NHL & WHA Single Season Playoff Leaders and Records for Shooting Percentage
Active players are listed in bold.
Members of the Hockey Hall of Fame are marked with an asterisk (*).
NHL Leaders
| Rank | Player | SPCT | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Craig Simpson | 40.63 | 1988 |
| 2. | Scott Young | 40.00 | 2000 |
|   | Barclay Goodrow | 40.00 | 2024 |
| 4. | Dale Hunter | 38.89 | 1993 |
| 5. | Craig Simpson | 38.10 | 1990 |
| 6. | Peter Bondra | 37.50 | 1992 |
|   | Kirk Muller | 37.50 | 1994 |
|   | Mark Stone | 37.50 | 2019 |
|   | Valeri Nichushkin | 37.50 | 2024 |
| 10. | Brandon Saad | 36.84 | 2021 |
| 11. | Brett Howden | 36.11 | 2026 |
| 12. | Rick Vaive | 35.29 | 1988 |
|   | Marc Savard | 35.29 | 2009 |
| 14. | Yvon Lambert | 34.78 | 1980 |
| 15. | Dave Christian | 33.33 | 1984 |
|   | Mark Johnson | 33.33 | 1988 |
|   | Peter Forsberg* | 33.33 | 1998 |
|   | Dean McAmmond | 33.33 | 2007 |
|   | Chris Tierney | 33.33 | 2016 |
|   | Steven Stamkos | 33.33 | 2024 |
| 21. | Darryl Sutter | 32.43 | 1985 |
| 22. | Pit Martin | 32.26 | 1973 |
| 23. | Joe Pavelski | 32.14 | 2023 |
| 24. | J.P. Parisé | 32.00 | 1975 |
| 25. | Jean Ratelle* | 31.82 | 1979 |
|   | John Druce | 31.82 | 1990 |
|   | Stéphane Richer | 31.82 | 1990 |
| 28. | Glen Sharpley | 31.58 | 1982 |
|   | Jake DeBrusk | 31.58 | 2018 |
| 30. | Anton Šťastný | 31.25 | 1982 |
|   | Brian Bellows | 31.25 | 1986 |
|   | Jimmy Carson | 31.25 | 1988 |
|   | Steve Larmer | 31.25 | 1991 |
| 34. | Reggie Leach | 31.15 | 1976 |
| 35. | Mark Scheifele | 31.11 | 2018 |
| 36. | Sidney Crosby | 31.03 | 2018 |
| 37. | Bob Probert | 30.77 | 1988 |
|   | Sergei Makarov* | 30.77 | 1994 |
|   | Daniel Brière | 30.77 | 2012 |
| 40. | Yvan Cournoyer* | 30.61 | 1973 |
| 41. | Jim Campbell | 30.43 | 1998 |
| 42. | Lanny McDonald* | 30.30 | 1977 |
| 43. | Mark Messier* | 30.00 | 1983 |
|   | Patrick Flatley | 30.00 | 1984 |
|   | Brandon Hagel | 30.00 | 2026 |
| 46. | Håkan Loob | 29.63 | 1988 |
|   | Pat LaFontaine* | 29.63 | 1992 |
| 48. | Wayne Cashman | 29.41 | 1970 |
|   | Yvan Cournoyer* | 29.41 | 1974 |
|   | Terry O'Reilly | 29.41 | 1978 |
|   | Gino Cavallini | 29.41 | 1988 |
|   | Rick Middleton | 29.41 | 1988 |
|   | Eddie Olczyk | 29.41 | 1988 |
|   | Rob Brown | 29.41 | 1989 |
|   | Jake Guentzel | 29.41 | 2018 |
| 56. | Clark Gillies* | 29.27 | 1984 |
|   | Mario Lemieux* | 29.27 | 1989 |
| 58. | Dale Hunter | 29.17 | 1988 |
