NHL & WHA Single Season Leaders and Records for Adjusted Goals Created
Active players are listed in bold.
Members of the Hockey Hall of Fame are marked with an asterisk (*).
NHL Leaders
Rank | Player | GC/A | Season |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Howie Morenz* | 70.09 | 1927-28 |
2. | Cooney Weiland* | 64.91 | 1929-30 |
3. | Mario Lemieux* | 64.36 | 1988-89 |
4. | Wayne Gretzky* | 63.27 | 1983-84 |
5. | Wayne Gretzky* | 61.09 | 1981-82 |
  | Wayne Gretzky* | 61.09 | 1984-85 |
7. | Mario Lemieux* | 60.82 | 1995-96 |
8. | Wayne Gretzky* | 58.91 | 1982-83 |
9. | Phil Esposito* | 57.55 | 1970-71 |
  | Wayne Gretzky* | 57.55 | 1985-86 |
11. | Connor McDavid | 56.73 | 2020-21 |
  | Connor McDavid | 56.73 | 2022-23 |
13. | Wayne Gretzky* | 56.45 | 1986-87 |
14. | Jaromír Jágr | 55.64 | 1995-96 |
15. | Frank Boucher* | 55.09 | 1929-30 |
  | Phil Esposito* | 55.09 | 1973-74 |
17. | Mario Lemieux* | 54.55 | 1987-88 |
18. | Dit Clapper* | 54.00 | 1929-30 |
  | Phil Esposito* | 54.00 | 1971-72 |
20. | Gordie Howe* | 53.45 | 1952-53 |
  | Brett Hull* | 53.45 | 1990-91 |
  | Jaromír Jágr | 53.45 | 1998-99 |
23. | Howie Morenz* | 53.18 | 1930-31 |
24. | Alex Ovechkin | 52.91 | 2007-08 |
25. | Bill Cook* | 52.36 | 1929-30 |
26. | Ace Bailey* | 51.55 | 1928-29 |
  | Nathan MacKinnon | 51.55 | 2023-24 |
28. | Aurele Joliat* | 51.27 | 1927-28 |
  | Jaromír Jágr | 51.27 | 2000-01 |
30. | Hec Kilrea | 51.00 | 1929-30 |
  | Joe Sakic* | 51.00 | 2000-01 |
32. | Mario Lemieux* | 50.45 | 1992-93 |
33. | Wayne Gretzky* | 50.18 | 1988-89 |
34. | Ebbie Goodfellow* | 49.91 | 1930-31 |
  | Wayne Gretzky* | 49.91 | 1990-91 |
  | Nikita Kucherov | 49.91 | 2023-24 |
37. | Jean Béliveau* | 49.64 | 1955-56 |
  | Bernie Nicholls | 49.64 | 1988-89 |
  | Steve Yzerman* | 49.64 | 1988-89 |
40. | Nels Stewart* | 49.09 | 1925-26 |
41. | Nels Stewart* | 48.82 | 1929-30 |
  | Mario Lemieux* | 48.82 | 1996-97 |
  | Evgeni Malkin | 48.82 | 2011-12 |
44. | Leon Draisaitl | 48.55 | 2019-20 |
45. | Steven Stamkos | 48.27 | 2011-12 |
46. | Cy Denneny* | 48.00 | 1925-26 |
  | Dick Irvin* | 48.00 | 1926-27 |
  | George Hay* | 48.00 | 1927-28 |
  | Jaromír Jágr | 48.00 | 1994-95 |
  | Teemu Selänne* | 48.00 | 1998-99 |
51. | Babe Dye* | 47.73 | 1924-25 |
52. | Andy Blair | 47.45 | 1928-29 |
  | Jaromír Jágr | 47.45 | 2005-06 |
  | Leon Draisaitl | 47.45 | 2020-21 |
55. | Frank Boucher* | 47.18 | 1927-28 |
  | Gordie Howe* | 47.18 | 1950-51 |
  | Phil Esposito* | 47.18 | 1968-69 |
  | Guy Lafleur* | 47.18 | 1977-78 |
