League Leaders Who Led?

NHL Single-Season Points per Game Record Progression

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

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The NHL single-season points per game record is 2.77, set by Wayne Gretzky in 1983. It has stood for 42 years. The mark has been raised 2 times since 1917.

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Record Holders

3 marks since 1917
Year Player P/GP Stood for
1983 Wayne Gretzky Wayne Gretzky 2.77 still standing
1981 Wayne Gretzky Wayne Gretzky 2.65 2 years
1917 Joe Malone Joe Malone 2.40 64 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

109 seasons
Year Leader P/GP
2025 Nikita Kucherov 1.71
2024 Nikita Kucherov 1.55
2023 Nikita Kucherov 1.78
2022 Connor McDavid 1.87
2021 Connor McDavid 1.54
2020 Connor McDavid 1.88
2019 Leon Draisaitl 1.55
2018 Nikita Kucherov 1.56
2017 Connor McDavid 1.32
2016 Connor McDavid 1.22
2015 Patrick Kane 1.29
2014 Sidney Crosby 1.09
2013 Sidney Crosby 1.30
2012 Sidney Crosby 1.56
2011 Evgeni Malkin 1.45
2010 Sidney Crosby 1.61
2009 Alex Ovechkin 1.51
2008 Alex Ovechkin 1.39
2007 Alex Ovechkin 1.37
2006 Sidney Crosby 1.52
2005 Joe Thornton 1.54
2003 Marc Savard 1.16
2002 Peter Forsberg 1.41
2001 Todd Bertuzzi 1.18
2000 Mario Lemieux 1.77
1999 Jaromir Jagr 1.52
1998 Jaromir Jagr 1.57
1997 Jaromir Jagr 1.33
1996 Mario Lemieux 1.61
1995 Mario Lemieux 2.30
1994 Eric Lindros 1.52
1993 Wayne Gretzky 1.61
1992 Mario Lemieux 2.67
1991 Mario Lemieux 2.05
1990 Wayne Gretzky 2.09
1989 Mario Lemieux 2.09
1988 Mario Lemieux 2.62
1987 Wayne Gretzky 2.33
1986 Wayne Gretzky 2.32
1985 Wayne Gretzky 2.69
1984 Wayne Gretzky 2.60
1983 Wayne Gretzky 2.77 new record
1982 Wayne Gretzky 2.45
1981 Wayne Gretzky 2.65 new record
1980 Wayne Gretzky 2.05
1979 Wayne Gretzky 1.73
1978 Bryan Trottier 1.76
1977 Guy Lafleur 1.69
1976 Guy Lafleur 1.70
1975 Bobby Clarke 1.57
1974 Guy Lafleur 1.70
1973 Phil Esposito 1.86
1972 Phil Esposito 1.67
1971 Phil Esposito 1.75
1970 Phil Esposito 1.95
1969 Bobby Orr 1.58
1968 Phil Esposito 1.70
1967 Stan Mikita 1.21
1966 Stan Mikita 1.39
1965 Bobby Hull 1.49
1964 Stan Mikita 1.24
1963 Stan Mikita 1.27
1962 Gordie Howe 1.23
1961 Bobby Hull 1.20
1961 Andy Bathgate 1.20
1960 Bernie Geoffrion 1.48
1959 Jean Beliveau 1.23
1958 Jean Beliveau 1.42
1957 Gordie Howe 1.20
1956 Gordie Howe 1.27
1955 Jean Beliveau 1.26
1954 Maurice Richard 1.10
1953 Gordie Howe 1.16
1952 Gordie Howe 1.36
1951 Gordie Howe 1.23
1950 Gordie Howe 1.23
1949 Ted Lindsay 1.13
1948 Doug Bentley 1.14
1947 Elmer Lach 1.02
1946 Max Bentley 1.20
1945 Max Bentley 1.30
1944 Elmer Lach 1.60
1943 Bill Cowley 1.97
1942 Bill Cowley 1.50
1941 Lynn Patrick 1.17
1940 Bill Cowley 1.39
1939 Syl Apps 1.11
1938 Bill Cowley 1.24
1937 Gordie Drillon 1.08
1936 Sweeney Schriner 0.96
1935 Sweeney Schriner 0.94
1934 Charlie Conacher 1.21
1933 Charlie Conacher 1.24
1932 Bill Cook 1.04
1931 Busher Jackson 1.10
1930 Howie Morenz 1.31
1929 Cooney Weiland 1.66
1928 Ace Bailey 0.73
1927 Howie Morenz 1.19
1926 Bill Cook 0.84
1925 Nels Stewart 1.17
1924 Aurel Joliat 1.68
1923 Babe Dye 1.11
1922 Babe Dye 1.77
1921 Punch Broadbent 1.88
1920 Joe Malone 1.85
1919 Newsy Lalonde 2.04
1918 Newsy Lalonde 1.88
1917 Joe Malone 2.40 new record