NHL & WHA Single Season Playoff Leaders and Records for Goals Per Game

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NHL Leaders Rank Player G/G Year 1. Newsy Lalonde* 2.200 1919 2. Bobby Hull* 1.600 1963 3. Odie Cleghorn 1.400 1919 4. Maurice Richard* 1.333 1944 5. Cam Neely* 1.250 1987   Bobby Gould 1.250 1983 7. Jean Beliveau* 1.200 1956   Cooney Weiland* 1.200 1931   Rick Vaive 1.200 1988 10. Reggie Leach 1.188 1976 11. Dale Hunter 1.167 1993   John Tucker 1.167 1988 13. Pat LaFontaine* 1.143 1992 14. Lanny McDonald* 1.111 1977 15. Bernie Geoffrion* 1.100 1957   Maurice Richard* 1.100 1958 17. Mario Lemieux* 1.091 1989   Guy Lafleur* 1.091 1975 19. Brett Hull* 1.083 1990 20. Mario Lemieux* 1.067 1992 21. Jari Kurri* 1.056 1985 22. Dino Ciccarelli* 1.000 1990   Alexander Mogilny 1.000 1993   Scott Young 1.000 2000   Cliff Ronning 1.000 1991   Wayne Gretzky* 1.000 1982   Rick Tocchet 1.000 1998   Theoren Fleury 1.000 1995   Al Iafrate 1.000 1993   Luc Robitaille* 1.000 1991   Mark Messier* 1.000 1983   Brian Bellows 1.000 1986   Gordie Drillon* 1.000 1938   Jimmy Carson 1.000 1988   Cecil Dillon 1.000 1933   Teemu Selanne 1.000 2011   Maurice Richard* 1.000 1945   Joe Malone* 1.000 1919   Henrik Zetterberg 1.000 2006 40. Wayne Gretzky* 0.944 1985   Mike Bossy* 0.944 1981 42. John Druce 0.933 1990 43. Phil Esposito* 0.929 1970 44. Bill Barber* 0.917 1981 45. Marcel Bonin 0.909 1959 46. Steve Yzerman* 0.900 1999 47. Steve Payne 0.895 1981   Mike Bossy* 0.895 1983   Mike Bossy* 0.895 1982 50. Derek Sanderson 0.889 1969   Hakan Loob 0.889 1988   Doug Bentley* 0.889 1944   Ted Kennedy* 0.889 1948   Tony McKegney 0.889 1985 55. Yvan Cournoyer* 0.882 1973 56. Stephane Richer 0.875 1988 57. Kirk Muller 0.857 1994   Keith Tkachuk 0.857 1997   Brett Hull* 0.857 1995   Peter Bondra 0.857 1992   Bun Cook* 0.857 1932   Norm Ullman* 0.857 1965   Peter Forsberg 0.857 1998   Charlie Conacher* 0.857 1932   Joe Sakic 0.857 2003   Theoren Fleury 0.857 1994 67. Brett Hull* 0.846 1991 68. Cam Neely* 0.842 1991 69. Ed Olczyk 0.833 1988   Petr Klima 0.833 1988   Darryl Sittler* 0.833 1979   Steve Larmer 0.833 1991   Mark Hunter 0.833 1991   Theoren Fleury 0.833 1993   Rene Robert 0.833 1977   Jeremy Roenick 0.833 1998   Rod Gilbert* 0.833 1968   Ray Sheppard 0.833 1999   Vincent Lecavalier 0.833 2007   Andy Bathgate* 0.833 1958   Jaromir Jagr 0.833 1995   Paul Henderson 0.833 1971   Sid Smith 0.833 1949   Tim Kerr 0.833 1985   Alexander Mogilny 0.833 2003   Rene Robert 0.833 1973   Steve Yzerman* 0.833 1989   Yvan Cournoyer* 0.833 1974   Steve Shutt* 0.833 1974   Cy Denneny* 0.833 1927   Doug Gilmour* 0.833 1998 92. Barry Pederson 0.824 1983 93. Maurice Richard* 0.818 1951   Gordie Howe* 0.818 1955   Joe Sakic 0.818 1996   Chris Kontos 0.818 1989   Patrick Marleau 0.818 2006 98. Johan Franzen 0.812 2008 99. Peter McNab 0.800 1980   Maurice