most shots per game in a season

Phil Esposito has taken the most shots per game in a season, with 7.05 taken in 1970-71.

Interpreted as:
most shots per game with a minimum of 51.25 games played per 82 team games by a player in a season
NAMES/GPSEASONTMGPGAP+/-PIMPPGPPASHGSHAGWGOTGSS%FOWFOFOW%HITBKSTKAGVATOI/GP
1Phil Esposito
P. Esposito
7.05
1970-71
78
76
76
152
+69
71
24
27
1
1
16
550
13.8
2Alex Ovechkin
A. Ovechkin
6.68
2008-09
79
56
54
110
+8
72
19
27
1
0
10
2
528
10.6
8
32
25.0
243
32
60
107
23:00
3Bobby Hull
B. Hull
6.03
1964-65
61
39
32
71
+23
32
10
5
2
2
5
368
10.6
4Bobby Hull
B. Hull
5.83
1963-64
70
43
44
87
+14
48
12
20
4
0
5
408
10.5
5Phil Esposito
P. Esposito
5.61
1971-72
76
66
67
133
+54
76
27
25
2
2
16
426
15.5
6Bobby Hull
B. Hull
5.59
1968-69
74
58
49
107
+12
48
20
16
2
0
11
414
14.0
7Brett Hull
B. Hull
5.59
1991-92
73
70
39
109
-2
48
20
20
5
0
9
1
408
17.2
8Gordie Howe
G. Howe
5.58
1960-61
64
23
49
72
-5
30
6
17
2
1
4
357
6.4
9Alex Ovechkin
A. Ovechkin
5.44
2007-08
82
65
47
112
+28
40
22
15
0
0
11
2
446
14.6
7
18
38.9
220
44
68
93
23:06
10Bobby Orr
B. Orr
5.43
1969-70
76
33
87
120
+54
125
11
40
4
1
3
413
8.0
11Bobby Hull
B. Hull
5.40
1965-66
65
54
43
97
+19
66
22
19
1
1
7
351
15.4
12Ray Bourque
R. Bourque
5.36
1993-94
72
20
71
91
+26
58
10
42
3
2
1
0
386
5.2
13Bobby Hull
B. Hull
5.36
1961-62
70
50
34
84
+10
35
9
10
0
2
7
375
13.3
14Phil Esposito
P. Esposito
5.33
1969-70
76
43
56
99
+26
50
18
26
1
1
5
405
10.6
15Phil Esposito
P. Esposito
5.27
1972-73
78
55
75
130
+17
87
19
25
5
1
11
411
13.4
16Alex Ovechkin
A. Ovechkin
5.25
2005-06
81
52
54
106
+2
52
21
31
3
0
5
2
425
12.2
2
16
12.5
172
20
69
88
21:37
17Paul Kariya
P. Kariya
5.23
1998-99
82
39
62
101
+17
40
11
32
2
1
4
0
429
9.1
18Bobby Orr
B. Orr
5.19
1973-74
74
32
90
122
+84
82
11
24
0
4
4
384
8.3
19Bobby Hull
B. Hull
5.17
1967-68
71
44
31
75
+13
39
8
8
2
1
6
367
12.0
20Nathan MacKinnon
N. MacKinnon
5.15
2022-23
71
42
69
111
+29
30
12
22
0
0
9
2
366
11.5
519
1,168
44.4
53
40
43
47
22:19
21Alex Ovechkin
A. Ovechkin
5.11
2009-10
72
50
59
109
+45
89
13
23
0
0
7
0
368
13.6
10
22
45.5
185
20
66
76
21:48
22Gordie Howe
G. Howe
5.06
1959-60
70
28
45
73
+16
46
5
17
2
1
5
354
7.9
23Phil Esposito
P. Esposito
5.04
1973-74
78
68
77
145
+51
58
14
26
4
2
9
393
17.3
24Alex Ovechkin
A. Ovechkin
5.04
2015-16
79
50
21
71
+21
53
19
5
0
0
8
2
398
12.6
0
0
225
34
24
50
20:19
25Bobby Orr
B. Orr
5.03
1970-71
78
37
102
139
+124
91
5
44
3
10
5
392
9.4
StatMuse has season-level data for shots per game going back to the 1959-60 season.

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