rookie points per game leaders nhl in the last 40 years minimum 10gp

Between December 6, 1985 and December 6, 2025, Ryan Poehling has collected the most points per game by a rookie, with 3.00 per game in 2018-19.

	NAME	P/GP	SEASON	TM	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Ryan Poehling R. Poehling	3.00	2018-19	MTL	1	3	0	3	+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	100.0	4	7	57.1	1	0	0	0	11:22
2	Morgan Geekie M. Geekie	2.00	2019-20	CAR	2	3	1	4	+3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	75.0	12	22	54.5	1	4	1	0	11:47
3	Louie Belpedio L. Belpedio	2.00	2017-18	MIN	1	0	2	2	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	1	0	0	15:47
4	Pavel Zacha P. Zacha	2.00	2015-16	NJD	1	0	2	2	+4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	3	9	33.3	1	0	2	0	16:51
5	Paul Mara P. Mara	2.00	1998-99	TBL	1	1	1	2	-3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	100.0
6	Curtis Brown C. Brown	2.00	1994-95	BUF	1	1	1	2	+2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	25.0
7	Francois Leroux F. Leroux	2.00	1990-91	EDM	1	0	2	2	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
8	Todd Richards T. Richards	2.00	1990-91	HFD	2	0	4	4	-4	2	0	4	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
9	Kamil Piros K. Piros	1.67	2002-03	ATL	3	3	2	5	+4	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	8	37.5	19	47	40.4	1	0	1	2	17:05
10	Teemu Selanne T. Selanne	1.57	1992-93	WIN	84	76	56	132	+8	45	24	25	0	0	7	0	387	19.6
11	Warren Foegele W. Foegele	1.50	2017-18	CAR	2	2	1	3	+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	33.3	0	0		5	1	1	0	11:56
12	Akim Aliu A. Aliu	1.50	2011-12	CGY	2	2	1	3	+3	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	66.7	0	0		6	0	0	1	11:02
13	Ray Whitney R. Whitney	1.50	1991-92	SJS	2	0	3	3	-1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
14	Petr Prajzler P. Prajzler	1.50	1988-89	LAK	2	0	3	3	+4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
15	Joe Juneau J. Juneau	1.36	1991-92	BOS	14	5	14	19	+6	4	2	8	0	0	0	0	38	13.2
16	John English J. English	1.33	1987-88	LAK	3	1	3	4	+2	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	5	20.0
17	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	1.31	2005-06	WSH	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
18	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	1.26	2005-06	PIT	81	39	63	102	-1	110	16	31	0	2	5	3	278	14.0	534	1,174	45.5	66	43	36	57	20:08
19	Eric Lindros E. Lindros	1.23	1992-93	PHI	61	41	34	75	+28	147	8	10	1	0	5	0	180	22.8
20	Joe Nieuwendyk J. Nieuwendyk	1.23	1987-88	CGY	75	51	41	92	+20	23	31	14	3	2	8	0	212	24.1
21	Joe Juneau J. Juneau	1.21	1992-93	BOS	84	32	70	102	+23	33	9	28	0	0	3	1	229	14.0
22	Evgeni Malkin E. Malkin	1.09	2006-07	PIT	78	33	52	85	+2	80	16	24	0	0	6	1	242	13.6	315	728	43.3	40	36	40	69	19:10
23	Sergei Makarov S. Makarov	1.08	1989-90	CGY	80	24	62	86	+33	55	6	21	0	0	4	0	118	20.3
24	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	1.07	2015-16	EDM	45	16	32	48	-1	18	3	11	0	0	5	1	105	15.2	248	603	41.1	12	10	33	17	18:53
25	Craig Janney C. Janney	1.07	1987-88	BOS	15	7	9	16	+6	0	1	4	0	0	1	0	29	24.1