NHL & WHA Yearly Leaders and Records for Power Play Goals

Active players are listed in bold.
Members of the Hockey Hall of Fame are marked with an asterisk (*).

NHL Leaders

NHL Leaders Table
Season Player PPG
2025-26 Wyatt Johnston 27
2024-25 Jake Guentzel 17
2023-24 Sam Reinhart 27
2022-23 Leon Draisaitl 32
2021-22 Chris Kreider 26
2020-21 Leon Draisaitl 15
2019-20 David Pastrňák 20
2018-19 Brayden Point 20
2017-18 Patrik Laine 20
2016-17 Brayden Schenn 17
  Alex Ovechkin 17
  Nikita Kucherov 17
2015-16 Alex Ovechkin 19
2014-15 Alex Ovechkin 25
2013-14 Alex Ovechkin 24
2012-13 Alex Ovechkin 16
2011-12 James Neal 18
2010-11 Daniel Sedin* 18
2009-10 Steven Stamkos 24
2008-09 Thomas Vanek 20
2007-08 Alex Ovechkin 22
2006-07 Teemu Selänne* 25
2005-06 Ilya Kovalchuk 27
2003-04 Rick Nash 19
2002-03 Todd Bertuzzi 25
2001-02 Peter Bondra 17
2000-01 Peter Bondra 22
1999-00 Owen Nolan 18
1998-99 Teemu Selänne* 25
1997-98 Žigmund Pálffy 17
1996-97 Ryan Smyth 20
  Brendan Shanahan* 20
1995-96 Mario Lemieux* 31
1994-95 Cam Neely* 16
1993-94 Brett Hull* 25
  Pavel Bure* 25
1992-93 Dave Andreychuk* 32
1991-92 Dave Andreychuk* 28
1990-91 Brett Hull* 29
1989-90 Brett Hull* 27
1988-89 Mario Lemieux* 31
1987-88 Joe Nieuwendyk* 31
1986-87 Tim Kerr 26
1985-86 Tim Kerr 34
1984-85 Tim Kerr 21
1983-84 Wayne Gretzky* 20
1982-83 Al Secord 20
  Paul Gardner 20
1981-82 Paul Gardner 21
1980-81 Mike Bossy* 28
1979-80 Charlie Simmer 21
1978-79 Mike Bossy* 27
1977-78 Mike Bossy* 25
1976-77 Lanny McDonald* 16
1975-76 Phil Esposito* 19
1974-75 Phil Esposito* 27
1973-74 Mickey Redmond 21
1972-73 Rick MacLeish 21
1971-72 Phil Esposito* 27
1970-71 Phil Esposito* 24
1969-70 Phil Esposito* 18
1968-69 Bobby Hull* 20
1967-68 Wayne Connelly 14
1966-67 Yvan Cournoyer* 20
1965-66 Bobby Hull* 22
1964-65 Camille Henry 16
1963-64 Kenny Wharram 14
  Stan Mikita* 14
1962-63 Parker MacDonald 16
1961-62 Dean Prentice 10
  Gordie Howe* 10
1960-61 Bernie Geoffrion* 16
1959-60 Bronco Horvath 20
1958-59 Andy Hebenton 15
1957-58 Camille Henry 19
1956-57 Gordie Howe* 15
1955-56 Jean Béliveau* 19
1954-55 Jean Béliveau* 14
1953-54 Camille Henry 20
1952-53 Gordie Howe* 11
1951-52 Tod Sloan 10
  Bernie Geoffrion* 10
1950-51 Sid Smith 12
1949-50 Maurice Richard* 13
1948-49 Roy Conacher* 8
  Sid Abel* 8
1947-48 Elmer Lach* 11
  Syl Apps* 11
1946-47 Maurice Richard* 12
1945-46 Max Bentley* 10
1944-45 Maurice Richard* 11
1943-44 Lorne Carr 8
  Doug Bentley* 8
1942-43 Bill Cowley* 9
1941-42 Joe Benoit 7
1940-41 John Quilty 5
  Syl Apps* 5
1939-40 Syd Howe* 4
  Gordie Drillon* 4
  Toe Blake* 4
1938-39 Lorne Carr 9
1937-38 Paul Thompson 7
1936-37 Nels Stewart* 10
1935-36 Paul Thompson 8
1934-35 Ebbie Goodfellow* 7
1933-34 John Sorrell 10

WHA Leaders

WHA Leaders Table
Season Player PPG
1978-79 Peter Marsh 23
1977-78 Robbie Ftorek 20
  Réal Cloutier 20
1976-77 Réal Cloutier 25
1975-76 Marc Tardif 21
1974-75 Bobby Hull* 27
1973-74 Wayne Connelly 15
1972-73 Danny Lawson 20