highest points per game in first 8 seasons

Wayne Gretzky had the most points per game by a player in his first 8 seasons, with 2.41 per game.

Interpreted as:

highest points per game with a minimum of 0.3125 points per team game by a player in first 8 seasons

	NAME	P/GP	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	2.41	1,520	632	543	977	+514	299	116	274	50	49	58	1	2,581	21.0
2	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	1.96	1,014	517	408	606	+52	548	132	273	31	15	36	7	2,011	20.3
3	Newsy Lalonde N. Lalonde	1.69	167	99	125	42		185					14	1
4	Mike Bossy M. Bossy	1.52	928	609	474	454	+358	163	151	157	6	0	66	1	2,181	21.7
5	Peter Stastny P. Stastny	1.49	901	603	321	580	+54	546	97	222	6	5	38	1	1,619	19.8
6	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	1.49	850	569	303	547	+113	219	71	218	7	9	64	15	1,948	15.6	3,124	6,602	47.3	375	223	563	494	21:45
7	Cy Denneny C. Denneny	1.47	271	184	202	69		250					30	5
8	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	1.41	665	470	238	427	+106	417	70	186	3	5	29	5	1,597	14.9	4,996	9,637	51.8	377	259	247	395	21:05
9	Jari Kurri J. Kurri	1.41	848	600	397	451	+336	231	87	111	24	21	50	5	1,747	22.7
10	Joe Malone J. Malone	1.40	176	126	143	33		57					11	3
11	Denis Savard D. Savard	1.38	851	618	301	550	+88	669	79	235	8	7	38	1	1,864	16.1
12	Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	1.37	849	620	312	537	+370	449	105	158	8	10	52		1,471	21.2
13	Bobby Orr B. Orr	1.36	735	541	213	522	+484	801	55	194	13	28	22		2,544	8.4
14	Eric Lindros E. Lindros	1.36	659	486	290	369	+188	946	82	121	6	2	37	5	1,644	17.6	762	1,318	57.8	130	29	51	63	22:02
15	Guy Lafleur G. Lafleur	1.35	816	603	355	461	+388	275	92	145	3	2	70		2,030	17.5
16	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	1.35	800	594	342	458	-21	368	89	177	23	12	35	4	2,045	16.7
17	Dale Hawerchuk D. Hawerchuk	1.34	848	634	353	495	-82	408	114	193	11	9	27	4	2,283	15.5
18	Brett Hull B. Hull	1.30	700	540	413	287	-14	222	152	134	8	2	50	3	2,485	16.6
19	Teemu Selanne T. Selanne	1.29	729	564	346	383	+55	197	106	166	5	1	46	3	2,070	16.7	3	13	23.1	43	19	60	99	22:44
20	Marcel Dionne M. Dionne	1.28	791	619	327	464	-20	176	84	184	12	5	32		2,569	12.7
21	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	1.27	736	578	224	512	+274	786	75	194	17	26	20	1	1,817	12.3
22	Peter Forsberg P. Forsberg	1.27	686	541	198	488	+191	514	54	184	14	16	33	3	1,359	14.6	927	1,983	46.7	194	47	198	167	20:16
23	Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	1.27	735	581	301	434	+146	435	76	133	7	3	56	5	1,961	15.3
24	Joe Sakic J. Sakic	1.26	746	590	285	461	-87	227	86	197	18	11	37	1	1,883	15.1
25	Luc Robitaille L. Robitaille	1.25	803	640	392	411	+7	562	150	138	2	3	42	2	1,867	21.0