NHL & WHA Single Season Playoff Leaders and Records for Goals Per Game
Active players are listed in bold.
Members of the Hockey Hall of Fame are marked with an asterisk (*).
NHL Leaders
Rank | Player | G/G | Year |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Newsy Lalonde* | 2.200 | 1919 |
2. | Bobby Hull* | 1.600 | 1963 |
3. | Odie Cleghorn | 1.400 | 1919 |
4. | Maurice Richard* | 1.333 | 1944 |
5. | Bobby Gould | 1.250 | 1983 |
  | Cam Neely* | 1.250 | 1987 |
  | Connor McDavid | 1.250 | 2020 |
8. | Cooney Weiland* | 1.200 | 1931 |
  | Jean Béliveau* | 1.200 | 1956 |
  | Rick Vaive | 1.200 | 1988 |
11. | Reggie Leach | 1.188 | 1976 |
12. | John Tucker | 1.167 | 1988 |
  | Dale Hunter | 1.167 | 1993 |
  | Kirill Kaprizov | 1.167 | 2022 |
15. | Pat LaFontaine* | 1.143 | 1992 |
  | Jake Guentzel | 1.143 | 2022 |
17. | Lanny McDonald* | 1.111 | 1977 |
18. | Bernie Geoffrion* | 1.100 | 1957 |
  | Maurice Richard* | 1.100 | 1958 |
20. | Guy Lafleur* | 1.091 | 1975 |
  | Mario Lemieux* | 1.091 | 1989 |
22. | Brett Hull* | 1.083 | 1990 |
  | Leon Draisaitl | 1.083 | 2023 |
24. | Mario Lemieux* | 1.067 | 1992 |
25. | Jari Kurri* | 1.056 | 1985 |
26. | Joe Malone* | 1.000 | 1919 |
  | Cecil Dillon | 1.000 | 1933 |
  | Gordie Drillon* | 1.000 | 1938 |
  | Maurice Richard* | 1.000 | 1945 |
  | Wayne Gretzky* | 1.000 | 1982 |
  | Mark Messier* | 1.000 | 1983 |
  | Brian Bellows | 1.000 | 1986 |
  | Jimmy Carson | 1.000 | 1988 |
  | Dino Ciccarelli* | 1.000 | 1990 |
  | Luc Robitaille* | 1.000 | 1991 |
  | Cliff Ronning | 1.000 | 1991 |
  | Al Iafrate | 1.000 | 1993 |
  | Alexander Mogilny | 1.000 | 1993 |
  | Theo Fleury | 1.000 | 1995 |
  | Rick Tocchet | 1.000 | 1998 |
  | Scott Young | 1.000 | 2000 |
  | Henrik Zetterberg | 1.000 | 2006 |
  | Teemu Selänne* | 1.000 | 2011 |
  | Jordan Staal | 1.000 | 2012 |
  | Vladimir Tarasenko | 1.000 | 2015 |
  | Sean Couturier | 1.000 | 2018 |
  | T.J. Oshie | 1.000 | 2022 |
  | Mikko Rantanen | 1.000 | 2023 |
49. | Mike Bossy* | 0.944 | 1981 |
  | Wayne Gretzky* | 0.944 | 1985 |
51. | John Druce | 0.933 | 1990 |
52. | Phil Esposito* | 0.929 | 1970 |
53. | Bill Barber* | 0.917 | 1981 |
54. | Marcel Bonin | 0.909 | 1959 |
55. | Steve Yzerman* | 0.900 | 1999 |
56. | Steve Payne | 0.895 | 1981 |
  | Mike Bossy* | 0.895 | 1982 |
  | Mike Bossy* | 0.895 | 1983 |
59. | Doug Bentley* | 0.889 | 1944 |
  | Ted Kennedy* | 0.889 | 1948 |
  | Derek Sanderson | 0.889 | 1969 |
  | Tony McKegney | 0.889 | 1985 |
  | Håkan Loob | 0.889 | 1988 |
64. | Yvan Cournoyer* | 0.882 | 1973 |
65. | Stéphane Richer | 0.875 | 1988 |
66. | Evander Kane | 0.867 | 2022 |
67. | Charlie Conacher* | 0.857 | 1932 |
  | Bun Cook* | 0.857 | 1932 |
  | Norm Ullman* | 0.857 | 1965 |
  | Peter Bondra | 0.857 | 1992 |