|   | Cam Neely* | 29.17 | 1989 |
|   | André Burakovsky | 29.17 | 2020 |
| 61. | Chris Kontos | 29.03 | 1989 |
| 62. | Leon Draisaitl | 28.89 | 2023 |
| 63. | Jari Kurri* | 28.85 | 1987 |
| 64. | Bobby Hull* | 28.57 | 1963 |
|   | Tony Hrkac | 28.57 | 1988 |
|   | Dino Ciccarelli* | 28.57 | 1990 |
|   | Patrick Marleau | 28.57 | 2002 |
|   | Fernando Pisani | 28.57 | 2006 |
|   | Brayden Point | 28.57 | 2021 |
|   | Chandler Stephenson | 28.57 | 2023 |
| 71. | Brad Park* | 28.13 | 1978 |
| 72. | Matthew Barnaby | 28.00 | 1998 |
|   | Scott Mellanby | 28.00 | 2002 |
|   | Martin St. Louis* | 28.00 | 2003 |
|   | J.P. Dumont | 28.00 | 2006 |
| 76. | Ruslan Fedotenko | 27.91 | 2004 |
| 77. | Rod Gilbert* | 27.78 | 1968 |
|   | Steve Vickers | 27.78 | 1973 |
|   | Butch Goring | 27.78 | 1981 |
|   | Ken Yaremchuk | 27.78 | 1985 |
|   | Mike Rathje | 27.78 | 1995 |
|   | Doug Weight | 27.78 | 2003 |
|   | Andrew Brunette | 27.78 | 2008 |
|   | Nicklas Bäckström | 27.78 | 2019 |
|   | Matt Duchene | 27.78 | 2019 |
| 86. | Ray Ferraro | 27.66 | 1993 |
| 87. | Mark Messier* | 27.50 | 1988 |
|   | Bobby Smith | 27.50 | 1989 |
| 89. | Barry Pederson | 27.45 | 1983 |
| 90. | Mike Bossy* | 27.42 | 1982 |
| 91. | Guy Lafleur* | 27.27 | 1975 |
|   | Luc Robitaille* | 27.27 | 1991 |
|   | Cliff Ronning | 27.27 | 1991 |
|   | Chris Gratton | 27.27 | 2001 |
|   | Jonathan Toews | 27.27 | 2014 |
|   | Leon Draisaitl | 27.27 | 2017 |
|   | T.J. Oshie | 27.27 | 2022 |
|   | Carter Verhaeghe | 27.27 | 2022 |
| 99. | Butch Goring | 26.92 | 1977 |
|   | Billy Harris | 26.92 | 1977 |
|   | Yvan Cournoyer* | 26.92 | 1978 |
|   | Robbie Ftorek | 26.92 | 1982 |
|   | Peter Šťastný* | 26.92 | 1982 |
|   | Steve Shutt* | 26.92 | 1984 |
|   | Brian Propp | 26.92 | 1989 |
| 106. | Vic Hadfield | 26.67 | 1975 |
|   | J.P. Parisé | 26.67 | 1977 |
|   | Anders Kallur | 26.67 | 1981 |
|   | Eddie Johnstone | 26.67 | 1983 |
|   | Mike Krushelnyski | 26.67 | 1986 |
|   | Kris King | 26.67 | 1992 |
|   | Randy McKay | 26.67 | 1995 |
|   | Joe Sakic* | 26.67 | 1995 |
|   | Ray Whitney | 26.67 | 1995 |
|   | Alex Kovalev | 26.67 | 2006 |
|   | Martin St. Louis* | 26.67 | 2006 |
|   | Martin Erat | 26.67 | 2010 |
|   | Scott Hartnell | 26.67 | 2010 |
|   | Maxime Talbot | 26.67 | 2012 |
|   | Jiří Hudler | 26.67 | 2015 |
|   | Ryan Kesler | 26.67 | 2016 |
|   | Kasperi Kapanen | 26.67 | 2026 |
| 123. | Patrick Kane | 26.47 | 2009 |
