NHL & WHA Single Season Playoff Leaders and Records for Goals

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Members of the Hockey Hall of Fame are marked with an asterisk (*).

NHL Leaders

NHL Leaders Table
Rank Player G Year
1. Reggie Leach 19 1976
  Jari Kurri* 19 1985
3. Joe Sakic* 18 1996
4. Mike Bossy* 17 1981
  Steve Payne 17 1981
  Mike Bossy* 17 1982
  Mike Bossy* 17 1983
  Wayne Gretzky* 17 1985
  Kevin Stevens 17 1991
10. Joe Mullen* 16 1989
  Craig Simpson 16 1990
  Mario Lemieux* 16 1991
  Cam Neely* 16 1991
  Mario Lemieux* 16 1992
  Pavel Bure* 16 1994
16. Yvan Cournoyer* 15 1973
  Mark Messier* 15 1983
  Jari Kurri* 15 1987
  Wayne Gretzky* 15 1993
  Sidney Crosby 15 2009
  Alex Ovechkin 15 2018
22. Frank Mahovlich* 14 1971
  Dino Ciccarelli* 14 1981
  Barry Pederson 14 1983
  Jari Kurri* 14 1984
  Glenn Anderson* 14 1987
  Jari Kurri* 14 1988
  Tim Kerr 14 1989
  Brian Propp 14 1989
  John Druce 14 1990
  Fernando Pisani 14 2006
  Daniel Alfredsson 14 2007
  Evgeni Malkin 14 2009
  Marian Gaborik 14 2014
  Joe Pavelski 14 2016
  Mark Scheifele 14 2018
37. Phil Esposito* 13 1970
  Rick MacLeish 13 1974
  Wayne Gretzky* 13 1984
  Craig Simpson 13 1988
  Brett Hull* 13 1990
  Esa Tikkanen 13 1990
  Kevin Stevens 13 1992
  Ray Ferraro 13 1993
  Claude Lemieux 13 1995
  Rod Brind'Amour 13 1997
  Claude Lemieux 13 1997
  Joe Sakic* 13 2001
  Jarome Iginla 13 2004
  Johan Franzen 13 2008
  Henrik Zetterberg 13 2008
  Mike Cammalleri 13 2010
  Tyler Johnson 13 2015
  Jake Guentzel 13 2017
55. Maurice Richard* 12 1944
  Jean Beliveau* 12 1956
  Guy Lafleur* 12 1975
  Bill Barber* 12 1980
  Bryan Trottier* 12 1980
  Wayne Gretzky* 12 1983
  Clark Gillies* 12 1984
  Paul Coffey* 12 1985
  Mark Messier* 12 1985
  Darryl Sutter 12 1985
  Joe Mullen* 12 1986
  Mark Messier* 12 1987
  Brian Propp 12 1987
  Wayne Gretzky* 12 1988
  Mario Lemieux* 12 1989
  Cam Neely* 12 1990
  Dave Gagner 12 1991
  Luc Robitaille* 12 1991
  Esa Tikkanen 12 1991
  Jeremy Roenick 12 1992
  Dave Andreychuk* 12 1993
  Trevor Linden 12 1994
  Mark Messier* 12 1994
  Eric Lindros* 12 1997
  Ruslan Fedotenko 12 2004
  Brad Richards 12 2004
  Rod Brind'Amour 12 2006
  Marian Hossa 12 2008
  Johan Franzen 12 2009
  Daniel Briere 12 2010
  David Krejci 12 2011
  Evgeny Kuznetsov 12 2018
87. Newsy Lalonde* 11 1919
  Bernie Geoffrion* 11 1957
  Maurice Richard* 11 1958
  John Bucyk* 11 1970
  Bobby Hull* 11 1971
  Gregg Sheppard 11 1974
  Rick MacLeish 11 1975
  Bobby Schmautz 11 1977
  Jacques Lemaire* 11 1979
  Bill Barber* 11 1981
  Bryan Trottier* 11 1981
  Denis Savard* 11 1982
  Rick Middleton 11 1983
  Michel Goulet* 11 1985
  Lanny McDonald* 11 1986
  Rick Tocchet 11 1987
  Ken Linseman 11 1988
  Mark Messier* 11 1988
  Doug Gilmour* 11 1989
  Bobby Smith 11 1989
  Jeremy Roenick 11 1990
  Brett Hull* 11 1991
  Jaromir Jagr 11 1992
  Vincent Damphousse 11 1993
  Brian Leetch* 11 1994
  Jaromir Jagr 11 1996
  Mario Lemieux* 11 1996
  Joe Nieuwendyk* 11 1999
  Brett Hull* 11 2000
  Chris Drury 11 2001
  Jamie Langenbrunner 11 2003
  Alex Ovechkin 11 2009
  Henrik Zetterberg 11 2009
  Dustin Byfuglien 11 2010
  Patrick Sharp 11 2010
  Brad Marchand 11 2011
  Patrick Kane 11 2015
  Nikita Kucherov 11 2016
125. Marcel Bonin 10 1959
  Bobby Hull* 10 1965
  Yvan Cournoyer* 10 1971
  Pete Mahovlich 10 1971
  Jim Pappin 10 1971
  Pit Martin 10 1973
  Lanny McDonald* 10 1977
