nhl rookie point leaders 1978/79

Anders Hedberg collected the most points by a rookie in 1978-79, with 78 points.

NAMEPSEASONTMGPGA+/-PIMPPGPPASHGSHAGWGOTGSS%FOWFOFOW%HITBKSTKAGVATOI/GP
1Anders Hedberg
A. Hedberg
78
1978-79
NYR NYR
80
33
45
+20
33
6
15
0
2
5
214
15.4
2Bobby Smith
B. Smith
74
1978-79
MNS MNS
80
30
44
-8
39
9
13
0
0
4
244
12.3
3Ulf Nilsson
U. Nilsson
66
1978-79
NYR NYR
59
27
39
+17
21
8
9
2
1
5
96
28.1
4Wayne Babych
W. Babych
63
1978-79
STL STL
67
27
36
-9
75
11
8
0
0
0
196
13.8
5John Tonelli
J. Tonelli
56
1978-79
NYI NYI
73
17
39
+29
44
1
3
0
0
4
114
14.9
6Ryan Walter
R. Walter
56
1978-79
WSH WSH
69
28
28
0
70
6
7
0
0
1
156
17.9
7Thomas Gradin
T. Gradin
51
1978-79
VAN VAN
76
20
31
-12
22
4
9
0
0
4
105
19.0
8Behn Wilson
B. Wilson
49
1978-79
PHI PHI
80
13
36
+14
197
6
14
0
1
2
174
7.5
9Rod Schutt
R. Schutt
45
1978-79
PIT PIT
74
24
21
-9
33
3
6
0
0
2
181
13.3
10Rolf Edberg
R. Edberg
41
1978-79
WSH WSH
76
14
27
+12
6
1
1
0
0
2
133
10.5
11Reg Kerr
R. Kerr
40
1978-79
CHI CHI
73
16
24
-7
50
2
1
2
0
4
109
14.7
12Steve Payne
S. Payne
40
1978-79
MNS MNS
70
23
17
-5
29
3
2
0
0
2
165
13.9
13Dan Labraaten
D. Labraaten
38
1978-79
DET DET
78
19
19
-18
8
7
3
0
0
3
112
17.0
14Stan Smyl
S. Smyl
38
1978-79
VAN VAN
62
14
24
-6
89
4
7
0
0
0
122
11.5
15Curt Fraser
C. Fraser
34
1978-79
VAN VAN
78
16
18
-6
116
2
3
0
0
2
184
8.7
16Don Laurence
D. Laurence
33
1978-79
AFM AFM
59
14
19
+8
6
2
2
0
0
3
113
12.4
17Willie Huber
W. Huber
31
1978-79
DET DET
68
7
24
-24
114
4
12
0
0
2
153
4.6
18Mario Marois
M. Marois
31
1978-79
NYR NYR
71
5
26
+17
153
1
9
0
0
0
115
4.3
19Mark Napier
M. Napier
31
1978-79
MTL MTL
54
11
20
+16
11
2
6
0
0
0
73
15.1
20Leif Svensson
L. Svensson
31
1978-79
WSH WSH
74
2
29
-1
28
0
10
0
1
0
72
2.8
21Dan Bolduc
D. Bolduc
29
1978-79
DET DET
56
16
13
-9
14
3
2
0
0
4
81
19.8
22John Anderson
J. Anderson
26
1978-79
TOR TOR
71
15
11
+2
10
0
0
0
0
2
123
12.2
23Don Maloney
D. Maloney
26
1978-79
NYR NYR
28
9
17
+4
39
3
7
0
0
0
39
23.1
24Mike O'Connell
M. O'Connell
26
1978-79
CHI CHI
48
4
22
-1
20
1
6
0
1
0
83
4.8
25Mike Zuke
M. Zuke
26
1978-79
STL STL
34
9
17
-10
18
3
7
0
0
0
80
11.3
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