nhl player highest goal per game in a season since 1942-43

Since 1942-43, Wayne Gretzky has scored the most goals per game in a season, with 1.18 per game in 1983-84.

Interpreted as:
NHL player highest goal per game with a minimum of 0.25 goals per team game in a season since 1942-43
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 Wayne Gretzky
W. Gretzky
1.18
1983-84
EDM EDM
87
74
118
205
+78
39
20
27
12
11
11
0
326
26.7
2 Mario Lemieux
M. Lemieux
1.15
1992-93
PIT PIT
69
60
91
160
+55
38
16
39
6
3
10
0
286
24.1
3 Wayne Gretzky
W. Gretzky
1.15
1981-82
EDM EDM
92
80
120
212
+80
26
18
39
6
2
12
370
24.9
4 Mario Lemieux
M. Lemieux
1.12
1988-89
PIT PIT
85
76
114
199
+41
100
31
48
13
5
8
1
313
27.2
5 Brett Hull
B. Hull
1.10
1990-91
STL STL
86
78
45
131
+23
22
29
16
0
0
11
1
389
22.1
6 Cam Neely
C. Neely
1.02
1993-94
BOS BOS
50
49
24
74
+12
54
20
7
0
0
13
0
185
27.0
7 Maurice Richard
M. Richard
1.00
1944-45
MTL MTL
50
50
23
73
46
11
1
0
0
7
8 Alexander Mogilny
A. Mogilny
0.99
1992-93
BUF BUF
76
77
51
127
+7
40
27
21
0
1
11
0
360
21.1
9 Mario Lemieux
M. Lemieux
0.99
1995-96
PIT PIT
69
70
92
161
+10
54
31
48
8
1
8
2
338
20.4
10 Phil Esposito
P. Esposito
0.97
1970-71
BOS BOS
76
78
76
152
+69
71
24
27
1
1
16
550
13.8
11 Jari Kurri
J. Kurri
0.97
1984-85
EDM EDM
71
73
64
135
+78
30
14
14
3
3
13
0
267
26.6
12 Brett Hull
B. Hull
0.96
1991-92
STL STL
70
73
39
109
-2
48
20
20
5
0
9
1
408
17.2
13 Wayne Gretzky
W. Gretzky
0.91
1984-85
EDM EDM
73
80
135
208
+100
52
8
36
11
7
7
0
354
20.6
14 Mario Lemieux
M. Lemieux
0.91
1987-88
PIT PIT
70
77
98
168
+23
92
22
58
10
4
7
2
382
18.3
15 Teemu Selanne
T. Selanne
0.90
1992-93
WIN WIN
76
84
56
132
+8
45
24
25
0
0
7
0
387
19.6
16 Brett Hull
B. Hull
0.90
1989-90
STL STL
72
80
41
113
-1
24
27
17
0
0
12
0
385
18.7
17 Mud Bruneteau
M. Bruneteau
0.90
1943-44
DET DET
35
39
18
53
4
2
2
0
0
3
18 Wayne Gretzky
W. Gretzky
0.89
1982-83
EDM EDM
71
80
125
196
+61
59
18
36
6
4
9
348
20.4
19 Bernie Nicholls
B. Nicholls
0.89
1988-89
LAK LAK
70
79
80
150
+30
96
21
28
8
6
6
0
385
18.2
20 Charlie Simmer
C. Simmer
0.88
1979-80
LAK LAK
56
64
45
101
+47
65
21
16
0
0
8
213
26.3
21 Jari Kurri
J. Kurri
0.87
1985-86
EDM EDM
68
78
63
131
+45
22
16
18
6
4
9
2
236
28.8
22 Phil Esposito
P. Esposito
0.87
1973-74
BOS BOS
68
78
77
145
+51
58
14
26
4
2
9
393
17.3
23 Phil Esposito
P. Esposito
0.87
1971-72
BOS BOS
66
76
67
133
+54
76
27
25
2
2
16
426
15.5
24 Mike Bossy
M. Bossy
0.86
1978-79
NYI NYI
69
80
57
126
+63
25
27
23
0
0
9
279
24.7
25 Charlie Simmer
C. Simmer
0.86
1980-81
LAK LAK
56
65
49
105
+32
62
23
18
0
0
10
171
32.7

More Oilers Stats

Team Rankings

G/GP

3.16

11th

GA/GP

2.87

14th

PP%

23.7

12th

PK%

78.2

16th

2024-25 Division Standings
TEAM W L OTL PTS DIFF
Golden Knights Golden Knights
50
22
10
110
56
Kings Kings
48
25
9
105
44
Oilers Oilers
48
29
5
101
23
Flames Flames
41
27
14
96
-13
Canucks Canucks
38
30
14
90
-17
Ducks Ducks
35
37
10
80
-42
Kraken Kraken
35
41
6
76
-18
Sharks Sharks
20
50
12
52
-105
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Wed
10/8
CGY CGY
@
EDM EDM
10:00 PM
Sat
10/11
VAN VAN
@
EDM EDM
10:00 PM
Tue
10/14
EDM EDM
@
NYR NYR
7:00 PM
Thu
10/16
EDM EDM
@
NYI NYI
7:00 PM
Sat
10/18
EDM EDM
@
NJD NJD
3:30 PM
Last Game
FLA Panthers

4 - 2 - 0

5

Final

1

EDM Oilers

2 - 4 - 0

Tue 17 Jun 2025

NHL 2024-25 Leaders

NHL 2024-25 Rankings

NHL 2024-25 Betting

NHL 2024-25 Division Standings

Central Division W L OTL PTS DIFF
Jets Jets
56
22
4
116
86
Stars Stars
50
26
6
106
53
Avalanche Avalanche
49
29
4
102
43
Pacific Division W L OTL PTS DIFF
Golden Knights Golden Knights
50
22
10
110
56
Kings Kings
48
25
9
105
44
Oilers Oilers
48
29
5
101
23
Atlantic Division W L OTL PTS DIFF
Maple Leafs Maple Leafs
52
26
4
108
37
Lightning Lightning
47
27
8
102
75
Panthers Panthers
47
31
4
98
29
Metropolitan Division W L OTL PTS DIFF
Capitals Capitals
51
22
9
111
56
Hurricanes Hurricanes
47
30
5
99
33
Devils Devils
42
33
7
91
20

NHL 2024-25 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
4/2
NSH NSH
@
DAL DAL
1-5
Wed
4/2
PIT PIT
@
STL STL
4-5
Wed
4/2
LAK LAK
@
UTA UTA
4-2
Wed
4/2
ANA ANA
@
CGY CGY
1-4
Wed
4/2
WPG WPG
@
VGK VGK
4-0

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Tue
10/7
CHI CHI
@
FLA FLA
5:00 PM
Tue
10/7
PIT PIT
@
NYR NYR
8:00 PM
Tue
10/7
COL COL
@
LAK LAK
10:30 PM
Wed
10/8
MTL MTL
@
TOR TOR
7:00 PM
Wed
10/8
BOS BOS
@
WSH WSH
7:30 PM