NHL & WHA Career Leaders and Records for Goals Created Per Game
Active players are listed in bold.
Members of the Hockey Hall of Fame are marked with an asterisk (*).
NHL Leaders
Rank | Player | Years | GC/G |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Mario Lemieux* | 1984-06 | 0.710 |
2. | Cy Denneny* | 1917-29 | 0.692 |
3. | Wayne Gretzky* | 1979-99 | 0.685 |
4. | Mike Bossy* | 1977-87 | 0.616 |
5. | Connor McDavid | 2015-24 | 0.550 |
6. | Marcel Dionne* | 1971-89 | 0.507 |
7. | Howie Morenz* | 1923-37 | 0.494 |
8. | Bobby Orr* | 1966-79 | 0.493 |
9. | Phil Esposito* | 1963-81 | 0.491 |
10. | Auston Matthews | 2016-24 | 0.485 |
11. | Pavel Bure* | 1991-03 | 0.474 |
12. | Kent Nilsson | 1979-95 | 0.472 |
13. | Guy Lafleur* | 1971-91 | 0.472 |
14. | Pat LaFontaine* | 1983-98 | 0.468 |
15. | Peter Šťastný* | 1980-95 | 0.466 |
16. | Sidney Crosby | 2005-24 | 0.459 |
17. | Alex Ovechkin | 2005-24 | 0.458 |
18. | Brett Hull* | 1986-06 | 0.456 |
19. | Bobby Hull* | 1957-80 | 0.456 |
20. | Leon Draisaitl | 2014-24 | 0.450 |
21. | Dale Hawerchuk* | 1981-97 | 0.446 |
22. | Maurice Richard* | 1942-60 | 0.444 |
23. | Joe Sakic* | 1988-09 | 0.444 |
24. | Nels Stewart* | 1925-40 | 0.443 |
25. | Rick Martin | 1971-82 | 0.441 |
26. | Eric Lindros* | 1992-07 | 0.440 |
27. | Nikita Kucherov | 2013-24 | 0.440 |
28. | Steve Yzerman* | 1983-06 | 0.440 |
29. | Tim Kerr | 1980-93 | 0.435 |
30. | Jari Kurri* | 1980-98 | 0.433 |
31. | David Pastrňák | 2014-24 | 0.432 |
32. | Peter Forsberg* | 1994-11 | 0.430 |
33. | Bill Cook* | 1926-37 | 0.427 |
34. | Gilbert Perreault* | 1970-87 | 0.427 |
35. | Gordie Howe* | 1946-80 | 0.423 |
36. | Jean Béliveau* | 1950-71 | 0.423 |
37. | Michel Goulet* | 1979-94 | 0.421 |
38. | Evgeni Malkin | 2006-24 | 0.420 |
39. | Steven Stamkos | 2008-24 | 0.418 |
40. | Žigmund Pálffy | 1993-06 | 0.416 |
41. | Nathan MacKinnon | 2013-24 | 0.416 |
42. | Bryan Trottier* | 1975-94 | 0.415 |
43. | Alexander Mogilny | 1989-06 | 0.415 |
44. | Artemi Panarin | 2015-24 | 0.414 |
45. | Jaromír Jágr | 1990-18 | 0.414 |
46. | Denis Savard* | 1980-97 | 0.414 |
47. | Mikko Rantanen | 2015-24 | 0.414 |
48. | Cam Neely* | 1983-96 | 0.412 |
49. | Pierre Larouche | 1974-88 | 0.412 |
50. | Bill Cowley* | 1934-47 | 0.410 |
51. | Bernie Federko* | 1976-90 | 0.408 |
52. | Bernie Nicholls | 1981-99 | 0.407 |
53. | Darryl Sittler* | 1970-85 | 0.404 |
54. | Charlie Simmer | 1974-88 | 0.403 |
55. | Mark Messier* | 1979-04 | 0.401 |
56. | Joe Mullen* | 1981-97 | 0.400 |
57. | Dino Ciccarelli* | 1980-99 | 0.400 |
58. | Teemu Selänne* | 1992-14 | 0.398 |
59. | Aurele Joliat* | 1922-38 | 0.398 |
60. | Bill Barber* | 1972-84 | 0.398 |
61. | Steve Larmer | 1980-95 | 0.394 |
