highest goals per game in a season 1999-00 to 2023-24

Between the 1999-00 and 2023-24 seasons, Auston Matthews scored the most goals per game in a season, with 0.85 per game in 2023-24.

Interpreted as:

highest goals per game with a minimum of 0.25 goals per team game by a player in a season 1999-00 to 2023-24

	NAME	G/GP	SEASON	TM	G	GP	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Auston Matthews A. Matthews	0.85	2023-24	TOR	69	81	38	107	+31	20	18	11	0	1	8	3	369	18.7	705	1,319	53.4	89	93	85	54	20:58
2	Auston Matthews A. Matthews	0.82	2021-22	TOR	60	73	46	106	+20	18	16	13	0	0	10	2	348	17.2	691	1,229	56.2	67	62	92	48	20:37
3	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	0.81	2000-01	PIT	35	43	41	76	+15	18	16	16	1	0	5	1	171	20.5	444	852	52.1	29	23	30	47	24:20
4	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	0.79	2007-08	WSH	65	82	47	112	+28	40	22	15	0	0	11	2	446	14.6	7	18	38.9	220	44	68	93	23:06
5	Auston Matthews A. Matthews	0.79	2020-21	TOR	41	52	25	66	+21	10	10	3	0	0	12	2	222	18.5	450	867	51.9	57	47	47	53	21:33
6	Pavel Bure P. Bure	0.78	1999-00	FLA	58	74	36	94	+25	16	11	9	2	0	14	1	360	16.1	0	1	0.0	25	12	54	95	24:45
7	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	0.78	2022-23	EDM	64	82	89	153	+22	36	21	50	4	3	11	2	352	18.2	525	1,011	51.9	89	40	82	77	22:23
8	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	0.78	2010-11	PIT	32	41	34	66	+20	31	10	9	1	0	3	0	161	19.9	546	981	55.7	31	23	15	29	21:55
9	David Pastrnak D. Pastrnak	0.74	2022-23	BOS	61	82	52	113	+34	38	18	19	0	0	13	4	407	15.0	8	19	42.1	91	33	52	109	19:34
10	Steven Stamkos S. Stamkos	0.73	2011-12	TBL	60	82	37	97	+7	66	12	13	0	0	12	5	303	19.8	558	1,227	45.5	109	37	42	45	22:01
11	Pavel Bure P. Bure	0.72	2000-01	FLA	59	82	33	92	-2	58	19	9	5	0	8	2	384	15.4	1	5	20.0	33	22	45	70	26:52
12	Mika Zibanejad M. Zibanejad	0.72	2019-20	NYR	41	57	34	75	+9	14	15	12	3	2	6	2	208	19.7	592	1,204	49.2	51	49	42	43	21:38
13	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	0.71	2008-09	WSH	56	79	54	110	+8	72	19	27	1	0	10	2	528	10.6	8	32	25.0	243	32	60	107	23:00
14	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	0.71	2019-20	WSH	48	68	19	67	-12	30	13	5	0	0	3	1	311	15.4	1	1	100.0	184	30	28	48	20:40
15	Sam Reinhart S. Reinhart	0.70	2023-24	FLA	57	82	37	94	+29	31	27	7	5	0	11	3	233	24.5	234	530	44.2	77	66	40	35	20:18
16	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	0.69	2009-10	WSH	50	72	59	109	+45	89	13	23	0	0	7	0	368	13.6	10	22	45.5	185	20	66	76	21:48
17	Leon Draisaitl L. Draisaitl	0.69	2021-22	EDM	55	80	55	110	+17	40	24	17	1	0	11	1	278	19.8	887	1,661	53.4	53	25	74	88	22:21
18	David Pastrnak D. Pastrnak	0.69	2019-20	BOS	48	70	47	95	+21	40	20	18	0	0	10	1	279	17.2	7	18	38.9	47	22	49	88	18:58
19	Jonathan Cheechoo J. Cheechoo	0.68	2005-06	SJS	56	82	37	93	+23	58	24	17	2	0	11	0	317	17.7	4	20	20.0	120	34	44	50	19:57
20	Steven Stamkos S. Stamkos	0.68	2013-14	TBL	25	37	15	40	+9	18	9	4	1	0	5	1	124	20.2	260	529	49.1	50	16	24	13	20:15
21	Zach Hyman Z. Hyman	0.68	2023-24	EDM	54	80	23	77	+36	48	15	5	0	0	7	1	290	18.6	7	16	43.8	87	37	35	19	19:30
22	Auston Matthews A. Matthews	0.67	2019-20	TOR	47	70	33	80	+19	8	12	13	0	0	5	0	290	16.2	506	920	55.0	40	60	78	48	20:58
23	Mikko Rantanen M. Rantanen	0.67	2022-23	COL	55	82	50	105	+15	82	13	24	0	0	9	3	306	18.0	222	453	49.0	77	41	61	45	22:13
24	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	0.67	2012-13	WSH	32	48	24	56	+2	36	16	11	0	0	4	0	220	14.5	0	1	0.0	120	18	30	25	20:53
25	Evgeni Malkin E. Malkin	0.67	2011-12	PIT	50	75	59	109	+18	70	12	22	0	0	9	1	339	14.7	575	1,210	47.5	29	41	52	73	21:01