Mario Lemieux collected the most points per game in 1996-97, with 1.61 per game.

Interpreted as:

most points per game with a minimum of 0.625 points per team game by a player in the NHL in 1997

	NAME	P/GP	SEASON	TM	P	GP	G	A	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%
1	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	1.61	1996-97	PIT	122	76	50	72	+27	65	15	22	3	3	7	0	327	15.3
2	Eric Lindros E. Lindros	1.52	1996-97	PHI	79	52	32	47	+31	136	9	14	0	0	7	2	198	16.2
3	Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	1.51	1996-97	PIT	95	63	47	48	+22	40	11	14	2	1	6	0	234	20.1
4	Paul Kariya P. Kariya	1.43	1996-97	ANA	99	69	44	55	+36	6	15	19	3	1	10	0	340	12.9
5	Teemu Selanne T. Selanne	1.40	1996-97	ANA	109	78	51	58	+28	34	11	21	1	0	8	1	273	18.7
6	Peter Forsberg P. Forsberg	1.32	1996-97	COL	86	65	28	58	+31	73	5	21	4	3	4	0	188	14.9
7	Mark Messier M. Messier	1.18	1996-97	NYR	84	71	36	48	+12	88	7	11	5	6	9	0	227	15.9
8	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	1.18	1996-97	NYR	97	82	25	72	+12	28	6	25	0	1	2	0	286	8.7
9	John LeClair J. LeClair	1.18	1996-97	PHI	97	82	50	47	+44	58	10	6	0	0	5	0	324	15.4
10	Mats Sundin M. Sundin	1.15	1996-97	TOR	94	82	41	53	+6	59	7	13	4	3	8	0	281	14.6
11	Joe Sakic J. Sakic	1.14	1996-97	COL	74	65	22	52	-10	34	10	26	2	1	5	0	261	8.4
12	Ziggy Palffy Z. Palffy	1.13	1996-97	NYI	90	80	48	42	+21	43	6	15	4	2	6	0	292	16.4
13	Saku Koivu S. Koivu	1.12	1996-97	MTL	56	50	17	39	+7	38	5	12	0	1	3	1	135	12.6
14	Ron Francis R. Francis	1.11	1996-97	PIT	90	81	27	63	+7	20	10	24	1	1	2	0	183	14.8
15	Pierre Turgeon P. Turgeon	1.09	1996-97	TOT	85	78	26	59	+8	14	5	22	0	0	7	0	216	12.0
16	Brendan Shanahan B. Shanahan	1.09	1996-97	TOT	88	81	47	41	+32	131	20	15	3	2	7	1	336	14.0
17	Brett Hull B. Hull	1.06	1996-97	STL	82	77	42	40	-9	10	12	14	2	0	6	0	302	13.9
18	Keith Tkachuk K. Tkachuk	1.06	1996-97	PHX	86	81	52	34	-1	228	9	10	2	0	7	1	296	17.6
19	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	1.05	1996-97	DET	85	81	22	63	+22	78	8	18	0	2	3	0	232	9.5
20	Mike Modano M. Modano	1.04	1996-97	DAL	83	80	35	48	+43	42	9	8	5	2	9	1	291	12.0
21	Adam Oates A. Oates	1.02	1996-97	TOT	82	80	22	60	-5	14	3	16	2	4	5	1	160	13.8
22	Doug Weight D. Weight	1.02	1996-97	EDM	82	80	21	61	+1	80	4	35	0	0	2	0	235	8.9
23	Doug Gilmour D. Gilmour	1.01	1996-97	TOT	82	81	22	60	+2	68	4	18	1	0	1	0	143	15.4
24	Peter Bondra P. Bondra	1.00	1996-97	WSH	77	77	46	31	+7	72	10	10	4	0	3	0	314	14.6
25	Vincent Damphousse V. Damphousse	0.99	1996-97	MTL	81	82	27	54	-6	82	7	14	2	3	3	0	244	11.1