NHL & WHA Career Leaders and Records for Goals 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
RankPlayerYearsG/G
1.Mike Bossy* 1977-870.762
2.Mario Lemieux* 1984-060.754
3.Cy Denneny* 1917-290.751
4.Babe Dye* 1919-310.746
5.Pavel Bure* 1991-030.623
6.Auston Matthews 2016-260.621
7.Wayne Gretzky* 1979-990.601
8.Alex Ovechkin 2005-260.591
9.Brett Hull* 1986-060.584
10.Kirill Kaprizov 2020-260.579
11.Bobby Hull* 1957-800.574
12.Tim Kerr 1980-930.565
13.Rick Martin 1971-820.561
14.Phil Esposito* 1963-810.559
15.Maurice Richard* 1942-600.556
16.Cam Neely* 1983-960.544
17.Marcel Dionne* 1971-890.542
18.Pat LaFontaine* 1983-980.541
19.Connor McDavid 2015-260.515
20.Leon Draisaitl 2014-260.508
21.David Pastrňák 2014-260.504
22.Rick Vaive 1979-920.503
23.Michel Goulet* 1979-940.503
24.Steven Stamkos 2008-260.501
25.Nels Stewart* 1925-400.498
26.Guy Lafleur* 1971-910.497
27.Mike Gartner* 1979-980.494
28.Dino Ciccarelli* 1980-990.494
29.Howie Morenz* 1923-370.493
30.Blaine Stoughton 1973-840.490
31.Eric Lindros* 1992-070.489
32.Pierre Larouche 1974-880.486
33.Charlie Conacher* 1929-410.486
34.Žigmund Pálffy 1993-060.481
35.Jari Kurri* 1980-980.480
36.Charlie Simmer 1974-880.480
37.Bill Cook* 1926-370.480
38.Ilya Kovalchuk 2001-200.478
39.Alexander Mogilny* 1989-060.478
40.Kent Nilsson 1979-950.477
41.Syl Apps* 1936-480.475
42.Joe Mullen* 1981-970.473
43.Teemu Selänne* 1992-140.471
44.Jason Robertson 2019-260.467
45.Luc Robitaille* 1986-060.467
46.Peter Bondra 1990-070.465
47.Bill Barber* 1972-840.465
48.Kyle Connor 2016-260.465
49.Roy Conacher* 1938-520.461
50.Peter Šťastný* 1980-950.461
51.Sidney Crosby 2005-260.461
52.Steve Yzerman* 1983-060.457
53.Nikita Kucherov 2013-260.456
54.Steve Shutt* 1972-850.456
55.Joe Sakic* 1988-090.454
56.Gordie Howe* 1946-800.453
57.Mike Bullard 1980-920.453
58.Frank Mahovlich* 1956-740.451
59.Jean Béliveau* 1950-710.451
60.Paul MacLean 1980-910.451
61.Lanny McDonald* 1973-890.450
62.Brayden Point 2016-260.450
63.Paul Gardner 1976-860.450
64.Jake Guentzel 2016-260.449
65.Joe Nieuwendyk* 1986-070.449
66.Keith Tkachuk 1991-100.448
67.Rick Middleton 1974-880.446
68.Bernie Geoffrion* 1950-680.445
69.Yvan Cournoyer* 1963-790.442
70.Nathan MacKinnon 2013-260.442
71.Jaromír Jágr 1990-180.442
72.Darryl Sittler* 1970-850.442
73.Mikko Rantanen 2015-260.441
74.Glenn Anderson* 1980-960.441
75.Jimmy Carson 1986-960.439
76.Steve Larmer 1980-950.438
77.Ray Sheppard 1987-000.437
78.Dale Hawerchuk* 1981-970.436
79.John Ogrodnick 1979-930.433
80.Mickey Redmond 1967-760.433
81.Brendan Shanahan* 1987-090.430
82.Gilbert Perreault* 1970-870.430
83.Jacques Lemaire* 1967-790.429
84.Dany Heatley 2001-150.428
85.Danny Gare 1974-870.428
