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

Active players are listed in bold.
Members of the Hockey Hall of Fame are marked with an asterisk (*).

Rate Statistic Requirements

NHL Leaders

NHL Leaders Table
Rank Player GC/G Season
1.Joe Malone* 1.982 1917-18
2.Newsy Lalonde* 1.631 1917-18
3.Cy Denneny* 1.562 1917-18
4.Newsy Lalonde* 1.511 1919-20
5.Joe Malone* 1.445 1919-20
6.Reg Noble* 1.421 1917-18
7.Newsy Lalonde* 1.370 1918-19
8.Newsy Lalonde* 1.335 1920-21
9.Joe Malone* 1.312 1920-21
10.Babe Dye* 1.285 1920-21
11.Cy Denneny* 1.230 1920-21
12.Punch Broadbent* 1.222 1921-22
13.Frank Nighbor* 1.200 1917-18
14.Odie Cleghorn 1.155 1918-19
15.Frank Nighbor* 1.153 1919-20
16.Babe Dye* 1.151 1924-25
17.Cy Denneny* 1.128 1921-22
18.Babe Dye* 1.114 1921-22
19.Babe Dye* 1.092 1922-23
20.Aurele Joliat* 1.087 1924-25
21.Wayne Gretzky* 1.081 1983-84
22.Frank Nighbor* 1.047 1918-19
23.Corb Denneny 1.033 1919-20
24.Wayne Gretzky* 1.029 1981-82
25.Mario Lemieux* 1.025 1992-93
26.Mario Lemieux* 1.015 1988-89
27.Jack Darragh* 0.999 1919-20
28.Thomas McCarthy 0.985 1919-20
29.Reg Noble* 0.981 1919-20
30.Wayne Gretzky* 0.958 1984-85
31.Corb Denneny 0.947 1917-18
32.Cooney Weiland* 0.929 1929-30
33.Wayne Gretzky* 0.927 1982-83
34.Corb Denneny 0.927 1920-21
35.Cy Denneny* 0.916 1924-25
36.Billy Boucher 0.909 1922-23
37.Amos Arbour 0.895 1919-20
38.Wayne Gretzky* 0.895 1985-86
39.Cy Denneny* 0.892 1918-19
40.Cy Denneny* 0.883 1922-23
41.Odie Cleghorn 0.878 1919-20
42.Joe Malone* 0.873 1921-22
43.Jack McDonald 0.871 1917-18
44.Mario Lemieux* 0.870 1995-96
45.Didier Pitre* 0.862 1917-18
46.Nels Stewart* 0.858 1925-26
47.Harry Cameron* 0.855 1921-22
48.Howie Morenz* 0.855 1924-25
49.Mario Lemieux* 0.851 1987-88
50.Harry Cameron* 0.850 1917-18
51.Wayne Gretzky* 0.846 1986-87
52.Joe Malone* 0.831 1918-19
53.Punch Broadbent* 0.830 1919-20
54.Cully Wilson 0.827 1919-20
55.Cy Denneny* 0.823 1923-24
56.Dit Clapper* 0.817 1929-30
57.Bill Cowley* 0.815 1943-44
58.Frank Nighbor* 0.808 1920-21
59.Wayne Gretzky* 0.796 1987-88
60.Reg Noble* 0.789 1920-21
61.Nels Stewart* 0.787 1929-30
62.Didier Pitre* 0.783 1918-19
63.Phil Esposito* 0.780 1970-71
64.Jack Adams* 0.780 1922-23
65.Wayne Gretzky* 0.778 1988-89
66.Harry Cameron* 0.772 1920-21
67.Maurice Richard* 0.771 1944-45
68.Jari Kurri* 0.769 1984-85
69.Howie Morenz* 0.769 1929-30
70.Hec Kilrea 0.768 1929-30
71.Howie Morenz* 0.766 1927-28
