NHL Season Leaders and Records for Goals Per Game

Leaders and Records: Season / Career / Active / Yearly

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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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Rank	Player	G/G	Season
1.	Joe Malone*	2.200	1917-18
2.	Cy Denneny*	1.800	1917-18
3.	Newsy Lalonde*	1.643	1917-18
4.	Joe Malone*	1.625	1919-20
5.	Newsy Lalonde*	1.609	1919-20
6.	Reg Noble*	1.500	1917-18
7.	Babe Dye*	1.458	1920-21
8.	Cy Denneny*	1.417	1920-21
9.	Joe Malone*	1.400	1920-21
10.	Newsy Lalonde*	1.375	1920-21
11.	Punch Broadbent*	1.333	1921-22
12.	Babe Dye*	1.310	1924-25
13.	Odie Cleghorn	1.294	1918-19
	Newsy Lalonde*	1.294	1918-19
15.	Babe Dye*	1.292	1921-22
16.	Cy Denneny*	1.227	1921-22
17.	Aurel Joliat*	1.200	1924-25
18.	Babe Dye*	1.182	1922-23
19.	Wayne Gretzky*	1.176	1983-84
20.	Wayne Gretzky*	1.150	1981-82
	Mario Lemieux*	1.150	1992-93
22.	Frank Nighbor*	1.130	1919-20
23.	Mario Lemieux*	1.118	1988-89
24.	Brett Hull	1.103	1990-91
25.	Frank Nighbor*	1.100	1917-18
26.	Frank Nighbor*	1.056	1918-19
27.	Cam Neely*	1.020	1993-94
28.	Jack McDonald	1.000	1917-18
	Cy Denneny*	1.000	1923-24
	Cy Denneny*	1.000	1918-19
	Joe Malone*	1.000	1921-22
	Corb Denneny	1.000	1919-20
	Thomas McCarthy	1.000	1919-20
	Reg Noble*	1.000	1919-20
	Billy Boucher	1.000	1922-23
	Maurice Richard*	1.000	1944-45
37.	Alexander Mogilny	0.987	1992-93
38.	Mario Lemieux*	0.986	1995-96
39.	Cooney Weiland*	0.977	1929-30
40.	Phil Esposito*	0.974	1970-71
41.	Jari Kurri*	0.973	1984-85
42.	Brett Hull	0.959	1991-92
43.	Cy Denneny*	0.958	1922-23
44.	Jack Darragh*	0.957	1919-20
45.	Amos Arbour	0.955	1919-20
46.	Corb Denneny	0.952	1917-18
	Odie Cleghorn	0.952	1919-20
48.	Corb Denneny	0.950	1920-21
49.	Nels Stewart*	0.944	1925-26
50.	Howie Morenz*	0.933	1924-25
51.	Dit Clapper*	0.932	1929-30
52.	Cy Denneny*	0.931	1924-25
53.	Wayne Gretzky*	0.912	1984-85
54.	Howie Morenz*	0.909	1929-30
	Mario Lemieux*	0.909	1987-88
56.	Punch Broadbent*	0.905	1919-20
	Teemu Selanne	0.905	1992-93
58.	Brett Hull	0.900	1989-90
59.	Mud Bruneteau	0.897	1943-44
60.	Wayne Gretzky*	0.887	1982-83
61.	Nels Stewart*	0.886	1929-30
62.	Bernie Nicholls	0.886	1988-89
63.	Odie Cleghorn	0.875	1921-22
	Charlie Simmer	0.875	1979-80
	Joe Malone*	0.875	1918-19
66.	Jari Kurri*	0.872	1985-86
	Phil Esposito*	0.872	1973-74
68.	Cully Wilson	0.870	1919-20
69.	Phil Esposito*	0.868	1971-72
70.	Mike Bossy*	0.863	1978-79
71.	Charlie Simmer	0.862	1980-81
72.	Mike Bossy*	0.861	1980-81
73.	Mario Lemieux*	0.857	1986-87
74.	Didier Pitre*	0.850	1917-18
75.	Sweeney Schriner*	0.846	1944-45
76.	Babe Dye*	0.842	1923-24
77.	Charlie Conacher*	0.838	1930-31
78.	Bill Cowley*	0.833	1943-44