  | Theo Fleury | 0.857 | 1994 |
  | Kirk Muller | 0.857 | 1994 |
  | Brett Hull* | 0.857 | 1995 |
  | Keith Tkachuk | 0.857 | 1997 |
  | Peter Forsberg* | 0.857 | 1998 |
  | Joe Sakic* | 0.857 | 2003 |
  | Mark Stone | 0.857 | 2019 |
  | Chris Kreider | 0.857 | 2023 |
79. | Brett Hull* | 0.846 | 1991 |
80. | Cam Neely* | 0.842 | 1991 |
81. | Cy Denneny* | 0.833 | 1927 |
  | Sid Smith | 0.833 | 1949 |
  | Andy Bathgate* | 0.833 | 1958 |
  | Rod Gilbert* | 0.833 | 1968 |
  | Paul Henderson | 0.833 | 1971 |
  | René Robert | 0.833 | 1973 |
  | Yvan Cournoyer* | 0.833 | 1974 |
  | Steve Shutt* | 0.833 | 1974 |
  | René Robert | 0.833 | 1977 |
  | Darryl Sittler* | 0.833 | 1979 |
  | Tim Kerr | 0.833 | 1985 |
  | Petr Klíma | 0.833 | 1988 |
  | Eddie Olczyk | 0.833 | 1988 |
  | Steve Yzerman* | 0.833 | 1989 |
  | Mark Hunter | 0.833 | 1991 |
  | Steve Larmer | 0.833 | 1991 |
  | Theo Fleury | 0.833 | 1993 |
  | Jaromír Jágr | 0.833 | 1995 |
  | Doug Gilmour* | 0.833 | 1998 |
  | Jeremy Roenick | 0.833 | 1998 |
  | Ray Sheppard | 0.833 | 1999 |
  | Alexander Mogilny | 0.833 | 2003 |
  | Vincent Lecavalier | 0.833 | 2007 |
  | Colin Wilson | 0.833 | 2015 |
  | Jake Guentzel | 0.833 | 2018 |
  | Adrian Kempe | 0.833 | 2023 |
107. | Barry Pederson | 0.824 | 1983 |
  | Mark Scheifele | 0.824 | 2018 |
109. | Maurice Richard* | 0.818 | 1951 |
  | Gordie Howe* | 0.818 | 1955 |
  | Chris Kontos | 0.818 | 1989 |
  | Joe Sakic* | 0.818 | 1996 |
  | Patrick Marleau | 0.818 | 2006 |
114. | Johan Franzén | 0.813 | 2008 |
115. | Maurice Richard* | 0.800 | 1957 |
  | Phil Esposito* | 0.800 | 1969 |
  | Yvon Lambert | 0.800 | 1980 |
  | Peter McNab | 0.800 | 1980 |
  | Brian Sutter | 0.800 | 1982 |
  | Darryl Sutter | 0.800 | 1985 |
  | Glenn Anderson* | 0.800 | 1986 |
  | Wayne Gretzky* | 0.800 | 1986 |
  | Owen Nolan | 0.800 | 2000 |
  | Claude Giroux | 0.800 | 2012 |
  | Nathan MacKinnon | 0.800 | 2021 |
126. | Johnny Bucyk* | 0.786 | 1970 |
  | Bobby Schmautz | 0.786 | 1977 |
  | Alex Ovechkin | 0.786 | 2009 |
129. | Frank Boucher* | 0.778 | 1928 |
  | Buzz Boll | 0.778 | 1936 |
  | Toe Blake* | 0.778 | 1944 |
  | Toe Blake* | 0.778 | 1946 |
  | Maurice Richard* | 0.778 | 1946 |
  | Butch Goring | 0.778 | 1977 |
  | Wayne Gretzky* | 0.778 | 1981 |
  | Brian Propp | 0.778 | 1989 |
  | Stéphane Richer | 0.778 | 1990 |
  | Mike Modano* | 0.778 | 1994 |
139. | Rick MacLeish | 0.765 | 1974 |
  | Claude Lemieux | 0.765 | 1997 |
141. | Joe Mullen* | 0.762 | 1989 |
142. | Don McKenney | 0.750 | 1958 |
  | Jerry Toppazzini | 0.750 | 1958 |
  | Dickie Moore* | 0.750 | 1960 |
  | Wayne Gretzky* | 0.750 | 1983 |
  | Sidney Crosby | 0.750 | 2018 |
  | David Perron | 0.750 | 2022 |
148. | Dino Ciccarelli* | 0.737 | 1981 |
  | Jari Kurri* | 0.737 | 1984 |
  | Jari Kurri* | 0.737 | 1988 |
