Most points per game in an NHL season

players averaging the most points per game in a season, regular season, since 1917-18, any team. reset

Wayne Gretzky leads with 2.77 points per game over 74 games in 1983-84, first of 26,001 player-seasons.

Most points per game in an NHL season

#	Player and seasons	Value
1	Wayne Gretzky (1983-84 EDM)1983-84	2.77
2	Wayne Gretzky (1985-86 EDM)1985-86	2.69
3	Mario Lemieux (1992-93 PIT)1992-93	2.67
4	Wayne Gretzky (1981-82 EDM)1981-82	2.65
5	Mario Lemieux (1988-89 PIT)1988-89	2.62
6	Wayne Gretzky (1984-85 EDM)1984-85	2.60
›	Connor McDavid (2026-27 EDM)2026-272026-27 still being played	2.50
7	Wayne Gretzky (1982-83 EDM)1982-83	2.45
8	Joe Malone (1917-18 MTL)1917-18	2.40
9	Wayne Gretzky (1987-88 EDM)1987-88	2.33
10	Wayne Gretzky (1986-87 EDM)1986-87	2.32
11	Mario Lemieux (1995-96 PIT)1995-96	2.30
12	Cy Denneny (1917-18 SEN)1917-18	2.19
13	Mario Lemieux (1987-88 PIT)1987-88	2.18
14	Wayne Gretzky (1988-89 LAK)1988-89	2.15
15	Wayne Gretzky (1990-91 LAK)1990-91	2.09
16	Mario Lemieux (1989-90 PIT)1989-90	2.08
T17	Wayne Gretzky (1980-81 EDM)1980-81	2.05
T17	Mario Lemieux (1991-92 PIT)1991-92	2.05
T19	Joe Malone (1919-20 QBD)1919-20	2.04
T19	Newsy Lalonde (1919-20 MTL)1919-20	2.04
21	Bill Cowley (1943-44 BOS)1943-44	1.97
T22	Reg Noble (1917-18 TAN)1917-18	1.95
T22	Phil Esposito (1970-71 BOS)1970-71	1.95
T22	Wayne Gretzky (1989-90 LAK)1989-90	1.95
25	Steve Yzerman (1988-89 DET)1988-89	1.94