nhl player most goal by active player in a season by goal per game

Auston Matthews has put up the most goals by an active player in a season, with 69 scored in 2023-24.

	NAME	G	G/GP	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	0.85	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	0.79	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	0.78	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	0.74	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	0.82	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	0.73	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	0.70	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	0.71	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	Mikko Rantanen M. Rantanen	55	0.67	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
10	Leon Draisaitl L. Draisaitl	55	0.69	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
11	Zach Hyman Z. Hyman	54	0.68	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
12	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	53	0.65	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
13	Leon Draisaitl L. Draisaitl	52	0.65	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
14	Chris Kreider C. Kreider	52	0.64	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
15	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	52	0.64	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
16	Nathan MacKinnon N. MacKinnon	51	0.62	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
17	Brayden Point B. Point	51	0.62	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
18	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	51	0.63	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
19	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	51	0.65	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
20	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	51	0.63	2009-10	PIT	81	58	109	+15	71	13	21	2	1	6	1	298	17.1	1,001	1,791	55.9	63	43	43	77	21:57
21	Steven Stamkos S. Stamkos	51	0.62	2009-10	TBL	82	44	95	-2	38	24	17	1	0	5	1	297	17.2	481	1,004	47.9	68	38	47	55	20:33
22	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	50	0.65	2021-22	WSH	77	40	90	+8	18	16	13	1	0	5	0	334	15.0	4	13	30.8	155	25	32	50	20:34
23	Leon Draisaitl L. Draisaitl	50	0.61	2018-19	EDM	82	55	105	+2	52	16	13	3	0	5	3	231	21.6	677	1,340	50.5	57	26	71	116	22:35
24	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	50	0.63	2015-16	WSH	79	21	71	+21	53	19	5	0	0	8	2	398	12.6	0	0		225	34	24	50	20:19
25	Evgeni Malkin E. Malkin	50	0.67	2011-12	PIT	75	59	109	+18	70	12	22	0	0	9	1	339	14.7	575	1,210	47.5	29	41	52	73	21:01