  | Alex Ovechkin | 47.18 | 2008-09 |
  | Sidney Crosby | 47.18 | 2009-10 |
  | Auston Matthews | 47.18 | 2023-24 |
62. | Phil Esposito* | 46.91 | 1972-73 |
  | Guy Lafleur* | 46.91 | 1976-77 |
  | Markus Näslund | 46.91 | 2002-03 |
  | Alex Ovechkin | 46.91 | 2009-10 |
  | Leon Draisaitl | 46.91 | 2022-23 |
67. | Frank Boucher* | 46.64 | 1928-29 |
  | Eric Lindros* | 46.64 | 1994-95 |
  | Patrick Kane | 46.64 | 2015-16 |
70. | Cy Denneny* | 46.36 | 1924-25 |
  | Jarome Iginla* | 46.36 | 2001-02 |
72. | Wayne Gretzky* | 46.09 | 1980-81 |
  | Teemu Selänne* | 46.09 | 1992-93 |
  | Alex Ovechkin | 46.09 | 2012-13 |
  | Nikita Kucherov | 46.09 | 2018-19 |
  | David Pastrňák | 46.09 | 2019-20 |
77. | Nels Stewart* | 45.82 | 1928-29 |
  | Busher Jackson* | 45.82 | 1931-32 |
79. | Charlie Conacher* | 45.55 | 1930-31 |
  | Gordie Howe* | 45.55 | 1956-57 |
  | Pavel Bure* | 45.55 | 1999-00 |
  | Milan Hejduk | 45.55 | 2002-03 |
  | Evgeni Malkin | 45.55 | 2007-08 |
  | David Pastrňák | 45.55 | 2022-23 |
85. | Teemu Selänne* | 45.27 | 1996-97 |
  | Vincent Lecavalier | 45.27 | 2006-07 |
87. | Jari Kurri* | 45.00 | 1984-85 |
  | Alexander Mogilny | 45.00 | 1992-93 |
  | Alexei Zhamnov | 45.00 | 1994-95 |
  | Pavel Bure* | 45.00 | 2000-01 |
91. | Mike Bossy* | 44.73 | 1978-79 |
  | Joe Sakic* | 44.73 | 1995-96 |
  | Steven Stamkos | 44.73 | 2012-13 |
  | Artemi Panarin | 44.73 | 2023-24 |
95. | Howie Morenz* | 44.45 | 1928-29 |
  | Bill Cook* | 44.45 | 1930-31 |
  | Bobby Orr* | 44.45 | 1970-71 |
  | Pavel Bure* | 44.45 | 1997-98 |
  | Jarome Iginla* | 44.45 | 2007-08 |
  | Auston Matthews | 44.45 | 2020-21 |
101. | Howie Morenz* | 44.18 | 1929-30 |
  | Bobby Hull* | 44.18 | 1968-69 |
  | Phil Esposito* | 44.18 | 1974-75 |
  | Pat LaFontaine* | 44.18 | 1992-93 |
  | Connor McDavid | 44.18 | 2023-24 |
106. | Aurele Joliat* | 43.91 | 1924-25 |
  | Normie Himes | 43.91 | 1929-30 |
  | Charlie Conacher* | 43.91 | 1934-35 |
  | Bobby Hull* | 43.91 | 1965-66 |
  | Corey Perry | 43.91 | 2010-11 |
  | Connor McDavid | 43.91 | 2021-22 |
112. | Carson Cooper | 43.64 | 1928-29 |
  | Ace Bailey* | 43.64 | 1930-31 |
  | Gordie Howe* | 43.64 | 1951-52 |
  | Marcel Dionne* | 43.64 | 1978-79 |
  | Marcel Dionne* | 43.64 | 1979-80 |
  | Wayne Gretzky* | 43.64 | 1979-80 |
  | Brett Hull* | 43.64 | 1991-92 |
  | Sergei Fedorov* | 43.64 | 1993-94 |
  | Paul Kariya* | 43.64 | 1998-99 |
  | Todd Bertuzzi | 43.64 | 2002-03 |
  | Sidney Crosby | 43.64 | 2006-07 |
  | Auston Matthews | 43.64 | 2021-22 |
