most goals per game nhl season since 1942

Since 1941-42, Wayne Gretzky has scored the most goals per game in a season, with 1.18 per game in 1983-84.

Interpreted as:

most goals per game with a minimum of 0.25 goals per team game by a player NHL season since 1942

	NAME	G/GP	SEASON	TM	G	GP	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%
1	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	1.18	1983-84	EDM	87	74	118	205	+78	39	20	27	12	11	11	0	326	26.7
2	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	1.15	1992-93	PIT	69	60	91	160	+55	38	16	39	6	3	10	0	286	24.1
3	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	1.15	1981-82	EDM	92	80	120	212	+80	26	18	39	6	2	12		370	24.9
4	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	1.12	1988-89	PIT	85	76	114	199	+41	100	31	48	13	5	8	1	313	27.2
5	Brett Hull B. Hull	1.10	1990-91	STL	86	78	45	131	+23	22	29	16	0	0	11	1	389	22.1
6	Cam Neely C. Neely	1.02	1993-94	BOS	50	49	24	74	+12	54	20	7	0	0	13	0	185	27.0
7	Maurice Richard M. Richard	1.00	1944-45	MTL	50	50	23	73		46	11	1	0	0	7
8	Alexander Mogilny A. Mogilny	0.99	1992-93	BUF	76	77	51	127	+7	40	27	21	0	1	11	0	360	21.1
9	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	0.99	1995-96	PIT	69	70	92	161	+10	54	31	48	8	1	8	2	338	20.4
10	Phil Esposito P. Esposito	0.97	1970-71	BOS	76	78	76	152	+69	71	24	27	1	1	16		550	13.8
11	Jari Kurri J. Kurri	0.97	1984-85	EDM	71	73	64	135	+78	30	14	14	3	3	13	0	267	26.6
12	Brett Hull B. Hull	0.96	1991-92	STL	70	73	39	109	-2	48	20	20	5	0	9	1	408	17.2
13	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	0.91	1984-85	EDM	73	80	135	208	+100	52	8	36	11	7	7	0	354	20.6
14	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	0.91	1987-88	PIT	70	77	98	168	+23	92	22	58	10	4	7	2	382	18.3
15	Teemu Selanne T. Selanne	0.90	1992-93	WIN	76	84	56	132	+8	45	24	25	0	0	7	0	387	19.6
16	Brett Hull B. Hull	0.90	1989-90	STL	72	80	41	113	-1	24	27	17	0	0	12	0	385	18.7
17	Mud Bruneteau M. Bruneteau	0.90	1943-44	DET	35	39	18	53		4	2	2	0	0	3
18	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	0.89	1982-83	EDM	71	80	125	196	+61	59	18	36	6	4	9		348	20.4
19	Bernie Nicholls B. Nicholls	0.89	1988-89	LAK	70	79	80	150	+30	96	21	28	8	6	6	0	385	18.2
20	Charlie Simmer C. Simmer	0.88	1979-80	LAK	56	64	45	101	+47	65	21	16	0	0	8		213	26.3
21	Jari Kurri J. Kurri	0.87	1985-86	EDM	68	78	63	131	+45	22	16	18	6	4	9	2	236	28.8
22	Phil Esposito P. Esposito	0.87	1973-74	BOS	68	78	77	145	+51	58	14	26	4	2	9		393	17.3
23	Phil Esposito P. Esposito	0.87	1971-72	BOS	66	76	67	133	+54	76	27	25	2	2	16		426	15.5
24	Mike Bossy M. Bossy	0.86	1978-79	NYI	69	80	57	126	+63	25	27	23	0	0	9		279	24.7
25	Charlie Simmer C. Simmer	0.86	1980-81	LAK	56	65	49	105	+32	62	23	18	0	0	10		171	32.7

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