NHL & WHA Career Leaders and Records for Points Per Game
Active players are listed in bold.
Members of the Hockey Hall of Fame are marked with an asterisk (*).
NHL Leaders
Rank | Player | Years | PTS/G |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Wayne Gretzky* | 1979-99 | 1.921 |
2. | Mario Lemieux* | 1984-06 | 1.883 |
3. | Mike Bossy* | 1977-87 | 1.497 |
4. | Connor McDavid | 2015-22 | 1.431 |
5. | Bobby Orr* | 1966-79 | 1.393 |
6. | Marcel Dionne* | 1971-89 | 1.314 |
7. | Sidney Crosby | 2005-22 | 1.272 |
8. | Peter Stastny* | 1980-95 | 1.268 |
9. | Peter Forsberg* | 1994-11 | 1.250 |
10. | Kent Nilsson | 1979-95 | 1.241 |
11. | Phil Esposito* | 1963-81 | 1.240 |
12. | Guy Lafleur* | 1971-91 | 1.202 |
13. | Joe Sakic* | 1988-09 | 1.191 |
14. | Dale Hawerchuk* | 1981-97 | 1.186 |
15. | Pat LaFontaine* | 1983-98 | 1.171 |
16. | Evgeni Malkin | 2006-22 | 1.168 |
17. | Steve Yzerman* | 1983-06 | 1.159 |
18. | Eric Lindros* | 1992-07 | 1.138 |
19. | Bernie Federko* | 1976-90 | 1.130 |
20. | Artemi Panarin | 2015-22 | 1.120 |
21. | Denis Savard* | 1980-97 | 1.119 |
22. | Jari Kurri* | 1980-98 | 1.118 |
23. | Bryan Trottier* | 1975-94 | 1.114 |
24. | Gilbert Perreault* | 1970-87 | 1.113 |
25. | Pavel Bure* | 1991-03 | 1.110 |
26. | Jaromír Jágr | 1990-18 | 1.108 |
27. | Alex Ovechkin | 2005-22 | 1.107 |
28. | Leon Draisaitl | 2014-22 | 1.104 |
29. | Bobby Hull* | 1957-80 | 1.101 |
30. | Brett Hull* | 1986-06 | 1.096 |
31. | Nikita Kucherov | 2013-22 | 1.096 |
32. | Paul Coffey* | 1980-01 | 1.087 |
33. | Jean Beliveau* | 1950-71 | 1.084 |
34. | Mark Messier* | 1979-04 | 1.075 |
35. | Bernie Nicholls | 1981-99 | 1.073 |
36. | Mike Rogers | 1979-86 | 1.072 |
37. | Patrick Kane | 2007-22 | 1.066 |
38. | Adam Oates* | 1985-04 | 1.062 |
39. | Michel Goulet* | 1979-94 | 1.059 |
40. | Bobby Clarke* | 1969-84 | 1.058 |
41. | Steven Stamkos | 2008-22 | 1.054 |
42. | Stan Mikita* | 1958-80 | 1.051 |
43. | Gordie Howe* | 1946-80 | 1.047 |
44. | Alexander Mogilny | 1989-06 | 1.042 |
45. | Ziggy Pálffy | 1993-06 | 1.042 |
46. | Ron Francis* | 1981-04 | 1.039 |
47. | Tim Kerr | 1980-93 | 1.029 |
48. | Pierre Turgeon | 1987-07 | 1.026 |
49. | Rick Martin | 1971-82 | 1.023 |
50. | Darryl Sittler* | 1970-85 | 1.023 |
51. | Nathan MacKinnon | 2013-22 | 1.016 |
52. | Pierre Larouche | 1974-88 | 1.012 |
53. | Johnny Gaudreau | 2013-22 | 1.012 |
54. | Steve Larmer | 1980-95 | 1.006 |
55. | Teemu Selänne* | 1992-14 | 1.004 |
56. | Theoren Fleury | 1988-03 | 1.004 |
57. | Mats Sundin* | 1990-09 | 1.002 |
58. | Joe Mullen* | 1981-97 | 1.001 |
59. | Bill Cowley* | 1934-47 | 1.000 |
  | Paul Kariya* | 1994-10 | 1.000 |
61. | Charlie Simmer | 1974-88 | 0.999 |
62. | Guy Chouinard | 1974-84 | 0.995 |
