Between the 1979-80 and 1986-87 seasons, Wayne Gretzky scored the most goals per game, with 0.86 per game.

Interpreted as:

best goals per game with a minimum of 0.125 goals per team game by a player 1979-80 to 1986-87

	NAME	G/GP	G	GP	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%
1	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	0.86	543	632	977	1,520	+514	299	116	274	50	49	58	1	2,581	21.0
2	Todd Bergen T. Bergen	0.79	11	14	5	16	+9	4	3	2	0	0	3	0	39	28.2
3	Mike Bossy M. Bossy	0.75	451	599	458	909	+286	179	128	160	8	1	67	4	2,195	20.5
4	Jari Kurri J. Kurri	0.68	354	520	398	752	+311	201	77	92	21	18	45	4	1,540	23.0
5	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	0.67	145	215	203	348	-29	154	47	90	0	0	10	4	752	19.3
6	Tim Kerr T. Kerr	0.61	278	457	207	485	+108	450	102	64	0	0	40	1	1,375	20.2
7	Blaine Stoughton B. Stoughton	0.60	224	371	160	384	-71	164	57	44	5	3	30	1	1,049	21.4
8	Michel Goulet M. Goulet	0.60	366	607	365	731	+124	448	99	105	14	7	41	1	1,957	18.7
9	Marcel Dionne M. Dionne	0.59	366	625	526	892	+67	350	124	196	7	6	37	2	2,536	14.4
10	Glenn Anderson G. Anderson	0.58	301	522	316	617	+221	454	78	79	11	4	54	2	1,622	18.6
11	Luc Robitaille L. Robitaille	0.57	45	79	39	84	-19	28	18	16	0	0	3	0	199	22.6
12	Dale Hawerchuk D. Hawerchuk	0.56	268	479	363	631	-43	321	80	130	5	6	19	2	1,752	15.3
13	Charlie Simmer C. Simmer	0.55	299	541	311	610	+121	438	108	98	2	0	39	1	1,257	23.8
14	Dino Ciccarelli D. Ciccarelli	0.55	259	470	247	506	+43	499	104	73	0	0	20	1	1,486	17.4
15	Sylvain Turgeon S. Turgeon	0.54	139	257	110	249	-23	255	48	46	0	0	15	0	810	17.2
16	Rick Vaive R. Vaive	0.54	312	581	246	558	-79	1,051	91	60	11	3	35	2	1,861	16.8
17	Joe Mullen J. Mullen	0.52	214	409	246	460	+20	70	70	89	0	0	33	4	1,158	18.5
18	Peter Stastny P. Stastny	0.52	275	527	515	790	+52	477	77	185	6	3	36	1	1,420	19.4
19	Mike Gartner M. Gartner	0.52	323	622	330	653	+33	626	73	104	12	1	46	3	2,335	13.8
20	Pierre Larouche P. Larouche	0.51	247	482	239	486	-43	110	74	77	1	3	22	0	1,343	18.4
21	Kevin Dineen K. Dineen	0.51	98	192	90	188	+16	354	25	26	4	1	17	2	542	18.1
22	Rick Middleton R. Middleton	0.51	306	600	372	678	+142	96	86	124	21	13	39	1	1,477	20.7
23	Richard Martin R. Martin	0.50	54	107	52	106	+25	76	11	14	0	0	4		325	16.6
24	Tony Tanti T. Tanti	0.50	173	343	140	313	-47	280	69	54	1	1	22	3	1,004	17.2
25	Brian Propp B. Propp	0.50	297	599	370	667	+272	520	78	119	16	19	44	0	2,035	14.6