Yearly Leaders and Records for Even Strength Goals

Leaders and Records: Season ▪ Career ▪ Active ▪ Yearly

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Active players are listed in bold.
Members of the Hockey Hall of Fame are marked with an asterisk (*).

NHL Leaders

Season	Player	ESG
2008-09	Alexander Semin	12
2007-08	Alex Ovechkin	43
2006-07	Vincent Lecavalier	31
2005-06	Simon Gagne	33
2003-04	Markus Naslund	30
2002-03	Glen Murray	32
	Milan Hejduk	32
2001-02	Jarome Iginla	35
2000-01	Jaromir Jagr	37
1999-00	Pavel Bure	45
1998-99	Jaromir Jagr	33
1997-98	Teemu Selanne	41
1996-97	Keith Tkachuk	41
1995-96	Jaromir Jagr	41
1994-95	Eric Lindros	22
1993-94	Sergei Fedorov	39
1992-93	Teemu Selanne	52
1991-92	Brett Hull	45
1990-91	Brett Hull	57
1989-90	Brett Hull	45
1988-89	Steve Yzerman	45
1987-88	Mario Lemieux*	38
1986-87	Wayne Gretzky*	42
1985-86	Jari Kurri*	46
1984-85	Jari Kurri*	54
	Wayne Gretzky*	54
1983-84	Wayne Gretzky*	55
1982-83	Lanny McDonald*	49
1981-82	Wayne Gretzky*	68
1980-81	Wayne Babych	40
1979-80	Reggie Leach	41
1978-79	Mike Bossy*	42
1977-78	Guy Lafleur*	45
1976-77	Steve Shutt*	52
1975-76	Reggie Leach	51
1974-75	Guy Lafleur*	36
1973-74	Phil Esposito*	50
1972-73	Mickey Redmond	37
1971-72	Jean Ratelle*	40
1970-71	Phil Esposito*	50
1969-70	Stan Mikita*	32
1968-69	Frank Mahovlich*	42
1967-68	Bobby Hull*	34
1966-67	Bobby Hull*	32
1965-66	Bobby Hull*	31
1964-65	Norm Ullman*	32
1963-64	Bobby Hull*	27

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Most historical data provided by Dan Diamond and Associates. Current season data provided by XML Team Solutions.
Other data sources include the Hockey Summary Project and Hockey Databank.