63. | Denis Potvin* | 1973-88 | 0.992 |
64. | Jean Ratelle* | 1960-81 | 0.990 |
65. | Dennis Maruk | 1975-89 | 0.989 |
66. | David Pastrnak | 2014-22 | 0.988 |
67. | Brian Propp | 1979-94 | 0.988 |
68. | Craig Janney | 1987-99 | 0.988 |
69. | Maurice Richard* | 1942-60 | 0.988 |
70. | Rick Middleton | 1974-88 | 0.983 |
71. | Ray Bourque* | 1979-01 | 0.980 |
72. | Jacques Lemaire* | 1967-79 | 0.979 |
73. | Anton Stastny | 1980-89 | 0.978 |
74. | Bill Barber* | 1972-84 | 0.978 |
75. | Luc Robitaille* | 1986-06 | 0.974 |
76. | Dino Ciccarelli* | 1980-99 | 0.974 |
77. | Mats Näslund | 1982-95 | 0.974 |
78. | Glenn Anderson* | 1980-96 | 0.973 |
79. | Pavel Datsyuk | 2001-16 | 0.963 |
80. | Dave Taylor | 1977-94 | 0.962 |
81. | Bobby Smith | 1978-93 | 0.962 |
82. | Doug Bentley* | 1939-54 | 0.961 |
83. | Doug Gilmour* | 1983-03 | 0.959 |
84. | Rod Gilbert* | 1960-78 | 0.959 |
85. | Cam Neely* | 1983-96 | 0.956 |
86. | Nicklas Backstrom | 2007-22 | 0.956 |
87. | Ilya Kovalchuk | 2001-20 | 0.946 |
88. | Sergei Fedorov* | 1990-09 | 0.945 |
89. | René Robert | 1970-82 | 0.944 |
90. | John Tavares | 2009-22 | 0.943 |
91. | Ken Linseman | 1978-92 | 0.938 |
92. | Elmer Lach* | 1940-54 | 0.938 |
93. | Paul MacLean | 1980-91 | 0.936 |
94. | Frank Mahovlich* | 1956-74 | 0.934 |
95. | Barry Pederson | 1980-92 | 0.933 |
96. | Mike Gartner* | 1979-98 | 0.932 |
97. | Bernie Geoffrion* | 1950-68 | 0.931 |
98. | Daniel Alfredsson | 1995-14 | 0.929 |
99. | Mark Recchi* | 1988-11 | 0.928 |
100. | Aleksander Barkov | 2013-22 | 0.928 |
101. | Mike Bullard | 1980-92 | 0.927 |
102. | Alexei Yashin | 1993-07 | 0.919 |
103. | Tom Lysiak | 1973-86 | 0.917 |
104. | Toe Blake* | 1934-48 | 0.917 |
105. | Mike Modano* | 1989-11 | 0.917 |
106. | Jonathan Huberdeau | 2012-22 | 0.914 |
107. | Martin St. Louis* | 1998-15 | 0.911 |
108. | Dany Heatley | 2001-15 | 0.910 |
109. | Andy Bathgate* | 1952-71 | 0.910 |
110. | Brad Marchand | 2009-22 | 0.910 |
111. | Ken Hodge | 1964-78 | 0.909 |
112. | Pavol Demitra | 1993-10 | 0.907 |
113. | Claude Giroux | 2007-22 | 0.907 |
114. | Lanny McDonald* | 1973-89 | 0.905 |
115. | Al MacInnis* | 1981-04 | 0.900 |
116. | Rick Vaive | 1979-92 | 0.900 |
117. | Mark Scheifele | 2011-22 | 0.899 |
118. | Joe Thornton | 1997-22 | 0.898 |
119. | Rick MacLeish | 1970-84 | 0.897 |
120. | Jimmy Carson | 1986-96 | 0.896 |
121. | Joe Nieuwendyk* | 1986-07 | 0.896 |
122. | Jeremy Roenick | 1988-09 | 0.892 |
123. | Yvan Cournoyer* | 1963-79 | 0.892 |
124. | John Ogrodnick | 1979-93 | 0.891 |
125. | Alex Zhamnov | 1992-06 | 0.891 |
126. | John Bucyk* | 1955-78 | 0.889 |
127. | Brendan Shanahan* | 1987-09 | 0.888 |
128. | Henrik Zetterberg | 2002-18 | 0.887 |
