NHL & WHA Yearly Leaders and Records for Total Goals On-Ice ForSubscribe Now (First Month Free)

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NHL Leaders

NHL Leaders Table
Season Player TGF
2023-24 Nathan MacKinnon 165
2022-23 Connor McDavid 190
2021-22 Cale Makar 163
2020-21 Connor McDavid 121
2019-20 Leon Draisaitl 136
2018-19 Nikita Kucherov 155
  John Carlson 155
2017-18 Sean Couturier 142
2016-17 Connor McDavid 131
2015-16 John Klingberg 132
2014-15 Erik Karlsson 131
2013-14 Sidney Crosby 137
2012-13 Alex Ovechkin 81
  Chris Kunitz 81
2011-12 Erik Karlsson 135
2010-11 Ľubomír Višňovský 146
2009-10 Mike Green 161
2008-09 Alex Ovechkin 162
2007-08 Alex Ovechkin 150
2006-07 Sergei Gonchar 151
2005-06 Nicklas Lidström* 161
2003-04 Martin St. Louis* 130
  Adrian Aucoin 130
2002-03 Nicklas Lidström* 161
2001-02 Nicklas Lidström* 129
2000-01 Jaromír Jágr 161
1999-00 Nicklas Lidström* 148
1998-99 Jaromír Jágr 159
1997-98 Nicklas Lidström* 126
  Ron Francis* 126
1996-97 Brian Leetch* 166
1995-96 Jaromír Jágr 205
1994-95 Paul Coffey* 108
1993-94 Brian Leetch* 187
1992-93 Larry Murphy* 225
1991-92 Brian Leetch* 193
1990-91 Wayne Gretzky* 200
1989-90 Paul Coffey* 195
1988-89 Mario Lemieux* 254
1987-88 Mario Lemieux* 211
1986-87 Wayne Gretzky* 226
1985-86 Wayne Gretzky* 261
1984-85 Wayne Gretzky* 253
1983-84 Wayne Gretzky* 250
1982-83 Wayne Gretzky* 237
1981-82 Wayne Gretzky* 265
1980-81 Wayne Gretzky* 206
1979-80 Guy Lafleur* 187
1978-79 Denis Potvin* 203
1977-78 Denis Potvin* 204
1976-77 Larry Robinson* 218
1975-76 Guy Lapointe* 183
1974-75 Bobby Orr* 246
1973-74 Bobby Orr* 229
1972-73 Phil Esposito* 175
1971-72 Bobby Orr* 208
1970-71 Bobby Orr* 258
1969-70 Bobby Orr* 192
1968-69 Phil Esposito* 164
1967-68 Gary Bergman 122
1966-67 Pierre Pilote* 151
1965-66 Bobby Hull* 138
1964-65 Pierre Pilote* 129
1963-64 Pierre Pilote* 139
1962-63 Doug Harvey* 118
1961-62 Jean-Guy Talbot 134
1960-61 Pierre Pilote* 122
  Doug Harvey* 122
1959-60 Doug Harvey* 144