NHL & WHA Yearly Leaders and Records for Goals Created

Active players are listed in bold.
Members of the Hockey Hall of Fame are marked with an asterisk (*).

NHL Leaders

NHL Leaders Table
Season Player GC
2023-24 Nathan MacKinnon 51.09
2022-23 Connor McDavid 59.02
2021-22 Connor McDavid 44.99
2020-21 Connor McDavid 37.08
2019-20 Leon Draisaitl 41.26
2018-19 Nikita Kucherov 45.49
2017-18 Connor McDavid 40.52
2016-17 Sidney Crosby 35.86
2015-16 Patrick Kane 40.98
2014-15 Alex Ovechkin 35.72
2013-14 Sidney Crosby 37.31
2012-13 Alex Ovechkin 23.36
2011-12 Evgeni Malkin 42.60
2010-11 Corey Perry 39.21
2009-10 Alex Ovechkin 43.31
2008-09 Alex Ovechkin 45.17
2007-08 Alex Ovechkin 48.03
2006-07 Vincent Lecavalier 42.82
2005-06 Jaromír Jágr 47.38
2003-04 Martin St. Louis* 35.73
2002-03 Markus Näslund 40.70
2001-02 Jarome Iginla* 40.58
2000-01 Joe Sakic* 45.93
1999-00 Pavel Bure* 41.16
1998-99 Jaromír Jágr 45.93
1997-98 Pavel Bure* 39.58
1996-97 Mario Lemieux* 45.98
1995-96 Mario Lemieux* 60.91
1994-95 Jaromír Jágr 27.23
1993-94 Sergei Fedorov* 48.05
1992-93 Mario Lemieux* 61.48
1991-92 Brett Hull* 47.97
1990-91 Brett Hull* 58.04
1989-90 Steve Yzerman* 52.04
1988-89 Mario Lemieux* 77.17
1987-88 Mario Lemieux* 65.56
1986-87 Wayne Gretzky* 66.87
1985-86 Wayne Gretzky* 71.58
1984-85 Wayne Gretzky* 76.60
1983-84 Wayne Gretzky* 80.00
1982-83 Wayne Gretzky* 74.19
1981-82 Wayne Gretzky* 82.32
1980-81 Wayne Gretzky* 59.86
1979-80 Marcel Dionne* 52.28
1978-79 Mike Bossy* 52.41
1977-78 Guy Lafleur* 53.81
1976-77 Guy Lafleur* 53.26
1975-76 Guy Lafleur* 49.59
1974-75 Phil Esposito* 52.31
1973-74 Phil Esposito* 58.63
1972-73 Phil Esposito* 50.04
1971-72 Phil Esposito* 53.83
1970-71 Phil Esposito* 60.85
1969-70 Bobby Orr* 41.80
1968-69 Phil Esposito* 48.07
1967-68 Stan Mikita* 34.47
1966-67 Stan Mikita* 36.11
  Bobby Hull* 36.11
1965-66 Bobby Hull* 41.51
1964-65 Norm Ullman* 34.78
1963-64 Bobby Hull* 35.78
1962-63 Gordie Howe* 34.59
1961-62 Bobby Hull* 36.08
1960-61 Bernie Geoffrion* 40.12
1959-60 Bobby Hull* 32.56
1958-59 Dickie Moore* 37.01
1957-58 Dickie Moore* 32.26
1956-57 Gordie Howe* 36.99
1955-56 Jean Béliveau* 37.23
1954-55 Bernie Geoffrion* 30.82
1953-54 Gordie Howe* 32.07
1952-53 Gordie Howe* 41.68
1951-52 Gordie Howe* 39.17
1950-51 Gordie Howe* 37.54
1949-50 Maurice Richard* 30.86
1948-49 Roy Conacher* 26.97
1947-48 Elmer Lach* 27.58
1946-47 Maurice Richard* 35.53
1945-46 Gaye Stewart 28.57
1944-45 Maurice Richard* 38.57
1943-44 Herb Cain 34.26
1942-43 Doug Bentley* 29.51
1941-42 Lynn Patrick* 23.90
1940-41 Bill Cowley* 23.33
1939-40 Milt Schmidt* 22.19
1938-39 Toe Blake* 19.30
1937-38 Gordie Drillon* 23.19
1936-37 Sweeney Schriner* 20.49
1935-36 Bill Thoms 19.22
  Charlie Conacher* 19.22
1934-35 Charlie Conacher* 29.44
1933-34 Charlie Conacher* 26.52
1932-33 Bill Cook* 24.89
1931-32 Bill Cook* 26.80
1930-31 Howie Morenz* 28.47
1929-30 Cooney Weiland* 40.87
1928-29 Ace Bailey* 19.29
1927-28 Howie Morenz* 32.92
1926-27 Bill Cook* 28.30
1925-26 Nels Stewart* 30.88
1924-25 Babe Dye* 33.38
1923-24 Cy Denneny* 18.11
1922-23 Babe Dye* 24.03
1921-22 Punch Broadbent* 29.32
1920-21 Newsy Lalonde* 32.04
1919-20 Newsy Lalonde* 34.76
1918-19 Newsy Lalonde* 23.29
1917-18 Joe Malone* 39.63

WHA Leaders

WHA Leaders Table
Season Player GC
1978-79 Réal Cloutier 55.85
1977-78 Marc Tardif 58.43
1976-77 Réal Cloutier 56.64
1975-76 Marc Tardif 59.35
1974-75 Bobby Hull* 59.81
1973-74 Mike Walton 46.81
1972-73 André Lacroix 47.19