highest point per game in a season by an nhl player 40 games or less from 1995-96 to 2011-12

Between the 1995-96 and 2011-12 seasons, Paul Mara recorded the most points per game with 40 or fewer games played in a season, with 2.00 per game in his rookie season in 1998-99.

	NAME	P/GP	GP	SEASON	TM	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Paul Mara P. Mara	2.00	1	1998-99	TBL	1	1	2	-3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	100.0
2	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	1.68	22	2011-12	PIT	8	29	37	+15	14	2	9	0	0	3	0	75	10.7	227	453	50.1	11	7	10	15	18:28
3	Kamil Piros K. Piros	1.67	3	2002-03	ATL	3	2	5	+4	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	8	37.5	19	47	40.4	1	0	1	2	17:05
4	Peter Forsberg P. Forsberg	1.56	9	2007-08	COL	1	13	14	+7	8	0	4	0	0	0	0	15	6.7	4	4	100.0	9	0	10	15	19:15
5	Akim Aliu A. Aliu	1.50	2	2011-12	CGY	2	1	3	+3	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	66.7	0	0		6	0	0	1	11:02
6	Pavel Bure P. Bure	1.45	11	1998-99	FLA	13	3	16	+3	4	5	0	1	1	0	0	44	29.5
7	Peter Forsberg P. Forsberg	1.41	39	2003-04	COL	18	37	55	+16	30	3	21	1	0	5	0	85	21.2	232	549	42.3	45	16	61	53	19:12
8	Paul Kariya P. Kariya	1.41	22	1997-98	ANA	17	14	31	+12	23	3	2	0	0	2	0	103	16.5
9	Sergei Samsonov S. Samsonov	1.38	8	2002-03	BOS	5	6	11	+8	2	1	1	0	0	3	0	23	21.7	0	0		0	0	0	1	20:20
10	Paul Kariya P. Kariya	1.36	11	2008-09	STL	2	13	15	+1	2	0	9	0	0	0	0	31	6.5	0	0		7	6	3	2	18:06
11	Marian Gaborik M. Gaborik	1.35	17	2008-09	MIN	13	10	23	+3	2	2	5	1	0	2	0	68	19.1	0	5	0.0	15	5	11	11	20:00
12	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	1.29	24	2001-02	PIT	6	25	31	0	14	2	12	0	0	0	0	75	8.0	158	354	44.6	5	7	17	21	22:16
13	Gary Roberts G. Roberts	1.20	35	1995-96	CGY	22	20	42	+15	78	9	7	0	0	5	0	84	26.2
14	Patrik Elias P. Elias	1.18	38	2005-06	NJD	16	29	45	+11	20	6	15	0	0	3	0	142	11.3	2	10	20.0	22	4	17	38	18:34
15	Ziggy Palffy Z. Palffy	1.17	35	2003-04	LAK	16	25	41	+18	12	3	14	3	1	2	1	109	14.7	0	7	0.0	16	17	24	37	21:32
16	Donald Audette D. Audette	1.09	23	1995-96	BUF	12	13	25	0	18	8	7	0	0	1	0	92	13.0
17	Jason Allison J. Allison	1.08	26	2002-03	LAK	6	22	28	+9	22	2	10	0	0	3	1	46	13.0	274	538	50.9	16	0	0	0	21:36
18	Chay Genoway C. Genoway	1.00	1	2011-12	MIN	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	1	2	1	18:16
19	Stephen Gionta S. Gionta	1.00	1	2011-12	NJD	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	50.0	5	8	62.5	1	1	0	0	10:37
20	Carl Sneep C. Sneep	1.00	1	2011-12	PIT	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		2	1	0	0	16:19
21	Joe Colborne J. Colborne	1.00	1	2010-11	TOR	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	3	9	33.3	0	1	1	3	18:41
22	Derek Roy D. Roy	1.00	35	2010-11	BUF	10	25	35	-1	16	2	12	0	0	1	0	89	11.2	245	528	46.4	16	16	37	25	19:32
23	Brian Willsie B. Willsie	1.00	1	2010-11	WSH	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	2	0	0	6:15
24	Joe Callahan J. Callahan	1.00	1	2009-10	SJS	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	4	0	0	9:34
25	Zach Hamill Z. Hamill	1.00	1	2009-10	BOS	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	1	4	25.0	0	2	0	0	12:08