highest goals per game nhl season before 21 years old since 1970

Since 1969-70, Rob Brown has scored the most goals per game by a player younger than 21 in a season, with 0.72 per game in 1988-89.

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	NAME	G/GP	Age	SEASON	TM	G	GP	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Rob Brown R. Brown	0.72	20	1988-89	PIT	49	68	66	115	+27	118	24	23	0	0	6	1	169	29.0
2	Craig Simpson C. Simpson	0.70	20	1987-88	TOT	56	80	34	90	+20	77	22	10	0	1	8	1	177	31.6
3	Pierre Larouche P. Larouche	0.70	20	1975-76	PIT	53	76	58	111	+3	33	18	14	0	0	3		319	16.6
4	Jimmy Carson J. Carson	0.69	19	1987-88	LAK	55	80	52	107	-19	45	22	26	0	0	7	0	264	20.8
5	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	0.69	20	1980-81	EDM	55	80	109	164	+41	28	15	38	4	3	3		261	21.1
6	Eric Lindros E. Lindros	0.68	20	1993-94	PHI	44	65	53	97	+16	103	13	14	2	1	9	1	197	22.3
7	Eric Lindros E. Lindros	0.67	19	1992-93	PHI	41	61	34	75	+28	147	8	10	1	0	5	0	180	22.8
8	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	0.65	19	1979-80	EDM	51	79	86	137	+14	21	13	22	1	1	6		284	18.0
9	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	0.64	20	2005-06	WSH	52	81	54	106	+2	52	21	31	3	0	5	2	425	12.2	2	16	12.5	172	20	69	88	21:37
10	Steven Stamkos S. Stamkos	0.62	19	2009-10	TBL	51	82	44	95	-2	38	24	17	1	0	5	1	297	17.2	481	1,004	47.9	68	38	47	55	20:33
11	Jimmy Carson J. Carson	0.61	20	1988-89	EDM	49	80	51	100	+3	36	19	16	0	0	5	0	240	20.4
12	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	0.61	20	1985-86	PIT	48	79	93	141	-8	43	17	49	0	0	4	1	276	17.4
13	Richard Martin R. Martin	0.60	20	1971-72	BUF	44	73	30	74	-39	36	19	13	0	0	5		266	16.5
14	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	0.59	19	1984-85	PIT	43	73	57	100	-33	54	11	22	0	0	2	1	209	20.6
15	Luc Robitaille L. Robitaille	0.57	20	1986-87	LAK	45	79	39	84	-19	28	18	16	0	0	3	0	199	22.6
16	Tony Tanti T. Tanti	0.57	20	1983-84	VAN	45	79	41	86	-13	50	19	16	1	0	6	1	247	18.2
17	Dale Hawerchuk D. Hawerchuk	0.56	18	1981-82	WIN	45	80	58	103	-7	47	12	22	0	2	2		339	13.3
18	Owen Nolan O. Nolan	0.56	19	1991-92	QUE	42	75	31	73	-9	183	17	7	0	0	0	0	190	22.1
19	Barry Pederson B. Pederson	0.55	20	1981-82	BOS	44	80	48	92	+27	53	13	17	4	1	7		197	22.3
20	Macklin Celebrini M. Celebrini	0.55	19	2025-26	SJS	45	82	70	115	+8	44	8	25	0	0	5	2	287	15.7	625	1,285	48.6	53	53	41	150	21:19
21	Steven Stamkos S. Stamkos	0.55	20	2010-11	TBL	45	82	46	91	+3	74	17	19	0	0	8	1	272	16.5	431	927	46.5	84	37	40	60	20:12
22	Auston Matthews A. Matthews	0.55	20	2017-18	TOR	34	62	29	63	+25	12	5	8	0	0	5	2	187	18.2	375	688	54.5	16	61	59	59	18:08
23	Don Murdoch D. Murdoch	0.54	20	1976-77	NYR	32	59	24	56	+5	47	11	7	0	0	6		223	14.3
24	Patrik Laine P. Laine	0.54	19	2017-18	WPG	44	82	26	70	+8	24	20	11	0	0	8	0	241	18.3	11	43	25.6	74	43	29	51	16:29
25	Jack Hughes J. Hughes	0.53	20	2021-22	NJD	26	49	30	56	-16	0	6	8	0	0	2	2	165	15.8	122	353	34.6	6	15	49	60	19:34

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