NHL & WHA Single Season Leaders and Records for Even Strength Goals
Active players are listed in bold.
Members of the Hockey Hall of Fame are marked with an asterisk (*).
NHL Leaders
Rank | Player | EV | Season |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Wayne Gretzky* | 68 | 1981-82 |
2. | Brett Hull* | 57 | 1990-91 |
3. | Wayne Gretzky* | 55 | 1983-84 |
4. | Wayne Gretzky* | 54 | 1984-85 |
  | Jari Kurri* | 54 | 1984-85 |
6. | Steve Shutt* | 52 | 1976-77 |
  | Teemu Selänne* | 52 | 1992-93 |
8. | Phil Esposito* | 51 | 1970-71 |
  | Reggie Leach | 51 | 1975-76 |
10. | Phil Esposito* | 50 | 1973-74 |
11. | Lanny McDonald* | 49 | 1982-83 |
  | Alexander Mogilny | 49 | 1992-93 |
13. | Steven Stamkos | 48 | 2011-12 |
14. | Mike Bossy* | 47 | 1981-82 |
  | Wayne Gretzky* | 47 | 1982-83 |
  | Mario Lemieux* | 47 | 1992-93 |
17. | Jari Kurri* | 46 | 1985-86 |
18. | Guy Lafleur* | 45 | 1977-78 |
  | Mike Bossy* | 45 | 1983-84 |
  | Tim Kerr | 45 | 1983-84 |
  | Steve Yzerman* | 45 | 1988-89 |
  | Brett Hull* | 45 | 1989-90 |
  | Brett Hull* | 45 | 1991-92 |
  | Pavel Bure* | 45 | 1999-00 |
25. | Rick Martin | 44 | 1973-74 |
  | Auston Matthews | 44 | 2021-22 |
27. | Michel Goulet* | 43 | 1982-83 |
  | Michel Goulet* | 43 | 1983-84 |
  | Alex Ovechkin | 43 | 2007-08 |
  | David Pastrňák | 43 | 2022-23 |
31. | Frank Mahovlich* | 42 | 1968-69 |
  | Guy Lafleur* | 42 | 1976-77 |
  | Mike Bossy* | 42 | 1978-79 |
  | Peter Šťastný* | 42 | 1982-83 |
  | Wayne Gretzky* | 42 | 1986-87 |
  | Stéphane Richer | 42 | 1989-90 |
  | Mikko Rantanen | 42 | 2022-23 |
38. | Gordie Howe* | 41 | 1951-52 |
  | Frank Mahovlich* | 41 | 1960-61 |
  | Bobby Hull* | 41 | 1961-62 |
  | Danny Gare | 41 | 1975-76 |
  | Reggie Leach | 41 | 1979-80 |
  | Mike Bossy* | 41 | 1982-83 |
  | Bobby Carpenter | 41 | 1984-85 |
  | Mario Lemieux* | 41 | 1988-89 |
  | Bernie Nicholls | 41 | 1988-89 |
  | Jaromír Jágr | 41 | 1995-96 |
  | Keith Tkachuk | 41 | 1996-97 |
  | Teemu Selänne* | 41 | 1997-98 |
50. | Jean Ratelle* | 40 | 1971-72 |
  | Marcel Dionne* | 40 | 1978-79 |
  | Wayne Babych | 40 | 1980-81 |
  | Mark Messier* | 40 | 1981-82 |
  | Rick Middleton | 40 | 1982-83 |
  | Mike Bossy* | 40 | 1984-85 |
  | Pavel Bure* | 40 | 1992-93 |
  | Alexander Mogilny | 40 | 1995-96 |
  | John LeClair | 40 | 1996-97 |
  | Auston Matthews | 40 | 2023-24 |
60. | Maurice Richard* | 39 | 1944-45 |
  | Bobby Hull* | 39 | 1971-72 |
  | Guy Chouinard | 39 | 1978-79 |
