237	631	806	20:30