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 (*).

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NHL Leaders

NHL Leaders Table
Season Player GC/G
2025-26 Connor McDavid 0.616
2024-25 Leon Draisaitl 0.600
2023-24 Nikita Kucherov 0.624
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

WHA Leaders Table
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