62. | Jacques Lemaire* | 1967-79 | 0.393 |
63. | Rick Middleton | 1974-88 | 0.393 |
64. | Stan Mikita* | 1958-80 | 0.392 |
65. | Rick Vaive | 1979-92 | 0.391 |
66. | Mike Gartner* | 1979-98 | 0.391 |
67. | Mitch Marner | 2016-24 | 0.391 |
68. | Luc Robitaille* | 1986-06 | 0.389 |
69. | Theo Fleury | 1988-03 | 0.389 |
70. | Ilya Kovalchuk | 2001-20 | 0.388 |
71. | Pierre Turgeon* | 1987-07 | 0.388 |
72. | Doug Bentley* | 1939-54 | 0.387 |
73. | Frank Mahovlich* | 1956-74 | 0.387 |
74. | Mats Sundin* | 1990-09 | 0.386 |
75. | Toe Blake* | 1934-48 | 0.386 |
76. | Glenn Anderson* | 1980-96 | 0.385 |
77. | Patrick Kane | 2007-24 | 0.384 |
78. | Brian Propp | 1979-94 | 0.384 |
79. | Dennis Maruk | 1975-89 | 0.381 |
80. | Paul MacLean | 1980-91 | 0.381 |
81. | Bernie Geoffrion* | 1950-68 | 0.379 |
82. | Paul Kariya* | 1994-10 | 0.379 |
83. | Bobby Clarke* | 1969-84 | 0.378 |
84. | Mike Bullard | 1980-92 | 0.377 |
85. | Brayden Point | 2016-24 | 0.376 |
86. | Jean Ratelle* | 1960-81 | 0.376 |
87. | Mats Näslund | 1982-95 | 0.374 |
88. | Lanny McDonald* | 1973-89 | 0.374 |
89. | Yvan Cournoyer* | 1963-79 | 0.372 |
90. | Guy Chouinard | 1974-84 | 0.371 |
91. | Paul Coffey* | 1980-01 | 0.370 |
92. | Steve Shutt* | 1972-85 | 0.370 |
93. | Elmer Lach* | 1940-54 | 0.370 |
94. | René Robert | 1970-82 | 0.369 |
95. | Anton Šťastný | 1980-89 | 0.368 |
96. | Dave Taylor | 1977-94 | 0.367 |
97. | Ron Francis* | 1981-04 | 0.367 |
98. | Matthew Tkachuk | 2016-24 | 0.366 |
99. | Joe Nieuwendyk* | 1986-07 | 0.365 |
100. | Rod Gilbert* | 1960-78 | 0.365 |
101. | John Ogrodnick | 1979-93 | 0.364 |
102. | John Tavares | 2009-24 | 0.363 |
103. | Sebastian Aho | 2016-24 | 0.362 |
104. | Jimmy Carson | 1986-96 | 0.362 |
105. | Rick MacLeish | 1970-84 | 0.362 |
106. | Dany Heatley | 2001-15 | 0.362 |
107. | Sergei Fedorov* | 1990-09 | 0.360 |
108. | Keith Tkachuk | 1991-10 | 0.360 |
109. | Alexei Yashin | 1993-07 | 0.359 |
110. | Adam Oates* | 1985-04 | 0.358 |
111. | Aleksander Barkov | 2013-24 | 0.357 |
112. | Brendan Shanahan* | 1987-09 | 0.356 |
113. | Bobby Smith | 1978-93 | 0.355 |
114. | Max Bentley* | 1940-54 | 0.353 |
115. | Brad Marchand | 2009-24 | 0.352 |
116. | Denis Potvin* | 1973-88 | 0.351 |
117. | Barry Pederson | 1980-92 | 0.350 |
118. | Ken Hodge | 1964-78 | 0.350 |
119. | Johnny Gaudreau | 2013-24 | 0.350 |
120. | Daniel Alfredsson* | 1995-14 | 0.349 |
121. | Peter Bondra | 1990-07 | 0.348 |
122. | Mike Modano* | 1989-11 | 0.348 |
123. | Danny Gare | 1974-87 | 0.347 |
124. | Rick Kehoe | 1971-85 | 0.347 |
125. | Pavel Datsyuk | 2001-16 | 0.347 |
126. | Brian Bellows | 1982-99 | 0.346 |
127. | Doug Gilmour* | 1983-03 | 0.345 |
