Craig Simpson has scored the most goals by a 20-year-old player in a season, with 56 scored in 1987-88.

Interpreted as:

most goals by a player by a 20 year old in a season

	NAME	G	Age	SEASON	TM	GP	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Craig Simpson C. Simpson	56	20	1987-88	TOT	80	34	90	+20	77	22	10	0	1	8	1	177	31.6
2	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	55	20	1980-81	EDM	80	109	164	+41	28	15	38	4	3	3		261	21.1
3	Pierre Larouche P. Larouche	53	20	1975-76	PIT	76	58	111	+3	33	18	14	0	0	3		319	16.6
4	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	52	20	2005-06	WSH	81	54	106	+2	52	21	31	3	0	5	2	425	12.2	2	16	12.5	172	20	69	88	21:37
5	Rob Brown R. Brown	49	20	1988-89	PIT	68	66	115	+27	118	24	23	0	0	6	1	169	29.0
6	Jimmy Carson J. Carson	49	20	1988-89	EDM	80	51	100	+3	36	19	16	0	0	5	0	240	20.4
7	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	48	20	1985-86	PIT	79	93	141	-8	43	17	49	0	0	4	1	276	17.4
8	Steven Stamkos S. Stamkos	45	20	2010-11	TBL	82	46	91	+3	74	17	19	0	0	8	1	272	16.5	431	927	46.5	84	37	40	60	20:12
9	Luc Robitaille L. Robitaille	45	20	1986-87	LAK	79	39	84	-19	28	18	16	0	0	3	0	199	22.6
10	Tony Tanti T. Tanti	45	20	1983-84	VAN	79	41	86	-13	50	19	16	1	0	6	1	247	18.2
11	Eric Lindros E. Lindros	44	20	1993-94	PHI	65	53	97	+16	103	13	14	2	1	9	1	197	22.3
12	Barry Pederson B. Pederson	44	20	1981-82	BOS	80	48	92	+27	53	13	17	4	1	7		197	22.3
13	Richard Martin R. Martin	44	20	1971-72	BUF	73	30	74	-39	36	19	13	0	0	5		266	16.5
14	Ilya Kovalchuk I. Kovalchuk	41	20	2003-04	ATL	81	46	87	-10	63	16	17	1	1	6	1	341	12.0	9	28	32.1	49	30	51	109	23:41
15	Pierre Turgeon P. Turgeon	40	20	1989-90	BUF	80	66	106	+10	29	17	29	1	1	10	1	193	20.7
16	Ryan Smyth R. Smyth	39	20	1996-97	EDM	82	22	61	-7	76	20	4	0	0	4	0	265	14.7
17	Joe Sakic J. Sakic	39	20	1989-90	QUE	80	63	102	-40	27	8	27	1	0	2	0	234	16.7
18	Dave Andreychuk D. Andreychuk	38	20	1983-84	BUF	78	42	80	+20	40	10	12	0	0	7	2	179	21.2
19	Gilbert Perreault G. Perreault	38	20	1970-71	BUF	78	34	72	-38	19	14	15	0	0	5		210	18.1
20	Wendel Clark W. Clark	37	20	1986-87	TOR	80	23	60	-24	271	15	7	0	0	1	0	246	15.0
21	Dale Hawerchuk D. Hawerchuk	37	20	1983-84	WIN	80	65	102	-14	73	10	19	0	2	4	1	256	14.5
22	Owen Nolan O. Nolan	36	20	1992-93	QUE	73	41	77	-1	185	15	15	0	0	4	1	241	14.9
23	Mike Bullard M. Bullard	36	20	1981-82	PIT	75	27	63	-2	91	10	9	0	0	5		145	24.8
24	Mike Gartner M. Gartner	36	20	1979-80	WSH	77	32	68	+16	66	4	5	0	0	3		226	15.9
25	Auston Matthews A. Matthews	34	20	2017-18	TOR	62	29	63	+25	12	5	8	0	0	5	2	187	18.2	375	688	54.5	16	61	59	59	18:08