  | Guy Lafleur* | 39 | 1978-79 |
  | Danny Gare | 39 | 1979-80 |
  | Mike Rogers | 39 | 1979-80 |
  | Glenn Anderson* | 39 | 1983-84 |
  | John Ogrodnick | 39 | 1984-85 |
  | Mike Bossy* | 39 | 1985-86 |
  | Pat LaFontaine* | 39 | 1989-90 |
  | Steve Yzerman* | 39 | 1989-90 |
  | Sergei Fedorov* | 39 | 1993-94 |
  | Teemu Selänne* | 39 | 1996-97 |
  | Connor McDavid | 39 | 2022-23 |
74. | Gordie Howe* | 38 | 1950-51 |
  | Ken Hodge | 38 | 1970-71 |
  | Guy Lafleur* | 38 | 1975-76 |
  | Steve Shutt* | 38 | 1975-76 |
  | Marcel Dionne* | 38 | 1976-77 |
  | Rick MacLeish | 38 | 1976-77 |
  | Pierre Larouche | 38 | 1979-80 |
  | Blaine Stoughton | 38 | 1979-80 |
  | Mike Bossy* | 38 | 1980-81 |
  | Dennis Maruk | 38 | 1981-82 |
  | Blaine Stoughton | 38 | 1981-82 |
  | Marcel Dionne* | 38 | 1982-83 |
  | Michel Goulet* | 38 | 1984-85 |
  | Wayne Gretzky* | 38 | 1985-86 |
  | Mario Lemieux* | 38 | 1987-88 |
  | Wayne Gretzky* | 38 | 1988-89 |
  | Gary Roberts | 38 | 1991-92 |
  | Steve Yzerman* | 38 | 1992-93 |
  | Žigmund Pálffy | 38 | 1996-97 |
  | Evgeni Malkin | 38 | 2011-12 |
94. | Gordie Howe* | 37 | 1952-53 |
  | Phil Esposito* | 37 | 1968-69 |
  | Phil Esposito* | 37 | 1971-72 |
  | Rod Gilbert* | 37 | 1971-72 |
  | Mickey Redmond | 37 | 1972-73 |
  | Jean Pronovost | 37 | 1975-76 |
  | Wayne Gretzky* | 37 | 1979-80 |
  | Rick Martin | 37 | 1979-80 |
  | Rick Vaive | 37 | 1981-82 |
  | Glenn Anderson* | 37 | 1982-83 |
  | Mark Napier | 37 | 1982-83 |
  | Jari Kurri* | 37 | 1983-84 |
  | Dale Hawerchuk* | 37 | 1986-87 |
  | Jari Kurri* | 37 | 1986-87 |
  | Joe Mullen* | 37 | 1988-89 |
  | Luc Robitaille* | 37 | 1992-93 |
  | Peter Bondra | 37 | 1995-96 |
  | Jaromír Jágr | 37 | 2000-01 |
  | Alex Ovechkin | 37 | 2009-10 |
  | John Tavares | 37 | 2018-19 |
114. | Bobby Hull* | 36 | 1968-69 |
  | Guy Lafleur* | 36 | 1974-75 |
  | Lanny McDonald* | 36 | 1977-78 |
  | Peter McNab | 36 | 1977-78 |
  | Mike Bossy* | 36 | 1979-80 |
  | Marcel Dionne* | 36 | 1979-80 |
  | Wayne Gretzky* | 36 | 1980-81 |
  | Jacques Richard | 36 | 1980-81 |
  | John Ogrodnick | 36 | 1982-83 |
  | Mike Bullard | 36 | 1983-84 |
  | Luc Robitaille* | 36 | 1987-88 |
  | Luc Robitaille* | 36 | 1988-89 |
  | Gary Leeman | 36 | 1989-90 |
  | Petr Nedvěd | 36 | 1995-96 |
  | Peter Bondra | 36 | 1997-98 |
  | Alex Ovechkin | 36 | 2008-09 |
  | Sidney Crosby | 36 | 2009-10 |
  | Kyle Connor | 36 | 2021-22 |
132. | Ken Hodge | 35 | 1968-69 |
  | Gordie Howe* | 35 | 1968-69 |
