NHL & WHA Yearly Playoff Leaders and Records for Points

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Active players are listed in bold.
Members of the Hockey Hall of Fame are marked with an asterisk (*).

NHL Leaders

NHL Leaders Table
Year Player PTS
2018 Evgeny Kuznetsov 32
2017 Evgeni Malkin 28
2016 Logan Couture 30
2015 Patrick Kane 23
  Tyler Johnson 23
2014 Anze Kopitar 26
2013 David Krejci 26
2012 Anze Kopitar 20
  Dustin Brown 20
2011 David Krejci 23
2010 Daniel Briere 30
2009 Evgeni Malkin 36
2008 Henrik Zetterberg 27
  Sidney Crosby 27
2007 Jason Spezza 22
  Dany Heatley 22
  Daniel Alfredsson 22
2006 Eric Staal 28
2004 Brad Richards 26
2003 Scott Niedermayer* 18
  Jamie Langenbrunner 18
2002 Peter Forsberg* 27
2001 Joe Sakic* 26
2000 Brett Hull* 24
1999 Peter Forsberg* 24
1998 Steve Yzerman* 24
1997 Eric Lindros* 26
1996 Joe Sakic* 34
1995 Sergei Fedorov* 24
1994 Brian Leetch* 34
1993 Wayne Gretzky* 40
1992 Mario Lemieux* 34
1991 Mario Lemieux* 44
1990 Craig Simpson 31
  Mark Messier* 31
1989 Al MacInnis* 31
1988 Wayne Gretzky* 43
1987 Wayne Gretzky* 34
1986 Doug Gilmour* 21
  Bernie Federko* 21
1985 Wayne Gretzky* 47
1984 Wayne Gretzky* 35
1983 Wayne Gretzky* 38
1982 Bryan Trottier* 29
1981 Mike Bossy* 35
1980 Bryan Trottier* 29
1979 Jacques Lemaire* 23
  Guy Lafleur* 23
1978 Larry Robinson* 21
  Guy Lafleur* 21
1977 Guy Lafleur* 26
1976 Reggie Leach 24
1975 Rick MacLeish 20
1974 Rick MacLeish 22
1973 Yvan Cournoyer* 25
1972 Bobby Orr* 24
  Phil Esposito* 24
1971 Frank Mahovlich* 27
1970 Phil Esposito* 27
1969 Phil Esposito* 18
1968 Bill Goldsworthy 15
1967 Jim Pappin 15
1966 Norm Ullman* 15
1965 Bobby Hull* 17
1964 Gordie Howe* 19
1963 Norm Ullman* 16
  Gordie Howe* 16
1962 Stan Mikita* 21
1961 Pierre Pilote* 15
  Gordie Howe* 15
1960 Henri Richard* 12
  Bernie Geoffrion* 12
1959 Dickie Moore* 17
1958 Fleming MacKell 19
1957 Bernie Geoffrion* 18
1956 Jean Beliveau* 19
1955 Gordie Howe* 20
1954 Dickie Moore* 13
1953 Ed Sandford 11
1952 Metro Prystai 7
  Ted Lindsay* 7
  Gordie Howe* 7
  Floyd Curry 7
1951 Maurice Richard* 13
  Max Bentley* 13
1950 Pentti Lund 11
1949 Gordie Howe* 11
1948 Ted Kennedy* 14
1947 Maurice Richard* 11
1946 Elmer Lach* 17
1945 Joe Carveth 11
1944 Toe Blake* 18
1943 Carl Liscombe 14
1942 Don Grosso 14
1941 Milt Schmidt* 11
1940 Phil Watson 9
  Neil Colville* 9
1939 Bill Cowley* 14
1938 Johnny Gottselig 8
  Gordie Drillon* 8
1937 Marty Barry* 11
1936 Buzz Boll 10
1935 Cy Wentworth 5
  Baldy Northcott 5
  Busher Jackson* 5
  Charlie Conacher* 5
1934 Larry Aurie 10
1933 Cecil Dillon 10
1932 Frank Boucher* 9
1931 Cooney Weiland* 9
1930 Cooney Weiland* 6
  Marty Barry* 6
1929 Butch Keeling 3
  Andy Blair 3
  Ace Bailey* 3
1928 Frank Boucher* 10
1927 Harry Oliver* 6
  Percy Galbraith 6
1926 Merlyn Phillips 3
  Punch Broadbent* 3
1925 Howie Morenz* 3
  Sprague Cleghorn* 3
1924 Howie Morenz* 4
1923 Cy Denneny* 2
  Louis Berlinguette 2
1922 Frank Nighbor* 3
1921 Frank Nighbor* 4
1919 Newsy Lalonde* 13
1918 Newsy Lalonde* 6

WHA Leaders

WHA Leaders Table
Year Player PTS
1979 Wayne Gretzky* 20
1978 Mike Antonovich 17
1977 Serge Bernier 36
1976 Ulf Nilsson 26
1975 Mark Howe* 22
1974 Larry Lund 23
1973 Norm Beaudin 28
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