NHL & WHA Yearly Leaders and Records for Goals
Active players are listed in bold.
Members of the Hockey Hall of Fame are marked with an asterisk (*).
NHL Leaders
Season | Player | G |
---|---|---|
2024-25 | Dylan Guenther | 5 |
2023-24 | Auston Matthews | 69 |
2022-23 | Connor McDavid | 64 |
2021-22 | Auston Matthews | 60 |
2020-21 | Auston Matthews | 41 |
2019-20 | David Pastrňák | 48 |
  | Alex Ovechkin | 48 |
2018-19 | Alex Ovechkin | 51 |
2017-18 | Alex Ovechkin | 49 |
2016-17 | Sidney Crosby | 44 |
2015-16 | Alex Ovechkin | 50 |
2014-15 | Alex Ovechkin | 53 |
2013-14 | Alex Ovechkin | 51 |
2012-13 | Alex Ovechkin | 32 |
2011-12 | Steven Stamkos | 60 |
2010-11 | Corey Perry | 50 |
2009-10 | Steven Stamkos | 51 |
  | Sidney Crosby | 51 |
2008-09 | Alex Ovechkin | 56 |
2007-08 | Alex Ovechkin | 65 |
2006-07 | Vincent Lecavalier | 52 |
2005-06 | Jonathan Cheechoo | 56 |
2003-04 | Rick Nash | 41 |
  | Ilya Kovalchuk | 41 |
  | Jarome Iginla* | 41 |
2002-03 | Milan Hejduk | 50 |
2001-02 | Jarome Iginla* | 52 |
2000-01 | Pavel Bure* | 59 |
1999-00 | Pavel Bure* | 58 |
1998-99 | Teemu Selänne* | 47 |
1997-98 | Teemu Selänne* | 52 |
  | Peter Bondra | 52 |
1996-97 | Keith Tkachuk | 52 |
1995-96 | Mario Lemieux* | 69 |
1994-95 | Peter Bondra | 34 |
1993-94 | Pavel Bure* | 60 |
1992-93 | Teemu Selänne* | 76 |
  | Alexander Mogilny | 76 |
1991-92 | Brett Hull* | 70 |
1990-91 | Brett Hull* | 86 |
1989-90 | Brett Hull* | 72 |
1988-89 | Mario Lemieux* | 85 |
1987-88 | Mario Lemieux* | 70 |
1986-87 | Wayne Gretzky* | 62 |
1985-86 | Jari Kurri* | 68 |
1984-85 | Wayne Gretzky* | 73 |
1983-84 | Wayne Gretzky* | 87 |
1982-83 | Wayne Gretzky* | 71 |
1981-82 | Wayne Gretzky* | 92 |
1980-81 | Mike Bossy* | 68 |
1979-80 | Blaine Stoughton | 56 |
  | Charlie Simmer | 56 |
  | Danny Gare | 56 |
1978-79 | Mike Bossy* | 69 |
1977-78 | Guy Lafleur* | 60 |
1976-77 | Steve Shutt* | 60 |
1975-76 | Reggie Leach | 61 |
1974-75 | Phil Esposito* | 61 |
1973-74 | Phil Esposito* | 68 |
1972-73 | Phil Esposito* | 55 |
1971-72 | Phil Esposito* | 66 |
1970-71 | Phil Esposito* | 76 |
1969-70 | Phil Esposito* | 43 |
1968-69 | Bobby Hull* | 58 |
1967-68 | Bobby Hull* | 44 |
1966-67 | Bobby Hull* | 52 |
1965-66 | Bobby Hull* | 54 |
1964-65 | Norm Ullman* | 42 |
1963-64 | Bobby Hull* | 43 |
1962-63 | Gordie Howe* | 38 |
1961-62 | Bobby Hull* | 50 |
1960-61 | Bernie Geoffrion* | 50 |
1959-60 | Bobby Hull* | 39 |
  | Bronco Horvath | 39 |
1958-59 | Jean Béliveau* | 45 |
1957-58 | Dickie Moore* | 36 |
1956-57 | Gordie Howe* | 44 |
1955-56 | Jean Béliveau* | 47 |
1954-55 | Maurice Richard* | 38 |
  | Bernie Geoffrion* | 38 |
1953-54 | Maurice Richard* | 37 |
1952-53 | Gordie Howe* | 49 |
1951-52 | Gordie Howe* | 47 |
1950-51 | Gordie Howe* | 43 |
1949-50 | Maurice Richard* | 43 |
1948-49 | Sid Abel* | 28 |
1947-48 | Ted Lindsay* | 33 |
1946-47 | Maurice Richard* | 45 |
1945-46 | Gaye Stewart | 37 |
1944-45 | Maurice Richard* | 50 |
1943-44 | Doug Bentley* | 38 |
1942-43 | Doug Bentley* | 33 |
1941-42 | Lynn Patrick* | 32 |
1940-41 | Bryan Hextall* | 26 |
1939-40 | Bryan Hextall* | 24 |
1938-39 | Roy Conacher* | 26 |
1937-38 | Gordie Drillon* | 26 |
1936-37 | Nels Stewart* | 23 |
  | Larry Aurie | 23 |
1935-36 | Bill Thoms | 23 |
  | Charlie Conacher* | 23 |
1934-35 | Charlie Conacher* | 36 |
1933-34 | Charlie Conacher* | 32 |
1932-33 | Bill Cook* | 28 |
1931-32 | Charlie Conacher* | 34 |
1930-31 | Charlie Conacher* | 31 |
1929-30 | Cooney Weiland* | 43 |
1928-29 | Ace Bailey* | 22 |
1927-28 | Howie Morenz* | 33 |
1926-27 | Bill Cook* | 33 |
1925-26 | Nels Stewart* | 34 |
1924-25 | Babe Dye* | 38 |
1923-24 | Cy Denneny* | 22 |
1922-23 | Babe Dye* | 27 |
1921-22 | Babe Dye* | 31 |
  | Punch Broadbent* | 31 |
1920-21 | Babe Dye* | 35 |
1919-20 | Joe Malone* | 39 |
1918-19 | Newsy Lalonde* | 23 |
1917-18 | Joe Malone* | 44 |
WHA Leaders
Season | Player | G |
---|---|---|
1978-79 | Réal Cloutier | 75 |
1977-78 | Marc Tardif | 65 |
1976-77 | Anders Hedberg | 70 |
1975-76 | Marc Tardif | 71 |
1974-75 | Bobby Hull* | 77 |
1973-74 | Mike Walton | 57 |
1972-73 | Danny Lawson | 61 |
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