| 124. | Jari Kurri* | 26.42 | 1988 |
| 125. | Paul Henderson | 26.32 | 1971 |
|   | John McKenzie | 26.32 | 1972 |
|   | Rod Gilbert* | 26.32 | 1973 |
|   | Jude Drouin | 26.32 | 1977 |
|   | George Ferguson | 26.32 | 1978 |
|   | Paul Holmgren | 26.32 | 1981 |
|   | Cam Neely* | 26.32 | 1987 |
|   | Petr Klíma | 26.32 | 1988 |
|   | Ulf Dahlén | 26.32 | 1995 |
|   | Kelly Buchberger | 26.32 | 1997 |
|   | Colin Wilson | 26.32 | 2015 |
|   | Jonathan Toews | 26.32 | 2020 |
|   | Michael Amadio | 26.32 | 2023 |
| 138. | Paul Reinhart | 26.09 | 1983 |
|   | Theo Fleury | 26.09 | 1994 |
|   | Joe Nieuwendyk* | 26.09 | 2004 |
|   | Henrik Zetterberg | 26.09 | 2006 |
|   | Michael Nylander | 26.09 | 2007 |
|   | Paul Stastny | 26.09 | 2018 |
| 144. | Steve Kasper | 25.93 | 1988 |
|   | Tim Kerr | 25.93 | 1989 |
|   | Mark Messier* | 25.93 | 1992 |
|   | Tomas Holmström | 25.93 | 1998 |
|   | Martin Havlát | 25.93 | 2006 |
|   | Kirill Kaprizov | 25.93 | 2022 |
|   | Mikko Rantanen | 25.93 | 2023 |
|   | Brock Boeser | 25.93 | 2024 |
| 152. | Jari Kurri* | 25.81 | 1983 |
| 153. | Peter Forsberg* | 25.71 | 2002 |
| 154. | Rick Middleton | 25.58 | 1983 |
| 155. | Wayne Gretzky* | 25.37 | 1985 |
| 156. | Frank St. Marseille | 25.00 | 1970 |
|   | Murray Oliver | 25.00 | 1971 |
|   | Ken Hodge | 25.00 | 1972 |
|   | Marc Tardif | 25.00 | 1973 |
|   | Pete Mahovlich | 25.00 | 1975 |
|   | Jude Drouin | 25.00 | 1976 |
|   | Bobby Clarke* | 25.00 | 1977 |
|   | Rick Middleton | 25.00 | 1977 |
|   | Orest Kindrachuk | 25.00 | 1979 |
|   | Tom Lysiak | 25.00 | 1980 |
|   | Glenn Anderson* | 25.00 | 1981 |
|   | Anders Hedberg | 25.00 | 1981 |
|   | Dave Hunter | 25.00 | 1983 |
|   | Pierre Mondou | 25.00 | 1984 |
|   | Willy Lindström | 25.00 | 1985 |
|   | Mark Napier | 25.00 | 1985 |
|   | Greg Paslawski | 25.00 | 1986 |
|   | Denis Savard* | 25.00 | 1986 |
|   | Peter Šťastný* | 25.00 | 1987 |
|   | Ryan Walter | 25.00 | 1987 |
|   | Pat LaFontaine* | 25.00 | 1988 |
|   | Ken Linseman | 25.00 | 1988 |
|   | Bob Sweeney | 25.00 | 1988 |
|   | Esa Tikkanen | 25.00 | 1988 |
|   | Joe Murphy | 25.00 | 1992 |
|   | Bernie Nicholls | 25.00 | 1992 |
|   | Pat Conacher | 25.00 | 1993 |
|   | Cam Neely* | 25.00 | 1993 |
|   | Michal Pivoňka | 25.00 | 1994 |
|   | Kevin Dineen | 25.00 | 1995 |
|   | Sergei Nemchinov | 25.00 | 1995 |
|   | Trent Klatt | 25.00 | 1996 |
|   | Jeremy Roenick* | 25.00 | 1998 |