86.Alex DeBrincat 2017-260.422
87.Bernie Nicholls 1981-990.421
88.Evgeni Malkin 2006-260.420
89.John LeClair 1990-070.420
90.Theo Fleury 1988-030.420
91.Mats Sundin* 1990-090.419
92.Brian Propp 1979-940.418
93.Mike Rogers 1979-860.417
94.Patrik Laine 2016-260.417
95.Wendel Clark 1985-000.416
96.Filip Forsberg 2012-260.415
97.Sweeney Schriner* 1934-460.415
98.John Tavares 2009-260.415
99.Rick MacLeish 1970-840.413
100.Rick Nash 2002-180.412
101.Tony Tanti 1981-920.412
102.Bobby Orr* 1966-790.411
103.Aurele Joliat* 1922-380.411
104.Sebastian Aho 2016-260.410
105.Bryan Trottier* 1975-940.410
106.Rick Kehoe 1971-850.409
107.Tage Thompson 2017-260.408
108.Brian Bellows 1982-990.408
109.Reggie Leach 1970-830.408
110.Toe Blake* 1934-480.407
111.Paul Kariya* 1994-100.406
112.Jarome Iginla* 1996-170.402
113.Sylvain Turgeon 1983-950.402
114.Marián Hossa* 1997-170.401
115.Dennis Maruk 1975-890.401
116.Tomas Sandström 1984-990.401
117.Stéphane Richer 1984-020.399
118.Petr Klíma 1985-990.398
119.Pierre Turgeon* 1987-070.398
120.Artemi Panarin 2015-260.398
121.Alexei Yashin 1993-070.396
122.Denis Savard* 1980-970.395
123.Mark Messier* 1979-040.395
124.Marián Gáborík 2000-180.393
125.Jean Pronovost 1968-820.392
126.Brad Marchand 2009-260.391
127.Dave Andreychuk* 1982-060.390
128.Craig Simpson 1985-950.390
129.William Nylander 2015-260.389
130.Brian Sutter 1976-880.389
131.Dave Taylor 1977-940.388
132.Anton Šťastný 1980-890.388
133.Doug Bentley* 1939-540.388
134.Stan Mikita* 1958-800.388
135.Mark Scheifele 2011-260.387
136.Sergei Fedorov* 1990-090.387
137.Mats Näslund 1982-950.386
138.Jack Eichel 2015-260.386
139.Sam Reinhart 2014-260.385
140.Rick Tocchet 1984-020.385
141.Camille Henry 1953-700.384
142.Jean Ratelle* 1960-810.384
143.René Robert 1970-820.382
144.Rod Gilbert* 1960-780.381
145.Busher Jackson* 1929-440.380
146.Peter McNab 1973-870.380
147.Max Bentley* 1940-540.379
148.Kevin Stevens 1987-020.376
149.Jeremy Roenick* 1988-090.376
150.Wilf Paiement 1974-880.376
151.Éric Dazé 1994-060.376
152.Matthew Tkachuk 2016-260.376
153.Mike Modano* 1989-110.374
154.Garry Unger 1967-830.374
155.Ken Hodge 1964-780.373
156.Brady Tkachuk 2018-260.372
157.Steve Payne 1978-880.372
158.Patrick Kane 2007-260.371
159.Bernie Federko* 1976-900.369
160.Alexander Semin 2003-160.368
161.Milan Hejduk 1998-130.368
162.Zach Hyman 2015-260.367
163.Bill Goldsworthy 1964-780.367
164.Elias Pettersson 2018-260.367
165.Pat Verbeek 1982-020.367
166.Eric Vail 1973-820.365
167.Chris Kreider 2012-260.363
168.Dickie Moore* 1951-680.363
169.Bill Mosienko* 1941-550.363
170.Thomas Vanek 2005-190.362
171.Jim Pappin 1963-770.362
172.Tyler Seguin 2010-260.361
173.Johnny Bucyk* 1955-780.361
