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

NHL Leaders Table
Season Player EV
2023-24 Auston Matthews 51
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