128. | Mark Recchi* | 1988-11 | 0.344 |
129. | Busher Jackson* | 1929-44 | 0.343 |
130. | John LeClair | 1990-07 | 0.343 |
131. | Marián Hossa* | 1997-17 | 0.343 |
132. | Tomas Sandström | 1984-99 | 0.343 |
133. | Jeremy Roenick | 1988-09 | 0.343 |
134. | Mark Scheifele | 2011-24 | 0.342 |
135. | Johnny Bucyk* | 1955-78 | 0.341 |
136. | Filip Forsberg | 2012-24 | 0.341 |
137. | Andy Bathgate* | 1952-71 | 0.340 |
138. | Pavol Demitra | 1993-10 | 0.340 |
139. | Peter McNab | 1973-87 | 0.340 |
140. | Wilf Paiement | 1974-88 | 0.339 |
141. | Tom Lysiak | 1973-86 | 0.339 |
142. | Ken Linseman | 1978-92 | 0.339 |
143. | Ray Sheppard | 1987-00 | 0.338 |
144. | Craig Janney | 1987-99 | 0.338 |
145. | Ray Bourque* | 1979-01 | 0.337 |
146. | Norm Ullman* | 1955-75 | 0.337 |
147. | Martin St. Louis* | 1998-15 | 0.336 |
148. | Tony Tanti | 1981-92 | 0.336 |
149. | Pete Mahovlich | 1965-81 | 0.335 |
150. | Jarome Iginla* | 1996-17 | 0.335 |
151. | Ted Lindsay* | 1944-65 | 0.334 |
152. | Ted Kennedy* | 1942-57 | 0.332 |
153. | Mark Stone | 2012-24 | 0.332 |
154. | Dickie Moore* | 1951-68 | 0.331 |
155. | Vladimir Tarasenko | 2012-24 | 0.330 |
156. | Dave Andreychuk* | 1982-06 | 0.330 |
157. | Mike Ridley | 1985-97 | 0.329 |
158. | Rick Tocchet | 1984-02 | 0.329 |
159. | Brian Sutter | 1976-88 | 0.328 |
160. | Thomas Gradin | 1978-87 | 0.327 |
161. | Bengt-Åke Gustafsson | 1979-89 | 0.327 |
162. | Syd Howe* | 1929-46 | 0.327 |
163. | Patrik Sundström | 1982-92 | 0.326 |
164. | Bill Mosienko* | 1941-55 | 0.326 |
165. | Steve Vickers | 1972-82 | 0.325 |
166. | Claude Giroux | 2007-24 | 0.325 |
167. | Alexei Zhamnov | 1992-06 | 0.325 |
168. | Kevin Stevens | 1987-02 | 0.324 |
169. | Vincent Damphousse | 1986-04 | 0.324 |
170. | Dan Quinn | 1983-97 | 0.322 |
171. | Ivan Boldirev | 1970-85 | 0.322 |
172. | Henrik Zetterberg | 2002-18 | 0.322 |
173. | Jean Pronovost | 1968-82 | 0.321 |
174. | Stéphane Richer | 1984-02 | 0.321 |
175. | Tyler Seguin | 2010-24 | 0.319 |
176. | Anže Kopitar | 2006-24 | 0.319 |
177. | Tim Young | 1975-85 | 0.319 |
178. | Craig Simpson | 1985-95 | 0.319 |
179. | Nicklas Bäckström | 2007-24 | 0.319 |
180. | Kelly Kisio | 1982-95 | 0.319 |
181. | Marián Gáborík | 2000-18 | 0.318 |
182. | Rick Nash | 2002-18 | 0.317 |
183. | Alexander Semin | 2003-16 | 0.317 |
184. | Jonathan Toews | 2007-23 | 0.316 |
185. | Butch Goring | 1969-85 | 0.314 |
186. | Taylor Hall | 2010-24 | 0.313 |
187. | Sylvain Turgeon | 1983-95 | 0.312 |
188. | Jamie Benn | 2009-24 | 0.312 |
189. | Wendel Clark | 1985-00 | 0.312 |
190. | Alex Delvecchio* | 1950-74 | 0.312 |
191. | John Anderson | 1977-89 | 0.311 |
192. | Al MacInnis* | 1981-04 | 0.311 |
193. | Joe Pavelski | 2006-24 | 0.310 |
