NHL & WHA Yearly Playoff 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
Year Player GWG
2023 Carter Verhaeghe 4
  Matthew Tkachuk 4
  Joe Pavelski 4
2022 Artturi Lehkonen 4
2021 Ryan Pulock 3
  Brayden Point 3
  Max Pacioretty 3
2020 Nazem Kadri 5
2019 Nathan MacKinnon 3
2018 Paul Stastny 3
  Nikita Kucherov 3
  Lars Eller 3
2017 Jake Guentzel 5
2016 Joe Pavelski 4
2015 Tyler Johnson 4
2014 Jonathan Toews 4
  Patrick Kane 4
2013 Slava Voynov 4
2012 Adam Henrique 3
  Dan Girardi 3
  David Clarkson 3
  Jeff Carter 3
  Dustin Brown 3
2011 David Krejčí 4
2010 Dustin Byfuglien 5
2009 Evgeni Malkin 3
  Tyler Kennedy 3
  Jussi Jokinen 3
  Johan Franzén 3
  Daniel Cleary 3
2008 Johan Franzén 5
2007 Daniel Alfredsson* 4
2006 Fernando Pisani 5
2004 Brad Richards 7
2003 Jamie Langenbrunner 4
  Jeff Friesen 4
2002 Peter Forsberg* 4
2001 Scott Young 3
  Joe Sakic* 3
  Brian Rafalski 3
  Mario Lemieux* 3
  Bobby Holík 3
2000 Jaromír Jágr 4
  Brett Hull* 4
  Peter Forsberg* 4
1999 Joe Nieuwendyk* 6
1998 Vyacheslav Kozlov 4
  Joé Juneau 4
1997 Claude Lemieux 4
  Sergei Fedorov* 4
1996 Joe Sakic* 6
1995 Vyacheslav Kozlov 4
  Neal Broten 4
1994 Mark Messier* 4
  Brian Leetch* 4
1993 Kirk Muller 3
  John LeClair 3
  Wayne Gretzky* 3
  Vincent Damphousse 3
  Dave Andreychuk* 3
1992 Mario Lemieux* 5
1991 Bobby Smith 5
1990 John Druce 4
1989 Al MacInnis* 4
1988 Petr Klíma 4
1987 Jari Kurri* 5
1986 Claude Lemieux 4
1985 Darryl Sutter 4
  Paul Coffey* 4
1984 Ken Linseman 4
1983 Mike Bossy* 5
1982 Clark Gillies* 3
  Mike Bossy* 3
1981 Steve Payne 4
1980 Bill Barber* 4
1979 Ron Greschner 3
1978 Bob Nystrom 2
  Rick Middleton 2
  Peter McNab 2
  Lanny McDonald* 2
  Guy Lafleur* 2
  Ron Ellis 2
  Yvan Cournoyer* 2
  Wayne Cashman 2
1977 Clark Gillies* 4
1976 Guy Lafleur* 3
1975 Guy Lafleur* 4
1974 Rick MacLeish 4
1973 Yvan Cournoyer* 3
1972 Ken Hodge 3
  Phil Esposito* 3
1971 Bobby Hull* 4
1970 John McKenzie 3
  Michel Briere 3
1969 Derek Sanderson 2
  Gary Sabourin 2
  Bobby Rousseau 2
  Larry Keenan 2
  John Ferguson 2
  Terry Crisp 2
  Yvan Cournoyer* 2
1968 Bill McCreary 2
  Parker MacDonald 2
  Jacques Lemaire* 2
  Larry Keenan 2
  Ralph Backstrom 2
1967 Pete Stemkowski 2
  Bobby Hull* 2
  John Ferguson 2
  Brian Conacher 2
1966 Gilles Tremblay 2
  Paul Henderson 2
1965 Jean Béliveau* 4
1964 Frank Mahovlich* 2
  Alex Delvecchio* 2
  Andy Bathgate* 2
1963 Dave Keon* 3
  Alex Faulkner 3
1962 Bob Pulford* 2
  Stan Mikita* 2
  Frank Mahovlich* 2
  Bill Hay* 2
  Dave Balon 2
1961 Gordie Howe* 2
1960 Frank Mahovlich* 3
  Jean Béliveau* 3
1959 Claude Provost 3
  Marcel Bonin 3
1958 Maurice Richard* 4
1957 Maurice Richard* 3
1956 Ted Lindsay* 3
1955 Gordie Howe* 3
  Bernie Geoffrion* 3
1954 Johnny Wilson 2
  Tony Leswick 2
  Floyd Curry 2
1953 Bernie Geoffrion* 2
1952 Johnny Wilson 2
  Tony Leswick 2
1951 Maurice Richard* 3
1950 Ed Slowinski 2
  Leo Reise 2
  Don Raleigh 2
  Joe Klukay 2
  Sid Abel* 2
1949 Harry Watson* 2
  Sid Smith 2
1948 Harry Watson* 2
  Ted Kennedy* 2
1947 Ted Kennedy* 3
1946 Jimmy Peters 2
  Toe Blake* 2
1945 Gus Bodnar 3
1944 Toe Blake* 3
1943 Sid Abel* 2
1942 Nick Metz 3
  Don Grosso 3
1941 Gus Giesebrecht 2
  Herb Cain 2
1940 Hank Goldup 3
1939 Mel Hill 3
  Gordie Drillon* 3
  Roy Conacher* 3
1938 Paul Thompson 2
  John Sorrell 2
  Doc Romnes 2
  Gordie Drillon* 2
1937 Babe Pratt* 2
  Lynn Patrick* 2
  Neil Colville* 2
  Marty Barry* 2
1936 Syd Howe* 2
1935 Baldy Northcott 3
1934 Doc Romnes 2
1933 Bill Cook* 2
1932 Jimmy Ward 1
  Gerry Lowrey 1
  Pit Lépine 1
  Busher Jackson* 1
  Ott Heller 1
  Bob Gracie 1
  Bun Cook* 1
  Bill Cook* 1
  Charlie Conacher* 1
  King Clancy* 1
  Ace Bailey* 1
1931 Georges Mantha 2
  Pit Lépine 2
  Johnny Gottselig 2
  Bill Cook* 2
1930 Archie Wilcox 1
  Nick Wasnie 1
  Gus Rivers 1
  Harry Oliver* 1
  Murray Murdoch 1
  Howie Morenz* 1
  Albert Leduc 1
  Wildor Larochelle 1
  Lionel Hitchman 1
  Dit Clapper* 1
1929 Cooney Weiland* 2
  Butch Keeling 2
1928 Frank Boucher* 4
1927 Cy Denneny* 2
1926 Babe Siebert* 1
  Chuck Dinsmore 1
1925 Sprague Cleghorn* 1
  Billy Boucher 1
1924 Howie Morenz* 1
  Aurele Joliat* 1
1923 Cy Denneny* 1
  Billy Boucher 1
1922 Corb Denneny 1
1921 Eddie Gerard* 1
  Cy Denneny* 1
1919 Didier Pitre* 1
  Newsy Lalonde* 1
  Bert Corbeau 1
  Sprague Cleghorn* 1
  Odie Cleghorn 1
1918 Harry Meeking 1
  Newsy Lalonde* 1