highest points per game in a season since 1970

Since 1969-70, Wayne Gretzky has collected the most points per game in a season, with 2.77 per game in 1983-84.

Interpreted as:

highest points per game with a minimum of 0.625 points per team game by a player in a season since 1970

	NAME	P/GP	SEASON	TM	P	GP	G	A	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	2.77	1983-84	EDM	205	74	87	118	+78	39	20	27	12	11	11	0	326	26.7
2	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	2.69	1985-86	EDM	215	80	52	163	+71	46	11	43	3	15	6	1	350	14.9
3	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	2.67	1992-93	PIT	160	60	69	91	+55	38	16	39	6	3	10	0	286	24.1
4	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	2.65	1981-82	EDM	212	80	92	120	+80	26	18	39	6	2	12		370	24.9
5	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	2.62	1988-89	PIT	199	76	85	114	+41	100	31	48	13	5	8	1	313	27.2
6	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	2.60	1984-85	EDM	208	80	73	135	+100	52	8	36	11	7	7	0	354	20.6
7	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	2.45	1982-83	EDM	196	80	71	125	+61	59	18	36	6	4	9		348	20.4
8	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	2.33	1987-88	EDM	149	64	40	109	+39	24	9	40	5	4	3	0	211	19.0
9	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	2.32	1986-87	EDM	183	79	62	121	+69	28	13	33	7	6	4	0	288	21.5
10	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	2.30	1995-96	PIT	161	70	69	92	+10	54	31	48	8	1	8	2	338	20.4
11	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	2.18	1987-88	PIT	168	77	70	98	+23	92	22	58	10	4	7	2	382	18.3
12	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	2.15	1988-89	LAK	168	78	54	114	+15	26	11	42	5	10	5	0	303	17.8
13	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	2.09	1990-91	LAK	163	78	41	122	+30	16	8	51	0	1	5	0	212	19.3
14	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	2.08	1989-90	PIT	123	59	45	78	-18	78	14	35	3	0	4	0	226	19.9
15	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	2.05	1980-81	EDM	164	80	55	109	+41	28	15	38	4	3	3		261	21.1
16	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	2.05	1991-92	PIT	131	64	44	87	+27	94	12	35	4	6	5	0	249	17.7
17	Phil Esposito P. Esposito	1.95	1970-71	BOS	152	78	76	76	+69	71	24	27	1	1	16		550	13.8
18	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	1.95	1989-90	LAK	142	73	40	102	+8	42	10	30	4	2	4	1	236	16.9
19	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	1.94	1988-89	DET	155	80	65	90	+17	61	17	29	3	5	7	2	388	16.8
20	Bernie Nicholls B. Nicholls	1.90	1988-89	LAK	150	79	70	80	+30	96	21	28	8	6	6	0	385	18.2
21	Adam Oates A. Oates	1.89	1990-91	STL	115	61	25	90	+15	29	3	38	1	0	3	0	139	18.0
22	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	1.88	2020-21	EDM	105	56	33	72	+21	20	9	28	0	0	11	2	200	16.5	316	638	49.5	61	24	36	47	22:09
23	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	1.87	2022-23	EDM	153	82	64	89	+22	36	21	50	4	3	11	2	352	18.2	525	1,011	51.9	89	40	82	77	22:23
24	Phil Esposito P. Esposito	1.86	1973-74	BOS	145	78	68	77	+51	58	14	26	4	2	9		393	17.3
25	Jari Kurri J. Kurri	1.85	1984-85	EDM	135	73	71	64	+78	30	14	14	3	3	13	0	267	26.6