  | Tim Kerr | 0.737 | 1989 |
152. | Denis Savard* | 0.733 | 1982 |
153. | Gordie Howe* | 0.727 | 1949 |
  | Ed Sandford | 0.727 | 1953 |
  | Bernie Federko* | 0.727 | 1981 |
  | Craig Simpson | 0.727 | 1990 |
  | Brett Hull* | 0.727 | 1993 |
  | Mario Lemieux* | 0.727 | 1993 |
  | Jaromír Jágr | 0.727 | 2000 |
  | Brian Gionta | 0.727 | 2007 |
  | Daniel Brière | 0.727 | 2012 |
  | Brad Marchand | 0.727 | 2021 |
163. | Ray Ferraro | 0.722 | 1993 |
164. | Busher Jackson* | 0.714 | 1932 |
  | Herb Cain | 0.714 | 1945 |
  | Gerry Plamondon | 0.714 | 1949 |
  | Bobby Hull* | 0.714 | 1965 |
  | Bobby Orr* | 0.714 | 1971 |
  | Gilbert Perreault* | 0.714 | 1980 |
  | Jari Kurri* | 0.714 | 1987 |
  | John MacLean | 0.714 | 1991 |
  | Dino Ciccarelli* | 0.714 | 1992 |
  | Dino Ciccarelli* | 0.714 | 1994 |
  | Peter Bondra | 0.714 | 1995 |
  | Mats Sundin* | 0.714 | 1995 |
  | German Titov | 0.714 | 1995 |
  | Daniel Alfredsson* | 0.714 | 1997 |
  | Doug Weight | 0.714 | 2003 |
  | Jarome Iginla* | 0.714 | 2006 |
  | Nicklas Bäckström | 0.714 | 2010 |
  | Alex Ovechkin | 0.714 | 2010 |
  | Thomas Vanek | 0.714 | 2011 |
  | Paul Stastny | 0.714 | 2014 |
  | Nicklas Bäckström | 0.714 | 2019 |
  | Auston Matthews | 0.714 | 2019 |
  | Max Pacioretty | 0.714 | 2019 |
  | William Nylander | 0.714 | 2021 |
  | Tyler Bertuzzi | 0.714 | 2023 |
  | Taylor Hall | 0.714 | 2023 |
  | David Pastrňák | 0.714 | 2023 |
191. | Kevin Stevens | 0.708 | 1991 |
192. | Gordie Drillon* | 0.700 | 1939 |
  | Alex Delvecchio* | 0.700 | 1956 |
  | Dave Keon* | 0.700 | 1963 |
  | Jean Béliveau* | 0.700 | 1968 |
  | Frank Mahovlich* | 0.700 | 1971 |
  | Walt Tkaczuk | 0.700 | 1973 |
  | Marcel Dionne* | 0.700 | 1982 |
  | Robbie Ftorek | 0.700 | 1982 |
  | Joe Mullen* | 0.700 | 1982 |
  | Brett Hull* | 0.700 | 1988 |
  | Cam Neely* | 0.700 | 1989 |
  | Bernie Nicholls | 0.700 | 1990 |
  | Adam Graves | 0.700 | 1996 |
  | Jim Campbell | 0.700 | 1998 |
  | Scott Mellanby | 0.700 | 2002 |
  | Martin Havlát | 0.700 | 2006 |
  | Daniel Alfredsson* | 0.700 | 2007 |
  | Logan Couture | 0.700 | 2019 |
  | Brandon Saad | 0.700 | 2021 |
211. | Mario Lemieux* | 0.696 | 1991 |
212. | Michel Goulet* | 0.692 | 1987 |
  | John Ogrodnick | 0.692 | 1987 |
  | Shayne Corson | 0.692 | 1991 |
  | Stéphane Richer | 0.692 | 1991 |
216. | Gregg Sheppard | 0.688 | 1974 |
  | Jacques Lemaire* | 0.688 | 1979 |
  | Zach Hyman | 0.688 | 2022 |
219. | Wayne Gretzky* | 0.684 | 1984 |
  | Craig Simpson | 0.684 | 1988 |
  | Rod Brind'Amour | 0.684 | 1997 |
  | Mike Cammalleri | 0.684 | 2010 |
223. | Herbie Lewis* | 0.667 | 1934 |
  | Don Grosso | 0.667 | 1942 |
  | Art Jackson | 0.667 | 1943 |
  | Floyd Curry | 0.667 | 1955 |
  | Bernie Geoffrion* | 0.667 | 1955 |
  | Bobby Hull* | 0.667 | 1962 |
