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
Season | Player | PPG |
---|---|---|
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
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 |
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