NHL & WHA Yearly 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 (*).

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NHL Leaders

NHL Leaders Table
Year Player G/G
2026 Brandon Hagel 0.857
2025 Nathan MacKinnon 1.000
2024 Valeri Nichushkin 1.125
2023 Leon Draisaitl 1.083
2022 Kirill Kaprizov 1.167
2021 Nathan MacKinnon 0.800
2020 Connor McDavid 1.250
2019 Mark Stone 0.857
2018 Sean Couturier 1.000
2017 Jakob Silfverberg 0.529
2016 Nikita Kucherov 0.647
2015 Vladimir Tarasenko 1.000
2014 Paul Stastny 0.714
2013 Kyle Turris 0.600
2012 Jordan Staal 1.000
2011 Teemu Selänne* 1.000
2010 Alex Ovechkin 0.714
  Nicklas Bäckström 0.714
2009 Alex Ovechkin 0.786
2008 Johan Franzén 0.813
2007 Vincent Lecavalier 0.833
2006 Henrik Zetterberg 1.000
2004 Joe Nieuwendyk* 0.667
2003 Joe Sakic* 0.857
2002 Scott Mellanby 0.700
2001 Joe Sakic* 0.619
2000 Scott Young 1.000
1999 Steve Yzerman* 0.900
1998 Rick Tocchet 1.000
1997 Keith Tkachuk 0.857
1996 Joe Sakic* 0.818
1995 Theo Fleury 1.000
1994 Kirk Muller 0.857
  Theo Fleury 0.857
1993 Dale Hunter 1.167
1992 Pat LaFontaine* 1.143
1991 Cliff Ronning 1.000
  Luc Robitaille* 1.000
1990 Brett Hull* 1.083
1989 Mario Lemieux* 1.091
1988 Rick Vaive 1.200
1987 Cam Neely* 1.250
1986 Brian Bellows 1.000
1985 Jari Kurri* 1.056
1984 Jari Kurri* 0.737
1983 Bobby Gould 1.250
1982 Wayne Gretzky* 1.000
1981 Mike Bossy* 0.944
1980 Peter McNab 0.800
  Yvon Lambert 0.800
1979 Darryl Sittler* 0.833
1978 Guy Lafleur* 0.667
1977 Lanny McDonald* 1.111
1976 Reggie Leach 1.188
1975 Guy Lafleur* 1.091
1974 Steve Shutt* 0.833
  Yvan Cournoyer* 0.833
1973 Yvan Cournoyer* 0.882
1972 Phil Roberto 0.636
1971 Paul Henderson 0.833
1970 Phil Esposito* 0.929
1969 Derek Sanderson 0.889
1968 Rod Gilbert* 0.833
1967 Jean Béliveau* 0.600
1966 Norm Ullman* 0.500
  Jean Béliveau* 0.500
  Andy Bathgate* 0.500
1965 Norm Ullman* 0.857
1964 Gordie Howe* 0.643
1963 Bobby Hull* 1.600
1962 Bobby Hull* 0.667
1961 Stan Mikita* 0.500
1960 Dickie Moore* 0.750
1959 Marcel Bonin 0.909
1958 Maurice Richard* 1.100
1957 Bernie Geoffrion* 1.100
1956 Jean Béliveau* 1.200
1955 Gordie Howe* 0.818
1954 Bernie Geoffrion* 0.545
1953 Ed Sandford 0.727
1952 Ted Lindsay* 0.625
1951 Maurice Richard* 0.818
1950 Pentti Lund 0.500
1949 Sid Smith 0.833
1948 Ted Kennedy* 0.889
1947 Maurice Richard* 0.600
1946 Maurice Richard* 0.778
  Toe Blake* 0.778
1945 Maurice Richard* 1.000
1944 Maurice Richard* 1.333
1943 Art Jackson 0.667
1942 Don Grosso 0.667
1941 Eddie Wiseman 0.545
1940 Hank Goldup 0.500
  Syl Apps* 0.500
1939 Gordie Drillon* 0.700
1938 Gordie Drillon* 1.000
1936 Buzz Boll 0.778
1934 Herbie Lewis* 0.667
1933 Cecil Dillon 1.000
1932 Bun Cook* 0.857
  Charlie Conacher* 0.857
1931 Cooney Weiland* 1.200
1928 Frank Boucher* 0.778
1927 Cy Denneny* 0.833
1919 Newsy Lalonde* 2.200

WHA Leaders

WHA Leaders Table
Year Player G/G
1979 Marc Tardif 1.500
1978 Anders Hedberg 1.000
1977 Réal Cloutier 0.824
  Serge Bernier 0.824
1976 Anders Hedberg 1.000
1975 Lou Nistico 1.000
1974 Tom Webster 1.667
1973 Norm Beaudin 0.929