  | Pit Martin | 0.667 | 1973 |
  | Marcel Dionne* | 0.667 | 1976 |
  | Jean Ratelle* | 0.667 | 1976 |
  | Guy Lafleur* | 0.667 | 1978 |
  | Paul Reinhart | 0.667 | 1983 |
  | Bobby Smith | 0.667 | 1983 |
  | Paul Coffey* | 0.667 | 1985 |
  | Mark Messier* | 0.667 | 1985 |
  | Rick Vaive | 0.667 | 1986 |
  | Glenn Anderson* | 0.667 | 1987 |
  | Tim Kerr | 0.667 | 1987 |
  | Esa Tikkanen | 0.667 | 1991 |
  | Jeremy Roenick | 0.667 | 1992 |
  | Pavel Bure* | 0.667 | 1994 |
  | Wayne Gretzky* | 0.667 | 1997 |
  | Joe Nieuwendyk* | 0.667 | 2004 |
  | Patrik Eliáš | 0.667 | 2006 |
  | Mikael Samuelsson | 0.667 | 2010 |
  | Connor McDavid | 0.667 | 2023 |
248. | Claude Lemieux | 0.650 | 1995 |
  | Nathan MacKinnon | 0.650 | 2022 |
250. | Rick MacLeish | 0.647 | 1975 |
  | Rick Middleton | 0.647 | 1983 |
  | Michel Goulet* | 0.647 | 1985 |
  | Nikita Kucherov | 0.647 | 2016 |
WHA Leaders
Rank | Player | G/G | Year |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Tom Webster | 1.667 | 1974 |
2. | Marc Tardif | 1.500 | 1979 |
3. | Anders Hedberg | 1.000 | 1976 |
  | Willy Lindström | 1.000 | 1979 |
  | Lou Nistico | 1.000 | 1975 |
  | Anders Hedberg | 1.000 | 1978 |
7. | Norm Beaudin | 0.929 | 1973 |
8. | Bobby Hull* | 0.923 | 1976 |
9. | Mike Walton | 0.909 | 1974 |
10. | Réal Cloutier | 0.900 | 1978 |
11. | Gary Jarrett | 0.889 | 1973 |
  | Bobby Guindon | 0.889 | 1978 |
  | Bobby Hull* | 0.889 | 1978 |
14. | Gavin Kirk | 0.833 | 1975 |
  | Mike Walton | 0.833 | 1975 |
16. | Réal Cloutier | 0.824 | 1977 |
  | Serge Bernier | 0.824 | 1977 |
18. | Rich Preston | 0.800 | 1979 |
  | Morris Lukowich | 0.800 | 1979 |
  | Tom Webster | 0.800 | 1973 |
  | Larry Pleau | 0.800 | 1973 |
22. | Reg Thomas | 0.778 | 1977 |
  | Blair MacDonald | 0.778 | 1977 |
  | Ron Buchanan | 0.778 | 1973 |
25. | Wayne Gretzky* | 0.769 | 1979 |
  | Mark Howe* | 0.769 | 1975 |
27. | Paulin Bordeleau | 0.750 | 1977 |
28. | Mike Antonovich | 0.714 | 1978 |
29. | Gene Peacosh | 0.700 | 1975 |
30. | Ron Chipperfield | 0.692 | 1979 |
31. | Marc Tardif | 0.667 | 1975 |
  | Réjean Houle | 0.667 | 1975 |
  | Wayne Connelly | 0.667 | 1975 |
34. | Anders Hedberg | 0.650 | 1977 |
  | Bobby Hull* | 0.650 | 1977 |
36. | Larry Lund | 0.643 | 1974 |
  | Frank Hughes | 0.643 | 1974 |
  | Mark Howe* | 0.643 | 1974 |
  | Murray Hall | 0.643 | 1974 |
  | Bobby Hull* | 0.643 | 1973 |
41. | Blair MacDonald | 0.615 | 1979 |
  | Gordie Howe* | 0.615 | 1975 |
43. | Norm Ferguson | 0.600 | 1975 |
  | Tim Sheehy | 0.600 | 1973 |
45. | Tom Webster | 0.588 | 1976 |
46. | Dick Sentes | 0.583 | 1974 |
  | Tom Martin | 0.583 | 1974 |
48. | Mark Howe* | 0.571 | 1978 |
  | André Hinse | 0.571 | 1974 |
50. | Lyle Moffat | 0.556 | 1978 |
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