NHL & WHA Yearly Playoff Leaders and Records for Goals Per Game
Active players are listed in bold.
Members of the Hockey Hall of Fame are marked with an asterisk (*).
NHL Leaders
Year | Player | G/G |
---|---|---|
2023 | Leon Draisaitl | 1.083 |
2022 | Kirill Kaprizov | 1.167 |
2021 | Nathan MacKinnon | 0.800 |
2020 | Connor McDavid | 1.250 |
2019 | Mark Stone | 0.857 |
2018 | Sean Couturier | 1.000 |
2017 | Jakob Silfverberg | 0.529 |
2016 | Nikita Kucherov | 0.647 |
2015 | Vladimir Tarasenko | 1.000 |
2014 | Paul Stastny | 0.714 |
2013 | Kyle Turris | 0.600 |
2012 | Jordan Staal | 1.000 |
2011 | Teemu Selänne* | 1.000 |
2010 | Alex Ovechkin | 0.714 |
  | Nicklas Bäckström | 0.714 |
2009 | Alex Ovechkin | 0.786 |
2008 | Johan Franzén | 0.813 |
2007 | Vincent Lecavalier | 0.833 |
2006 | Henrik Zetterberg | 1.000 |
2004 | Joe Nieuwendyk* | 0.667 |
2003 | Joe Sakic* | 0.857 |
2002 | Scott Mellanby | 0.700 |
2001 | Joe Sakic* | 0.619 |
2000 | Scott Young | 1.000 |
1999 | Steve Yzerman* | 0.900 |
1998 | Rick Tocchet | 1.000 |
1997 | Keith Tkachuk | 0.857 |
1996 | Joe Sakic* | 0.818 |
1995 | Theo Fleury | 1.000 |
1994 | Kirk Muller | 0.857 |
  | Theo Fleury | 0.857 |
1993 | Dale Hunter | 1.167 |
1992 | Pat LaFontaine* | 1.143 |
1991 | Cliff Ronning | 1.000 |
  | Luc Robitaille* | 1.000 |
1990 | Brett Hull* | 1.083 |
1989 | Mario Lemieux* | 1.091 |
1988 | Rick Vaive | 1.200 |
1987 | Cam Neely* | 1.250 |
1986 | Brian Bellows | 1.000 |
1985 | Jari Kurri* | 1.056 |
1984 | Jari Kurri* | 0.737 |
1983 | Bobby Gould | 1.250 |
1982 | Wayne Gretzky* | 1.000 |
1981 | Mike Bossy* | 0.944 |
1980 | Peter McNab | 0.800 |
  | Yvon Lambert | 0.800 |
1979 | Darryl Sittler* | 0.833 |
1978 | Guy Lafleur* | 0.667 |
1977 | Lanny McDonald* | 1.111 |
1976 | Reggie Leach | 1.188 |
1975 | Guy Lafleur* | 1.091 |
1974 | Steve Shutt* | 0.833 |
  | Yvan Cournoyer* | 0.833 |
1973 | Yvan Cournoyer* | 0.882 |
1972 | Phil Roberto | 0.636 |
1971 | Paul Henderson | 0.833 |
1970 | Phil Esposito* | 0.929 |
1969 | Derek Sanderson | 0.889 |
1968 | Rod Gilbert* | 0.833 |
1967 | Jean Béliveau* | 0.600 |
1966 | Norm Ullman* | 0.500 |
  | Jean Béliveau* | 0.500 |
  | Andy Bathgate* | 0.500 |
1965 | Norm Ullman* | 0.857 |
1964 | Gordie Howe* | 0.643 |
1963 | Bobby Hull* | 1.600 |
1962 | Bobby Hull* | 0.667 |
1961 | Stan Mikita* | 0.500 |
1960 | Dickie Moore* | 0.750 |
1959 | Marcel Bonin | 0.909 |
1958 | Maurice Richard* | 1.100 |
1957 | Bernie Geoffrion* | 1.100 |
1956 | Jean Béliveau* | 1.200 |
1955 | Gordie Howe* | 0.818 |
1954 | Bernie Geoffrion* | 0.545 |
1953 | Ed Sandford | 0.727 |
1952 | Ted Lindsay* | 0.625 |
1951 | Maurice Richard* | 0.818 |
1950 | Pentti Lund | 0.500 |
1949 | Sid Smith | 0.833 |
1948 | Ted Kennedy* | 0.889 |
1947 | Maurice Richard* | 0.600 |
1946 | Maurice Richard* | 0.778 |
  | Toe Blake* | 0.778 |
1945 | Maurice Richard* | 1.000 |
1944 | Maurice Richard* | 1.333 |
1943 | Art Jackson | 0.667 |
1942 | Don Grosso | 0.667 |
1941 | Eddie Wiseman | 0.545 |
1940 | Hank Goldup | 0.500 |
  | Syl Apps* | 0.500 |
1939 | Gordie Drillon* | 0.700 |
1938 | Gordie Drillon* | 1.000 |
1936 | Buzz Boll | 0.778 |
1934 | Herbie Lewis* | 0.667 |
1933 | Cecil Dillon | 1.000 |
1932 | Bun Cook* | 0.857 |
  | Charlie Conacher* | 0.857 |
1931 | Cooney Weiland* | 1.200 |
1928 | Frank Boucher* | 0.778 |
1927 | Cy Denneny* | 0.833 |
1919 | Newsy Lalonde* | 2.200 |
WHA Leaders
Year | Player | G/G |
---|---|---|
1979 | Marc Tardif | 1.500 |
1978 | Anders Hedberg | 1.000 |
1977 | Réal Cloutier | 0.824 |
  | Serge Bernier | 0.824 |
1976 | Anders Hedberg | 1.000 |
1975 | Lou Nistico | 1.000 |
1974 | Tom Webster | 1.667 |
1973 | Norm Beaudin | 0.929 |
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