  Guy Lafleur* 10 1978
  Guy Lafleur* 10 1979
  Mike Bossy* 10 1980
  Bob Bourne 10 1980
  Paul Holmgren 10 1980
  Gilbert Perreault* 10 1980
  Butch Goring 10 1981
  Glenn Anderson* 10 1983
  Brent Sutter 10 1983
  Ken Linseman 10 1984
  Glenn Anderson* 10 1985
  Tim Kerr 10 1985
  Claude Lemieux 10 1986
  Greg Paslawski 10 1986
  Mark Johnson 10 1988
  Petr Klima 10 1988
  Esa Tikkanen 10 1988
  Joe Nieuwendyk* 10 1989
  Glenn Anderson* 10 1990
  Jari Kurri* 10 1990
  Brian Bellows 10 1991
  Mark Recchi* 10 1991
  Wendel Clark 10 1993
  Doug Gilmour* 10 1993
  Kirk Muller 10 1993
  Adam Graves 10 1994
  Jaromir Jagr 10 1995
  Peter Forsberg* 10 1996
  Valeri Kamensky 10 1996
  Dave Lowry 10 1996
  Petr Nedved 10 1996
  Wayne Gretzky* 10 1997
  Sergei Fedorov* 10 1998
  Jamie Langenbrunner 10 1999
  Jere Lehtinen 10 1999
  Mike Modano* 10 2000
  Petr Sykora 10 2001
  Brett Hull* 10 2002
  Jeff Friesen 10 2003
  Andy McDonald 10 2007
  Pavel Datsyuk 10 2008
  Evgeni Malkin 10 2008
  R.J. Umberger 10 2008
  Eric Staal 10 2009
  Claude Giroux 10 2010
  Patrick Kane 10 2010
  Martin St. Louis* 10 2011
  Patrick Sharp 10 2013
  Jeff Carter 10 2014
  Nikita Kucherov 10 2015
  Corey Perry 10 2015
  Jonathan Toews 10 2015
  Logan Couture 10 2016
  Phil Kessel 10 2016
  Evgeni Malkin 10 2017
  Jake Guentzel 10 2018
188. Maurice Richard* 9 1951
  Gordie Howe* 9 1955
  Don McKenney 9 1958
  Jerry Toppazzini 9 1958
  Gordie Howe* 9 1964
  Bobby Orr* 9 1970
  Jacques Lemaire* 9 1971
  John Bucyk* 9 1972
  Phil Esposito* 9 1972
  Ken Hodge 9 1972
  Dennis Hull 9 1973
  Frank Mahovlich* 9 1973
  Phil Esposito* 9 1974
  Guy Lafleur* 9 1977
  Brad Park* 9 1978
  Steve Shutt* 9 1978
  Reggie Leach 9 1980
  Rick MacLeish 9 1980
  Bob Nystrom 9 1980
  Al MacAdam 9 1981
  Bob Bourne 9 1982
  Thomas Gradin 9 1982
  Stan Smyl 9 1982
  Duane Sutter 9 1983
  Pat Flatley 9 1984
  Steve Larmer 9 1985
  Denis Savard* 9 1985
  Doug Gilmour* 9 1986
  Michel Goulet* 9 1987
  John Ogrodnick 9 1987
  Bobby Smith 9 1987
  Glenn Anderson* 9 1988
  Cam Neely* 9 1988
  Chris Kontos 9 1989
  Mark Messier* 9 1990
  Wayne Presley 9 1990
  Neal Broten 9 1991
  Shayne Corson 9 1991
  Stephane Richer 9 1991
  Jari Kurri* 9 1993
  Luc Robitaille* 9 1993
  Steve Thomas 9 1993
  Wendel Clark 9 1994
  Geoff Courtnall 9 1994
  Alex Kovalev 9 1994
  Steve Larmer 9 1994
  Dino Ciccarelli* 9 1995
  Vyacheslav Kozlov 9 1995
  Joe Murphy 9 1995
  John LeClair 9 1997
  Brendan Shanahan* 9 1997
  Esa Tikkanen 9 1997
  Martin Lapointe 9 1998
  Steve Yzerman* 9 1999
  Petr Sykora 9 2000
  Patrik Elias 9 2001
  Peter Forsberg* 9 2002
  Joe Sakic* 9 2002
  Marian Gaborik 9 2003
  Vincent Lecavalier 9 2004
  Keith Primeau 9 2004
  Martin St. Louis* 9 2004
  Chris Drury 9 2006
  Joffrey Lupul 9 2006
  Patrick Marleau 9 2006
  Eric Staal 9 2006
  Cory Stillman 9 2006
  Ray Whitney 9 2006
  Daniel Briere 9 2008
  Brenden Morrow 9 2008
  Dan Cleary 9 2009
  Patrick Kane 9 2009
  Simon Gagne 9 2010
  Brian Gionta 9 2010
  Joe Pavelski 9 2010
  Sean Bergenheim 9 2011
  Alexandre Burrows 9 2011
  Daniel Sedin 9 2011
  Patrice Bergeron 9 2013
  Bryan Bickell 9 2013
  Patrick Kane 9 2013
  David Krejci 9 2013
  Jonathan Toews 9 2014
  Justin Williams 9 2014
  Derick Brassard 9 2015
  Alex Killorn 9 2015
  Patric Hornqvist 9 2016
  Vladimir Tarasenko 9 2016
  Filip Forsberg 9 2017
  Jakob Silfverberg 9 2017
  Sidney Crosby 9 2018

