5 players were tied for the most empty-net goals in 1979-80, with 3 goals. The first three are Marcel Dionne, Mike Gartner and Reggie Leach.

Interpreted as:

most empty net goals by a player 1980

	NAME	ENG	SEASON	TM	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	S	S%
1	Marcel Dionne M. Dionne	3	1979-80	LAK	80	53	84	137	+34	32	17	29	0	0	6	348	15.2
2	Mike Gartner M. Gartner	3	1979-80	WSH	77	36	32	68	+16	66	4	5	0	0	3	226	15.9
3	Reggie Leach R. Leach	3	1979-80	PHI	76	50	26	76	+41	28	5	4	4	1	7	328	15.2
4	Jean Pronovost J. Pronovost	3	1979-80	AFM	80	24	19	43	+12	12	6	1	0	2	3	119	20.2
5	Darryl Sittler D. Sittler	3	1979-80	TOR	73	40	57	97	+3	62	17	17	1	0	5	315	12.7
6	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	2	1979-80	BOS	80	17	48	65	+52	73	3	24	2	0	1	185	9.2
7	Jerry Butler J. Butler	2	1979-80	TOT	78	11	12	23	-9	50	1	0	0	0	2	84	13.1
8	Jordy Douglas J. Douglas	2	1979-80	HFD	77	33	24	57	-11	39	5	3	0	0	5	188	17.6
9	Stan Jonathan S. Jonathan	2	1979-80	BOS	79	21	19	40	+20	208	0	1	0	1	3	108	19.4
10	Ross Lonsberry R. Lonsberry	2	1979-80	PIT	76	15	18	33	-4	36	2	2	0	1	0	135	11.1
11	Blair MacDonald B. MacDonald	2	1979-80	EDM	80	46	48	94	0	6	13	15	2	1	6	266	17.3
12	Dennis Maruk D. Maruk	2	1979-80	WSH	27	10	17	27	0	8	1	7	1	0	0	58	17.2
13	Rick Middleton R. Middleton	2	1979-80	BOS	80	40	52	92	+30	24	9	22	0	2	4	223	17.9
14	Hartland Monahan H. Monahan	2	1979-80	STL	72	5	12	17	-22	36	1	0	1	0	0	93	5.4
15	Grant Mulvey G. Mulvey	2	1979-80	CHI	80	39	26	65	0	122	14	6	0	0	7	228	17.1
16	Wilf Paiement W. Paiement	2	1979-80	TOT	75	30	44	74	-5	113	10	15	2	0	3	270	11.1
17	Gilbert Perreault G. Perreault	2	1979-80	BUF	80	40	66	106	+33	57	10	29	0	0	5	180	22.2
18	Craig Ramsay C. Ramsay	2	1979-80	BUF	80	21	39	60	+15	18	5	8	0	1	4	103	20.4
19	Ric Seiling R. Seiling	2	1979-80	BUF	80	25	35	60	+30	54	5	2	1	0	2	155	16.1
20	Barry Smith B. Smith	2	1979-80	CLR	33	2	3	5	-11	4	0	0	1	1	0	21	9.5
21	Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	2	1979-80	NYI	78	42	62	104	+31	68	15	15	0	0	7	186	22.6
22	Garry Unger G. Unger	2	1979-80	AFM	79	17	16	33	+2	39	1	3	0	0	3	170	10.0
23	Dave Williams D. Williams	2	1979-80	TOT	78	30	23	53	-13	278	6	9	0	0	1	170	17.6
24	Tim Young T. Young	2	1979-80	MNS	77	31	43	74	+13	24	5	9	2	0	5	219	14.2
25	Russ Anderson R. Anderson	1	1979-80	PIT	76	5	22	27	+10	150	0	0	0	0	0	74	6.8