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 (*).
NHL Leaders
Season | Player | PTS/G |
---|---|---|
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
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 |
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