WHA Leaders

WHA Leaders Table
Rank Player G Year
1. Serge Bernier 14 1977
  Real Cloutier 14 1977
3. Norm Beaudin 13 1973
  Anders Hedberg 13 1977
  Bobby Hull* 13 1977
  Anders Hedberg 13 1976
7. Paulin Bordeleau 12 1977
  Larry Pleau 12 1973
  Bobby Hull* 12 1976
  Tom Webster 12 1973
11. Willy Lindstrom 10 1979
  Tom Webster 10 1976
  Wayne Gretzky* 10 1979
  Mike Walton 10 1974
  Mike Antonovich 10 1978
  Mike Walton 10 1975
  Marc Tardif 10 1975
  Mark Howe* 10 1975
  Rejean Houle 10 1975
20. Mark Howe* 9 1974
  Willy Lindstrom 9 1977
  Murray Hall 9 1974
  Frank Hughes 9 1974
  Real Cloutier 9 1978
  Anders Hedberg 9 1978
  Larry Lund 9 1974
  Rosaire Paiement 9 1974
  Tim Sheehy 9 1973
  Bobby Hull* 9 1973
  Ron Chipperfield 9 1979
31. Bobby Hull* 8 1978
  Blair MacDonald 8 1979
  Morris Lukowich 8 1979
  Gary Jarrett 8 1973
  Jan Popiel 8 1974
  Serge Bernier 8 1975
  Wayne Connelly 8 1975
  Gordie Howe* 8 1975
  Bobby Guindon 8 1978
  Mark Howe* 8 1978
  Andre Hinse 8 1974
  Rich Preston 8 1979
43. Reg Thomas 7 1977
  Peter Sullivan 7 1977
  Dan Labraaten 7 1977
  Tom Martin 7 1974
  Gord Labossiere 7 1974
  Bobby Guindon 7 1975
  Murray Hall 7 1975
  Rene Leclerc 7 1975
  Gene Peacosh 7 1975
  Veli-Pekka Ketola 7 1976
  Don Larway 7 1976
  Ulf Nilsson 7 1976
  John Tonelli 7 1976
  Dick Sentes 7 1974
  Ron Buchanan 7 1973
  Blair MacDonald 7 1977
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