most points per game in a season as a rookie nhl last 20 years minimum 40 games played

Between November 5, 2005 and November 5, 2025, Alex Ovechkin has recorded the most points per game by a rookie with 40+ games played, with 1.37 per game in 2005-06.

	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	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	1.37	68	2005-06	WSH	44	49	93	+2	42	19	28	2	0	4	2	362	12.2	2	14	14.3	148	18	64	75	22:05
2	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	1.24	68	2005-06	PIT	35	49	84	+2	92	13	25	0	2	5	3	234	15.0	494	1,050	47.0	58	35	34	47	20:29
3	Evgeni Malkin E. Malkin	1.09	78	2006-07	PIT	33	52	85	+2	80	16	24	0	0	6	1	242	13.6	315	728	43.3	40	36	40	69	19:10
4	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
5	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
6	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
7	Paul Stastny P. Stastny	0.95	82	2006-07	COL	28	50	78	+4	42	11	20	0	1	6	0	185	15.1	594	1,226	48.5	29	49	62	46	18:10
8	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
9	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
10	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
11	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
12	Brad Boyes B. Boyes	0.90	67	2005-06	BOS	22	38	60	+10	26	7	11	0	0	3	0	180	12.2	85	147	57.8	34	30	30	45	16:53
13	Bobby Ryan B. Ryan	0.89	64	2008-09	ANA	31	26	57	+13	33	12	11	0	0	3	0	174	17.8	6	13	46.2	78	10	22	39	15:26
14	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
15	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
16	Patrick Kane P. Kane	0.88	82	2007-08	CHI	21	51	72	-5	52	7	21	0	0	4	1	191	11.0	16	26	61.5	16	7	49	22	18:22
17	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
18	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
19	Colby Armstrong C. Armstrong	0.85	47	2005-06	PIT	16	24	40	+15	58	7	5	2	0	3	0	86	18.6	12	44	27.3	62	34	21	17	19:04
20	Anze Kopitar A. Kopitar	0.85	72	2006-07	LAK	20	41	61	-12	24	7	22	2	0	1	0	193	10.4	555	1,204	46.1	55	33	41	37	20:32
21	Jonathan Toews J. Toews	0.84	64	2007-08	CHI	24	30	54	+11	44	7	15	0	2	4	1	144	16.7	509	956	53.2	27	13	29	8	18:40
22	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
23	Nicklas Backstrom N. Backstrom	0.84	82	2007-08	WSH	14	55	69	+13	24	3	22	0	0	4	1	153	9.2	405	874	46.3	34	34	72	50	19:00
24	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
25	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