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NHL & WHA Career Leaders and Records for Goals Per Game

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Active players are listed in bold.
Members of the Hockey Hall of Fame are marked with an asterisk (*).

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NHL Leaders

Rank Player G/G
1. Mike Bossy* 0.762
2. Cy Denneny* 0.756
3. Mario Lemieux* 0.754
4. Babe Dye* 0.742
5. Pavel Bure 0.623
6. Alex Ovechkin 0.616
7. Wayne Gretzky* 0.601
8. Brett Hull* 0.584
9. Bobby Hull* 0.574
10. Tim Kerr 0.565
11. Rick Martin 0.561
12. Phil Esposito* 0.559
13. Maurice Richard* 0.556
14. Cam Neely* 0.544
15. Marcel Dionne* 0.542
16. Pat LaFontaine* 0.541
17. Ilya Kovalchuk 0.520
18. Sidney Crosby 0.517
19. Rick Vaive 0.503
20. Michel Goulet* 0.503
21. Jaromir Jagr 0.499
22. Teemu Selanne 0.499
23. Nels Stewart* 0.498
24. Guy Lafleur* 0.497
25. Mike Gartner* 0.494
26. Dino Ciccarelli* 0.493
27. Howie Morenz* 0.493
28. Blaine Stoughton 0.490
29. Charlie Conacher* 0.490
30. Eric Lindros 0.489
31. Pierre Larouche 0.486
32. Bill Cook* 0.483
33. Ziggy Palffy 0.481
34. Jari Kurri* 0.480
35. Charlie Simmer 0.480
36. Alexander Mogilny 0.478
37. Kent Nilsson 0.477
38. Syl Apps* 0.475
39. Dany Heatley 0.474
40. Joe Mullen* 0.473
41. Luc Robitaille* 0.467
42. Peter Bondra 0.465
43. Bill Barber* 0.465
44. Roy Conacher* 0.461
45. Peter Stastny* 0.461
46. Steve Yzerman* 0.457
47. Steve Shutt* 0.456
48. Joe Sakic 0.454
49. Gordie Howe* 0.453
50. Mike Bullard 0.453
51. Frank Mahovlich* 0.451
52. Jean Beliveau* 0.451
53. Paul MacLean 0.451
54. Lanny McDonald* 0.450
55. Paul Gardner 0.450
56. Joe Nieuwendyk* 0.449
57. Keith Tkachuk 0.448
58. Marian Gaborik 0.447
59. Rick Middleton 0.446
60. Bernie Geoffrion* 0.445
61. Yvan Cournoyer* 0.442
62. Darryl Sittler* 0.442
63. Glenn Anderson* 0.441
64. Jimmy Carson 0.439
65. Steve Larmer 0.438
66. Ray Sheppard 0.437
67. Dale Hawerchuk* 0.436
68. Jarome Iginla 0.435
69. John Ogrodnick 0.433
70. Mickey Redmond 0.433
71. Brendan Shanahan 0.430
72. Thomas Vanek 0.430
  Gilbert Perreault* 0.430
74. Jacques Lemaire* 0.429
75. Marian Hossa 0.429
76. Danny Gare 0.428
  Rick Nash 0.428
78. Bernie Nicholls 0.421
79. John LeClair 0.420
80. Theoren Fleury 0.420
81. Mats Sundin 0.419
82. Brian Propp 0.418
83. Mike Rogers 0.417
84. Wendel Clark 0.416
85. Sweeney Schriner* 0.415
86. Rick MacLeish 0.412
87. Aurele Joliat* 0.412
88. Tony Tanti 0.412
89. Bobby Orr* 0.411
90. Bryan Trottier* 0.410
91. Rick Kehoe 0.409
92. Brian Bellows 0.408
93. Reggie Leach 0.408
94. Toe Blake* 0.407
95. Paul Kariya 0.406
96. Sylvain Turgeon 0.402
97. Dennis Maruk 0.401
98. Tomas Sandstrom 0.401
99. Stephane Richer 0.399
100. Petr Klima 0.398
101. Pierre Turgeon 0.398
102. Alexei Yashin 0.397
103. Denis Savard* 0.396
104. Mark Messier* 0.395
105. Jean Pronovost 0.392
106. Dave Andreychuk 0.391
107. Eric Staal 0.390
  Craig Simpson 0.390
109. Brian Sutter 0.389
110. Stan Mikita* 0.388
111. Dave Taylor 0.388
112. Anton Stastny 0.388
113. Sergei Fedorov 0.387
114. Doug Bentley* 0.387
115. Mats Naslund 0.386
116. Rick Tocchet 0.385
117. Camille Henry 0.384
118. Jean Ratelle* 0.383
119. Milan Hejduk 0.383
120. Rene Robert 0.382
121. Rod Gilbert* 0.381
122. Busher Jackson* 0.381
123. Peter McNab 0.381
