NHL & WHA Yearly 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
Season | Player | GC |
---|---|---|
2023-24 | Nathan MacKinnon | 51.09 |
2022-23 | Connor McDavid | 59.02 |
2021-22 | Connor McDavid | 44.99 |
2020-21 | Connor McDavid | 37.08 |
2019-20 | Leon Draisaitl | 41.26 |
2018-19 | Nikita Kucherov | 45.49 |
2017-18 | Connor McDavid | 40.52 |
2016-17 | Sidney Crosby | 35.86 |
2015-16 | Patrick Kane | 40.98 |
2014-15 | Alex Ovechkin | 35.72 |
2013-14 | Sidney Crosby | 37.31 |
2012-13 | Alex Ovechkin | 23.36 |
2011-12 | Evgeni Malkin | 42.60 |
2010-11 | Corey Perry | 39.21 |
2009-10 | Alex Ovechkin | 43.31 |
2008-09 | Alex Ovechkin | 45.17 |
2007-08 | Alex Ovechkin | 48.03 |
2006-07 | Vincent Lecavalier | 42.82 |
2005-06 | Jaromír Jágr | 47.38 |
2003-04 | Martin St. Louis* | 35.73 |
2002-03 | Markus Näslund | 40.70 |
2001-02 | Jarome Iginla* | 40.58 |
2000-01 | Joe Sakic* | 45.93 |
1999-00 | Pavel Bure* | 41.16 |
1998-99 | Jaromír Jágr | 45.93 |
1997-98 | Pavel Bure* | 39.58 |
1996-97 | Mario Lemieux* | 45.98 |
1995-96 | Mario Lemieux* | 60.91 |
1994-95 | Jaromír Jágr | 27.23 |
1993-94 | Sergei Fedorov* | 48.05 |
1992-93 | Mario Lemieux* | 61.48 |
1991-92 | Brett Hull* | 47.97 |
1990-91 | Brett Hull* | 58.04 |
1989-90 | Steve Yzerman* | 52.04 |
1988-89 | Mario Lemieux* | 77.17 |
1987-88 | Mario Lemieux* | 65.56 |
1986-87 | Wayne Gretzky* | 66.87 |
1985-86 | Wayne Gretzky* | 71.58 |
1984-85 | Wayne Gretzky* | 76.60 |
1983-84 | Wayne Gretzky* | 80.00 |
1982-83 | Wayne Gretzky* | 74.19 |
1981-82 | Wayne Gretzky* | 82.32 |
1980-81 | Wayne Gretzky* | 59.86 |
1979-80 | Marcel Dionne* | 52.28 |
1978-79 | Mike Bossy* | 52.41 |
1977-78 | Guy Lafleur* | 53.81 |
1976-77 | Guy Lafleur* | 53.26 |
1975-76 | Guy Lafleur* | 49.59 |
1974-75 | Phil Esposito* | 52.31 |
1973-74 | Phil Esposito* | 58.63 |
1972-73 | Phil Esposito* | 50.04 |
1971-72 | Phil Esposito* | 53.83 |
1970-71 | Phil Esposito* | 60.85 |
1969-70 | Bobby Orr* | 41.80 |
1968-69 | Phil Esposito* | 48.07 |
1967-68 | Stan Mikita* | 34.47 |
1966-67 | Stan Mikita* | 36.11 |
  | Bobby Hull* | 36.11 |
1965-66 | Bobby Hull* | 41.51 |
1964-65 | Norm Ullman* | 34.78 |
1963-64 | Bobby Hull* | 35.78 |
1962-63 | Gordie Howe* | 34.59 |
1961-62 | Bobby Hull* | 36.08 |
1960-61 | Bernie Geoffrion* | 40.12 |
1959-60 | Bobby Hull* | 32.56 |
1958-59 | Dickie Moore* | 37.01 |
1957-58 | Dickie Moore* | 32.26 |
1956-57 | Gordie Howe* | 36.99 |
1955-56 | Jean Béliveau* | 37.23 |
1954-55 | Bernie Geoffrion* | 30.82 |
1953-54 | Gordie Howe* | 32.07 |
1952-53 | Gordie Howe* | 41.68 |
1951-52 | Gordie Howe* | 39.17 |
1950-51 | Gordie Howe* | 37.54 |
1949-50 | Maurice Richard* | 30.86 |
1948-49 | Roy Conacher* | 26.97 |
1947-48 | Elmer Lach* | 27.58 |
1946-47 | Maurice Richard* | 35.53 |
1945-46 | Gaye Stewart | 28.57 |
1944-45 | Maurice Richard* | 38.57 |
1943-44 | Herb Cain | 34.26 |
1942-43 | Doug Bentley* | 29.51 |
1941-42 | Lynn Patrick* | 23.90 |
1940-41 | Bill Cowley* | 23.33 |
1939-40 | Milt Schmidt* | 22.19 |
1938-39 | Toe Blake* | 19.30 |
1937-38 | Gordie Drillon* | 23.19 |
1936-37 | Sweeney Schriner* | 20.49 |
1935-36 | Bill Thoms | 19.22 |
  | Charlie Conacher* | 19.22 |
1934-35 | Charlie Conacher* | 29.44 |
1933-34 | Charlie Conacher* | 26.52 |
1932-33 | Bill Cook* | 24.89 |
1931-32 | Bill Cook* | 26.80 |
1930-31 | Howie Morenz* | 28.47 |
1929-30 | Cooney Weiland* | 40.87 |
1928-29 | Ace Bailey* | 19.29 |
1927-28 | Howie Morenz* | 32.92 |
1926-27 | Bill Cook* | 28.30 |
1925-26 | Nels Stewart* | 30.88 |
1924-25 | Babe Dye* | 33.38 |
1923-24 | Cy Denneny* | 18.11 |
1922-23 | Babe Dye* | 24.03 |
1921-22 | Punch Broadbent* | 29.32 |
1920-21 | Newsy Lalonde* | 32.04 |
1919-20 | Newsy Lalonde* | 34.76 |
1918-19 | Newsy Lalonde* | 23.29 |
1917-18 | Joe Malone* | 39.63 |
WHA Leaders
Season | Player | GC |
---|---|---|
1978-79 | Réal Cloutier | 55.85 |
1977-78 | Marc Tardif | 58.43 |
1976-77 | Réal Cloutier | 56.64 |
1975-76 | Marc Tardif | 59.35 |
1974-75 | Bobby Hull* | 59.81 |
1973-74 | Mike Walton | 46.81 |
1972-73 | André Lacroix | 47.19 |
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