129. | Keith Tkachuk | 1991-10 | 0.887 |
130. | John Cullen | 1988-99 | 0.886 |
131. | Anze Kopitar | 2006-22 | 0.882 |
132. | Bengt-Åke Gustafsson | 1979-89 | 0.881 |
133. | Ryan Getzlaf | 2005-22 | 0.881 |
134. | Steve Shutt* | 1972-85 | 0.878 |
135. | Thomas Gradin | 1978-87 | 0.876 |
136. | Pete Mahovlich | 1965-81 | 0.875 |
137. | Mike Ridley | 1985-97 | 0.875 |
138. | Marc Savard | 1997-11 | 0.875 |
139. | Vincent Damphousse | 1986-04 | 0.874 |
140. | Norm Ullman* | 1955-75 | 0.872 |
141. | Tomas Sandström | 1984-99 | 0.871 |
142. | Marián Hossa* | 1997-17 | 0.866 |
143. | Patrik Sundström | 1982-92 | 0.866 |
144. | Vladimir Tarasenko | 2012-22 | 0.865 |
145. | Kelly Kisio | 1982-95 | 0.865 |
146. | Taylor Hall | 2010-22 | 0.863 |
147. | Paul Reinhart | 1979-90 | 0.863 |
148. | Wilf Paiement | 1974-88 | 0.860 |
149. | Brian Bellows | 1982-99 | 0.860 |
150. | Thomas Steen | 1981-95 | 0.860 |
151. | Brian Leetch* | 1987-06 | 0.853 |
152. | Tim Young | 1975-85 | 0.852 |
153. | Peter McNab | 1973-87 | 0.851 |
154. | Dan Quinn | 1983-97 | 0.851 |
155. | John LeClair | 1990-07 | 0.847 |
156. | Rick Kehoe | 1971-85 | 0.847 |
157. | Dickie Moore* | 1951-68 | 0.844 |
158. | Max Bentley* | 1940-54 | 0.842 |
159. | Jonathan Toews | 2007-22 | 0.840 |
160. | Neal Broten | 1980-97 | 0.840 |
161. | Steve Vickers | 1972-82 | 0.840 |
162. | Jarome Iginla* | 1996-17 | 0.837 |
163. | Doug Weight | 1991-11 | 0.834 |
164. | Syl Apps | 1970-80 | 0.834 |
165. | Rick Tocchet | 1984-02 | 0.832 |
166. | Tyler Seguin | 2010-22 | 0.832 |
167. | Henri Richard* | 1955-75 | 0.831 |
168. | Kevin Stevens | 1987-02 | 0.831 |
169. | Blake Wheeler | 2008-22 | 0.829 |
170. | Danny Gare | 1974-87 | 0.828 |
171. | Brad Richards | 2000-16 | 0.828 |
172. | Patrik Elias | 1995-16 | 0.827 |
173. | Alex Delvecchio* | 1950-74 | 0.826 |
174. | Peter Bondra | 1990-07 | 0.825 |
175. | Phil Housley* | 1982-03 | 0.824 |
176. | Ivan Boldirev | 1970-85 | 0.823 |
177. | Brian Sutter | 1976-88 | 0.816 |
178. | Dave Andreychuk* | 1982-06 | 0.816 |
179. | John Tonelli | 1978-92 | 0.813 |
180. | Jamie Benn | 2009-22 | 0.811 |
181. | Doug Wilson* | 1977-93 | 0.808 |
182. | Patrice Bergeron | 2003-22 | 0.808 |
183. | Brad Park* | 1968-85 | 0.805 |
184. | Ted Kennedy* | 1942-57 | 0.805 |
185. | Henrik Sedin | 2000-18 | 0.805 |
186. | Ray Sheppard | 1987-00 | 0.804 |
187. | Tony Tanti | 1981-92 | 0.803 |
188. | Butch Goring | 1969-85 | 0.802 |
189. | Tom Fergus | 1981-93 | 0.800 |
190. | Ray Whitney | 1991-14 | 0.800 |
191. | Eric Staal | 2003-21 | 0.800 |
192. | Mark Howe* | 1979-95 | 0.799 |
193. | Rod Brind'Amour | 1989-10 | 0.798 |
194. | Jason Spezza | 2002-22 | 0.797 |
195. | Daniel Sedin | 2000-18 | 0.797 |