72.Jack Adams* 0.765 1924-25
73.Bernie Nicholls 0.762 1988-89
74.Didier Pitre* 0.761 1919-20
75.Corb Denneny 0.759 1921-22
76.Goldie Prodgers 0.757 1920-21
77.Babe Dye* 0.755 1923-24
78.Mario Lemieux* 0.754 1989-90
79.Steve Yzerman* 0.753 1988-89
80.Phil Esposito* 0.752 1973-74
81.Wayne Gretzky* 0.748 1980-81
82.Brett Hull* 0.744 1990-91
83.Odie Cleghorn 0.743 1921-22
84.Harry Hyland* 0.742 1917-18
85.Jack Darragh* 0.733 1917-18
86.Mario Lemieux* 0.732 1991-92
87.Howie Morenz* 0.730 1930-31
88.Odie Cleghorn 0.728 1922-23
89.Reg Noble* 0.726 1921-22
90.Carson Cooper 0.721 1925-26
91.Connor McDavid 0.720 2022-23
92.Harry Cameron* 0.719 1918-19
93.Alexander Mogilny* 0.717 1992-93
94.Jack Darragh* 0.716 1918-19
95.Mike Bossy* 0.714 1981-82
96.Sprague Cleghorn* 0.710 1921-22
 Mickey Roach 0.710 1922-23
98.Phil Esposito* 0.708 1971-72
99.Wayne Gretzky* 0.707 1990-91
100.Frank Boucher* 0.707 1929-30
101.Jari Kurri* 0.706 1983-84
102.Herb Cain 0.699 1943-44
103.Mike Bossy* 0.698 1983-84
104.Sprague Cleghorn* 0.698 1919-20
105.Jimmy Herbert 0.697 1925-26
106.Sweeney Schriner* 0.696 1944-45
107.Mario Lemieux* 0.694 1986-87
108.Guy Lafleur* 0.690 1977-78
109.Cam Neely* 0.687 1993-94
110.Mud Bruneteau 0.685 1943-44
111.Jari Kurri* 0.684 1985-86
112.Mario Lemieux* 0.682 2000-01
113.Jaromír Jágr 0.681 1995-96
114.Charlie Simmer 0.681 1980-81
115.Red Green 0.679 1924-25
116.Guy Lafleur* 0.679 1974-75
117.Didier Pitre* 0.678 1920-21
118.Bill Cook* 0.675 1929-30
 Charlie Simmer 0.675 1979-80
120.Georges Boucher* 0.675 1923-24
121.Pat LaFontaine* 0.674 1991-92
122.Billy Boucher 0.672 1923-24
123.Wayne Gretzky* 0.672 1989-90
124.Billy Burch* 0.670 1924-25
125.Jean Ratelle* 0.670 1971-72
126.Howie Morenz* 0.668 1925-26
127.Guy Lafleur* 0.666 1976-77
128.Alf Skinner 0.665 1918-19
129.Elmer Lach* 0.665 1944-45
130.Teemu Selänne* 0.664 1992-93
131.Dennis Maruk 0.664 1981-82
132.Marcel Dionne* 0.663 1980-81
133.Phil Esposito* 0.662 1974-75
134.Connor McDavid 0.662 2020-21
135.Carl Liscombe 0.662 1943-44
136.Eddie Gerard* 0.660 1917-18
137.Steve Yzerman* 0.659 1989-90
138.Brett Hull* 0.657 1991-92
139.Guy Lafleur* 0.657 1979-80
140.Lorne Carr 0.657 1943-44
141.Steve Yzerman* 0.656 1987-88
142.Mike Bossy* 0.655 1980-81
143.Rob Brown 0.655 1988-89
144.Mike Bossy* 0.655 1978-79
145.Mario Lemieux* 0.654 1985-86
146.Marcel Dionne* 0.654 1979-80
147.Cy Denneny* 0.651 1925-26
148.Pat LaFontaine* 0.651 1992-93
