National Hockey League

Titles recorded: 1,628
Players who led: 561
Seasons covered: 1917–2025

Jump to a season Season Type All-time leaders →

Spotlight

Four league leaders from the whole of NHL history. A different four each day.

Shuffle ↻

Martin Brodeur

16 seasons leading
the NHL

Charlie Conacher

Charlie Conacher

10 seasons leading
the NHL

Sidney Crosby

10 seasons leading
the NHL

Points per Game 5×

Bernie Parent

9 seasons leading
the NHL

Season spotlight

A leaderboard from a random season.

1927 Assists

Full list

1 Howie Morenz MTL 18
2 Fred Cook NYR 14
3 George Hay DCG 13
4 Frank Boucher NYR 12
5 Aurel Joliat MTL 11
5 Sylvio Mantha MTL 11

1933 Wins

Full list

1 George Hainsworth TOR 26
2 Andy Aitkenhead NYR 21
2 Lorne Chabot MTL 21
4 Charlie Gardiner CHI 20
5 Dave Kerr MMR 19

1943 Assists

Full list

1 Clint Smith CHI 49
2 Elmer Lach MTL 48
3 Herb Cain BOS 46
4 Buddy O'Connor MTL 42
5 Bill Cowley BOS 41
5 Art Jackson BOS 41
5 Babe Pratt TOR 41

1989 Goals

Full list

1 Brett Hull STL 72
2 Steve Yzerman DET 62
3 Brian Bellows MNS 55
3 Cam Neely BOS 55
5 Pat LaFontaine NYI 54

Career leaders

Who led most often, who led longest, and who swept a whole group at once.

Most titles, ever

Whole career

1 Wayne Gretzky 1979–1998 9 categories 59
2 Phil Esposito 1963–1980 9 categories 33
3 Alex Ovechkin 2005–2025 6 categories 33
4 Gordie Howe 1946–1979 7 categories 31
5 Mario Lemieux 1984–2005 8 categories 26
6 Bobby Hull 1957–1979 7 categories 24
7 Jacques Plante 1952–1972 5 categories 23
8 Clint Benedict 1917–1929 3 categories 19
9 Connor McDavid 2015–2025 4 categories 17
10 Ken Dryden 1970–1978 4 categories 16

Longest reigns

Consecutive seasons on top

13 Wayne Gretzky Assists, 1979–1991
7 Clint Benedict Shutouts, 1917–1923
6 Bobby Hull Shots on Goal, 1963–1968
6 Phil Esposito Goals, 1969–1974
6 Dominik Hasek Save Percentage, 1993–1998
6 Alex Ovechkin Shots on Goal, 2005–2010
5 Red Horner Penalty Minutes, 1932–1936
5 Terry Sawchuk Wins, 1950–1954
5 Jacques Plante Goals Against Average, 1955–1959
5 Andrei Vasilevskiy Wins, 2017–2021

2025 leaders

Final

Connor McDavid P · 138
Andrei Vasilevskiy W · 39
Nathan MacKinnon G · 53
Ilya Sorokin SO · 7
Connor McDavid A · 90
Scott Wedgewood GAA · 2.02
Nikita Kucherov P/GP · 1.71
Scott Wedgewood SV% · .921
Wyatt Johnston PPG · 27
Juuse Saros SV · 1,519
Cole Caufield GWG · 12
Nikita Zadorov PIM · 152

Jump to a leaderboard

P W G SO A GAA P/GP SV% PPG SV GWG PIM

2025 leaders. Every category is on the strip once you are there.

By decade

1917–2025

2020s 2010s 2000s 1990s 1980s 1970s 1960s 1950s All 109 →

Who Led?

Daily

Five rounds on NHL. A season and a category, five names, and 20 seconds to pick the one who finished first.

A new set every day, drawn from the same record these pages are built on.

Play today’s NHL round

All-time leaders

Every season

P W G SO A GAA P/GP SV% PPG SV GWG PIM

The other leagues

MLB leaders 1871–2026
NFL leaders 1922–2025
NBA leaders 1951–2025
WNBA leaders 1997–2026

Every NHL category

Both ways into each one: who led last season, and who leads the whole record. 1917–2025.

Goaltending

2025 season

W SO GAA SV% SV SA GP W% GA

All-time

W SO GAA SV% SV SA GP W% GA

Skating

2025 season

P G A P/GP PPG GWG PIM +/- SHG PPP S S% G/GP GP

All-time

P G A P/GP PPG GWG PIM +/- SHG PPP S S% G/GP GP

Seasons

By decade

2020s 2010s 2000s 1990s 1980s 1970s 1960s 1950s 1940s 1930s 1920s 1910s All 109 →