196. | Ted Lindsay* | 1944-65 | 0.797 |
197. | Alexander Semin | 2003-16 | 0.795 |
198. | Phil Kessel | 2006-22 | 0.794 |
199. | Alex Tanguay | 1999-16 | 0.793 |
200. | Nels Stewart* | 1925-40 | 0.792 |
201. | Joe Pavelski | 2006-22 | 0.791 |
202. | Milan Hejduk | 1998-13 | 0.789 |
203. | Erik Karlsson | 2009-22 | 0.788 |
204. | Marián Gáborík | 2000-18 | 0.787 |
205. | Valeri Kamensky | 1991-02 | 0.787 |
206. | Vincent Lecavalier | 1998-16 | 0.783 |
207. | Alex Kovalev | 1992-13 | 0.782 |
208. | Jeff Brown | 1985-98 | 0.782 |
209. | Markus Näslund | 1993-09 | 0.778 |
210. | Stephane Richer | 1984-02 | 0.777 |
211. | Jean Pronovost | 1968-82 | 0.776 |
212. | John Anderson | 1977-89 | 0.775 |
213. | Gabriel Landeskog | 2011-22 | 0.774 |
214. | Brian Bradley | 1985-98 | 0.773 |
215. | Wayne Cashman | 1964-83 | 0.772 |
216. | Ed Olczyk | 1984-00 | 0.770 |
217. | Bob MacMillan | 1974-85 | 0.767 |
218. | Thomas Vanek | 2005-19 | 0.767 |
219. | Tony Amonte | 1991-07 | 0.767 |
220. | Dave Christian | 1979-94 | 0.766 |
221. | Cliff Ronning | 1986-04 | 0.764 |
222. | Jakub Voracek | 2008-22 | 0.764 |
223. | Geoff Courtnall | 1983-00 | 0.762 |
224. | Dave Keon* | 1960-82 | 0.761 |
225. | Matt Duchene | 2009-22 | 0.760 |
226. | Dave Gagner | 1984-99 | 0.760 |
227. | Bill Mosienko* | 1941-55 | 0.759 |
228. | Rick Nash | 2002-18 | 0.759 |
229. | Mark Johnson | 1979-90 | 0.759 |
230. | Robert Reichel | 1990-04 | 0.759 |
231. | David Krejci | 2006-21 | 0.759 |
232. | Reed Larson | 1976-90 | 0.758 |
233. | Syd Howe* | 1929-46 | 0.756 |
234. | Steve Thomas | 1984-04 | 0.755 |
235. | Max Pacioretty | 2008-22 | 0.755 |
236. | Jason Arnott | 1993-12 | 0.754 |
237. | Larry Murphy* | 1980-01 | 0.754 |
238. | Martin Havlát | 2000-16 | 0.752 |
239. | Mika Zibanejad | 2011-22 | 0.752 |
240. | Martin Straka | 1992-08 | 0.752 |
241. | Stan Smyl | 1978-91 | 0.751 |
242. | Logan Couture | 2009-22 | 0.749 |
243. | Brian Mullen | 1982-93 | 0.748 |
244. | Jim Pappin | 1963-77 | 0.747 |
245. | Bobby Rousseau | 1960-75 | 0.746 |
246. | Paul Stastny | 2006-22 | 0.746 |
247. | Brent Sutter | 1980-98 | 0.746 |
248. | Pat Verbeek | 1982-02 | 0.746 |
249. | Gary Roberts | 1986-09 | 0.743 |
250. | Milt Schmidt* | 1936-55 | 0.741 |
WHA Leaders
Rank | Player | Years | PTS/G |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Bobby Hull* | 1972-79 | 1.552 |
2. | Real Cloutier | 1974-79 | 1.534 |
3. | Marc Tardif | 1973-79 | 1.493 |
4. | Andre Lacroix | 1972-79 | 1.448 |
5. | Robbie Ftorek | 1974-79 | 1.402 |
6. | Serge Bernier | 1973-79 | 1.357 |
7. | Christian Bordeleau | 1972-79 | 1.223 |
8. | Gordie Howe* | 1973-79 | 1.212 |
9. | Mark Howe* | 1973-79 | 1.183 |
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