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This is a list of top goal-scorers by season in the National Hockey League. Players marked with a dagger (†) are active, while players inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame are marked with an asterisk (*).
All overtime in the NHL is sudden death —meaning the first team to score is the winner—so the player who scores in overtime also has the game-winning goal. Alexander Ovechkin, 22. Jeff Carter, 13 Sidney Crosby, 13. Brad Marchand, 12 Brent Burns, 12 Evgeni Malkin, 12.
The following are lists showing the point- and goal-scoring leaders of the National Hockey League before the league issued trophies for such achievements. The point-scoring leader has been awarded the Art Ross Trophy since the 1947–48 NHL season, and the goal-scoring leader has been awarded the Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy since the 1998–99 NHL season.
As of completion of the 2023–24 season – the 106th regular season of play of the National Hockey League (NHL) – 47 different ice hockey players have scored at least 500 regular season goals in their NHL career. A 500-goal career was first achieved in the 44th year of the NHL , when Maurice Richard scored his 500th goal in his 938th game.
Most assists by a player, first NHL season, one game: Wayne Gretzky (February 15, 1980), 7. Longest goal-scoring streak, first NHL season: Joe Malone (1917–18), 14 games. Most assists by a player, first NHL Season Wayne Gretzky (1979–80), 86. Most points by a player, first NHL Season Wayne Gretzky (1979–80), 137.
The Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy, also known as the Rocket Richard Trophy, [1] is awarded annually to the leading goal scorer in the National Hockey League (NHL). It was donated to the NHL by the Montreal Canadiens in 1998–99 and is named in honour of legendary Montreal Canadiens right winger Maurice "Rocket" Richard.
This is a list of National Hockey League statistical leaders by country of birth, sorted by total points.The top ten players from each country are included. Statistics are current through the end of the 2023–24 NHL season and players currently playing in the National Hockey League are marked in boldface.
Jarome Iginla had two 50-goal seasons: 2001–02 and 2007–08. Teemu Selanne set an NHL rookie record with 76 goals in 1992–93. Hakan Loob became the first Swede to score 50 goals in one season in 1987–88. Sergei Fedorov scored 56 goals in 1993–94. Joe Sakic reached the 50-goal mark twice.