124. | Dutch Gainor | 43.36 | 1929-30 |
  | Charlie Conacher* | 43.36 | 1931-32 |
  | Bill Cook* | 43.36 | 1931-32 |
  | Charlie Conacher* | 43.36 | 1933-34 |
  | John LeClair | 43.36 | 1997-98 |
  | Teemu Selänne* | 43.36 | 1997-98 |
  | Alexei Yashin | 43.36 | 1998-99 |
  | Dany Heatley | 43.36 | 2006-07 |
132. | Joe Lamb | 43.09 | 1929-30 |
  | Gordie Howe* | 43.09 | 1953-54 |
  | Dickie Moore* | 43.09 | 1958-59 |
  | Steve Yzerman* | 43.09 | 1989-90 |
  | Steve Yzerman* | 43.09 | 1992-93 |
  | Steven Stamkos | 43.09 | 2009-10 |
  | Daniel Sedin* | 43.09 | 2010-11 |
  | Leon Draisaitl | 43.09 | 2021-22 |
140. | Nels Stewart* | 42.82 | 1927-28 |
  | Jean Béliveau* | 42.82 | 1958-59 |
  | Bobby Orr* | 42.82 | 1969-70 |
  | Wayne Gretzky* | 42.82 | 1987-88 |
  | Kevin Stevens | 42.82 | 1991-92 |
  | Jaromír Jágr | 42.82 | 1997-98 |
  | Sidney Crosby | 42.82 | 2013-14 |
  | Leon Draisaitl | 42.82 | 2018-19 |
  | Connor McDavid | 42.82 | 2018-19 |
149. | Gordie Howe* | 42.55 | 1955-56 |
  | Bernie Geoffrion* | 42.55 | 1960-61 |
  | Bobby Orr* | 42.55 | 1974-75 |
  | Guy Lafleur* | 42.55 | 1975-76 |
  | Marcel Dionne* | 42.55 | 1976-77 |
  | Brett Hull* | 42.55 | 1989-90 |
  | Alexander Mogilny | 42.55 | 1995-96 |
  | Joe Sakic* | 42.55 | 1998-99 |
  | Alex Ovechkin | 42.55 | 2005-06 |
  | Patrick Kane | 42.55 | 2018-19 |
159. | Vic Hadfield | 42.27 | 1971-72 |
  | Mike Bossy* | 42.27 | 1981-82 |
  | Jari Kurri* | 42.27 | 1985-86 |
  | Mario Lemieux* | 42.27 | 1991-92 |
  | Eric Lindros* | 42.27 | 1995-96 |
164. | Howie Morenz* | 42.00 | 1931-32 |
  | Bill Cook* | 42.00 | 1932-33 |
  | Jean Ratelle* | 42.00 | 1971-72 |
  | Wayne Gretzky* | 42.00 | 1989-90 |
  | Wayne Gretzky* | 42.00 | 1993-94 |
  | Joe Thornton | 42.00 | 2002-03 |
  | Martin St. Louis* | 42.00 | 2003-04 |
  | Evgeni Malkin | 42.00 | 2008-09 |
172. | Howie Morenz* | 41.73 | 1924-25 |
  | Bobby Orr* | 41.73 | 1971-72 |
  | Guy Lafleur* | 41.73 | 1978-79 |
  | Pierre Turgeon* | 41.73 | 1992-93 |
  | Pavel Bure* | 41.73 | 1993-94 |
  | John LeClair | 41.73 | 1996-97 |
  | Glen Murray | 41.73 | 2002-03 |
  | Ilya Kovalchuk | 41.73 | 2007-08 |
  | Connor McDavid | 41.73 | 2019-20 |
  | Mikko Rantanen | 41.73 | 2022-23 |
  | David Pastrňák | 41.73 | 2023-24 |
183. | Newsy Lalonde* | 41.45 | 1918-19 |
  | Joe Primeau* | 41.45 | 1930-31 |
  | Bernie Geoffrion* | 41.45 | 1954-55 |
  | Johnny Bucyk* | 41.45 | 1970-71 |
  | Bryan Trottier* | 41.45 | 1977-78 |
  | Bryan Trottier* | 41.45 | 1978-79 |
  | Adam Oates* | 41.45 | 1992-93 |
