who has the highest goals per game in an nhl season with at least 40 games played

Wayne Gretzky has scored the most goals per game with 40+ games played in a season, with 1.18 per game in 1983-84.

	NAME	G/GP	GP	SEASON	TM	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%
1	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	1.18	74	1983-84	EDM	87	118	205	+78	39	20	27	12	11	11	0	326	26.7
2	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	1.15	60	1992-93	PIT	69	91	160	+55	38	16	39	6	3	10	0	286	24.1
3	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	1.15	80	1981-82	EDM	92	120	212	+80	26	18	39	6	2	12	0	370	24.9
4	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	1.12	76	1988-89	PIT	85	114	199	+41	100	31	48	13	5	8	1	313	27.2
5	Brett Hull B. Hull	1.10	78	1990-91	STL	86	45	131	+23	22	29	16	0	0	11	1	389	22.1
6	Cam Neely C. Neely	1.02	49	1993-94	BOS	50	24	74	+12	54	20	7	0	0	13	0	185	27.0
7	Maurice Richard M. Richard	1.00	50	1944-45	MTL	50	23	73		46	11	1	0	0	7	0
8	Alexander Mogilny A. Mogilny	0.99	77	1992-93	BUF	76	51	127	+7	40	27	21	0	1	11	0	360	21.1
9	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	0.99	70	1995-96	PIT	69	92	161	+10	54	31	48	8	1	8	2	338	20.4
10	Cooney Weiland C. Weiland	0.98	44	1929-30	BOS	43	30	73		29					14	1
11	Phil Esposito P. Esposito	0.97	78	1970-71	BOS	76	76	152	+69	71	24	27	1	1	16	0	550	13.8
12	Jari Kurri J. Kurri	0.97	73	1984-85	EDM	71	64	135	+78	30	14	14	3	3	13	0	267	26.6
13	Brett Hull B. Hull	0.96	73	1991-92	STL	70	39	109	-2	48	20	20	5	0	9	1	408	17.2
14	Dit Clapper D. Clapper	0.93	44	1929-30	BOS	41	20	61		38					7	1
15	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	0.91	80	1984-85	EDM	73	135	208	+100	52	8	36	11	7	7	0	354	20.6
16	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	0.91	77	1987-88	PIT	70	98	168	+23	92	22	58	10	4	7	2	382	18.3
17	Howie Morenz H. Morenz	0.91	44	1929-30	MTL	40	13	53		72					5	3
18	Teemu Selanne T. Selanne	0.90	84	1992-93	WIN	76	56	132	+8	45	24	25	0	0	7	0	387	19.6
19	Brett Hull B. Hull	0.90	80	1989-90	STL	72	41	113	-1	24	27	17	0	0	12	0	385	18.7
20	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	0.89	80	1982-83	EDM	71	125	196	+61	59	18	36	6	4	9	0	348	20.4
21	Nels Stewart N. Stewart	0.89	44	1929-30	MMR	39	16	55		85					7	2
22	Bernie Nicholls B. Nicholls	0.89	79	1988-89	LAK	70	80	150	+30	96	21	28	8	6	6	0	385	18.2
23	Charlie Simmer C. Simmer	0.88	64	1979-80	LAK	56	45	101	+47	65	21	16	0	0	8	0	213	26.3
24	Jari Kurri J. Kurri	0.87	78	1985-86	EDM	68	63	131	+45	22	16	18	6	4	9	2	236	28.8
25	Phil Esposito P. Esposito	0.87	78	1973-74	BOS	68	77	145	+51	58	14	26	4	2	9	0	393	17.3