NHL & WHA Yearly Leaders and Records for Shots

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

NHL Leaders

NHL Leaders Table
Season Player SOG
2023-24 Nathan MacKinnon 404
2022-23 David Pastrňák 407
2021-22 Auston Matthews 348
2020-21 Auston Matthews 222
2019-20 Nathan MacKinnon 318
2018-19 Nathan MacKinnon 365
2017-18 Alex Ovechkin 355
2016-17 Brent Burns 320
2015-16 Alex Ovechkin 398
2014-15 Alex Ovechkin 395
2013-14 Alex Ovechkin 386
2012-13 Alex Ovechkin 220
2011-12 Evgeni Malkin 339
2010-11 Alex Ovechkin 367
2009-10 Alex Ovechkin 368
2008-09 Alex Ovechkin 528
2007-08 Alex Ovechkin 446
2006-07 Alex Ovechkin 392
2005-06 Alex Ovechkin 425
2003-04 Ilya Kovalchuk 341
2002-03 Glen Murray 331
2001-02 Bill Guerin 355
2000-01 Pavel Bure* 384
1999-00 Pavel Bure* 360
1998-99 Paul Kariya* 429
1997-98 Pavel Bure* 329
1996-97 Paul Kariya* 340
1995-96 Jaromír Jágr 403
1994-95 Ray Bourque* 210
1993-94 Brendan Shanahan* 397
1992-93 Pavel Bure* 407
1991-92 Brett Hull* 408
1990-91 Brett Hull* 389
1989-90 Brett Hull* 385
1988-89 Steve Yzerman* 388
1987-88 Mario Lemieux* 382
1986-87 Ray Bourque* 334
1985-86 Wayne Gretzky* 350
1984-85 Wayne Gretzky* 354
1983-84 Ray Bourque* 343
1982-83 Wayne Gretzky* 348
1981-82 Wayne Gretzky* 370
1980-81 Marcel Dionne* 342
1979-80 Marcel Dionne* 348
1978-79 Marcel Dionne* 362
1977-78 Darryl Sittler* 311
1976-77 Marcel Dionne* 376
1975-76 Bill Barber* 380
1974-75 Bobby Orr* 384
1973-74 Phil Esposito* 393
1972-73 Phil Esposito* 411
1971-72 Phil Esposito* 426
1970-71 Phil Esposito* 550
1969-70 Bobby Orr* 413
1968-69 Bobby Hull* 414
1967-68 Bobby Hull* 367
1966-67 Bobby Hull* 320
1965-66 Bobby Hull* 351
1964-65 Bobby Hull* 368
1963-64 Bobby Hull* 408
1962-63 Gordie Howe* 351
1961-62 Bobby Hull* 375
1960-61 Gordie Howe* 357
1959-60 Gordie Howe* 354