|   | Miroslav Šatan | 25.00 | 1998 |
|   | Owen Nolan | 25.00 | 2000 |
|   | Mike Ricci | 25.00 | 2000 |
|   | Saku Koivu | 25.00 | 2002 |
|   | Alex Tanguay | 25.00 | 2002 |
|   | Martin Ručinský | 25.00 | 2003 |
|   | Peter Forsberg* | 25.00 | 2004 |
|   | R.J. Umberger | 25.00 | 2008 |
|   | Mark Eaton | 25.00 | 2009 |
|   | Jussi Jokinen | 25.00 | 2009 |
|   | Thomas Vanek | 25.00 | 2011 |
|   | Joel Ward | 25.00 | 2011 |
|   | Jamie Benn | 25.00 | 2014 |
|   | Wayne Simmonds | 25.00 | 2014 |
|   | Antoine Vermette | 25.00 | 2015 |
|   | Jason Pominville | 25.00 | 2016 |
|   | Jake Guentzel | 25.00 | 2017 |
|   | Auston Matthews | 25.00 | 2017 |
|   | Scott Laughton | 25.00 | 2020 |
|   | Brad Marchand | 25.00 | 2020 |
|   | Brad Marchand | 25.00 | 2021 |
|   | Mason Marchment | 25.00 | 2023 |
|   | Matt Boldy | 25.00 | 2025 |
|   | Nico Hischier | 25.00 | 2025 |
|   | Mikael Granlund | 25.00 | 2026 |
| 214. | Mike Bossy* | 24.64 | 1981 |
| 215. | Dustin Byfuglien | 24.44 | 2010 |
|   | William Karlsson | 24.44 | 2023 |
| 217. | Paul Holmgren | 24.39 | 1980 |
|   | Corey Perry | 24.39 | 2025 |
| 219. | Jean Ratelle* | 24.24 | 1976 |
|   | Steve Christoff | 24.24 | 1980 |
|   | Willi Plett | 24.24 | 1981 |
|   | Adam Oates* | 24.24 | 1988 |
| 223. | Shawn Burr | 24.14 | 1987 |
|   | Mats Näslund | 24.14 | 1987 |
|   | Steve Reinprecht | 24.14 | 2002 |
|   | Mark Recchi* | 24.14 | 2003 |
|   | Wes Walz | 24.14 | 2003 |
|   | Devante Smith-Pelly | 24.14 | 2018 |
| 229. | Esa Tikkanen | 24.07 | 1990 |
| 230. | Bruce MacGregor | 24.00 | 1974 |
|   | Mike Bossy* | 24.00 | 1979 |
|   | Wayne Merrick | 24.00 | 1981 |
|   | Butch Goring | 24.00 | 1982 |
|   | Curt Fraser | 24.00 | 1985 |
|   | John LeClair | 24.00 | 1996 |
|   | Donald Audette | 24.00 | 2002 |
|   | Teemu Selänne* | 24.00 | 2011 |
| 238. | Gary Dornhoefer | 23.81 | 1974 |
|   | Craig Ramsay | 23.81 | 1975 |
|   | Garry Howatt | 23.81 | 1976 |
|   | René Robert | 23.81 | 1977 |
|   | Tim Kerr | 23.81 | 1985 |
|   | Brent Gilchrist | 23.81 | 1991 |
|   | Craig Simpson | 23.81 | 1991 |
|   | Theo Fleury | 23.81 | 1993 |
|   | Jeremy Roenick* | 23.81 | 1996 |
|   | Simon Gagné | 23.81 | 2011 |
|   | Ryan Carter | 23.81 | 2012 |
|   | Warren Foegele | 23.81 | 2019 |
|   | Joel Kiviranta | 23.81 | 2020 |
|   | William Nylander | 23.81 | 2021 |
|   | Tyler Bertuzzi | 23.81 | 2023 |


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