NHL & WHA Yearly 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 (*).

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NHL Leaders

NHL Leaders Table
Season Player G/G
2025-26 Nathan MacKinnon 0.663
2024-25 Leon Draisaitl 0.732
2023-24 Auston Matthews 0.852
2022-23 Connor McDavid 0.780
2021-22 Auston Matthews 0.822
2020-21 Auston Matthews 0.788
2019-20 Mika Zibanejad 0.719
2018-19 Alex Ovechkin 0.630
2017-18 Alex Ovechkin 0.598
2016-17 Sidney Crosby 0.587
2015-16 Alex Ovechkin 0.633
2014-15 Alex Ovechkin 0.654
2013-14 Steven Stamkos 0.676
2012-13 Alex Ovechkin 0.667
2011-12 Steven Stamkos 0.732
2010-11 Sidney Crosby 0.780
2009-10 Alex Ovechkin 0.694
2008-09 Alex Ovechkin 0.709
2007-08 Alex Ovechkin 0.793
2006-07 Vincent Lecavalier 0.634
2005-06 Jonathan Cheechoo 0.683
2003-04 Rick Nash 0.513
2002-03 Milan Hejduk 0.610
2001-02 Jarome Iginla* 0.634
2000-01 Mario Lemieux* 0.814
1999-00 Pavel Bure* 0.784
1998-99 Teemu Selänne* 0.627
1997-98 Teemu Selänne* 0.712
1996-97 Jaromír Jágr 0.746
1995-96 Mario Lemieux* 0.986
1994-95 Peter Bondra 0.723
1993-94 Cam Neely* 1.020
1992-93 Mario Lemieux* 1.150
1991-92 Brett Hull* 0.959
1990-91 Brett Hull* 1.103
1989-90 Brett Hull* 0.900
1988-89 Mario Lemieux* 1.118
1987-88 Mario Lemieux* 0.909
1986-87 Mario Lemieux* 0.857
1985-86 Jari Kurri* 0.872
1984-85 Jari Kurri* 0.973
1983-84 Wayne Gretzky* 1.176
1982-83 Wayne Gretzky* 0.888
1981-82 Wayne Gretzky* 1.150
1980-81 Charlie Simmer 0.862
1979-80 Charlie Simmer 0.875
1978-79 Mike Bossy* 0.863
1977-78 Guy Lafleur* 0.769
1976-77 Steve Shutt* 0.750
1975-76 Reggie Leach 0.763
1974-75 Phil Esposito* 0.772
1973-74 Phil Esposito* 0.872
1972-73 Phil Esposito* 0.705
1971-72 Phil Esposito* 0.868
1970-71 Phil Esposito* 0.974
1969-70 Bobby Hull* 0.623
1968-69 Bobby Hull* 0.784
1967-68 Bobby Hull* 0.620
1966-67 Bobby Hull* 0.788
1965-66 Bobby Hull* 0.831
1964-65 Bobby Hull* 0.639
1963-64 Bobby Hull* 0.614
1962-63 Camille Henry 0.617
1961-62 Bobby Hull* 0.714
1960-61 Bernie Geoffrion* 0.781
1959-60 Bronco Horvath 0.574
1958-59 Jean Béliveau* 0.703
1957-58 Bernie Geoffrion* 0.643
1956-57 Gordie Howe* 0.629
1955-56 Jean Béliveau* 0.671
1954-55 Maurice Richard* 0.567
1953-54 Bernie Geoffrion* 0.537
1952-53 Gordie Howe* 0.700
1951-52 Gordie Howe* 0.671
1950-51 Maurice Richard* 0.646
1949-50 Maurice Richard* 0.614
1948-49 Ted Lindsay* 0.520
1947-48 Ted Lindsay* 0.550
1946-47 Maurice Richard* 0.750
1945-46 Gaye Stewart 0.740
1944-45 Maurice Richard* 1.000
1943-44 Mud Bruneteau 0.897
1942-43 Syl Apps* 0.793
1941-42 Lynn Patrick* 0.681
1940-41 Roy Conacher* 0.585
1939-40 Roy Conacher* 0.581
1938-39 Roy Conacher* 0.553
1937-38 Gordie Drillon* 0.542
1936-37 Nels Stewart* 0.535
1935-36 Charlie Conacher* 0.523
1934-35 Charlie Conacher* 0.766
1933-34 Charlie Conacher* 0.762
1932-33 Bill Cook* 0.583
1931-32 Charlie Conacher* 0.773
1930-31 Charlie Conacher* 0.816
1929-30 Cooney Weiland* 0.977
1928-29 Ace Bailey* 0.500
1927-28 Howie Morenz* 0.767
1926-27 Bill Cook* 0.750
1925-26 Nels Stewart* 0.944
1924-25 Babe Dye* 1.310
1923-24 Cy Denneny* 1.000
1922-23 Babe Dye* 1.227
1921-22 Babe Dye* 1.292
  Punch Broadbent* 1.292
1920-21 Babe Dye* 1.458
1919-20 Joe Malone* 1.625
1918-19 Newsy Lalonde* 1.353
1917-18 Joe Malone* 2.200

WHA Leaders

WHA Leaders Table
Season Player G/G
1978-79 Réal Cloutier 0.974
1977-78 Marc Tardif 0.833
1976-77 Anders Hedberg 1.029
1975-76 Marc Tardif 0.877
1974-75 Bobby Hull* 0.987
1973-74 Mike Walton 0.731
1972-73 Bobby Hull* 0.810