League Leaders Who Led?

NHL Single-Season Points Record Progression

Every season that raised the bar, and the leader in every season between.

All-time career leaders →

The NHL single-season points record is 215, set by Wayne Gretzky in 1985. It has stood for 40 years. The mark has been raised 13 times since 1917.

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Record Holders

14 marks since 1917
Year Player P Stood for
1985 Wayne Gretzky Wayne Gretzky 215 still standing
1981 Wayne Gretzky Wayne Gretzky 212 4 years
1980 Wayne Gretzky Wayne Gretzky 164 1 year
1970 Phil Esposito Phil Esposito 152 10 years
1968 Phil Esposito Phil Esposito 126 2 years
1965 Bobby Hull Bobby Hull 97 3 years
1958 Dickie Moore Dickie Moore 96 7 years
1952 Gordie Howe Gordie Howe 95 6 years
1950 Gordie Howe Gordie Howe 86 2 years
1943 Herb Cain 82 7 years
1929 Cooney Weiland Cooney Weiland 73 14 years
1927 Howie Morenz Howie Morenz 51 2 years
1919 Joe Malone Joe Malone 49 8 years
1917 Joe Malone Joe Malone 48 2 years

The earliest marks here are records only in the sense that nobody had done better yet. Season length, schedule and the rules themselves have all changed, so a figure from the 1870s is not comparable with a modern one and is not offered as though it were.

Every Season

111 seasons
Year Leader P
2025 Connor McDavid 138
2024 Nikita Kucherov 121
2023 Nikita Kucherov 144
2022 Connor McDavid 153
2021 Connor McDavid 123
2020 Connor McDavid 105
2019 Leon Draisaitl 110
2018 Nikita Kucherov 128
2017 Connor McDavid 108
2016 Connor McDavid 100
2015 Patrick Kane 106
2014 Jamie Benn 87
2013 Sidney Crosby 104
2012 Martin St. Louis 60
2011 Evgeni Malkin 109
2010 Daniel Sedin 104
2009 Henrik Sedin 112
2008 Evgeni Malkin 113
2007 Alex Ovechkin 112
2006 Sidney Crosby 120
2005 Joe Thornton 125
2003 Martin St. Louis 94
2002 Peter Forsberg 106
2001 Jarome Iginla 96
2000 Jaromir Jagr 121
1999 Jaromir Jagr 96
1998 Jaromir Jagr 127
1997 Jaromir Jagr 102
1996 Mario Lemieux 122
1995 Mario Lemieux 161
1994 Jaromir Jagr 70
1994 Eric Lindros 70
1993 Wayne Gretzky 130
1992 Mario Lemieux 160
1991 Mario Lemieux 131
1990 Wayne Gretzky 163
1989 Wayne Gretzky 142
1988 Mario Lemieux 199
1987 Mario Lemieux 168
1986 Wayne Gretzky 183
1985 Wayne Gretzky 215 new record
1984 Wayne Gretzky 208
1983 Wayne Gretzky 205
1982 Wayne Gretzky 196
1981 Wayne Gretzky 212 new record
1980 Wayne Gretzky 164 new record
1979 Wayne Gretzky 137
1979 Marcel Dionne 137
1978 Bryan Trottier 134
1977 Guy Lafleur 132
1976 Guy Lafleur 136
1975 Guy Lafleur 125
1974 Bobby Orr 135
1973 Phil Esposito 145
1972 Phil Esposito 130
1971 Phil Esposito 133
1970 Phil Esposito 152 new record
1969 Bobby Orr 120
1968 Phil Esposito 126 new record
1967 Stan Mikita 87
1966 Stan Mikita 97
1965 Bobby Hull 97 new record
1964 Stan Mikita 87
1963 Stan Mikita 89
1962 Gordie Howe 86
1961 Bobby Hull 84
1961 Andy Bathgate 84
1960 Bernie Geoffrion 95
1959 Bobby Hull 81
1958 Dickie Moore 96 new record
1957 Dickie Moore 84
1956 Gordie Howe 89
1955 Jean Beliveau 88
1954 Bernie Geoffrion 75
1953 Gordie Howe 81
1952 Gordie Howe 95 new record
1951 Gordie Howe 86
1950 Gordie Howe 86 new record
1949 Ted Lindsay 78
1948 Roy Conacher 68
1947 Elmer Lach 61
1946 Max Bentley 72
1945 Max Bentley 61
1944 Elmer Lach 80
1943 Herb Cain 82 new record
1942 Doug Bentley 73
1941 Bryan Hextall Sr. 56
1940 Bill Cowley 64
1939 Milt Schmidt 52
1938 Toe Blake 47
1937 Gordie Drillon 52
1936 Sweeney Schriner 46
1935 Sweeney Schriner 45
1934 Charlie Conacher 57
1933 Charlie Conacher 52
1932 Bill Cook 50
1931 Busher Jackson 53
1930 Howie Morenz 51
1929 Cooney Weiland 73 new record
1928 Ace Bailey 32
1927 Howie Morenz 51 new record
1926 Bill Cook 37
1925 Nels Stewart 42
1924 Babe Dye 46
1923 Cy Denneny 24
1922 Babe Dye 39
1921 Punch Broadbent 45
1920 Newsy Lalonde 43
1919 Joe Malone 49 new record
1918 Newsy Lalonde 32
1917 Joe Malone 48 new record