best goals per game history from 1939-40 to 1987-88

Between the 1939-40 and 1987-88 seasons, Wayne Gretzky scored the most goals per game, with 0.84 per game.

Interpreted as:

best goals per game with a minimum of 0.125 goals per team game by a player history from 1939-40 to 1987-88

	NAME	G/GP	G	GP	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%
1	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	0.84	583	696	1,086	1,669	+553	323	125	314	55	53	61	1	2,792	20.9
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	0.76	573	752	553	1,126	+380	210	180	198	8	1	80	4	2,709	21.2
4	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	0.74	215	292	301	516	-6	246	69	148	10	4	17	6	1,134	19.0
5	Joe Nieuwendyk J. Nieuwendyk	0.67	56	84	42	98	+20	23	33	14	3	2	9	0	228	24.6
6	Jari Kurri J. Kurri	0.66	397	600	451	848	+336	231	87	111	24	21	50	5	1,747	22.7
7	Luc Robitaille L. Robitaille	0.62	98	159	97	195	-28	110	35	41	0	0	9	0	419	23.4
8	Tim Kerr T. Kerr	0.60	281	465	209	490	+108	462	104	66	0	0	40	1	1,409	19.9
9	Michel Goulet M. Goulet	0.60	414	687	423	837	+93	504	128	130	15	7	45	1	2,241	18.5
10	Jimmy Carson J. Carson	0.57	92	160	94	186	-24	67	40	43	0	0	9	0	479	19.2
11	Bobby Hull B. Hull	0.57	610	1,063	560	1,170	+249	634	154	170	19	10	98		4,577	12.7
12	Glenn Anderson G. Anderson	0.56	339	602	366	705	+226	512	94	94	12	4	57	2	1,877	18.1
13	Richard Martin R. Martin	0.56	384	685	317	701	+14	477	115	104	0	0	47		2,526	15.2
14	Phil Esposito P. Esposito	0.56	717	1,282	873	1,590	+252	910	246	303	23	12	118		5,166	13.9
15	Dino Ciccarelli D. Ciccarelli	0.56	300	537	292	592	+14	578	117	94	1	1	22	1	1,748	17.2
16	Dale Hawerchuk D. Hawerchuk	0.56	312	559	440	752	-52	380	100	169	8	8	23	4	2,044	15.3
17	Maurice Richard M. Richard	0.56	544	978	422	966	+18	1,287	143	111	4	2	84	0	166	11.4
18	Marcel Dionne M. Dionne	0.55	724	1,311	1,024	1,748	+33	580	230	402	19	11	73	2	5,289	13.7
19	Rick Vaive R. Vaive	0.54	355	657	272	627	-99	1,159	110	71	11	3	41	3	2,090	17.0
20	Guy Lafleur G. Lafleur	0.54	518	961	728	1,246	+470	381	139	239	3	2	94	0	3,204	16.2
21	Peter Stastny P. Stastny	0.53	321	603	580	901	+54	546	97	222	6	5	38	1	1,619	19.8
22	Mike Gartner M. Gartner	0.53	371	702	363	734	+53	699	92	117	12	3	53	4	2,651	14.0
23	Syl Apps S. Apps	0.52	149	284	148	297		33	30	27	1	0	22	2
24	Joe Mullen J. Mullen	0.52	254	489	290	544	+48	100	82	102	0	0	38	4	1,363	18.6
25	Gordie Drillon G. Drillon	0.52	95	183	81	176		35	12	18	0	0	11	0