79.	Bobby Hull*	0.831	1965-66
80.	Jack Adams*	0.826	1922-23
81.	Lanny McDonald*	0.825	1982-83
82.	Harry Hyland*	0.824	1917-18
	Didier Pitre*	0.824	1918-19
84.	Hec Kilrea	0.818	1929-30
85.	Mario Lemieux*	0.814	2000-01
86.	Jari Kurri*	0.812	1983-84
	Steve Yzerman	0.812	1988-89
88.	Harry Cameron*	0.809	1917-18
89.	Pat LaFontaine*	0.807	1991-92
90.	Mike Bossy*	0.800	1981-82
91.	Michel Goulet*	0.797	1984-85
92.	Syl Apps*	0.793	1942-43
93.	Alex Ovechkin	0.793	2007-08
94.	Odie Cleghorn	0.792	1922-23
	Corb Denneny	0.792	1921-22
	Reg Noble*	0.792	1920-21
	Frank Nighbor*	0.792	1920-21
98.	Pavel Bure	0.789	1993-94
99.	Bobby Hull*	0.788	1966-67
100.	Harry Cameron*	0.786	1918-19
	Jack Darragh*	0.786	1918-19
102.	Steve Yzerman	0.785	1989-90
	Wayne Gretzky*	0.785	1986-87
104.	Bobby Hull*	0.784	1968-69
	Pavel Bure	0.784	1999-00
106.	Steve Yzerman	0.781	1987-88
	Bernie Geoffrion*	0.781	1960-61
108.	Carson Cooper	0.778	1925-26
	Jack Adams*	0.778	1924-25
	Jack Darragh*	0.778	1917-18
111.	Peter Bondra	0.776	1995-96
112.	Tim Kerr	0.773	1986-87
113.	Charlie Conacher*	0.773	1931-32
114.	Phil Esposito*	0.772	1974-75
115.	Guy Lafleur*	0.769	1977-78
116.	Howie Morenz*	0.767	1927-28
117.	Charlie Conacher*	0.766	1934-35
118.	Rick Martin	0.765	1974-75
119.	Kevin Stevens	0.764	1992-93
120.	Mike Bossy*	0.763	1984-85
	Tim Kerr	0.763	1985-86
122.	Mario Lemieux*	0.763	1989-90
123.	Mike Bossy*	0.762	1985-86
	Reggie Leach	0.762	1975-76
125.	Sprague Cleghorn*	0.762	1919-20
	Charlie Conacher*	0.762	1933-34
127.	Mike Bossy*	0.761	1983-84
128.	Doug Bentley*	0.760	1943-44
129.	Mike Bossy*	0.759	1982-83
130.	Guy Lafleur*	0.757	1974-75
131.	Jaromir Jagr	0.756	1995-96
132.	Luc Robitaille	0.750	1992-93
	Bill Cook*	0.750	1926-27
	Herb Cain	0.750	1943-44
	Dennis Maruk	0.750	1981-82
	Maurice Richard*	0.750	1946-47
	Harry Cameron*	0.750	1921-22
	Glenn Anderson	0.750	1985-86
	Steve Shutt*	0.750	1976-77
	Harry Cameron*	0.750	1920-21
	Goldie Prodgers	0.750	1920-21
142.	Michel Goulet*	0.747	1983-84
143.	Jaromir Jagr	0.746	1996-97
144.	Howie Morenz*	0.742	1925-26
145.	Billy Burch*	0.741	1924-25
146.	Gaye Stewart	0.740	1945-46
147.	Cam Neely*	0.739	1990-91
148.	Marcel Dionne*	0.738	1978-79
149.	Danny Gare	0.737	1979-80
150.	Jean Ratelle*	0.730	1971-72
151.	Tim Kerr	0.730	1984-85
	Pat LaFontaine*	0.730	1989-90
153.	Mike Bossy*	0.726	1977-78
154.	Marcel Dionne*	0.725	1980-81
155.	Dino Ciccarelli	0.724	1981-82
	Cam Neely*	0.724	1989-90
157.	Peter Bondra	0.723	1994-95
158.	Pavel Bure	0.723	1992-93
159.	Jimmy Herberts	0.722	1925-26
160.	Rob Brown	0.721	1988-89
161.	Carl Liscombe	0.720	1943-44
	Lorne Carr	0.720	1943-44
163.	Pavel Bure	0.720	2000-01
164.	Wendel Clark	0.719	1993-94