149.Doug Bentley* 0.650 1943-44
150.Phil Esposito* 0.650 1968-69
151.Wayne Gretzky* 0.649 1979-80
152.Billy Boucher 0.644 1921-22
153.Sidney Crosby 0.644 2010-11
154.Michel Goulet* 0.643 1983-84
155.Bill Cook* 0.643 1926-27
156.Marcel Dionne* 0.643 1978-79
157.Phil Esposito* 0.642 1972-73
158.Bryan Trottier* 0.640 1978-79
159.Bobby Hull* 0.639 1965-66
160.Joe Lamb 0.637 1929-30
161.Harry Cameron* 0.636 1919-20
162.Brett Hull* 0.636 1989-90
163.Billy Burch* 0.635 1923-24
164.Mike Bossy* 0.634 1984-85
165.Charlie Conacher* 0.631 1933-34
166.Paul Coffey* 0.631 1985-86
167.Alf Skinner 0.630 1917-18
 Bobby Orr* 0.630 1974-75
169.Dale Hawerchuk* 0.628 1984-85
170.Cy Denneny* 0.627 1919-20
171.Bernie Geoffrion* 0.627 1960-61
172.Guy Lafleur* 0.627 1978-79
173.Charlie Conacher* 0.626 1934-35
174.Peter Šťastný* 0.624 1981-82
175.Nikita Kucherov 0.624 2023-24
176.Cully Wilson 0.623 1922-23
177.Jack Darragh* 0.623 1920-21
178.Nathan MacKinnon 0.623 2023-24
179.Mike Bossy* 0.622 1985-86
180.Pierre Turgeon* 0.621 1992-93
181.Georges Boucher* 0.621 1921-22
182.Steve Yzerman* 0.620 1992-93
183.Guy Lafleur* 0.620 1975-76
184.Kevin Stevens 0.619 1992-93
185.Peter Šťastný* 0.619 1982-83
186.Shorty Green* 0.618 1924-25
187.Syl Apps* 0.617 1942-43
188.Connor McDavid 0.616 2025-26
189.Normie Himes 0.615 1929-30
190.Harry Mummery 0.615 1920-21
191.Bryan Trottier* 0.615 1983-84
192.Toe Blake* 0.614 1944-45
193.Kent Nilsson 0.614 1980-81
194.Adam Oates* 0.614 1990-91
195.Mike Bossy* 0.612 1982-83
196.Leon Draisaitl 0.612 2022-23
197.Auston Matthews 0.611 2021-22
198.George Carey 0.611 1919-20
199.Nikita Kucherov 0.610 2025-26
200.Charlie Conacher* 0.608 1930-31
201.Dave Taylor 0.607 1980-81
202.Marcel Dionne* 0.607 1976-77
203.Bryan Trottier* 0.606 1981-82
204.Pavel Bure* 0.605 1993-94
205.Mario Lemieux* 0.605 1996-97
206.Max Bentley* 0.604 1945-46
207.Bobby Hull* 0.604 1968-69
208.Bill Cowley* 0.603 1942-43
209.Jaromír Jágr 0.603 1996-97
210.Adam Oates* 0.602 1992-93
211.Bobby Orr* 0.602 1970-71
212.Alex Ovechkin 0.602 2009-10
213.Leon Draisaitl 0.600 2024-25
214.Nathan MacKinnon 0.600 2025-26
215.Billy Boucher 0.600 1924-25
216.Rick Martin 0.599 1974-75
217.Mark Messier* 0.599 1989-90
218.Guy Chouinard 0.599 1980-81
219.Eric Lindros* 0.598 1995-96
220.Charlie Conacher* 0.598 1931-32
221.Auston Matthews 0.598 2023-24
222.Nels Stewart* 0.598 1927-28
223.Aurele Joliat* 0.597 1927-28
224.Luc Robitaille* 0.597 1992-93
