most points in a single season prior to 1971-72

Before 1971-72, Phil Esposito recorded the most points in a season, with 152 points in 1970-71.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player in a single season prior to 1971-72

	NAME	P	SEASON	TM	GP	G	A	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	S	S%
1	Phil Esposito P. Esposito	152	1970-71	BOS	78	76	76	+69	71	24	27	1	1	16	550	13.8
2	Bobby Orr B. Orr	139	1970-71	BOS	78	37	102	+124	91	5	44	3	10	5	392	9.4
3	Phil Esposito P. Esposito	126	1968-69	BOS	74	49	77	+55	79	10	29	2	2	9	351	14.0
4	Bobby Orr B. Orr	120	1969-70	BOS	76	33	87	+54	125	11	40	4	1	3	413	8.0
5	Johnny Bucyk J. Bucyk	116	1970-71	BOS	78	51	65	+37	8	22	26	0	0	5	225	22.7
6	Bobby Hull B. Hull	107	1968-69	CHI	74	58	49	+12	48	20	16	2	0	11	414	14.0
7	Ken Hodge K. Hodge	105	1970-71	BOS	78	43	62	+69	113	5	7	0	0	7	232	18.5
8	Gordie Howe G. Howe	103	1968-69	DET	76	44	59	+45	58	9	16	0	0	6	284	15.5
9	Phil Esposito P. Esposito	99	1969-70	BOS	76	43	56	+26	50	18	26	1	1	5	405	10.6
10	Stan Mikita S. Mikita	97	1968-69	CHI	74	30	67	+14	52	7	23	3	0	2	299	10.0
11	Stan Mikita S. Mikita	97	1966-67	CHI	70	35	62	+40	12	8	22	1	1	5	279	12.5
12	Bobby Hull B. Hull	97	1965-66	CHI	65	54	43	+19	66	22	19	1	1	7	351	15.4
13	Bobby Hull B. Hull	96	1970-71	CHI	78	44	52	+35	32	11	21	0	2	11	378	11.6
14	Dickie Moore D. Moore	96	1958-59	MTL	70	41	55		61	13	15	1	0	7
15	Bernie Geoffrion B. Geoffrion	95	1960-61	MTL	64	50	45	+3	27	16	22	0	0	12	316	15.8
16	Gordie Howe G. Howe	95	1952-53	DET	70	49	46		57	11	16	1	0	6
17	Jean Beliveau J. Beliveau	91	1958-59	MTL	64	45	46		69	13	17	0	1	7
18	Ken Hodge K. Hodge	90	1968-69	BOS	75	45	45	+50	75	9	6	1	2	7	236	19.1
19	Jean Beliveau J. Beliveau	90	1960-61	MTL	69	32	58	+10	57	13	20	0	0	11	324	9.9
20	Stan Mikita S. Mikita	89	1963-64	CHI	70	39	50	+21	146	14	20	1	0	7	305	12.8
21	Gordie Howe G. Howe	89	1956-57	DET	70	44	45		74	15	16	0	1	6
22	Andy Bathgate A. Bathgate	88	1958-59	NYR	70	40	48		48	9	20	1	0	3
23	Jean Beliveau J. Beliveau	88	1955-56	MTL	70	47	41		143	19	20	0	1	8
24	Yvan Cournoyer Y. Cournoyer	87	1968-69	MTL	76	43	44	+18	31	14	14	0	0	8	245	17.6
25	Stan Mikita S. Mikita	87	1967-68	CHI	72	40	47	0	14	13	14	2	0	8	303	13.2