Before 2021-22, Wayne Gretzky collected the most points per game, with 1.92 per game.

Interpreted as:

most points per game with a minimum of 0.3125 points per team game by a player before 2022

	NAME	P/GP	P	GP	G	A	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	1.92	2,857	1,487	894	1,963	+520	577	204	686	73	76	91	2	5,088	17.6
2	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	1.88	1,723	915	690	1,033	+114	834	236	465	49	22	74	11	3,633	19.0	1,414	2,865	49.4	52	45	70	122	22:40
3	Newsy Lalonde N. Lalonde	1.69	167	99	125	42		185					14	1
4	Mike Bossy M. Bossy	1.50	1,126	752	573	553	+380	210	180	198	8	1	80	4	2,709	21.2
5	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	1.41	574	407	195	379	+63	138	40	134	3	5	44	9	1,282	15.2	2,036	4,544	44.8	211	157	408	349	21:33
6	Joe Malone J. Malone	1.40	176	126	143	33		57					11	3
7	Bobby Orr B. Orr	1.39	915	657	270	645	+582	953	76	248	16	31	26		3,058	8.8
8	Marcel Dionne M. Dionne	1.31	1,771	1,348	731	1,040	+27	600	234	409	19	11	73	2	5,363	13.6
9	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	1.28	1,325	1,039	486	839	+183	699	145	335	4	7	69	19	3,331	14.6	11,820	22,687	52.1	892	502	577	843	20:50
10	Peter Stastny P. Stastny	1.27	1,239	977	450	789	-15	824	145	321	7	7	54	2	2,374	19.0
11	Peter Forsberg P. Forsberg	1.25	885	708	249	636	+238	690	71	252	16	16	43	4	1,693	14.7	2,117	4,434	47.7	362	98	350	379	19:34
12	Kent Nilsson K. Nilsson	1.24	686	553	264	422	-25	116	97	179	16	8	28	1	1,374	19.2
13	Phil Esposito P. Esposito	1.24	1,590	1,282	717	873	+252	910	246	303	23	12	118		5,166	13.9
14	Guy Lafleur G. Lafleur	1.20	1,353	1,126	560	793	+446	399	154	266	3	2	98	0	3,516	15.9
15	Joe Sakic J. Sakic	1.19	1,641	1,378	625	1,016	+30	614	205	426	32	17	86	7	4,621	13.5	6,687	12,735	52.5	227	268	419	405	21:09
16	Dale Hawerchuk D. Hawerchuk	1.19	1,409	1,188	518	891	-98	740	182	386	12	11	49	4	3,754	13.8
17	Evgeni Malkin E. Malkin	1.17	1,104	940	424	680	+69	984	153	265	4	1	73	11	3,117	13.6	4,735	10,704	44.2	576	382	786	888	19:55
18	Pat LaFontaine P. LaFontaine	1.17	1,013	865	468	545	-6	552	156	233	11	0	59	4	2,664	17.6
19	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	1.16	1,755	1,514	692	1,063	+184	924	202	393	50	33	94	9	4,602	15.0	3,405	5,929	57.4	171	210	189	251	18:38
20	Eric Lindros E. Lindros	1.14	865	760	372	493	+215	1,398	111	152	7	2	46	6	2,312	16.1	2,758	5,016	55.0	519	107	171	225	19:06
21	Bernie Federko B. Federko	1.13	1,130	1,000	369	761	-131	487	120	305	2	0	40	0	2,074	17.8
22	Denis Savard D. Savard	1.12	1,338	1,196	473	865	+103	1,336	127	361	20	13	56	1	3,142	15.1
23	Jari Kurri J. Kurri	1.12	1,398	1,251	601	797	+304	545	155	240	39	43	72	7	3,149	19.1
24	Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	1.11	1,425	1,279	524	901	+449	912	161	262	19	20	69	1	2,841	18.4
25	Gilbert Perreault G. Perreault	1.11	1,326	1,191	512	814	+41	500	134	298	8	4	81	0	3,077	16.6