165.	Brendan Shanahan	0.718	1992-93
166.	Howie Morenz*	0.718	1930-31
167.	Bobby Hull*	0.714	1961-62
	Pierre Larouche	0.714	1985-86
169.	Michel Goulet*	0.713	1982-83
170.	Teemu Selanne	0.712	1997-98
171.	Billy Boucher	0.708	1921-22
	Mickey Roach	0.708	1922-23
	Reg Noble*	0.708	1921-22
	Bill Cook*	0.708	1931-32
	Sprague Cleghorn*	0.708	1921-22
176.	Michel Goulet*	0.707	1985-86
177.	Alf Skinner	0.706	1918-19
178.	Phil Esposito*	0.705	1972-73
179.	Brett Hull	0.704	1993-94
180.	Jean Beliveau*	0.703	1958-59
181.	Rick Vaive	0.701	1981-82
182.	Marcel Dionne*	0.700	1982-83
	Guy Lafleur*	0.700	1976-77
	Guy Lafleur*	0.700	1975-76
	Blaine Stoughton	0.700	1979-80
	Gordie Howe*	0.700	1952-53
	Craig Simpson	0.700	1987-88
188.	Pierre Turgeon	0.699	1992-93
189.	Bill Cook*	0.698	1930-31
	Ray Sheppard	0.698	1994-95
191.	Gary Roberts	0.697	1991-92
	Pierre Larouche	0.697	1975-76
193.	John Ogrodnick	0.696	1984-85
	Alexander Mogilny	0.696	1995-96
195.	Maurice Richard*	0.696	1943-44
	Tim Kerr	0.696	1988-89
	Syd Howe*	0.696	1943-44
	Billy Boucher	0.696	1923-24
	Didier Pitre*	0.696	1920-21
	Cully Wilson	0.696	1922-23
201.	Stephane Richer	0.694	1987-88
202.	Wayne Babych	0.692	1980-81
	Wayne Gretzky*	0.692	1988-89
204.	Steve Yzerman	0.691	1992-93
205.	Mario Lemieux*	0.688	1991-92
	Wayne Gretzky*	0.688	1980-81
	Brian Bellows	0.688	1989-90
	Jimmy Carson	0.688	1987-88
	Rick Kehoe	0.688	1980-81
210.	Frank Mahovlich*	0.686	1960-61
211.	Pierre Larouche	0.685	1979-80
212.	Rick Vaive	0.684	1983-84
	Peter Bondra	0.684	1997-98
	Mickey Redmond	0.684	1972-73
215.	Tim Kerr	0.683	1983-84
	Jari Kurri*	0.683	1986-87
217.	Jonathan Cheechoo	0.683	2005-06
	Sergei Fedorov	0.683	1993-94
219.	Rick Tocchet	0.682	1988-89
220.	Lynn Patrick*	0.681	1941-42
221.	Joe Nieuwendyk	0.680	1987-88
	Rick Middleton	0.680	1981-82
	Mike Bossy*	0.680	1979-80
	Stephane Richer	0.680	1989-90
225.	Eric Lindros	0.677	1993-94
226.	Guy Lafleur*	0.676	1979-80
227.	Glenn Anderson	0.675	1983-84
	Brett Hull	0.675	1992-93
	Kevin Stevens	0.675	1991-92
	Al Secord	0.675	1982-83
231.	Eric Lindros	0.672	1992-93
232.	Gordie Howe*	0.671	1951-52
	Jean Beliveau*	0.671	1955-56
234.	Mickey Redmond	0.671	1973-74
	Mike Bullard	0.671	1983-84
236.	Glenn Anderson	0.667	1982-83
	Cy Denneny*	0.667	1919-20
	Rick Martin	0.667	1973-74
	Jaromir Jagr	0.667	1994-95
	Cy Denneny*	0.667	1925-26
	Billy Burch*	0.667	1923-24
	Ilya Kovalchuk	0.667	2005-06
	Jacques Richard	0.667	1980-81
	Jaromir Jagr	0.667	1999-00
245.	Dale Hawerchuk*	0.662	1984-85
	Marcel Dionne*	0.662	1976-77
	Luc Robitaille	0.662	1987-88
	Bob Carpenter	0.662	1984-85
	Marcel Dionne*	0.662	1979-80
	Jeremy Roenick	0.662	1991-92

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