  | Jacques Lemaire* | 35 | 1972-73 |
  | Bill Goldsworthy | 35 | 1973-74 |
  | Ken Hodge | 35 | 1973-74 |
  | Pierre Larouche | 35 | 1975-76 |
  | Guy Lafleur* | 35 | 1979-80 |
  | Charlie Simmer | 35 | 1979-80 |
  | Mike Gartner* | 35 | 1980-81 |
  | Rick Kehoe | 35 | 1980-81 |
  | Dino Ciccarelli* | 35 | 1981-82 |
  | Mark Messier* | 35 | 1982-83 |
  | Blaine Stoughton | 35 | 1982-83 |
  | Brian Sutter | 35 | 1982-83 |
  | Peter Šťastný* | 35 | 1983-84 |
  | Rick Vaive | 35 | 1983-84 |
  | Mario Lemieux* | 35 | 1986-87 |
  | Theo Fleury | 35 | 1990-91 |
  | Kevin Stevens | 35 | 1991-92 |
  | Petr Nedvěd | 35 | 1992-93 |
  | John LeClair | 35 | 1997-98 |
  | Pavel Bure* | 35 | 2000-01 |
  | Jarome Iginla* | 35 | 2001-02 |
  | Jarome Iginla* | 35 | 2007-08 |
  | Corey Perry | 35 | 2013-14 |
  | Connor McDavid | 35 | 2017-18 |
  | Patrick Kane | 35 | 2018-19 |
  | Auston Matthews | 35 | 2019-20 |
  | Alex Ovechkin | 35 | 2019-20 |
  | Carter Verhaeghe | 35 | 2022-23 |
162. | Bernie Geoffrion* | 34 | 1960-61 |
  | Bobby Hull* | 34 | 1967-68 |
  | Yvan Cournoyer* | 34 | 1972-73 |
  | Lowell MacDonald | 34 | 1973-74 |
  | Guy Charron | 34 | 1977-78 |
  | Gilbert Perreault* | 34 | 1977-78 |
  | Dave Taylor | 34 | 1980-81 |
  | Jari Kurri* | 34 | 1982-83 |
  | Al Secord | 34 | 1982-83 |
  | Glenn Anderson* | 34 | 1985-86 |
  | Stéphane Richer | 34 | 1987-88 |
  | Craig Simpson | 34 | 1987-88 |
  | Steve Yzerman* | 34 | 1987-88 |
  | Gary Roberts | 34 | 1989-90 |
  | Luc Robitaille* | 34 | 1990-91 |
  | Mark Recchi* | 34 | 1992-93 |
  | Pierre Turgeon* | 34 | 1992-93 |
  | Jaromír Jágr | 34 | 1996-97 |
  | Ilya Kovalchuk | 34 | 2007-08 |
  | Johnny Gaudreau | 34 | 2021-22 |
  | Connor McDavid | 34 | 2021-22 |
  | Jack Hughes | 34 | 2022-23 |
184. | Mud Bruneteau | 33 | 1943-44 |
  | Herb Cain | 33 | 1943-44 |
  | Carl Liscombe | 33 | 1943-44 |
  | Maurice Richard* | 33 | 1946-47 |
  | Bobby Hull* | 33 | 1959-60 |
  | Bobby Hull* | 33 | 1970-71 |
  | Bobby Schmautz | 33 | 1972-73 |
  | Reggie Leach | 33 | 1974-75 |
  | Eric Vail | 33 | 1974-75 |
  | Steve Shutt* | 33 | 1977-78 |
  | Charlie Simmer | 33 | 1980-81 |
  | Dale Hawerchuk* | 33 | 1981-82 |
  | Darcy Rota | 33 | 1982-83 |
  | Darryl Sittler* | 33 | 1982-83 |
  | Mike Gartner* | 33 | 1984-85 |
  | Dale Hawerchuk* | 33 | 1984-85 |
  | Tim Kerr | 33 | 1984-85 |
  | John Tonelli | 33 | 1984-85 |
  | Mike Foligno | 33 | 1985-86 |
  | Denis Savard* | 33 | 1986-87 |
  | Jimmy Carson | 33 | 1987-88 |
