most points per game in a season as a rookie nhl last 15 years minimum 40 games played

Between November 1, 2010 and November 1, 2025, Connor McDavid has collected the most points per game by a rookie with 40+ games played, with 1.07 per game in 2015-16.

	NAME	P/GP	GP	SEASON	TM	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	1.07	45	2015-16	EDM	16	32	48	-1	18	3	11	0	0	5	1	105	15.2	248	603	41.1	12	10	33	17	18:53
2	Mathew Barzal M. Barzal	1.04	82	2017-18	NYI	22	63	85	+1	30	5	22	0	0	4	1	170	12.9	355	834	42.6	21	31	65	88	17:46
3	Artemi Panarin A. Panarin	0.96	80	2015-16	CHI	30	47	77	+8	32	8	16	0	0	7	1	187	16.0	0	0		46	14	29	35	18:31
4	Elias Pettersson E. Pettersson	0.93	71	2018-19	VAN	28	38	66	+3	12	10	12	0	0	7	1	144	19.4	257	627	41.0	42	51	41	52	18:14
5	Kirill Kaprizov K. Kaprizov	0.93	55	2020-21	MIN	27	24	51	+10	16	8	5	0	0	3	2	157	17.2	3	24	12.5	29	18	27	35	18:18
6	Macklin Celebrini M. Celebrini	0.90	70	2024-25	SJS	25	38	63	-31	28	8	14	0	0	4	1	236	10.6	507	1,051	48.2	37	53	29	113	19:47
7	Connor Bedard C. Bedard	0.90	68	2023-24	CHI	22	39	61	-44	28	4	17	0	0	2	1	206	10.7	207	532	38.9	55	27	47	57	19:47
8	Brock Boeser B. Boeser	0.89	62	2017-18	VAN	29	26	55	-5	16	10	13	0	0	4	0	179	16.2	10	39	25.6	29	24	26	28	17:30
9	Jason Robertson J. Robertson	0.88	51	2020-21	DAL	17	28	45	+13	16	1	5	0	0	3	1	127	13.4	5	7	71.4	28	13	19	28	16:53
10	Cale Makar C. Makar	0.88	57	2019-20	COL	12	38	50	+12	12	4	15	0	0	4	0	121	9.9	0	0		45	47	34	40	21:00
11	Patrik Laine P. Laine	0.88	73	2016-17	WPG	36	28	64	+7	26	9	5	0	0	5	1	204	17.6	0	3	0.0	80	33	43	55	17:55
12	Auston Matthews A. Matthews	0.84	82	2016-17	TOR	40	29	69	+2	14	8	13	0	0	8	0	279	14.3	530	1,132	46.8	21	61	76	44	17:38
13	Ryan Nugent-Hopkins R. Nugent-Hopkins	0.84	62	2011-12	EDM	18	34	52	-2	16	3	20	0	0	2	0	134	13.4	227	605	37.5	38	33	34	32	17:36
14	Matt Boldy M. Boldy	0.83	47	2021-22	MIN	15	24	39	+17	10	3	7	0	0	2	0	113	13.3	9	24	37.5	23	24	27	22	15:23
15	Jake Guentzel J. Guentzel	0.83	40	2016-17	PIT	16	17	33	+7	10	1	2	0	0	0	0	81	19.8	8	17	47.1	61	18	16	9	15:53
16	Trevor Zegras T. Zegras	0.81	75	2021-22	ANA	23	38	61	-21	50	9	8	0	0	5	1	181	12.7	217	544	39.9	56	27	40	71	17:54
17	Lane Hutson L. Hutson	0.80	82	2024-25	MTL	6	60	66	-2	34	1	25	0	0	0	0	91	6.6	0	0		40	123	56	109	22:44
18	Mark Stone M. Stone	0.80	80	2014-15	OTT	26	38	64	+21	14	5	8	1	0	6	2	157	16.6	7	18	38.9	49	53	98	43	17:01
19	Johnny Gaudreau J. Gaudreau	0.80	80	2014-15	CGY	24	40	64	+11	14	8	13	0	0	4	0	167	14.4	3	8	37.5	14	27	67	78	17:43
20	Michael Bunting M. Bunting	0.80	79	2021-22	TOR	23	40	63	+27	80	2	3	0	0	2	0	175	13.1	8	16	50.0	85	21	36	23	15:33
21	Clayton Keller C. Keller	0.79	82	2017-18	ARI	23	42	65	-7	24	6	14	0	1	3	2	212	10.8	37	78	47.4	7	28	42	50	18:05
22	Mitch Marner M. Marner	0.79	77	2016-17	TOR	19	42	61	0	38	4	17	0	0	5	0	176	10.8	14	37	37.8	41	39	67	62	16:49
23	Matvei Michkov M. Michkov	0.79	80	2024-25	PHI	26	37	63	-18	46	8	9	0	0	3	3	199	13.1	19	41	46.3	29	23	14	82	16:41
24	Yanni Gourde Y. Gourde	0.78	82	2017-18	TBL	25	39	64	+34	50	7	6	1	1	5	1	136	18.4	158	364	43.4	57	42	52	35	16:09
25	Quinn Hughes Q. Hughes	0.78	68	2019-20	VAN	8	45	53	-11	22	3	22	0	0	2	1	126	6.3	0	0		7	46	35	60	21:53