highest goals per game in nhl season by player

Joe Malone has scored the most goals per game in a season, with 2.20 per game in his rookie season in 1917-18.

Interpreted as:
highest goals per game with a minimum of 0.25 goals per team game in NHL season by player
NAMEG/GPSEASONTMGGPAP+/-PIMPPGPPASHGSHAGWGOTGSS%FOWFOFOW%HITBKSTKAGVATOI/GP
1Joe Malone
J. Malone
2.20
1917-18
MTL MTL
44
20
4
48
30
4
1
2Cy Denneny
C. Denneny
1.71
1917-18
SEN
36
21
10
46
80
2
0
3Newsy Lalonde
N. Lalonde
1.64
1917-18
MTL MTL
23
14
7
30
51
0
0
4Joe Malone
J. Malone
1.63
1919-20
QBD
39
24
10
49
12
2
1
5Newsy Lalonde
N. Lalonde
1.61
1919-20
MTL MTL
37
23
10
47
34
5
1
6Babe Dye
B. Dye
1.46
1920-21
TOT
35
24
5
40
32
6
0
7Reg Noble
R. Noble
1.45
1917-18
TAN TAN
29
20
10
39
35
4
0
8Cy Denneny
C. Denneny
1.42
1920-21
SEN
34
24
7
41
10
4
0
9Joe Malone
J. Malone
1.40
1920-21
HAM
28
20
9
37
6
1
1
10Newsy Lalonde
N. Lalonde
1.38
1920-21
MTL MTL
33
24
10
43
36
6
0
11Newsy Lalonde
N. Lalonde
1.35
1918-19
MTL MTL
23
17
9
32
42
2
0
12Babe Dye
B. Dye
1.31
1924-25
TSP TSP
38
29
8
46
38
8
0
13Punch Broadbent
P. Broadbent
1.29
1921-22
SEN
31
24
14
45
28
5
2
14Babe Dye
B. Dye
1.29
1921-22
TSP TSP
31
24
7
38
39
5
0
15Cy Denneny
C. Denneny
1.27
1921-22
SEN
28
22
12
40
20
2
0
16Babe Dye
B. Dye
1.23
1922-23
TSP TSP
27
22
12
39
21
5
2
17Aurel Joliat
A. Joliat
1.20
1924-25
MTL MTL
30
25
12
42
81
6
1
18Wayne Gretzky
W. Gretzky
1.18
1983-84
EDM EDM
87
74
118
205
+78
39
20
27
12
11
11
0
326
26.7
19Odie Cleghorn
O. Cleghorn
1.17
1918-19
MTL MTL
21
18
6
27
30
1
0
20Mario Lemieux
M. Lemieux
1.15
1992-93
PIT PIT
69
60
91
160
+55
38
16
39
6
3
10
0
286
24.1
21Wayne Gretzky
W. Gretzky
1.15
1981-82
EDM EDM
92
80
120
212
+80
26
18
39
6
2
12
370
24.9
22Frank Nighbor
F. Nighbor
1.13
1919-20
SEN
26
23
16
42
20
6
1
23Mario Lemieux
M. Lemieux
1.12
1988-89
PIT PIT
85
76
114
199
+41
100
31
48
13
5
8
1
313
27.2
24Brett Hull
B. Hull
1.10
1990-91
STL STL
86
78
45
131
+23
22
29
16
0
0
11
1
389
22.1
25Frank Nighbor
F. Nighbor
1.10
1917-18
SEN
11
10
8
19
6
2
0
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