NHL & WHA Yearly Playoff Leaders and Records for Goals Created Per GameSubscribe Now (First Month Free)

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NHL Leaders

NHL Leaders Table
Year Player GC/G
2023 Leon Draisaitl 0.703
2022 Connor McDavid 0.724
2021 Nathan MacKinnon 0.606
2020 Nathan MacKinnon 0.614
2019 Mikko Rantanen 0.455
2018 Jake Guentzel 0.695
2017 Leon Draisaitl 0.464
2016 Nikita Kucherov 0.489
2015 Corey Perry 0.474
2014 Ryan Getzlaf 0.428
2013 David Krejčí 0.427
2012 Claude Giroux 0.670
2011 Pavel Datsyuk 0.457
2010 Johan Franzén 0.536
2009 Alex Ovechkin 0.622
2008 Jaromír Jágr 0.526
2007 Michael Nylander 0.505
2006 Patrik Eliáš 0.646
2004 Joe Sakic* 0.458
2003 Martin St. Louis* 0.458
2002 Peter Forsberg* 0.483
2001 Joe Sakic* 0.496
2000 Jaromír Jágr 0.578
1999 Steve Yzerman* 0.583
1998 Steve Yzerman* 0.369
  Sergei Fedorov* 0.369
1997 Claude Lemieux 0.577
1996 Joe Sakic* 0.646
1995 Theo Fleury 0.819
1994 Pavel Bure* 0.542
1993 Dale Hawerchuk* 0.648
1992 Mario Lemieux* 0.895
1991 Mario Lemieux* 0.700
1990 Brett Hull* 0.780
1989 Mario Lemieux* 0.771
1988 Wayne Gretzky* 0.786
1987 Glenn Anderson* 0.534
1986 Wayne Gretzky* 0.726
1985 Wayne Gretzky* 0.971
1984 Wayne Gretzky* 0.698
1983 Wayne Gretzky* 0.871
1982 Joe Mullen* 0.685
1981 Wayne Gretzky* 0.858
1980 Gilbert Perreault* 0.616
1979 Jacques Lemaire* 0.591
1978 Guy Lafleur* 0.582
1977 Lanny McDonald* 0.828
1976 Reggie Leach 0.748
1975 Guy Lafleur* 0.781
1974 Rick MacLeish 0.564
1973 Yvan Cournoyer* 0.664
1972 Phil Esposito* 0.598
1971 Frank Mahovlich* 0.577
1970 Phil Esposito* 0.782
1969 Phil Esposito* 0.715
1968 Bill Goldsworthy 0.461
1967 Jim Pappin 0.505
1966 Norm Ullman* 0.474
1965 Bobby Hull* 0.535
1964 Gordie Howe* 0.549
1963 Gordie Howe* 0.584
1962 Stan Mikita* 0.606
1961 Gordie Howe* 0.475
1959 Marcel Bonin 0.615
1958 Maurice Richard* 0.699
1957 Bernie Geoffrion* 0.802
1956 Jean Béliveau* 0.855
1955 Gordie Howe* 0.749
1953 Ed Sandford 0.489
1951 Maurice Richard* 0.582
1950 Pentti Lund 0.419
1949 Gordie Howe* 0.527
1948 Ted Kennedy* 0.709
1947 Maurice Richard* 0.521
1946 Elmer Lach* 0.777
1945 Joe Carveth 0.370
1944 Maurice Richard* 0.906
1943 Carl Liscombe 0.596
1942 Don Grosso 0.497
1939 Gordie Drillon* 0.566
1936 Buzz Boll 0.596
1933 Cecil Dillon 0.718
1931 Cooney Weiland* 1.086
1928 Frank Boucher* 0.756
1919 Newsy Lalonde* 1.996