225.Denis Savard* 0.596 1987-88
226.Jack Adams* 0.596 1923-24
227.Gordie Howe* 0.595 1952-53
228.Reg Noble* 0.594 1918-19
229.Aurele Joliat* 0.593 1923-24
230.Bryan Trottier* 0.593 1977-78
231.Kevin Stevens 0.592 1991-92
232.Maurice Richard* 0.592 1946-47
233.Ken Randall 0.592 1918-19
234.Doug Bentley* 0.590 1942-43
235.Eric Lindros* 0.589 1994-95
236.Pierre Larouche 0.588 1975-76
237.Glenn Anderson* 0.587 1982-83
238.Sergei Fedorov* 0.586 1993-94
239.Alex Ovechkin 0.586 2007-08
240.Pat LaFontaine* 0.586 1989-90
241.Ebbie Goodfellow* 0.583 1930-31
242.Eric Lindros* 0.583 1996-97
243.Toe Blake* 0.582 1943-44
244.Syd Howe* 0.582 1943-44
245.Leon Draisaitl 0.581 2019-20
246.Glenn Anderson* 0.581 1985-86
247.Jaromír Jágr 0.581 1999-00
248.Nathan MacKinnon 0.581 2022-23
249.Michel Goulet* 0.580 1984-85
250.Amos Arbour 0.580 1920-21

WHA Leaders

WHA Leaders Table
Rank Player GC/G Season
1.Anders Hedberg 0.800 1976-77
2.Bobby Hull* 0.767 1974-75
3.Marc Tardif 0.749 1977-78
4.Réal Cloutier 0.745 1976-77
5.Marc Tardif 0.733 1975-76
6.Réal Cloutier 0.725 1978-79
7.Marc Tardif 0.697 1976-77
8.Bobby Hull* 0.680 1972-73
9.Réal Cloutier 0.676 1977-78
10.Anders Hedberg 0.658 1977-78
11.André Lacroix 0.654 1974-75
12.Anders Hedberg 0.643 1974-75
13.Serge Bernier 0.633 1974-75
14.Ulf Nilsson 0.621 1976-77
15.Ulf Nilsson 0.612 1977-78
16.André Lacroix 0.605 1972-73
17.Ron Ward 0.605 1972-73
18.Mike Walton 0.600 1973-74
19.Bobby Hull* 0.597 1975-76
20.Réal Cloutier 0.589 1975-76
21.Bobby Hull* 0.589 1976-77
22.Danny Lawson 0.581 1972-73
23.Robbie Ftorek 0.580 1977-78
24.Bobby Hull* 0.580 1977-78
25.Tom Webster 0.573 1975-76
26.Réjean Houle 0.564 1974-75
27.Morris Lukowich 0.561 1978-79
28.Wayne Rivers 0.560 1974-75
29.Robbie Ftorek 0.556 1976-77
30.Anders Hedberg 0.554 1975-76
31.Tom Webster 0.553 1972-73
32.Jim Harrison 0.547 1973-74
33.Bobby Hull* 0.545 1973-74
34.Robbie Ftorek 0.541 1978-79
35.Rich LeDuc 0.539 1976-77
36.Mark Napier 0.535 1976-77
37.Václav Nedomanský* 0.535 1975-76
38.Wayne Gretzky* 0.535 1978-79
39.Christian Bordeleau 0.535 1975-76
40.Ulf Nilsson 0.529 1975-76
41.Blaine Stoughton 0.529 1976-77
42.Christian Bordeleau 0.528 1976-77
43.Christian Bordeleau 0.528 1972-73
44.Jim Harrison 0.528 1972-73
45.Mike Walton 0.528 1974-75
46.Serge Bernier 0.527 1975-76
47.Mark Howe* 0.525 1978-79
48.Tom Simpson 0.524 1974-75
49.Robbie Ftorek 0.521 1975-76
50.Réjean Houle 0.515 1975-76