Richard* 0.800 1957   Brian Sutter 0.800 1982   Owen Nolan 0.800 2000   Yvon Lambert 0.800 1980   Darryl Sutter 0.800 1985   Glenn Anderson* 0.800 1986   Phil Esposito* 0.800 1969   Wayne Gretzky* 0.800 1986 108. John Bucyk* 0.786 1970   Alex Ovechkin 0.786 2009   Bobby Schmautz 0.786 1977 111. Frank Boucher* 0.778 1928   Brian Propp 0.778 1989   Buzz Boll 0.778 1936   Toe Blake* 0.778 1946   Maurice Richard* 0.778 1946   Toe Blake* 0.778 1944   Mike Modano 0.778 1994   Wayne Gretzky* 0.778 1981   Stephane Richer 0.778 1990   Butch Goring 0.778 1977 121. Rick MacLeish 0.765 1974   Claude Lemieux 0.765 1997 123. Joe Mullen* 0.762 1989 124. Wayne Gretzky* 0.750 1983   Jerry Toppazzini 0.750 1958   Don McKenney 0.750 1958   Dickie Moore* 0.750 1960 128. Dino Ciccarelli* 0.737 1981   Jari Kurri* 0.737 1984   Tim Kerr 0.737 1989   Jari Kurri* 0.737 1988 132. Denis Savard* 0.733 1982 133. Mario Lemieux* 0.727 1993   Brett Hull* 0.727 1993   Bernie Federko* 0.727 1981   Craig Simpson 0.727 1990   Gordie Howe* 0.727 1949   Jaromir Jagr 0.727 2000   Ed Sandford 0.727 1953   Brian Gionta 0.727 2007 141. Ray Ferraro 0.722 1993 142. Dino Ciccarelli* 0.714 1994   Bobby Orr* 0.714 1971   Thomas Vanek 0.714 2011   Busher Jackson* 0.714 1932   Doug Weight 0.714 2003   John MacLean 0.714 1991   Alex Ovechkin 0.714 2010   Bobby Hull* 0.714 1965   Dino Ciccarelli* 0.714 1992   Gilbert Perreault* 0.714 1980   German Titov 0.714 1995   Daniel Alfredsson 0.714 1997   Herb Cain 0.714 1945   Jarome Iginla 0.714 2006   Jari Kurri* 0.714 1987   Nicklas Backstrom 0.714 2010   Gerry Plamondon 0.714 1949   Peter Bondra 0.714 1995   Mats Sundin 0.714 1995 161. Kevin Stevens 0.708 1991 162. Gordie Drillon* 0.700 1939   Alex Delvecchio* 0.700 1956   Adam Graves 0.700 1996   Walt Tkaczuk 0.700 1973   Daniel Alfredsson 0.700 2007   Jean Beliveau* 0.700 1968   Martin Havlat 0.700 2006   Cam Neely* 0.700 1989   Bernie Nicholls 0.700 1990   Dave Keon* 0.700 1963   Jim Campbell 0.700 1998   Scott Mellanby 0.700 2002   Brett Hull* 0.700 1988   Joe Mullen* 0.700 1982   Marcel Dionne* 0.700 1982   Frank Mahovlich* 0.700 1971   Robbie Ftorek 0.700 1982 179. Mario Lemieux* 0.696 1991 180. Stephane Richer 0.692 1991   Shayne Corson 0.692 1991   John Ogrodnick 0.692 1987   Michel Goulet* 0.692 1987 184. Gregg Sheppard 0.688 1974   Jacques Lemaire* 0.688 1979 186. Craig Simpson 0.684 1988   Wayne Gretzky* 0.684 1984   Michael Cammalleri 0.684 2010   Rod Brind'Amour 0.684 1997 190. Vic Hadfield 0.667 1971   Bernie Geoffrion* 0.667 1955   Jeremy Roenick 0.667 1992   Pavel Bure 0.667 1994   Wayne Gretzky* 0.667 1997   Bobby Hull* 0.667 1962   Floyd Curry 0.667 1955   Patrik Elias 0.667 2006   Bobby Smith 0.667 1983   Paul Reinhart 0.667 1983   Don Grosso 0.667 1942   Esa Tikkanen 0.667 1991   Paul Coffey* 0.667 1985   Guy Lafleur* 0.667 1978   Joe Nieuwendyk* 0.667 2004   