Wayne Gretzky has collected the most career points per game, with 1.92 per game.

Interpreted as:

highest points per game with a minimum of 500 points by a player in NHL history

	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	1.92	2,857	1,487	894	1,963	+520	577	204	686	73	76	91	2	5,088	17.6
2	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	1.88	1,723	915	690	1,033	+114	834	236	465	49	22	74	11	3,633	19.0	1,414	2,865	49.4	52	45	70	122	22:40
3	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	1.52	1,122	740	375	747	+162	288	92	289	8	10	73	16	2,489	15.1	4,072	8,533	47.7	543	289	673	696	21:46
4	Mike Bossy M. Bossy	1.50	1,126	752	573	553	+380	210	180	198	8	1	80	4	2,709	21.2
5	Bobby Orr B. Orr	1.39	915	657	270	645	+582	953	76	248	16	31	26		3,058	8.8
6	Marcel Dionne M. Dionne	1.31	1,771	1,348	731	1,040	+27	600	234	409	19	11	73	2	5,363	13.6
7	Peter Stastny P. Stastny	1.27	1,239	977	450	789	-15	824	145	321	7	7	54	2	2,374	19.0
8	Peter Forsberg P. Forsberg	1.25	885	708	249	636	+238	690	71	252	16	16	43	4	1,693	14.7	2,117	4,434	47.7	362	98	350	379	19:34
9	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	1.25	1,716	1,378	643	1,073	+196	882	191	406	4	7	102	25	4,362	14.7	15,947	30,157	52.9	1,202	673	781	1,134	20:38
10	Nikita Kucherov N. Kucherov	1.24	1,028	828	369	659	+162	398	99	274	0	0	60	8	2,562	14.4	10	22	45.5	453	272	461	809	19:03
11	Kent Nilsson K. Nilsson	1.24	686	553	264	422	-25	116	97	179	16	8	28	1	1,374	19.2
12	Phil Esposito P. Esposito	1.24	1,590	1,282	717	873	+252	910	246	303	23	12	118		5,166	13.9
13	Leon Draisaitl L. Draisaitl	1.21	991	818	415	576	+91	348	170	175	10	4	73	20	2,217	18.7	7,105	13,373	53.1	477	269	671	928	20:38
14	Guy Lafleur G. Lafleur	1.20	1,353	1,126	560	793	+446	399	154	266	3	2	98	0	3,516	15.9
15	Joe Sakic J. Sakic	1.19	1,641	1,378	625	1,016	+30	614	205	426	32	17	86	7	4,621	13.5	6,687	12,735	52.5	227	268	419	405	21:09
16	Dale Hawerchuk D. Hawerchuk	1.19	1,409	1,188	518	891	-98	740	182	386	12	11	49	4	3,754	13.8
17	Nathan MacKinnon N. MacKinnon	1.18	1,063	898	391	672	+208	401	108	229	2	2	72	15	3,619	10.8	5,814	12,536	46.4	617	492	466	689	20:34
18	Pat LaFontaine P. LaFontaine	1.17	1,013	865	468	545	-6	552	156	233	11	0	59	4	2,664	17.6
19	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	1.16	1,755	1,514	692	1,063	+184	924	202	393	50	33	94	9	4,602	15.0	3,405	5,929	57.4	171	210	189	251	18:38
20	Artemi Panarin A. Panarin	1.15	901	782	312	589	+148	228	75	198	0	1	49	10	2,136	14.6	12	58	20.7	226	145	422	682	19:43
21	Auston Matthews A. Matthews	1.14	746	652	412	334	+162	144	105	100	2	1	65	13	2,619	15.7	5,215	9,737	53.6	458	669	599	519	19:55
22	Eric Lindros E. Lindros	1.14	865	760	372	493	+215	1,398	111	152	7	2	46	6	2,312	16.1	2,758	5,016	55.0	519	107	171	225	19:06
23	Bernie Federko B. Federko	1.13	1,130	1,000	369	761	-131	487	120	305	2	0	40	0	2,074	17.8
24	Mitch Marner M. Marner	1.12	767	684	226	541	+133	204	51	184	10	8	37	7	1,712	13.2	122	276	44.2	393	370	650	678	20:03
25	Denis Savard D. Savard	1.12	1,338	1,196	473	865	+103	1,336	127	361	20	13	56	1	3,142	15.1