194. | Tom Fergus | 1981-93 | 0.310 |
195. | Petr Klíma | 1985-99 | 0.310 |
196. | Reggie Leach | 1970-83 | 0.310 |
197. | Thomas Steen | 1981-95 | 0.310 |
198. | Mika Zibanejad | 2011-24 | 0.309 |
199. | Jonathan Huberdeau | 2012-24 | 0.309 |
200. | Patrik Eliáš | 1995-16 | 0.309 |
201. | Milan Hejduk | 1998-13 | 0.308 |
202. | Henri Richard* | 1955-75 | 0.308 |
203. | Joe Thornton | 1997-22 | 0.308 |
204. | John Tonelli | 1978-92 | 0.308 |
205. | Milt Schmidt* | 1936-55 | 0.308 |
206. | Sam Reinhart | 2014-24 | 0.307 |
207. | Patrice Bergeron | 2003-23 | 0.307 |
208. | Camille Henry | 1953-70 | 0.306 |
209. | Garry Unger | 1967-83 | 0.305 |
210. | Markus Näslund | 1993-09 | 0.305 |
211. | Marc Savard | 1997-11 | 0.304 |
212. | Tony Amonte | 1991-07 | 0.304 |
213. | Geoff Courtnall | 1983-00 | 0.304 |
214. | Max Pacioretty | 2008-24 | 0.304 |
215. | Ryan Getzlaf | 2005-22 | 0.303 |
216. | Vincent Lecavalier | 1998-16 | 0.303 |
217. | Jim Pappin | 1963-77 | 0.303 |
218. | Thomas Vanek | 2005-19 | 0.303 |
219. | Pat Verbeek | 1982-02 | 0.302 |
220. | Dave Christian | 1979-94 | 0.302 |
221. | Neal Broten | 1980-97 | 0.301 |
222. | Eddie Olczyk | 1984-00 | 0.301 |
223. | Eric Staal | 2003-23 | 0.301 |
224. | Steve Thomas | 1984-04 | 0.300 |
225. | Dave Gagner | 1984-99 | 0.300 |
226. | Gary Roberts | 1986-09 | 0.299 |
227. | Alex Kovalev | 1992-13 | 0.299 |
228. | Syl Apps | 1970-80 | 0.299 |
229. | Gabriel Landeskog | 2011-22 | 0.298 |
230. | Bobby Schmautz | 1967-81 | 0.298 |
231. | Rod Brind'Amour | 1989-10 | 0.297 |
232. | Danny Grant | 1965-79 | 0.297 |
233. | Owen Nolan | 1990-10 | 0.297 |
234. | Dave Keon* | 1960-82 | 0.296 |
235. | Hooley Smith* | 1924-41 | 0.296 |
236. | Phil Kessel | 2006-23 | 0.296 |
237. | Bob MacMillan | 1974-85 | 0.295 |
238. | Simon Gagné | 1999-15 | 0.295 |
239. | J.T. Miller | 2012-24 | 0.295 |
240. | Daniel Sedin* | 2000-18 | 0.295 |
241. | Jason Spezza | 2002-22 | 0.294 |
242. | Ray Whitney | 1991-14 | 0.294 |
243. | Brad Richards | 2000-16 | 0.294 |
244. | Matt Duchene | 2009-24 | 0.294 |
245. | Logan Couture | 2009-24 | 0.293 |
246. | Ryan Nugent-Hopkins | 2011-24 | 0.293 |
247. | Brent Sutter | 1980-98 | 0.293 |
248. | Mike Foligno | 1979-94 | 0.293 |
249. | Bill Goldsworthy | 1964-78 | 0.293 |
250. | Jason Arnott | 1993-12 | 0.292 |
WHA Leaders
Rank | Player | Years | GC/G |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Bobby Hull* | 1972-79 | 0.627 |
2. | Réal Cloutier | 1974-79 | 0.625 |
3. | Marc Tardif | 1973-79 | 0.598 |
4. | Robbie Ftorek | 1974-79 | 0.543 |
5. | Serge Bernier | 1973-79 | 0.519 |
6. | André Lacroix | 1972-79 | 0.518 |
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