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 (*).
NHL Leaders
Season | Player | G/G |
---|---|---|
2023-24 | Auston Matthews | 0.846 |
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
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 |
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