most points per game by nhl player in a season

Wayne Gretzky has recorded the most points per game in a season, with 2.77 per game in 1983-84.

Interpreted as:

most points per game with a minimum of 0.625 points per team game by NHL player in a season

	NAME	P/GP	SEASON	TM	P	GP	G	A	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%
1	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	2.77	1983-84	EDM	205	74	87	118	+78	39	20	27	12	11	11	0	326	26.7
2	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	2.69	1985-86	EDM	215	80	52	163	+71	46	11	43	3	15	6	1	350	14.9
3	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	2.67	1992-93	PIT	160	60	69	91	+55	38	16	39	6	3	10	0	286	24.1
4	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	2.65	1981-82	EDM	212	80	92	120	+80	26	18	39	6	2	12		370	24.9
5	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	2.62	1988-89	PIT	199	76	85	114	+41	100	31	48	13	5	8	1	313	27.2
6	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	2.60	1984-85	EDM	208	80	73	135	+100	52	8	36	11	7	7	0	354	20.6
7	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	2.45	1982-83	EDM	196	80	71	125	+61	59	18	36	6	4	9		348	20.4
8	Joe Malone J. Malone	2.40	1917-18	MTL	48	20	44	4		30					4	1
9	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	2.33	1987-88	EDM	149	64	40	109	+39	24	9	40	5	4	3	0	211	19.0
10	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	2.32	1986-87	EDM	183	79	62	121	+69	28	13	33	7	6	4	0	288	21.5
11	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	2.30	1995-96	PIT	161	70	69	92	+10	54	31	48	8	1	8	2	338	20.4
12	Cy Denneny C. Denneny	2.19	1917-18	SEN	46	21	36	10		80					2	0
13	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	2.18	1987-88	PIT	168	77	70	98	+23	92	22	58	10	4	7	2	382	18.3
14	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	2.15	1988-89	LAK	168	78	54	114	+15	26	11	42	5	10	5	0	303	17.8
15	Newsy Lalonde N. Lalonde	2.14	1917-18	MTL	30	14	23	7		51					0	0
16	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	2.09	1990-91	LAK	163	78	41	122	+30	16	8	51	0	1	5	0	212	19.3
17	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	2.08	1989-90	PIT	123	59	45	78	-18	78	14	35	3	0	4	0	226	19.9
18	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	2.05	1980-81	EDM	164	80	55	109	+41	28	15	38	4	3	3		261	21.1
19	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	2.05	1991-92	PIT	131	64	44	87	+27	94	12	35	4	6	5	0	249	17.7
20	Newsy Lalonde N. Lalonde	2.04	1919-20	MTL	47	23	37	10		34					5	1
21	Joe Malone J. Malone	2.04	1919-20	QBD	49	24	39	10		12					2	1
22	Bill Cowley B. Cowley	1.97	1943-44	BOS	71	36	30	41		12	3	3	0	0	4
23	Reg Noble R. Noble	1.95	1917-18	TAN	39	20	29	10		35					4	0
24	Phil Esposito P. Esposito	1.95	1970-71	BOS	152	78	76	76	+69	71	24	27	1	1	16		550	13.8
25	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	1.95	1989-90	LAK	142	73	40	102	+8	42	10	30	4	2	4	1	236	16.9