NHL & WHA Yearly Leaders and Records for Even Strength GoalsSubscribe Now (First Month Free)

Active players are listed in bold.
Members of the Hockey Hall of Fame are marked with an asterisk (*).

NHL Leaders

NHL Leaders Table
Season Player EV
2023-24 Auston Matthews 44
2022-23 David Pastrňák 43
2021-22 Auston Matthews 44
2020-21 Auston Matthews 31
2019-20 Alex Ovechkin 35
  Auston Matthews 35
2018-19 John Tavares 37
2017-18 Connor McDavid 35
2016-17 Auston Matthews 32
2015-16 Alex Ovechkin 31
2014-15 Rick Nash 32
2013-14 Corey Perry 35
2012-13 Jonathan Toews 19
  Jiří Tlustý 19
  John Tavares 19
  Steven Stamkos 19
2011-12 Steven Stamkos 48
2010-11 Corey Perry 32
2009-10 Alex Ovechkin 37
2008-09 Alex Ovechkin 36
2007-08 Alex Ovechkin 43
2006-07 Vincent Lecavalier 31
2005-06 Simon Gagné 33
2003-04 Markus Näslund 30
2002-03 Glen Murray 32
  Milan Hejduk 32
2001-02 Jarome Iginla* 35
2000-01 Jaromír Jágr 37
1999-00 Pavel Bure* 45
1998-99 Jaromír Jágr 33
1997-98 Teemu Selänne* 41
1996-97 Keith Tkachuk 41
1995-96 Jaromír Jágr 41
1994-95 Eric Lindros* 22
1993-94 Sergei Fedorov* 39
1992-93 Teemu Selänne* 52
1991-92 Brett Hull* 45
1990-91 Brett Hull* 57
1989-90 Brett Hull* 45
1988-89 Steve Yzerman* 45
1987-88 Mario Lemieux* 38
1986-87 Wayne Gretzky* 42
1985-86 Jari Kurri* 46
1984-85 Jari Kurri* 54
  Wayne Gretzky* 54
1983-84 Wayne Gretzky* 55
1982-83 Lanny McDonald* 49
1981-82 Wayne Gretzky* 68
1980-81 Wayne Babych 40
1979-80 Reggie Leach 41
1978-79 Mike Bossy* 42
1977-78 Guy Lafleur* 45
1976-77 Steve Shutt* 52
1975-76 Reggie Leach 51
1974-75 Guy Lafleur* 36
1973-74 Phil Esposito* 50
1972-73 Mickey Redmond 37
1971-72 Jean Ratelle* 40
1970-71 Phil Esposito* 51
1969-70 Stan Mikita* 32
1968-69 Frank Mahovlich* 42
1967-68 Bobby Hull* 34
1966-67 Bobby Hull* 32
1965-66 Bobby Hull* 31
1964-65 Norm Ullman* 31
1963-64 Bobby Hull* 27
1962-63 Andy Bathgate* 30
1961-62 Bobby Hull* 41
1960-61 Frank Mahovlich* 41
1959-60 Bobby Hull* 33
1958-59 Jean Béliveau* 32
1957-58 Bronco Horvath 27
1956-57 Ed Litzenberger 30
1955-56 Tod Sloan 28
  Jean Béliveau* 28
1954-55 Maurice Richard* 27
1953-54 Maurice Richard* 20
  Ken Mosdell 20
  Bernie Geoffrion* 20
1952-53 Gordie Howe* 37
1951-52 Gordie Howe* 41
1950-51 Gordie Howe* 38
1949-50 Maurice Richard* 30
  Gordie Howe* 30
1948-49 Grant Warwick 21
  Jim Conacher 21
1947-48 Ted Lindsay* 26
1946-47 Maurice Richard* 33
1945-46 Gaye Stewart 32
1944-45 Maurice Richard* 39
1943-44 Carl Liscombe 33
  Herb Cain 33
  Mud Bruneteau 33
1942-43 Doug Bentley* 28
1941-42 Lynn Patrick* 28
1940-41 Bryan Hextall* 23
1939-40 Woody Dumart* 22
1938-39 Roy Conacher* 24
1937-38 Gordie Drillon* 21
1936-37 Larry Aurie 21
1935-36 Bill Thoms 21
1934-35 Charlie Conacher* 30
1933-34 Charlie Conacher* 30