NHL & WHA Yearly 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
Season | Player | GC/G |
---|---|---|
2023-24 | Nikita Kucherov | 0.631 |
2022-23 | Connor McDavid | 0.720 |
2021-22 | Auston Matthews | 0.611 |
2020-21 | Connor McDavid | 0.662 |
2019-20 | Leon Draisaitl | 0.581 |
2018-19 | Nikita Kucherov | 0.555 |
2017-18 | Nathan MacKinnon | 0.502 |
2016-17 | Sidney Crosby | 0.478 |
2015-16 | Patrick Kane | 0.500 |
2014-15 | Alex Ovechkin | 0.441 |
2013-14 | Sidney Crosby | 0.466 |
2012-13 | Sidney Crosby | 0.526 |
2011-12 | Evgeni Malkin | 0.568 |
2010-11 | Sidney Crosby | 0.644 |
2009-10 | Alex Ovechkin | 0.602 |
2008-09 | Alex Ovechkin | 0.572 |
2007-08 | Alex Ovechkin | 0.586 |
2006-07 | Sidney Crosby | 0.526 |
2005-06 | Jaromír Jágr | 0.578 |
2003-04 | Martin St. Louis* | 0.436 |
2002-03 | Markus Näslund | 0.496 |
2001-02 | Jarome Iginla* | 0.495 |
2000-01 | Mario Lemieux* | 0.682 |
1999-00 | Jaromír Jágr | 0.581 |
1998-99 | Jaromír Jágr | 0.567 |
1997-98 | Teemu Selänne* | 0.532 |
1996-97 | Mario Lemieux* | 0.605 |
1995-96 | Mario Lemieux* | 0.870 |
1994-95 | Eric Lindros* | 0.589 |
1993-94 | Cam Neely* | 0.687 |
1992-93 | Mario Lemieux* | 1.025 |
1991-92 | Mario Lemieux* | 0.732 |
1990-91 | Brett Hull* | 0.744 |
1989-90 | Mario Lemieux* | 0.754 |
1988-89 | Mario Lemieux* | 1.015 |
1987-88 | Mario Lemieux* | 0.851 |
1986-87 | Wayne Gretzky* | 0.846 |
1985-86 | Wayne Gretzky* | 0.895 |
1984-85 | Wayne Gretzky* | 0.958 |
1983-84 | Wayne Gretzky* | 1.081 |
1982-83 | Wayne Gretzky* | 0.927 |
1981-82 | Wayne Gretzky* | 1.029 |
1980-81 | Wayne Gretzky* | 0.748 |
1979-80 | Charlie Simmer | 0.675 |
1978-79 | Mike Bossy* | 0.655 |
1977-78 | Guy Lafleur* | 0.690 |
1976-77 | Guy Lafleur* | 0.666 |
1975-76 | Guy Lafleur* | 0.620 |
1974-75 | Guy Lafleur* | 0.679 |
1973-74 | Phil Esposito* | 0.752 |
1972-73 | Phil Esposito* | 0.642 |
1971-72 | Phil Esposito* | 0.708 |
1970-71 | Phil Esposito* | 0.780 |
1969-70 | Bobby Orr* | 0.550 |
1968-69 | Phil Esposito* | 0.650 |
1967-68 | Stan Mikita* | 0.479 |
1966-67 | Bobby Hull* | 0.547 |
1965-66 | Bobby Hull* | 0.639 |
1964-65 | Bobby Hull* | 0.500 |
1963-64 | Bobby Hull* | 0.511 |
1962-63 | Gordie Howe* | 0.494 |
1961-62 | Bobby Hull* | 0.515 |
1960-61 | Bernie Geoffrion* | 0.627 |
1959-60 | Jean Béliveau* | 0.488 |
1958-59 | Jean Béliveau* | 0.574 |
1957-58 | Bernie Geoffrion* | 0.493 |
1956-57 | Gordie Howe* | 0.528 |
1955-56 | Jean Béliveau* | 0.532 |
1954-55 | Maurice Richard* | 0.456 |
1953-54 | Gordie Howe* | 0.458 |
1952-53 | Gordie Howe* | 0.595 |
1951-52 | Gordie Howe* | 0.560 |
1950-51 | Gordie Howe* | 0.536 |
1949-50 | Sid Abel* | 0.447 |
1948-49 | Ted Lindsay* | 0.488 |
1947-48 | Maurice Richard* | 0.463 |
1946-47 | Maurice Richard* | 0.592 |
1945-46 | Max Bentley* | 0.604 |
1944-45 | Maurice Richard* | 0.771 |
1943-44 | Bill Cowley* | 0.815 |
1942-43 | Syl Apps* | 0.617 |
1941-42 | Lynn Patrick* | 0.509 |
1940-41 | Bill Cowley* | 0.507 |
1939-40 | Syl Apps* | 0.466 |
1938-39 | Bill Cowley* | 0.446 |
1937-38 | Gordie Drillon* | 0.483 |
1936-37 | Larry Aurie | 0.444 |
1935-36 | Charlie Conacher* | 0.437 |
1934-35 | Charlie Conacher* | 0.626 |
1933-34 | Charlie Conacher* | 0.631 |
1932-33 | Bill Cook* | 0.519 |
1931-32 | Charlie Conacher* | 0.598 |
1930-31 | Howie Morenz* | 0.730 |
1929-30 | Cooney Weiland* | 0.929 |
1928-29 | Ace Bailey* | 0.438 |
1927-28 | Howie Morenz* | 0.766 |
1926-27 | Bill Cook* | 0.643 |
1925-26 | Nels Stewart* | 0.858 |
1924-25 | Babe Dye* | 1.151 |
1923-24 | Cy Denneny* | 0.823 |
1922-23 | Babe Dye* | 1.092 |
1921-22 | Punch Broadbent* | 1.222 |
1920-21 | Newsy Lalonde* | 1.335 |
1919-20 | Newsy Lalonde* | 1.511 |
1918-19 | Newsy Lalonde* | 1.370 |
1917-18 | Joe Malone* | 1.982 |
WHA Leaders
Season | Player | GC/G |
---|---|---|
1978-79 | Réal Cloutier | 0.725 |
1977-78 | Marc Tardif | 0.749 |
1976-77 | Anders Hedberg | 0.800 |
1975-76 | Marc Tardif | 0.733 |
1974-75 | Bobby Hull* | 0.767 |
1973-74 | Mike Walton | 0.600 |
1972-73 | Bobby Hull* | 0.680 |
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