  | Luc Robitaille* | 41.45 | 1992-93 |
  | Paul Kariya* | 41.45 | 1995-96 |
  | Žigmund Pálffy | 41.45 | 1997-98 |
  | Eric Lindros* | 41.45 | 1998-99 |
  | Connor McDavid | 41.45 | 2017-18 |
  | Nathan MacKinnon | 41.45 | 2019-20 |
196. | Bun Cook* | 41.18 | 1927-28 |
  | Joe Primeau* | 41.18 | 1931-32 |
  | Bobby Hull* | 41.18 | 1963-64 |
  | John LeClair | 41.18 | 1998-99 |
  | Jaromír Jágr | 41.18 | 1999-00 |
  | Alex Kovalev | 41.18 | 2000-01 |
  | Peter Forsberg* | 41.18 | 2002-03 |
  | Dany Heatley | 41.18 | 2005-06 |
  | Henrik Sedin* | 41.18 | 2009-10 |
  | Alex Ovechkin | 41.18 | 2014-15 |
  | Auston Matthews | 41.18 | 2019-20 |
207. | Nels Stewart* | 40.91 | 1930-31 |
  | Maurice Richard* | 40.91 | 1954-55 |
  | Theo Fleury | 40.91 | 1994-95 |
  | Peter Bondra | 40.91 | 1997-98 |
  | Theo Fleury | 40.91 | 1998-99 |
  | Joe Thornton | 40.91 | 2005-06 |
  | Patrick Kane | 40.91 | 2012-13 |
  | Artemi Panarin | 40.91 | 2019-20 |
  | Johnny Gaudreau | 40.91 | 2021-22 |
  | Kirill Kaprizov | 40.91 | 2021-22 |
217. | Stan Mikita* | 40.64 | 1963-64 |
  | Paul Kariya* | 40.64 | 1996-97 |
  | Markus Näslund | 40.64 | 2001-02 |
  | Ilya Kovalchuk | 40.64 | 2003-04 |
  | Martin St. Louis* | 40.64 | 2006-07 |
  | Steven Stamkos | 40.64 | 2010-11 |
223. | Jean Béliveau* | 40.36 | 1954-55 |
  | Andy Bathgate* | 40.36 | 1958-59 |
  | Guy Lafleur* | 40.36 | 1974-75 |
  | Guy Lafleur* | 40.36 | 1979-80 |
  | Marcel Dionne* | 40.36 | 1980-81 |
  | Jaromír Jágr | 40.36 | 1996-97 |
  | Patrik Eliáš | 40.36 | 2000-01 |
  | Ilya Kovalchuk | 40.36 | 2005-06 |
  | Henrik Zetterberg | 40.36 | 2007-08 |
  | Brad Marchand | 40.36 | 2020-21 |
  | Jason Robertson | 40.36 | 2022-23 |
  | Sam Reinhart | 40.36 | 2023-24 |
235. | Art Gagne | 40.09 | 1927-28 |
  | Jean Béliveau* | 40.09 | 1956-57 |
  | Ken Hodge | 40.09 | 1973-74 |
  | Bobby Orr* | 40.09 | 1973-74 |
  | Steve Shutt* | 40.09 | 1976-77 |
  | Mario Lemieux* | 40.09 | 1985-86 |
  | Denis Savard* | 40.09 | 1987-88 |
  | Dany Heatley | 40.09 | 2002-03 |
  | Jonathan Cheechoo | 40.09 | 2005-06 |
  | Marián Hossa* | 40.09 | 2006-07 |
  | Martin St. Louis* | 40.09 | 2012-13 |
  | Alex Ovechkin | 40.09 | 2013-14 |
  | Sidney Crosby | 40.09 | 2016-17 |
248. | Frank Boucher* | 39.82 | 1930-31 |
  | Cooney Weiland* | 39.82 | 1930-31 |
  | Mark Messier* | 39.82 | 1989-90 |
  | Teemu Selänne* | 39.82 | 2006-07 |
  | Zach Parise | 39.82 | 2008-09 |
  | Jamie Benn | 39.82 | 2015-16 |
  | Mikko Rantanen | 39.82 | 2020-21 |
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