Between January 1, 1996 and December 31, 1996, Mario Lemieux recorded the most points in the regular-season and playoffs, with 160 points.

most NHL points by a player from jan 1 1996 to dec 31 1996 including playoffs

	NAME	P	GP	G	A	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%
1	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	160	93	73	87	+11	79	27	33	7	2	10	2	426	17.1
2	Joe Sakic J. Sakic	150	104	58	92	+14	54	14	48	6	3	13	2	467	12.4
3	Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	150	102	73	77	+30	108	21	23	3	0	11	0	426	17.1
4	Sergei Fedorov S. Fedorov	122	103	44	78	+59	62	11	30	2	2	12	2	397	11.1
5	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	122	96	31	91	-14	12	7	48	1	1	4	0	297	10.4
6	Peter Forsberg P. Forsberg	121	97	38	83	+37	56	10	32	3	2	5	0	242	15.7
7	Petr Nedved P. Nedved	120	100	58	62	+26	84	17	17	2	1	7	1	272	21.3
8	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	118	100	39	79	+33	86	19	26	1	4	7	1	282	13.8
9	John LeClair J. LeClair	106	93	60	46	+32	66	20	9	0	0	10	0	347	17.3
10	Ron Francis R. Francis	105	90	23	82	+25	52	11	32	1	3	2	0	195	11.8
11	Alexander Mogilny A. Mogilny	102	84	43	59	+11	24	9	23	3	1	5	0	253	17.0
12	Eric Lindros E. Lindros	101	69	39	62	+22	195	16	23	0	0	5	0	277	14.1
13	Teemu Selanne T. Selanne	100	78	38	62	-9	24	7	35	1	0	4	0	274	13.9
14	Keith Tkachuk K. Tkachuk	100	86	56	44	+3	206	19	15	2	0	7	1	321	17.4
15	Mats Sundin M. Sundin	100	87	46	54	+6	62	9	22	7	1	9	1	340	13.5
16	Adam Oates A. Oates	98	89	27	71	-5	18	5	26	2	3	4	1	219	12.3
17	Valeri Kamensky V. Kamensky	97	98	44	53	+18	97	16	16	0	1	7	1	252	17.5
18	Vincent Damphousse V. Damphousse	97	87	37	60	-6	138	10	26	3	3	5	1	287	12.9
19	Brendan Shanahan B. Shanahan	96	82	51	45	+24	142	19	19	3	2	9	0	317	16.1
20	Ziggy Palffy Z. Palffy	95	80	53	42	-3	71	16	19	4	1	9	0	277	19.1
21	Mark Messier M. Messier	95	78	46	49	+9	72	13	24	5	4	7	1	270	17.0
22	Paul Kariya P. Kariya	93	66	39	54	+8	22	19	21	2	3	11	2	301	13.0
23	Pierre Turgeon P. Turgeon	93	86	31	62	+5	40	13	23	0	0	7	0	281	11.0
24	Mark Recchi M. Recchi	92	89	37	55	+21	73	12	20	2	0	6	0	197	18.8
25	Theo Fleury T. Fleury	90	84	49	41	+23	119	17	14	4	1	4	1	385	12.7