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 (*).

Adjusted Statistics

NHL Leaders

NHL Leaders Table
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