best nhl goals per game since 1939-40 to 1979-80

Between the 1939-40 and 1979-80 seasons, Mike Bossy scored the most goals per game, with 0.76 per game.

Interpreted as:

best NHL goals per game with a minimum of 0.125 goals per team game by a player since 1939-40 to 1979-80

	NAME	G/GP	G	GP	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%
1	Mike Bossy M. Bossy	0.76	173	228	136	309	+122	43	67	54	0	0	21		760	22.8
2	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	0.65	51	79	86	137	+14	21	13	22	1	1	6		284	18.0
3	Real Cloutier R. Cloutier	0.63	42	67	47	89	-5	12	13	22	0	0	3		254	16.5
4	Guy Lafleur G. Lafleur	0.60	405	677	536	941	+428	287	107	171	3	2	77		2,353	17.2
5	Blair MacDonald B. MacDonald	0.57	46	80	48	94	0	6	13	15	2	1	6		266	17.3
6	Bobby Hull B. Hull	0.57	610	1,063	560	1,170	+249	634	154	170	19	10	98		4,577	12.7
7	Phil Esposito P. Esposito	0.57	710	1,241	860	1,570	+267	890	243	300	23	12	118		5,075	14.0
8	Richard Martin R. Martin	0.57	375	658	299	674	+8	455	112	101	0	0	46		2,458	15.3
9	Maurice Richard M. Richard	0.56	544	978	422	966	+18	1,287	143	111	4	2	84	0	166	11.4
10	Mike Rogers M. Rogers	0.55	44	80	61	105	+28	10	3	19	2	0	0		229	19.2
11	Marcel Dionne M. Dionne	0.54	380	699	548	928	+14	208	101	213	12	5	38		2,917	13.0
12	Syl Apps S. Apps	0.52	149	284	148	297		33	30	27	1	0	22	2
13	Danny Gare D. Gare	0.52	214	408	180	394	+175	552	49	40	1	1	27		1,460	14.7
14	Gordie Drillon G. Drillon	0.52	95	183	81	176		35	12	18	0	0	11	0
15	Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	0.51	197	387	331	528	+214	219	65	105	4	0	32		919	21.4
16	Dave Taylor D. Taylor	0.50	102	203	122	224	+79	243	29	30	0	0	14		536	19.0
17	Kent Nilsson K. Nilsson	0.50	40	80	53	93	-3	10	14	22	0	0	3		217	18.4
18	Steve Shutt S. Shutt	0.50	291	586	261	552	+365	245	65	45	0	0	41		1,524	19.1
19	Pierre Larouche P. Larouche	0.50	195	393	220	415	+52	130	50	60	0	0	21		1,145	17.0
20	Charlie Simmer C. Simmer	0.48	88	185	86	174	+35	147	33	32	0	0	8		429	20.5
21	Mike Gartner M. Gartner	0.47	36	77	32	68	+16	66	4	5	0	0	3		226	15.9
22	Lanny McDonald L. McDonald	0.47	244	523	260	504	+73	415	67	91	10	4	26		1,759	13.9
23	Bill Barber B. Barber	0.46	283	614	312	595	+284	405	67	106	23	18	44		2,185	13.0
24	Gordie Howe G. Howe	0.45	801	1,767	1,049	1,850	+160	1,685	211	353	24	12	121		3,803	10.1
25	Darryl Sittler D. Sittler	0.45	328	726	454	782	+56	662	101	115	4	5	40		2,748	11.9