NHL & WHA Single Season Playoff Leaders and Records for Goals Created
Active players are listed in bold.
Members of the Hockey Hall of Fame are marked with an asterisk (*).
NHL Leaders
Rank | Player | GC | Year |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Wayne Gretzky* | 17.48 | 1985 |
2. | Mario Lemieux* | 16.11 | 1991 |
3. | Wayne Gretzky* | 14.93 | 1988 |
4. | Wayne Gretzky* | 14.73 | 1993 |
5. | Mike Bossy* | 14.41 | 1981 |
6. | Joe Sakic* | 14.21 | 1996 |
7. | Wayne Gretzky* | 13.93 | 1983 |
8. | Jari Kurri* | 13.66 | 1985 |
9. | Mario Lemieux* | 13.43 | 1992 |
10. | Kevin Stevens | 13.42 | 1991 |
11. | Paul Coffey* | 13.38 | 1985 |
  | Evgeni Malkin | 13.38 | 2009 |
13. | Wayne Gretzky* | 13.27 | 1984 |
14. | Pavel Bure* | 13.00 | 1994 |
15. | Craig Simpson | 12.81 | 1990 |
16. | Steve Payne | 12.72 | 1981 |
17. | Brayden Point | 12.69 | 2020 |
18. | Barry Pederson | 12.66 | 1983 |
19. | Brian Leetch* | 12.33 | 1994 |
20. | Sidney Crosby | 12.31 | 2009 |
21. | Doug Gilmour* | 12.24 | 1993 |
22. | Jari Kurri* | 12.22 | 1988 |
  | Mark Messier* | 12.22 | 1988 |
24. | Rick Middleton | 12.11 | 1983 |
25. | Reggie Leach | 11.96 | 1976 |
26. | Mike Bossy* | 11.92 | 1982 |
27. | Evgeny Kuznetsov | 11.86 | 2018 |
28. | Mark Recchi* | 11.81 | 1991 |
29. | Mike Bossy* | 11.71 | 1983 |
30. | Jari Kurri* | 11.61 | 1984 |
31. | Connor McDavid | 11.58 | 2022 |
32. | Frank Mahovlich* | 11.53 | 1971 |
33. | Mark Messier* | 11.51 | 1994 |
34. | Daniel Brière | 11.36 | 2010 |
35. | Alex Ovechkin | 11.32 | 2018 |
36. | Yvan Cournoyer* | 11.28 | 1973 |
37. | Glenn Anderson* | 11.22 | 1987 |
38. | Bryan Trottier* | 11.20 | 1980 |
39. | Bryan Trottier* | 11.09 | 1981 |
40. | Joe Mullen* | 11.07 | 1989 |
  | Nikita Kucherov | 11.07 | 2020 |
42. | Brian Propp | 11.03 | 1987 |
43. | Kevin Stevens | 11.01 | 1992 |
44. | Phil Esposito* | 10.95 | 1970 |
  | Jari Kurri* | 10.95 | 1987 |
  | Mark Messier* | 10.95 | 1987 |
47. | Cam Neely* | 10.94 | 1990 |
48. | Nikita Kucherov | 10.93 | 2021 |
49. | Mark Messier* | 10.90 | 1990 |
50. | Logan Couture | 10.75 | 2016 |
51. | Tim Kerr | 10.74 | 1989 |
52. | Wayne Gretzky* | 10.68 | 1987 |
53. | Brian Bellows | 10.66 | 1991 |
  | Dave Gagner | 10.66 | 1991 |
55. | Henrik Zetterberg | 10.64 | 2008 |
56. | Al MacInnis* | 10.52 | 1989 |
57. | Leon Draisaitl | 10.51 | 2022 |
58. | Joe Sakic* | 10.42 | 2001 |
59. | Eric Lindros* | 10.39 | 1997 |
60. | Jonathan Marchessault | 10.38 | 2023 |
61. | Denis Savard* | 10.32 | 1985 |
62. | Brad Richards | 10.29 | 2004 |
63. | Evgeni Malkin | 10.25 | 2017 |
64. | Trevor Linden | 10.23 | 1994 |
65. | Brian Propp | 10.19 | 1989 |
66. | Mark Messier* | 10.11 | 1985 |
  | Brayden Point | 10.11 | 2021 |
68. | Mario Lemieux* | 10.10 | 1996 |
69. | Esa Tikkanen | 10.08 | 1990 |
  | Patrick Kane | 10.08 | 2010 |
71. | Marián Hossa* | 10.06 | 2008 |
72. | Esa Tikkanen | 10.05 | 1988 |
  | Eric Staal | 10.05 | 2006 |
74. | Mark Messier* | 10.03 | 1983 |
75. | Cam Neely* | 10.00 | 1991 |
76. | Newsy Lalonde* | 9.98 | 1919 |
77. | Joe Pavelski | 9.94 | 2016 |
  | Nathan MacKinnon | 9.94 | 2022 |
