1996-97 NHL Assists Leaders

1996-97 regular-season assists leaders. Assists — primary and secondary.

Points Goals Assists Power-Play Goals Shots on Goal Plus/Minus Games Played Penalty Minutes Rookie Points Rookie Goals

#	Player	A
1	Wayne Gretzky	72
2	Mario Lemieux	72
3	Ron Francis	63
4	Steve Yzerman	63
5	Doug Weight	61
6	Doug Gilmour	60
7	Adam Oates	60
8	Pierre Turgeon	59
9	Brian Leetch	58
10	Teemu Selanne	58
11	Peter Forsberg	58
12	Jozef Stumpel	55
13	Paul Kariya	55
14	Vincent Damphousse	54
15	Mats Sundin	53
16	Joe Sakic	52
17	Mike Modano	48
18	Jaromir Jagr	48
19	Steve Rucchin	48
20	Mark Messier	48
21	John LeClair	47
22	Eric Lindros	47
23	Daniel Alfredsson	47
24	Mark Recchi	46
25	Sandis Ozolinsh	45
26	Oleg Tverdovsky	45
27	Andrew Cassels	44
28	Alexander Mogilny	42
29	Igor Larionov	42
30	Alexei Zhamnov	42
31	Nicklas Lidstrom	42
32	Ziggy Palffy	42
33	Brendan Shanahan	41
34	Travis Green	41
35	Robert Reichel	41
36	Brett Hull	40
37	Janne Niinimaa	40
38	Jeremy Roenick	40
39	Alexei Yashin	40
40	Geoff Courtnall	40
41	Darryl Sydor	40
42	Bryan Berard	40
43	Dmitri Mironov	39
44	Saku Koivu	39
45	Bobby Holik	39
46	Kevin Hatcher	39
47	Chris Chelios	38
48	Craig Janney	38
49	Valeri Kamensky	38
50	Petr Nedved	38