Between January 1, 1981 and December 31, 1981, Wayne Gretzky recorded the most points in the regular-season and playoffs, with 237 points.

most NHL points by a player from jan 1 1981 to dec 31 1981 including playoffs

	NAME	P	GP	G	A	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%
1	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	237	94	95	142	+93	30	21	48	7	4	10	0	385	24.7
2	Mike Bossy M. Bossy	158	95	77	81	+67	34	26	29	1	0	11	0	346	22.3
3	Peter Stastny P. Stastny	140	85	51	89	-6	70	24	35	0	1	5	0	229	22.3
4	Marcel Dionne M. Dionne	137	83	57	80	+7	57	24	22	4	0	8	0	367	15.5
5	Bobby Smith B. Smith	134	100	44	90	+1	99	19	34	0	0	6	0	344	12.8
6	Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	131	89	48	83	+74	116	16	21	4	7	5	0	216	22.2
7	Dave Taylor D. Taylor	119	82	48	71	+26	139	14	33	0	0	2	0	256	18.8
8	Bernie Federko B. Federko	112	90	39	73	-5	63	15	29	1	0	8	0	232	16.8
9	Rick Middleton R. Middleton	111	83	56	55	+22	9	18	22	5	2	11	0	227	24.7
10	Ken Linseman K. Linseman	110	89	29	81	+22	331	2	28	4	0	4	0	236	12.3
11	Kent Nilsson K. Nilsson	110	70	42	68	+2	14	21	31	0	0	5	0	189	22.2
12	Dennis Maruk D. Maruk	105	80	50	55	-22	98	21	23	2	0	2	0	228	21.9
13	Dino Ciccarelli D. Ciccarelli	102	85	61	41	+8	97	25	13	0	0	3	0	336	18.2
14	Glenn Anderson G. Anderson	99	78	42	57	+21	61	13	12	2	0	7	0	235	17.9
15	Guy Chouinard G. Chouinard	99	71	28	71	+13	24	10	30	0	0	1	0	211	13.3
16	Anton Stastny A. Stastny	99	82	42	57	-9	16	17	19	0	0	6	0	182	23.1
17	Jari Kurri J. Kurri	98	86	40	58	+55	46	9	13	0	1	3	0	236	16.9
18	Jacques Richard J. Richard	97	83	39	58	-8	79	7	32	3	0	3	0	231	16.9
19	Denis Savard D. Savard	97	80	33	64	+29	66	5	16	0	0	5	0	213	15.5
20	John Van Boxmeer J. Van Boxmeer	97	90	18	79	+21	67	8	45	1	0	2	0	309	5.8
21	Wilf Paiement W. Paiement	96	84	37	59	-4	186	10	16	3	0	3	0	274	13.5
22	Darryl Sittler D. Sittler	96	84	39	57	-3	74	11	12	4	1	1	0	276	14.1
23	Paul Gardner P. Gardner	95	85	45	50	-2	75	22	26	0	0	2	0	245	18.4
24	Bill Barber B. Barber	94	90	51	43	-2	83	17	26	5	1	5	0	345	14.8
25	Marc Tardif M. Tardif	93	83	44	49	-8	48	16	22	0	0	4	0	202	21.8