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 (*).
NHL Leaders
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. | Nathan MacKinnon | 0.625 | 2023-24 |
175. | Peter Šťastný* | 0.624 | 1981-82 |
176. | Nikita Kucherov | 0.624 | 2023-24 |
177. | Cully Wilson | 0.623 | 1922-23 |
178. | Jack Darragh* | 0.623 | 1920-21 |
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. | Normie Himes | 0.615 | 1929-30 |
189. | Harry Mummery | 0.615 | 1920-21 |
190. | Bryan Trottier* | 0.615 | 1983-84 |
191. | Toe Blake* | 0.614 | 1944-45 |
192. | Kent Nilsson | 0.614 | 1980-81 |
193. | Adam Oates* | 0.614 | 1990-91 |
194. | Mike Bossy* | 0.612 | 1982-83 |
195. | Leon Draisaitl | 0.612 | 2022-23 |
196. | Auston Matthews | 0.611 | 2021-22 |
197. | George Carey | 0.611 | 1919-20 |
198. | Charlie Conacher* | 0.608 | 1930-31 |
199. | Dave Taylor | 0.607 | 1980-81 |
200. | Marcel Dionne* | 0.607 | 1976-77 |
201. | Bryan Trottier* | 0.606 | 1981-82 |
202. | Pavel Bure* | 0.605 | 1993-94 |
203. | Mario Lemieux* | 0.605 | 1996-97 |
204. | Max Bentley* | 0.604 | 1945-46 |
205. | Bobby Hull* | 0.604 | 1968-69 |
206. | Bill Cowley* | 0.603 | 1942-43 |
207. | Jaromír Jágr | 0.603 | 1996-97 |
208. | Adam Oates* | 0.602 | 1992-93 |
209. | Bobby Orr* | 0.602 | 1970-71 |
210. | Alex Ovechkin | 0.602 | 2009-10 |
211. | Billy Boucher | 0.600 | 1924-25 |
212. | Rick Martin | 0.599 | 1974-75 |
213. | Mark Messier* | 0.599 | 1989-90 |
214. | Guy Chouinard | 0.599 | 1980-81 |
215. | Eric Lindros* | 0.598 | 1995-96 |
216. | Charlie Conacher* | 0.598 | 1931-32 |
217. | Auston Matthews | 0.598 | 2023-24 |
218. | Nels Stewart* | 0.598 | 1927-28 |
219. | Aurele Joliat* | 0.597 | 1927-28 |
220. | Luc Robitaille* | 0.597 | 1992-93 |
221. | Denis Savard* | 0.596 | 1987-88 |
222. | Jack Adams* | 0.596 | 1923-24 |
223. | Gordie Howe* | 0.595 | 1952-53 |
224. | Reg Noble* | 0.594 | 1918-19 |
225. | Aurele Joliat* | 0.593 | 1923-24 |
226. | Bryan Trottier* | 0.593 | 1977-78 |
227. | Kevin Stevens | 0.592 | 1991-92 |
228. | Maurice Richard* | 0.592 | 1946-47 |
229. | Ken Randall | 0.592 | 1918-19 |
230. | Doug Bentley* | 0.590 | 1942-43 |
231. | Eric Lindros* | 0.589 | 1994-95 |
232. | Pierre Larouche | 0.588 | 1975-76 |
233. | Glenn Anderson* | 0.587 | 1982-83 |
234. | Sergei Fedorov* | 0.586 | 1993-94 |
235. | Alex Ovechkin | 0.586 | 2007-08 |
236. | Pat LaFontaine* | 0.586 | 1989-90 |
237. | Ebbie Goodfellow* | 0.583 | 1930-31 |
238. | Eric Lindros* | 0.583 | 1996-97 |
239. | Toe Blake* | 0.582 | 1943-44 |
240. | Syd Howe* | 0.582 | 1943-44 |
241. | Leon Draisaitl | 0.581 | 2019-20 |
242. | Glenn Anderson* | 0.581 | 1985-86 |
243. | Jaromír Jágr | 0.581 | 1999-00 |
244. | Nathan MacKinnon | 0.581 | 2022-23 |
245. | Michel Goulet* | 0.580 | 1984-85 |
246. | Amos Arbour | 0.580 | 1920-21 |
247. | Marcel Dionne* | 0.579 | 1984-85 |
248. | Marcel Dionne* | 0.579 | 1981-82 |
249. | Peter Šťastný* | 0.578 | 1985-86 |
250. | Jaromír Jágr | 0.578 | 2005-06 |
WHA Leaders
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 |
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