NHL & WHA Yearly Leaders and Records for Adjusted Goals Created
Active players are listed in bold.
Members of the Hockey Hall of Fame are marked with an asterisk (*).
NHL Leaders
Season | Player | GC/A |
---|---|---|
2023-24 | Nathan MacKinnon | 51.00 |
2022-23 | Connor McDavid | 56.73 |
2021-22 | Connor McDavid | 43.91 |
2020-21 | Connor McDavid | 56.73 |
2019-20 | Leon Draisaitl | 48.55 |
2018-19 | Nikita Kucherov | 46.09 |
2017-18 | Connor McDavid | 41.45 |
2016-17 | Sidney Crosby | 40.09 |
2015-16 | Patrick Kane | 46.64 |
2014-15 | Alex Ovechkin | 41.18 |
2013-14 | Sidney Crosby | 42.82 |
2012-13 | Alex Ovechkin | 46.09 |
2011-12 | Evgeni Malkin | 48.82 |
2010-11 | Corey Perry | 43.91 |
2009-10 | Sidney Crosby | 47.18 |
2008-09 | Alex Ovechkin | 47.18 |
2007-08 | Alex Ovechkin | 52.91 |
2006-07 | Vincent Lecavalier | 45.27 |
2005-06 | Jaromír Jágr | 47.45 |
2003-04 | Martin St. Louis* | 42.00 |
2002-03 | Markus Näslund | 46.91 |
2001-02 | Jarome Iginla* | 46.36 |
2000-01 | Jaromír Jágr | 51.27 |
1999-00 | Pavel Bure* | 45.55 |
1998-99 | Jaromír Jágr | 53.45 |
1997-98 | Pavel Bure* | 44.45 |
1996-97 | Mario Lemieux* | 48.82 |
1995-96 | Mario Lemieux* | 60.82 |
1994-95 | Jaromír Jágr | 48.00 |
1993-94 | Sergei Fedorov* | 43.64 |
1992-93 | Mario Lemieux* | 50.45 |
1991-92 | Brett Hull* | 43.64 |
1990-91 | Brett Hull* | 53.45 |
1989-90 | Steve Yzerman* | 43.09 |
1988-89 | Mario Lemieux* | 64.36 |
1987-88 | Mario Lemieux* | 54.55 |
1986-87 | Wayne Gretzky* | 56.45 |
1985-86 | Wayne Gretzky* | 57.55 |
1984-85 | Wayne Gretzky* | 61.09 |
1983-84 | Wayne Gretzky* | 63.27 |
1982-83 | Wayne Gretzky* | 58.91 |
1981-82 | Wayne Gretzky* | 61.09 |
1980-81 | Wayne Gretzky* | 46.09 |
1979-80 | Wayne Gretzky* | 43.64 |
  | Marcel Dionne* | 43.64 |
1978-79 | Mike Bossy* | 44.73 |
1977-78 | Guy Lafleur* | 47.18 |
1976-77 | Guy Lafleur* | 46.91 |
1975-76 | Guy Lafleur* | 42.55 |
1974-75 | Phil Esposito* | 44.18 |
1973-74 | Phil Esposito* | 55.09 |
1972-73 | Phil Esposito* | 46.91 |
1971-72 | Phil Esposito* | 54.00 |
1970-71 | Phil Esposito* | 57.55 |
1969-70 | Bobby Orr* | 42.82 |
1968-69 | Phil Esposito* | 47.18 |
1967-68 | Stan Mikita* | 37.64 |
1966-67 | Stan Mikita* | 39.27 |
  | Bobby Hull* | 39.27 |
1965-66 | Bobby Hull* | 43.91 |
1964-65 | Norm Ullman* | 38.45 |
1963-64 | Bobby Hull* | 41.18 |
1962-63 | Gordie Howe* | 36.82 |
1961-62 | Bobby Hull* | 39.27 |
1960-61 | Bernie Geoffrion* | 42.55 |
1959-60 | Bobby Hull* | 36.82 |
1958-59 | Dickie Moore* | 43.09 |
1957-58 | Dickie Moore* | 39.00 |
1956-57 | Gordie Howe* | 45.55 |
1955-56 | Jean Béliveau* | 49.64 |
1954-55 | Bernie Geoffrion* | 41.45 |
1953-54 | Gordie Howe* | 43.09 |
1952-53 | Gordie Howe* | 53.45 |
1951-52 | Gordie Howe* | 43.64 |
1950-51 | Gordie Howe* | 47.18 |
1949-50 | Maurice Richard* | 37.91 |
1948-49 | Roy Conacher* | 39.00 |
1947-48 | Elmer Lach* | 33.82 |
1946-47 | Maurice Richard* | 37.91 |
1945-46 | Max Bentley* | 34.36 |
1944-45 | Maurice Richard* | 36.27 |
1943-44 | Herb Cain | 30.55 |
1942-43 | Doug Bentley* | 32.73 |
1941-42 | Lynn Patrick* | 31.36 |
1940-41 | Bill Cowley* | 35.18 |
1939-40 | Milt Schmidt* | 34.91 |
1938-39 | Toe Blake* | 34.36 |
1937-38 | Gordie Drillon* | 36.55 |
1936-37 | Sweeney Schriner* | 33.82 |
1935-36 | Sweeney Schriner* | 35.45 |
1934-35 | Charlie Conacher* | 43.91 |
1933-34 | Charlie Conacher* | 43.36 |
1932-33 | Bill Cook* | 42.00 |
1931-32 | Busher Jackson* | 45.82 |
1930-31 | Howie Morenz* | 53.18 |
1929-30 | Cooney Weiland* | 64.91 |
1928-29 | Ace Bailey* | 51.55 |
1927-28 | Howie Morenz* | 70.09 |
1926-27 | Dick Irvin* | 48.00 |
1925-26 | Nels Stewart* | 49.09 |
1924-25 | Babe Dye* | 47.73 |
1923-24 | Georges Boucher* | 33.82 |
1922-23 | Babe Dye* | 38.45 |
1921-22 | Punch Broadbent* | 39.27 |
1920-21 | Newsy Lalonde* | 37.64 |
1919-20 | Joe Malone* | 36.27 |
1918-19 | Newsy Lalonde* | 41.45 |
1917-18 | Cy Denneny* | 39.55 |
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