NHL & WHA Single Season 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 (*).

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NHL Leaders

NHL Leaders Table
Rank Player PTS/G Season
1.Wayne Gretzky* 2.770 1983-84
2.Wayne Gretzky* 2.688 1985-86
3.Mario Lemieux* 2.667 1992-93
4.Wayne Gretzky* 2.650 1981-82
5.Mario Lemieux* 2.618 1988-89
6.Wayne Gretzky* 2.600 1984-85
7.Wayne Gretzky* 2.450 1982-83
8.Joe Malone* 2.400 1917-18
9.Wayne Gretzky* 2.328 1987-88
10.Wayne Gretzky* 2.316 1986-87
11.Mario Lemieux* 2.300 1995-96
12.Cy Denneny* 2.190 1917-18
13.Mario Lemieux* 2.182 1987-88
14.Wayne Gretzky* 2.154 1988-89
15.Newsy Lalonde* 2.143 1917-18
16.Wayne Gretzky* 2.090 1990-91
17.Mario Lemieux* 2.085 1989-90
18.Wayne Gretzky* 2.050 1980-81
19.Mario Lemieux* 2.047 1991-92
20.Newsy Lalonde* 2.043 1919-20
21.Joe Malone* 2.042 1919-20
22.Bill Cowley* 1.972 1943-44
23.Reg Noble* 1.950 1917-18
24.Phil Esposito* 1.949 1970-71
25.Wayne Gretzky* 1.945 1989-90
26.Steve Yzerman* 1.938 1988-89
27.Frank Nighbor* 1.900 1917-18
28.Bernie Nicholls 1.899 1988-89
29.Adam Oates* 1.885 1990-91
30.Newsy Lalonde* 1.882 1918-19
31.Punch Broadbent* 1.875 1921-22
 Connor McDavid 1.875 2020-21
33.Connor McDavid 1.866 2022-23
34.Phil Esposito* 1.859 1973-74
35.Joe Malone* 1.850 1920-21
36.Jari Kurri* 1.849 1984-85
37.Mike Bossy* 1.838 1981-82
38.Frank Nighbor* 1.826 1919-20
39.Cy Denneny* 1.818 1921-22
 Babe Dye* 1.818 1922-23
41.Jaromír Jágr 1.817 1995-96
42.Newsy Lalonde* 1.792 1920-21
43.Mario Lemieux* 1.785 1985-86
44.Bobby Orr* 1.782 1970-71
45.Nikita Kucherov 1.778 2023-24
46.Mario Lemieux* 1.767 2000-01
47.Jari Kurri* 1.766 1983-84
48.Bryan Trottier* 1.763 1978-79
49.Pat LaFontaine* 1.762 1992-93
50.Mike Bossy* 1.761 1983-84
51.Phil Esposito* 1.750 1971-72
52.Paul Coffey* 1.747 1985-86
53.Peter Šťastný* 1.738 1981-82
54.Connor McDavid 1.737 2023-24
55.Wayne Gretzky* 1.734 1979-80
56.Jean Ratelle* 1.730 1971-72
57.Marcel Dionne* 1.713 1979-80
58.Nikita Kucherov 1.711 2025-26
59.Cy Denneny* 1.708 1920-21
60.Nathan MacKinnon 1.707 2023-24
61.Phil Esposito* 1.703 1968-69
62.Guy Lafleur* 1.700 1974-75
 Guy Lafleur* 1.700 1976-77
 Dennis Maruk 1.700 1981-82
65.Mario Lemieux* 1.698 1986-87
66.Guy Lafleur* 1.692 1977-78
67.Rob Brown 1.691 1988-89
68.Adam Oates* 1.690 1992-93
69.Guy Lafleur* 1.689 1979-80
70.Bobby Orr* 1.688 1974-75
 Marcel Dionne* 1.688 1980-81
72.Connor McDavid 1.683 2025-26
73.Aurele Joliat* 1.680 1924-25
74.Jari Kurri* 1.679 1985-86
 Brett Hull* 1.679 1990-91
76.Herb Cain 1.673 1943-44
77.Babe Dye* 1.667 1920-21
 Phil Esposito* 1.667 1972-73
79.Cooney Weiland* 1.659 1929-30
80.Peter Šťastný* 1.653 1982-83
81.Alexander Mogilny* 1.649 1992-93
82.Bobby Orr* 1.649 1973-74
83.Kent Nilsson 1.638 1980-81
 Denis Savard* 1.638 1987-88
85.Wayne Gretzky* 1.635 1991-92
86.Mark Messier* 1.633 1989-90
87.Bryan Trottier* 1.632 1983-84
88.Pat LaFontaine* 1.632 1991-92
89.Steve Yzerman* 1.631 1992-93
90.Michel Goulet* 1.627 1983-84
91.Marcel Dionne* 1.625 1978-79
 Dale Hawerchuk* 1.625 1984-85
93.Charlie Simmer 1.615 1980-81
94.Guy Lafleur* 1.613 1978-79
 Bryan Trottier* 1.613 1981-82
96.Sidney Crosby 1.610 2010-11
97.Jack Darragh* 1.609 1919-20
