Since 2004-05, Auston Matthews has put up the most goals in a season, with 69 scored in 2023-24.

Interpreted as:

most single season goals by a player since 2005

	NAME	G	SEASON	TM	GP	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Auston Matthews A. Matthews	69	2023-24	TOR	81	38	107	+31	20	18	11	0	1	8	3	369	18.7	705	1,319	53.4	89	93	85	54	20:58
2	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	65	2007-08	WSH	82	47	112	+28	40	22	15	0	0	11	2	446	14.6	7	18	38.9	220	44	68	93	23:06
3	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	64	2022-23	EDM	82	89	153	+22	36	21	50	4	3	11	2	352	18.2	525	1,011	51.9	89	40	82	77	22:23
4	David Pastrnak D. Pastrnak	61	2022-23	BOS	82	52	113	+34	38	18	19	0	0	13	4	407	15.0	8	19	42.1	91	33	52	109	19:34
5	Auston Matthews A. Matthews	60	2021-22	TOR	73	46	106	+20	18	16	13	0	0	10	2	348	17.2	691	1,229	56.2	67	62	92	48	20:37
6	Steven Stamkos S. Stamkos	60	2011-12	TBL	82	37	97	+7	66	12	13	0	0	12	5	303	19.8	558	1,227	45.5	109	37	42	45	22:01
7	Sam Reinhart S. Reinhart	57	2023-24	FLA	82	37	94	+29	31	27	7	5	0	11	3	233	24.5	234	530	44.2	77	66	40	35	20:18
8	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	56	2008-09	WSH	79	54	110	+8	72	19	27	1	0	10	2	528	10.6	8	32	25.0	243	32	60	107	23:00
9	Jonathan Cheechoo J. Cheechoo	56	2005-06	SJS	82	37	93	+23	58	24	17	2	0	11	0	317	17.7	4	20	20.0	120	34	44	50	19:57
10	Mikko Rantanen M. Rantanen	55	2022-23	COL	82	50	105	+15	82	13	24	0	0	9	3	306	18.0	222	453	49.0	77	41	61	45	22:13
11	Leon Draisaitl L. Draisaitl	55	2021-22	EDM	80	55	110	+17	40	24	17	1	0	11	1	278	19.8	887	1,661	53.4	53	25	74	88	22:21
12	Zach Hyman Z. Hyman	54	2023-24	EDM	80	23	77	+36	48	15	5	0	0	7	1	290	18.6	7	16	43.8	87	37	35	19	19:30
13	Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	54	2005-06	NYR	82	69	123	+34	72	24	28	0	0	9	2	368	14.7	1	6	16.7	23	13	45	111	22:05
14	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	53	2014-15	WSH	81	28	81	+10	58	25	9	0	0	11	0	395	13.4	2	5	40.0	259	32	45	58	20:20
15	Leon Draisaitl L. Draisaitl	52	2024-25	EDM	71	54	106	+32	34	16	17	0	0	11	6	240	21.7	650	1,196	54.3	23	27	35	88	21:31
16	Leon Draisaitl L. Draisaitl	52	2022-23	EDM	80	76	128	+7	24	32	30	1	1	11	1	247	21.1	807	1,470	54.9	66	40	77	102	21:44
17	Chris Kreider C. Kreider	52	2021-22	NYR	81	25	77	+19	24	26	9	3	0	11	0	258	20.2	67	137	48.9	141	39	27	45	18:44
18	Ilya Kovalchuk I. Kovalchuk	52	2007-08	ATL	79	35	87	-12	52	16	14	2	0	4	1	283	18.4	14	32	43.8	40	25	49	66	21:30
19	Vincent Lecavalier V. Lecavalier	52	2006-07	TBL	82	56	108	+2	44	16	20	5	4	7	1	339	15.3	770	1,653	46.6	112	22	51	78	22:36
20	Ilya Kovalchuk I. Kovalchuk	52	2005-06	ATL	78	46	98	-6	68	27	29	0	1	7	0	323	16.1	19	47	40.4	66	25	53	127	22:23
21	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	52	2005-06	WSH	81	54	106	+2	52	21	31	3	0	5	2	425	12.2	2	16	12.5	172	20	69	88	21:37
22	Nathan MacKinnon N. MacKinnon	51	2023-24	COL	82	89	140	+35	42	10	38	0	0	9	2	405	12.6	607	1,314	46.2	55	69	42	82	22:49
23	Brayden Point B. Point	51	2022-23	TBL	82	44	95	+2	7	20	10	0	0	9	1	235	21.7	417	822	50.7	37	37	51	45	19:40
24	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	51	2018-19	WSH	81	38	89	+7	40	18	10	0	0	5	0	338	15.1	1	5	20.0	223	41	47	70	20:55
25	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	51	2013-14	WSH	78	28	79	-35	48	24	15	0	1	10	3	386	13.2	2	3	66.7	204	22	32	48	20:33