NHL & WHA Yearly 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 (*).

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NHL Leaders

NHL Leaders Table
Season Player PTS/G
2025-26 Nikita Kucherov 1.711
2024-25 Nikita Kucherov 1.551
2023-24 Nikita Kucherov 1.778
2022-23 Connor McDavid 1.866
2021-22 Connor McDavid 1.538
2020-21 Connor McDavid 1.875
2019-20 Leon Draisaitl 1.549
2018-19 Nikita Kucherov 1.561
2017-18 Connor McDavid 1.317
2016-17 Connor McDavid 1.220
2015-16 Patrick Kane 1.293
2014-15 Sidney Crosby 1.091
2013-14 Sidney Crosby 1.300
2012-13 Sidney Crosby 1.556
2011-12 Evgeni Malkin 1.453
2010-11 Sidney Crosby 1.610
2009-10 Alex Ovechkin 1.514
2008-09 Alex Ovechkin 1.392
2007-08 Alex Ovechkin 1.366
2006-07 Sidney Crosby 1.519
2005-06 Joe Thornton* 1.543
2003-04 Peter Forsberg* 1.410
2002-03 Peter Forsberg* 1.413
2001-02 Todd Bertuzzi 1.181
2000-01 Mario Lemieux* 1.767
1999-00 Jaromír Jágr 1.524
1998-99 Jaromír Jágr 1.568
1997-98 Jaromír Jágr 1.325
1996-97 Mario Lemieux* 1.605
1995-96 Mario Lemieux* 2.300
1994-95 Eric Lindros* 1.522
1993-94 Wayne Gretzky* 1.605
1992-93 Mario Lemieux* 2.667
1991-92 Mario Lemieux* 2.047
1990-91 Wayne Gretzky* 2.090
1989-90 Mario Lemieux* 2.085
1988-89 Mario Lemieux* 2.618
1987-88 Wayne Gretzky* 2.328
1986-87 Wayne Gretzky* 2.316
1985-86 Wayne Gretzky* 2.688
1984-85 Wayne Gretzky* 2.600
1983-84 Wayne Gretzky* 2.770
1982-83 Wayne Gretzky* 2.450
1981-82 Wayne Gretzky* 2.650
1980-81 Wayne Gretzky* 2.050
1979-80 Wayne Gretzky* 1.734
1978-79 Bryan Trottier* 1.763
1977-78 Guy Lafleur* 1.692
1976-77 Guy Lafleur* 1.700
1975-76 Bobby Clarke* 1.566
1974-75 Guy Lafleur* 1.700
1973-74 Phil Esposito* 1.859
1972-73 Phil Esposito* 1.667
1971-72 Phil Esposito* 1.750
1970-71 Phil Esposito* 1.949
1969-70 Bobby Orr* 1.579
1968-69 Phil Esposito* 1.703
1967-68 Stan Mikita* 1.208
1966-67 Stan Mikita* 1.386
1965-66 Bobby Hull* 1.492
1964-65 Stan Mikita* 1.243
1963-64 Stan Mikita* 1.271
1962-63 Gordie Howe* 1.229
1961-62 Bobby Hull* 1.200
  Andy Bathgate* 1.200
1960-61 Bernie Geoffrion* 1.484
1959-60 Jean Béliveau* 1.233
1958-59 Jean Béliveau* 1.422
1957-58 Gordie Howe* 1.203
1956-57 Gordie Howe* 1.271
1955-56 Jean Béliveau* 1.257
1954-55 Maurice Richard* 1.104
1953-54 Gordie Howe* 1.157
1952-53 Gordie Howe* 1.357
1951-52 Gordie Howe* 1.229
1950-51 Gordie Howe* 1.229
1949-50 Ted Lindsay* 1.130
1948-49 Doug Bentley* 1.138
1947-48 Elmer Lach* 1.017
1946-47 Max Bentley* 1.200
1945-46 Max Bentley* 1.298
1944-45 Elmer Lach* 1.600
1943-44 Bill Cowley* 1.972
1942-43 Bill Cowley* 1.500
1941-42 Lynn Patrick* 1.170
1940-41 Bill Cowley* 1.391
1939-40 Syl Apps* 1.111
1938-39 Bill Cowley* 1.235
1937-38 Gordie Drillon* 1.083
1936-37 Sweeney Schriner* 0.958
1935-36 Sweeney Schriner* 0.938
1934-35 Charlie Conacher* 1.213
1933-34 Charlie Conacher* 1.238
1932-33 Bill Cook* 1.042
1931-32 Busher Jackson* 1.104
1930-31 Howie Morenz* 1.308
1929-30 Cooney Weiland* 1.659
1928-29 Ace Bailey* 0.727
1927-28 Howie Morenz* 1.186
1926-27 Bill Cook* 0.841
1925-26 Nels Stewart* 1.167
1924-25 Aurele Joliat* 1.680
1923-24 Babe Dye* 1.105
1922-23 Babe Dye* 1.818
1921-22 Punch Broadbent* 1.875
1920-21 Joe Malone* 1.850
1919-20 Newsy Lalonde* 2.043
1918-19 Newsy Lalonde* 1.882
1917-18 Joe Malone* 2.400

WHA Leaders

WHA Leaders Table
Season Player PTS/G
1978-79 Réal Cloutier 1.675
1977-78 Marc Tardif 1.974
1976-77 Anders Hedberg 1.926
1975-76 Marc Tardif 1.827
1974-75 André Lacroix 1.885
1973-74 Mike Walton 1.500
1972-73 Bobby Hull* 1.635