NHL & WHA Yearly Leaders and Records for Game-Winning 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 GWG
2023-24 Brayden Point 12
2022-23 David Pastrňák 13
2021-22 Steven Stamkos 11
  Jason Robertson 11
  Chris Kreider 11
  Leon Draisaitl 11
2020-21 Auston Matthews 12
2019-20 David Pastrňák 10
  Leon Draisaitl 10
2018-19 Phil Kessel 10
2017-18 Brayden Point 12
  Nathan MacKinnon 12
2016-17 Rickard Rakell 10
2015-16 Joe Pavelski 11
2014-15 Alex Ovechkin 11
2013-14 Max Pacioretty 11
2012-13 Jeff Carter 8
2011-12 Radim Vrbata 12
  Steven Stamkos 12
2010-11 Corey Perry 11
  Alex Ovechkin 11
2009-10 Dany Heatley 9
2008-09 Jeff Carter 12
2007-08 Alex Ovechkin 11
2006-07 Henrik Zetterberg 10
  Teemu Selänne* 10
  Dany Heatley 10
2005-06 Jonathan Cheechoo 11
2003-04 Mats Sundin* 10
  Jarome Iginla* 10
  Bill Guerin 10
2002-03 Markus Näslund 12
2001-02 Pavol Demitra 10
2000-01 Joe Sakic* 12
1999-00 Pavel Bure* 14
1998-99 Brett Hull* 11
1997-98 Peter Bondra 13
1996-97 Paul Kariya* 10
1995-96 Jaromír Jágr 12
1994-95 Owen Nolan 8
1993-94 Cam Neely* 13
1992-93 Adam Oates* 11
  Alexander Mogilny 11
  Geoff Courtnall 11
1991-92 Jeremy Roenick 13
1990-91 Brett Hull* 11
1989-90 Cam Neely* 12
  Brett Hull* 12
1988-89 Joe Nieuwendyk* 11
1987-88 Stéphane Richer 11
1986-87 Joe Mullen* 12
1985-86 Jari Kurri* 9
  Mike Bossy* 9
  Glenn Anderson* 9
1984-85 Jari Kurri* 13
1983-84 Michel Goulet* 16
1982-83 Brian Propp 12
1981-82 Wayne Gretzky* 12
1980-81 Charlie Simmer 10
  Mike Bossy* 10
1979-80 Danny Gare 11
1978-79 Guy Lafleur* 13
1977-78 Guy Lafleur* 12
1976-77 Steve Shutt* 9
  Gilbert Perreault* 9
1975-76 Guy Lafleur* 12
  Yvan Cournoyer* 12
1974-75 Guy Lafleur* 11
1973-74 Ken Hodge 11
1972-73 Phil Esposito* 11
1971-72 Phil Esposito* 16
1970-71 Phil Esposito* 16
1969-70 Stan Mikita* 8
  Bobby Hull* 8
  Red Berenson 8
1968-69 Bobby Hull* 11
1967-68 Stan Mikita* 8
  Dick Duff* 8
  Wayne Connelly 8
1966-67 Jim Pappin 7
  Ron Ellis 7
  Yvan Cournoyer* 7
1965-66 Paul Henderson 9
1964-65 Norm Ullman* 10
1963-64 Bernie Geoffrion* 9
1962-63 Frank Mahovlich* 8
  Parker MacDonald 8
1961-62 Frank Mahovlich* 9
1960-61 Bernie Geoffrion* 12
1959-60 Jean Béliveau* 10
1958-59 Dickie Moore* 7
  Jean Béliveau* 7
1957-58 Dickie Moore* 9
1956-57 Dickie Moore* 10
1955-56 Maurice Richard* 12
1954-55 Ted Lindsay* 8
  Bernie Geoffrion* 8
1953-54 Gordie Howe* 8
1952-53 Elmer Lach* 6
  Gordie Howe* 6
1951-52 Gordie Howe* 10
1950-51 Gordie Howe* 9
1949-50 Maurice Richard* 8
  Joe Carveth 8
1948-49 Max Bentley* 6
1947-48 Grant Warwick 7
  Ted Kennedy* 7
  Roy Conacher* 7
1946-47 Maurice Richard* 10
1945-46 Maurice Richard* 6
  Woody Dumart* 6
1944-45 Maurice Richard* 7
  Dutch Hiller 7
  Joe Carveth 7
1943-44 Carl Liscombe 7
1942-43 Bill Cowley* 6
1941-42 Lynn Patrick* 6
  Roy Conacher* 6
1940-41 Sweeney Schriner* 5
  Bryan Hextall* 5
  Bobby Bauer* 5
1939-40 Herb Cain 7
1938-39 Phil Watson 7
1937-38 Woody Dumart* 7
1936-37 Busher Jackson* 6
  Johnny Gagnon 6
  Larry Aurie 6
1935-36 Paul Thompson 7
1934-35 Charlie Conacher* 13
1933-34 Aurele Joliat* 7
1932-33 Hooley Smith* 7
1931-32 Johnny Gagnon 7
1930-31 Normie Himes 7
  Ebbie Goodfellow* 7
1929-30 Cooney Weiland* 14
1928-29 Carson Cooper 10
1927-28 Nels Stewart* 10
  Aurele Joliat* 10
1926-27 Pit Lépine 9
  Cy Denneny* 9
1925-26 Cy Denneny* 9
1924-25 Babe Dye* 8
1923-24 Cy Denneny* 7
1922-23 Babe Dye* 5
  Billy Boucher 5
1921-22 Babe Dye* 5
  Punch Broadbent* 5
1920-21 Newsy Lalonde* 6
  Babe Dye* 6
1919-20 Frank Nighbor* 6
1918-19 Didier Pitre* 3
  Jack Darragh* 3
1917-18 Didier Pitre* 5