Blair MacDonald recorded the most goals by a rookie in 1979-80, with 46 scored.

	NAME	G	SEASON	TM	GP	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	S	S%
1	Blair MacDonald B. MacDonald	46	1979-80	EDM	80	48	94	0	6	13	15	2	1	6	266	17.3
2	Mike Rogers M. Rogers	44	1979-80	HFD	80	61	105	+28	10	3	19	2	0	0	229	19.2
3	Real Cloutier R. Cloutier	42	1979-80	QUE	67	47	89	-5	12	13	22	0	0	3	254	16.5
4	Kent Nilsson K. Nilsson	40	1979-80	AFM	80	53	93	-3	10	14	22	0	0	3	217	18.4
5	Mike Foligno M. Foligno	36	1979-80	DET	80	35	71	-4	109	9	9	0	0	0	196	18.4
6	Mike Gartner M. Gartner	36	1979-80	WSH	77	32	68	+16	66	4	5	0	0	3	226	15.9
7	Morris Lukowich M. Lukowich	35	1979-80	WIN	78	39	74	-16	77	13	17	1	0	2	201	17.4
8	Brian Propp B. Propp	34	1979-80	PHI	80	41	75	+45	54	4	11	0	0	3	209	16.3
9	Jordy Douglas J. Douglas	33	1979-80	HFD	77	24	57	-11	39	5	3	0	0	5	188	17.6
10	Rich Preston R. Preston	31	1979-80	CHI	80	30	61	+15	70	12	9	2	2	5	205	15.1
11	Rocky Saganiuk R. Saganiuk	24	1979-80	TOR	75	23	47	-5	52	3	3	0	0	4	164	14.6
12	Peter Sullivan P. Sullivan	24	1979-80	WIN	79	35	59	-45	20	5	14	0	0	3	166	14.5
13	Brett Callighen B. Callighen	23	1979-80	EDM	59	35	58	-5	72	8	10	0	0	0	159	14.5
14	Willy Lindstrom W. Lindstrom	23	1979-80	WIN	79	26	49	-19	20	5	12	0	0	4	243	9.5
15	Ron Chipperfield R. Chipperfield	22	1979-80	TOT	79	23	45	-23	32	2	3	1	0	2	155	14.2
16	Michel Goulet M. Goulet	22	1979-80	QUE	77	32	54	-10	48	5	9	0	0	1	167	13.2
17	Bengt-Ake Gustafsson B. Gustafsson	22	1979-80	WSH	80	38	60	-15	17	6	15	1	0	3	185	11.9
18	Anders Kallur A. Kallur	22	1979-80	NYI	76	30	52	+12	16	5	8	4	0	2	138	15.9
19	Rick Vaive R. Vaive	22	1979-80	TOT	69	15	37	-15	188	3	1	0	0	5	144	15.3
20	Ron Wilson R. Wilson	21	1979-80	WIN	79	36	57	-12	28	6	11	0	0	3	176	11.9
21	Dave Lumley D. Lumley	20	1979-80	EDM	80	38	58	+16	138	1	6	0	0	6	145	13.8
22	Jamie Hislop J. Hislop	19	1979-80	QUE	80	20	39	-13	6	0	1	1	0	3	124	15.3
23	Mike Eaves M. Eaves	18	1979-80	MNS	56	28	46	+4	11	9	8	0	0	3	80	22.5
24	Robbie Ftorek R. Ftorek	18	1979-80	QUE	52	33	51	+6	28	7	7	0	1	3	112	16.1
25	Peter Marsh P. Marsh	18	1979-80	WIN	57	20	38	-38	59	9	5	0	0	0	187	9.6