best goals per game history from 1939-40 to 1988-89

Between the 1939-40 and 1988-89 seasons, Wayne Gretzky scored the most goals per game, with 0.82 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 1988-89

	NAME	G/GP	G	GP	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%
1	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	0.82	637	774	1,200	1,837	+568	349	136	356	60	63	66	1	3,095	20.6
2	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	0.82	300	368	415	715	+35	346	100	196	23	9	25	7	1,447	20.7
3	Todd Bergen T. Bergen	0.79	11	14	5	16	+9	4	3	2	0	0	3	0	39	28.2
4	Mike Bossy M. Bossy	0.76	573	752	553	1,126	+380	210	180	198	8	1	80	4	2,709	21.2
5	Joe Nieuwendyk J. Nieuwendyk	0.66	107	161	73	180	+46	63	52	22	6	2	20	3	443	24.2
6	Jari Kurri J. Kurri	0.65	441	676	509	950	+355	300	97	127	29	27	58	6	1,961	22.5
7	Tim Kerr T. Kerr	0.62	329	534	249	578	+104	535	129	85	0	0	42	1	1,645	20.0
8	Rob Brown R. Brown	0.61	73	119	86	159	+35	174	37	25	0	0	7	1	249	29.3
9	Luc Robitaille L. Robitaille	0.61	144	237	149	293	-23	175	45	55	0	0	13	1	656	22.0
10	Jimmy Carson J. Carson	0.59	141	240	145	286	-21	103	59	59	0	0	14	0	719	19.6
11	Michel Goulet M. Goulet	0.58	440	756	461	901	+73	571	139	143	15	7	47	1	2,403	18.3
12	Bobby Hull B. Hull	0.57	610	1,063	560	1,170	+249	634	154	170	19	10	98		4,577	12.7
13	Dino Ciccarelli D. Ciccarelli	0.56	344	613	322	666	+8	654	133	104	1	2	30	1	1,995	17.2
14	Richard Martin R. Martin	0.56	384	685	317	701	+14	477	115	104	0	0	47		2,526	15.2
15	Phil Esposito P. Esposito	0.56	717	1,282	873	1,590	+252	910	246	303	23	12	118		5,166	13.9
16	Dale Hawerchuk D. Hawerchuk	0.56	353	634	495	848	-82	408	114	193	11	9	27	4	2,283	15.5
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	0.54	731	1,348	1,040	1,771	+27	600	234	409	19	11	73	2	5,363	13.6
19	Bernie Nicholls B. Nicholls	0.54	300	555	383	683	-36	699	92	136	25	8	21	3	1,947	15.4
20	Rick Vaive R. Vaive	0.54	386	715	298	684	-97	1,283	126	86	11	3	45	3	2,228	17.3
21	Joe Mullen J. Mullen	0.54	305	568	349	654	+99	116	95	129	1	1	45	4	1,633	18.7
22	Peter Stastny P. Stastny	0.53	356	675	630	986	+31	663	110	246	6	6	43	1	1,814	19.6
23	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	0.53	229	435	336	565	-13	255	61	135	10	7	23	3	1,387	16.5
24	Syl Apps S. Apps	0.52	149	284	148	297		33	30	27	1	0	22	2
25	Mike Gartner M. Gartner	0.52	404	771	399	803	+64	772	101	126	12	3	54	4	2,874	14.1