fewest games to reach 50 points in an nhl season

Sidney Crosby and Bill Cowley are tied for the fewest games with more than 0 games played and 50+ points in a season, with 36 games.

Interpreted as:

fewest games by a player to reach 50 or more points in an NHL season

	NAME	GP	P	SEASON	TM	G	A	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	36	56	2012-13	PIT	15	41	+26	16	3	14	0	0	1	0	124	12.1	453	834	54.3	21	18	15	28	21:06
2	Bill Cowley B. Cowley	36	71	1943-44	BOS	30	41		12	3	3	0	0	4	0
3	Peter Forsberg P. Forsberg	39	55	2003-04	COL	18	37	+16	30	3	21	1	0	5	0	85	21.2	232	549	42.3	45	16	61	53	19:12
4	Tomas Sandstrom T. Sandstrom	39	52	1992-93	LAK	25	27	+12	57	8	8	0	0	3	2	134	18.7
5	Mud Bruneteau M. Bruneteau	39	53	1943-44	DET	35	18		4	2	2	0	0	3	0
6	Howie Morenz H. Morenz	39	51	1930-31	MTL	28	23		49					5	2
7	Kirill Kaprizov K. Kaprizov	41	56	2024-25	MIN	25	31	+19	16	4	10	0	0	5	2	145	17.2	0	2	0.0	16	17	12	59	22:28
8	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	41	66	2010-11	PIT	32	34	+20	31	10	9	1	0	3	0	161	19.9	546	981	55.7	31	23	15	29	21:55
9	Kent Nilsson K. Nilsson	41	55	1981-82	CGY	26	29	-20	8	13	17	0	0	0	0	103	25.2
10	Toe Blake T. Blake	41	59	1943-44	MTL	26	33		10	1	4	1	0	3	0
11	Artemi Panarin A. Panarin	42	58	2020-21	NYR	17	41	+14	6	5	13	0	0	1	0	106	16.0	0	3	0.0	13	7	21	26	19:39
12	Sergei Fedorov S. Fedorov	42	50	1994-95	DET	20	30	+6	24	7	9	3	0	5	0	147	13.6
13	Bernie Geoffrion B. Geoffrion	42	50	1957-58	MTL	27	23		51	10	6	0	0	1	0
14	Charlie Conacher C. Conacher	42	52	1933-34	TOR	32	20		38	2	4	0	0	5	0
15	Frank Boucher F. Boucher	42	62	1929-30	NYR	26	36		16					1	1
16	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	43	76	2000-01	PIT	35	41	+15	18	16	16	1	0	5	1	171	20.5	444	852	52.1	29	23	30	47	24:20
17	Buzz Boll B. Boll	43	52	1942-43	BOS	25	27		20	5	8	0	0	2	0
18	Howie Morenz H. Morenz	43	51	1927-28	MTL	33	18		66					9	0
19	Ron Francis R. Francis	44	59	1994-95	PIT	11	48	+30	18	3	18	0	1	1	0	94	11.7
20	Ray Getliffe R. Getliffe	44	53	1943-44	MTL	28	25		54	4	2	2	1	2	0
21	Buddy O'Connor B. O'Connor	44	54	1943-44	MTL	12	42		6	1	11	0	0	2	0
22	Normie Himes N. Himes	44	50	1929-30	NYA	28	22		15					4	2
23	Dit Clapper D. Clapper	44	61	1929-30	BOS	41	20		38					7	1
24	Bill Cook B. Cook	44	59	1929-30	NYR	29	30		56					3	1
25	Hec Kilrea H. Kilrea	44	58	1929-30	SEN	36	22		70					3	1