  | Cale Makar | 9.94 | 2022 |
80. | Glenn Anderson* | 9.83 | 1985 |
  | Ken Linseman | 9.83 | 1988 |
82. | Claude Lemieux | 9.81 | 1997 |
83. | Bob Bourne | 9.80 | 1983 |
84. | Guy Lafleur* | 9.72 | 1977 |
85. | Marián Gáborík | 9.70 | 2014 |
86. | Dino Ciccarelli* | 9.68 | 1981 |
  | Tyler Johnson | 9.68 | 2015 |
88. | Peter Forsberg* | 9.66 | 2002 |
89. | Bobby Hull* | 9.63 | 1971 |
90. | Rick MacLeish | 9.59 | 1974 |
91. | Mark Stone | 9.56 | 2023 |
92. | Jonathan Toews | 9.55 | 2010 |
93. | Jari Kurri* | 9.54 | 1990 |
94. | Daniel Alfredsson* | 9.53 | 2007 |
95. | Cory Stillman | 9.51 | 2006 |
  | Matthew Tkachuk | 9.51 | 2023 |
97. | Jarome Iginla* | 9.49 | 2004 |
98. | Bryan Trottier* | 9.48 | 1982 |
  | David Krejčí | 9.48 | 2011 |
100. | Jacques Lemaire* | 9.46 | 1979 |
101. | Sidney Crosby | 9.44 | 2017 |
  | Nikita Kucherov | 9.44 | 2022 |
103. | Jeff Carter | 9.43 | 2014 |
104. | Mark Messier* | 9.40 | 1984 |
  | Ron Francis* | 9.40 | 1992 |
  | Jaromír Jágr | 9.40 | 1992 |
  | David Krejčí | 9.40 | 2013 |
108. | Pelle Eklund | 9.38 | 1987 |
109. | Brett Hull* | 9.37 | 2000 |
110. | Brett Hull* | 9.36 | 1990 |
  | Doug Gilmour* | 9.36 | 1994 |
  | Roope Hintz | 9.36 | 2023 |
113. | Rod Brind'Amour | 9.30 | 1997 |
114. | Johan Franzén | 9.29 | 2009 |
  | Henrik Zetterberg | 9.29 | 2009 |
116. | Jeremy Roenick | 9.27 | 1992 |
117. | Bill Barber* | 9.25 | 1980 |
118. | Glenn Anderson* | 9.23 | 1988 |
119. | Nathan MacKinnon | 9.21 | 2020 |
120. | Vincent Damphousse | 9.19 | 1993 |
121. | Guy Lafleur* | 9.18 | 1979 |
122. | Jake Guentzel | 9.17 | 2017 |
  | Mark Scheifele | 9.17 | 2018 |
124. | Justin Williams | 9.16 | 2014 |
125. | Denis Potvin* | 9.15 | 1981 |
126. | Bobby Smith | 9.13 | 1981 |
  | Doug Gilmour* | 9.13 | 1989 |
  | Mika Zibanejad | 9.13 | 2022 |
129. | Patrick Kane | 9.11 | 2015 |
130. | Logan Couture | 9.08 | 2019 |
131. | Jaromír Jágr | 9.04 | 1996 |
132. | Frank Mahovlich* | 9.02 | 1973 |
133. | Mike Bossy* | 9.01 | 1980 |
134. | Yvan Cournoyer* | 9.00 | 1971 |
  | Joe Sakic* | 9.00 | 1997 |
136. | Dennis Hull | 8.99 | 1973 |
137. | Phil Esposito* | 8.97 | 1972 |
  | Ray Ferraro | 8.97 | 1993 |
139. | Martin St. Louis* | 8.93 | 2004 |
140. | Ray Bourque* | 8.89 | 1991 |
141. | Gabriel Landeskog | 8.86 | 2022 |
142. | Tomas Sandström | 8.84 | 1993 |
  | Mike Modano* | 8.84 | 2000 |
144. | Rick Tocchet | 8.83 | 1987 |
145. | Pavel Datsyuk | 8.78 | 2008 |
146. | Joe Murphy | 8.76 | 1992 |
147. | Patrick Sharp | 8.75 | 2010 |
  | Miro Heiskanen | 8.75 | 2020 |
  | Joe Pavelski | 8.75 | 2020 |
  | Jack Eichel | 8.75 | 2023 |
151. | Valeri Kamensky | 8.74 | 1996 |
152. | Guy Lafleur* | 8.73 | 1978 |
  | Sidney Crosby | 8.73 | 2008 |
154. | Glenn Anderson* | 8.72 | 1990 |
155. | Alex Ovechkin | 8.71 | 2009 |
156. | Esa Tikkanen | 8.70 | 1991 |
  | Joe Nieuwendyk* | 8.70 | 1999 |
158. | Craig Simpson | 8.69 | 1988 |
159. | Mike Cammalleri | 8.66 | 2010 |
  | Phil Kessel | 8.66 | 2016 |
161. | Jari Kurri* | 8.64 | 1983 |
  | Jaden Schwartz | 8.64 | 2019 |
  | Victor Hedman | 8.64 | 2020 |
164. | Gilbert Perreault* | 8.63 | 1980 |
  | Ondřej Palát | 8.63 | 2022 |
