nhl player most points in inaugural season

Wayne Gretzky recorded the most points by a player in his first season, with 137 points in 1979-80.

NAMEPSEASONTMGPGA+/-PIMPPGPPASHGSHAGWGOTGSS%FOWFOFOW%HITBKSTKAGVATOI/GP
1Wayne Gretzky
W. Gretzky
137
1979-80
EDM EDM
79
51
86
+14
21
13
22
1
1
6
284
18.0
2Teemu Selanne
T. Selanne
132
1992-93
WIN WIN
84
76
56
+8
45
24
25
0
0
7
0
387
19.6
3Peter Stastny
P. Stastny
109
1980-81
QUE QUE
77
39
70
+10
37
11
22
2
0
4
232
16.8
4Alex Ovechkin
A. Ovechkin
106
2005-06
WSH WSH
81
52
54
+2
52
21
31
3
0
5
2
425
12.2
2
16
12.5
172
20
69
88
21:37
5Mike Rogers
M. Rogers
105
1979-80
HFD HFD
80
44
61
+28
10
3
19
2
0
0
229
19.2
6Dale Hawerchuk
D. Hawerchuk
103
1981-82
WIN WIN
80
45
58
-7
47
12
22
0
2
2
339
13.3
7Sidney Crosby
S. Crosby
102
2005-06
PIT PIT
81
39
63
-1
110
16
31
0
2
5
3
278
14.0
534
1,174
45.5
66
43
36
57
20:08
8Mario Lemieux
M. Lemieux
100
1984-85
PIT PIT
73
43
57
-33
54
11
22
0
0
2
1
209
20.6
9Bryan Trottier
B. Trottier
95
1975-76
NYI NYI
80
32
63
+27
21
11
30
1
0
5
178
18.0
10Blair MacDonald
B. MacDonald
94
1979-80
EDM EDM
80
46
48
0
6
13
15
2
1
6
266
17.3
11Kent Nilsson
K. Nilsson
93
1979-80
AFM AFM
80
40
53
-3
10
14
22
0
0
3
217
18.4
12Mike Bossy
M. Bossy
91
1977-78
NYI NYI
73
53
38
+31
6
25
15
0
0
4
235
22.6
13Marian Stastny
M. Stastny
89
1981-82
QUE QUE
74
35
54
-5
27
13
17
0
0
3
174
20.1
14Real Cloutier
R. Cloutier
89
1979-80
QUE QUE
67
42
47
-5
12
13
22
0
0
3
254
16.5
15Steve Yzerman
S. Yzerman
87
1983-84
DET DET
80
39
48
-19
33
13
19
0
0
2
1
177
22.0
16Sergei Makarov
S. Makarov
86
1989-90
CGY CGY
80
24
62
+33
55
6
21
0
0
4
0
118
20.3
17Evgeni Malkin
E. Malkin
85
2006-07
PIT PIT
78
33
52
+2
80
16
24
0
0
6
1
242
13.6
315
728
43.3
40
36
40
69
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18Anton Stastny
A. Stastny
85
1980-81
QUE QUE
80
39
46
+4
12
12
14
0
0
4
177
22.0
19Luc Robitaille
L. Robitaille
84
1986-87
LAK LAK
79
45
39
-19
28
18
16
0
0
3
0
199
22.6
20Mikael Renberg
M. Renberg
82
1993-94
PHI PHI
83
38
44
+8
36
9
14
0
0
1
0
195
19.5
21Mark Howe
M. Howe
80
1979-80
HFD HFD
74
24
56
+14
20
5
14
2
2
3
178
13.5
22Alexei Yashin
A. Yashin
79
1993-94
OTT OTT
83
30
49
-49
22
11
16
2
1
3
0
232
12.9
23Sergei Fedorov
S. Fedorov
79
1990-91
DET DET
77
31
48
+11
66
11
16
3
1
5
0
259
12.0
24Jimmy Carson
J. Carson
79
1986-87
LAK LAK
80
37
42
-5
22
18
17
0
0
2
0
215
17.2
25Paul Stastny
P. Stastny
78
2006-07
COL COL
82
28
50
+4
42
11
20
0
1
6
0
185
15.1
594
1,226
48.5
29
49
62
46
18:10
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