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Yearly Leaders and Records for Points Per Game

Leaders and Records: Season / Career / Active / Yearly

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Members of the Hockey Hall of Fame are marked with an asterisk (*).

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NHL Leaders

SeasonPlayerPTS/G
2007-08Alex Ovechkin1.366
2006-07Sidney Crosby1.519
2005-06Joe Thornton1.543
2003-04Peter Forsberg1.410
2002-03Peter Forsberg1.413
2001-02Todd Bertuzzi1.181
2000-01Mario Lemieux*1.767
1999-00Jaromir Jagr1.524
1998-99Jaromir Jagr1.568
1997-98Jaromir Jagr1.325
1996-97Mario Lemieux*1.605
1995-96Mario Lemieux*2.300
1994-95Eric Lindros1.522
1993-94Wayne Gretzky*1.605
1992-93Mario Lemieux*2.667
1991-92Mario Lemieux*2.047
1990-91Wayne Gretzky*2.090
1989-90Mario Lemieux*2.085
1988-89Mario Lemieux*2.618
1987-88Wayne Gretzky*2.328
1986-87Wayne Gretzky*2.317
1985-86Wayne Gretzky*2.688
1984-85Wayne Gretzky*2.600
1983-84Wayne Gretzky*2.770
1982-83Wayne Gretzky*2.450
1981-82Wayne Gretzky*2.650
1980-81Wayne Gretzky*2.050
1979-80Wayne Gretzky*1.734
1978-79Bryan Trottier*1.763
1977-78Guy Lafleur*1.692
1976-77Guy Lafleur*1.700
1975-76Bobby Clarke*1.566
1974-75Guy Lafleur*1.700
1973-74Phil Esposito*1.859
1972-73Phil Esposito*1.667
1971-72Phil Esposito*1.750
1970-71Phil Esposito*1.949
1969-70Bobby Orr*1.579
1968-69Phil Esposito*1.703
1967-68Stan Mikita*1.208
1966-67Stan Mikita*1.386
1965-66Bobby Hull*1.492
1964-65Stan Mikita*1.243
1963-64Stan Mikita*1.271
1962-63Gordie Howe*1.229
1961-62Andy Bathgate*1.200
 Bobby Hull*1.200
1960-61Bernie Geoffrion*1.484
1959-60Jean Beliveau*1.233
1958-59Jean Beliveau*1.422
1957-58Gordie Howe*1.203
1956-57Gordie Howe*1.271
1955-56Jean Beliveau*1.257
1954-55Maurice Richard*1.105
1953-54Gordie Howe*1.157
1952-53Gordie Howe*1.357
1951-52Gordie Howe*1.229
1950-51Gordie Howe*1.229
1949-50Ted Lindsay*1.130
1948-49Doug Bentley*1.138
1947-48Elmer Lach*1.017
1946-47Max Bentley*1.200
1945-46Max Bentley*1.298
1944-45Elmer Lach*1.600
1943-44Bill Cowley*1.972
1942-43Bill Cowley*1.500
1941-42Bryan Hextall*1.167
1940-41Bill Cowley*1.348
1939-40Syl Apps*1.111
1938-39Bill Cowley*1.235
1937-38Gordie Drillon*1.083
1936-37Sweeney Schriner*0.958
1935-36Sweeney Schriner*0.938
1934-35Charlie Conacher*1.213
1933-34Charlie Conacher*1.238
1932-33Bill Cook*1.042
1931-32Busher Jackson*1.104
1930-31Howie Morenz*1.308
1929-30Cooney Weiland*1.659
1928-29Ace Bailey*0.727
1927-28Howie Morenz*1.186
1926-27Bill Cook*0.841
1925-26Nels Stewart*1.167
1924-25Aurel Joliat*1.640
1923-24Georges Boucher*1.095
1922-23Babe Dye*1.682
1921-22Punch Broadbent*1.917
1920-21Joe Malone*1.850
1919-20Joe Malone*2.042
1918-19Newsy Lalonde*1.882
1917-18Joe Malone*2.400

WHA Leaders

SeasonPlayerPTS/G
1978-79Real Cloutier1.675
1977-78Marc Tardif1.974
1976-77Anders Hedberg1.927
1975-76Marc Tardif1.827
1974-75Andre Lacroix1.885
1973-74Mike Walton1.500
1972-73Bobby Hull*1.635