124. Max Bentley* 0.379
125. Vincent Lecavalier 0.377
126. Jeremy Roenick 0.376
  Kevin Stevens 0.376
128. Wilf Paiement 0.376
129. Eric Daze 0.376
130. Mike Modano 0.374
131. Henrik Zetterberg 0.374
  Garry Unger 0.374
133. Ken Hodge 0.372
134. Steve Payne 0.372
  Simon Gagne 0.372
136. Bernie Federko* 0.369
137. Daniel Alfredsson 0.368
138. Bill Goldsworthy 0.367
139. Pat Verbeek 0.367
140. Jason Spezza 0.366
141. Eric Vail 0.365
142. Dickie Moore* 0.363
143. Bill Mosienko* 0.363
144. Jim Pappin 0.362
145. Herb Cain 0.361
146. John Bucyk* 0.361
147. Pavol Demitra 0.359
148. Gary Roberts 0.358
149. Danny Grant 0.357
150. Al Secord 0.356
151. Ted Lindsay* 0.355
152. Bobby Schmautz 0.355
  Guy Chouinard 0.355
154. Tony Amonte 0.354
155. Donald Audette 0.354
156. Markus Naslund 0.354
157. Steve Vickers 0.352
158. Lorne Carr 0.352
  Owen Nolan 0.352
  Peter Forsberg 0.352
161. Danny Briere 0.351
162. Tony McKegney 0.351
163. Ilkka Sinisalo 0.350
164. Geoff Courtnall 0.350
165. Mark Recchi 0.349
166. Patrik Elias 0.349
167. Mike Foligno 0.349
168. Martin St. Louis 0.348
169. Norm Ullman* 0.347
170. Errol Thompson 0.347
171. Patrick Marleau 0.347
172. John Anderson 0.346
173. John MacLean 0.346
174. Miroslav Satan 0.346
175. Ivan Boldirev 0.343
176. Gerard Gallant 0.343
177. Mike Walton 0.342
178. Steve Thomas 0.341
179. Bill Guerin 0.340
180. Barry Pederson 0.340
  Syd Howe* 0.340
182. Mark Hunter 0.339
183. Butch Goring 0.339
184. Derek Sanderson 0.338
185. Jason Arnott 0.337
186. Mike Ridley 0.337
187. Dave Christian 0.337
188. Keith Crowder 0.337
189. Greg Adams 0.336
  Dave Gagner 0.336
191. Brian Gionta 0.335
192. Glen Murray 0.334
193. Paul Henderson 0.334
194. Clark Gillies* 0.333
195. Ted Kennedy* 0.332
196. Ed Olczyk 0.332
197. Bobby Smith 0.332
198. Dan Quinn 0.330
199. Ryan Smyth 0.330
200. Kenny Wharram 0.329
201. Alex Kovalev 0.329
202. Pavel Datsyuk 0.328
203. Brent Sutter 0.327
204. Andy Bathgate* 0.327
205. Martin Havlat 0.326
206. Pete Mahovlich 0.326
207. Daniel Sedin 0.325
208. Ray Ferraro 0.324
209. Elmer Lach* 0.324
210. Tom Fergus 0.324
211. Patrik Sundstrom 0.323
212. Vic Hadfield 0.322
  Darcy Rota 0.322
214. Geoff Sanderson 0.322
215. Ron Ellis 0.321
216. Tony Granato 0.321
217. Dmitri Khristich 0.319
218. Tom Lysiak 0.318
219. Petr Sykora 0.317
  Ron Francis* 0.317
221. Ron Duguay 0.317
222. John Tonelli 0.316
223. Dennis Hull 0.316
224. Petr Nedved 0.316
225. Derek King 0.315
226. Valeri Kamensky 0.314
227. Vincent Damphousse 0.314
228. Bobby Clarke* 0.313
229. Brian Mullen 0.312
230. Gregg Sheppard 0.312
231. Claude Lemieux 0.312
232. Ulf Dahlen 0.312
233. Thomas Gradin 0.309
234. Alex Zhamnov 0.309
235. Don Lever 0.307
236. Mark Napier 0.306
237. Dave Keon* 0.306
238. Doug Gilmour* 0.305
239. Rod Brind'Amour 0.305
240. Joe Thornton 0.304
241. Robert Reichel 0.304
242. Mark Johnson 0.303
243. Bob MacMillan 0.303
  Mario Tremblay 0.303
245. Erik Cole 0.302
246. Yvon Lambert 0.302
247. Vyacheslav Kozlov 0.301
248. Guy Charron 0.301
249. Kelly Kisio 0.301
250. Anson Carter 0.300

WHA Leaders

Rank Player G/G
1. Anders Hedberg 0.825
2. Real Cloutier 0.767
3. Bobby Hull* 0.737
4. Marc Tardif 0.709
5. Tom Webster 0.625
6. Robbie Ftorek 0.579
7. Danny Lawson 0.556
8. Serge Bernier 0.552
9. Mark Howe* 0.488
10. Andre Lacroix 0.456