98.Phil Esposito* 1.608 1974-75
 Steve Yzerman* 1.608 1989-90
100.Peter Šťastný* 1.605 1985-86
 Mario Lemieux* 1.605 1996-97
102.Wayne Gretzky* 1.605 1993-94
103.Bobby Orr* 1.603 1972-73
104.Elmer Lach* 1.600 1944-45
 Leon Draisaitl 1.600 2022-23
106.Bryan Trottier* 1.597 1977-78
107.Guy Chouinard 1.596 1980-81
108.Steve Yzerman* 1.594 1987-88
109.Pierre Turgeon* 1.590 1992-93
110.Nathan MacKinnon 1.588 2025-26
111.Babe Dye* 1.586 1924-25
112.Babe Dye* 1.583 1921-22
113.Bobby Orr* 1.579 1969-70
114.Charlie Simmer 1.578 1979-80
115.Eric Lindros* 1.575 1995-96
116.Mike Bossy* 1.575 1978-79
 Paul Coffey* 1.575 1983-84
 Marcel Dionne* 1.575 1984-85
119.Teemu Selänne* 1.571 1992-93
120.Jaromír Jágr 1.568 1998-99
121.Bobby Clarke* 1.566 1975-76
122.Nathan MacKinnon 1.563 2022-23
123.Guy Lafleur* 1.563 1975-76
124.Nikita Kucherov 1.561 2018-19
125.Frank Nighbor* 1.556 1918-19
 Dave Taylor 1.556 1980-81
 Sidney Crosby 1.556 2012-13
128.Denis Savard* 1.551 1982-83
 Nikita Kucherov 1.551 2024-25
130.Leon Draisaitl 1.549 2019-20
131.Ron Francis* 1.545 1995-96
132.Joe Thornton* 1.543 2005-06
133.Kevin Stevens 1.542 1992-93
134.Doug Bentley* 1.540 1943-44
135.Bobby Orr* 1.539 1971-72
 Mike Bossy* 1.539 1984-85
137.Mike Bossy* 1.538 1985-86
 Kevin Stevens 1.538 1991-92
 Connor McDavid 1.538 2021-22
140.Doug Gilmour* 1.530 1992-93
141.Marcel Dionne* 1.525 1976-77
142.Jaromír Jágr 1.524 1999-00
143.Eric Lindros* 1.522 1994-95
144.Eric Lindros* 1.519 1996-97
145.Sidney Crosby 1.519 2006-07
146.Connor McDavid 1.516 2019-20
147.Alex Ovechkin 1.514 2009-10
148.Marcel Dionne* 1.513 1974-75
 Paul Coffey* 1.513 1984-85
 Dale Hawerchuk* 1.513 1987-88
151.Cam Neely* 1.510 1993-94
152.Jaromír Jágr 1.508 1996-97
153.Paul Coffey* 1.507 1988-89
154.Mike Bossy* 1.506 1980-81
155.Odie Cleghorn 1.500 1918-19
 Corb Denneny 1.500 1919-20
 Thomas McCarthy 1.500 1919-20
 Bill Cowley* 1.500 1942-43
 Elmer Lach* 1.500 1943-44
 Marcel Dionne* 1.500 1981-82
 Jaromír Jágr 1.500 2005-06
 Leon Draisaitl 1.500 2020-21
163.Jaromír Jágr 1.494 2000-01
164.Mike Bossy* 1.494 1982-83
165.Brett Hull* 1.493 1991-92
166.Leon Draisaitl 1.493 2024-25
167.Connor McDavid 1.493 2024-25
168.Bobby Hull* 1.492 1965-66
 Eric Lindros* 1.492 1993-94
 Leon Draisaitl 1.492 2025-26
171.Max Bentley* 1.489 1942-43
172.Luc Robitaille* 1.488 1992-93
173.Denis Savard* 1.488 1981-82
 Peter Šťastný* 1.488 1983-84
175.Johnny Bucyk* 1.487 1970-71
 Connor McDavid 1.487 2018-19
177.Bernie Geoffrion* 1.484 1960-61
178.Lorne Carr 1.480 1943-44
179.Frank Boucher* 1.476 1929-30
180.Dave Taylor 1.475 1979-80
181.Nathan MacKinnon 1.468 2024-25
182.Nikita Kucherov 1.468 2021-22
183.Mark Recchi* 1.464 1992-93
184.Sergei Fedorov* 1.463 1993-94
 Joe Sakic* 1.463 1995-96
 Artemi Panarin 1.463 2023-24
187.Pete Mahovlich 1.463 1974-75
 Darryl Sittler* 1.463 1977-78
189.Pierre Larouche 1.461 1975-76
 Peter Šťastný* 1.461 1987-88
191.Doug Bentley* 1.460 1942-43
 Carl Liscombe 1.460 1943-44
 Maurice Richard* 1.460 1944-45
194.Harry Cameron* 1.458 1921-22
 Jaromír Jágr 1.458 1994-95
196.Paul Coffey* 1.457 1987-88
197.Stan Mikita* 1.456 1972-73
198.Adam Oates* 1.455 1993-94
199.Evgeni Malkin 1.453 2011-12
