NHL Single-Season Short-Handed Goals Record Progression

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

The NHL single-season short-handed goals record is 13, set by Mario Lemieux in 1988. It has stood for 37 years. The mark has been raised 5 times since 1933.

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

Record Holders

6 marks since 1933

Year	Player	SHG	Stood for
1988	Mario Lemieux	13	still standing
1983	Wayne Gretzky	12	5 years
1974	Marcel Dionne	10	9 years
1957	Jerry Toppazzini	8	17 years
1934	Cecil Dillon	6	23 years
1933	King Clancy	3	1 year

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

144 seasons

Year	Leader	SHG
2025	Ryan McLeod	5
2024	Vincent Trocheck	6
2024	Alex Tuch	6
2023	Travis Konecny	6
2022	J.T. Miller	5
2022	Elias Pettersson	5
2021	Trevor Moore	5
2021	Alex Formenton	5
2020	Connor Brown	5
2019	Vladislav Namestnikov	4
2019	Sebastian Aho	4
2019	Kevin Hayes	4
2019	Chris Tierney	4
2018	Michael Grabner	6
2017	Aleksander Barkov	5
2016	Viktor Arvidsson	5
2015	Jean-Gabriel Pageau	7
2014	Tyler Toffoli	5
2013	Tyler Johnson	5
2013	Brad Marchand	5
2012	Ilya Kovalchuk	4
2011	Mike Richards	4
2011	Cal Clutterbuck	4
2011	Adam Henrique	4
2010	Frans Nielsen	7
2009	Marian Hossa	5
2009	Alexandre Burrows	5
2008	Mike Richards	7
2007	Patrick Sharp	7
2007	Daniel Alfredsson	7
2006	Jordan Staal	7
2005	Marian Hossa	7
2003	Martin St. Louis	8
2002	Shawn Bates	6
2001	Brian Rolston	9
2000	Steve Sullivan	8
1999	John Madden	6
1998	Scott Pellerin	5
1998	Joe Sakic	5
1998	Brian Rolston	5
1997	Pavel Bure	6
1997	Jeff Friesen	6
1996	Michael Peca	6
1995	Mario Lemieux	8
1994	Peter Bondra	6
1993	Brendan Shanahan	7
1992	Steve Yzerman	7
1992	Pavel Bure	7
1991	Steve Yzerman	8
1990	Dave Reid	8
1989	Steve Yzerman	7
1989	Dave McLlwain	7
1988	Mario Lemieux	13	new record
1987	Mario Lemieux	10
1986	Wayne Gretzky	7
1986	Mike Gartner	7
1985	Paul Coffey	9
1984	Wayne Gretzky	11
1983	Wayne Gretzky	12	new record
1982	Wayne Gretzky	6
1981	Wayne Gretzky	6
1981	Michel Goulet	6
1980	Larry Patey	8
1979	Reggie Leach	4
1979	Anders Kallur	4
1978	Bill Barber	6
1977	Craig Ramsay	5
1976	Lorne Henning	6
1976	Bobby Clarke	6
1975	Chuck Lefley	8
1974	Marcel Dionne	10	new record
1973	Ralph Stewart	5
1973	Bobby Clarke	5
1972	Phil Esposito	5
1971	Derek Sanderson	7
1970	Dave Keon	8
1969	Bill Collins	6
1968	Dave Keon	6
1967	Bill McCreary Sr.	4
1966	Eric Nesterenko	3
1965	Alex Delvecchio	4
1964	Eric Nesterenko	6
1963	Bobby Hull	4
1963	Bob Pulford	4
1962	Donnie Marshall	4
1961	Bobby Rousseau	4
1960	Charlie Burns	4
1959	Bob Pulford	6
1958	Bob Pulford	5
1957	Jerry Toppazzini	8	new record
1956	Donnie Marshall	3
1955	Ron Stewart	3
1954	Red Kelly	3
1954	Gus Bodnar	3
1954	Floyd Curry	3
1953	Ron Stewart	2
1952	Jim McFadden	3
1951	Reg Sinclair	2
1951	Red Sullivan	2
1951	Red Kelly	2
1951	George Gee	2
1951	Floyd Curry	2
1950	Maurice Richard	2
1950	Ken Mosdell	2
1949	Red Hamill	1
1949	Gus Bodnar	1
1949	Elmer Lach	1
1948	Ken Mosdell	3
1947	Ted Lindsay	3
1946	Gus Mortson	2
1946	Edgar Laprade	2
1945	Rollie McLenahan	1
1945	Murph Chamberlain	1
1945	Max Bentley	1
1945	Jack Hamilton	1
1945	Harold Jackson	1
1945	George Johnston	1
1945	Alex Kaleta	1
1944	Herb Cain	2
1943	Ray Getliffe	2
1942	Syl Apps	1
1942	Red Hamill	1
1942	Mud Bruneteau	1
1942	Lynn Patrick	1
1942	Flash Hollett	1
1941	Sweeney Schriner	2
1941	Ott Heller	2
1940	Lynn Patrick	3
1939	Neil Colville	4
1938	Syd Howe	2
1938	Nick Metz	2
1938	Gordie Drillon	2
1938	Gord Pettinger	2
1938	Art Jackson	2
1937	Pep Kelly	2
1937	Buzz Boll	2
1936	Earl Seibert	2
1936	Earl Robinson	2
1936	Baldy Northcott	2
1935	Russ Blinco	2
1935	Cy Wentworth	2
1935	Andy Blair	2
1934	Cecil Dillon	6	new record
1933	King Clancy	3	new record