Art Jackson 0.667 1943   Mark Messier* 0.667 1985   Rick Vaive 0.667 1986   Jean Ratelle* 0.667 1976   Marcel Dionne* 0.667 1976   Tim Kerr 0.667 1987   Pit Martin 0.667 1973   Glenn Anderson* 0.667 1987   Mikael Samuelsson 0.667 2010 214. Claude Lemieux 0.650 1995 215. Rick MacLeish 0.647 1975   Rick Middleton 0.647 1983   Michel Goulet* 0.647 1985 218. Gordie Howe* 0.643 1964   Bobby Orr* 0.643 1970   Guy Lafleur* 0.643 1977 221. Alex Delvecchio* 0.636 1955   Sid Smith 0.636 1951   Danny Briere 0.636 2011   Martin St. Louis 0.636 2003   Zach Parise 0.636 2007   Joe Sakic 0.636 2004   James van Riemsdyk 0.636 2011   Ted Lindsay* 0.636 1955   Steve Shutt* 0.636 1984   Bernie Nicholls 0.636 1989   Barry Pederson 0.636 1982   Pavel Bure 0.636 1995   Paul Kariya 0.636 1997   Teemu Selanne 0.636 1997   Mark Messier* 0.636 1992   Jorgen Pettersson 0.636 1984   Jean Ratelle* 0.636 1979   Gordie Howe* 0.636 1963   Daniel Alfredsson 0.636 1998   Phil Roberto 0.636 1972 241. Bill Barber* 0.632 1980   Eric Lindros 0.632 1997   Wayne Gretzky* 0.632 1988 244. Glenn Anderson* 0.625 1983   Tony McKegney 0.625 1981   Mike Bossy* 0.625 1980   Sidney Crosby 0.625 2009   Jean Beliveau* 0.625 1960   Reggie Leach 0.625 1979   Guy Lafleur* 0.625 1979   Wayne Gretzky* 0.625 1993   Tim Connolly 0.625 2006   Dale Hawerchuk* 0.625 1993   Dennis Hull 0.625 1970   Alex Faulkner 0.625 1963   Ted Lindsay* 0.625 1952   Dave Christian 0.625 1984

WHA Leaders Rank Player G/G Year 1. Tom Webster 1.667 1974 2. Marc Tardif 1.500 1979 3. Anders Hedberg 1.000 1976   Lou Nistico 1.000 1975   Anders Hedberg 1.000 1978   Willy Lindstrom 1.000 1979 7. Norm Beaudin 0.929 1973 8. Bobby Hull* 0.923 1976 9. Mike Walton 0.909 1974 10. Real Cloutier 0.900 1978 11. Gary Jarrett 0.889 1973   Bobby Hull* 0.889 1978   Bobby Guindon 0.889 1978 14. Mike Walton 0.833 1975   Gavin Kirk 0.833 1975 16. Real Cloutier 0.824 1977   Serge Bernier 0.824 1977 18. Larry Pleau 0.800 1973   Morris Lukowich 0.800 1979   Tom Webster 0.800 1973   Rich Preston 0.800 1979 22. Blair MacDonald 0.778 1977   Reg Thomas 0.778 1977   Ron Buchanan 0.778 1973 25. Wayne Gretzky* 0.769 1979   Mark Howe* 0.769 1975 27. Paulin Bordeleau 0.750 1977 28. Mike Antonovich 0.714 1978 29. Gene Peacosh 0.700 1975 30. Ron Chipperfield 0.692 1979 31. Marc Tardif 0.667 1975   Wayne Connelly 0.667 1975   Rejean Houle 0.667 1975 34. Anders Hedberg 0.650 1977   Bobby Hull* 0.650 1977 36. Bobby Hull* 0.643 1973   Larry Lund 0.643 1974   Frank Hughes 0.643 1974   Murray Hall 0.643 1974   Mark Howe* 0.643 1974 41. Gordie Howe* 0.615 1975   Blair MacDonald 0.615 1979 43. Tim Sheehy 0.600 1973   Norm Ferguson 0.600 1975 45. Tom Webster 0.588 1976 46. Tom Martin 0.583 1974   Dick Sentes 0.583 1974 48. Mark Howe* 0.571 1978   Andre Hinse 0.571 1974 50. Lyle Moffat 0.556 1978

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