166. | Rick MacLeish | 8.61 | 1975 |
  | Clark Gillies* | 8.61 | 1984 |
  | Nikita Kucherov | 8.61 | 2015 |
169. | Brad Marchand | 8.60 | 2019 |
170. | Guy Lafleur* | 8.59 | 1975 |
171. | Michel Goulet* | 8.56 | 1985 |
  | Joe Mullen* | 8.56 | 1986 |
173. | Jean Béliveau* | 8.55 | 1956 |
  | John Druce | 8.55 | 1990 |
175. | Patrik Eliáš | 8.54 | 2001 |
  | Petr Sýkora | 8.54 | 2001 |
177. | Ray Bourque* | 8.53 | 1983 |
178. | Peter Forsberg* | 8.52 | 1999 |
179. | Fernando Pisani | 8.51 | 2006 |
180. | Mario Lemieux* | 8.48 | 1989 |
181. | Neal Broten | 8.47 | 1991 |
  | Brian Propp | 8.47 | 1991 |
  | Peter Forsberg* | 8.47 | 1996 |
  | Evgeni Malkin | 8.47 | 2008 |
185. | Brent Sutter | 8.44 | 1983 |
186. | Dave Andreychuk* | 8.43 | 1993 |
  | Leon Draisaitl | 8.43 | 2023 |
188. | Steve Larmer | 8.42 | 1985 |
  | Darryl Sutter | 8.42 | 1985 |
190. | Paul Holmgren | 8.41 | 1980 |
191. | Claude Giroux | 8.38 | 2010 |
192. | Ryan O'Reilly | 8.37 | 2019 |
193. | Glenn Anderson* | 8.36 | 1983 |
  | Phil Kessel | 8.36 | 2017 |
195. | Anže Kopitar | 8.35 | 2014 |
196. | Jake Guentzel | 8.34 | 2018 |
197. | Brent Burns | 8.33 | 2016 |
198. | Sergei Fedorov* | 8.32 | 1995 |
199. | Butch Goring | 8.31 | 1981 |
  | Jonathan Toews | 8.31 | 2015 |
  | Nikita Kucherov | 8.31 | 2016 |
202. | Paul Coffey* | 8.30 | 1984 |
  | Luc Robitaille* | 8.30 | 1993 |
204. | Gregg Sheppard | 8.27 | 1974 |
205. | Johan Franzén | 8.25 | 2008 |
206. | Gordie Howe* | 8.24 | 1955 |
207. | Bobby Smith | 8.22 | 1989 |
  | Alex Kovalev | 8.22 | 1994 |
209. | Johnny Bucyk* | 8.21 | 1970 |
210. | Bob Bourne | 8.20 | 1980 |
  | John LeClair | 8.20 | 1997 |
  | Chandler Stephenson | 8.20 | 2023 |
213. | Valeri Kamensky | 8.18 | 1997 |
214. | Duane Sutter | 8.17 | 1983 |
215. | Wendel Clark | 8.16 | 1993 |
  | Wayne Gretzky* | 8.16 | 1997 |
217. | Maurice Richard* | 8.15 | 1944 |
  | Doug Gilmour* | 8.15 | 1986 |
  | Rod Brind'Amour | 8.15 | 2006 |
220. | Brad Marchand | 8.12 | 2011 |
221. | Sergei Fedorov* | 8.11 | 1998 |
  | Steve Yzerman* | 8.11 | 1998 |
  | Mike Richards | 8.11 | 2010 |
224. | Steven Stamkos | 8.09 | 2022 |
225. | Sidney Crosby | 8.08 | 2018 |
  | Evander Kane | 8.08 | 2022 |
227. | Mikko Rantanen | 8.06 | 2022 |
228. | Brett Hull* | 8.05 | 1991 |
229. | Bob Probert | 8.03 | 1988 |
230. | Bernie Geoffrion* | 8.02 | 1957 |
231. | Lanny McDonald* | 8.01 | 1986 |
  | Milan Hejduk | 8.01 | 2001 |
  | Martin St. Louis* | 8.01 | 2011 |
234. | Denis Savard* | 7.97 | 1982 |
  | Petr Nedvěd | 7.97 | 1996 |
236. | Bobby Orr* | 7.94 | 1970 |
  | Claude Lemieux | 7.94 | 1995 |
  | Jonathan Marchessault | 7.94 | 2018 |
239. | Brad Park* | 7.91 | 1978 |
240. | Steve Larmer | 7.89 | 1990 |
  | Jeremy Roenick | 7.89 | 1990 |
  | Denis Savard* | 7.89 | 1990 |
243. | Johnny Bucyk* | 7.88 | 1972 |
  | Bobby Orr* | 7.88 | 1972 |
  | Mats Näslund | 7.88 | 1987 |
246. | Jean Béliveau* | 7.87 | 1971 |
  | Jacques Lemaire* | 7.87 | 1971 |
248. | Bobby Clarke* | 7.85 | 1980 |
249. | Jamie Langenbrunner | 7.83 | 2003 |
  | Ondřej Palát | 7.83 | 2020 |
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