rank nhl players by most points per game through first 9 seasons

Wayne Gretzky collected the most points per game by a player in his first 9 seasons, with 2.40 per game.

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rank NHL players by most points per game with a minimum of 0.3125 points per team game through first 9 seasons

	NAME	P/GP	P	GP	G	A	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	2.40	1,669	696	583	1,086	+553	323	125	314	55	53	61	1	2,792	20.9
2	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	2.03	1,174	577	477	697	+107	586	148	312	37	18	46	7	2,297	20.8
3	Newsy Lalonde N. Lalonde	1.69	167	99	125	42		185					14	1
4	Mike Bossy M. Bossy	1.53	1,051	689	535	516	+388	177	172	175	7	1	75	2	2,483	21.5
5	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	1.52	982	645	335	647	+148	249	78	255	8	9	69	16	2,211	15.2	3,566	7,467	47.8	493	262	631	578	21:42
6	Peter Stastny P. Stastny	1.46	986	675	356	630	+31	663	110	246	6	6	43	1	1,814	19.6
7	Jari Kurri J. Kurri	1.41	950	676	441	509	+355	300	97	127	29	27	58	6	1,961	22.5
8	Bobby Orr B. Orr	1.40	870	621	259	611	+564	902	71	230	15	30	26		2,928	8.8
9	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	1.40	769	550	274	495	+124	463	81	213	3	5	34	6	1,856	14.8	5,987	11,524	52.0	424	287	288	451	21:13
10	Joe Malone J. Malone	1.40	176	126	143	33		57					11	3
11	Cy Denneny C. Denneny	1.40	307	220	226	81		268					39	5
12	Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	1.40	960	688	352	608	+438	508	112	174	11	12	56	0	1,665	21.1
13	Guy Lafleur G. Lafleur	1.39	941	677	405	536	+428	287	107	171	3	2	77		2,353	17.2
14	Denis Savard D. Savard	1.38	933	676	324	609	+83	779	86	265	13	8	39	1	2,046	15.8
15	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	1.34	903	673	387	516	+5	432	98	195	31	14	44	4	2,340	16.5
16	Marcel Dionne M. Dionne	1.33	928	699	380	548	+14	208	101	213	12	5	38		2,917	13.0
17	Eric Lindros E. Lindros	1.31	732	558	327	405	+207	1,084	94	124	7	2	41	6	1,840	17.8	1,691	3,025	55.9	275	72	108	134	21:29
18	Dale Hawerchuk D. Hawerchuk	1.30	929	713	379	550	-93	478	122	218	11	10	29	4	2,494	15.2
19	Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	1.30	862	662	345	517	+163	501	86	167	8	3	63	8	2,304	15.0
20	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	1.30	849	653	254	595	+264	981	86	247	17	26	22	1	2,159	11.8
21	Peter Forsberg P. Forsberg	1.28	741	580	216	525	+207	544	57	205	15	16	38	3	1,444	15.0	1,159	2,532	45.8	239	63	259	220	20:05
22	Brett Hull B. Hull	1.28	750	588	442	308	-1	232	161	141	11	5	56	4	2,685	16.5
23	Teemu Selanne T. Selanne	1.26	801	637	379	422	+48	233	118	185	5	1	53	3	2,303	16.5	8	21	38.1	81	29	102	190	22:01
24	Bernie Nicholls B. Nicholls	1.25	795	634	339	456	-45	785	107	173	25	9	22	4	2,234	15.2
25	Phil Esposito P. Esposito	1.25	768	613	343	425	+284	432	101	141	9	6	67		2,586	13.3