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
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 |
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