174.Vladimir Tarasenko 2012-260.361
175.Herb Cain 1933-460.360
176.Brock Boeser 2016-260.359
177.Pavol Demitra 1993-100.359
178.Gary Roberts 1986-090.358
179.Joe Pavelski 2006-240.357
180.Danny Grant 1965-790.357
181.Max Pacioretty 2008-250.357
182.Al Secord 1978-900.356
183.Daniel Alfredsson* 1995-140.356
184.Aleksander Barkov 2013-250.356
185.Ted Lindsay* 1944-650.355
186.Bobby Schmautz 1967-810.355
187.Guy Chouinard 1974-840.355
188.Tony Amonte 1991-070.354
189.Simon Gagné 1999-150.354
190.Donald Audette 1990-040.354
191.Markus Näslund 1993-090.354
192.Steve Vickers 1972-820.352
193.Lorne Carr 1933-460.352
194.Peter Forsberg* 1994-110.352
195.Owen Nolan 1990-100.352
196.Tony McKegney 1978-910.351
197.Ilkka Sinisalo 1981-920.351
198.Geoff Courtnall 1983-000.350
199.Mark Recchi* 1988-110.349
200.Mike Foligno 1979-940.349
201.Norm Ullman* 1955-750.348
202.Vincent Lecavalier 1998-160.347
203.Errol Thompson 1970-810.347
204.John Anderson 1977-890.346
205.Logan Couture 2009-240.346
206.Zach Parise 2005-240.346
207.John MacLean 1983-020.346
208.Miroslav Šatan 1995-100.346
209.Timo Meier 2016-260.345
210.Martin St. Louis* 1998-150.345
211.Mika Zibanejad 2011-260.344
212.Ivan Boldirev 1970-850.343
213.Gerard Gallant 1984-950.343
214.Mike Walton 1965-790.342
215.Dylan Larkin 2015-260.342
216.Jeff Skinner 2010-260.341
217.Steve Thomas 1984-040.341
218.James Neal 2008-220.341
219.Bo Horvat 2014-260.341
220.Bill Guerin 1991-100.340
221.Barry Pederson 1980-920.340
222.Mark Hunter 1981-930.339
223.Butch Goring 1969-850.339
224.Evander Kane 2009-260.339
225.Syd Howe* 1929-460.339
226.Mark Stone 2012-260.338
227.Jonathan Marchessault 2012-260.338
228.Derek Sanderson 1965-780.338
229.Mike Ridley 1985-970.337
230.Dave Christian 1979-940.337
231.Keith Crowder 1980-900.337
232.Greg Adams 1984-010.336
233.Dave Gagner 1984-990.336
234.Jason Arnott 1993-120.335
235.Jeff Carter 2005-240.335
236.Glen Murray 1991-080.334
237.Paul Henderson 1962-800.334
238.Anders Lee 2012-260.334
239.Brock Nelson 2013-260.334
240.Eric Staal 2003-230.333
 Jonathan Toews 2007-260.333
242.Clark Gillies* 1974-880.333
243.Nikolaj Ehlers 2015-260.332
244.Mitch Marner 2016-260.332
245.Eddie Olczyk 1984-000.332
246.Bobby Smith 1978-930.331
247.Jamie Benn 2009-260.331
248.Ted Kennedy* 1942-570.330
249.Dan Quinn 1983-970.330
250.Patrice Bergeron 2003-230.330

WHA Leaders

WHA Leaders Table
RankPlayerYearsG/G
1.Anders Hedberg 1974-780.825
2.Réal Cloutier 1974-790.767
3.Bobby Hull* 1972-790.737
4.Marc Tardif 1973-790.709
5.Tom Webster 1972-780.625
6.Robbie Ftorek 1974-790.579
7.Danny Lawson 1972-770.556
8.Serge Bernier 1973-790.552
9.Mark Howe* 1973-790.488
10.André Lacroix 1972-790.456