200.Ron Francis* 1.453 1985-86
201.Auston Matthews 1.452 2021-22
202.Bobby Clarke* 1.450 1974-75
 Barry Pederson 1.450 1983-84
 Denis Savard* 1.450 1985-86
205.Mark Recchi* 1.449 1990-91
206.Réal Cloutier 1.448 1981-82
207.Bobby Hull* 1.446 1968-69
208.Glenn Anderson* 1.444 1982-83
 Wayne Gretzky* 1.444 1992-93
210.Mark Messier* 1.442 1987-88
211.Clint Smith* 1.440 1943-44
212.Toe Blake* 1.439 1943-44
 Joe Sakic* 1.439 2000-01
214.Jonathan Huberdeau 1.438 2021-22
215.Paul Kariya* 1.435 1996-97
216.Corb Denneny 1.429 1917-18
217.Teemu Selänne* 1.427 1998-99
218.Bobby Smith 1.425 1981-82
 Mats Sundin* 1.425 1992-93
220.Sweeney Schriner* 1.423 1944-45
221.Jean Béliveau* 1.422 1958-59
222.Pat LaFontaine* 1.419 1989-90
223.Bernie Nicholls 1.418 1989-90
224.Brent Sutter 1.417 1984-85
 Glenn Anderson* 1.417 1985-86
226.Peter Šťastný* 1.416 1980-81
227.Peter Forsberg* 1.415 1995-96
228.Cy Denneny* 1.414 1924-25
 Denis Savard* 1.414 1988-89
 Steve Yzerman* 1.414 1993-94
231.Peter Forsberg* 1.413 2002-03
232.Gilbert Perreault* 1.413 1975-76
 Brett Hull* 1.413 1989-90
234.Gilbert Perreault* 1.412 1974-75
235.Bryan Trottier* 1.411 1980-81
236.John Cullen 1.410 1990-91
 Peter Forsberg* 1.410 2003-04
238.Art Jackson 1.408 1943-44
239.Pavel Bure* 1.408 1993-94
240.Johnny Gaudreau 1.402 2021-22
 Macklin Celebrini 1.402 2025-26
242.Bill Mosienko* 1.400 1943-44
 Bill Barber* 1.400 1975-76
244.Teemu Selänne* 1.397 1996-97
245.Rick Martin 1.397 1974-75
246.Dino Ciccarelli* 1.395 1981-82
247.Marcel Dionne* 1.394 1983-84
248.Joe Mullen* 1.392 1988-89
 Alex Ovechkin 1.392 2008-09
250.Bill Cowley* 1.391 1940-41

WHA Leaders

WHA Leaders Table
Rank Player PTS/G Season
1.Marc Tardif 1.974 1977-78
2.Anders Hedberg 1.926 1976-77
3.André Lacroix 1.885 1974-75
4.Réal Cloutier 1.855 1976-77
5.Marc Tardif 1.827 1975-76
6.Bobby Hull* 1.821 1974-75
7.Réal Cloutier 1.767 1977-78
8.Marc Tardif 1.758 1976-77
9.Ulf Nilsson 1.746 1976-77
10.Ulf Nilsson 1.726 1977-78
11.Réal Cloutier 1.675 1978-79
12.Bobby Hull* 1.635 1972-73
13.Serge Bernier 1.605 1974-75
14.André Lacroix 1.590 1972-73
15.Anders Hedberg 1.584 1977-78
16.Bobby Hull* 1.559 1976-77
17.Ulf Nilsson 1.538 1974-75
 Anders Hedberg 1.538 1974-75
19.Bobby Hull* 1.538 1975-76
20.Ron Ward 1.532 1972-73
21.Bobby Hull* 1.519 1977-78
22.Tom Webster 1.509 1975-76
23.Mike Walton 1.500 1973-74
24.Christian Bordeleau 1.486 1976-77
25.Christian Bordeleau 1.473 1975-76
26.Jim Harrison 1.468 1973-74
27.Robbie Ftorek 1.463 1976-77
28.Ulf Nilsson 1.462 1975-76
29.Serge Bernier 1.457 1975-76
30.Robbie Ftorek 1.450 1978-79
31.André Lacroix 1.449 1977-78
32.Réjean Houle 1.438 1974-75
33.Gordie Howe* 1.429 1973-74
34.Réal Cloutier 1.425 1975-76
35.André Lacroix 1.423 1973-74
36.Robbie Ftorek 1.413 1975-76
37.André Lacroix 1.407 1976-77
38.Mark Howe* 1.390 1978-79
39.Larry Lund 1.385 1974-75
40.Anders Hedberg 1.382 1975-76
41.Wayne Gretzky* 1.375 1978-79
42.Wayne Rivers 1.372 1974-75
 Kent Nilsson 1.372 1978-79
44.Robbie Ftorek 1.363 1977-78
45.Danny Lawson 1.359 1972-73
46.Terry Caffery 1.351 1972-73
47.Serge Bernier 1.345 1977-78
48.Tom Webster 1.338 1972-73
49.Kent Nilsson 1.338 1977-78
50.Rich LeDuc 1.321 1976-77