NHL & WHA Yearly Playoff 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
Year Player GC
2024 Zach Hyman 2.41
2023 Jonathan Marchessault 10.38
2022 Connor McDavid 11.58
2021 Nikita Kucherov 10.93
2020 Brayden Point 12.69
2019 Logan Couture 9.08
2018 Evgeny Kuznetsov 11.86
2017 Evgeni Malkin 10.25
2016 Logan Couture 10.75
2015 Tyler Johnson 9.68
2014 Marián Gáborík 9.70
2013 David Krejčí 9.40
2012 Anže Kopitar 7.48
  Dustin Brown 7.48
2011 David Krejčí 9.48
2010 Daniel Brière 11.36
2009 Evgeni Malkin 13.38
2008 Henrik Zetterberg 10.64
2007 Daniel Alfredsson* 9.53
2006 Eric Staal 10.05
2004 Brad Richards 10.29
2003 Jamie Langenbrunner 7.83
2002 Peter Forsberg* 9.66
2001 Joe Sakic* 10.42
2000 Brett Hull* 9.37
1999 Joe Nieuwendyk* 8.70
1998 Steve Yzerman* 8.11
  Sergei Fedorov* 8.11
1997 Eric Lindros* 10.39
1996 Joe Sakic* 14.21
1995 Sergei Fedorov* 8.32
1994 Pavel Bure* 13.00
1993 Wayne Gretzky* 14.73
1992 Mario Lemieux* 13.43
1991 Mario Lemieux* 16.11
1990 Craig Simpson 12.81
1989 Joe Mullen* 11.07
1988 Wayne Gretzky* 14.93
1987 Glenn Anderson* 11.22
1986 Joe Mullen* 8.56
1985 Wayne Gretzky* 17.48
1984 Wayne Gretzky* 13.27
1983 Wayne Gretzky* 13.93
1982 Mike Bossy* 11.92
1981 Mike Bossy* 14.41
1980 Bryan Trottier* 11.20
1979 Jacques Lemaire* 9.46
1978 Guy Lafleur* 8.73
1977 Guy Lafleur* 9.72
1976 Reggie Leach 11.96
1975 Rick MacLeish 8.61
1974 Rick MacLeish 9.59
1973 Yvan Cournoyer* 11.28
1972 Phil Esposito* 8.97
1971 Frank Mahovlich* 11.53
1970 Phil Esposito* 10.95
1969 Phil Esposito* 7.15
1968 Bill Goldsworthy 6.46
1967 Jim Pappin 6.06
1966 Norm Ullman* 5.69
1965 Bobby Hull* 7.49
1964 Gordie Howe* 7.69
1963 Gordie Howe* 6.42
1962 Stan Mikita* 7.27
1961 Gordie Howe* 5.23
1960 Dickie Moore* 4.34
1959 Marcel Bonin 6.76
1958 Maurice Richard* 6.99
  Don McKenney 6.99
1957 Bernie Geoffrion* 8.02
1956 Jean Béliveau* 8.55
1955 Gordie Howe* 8.24
1954 Dickie Moore* 4.97
1953 Ed Sandford 5.38
1952 Ted Lindsay* 3.53
1951 Maurice Richard* 6.40
1950 Pentti Lund 5.03
1949 Gordie Howe* 5.80
1948 Ted Kennedy* 6.38
1947 Maurice Richard* 5.21
1946 Elmer Lach* 6.99
1945 Joe Carveth 5.18
1944 Maurice Richard* 8.15
1943 Carl Liscombe 5.96
1942 Don Grosso 5.96
1941 Milt Schmidt* 4.72
1940 Syl Apps* 3.51
1939 Gordie Drillon* 5.66
1938 Gordie Drillon* 4.46
1937 Marty Barry* 4.54
1936 Buzz Boll 5.36
1935 Baldy Northcott 2.88
1934 Larry Aurie 4.21
1933 Cecil Dillon 5.74
1932 Bun Cook* 4.58
1931 Cooney Weiland* 5.43
1930 Marty Barry* 3.17
1929 Butch Keeling 2.23
1928 Frank Boucher* 6.80
1927 Cy Denneny* 4.04
1926 Merlyn Phillips 2.44
1925 Howie Morenz* 2.30
1924 Howie Morenz* 2.85
1923 Cy Denneny* 1.49
1922 Frank Nighbor* 1.88
1921 Georges Boucher* 2.43
1919 Newsy Lalonde* 9.98
1918 Newsy Lalonde* 4.31