NHL & WHA Yearly 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
Season | Player | EV |
---|---|---|
2023-24 | Auston Matthews | 40 |
2022-23 | David Pastrňák | 43 |
2021-22 | Auston Matthews | 44 |
2020-21 | Auston Matthews | 31 |
2019-20 | Alex Ovechkin | 35 |
  | Auston Matthews | 35 |
2018-19 | John Tavares | 37 |
2017-18 | Connor McDavid | 35 |
2016-17 | Auston Matthews | 32 |
2015-16 | Alex Ovechkin | 31 |
2014-15 | Rick Nash | 32 |
2013-14 | Corey Perry | 35 |
2012-13 | Jonathan Toews | 19 |
  | Jiří Tlustý | 19 |
  | John Tavares | 19 |
  | Steven Stamkos | 19 |
2011-12 | Steven Stamkos | 48 |
2010-11 | Corey Perry | 32 |
2009-10 | Alex Ovechkin | 37 |
2008-09 | Alex Ovechkin | 36 |
2007-08 | Alex Ovechkin | 43 |
2006-07 | Vincent Lecavalier | 31 |
2005-06 | Simon Gagné | 33 |
2003-04 | Markus Näslund | 30 |
2002-03 | Glen Murray | 32 |
  | Milan Hejduk | 32 |
2001-02 | Jarome Iginla* | 35 |
2000-01 | Jaromír Jágr | 37 |
1999-00 | Pavel Bure* | 45 |
1998-99 | Jaromír Jágr | 33 |
1997-98 | Teemu Selänne* | 41 |
1996-97 | Keith Tkachuk | 41 |
1995-96 | Jaromír Jágr | 41 |
1994-95 | Eric Lindros* | 22 |
1993-94 | Sergei Fedorov* | 39 |
1992-93 | Teemu Selänne* | 52 |
1991-92 | Brett Hull* | 45 |
1990-91 | Brett Hull* | 57 |
1989-90 | Brett Hull* | 45 |
1988-89 | Steve Yzerman* | 45 |
1987-88 | Mario Lemieux* | 38 |
1986-87 | Wayne Gretzky* | 42 |
1985-86 | Jari Kurri* | 46 |
1984-85 | Jari Kurri* | 54 |
  | Wayne Gretzky* | 54 |
1983-84 | Wayne Gretzky* | 55 |
1982-83 | Lanny McDonald* | 49 |
1981-82 | Wayne Gretzky* | 68 |
1980-81 | Wayne Babych | 40 |
1979-80 | Reggie Leach | 41 |
1978-79 | Mike Bossy* | 42 |
1977-78 | Guy Lafleur* | 45 |
1976-77 | Steve Shutt* | 52 |
1975-76 | Reggie Leach | 51 |
1974-75 | Guy Lafleur* | 36 |
1973-74 | Phil Esposito* | 50 |
1972-73 | Mickey Redmond | 37 |
1971-72 | Jean Ratelle* | 40 |
1970-71 | Phil Esposito* | 51 |
1969-70 | Stan Mikita* | 32 |
1968-69 | Frank Mahovlich* | 42 |
1967-68 | Bobby Hull* | 34 |
1966-67 | Bobby Hull* | 32 |
1965-66 | Bobby Hull* | 31 |
1964-65 | Norm Ullman* | 31 |
1963-64 | Bobby Hull* | 27 |
1962-63 | Andy Bathgate* | 30 |
1961-62 | Bobby Hull* | 41 |
1960-61 | Frank Mahovlich* | 41 |
1959-60 | Bobby Hull* | 33 |
1958-59 | Jean Béliveau* | 32 |
1957-58 | Bronco Horvath | 27 |
1956-57 | Ed Litzenberger | 30 |
1955-56 | Tod Sloan | 28 |
  | Jean Béliveau* | 28 |
1954-55 | Maurice Richard* | 27 |
1953-54 | Maurice Richard* | 20 |
  | Ken Mosdell | 20 |
  | Bernie Geoffrion* | 20 |
1952-53 | Gordie Howe* | 37 |
1951-52 | Gordie Howe* | 41 |
1950-51 | Gordie Howe* | 38 |
1949-50 | Maurice Richard* | 30 |
  | Gordie Howe* | 30 |
1948-49 | Grant Warwick | 21 |
  | Jim Conacher | 21 |
1947-48 | Ted Lindsay* | 26 |
1946-47 | Maurice Richard* | 33 |
1945-46 | Gaye Stewart | 32 |
1944-45 | Maurice Richard* | 39 |
1943-44 | Carl Liscombe | 33 |
  | Herb Cain | 33 |
  | Mud Bruneteau | 33 |
1942-43 | Doug Bentley* | 28 |
1941-42 | Lynn Patrick* | 28 |
1940-41 | Bryan Hextall* | 23 |
1939-40 | Woody Dumart* | 22 |
1938-39 | Roy Conacher* | 24 |
1937-38 | Gordie Drillon* | 21 |
1936-37 | Larry Aurie | 21 |
1935-36 | Bill Thoms | 21 |
1934-35 | Charlie Conacher* | 30 |
1933-34 | Charlie Conacher* | 30 |
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