  | Håkan Loob | 33 | 1987-88 |
  | Pat Verbeek | 33 | 1987-88 |
  | Brian Bellows | 33 | 1989-90 |
  | Wayne Gretzky* | 33 | 1990-91 |
  | Joe Sakic* | 33 | 1990-91 |
  | Steve Yzerman* | 33 | 1990-91 |
  | Ray Ferraro | 33 | 1991-92 |
  | Brendan Shanahan* | 33 | 1992-93 |
  | Ray Sheppard | 33 | 1993-94 |
  | Jaromír Jágr | 33 | 1998-99 |
  | Simon Gagné | 33 | 2005-06 |
  | Jake Guentzel | 33 | 2018-19 |
  | Alex Ovechkin | 33 | 2018-19 |
  | Jake Guentzel | 33 | 2021-22 |
  | Ryan Hartman | 33 | 2021-22 |
  | Kirill Kaprizov | 33 | 2021-22 |
  | Alex Ovechkin | 33 | 2021-22 |
  | Jason Robertson | 33 | 2022-23 |
  | Zach Hyman | 33 | 2023-24 |
224. | Gaye Stewart | 32 | 1945-46 |
  | Jean Béliveau* | 32 | 1958-59 |
  | Frank Mahovlich* | 32 | 1961-62 |
  | Bobby Hull* | 32 | 1966-67 |
  | Stan Mikita* | 32 | 1969-70 |
  | Mickey Redmond | 32 | 1971-72 |
  | Jim Pappin | 32 | 1972-73 |
  | Marcel Dionne* | 32 | 1975-76 |
  | Peter McNab | 32 | 1976-77 |
  | Bryan Trottier* | 32 | 1978-79 |
  | Mike Gartner* | 32 | 1979-80 |
  | Dennis Maruk | 32 | 1980-81 |
  | Marcel Dionne* | 32 | 1981-82 |
  | Mike Gartner* | 32 | 1983-84 |
  | Steve Larmer | 32 | 1984-85 |
  | Mario Lemieux* | 32 | 1984-85 |
  | Denis Savard* | 32 | 1985-86 |
  | Sylvain Turgeon | 32 | 1985-86 |
  | Michel Goulet* | 32 | 1986-87 |
  | Tim Kerr | 32 | 1986-87 |
  | Joe Mullen* | 32 | 1986-87 |
  | Steve Thomas | 32 | 1986-87 |
  | Pat LaFontaine* | 32 | 1987-88 |
  | Luc Robitaille* | 32 | 1989-90 |
  | Petr Klíma | 32 | 1990-91 |
  | Cam Neely* | 32 | 1990-91 |
  | Rick Tocchet | 32 | 1990-91 |
  | Mike Gartner* | 32 | 1992-93 |
  | Eric Lindros* | 32 | 1992-93 |
  | Alexander Semak | 32 | 1992-93 |
  | Mike Modano* | 32 | 1993-94 |
  | John LeClair | 32 | 1995-96 |
  | Eric Lindros* | 32 | 1995-96 |
  | Mark Messier* | 32 | 1995-96 |
  | Peter Bondra | 32 | 1996-97 |
  | Mario Lemieux* | 32 | 1996-97 |
  | Pavel Bure* | 32 | 1997-98 |
  | Jaromír Jágr | 32 | 1999-00 |
  | Joe Sakic* | 32 | 2000-01 |
  | Glen Murray | 32 | 2001-02 |
  | Markus Näslund | 32 | 2001-02 |
  | Milan Hejduk | 32 | 2002-03 |
  | Glen Murray | 32 | 2002-03 |
  | Brad Boyes | 32 | 2007-08 |
  | Corey Perry | 32 | 2010-11 |
  | Rick Nash | 32 | 2014-15 |
  | Auston Matthews | 32 | 2016-17 |
  | Alex Ovechkin | 32 | 2017-18 |
  | Jeff Skinner | 32 | 2018-19 |
  | Filip Forsberg | 32 | 2021-22 |
  | Nathan MacKinnon | 32 | 2023-24 |
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