NHL & WHA Yearly Playoff 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
Year Player PTS/G
2026 Leon Draisaitl 1.667
2025 Adrian Kempe 1.667
2024 Connor McDavid 1.680
2023 Connor McDavid 1.667
2022 Connor McDavid 2.063
2021 Jonathan Huberdeau 1.667
2020 Nathan MacKinnon 1.667
2019 Mark Stone 1.714
2018 Jake Guentzel 1.750
  Sidney Crosby 1.750
2017 Leon Draisaitl 1.231
2016 Logan Couture 1.250
2015 Ryan Getzlaf 1.250
2014 Paul Stastny 1.429
  Nathan MacKinnon 1.429
2013 David Krejčí 1.182
2012 Claude Giroux 1.700
2011 Mike Cammalleri 1.429
2010 Johan Franzén 1.500
2009 Alex Ovechkin 1.500
  Evgeni Malkin 1.500
2008 Jaromír Jágr 1.500
2007 Michael Nylander 1.300
2006 Patrik Eliáš 1.778
2004 Brad Richards 1.130
2003 Doug Weight 1.857
2002 Peter Forsberg* 1.350
2001 Peter Forsberg* 1.273
2000 Jaromír Jágr 1.455
1999 Jaromír Jágr 1.333
1998 Peter Forsberg* 1.571
1997 Joe Sakic* 1.471
1996 Joe Sakic* 1.545
1995 Theo Fleury 2.000
1994 Doug Gilmour* 1.556
1993 Theo Fleury 2.000
1992 Mario Lemieux* 2.267
1991 Mario Lemieux* 1.913
1990 Brett Hull* 1.750
1989 Wayne Gretzky* 2.000
1988 Wayne Gretzky* 2.263
1987 Wayne Gretzky* 1.619
1986 Dennis Maruk 2.600
1985 Wayne Gretzky* 2.611
1984 Wayne Gretzky* 1.842
1983 Wayne Gretzky* 2.375
1982 Wayne Gretzky* 2.400
1981 Wayne Gretzky* 2.333
1980 Gilbert Perreault* 1.500
1979 Jacques Lemaire* 1.438
  Guy Lafleur* 1.438
1978 Larry Robinson* 1.400
  Guy Lafleur* 1.400
1977 Darryl Sittler* 2.333
1976 Reggie Leach 1.500
1975 Guy Lafleur* 1.727
1974 Rick MacLeish 1.294
1973 Gilbert Perreault* 1.667
1972 Bobby Orr* 1.600
  Phil Esposito* 1.600
1971 Bobby Orr* 1.714
1970 Phil Esposito* 1.929
1969 Phil Esposito* 1.800
1968 Jean Béliveau* 1.100
1967 Jim Pappin 1.250
1966 Norm Ullman* 1.250
1965 Norm Ullman* 1.429
1964 Gordie Howe* 1.357
1963 Bobby Hull* 2.000
1962 Stan Mikita* 1.750
1961 Gordie Howe* 1.364
1960 Henri Richard* 1.500
  Bernie Geoffrion* 1.500
1959 Dickie Moore* 1.545
1958 Fleming Mackell 1.583
1957 Bernie Geoffrion* 1.800
1956 Jean Béliveau* 1.900
1955 Gordie Howe* 1.818
1954 Dickie Moore* 1.182
1953 Ed Sandford 1.000
1951 Maurice Richard* 1.182
  Max Bentley* 1.182
1950 Pentti Lund 0.917
1949 Gordie Howe* 1.000
1948 Ted Kennedy* 1.556
1947 Maurice Richard* 1.100
1946 Elmer Lach* 1.889
1945 Joe Carveth 0.786
1944 Toe Blake* 2.000
1943 Carl Liscombe 1.400
1942 Don Grosso 1.167
1941 Milt Schmidt* 1.000
1939 Gordie Drillon* 1.300
1937 Marty Barry* 1.100
1936 Buzz Boll 1.111
1934 Larry Aurie 1.111
1933 Cecil Dillon 1.250
1928 Frank Boucher* 1.111
1919 Newsy Lalonde* 2.600

WHA Leaders

WHA Leaders Table
Year Player PTS/G
1979 Terry Ruskowski 1.625
1978 Anders Hedberg 1.667
1977 Serge Bernier 2.118
1976 Ulf Nilsson 2.000
1975 Gavin Kirk 1.833
1974 Larry Lund 1.643
1973 Norm Beaudin 2.000