Best 5th seasons in NHL history
Who had the best 5th season in NHL history?
Wayne Gretzky holds the best 5th season in points: 205 in 1983-84, and Wayne Gretzky in 1983-84 in goals (87).
Points
| # | Player | Season | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wayne Gretzky | 1983-84 | 205 |
| 2 | Mario Lemieux | 1988-89 | 199 |
| 3 | Mike Bossy | 1981-82 | 147 |
| 4 | Jari Kurri | 1984-85 | 135 |
| 5 | Brett Hull | 1990-91 | 131 |
| 6 | Kevin Stevens | 1991-92 | 123 |
| 7 | Mark Recchi | 1992-93 | 123 |
| 8 | Michel Goulet | 1983-84 | 122 |
| 9 | Paul Coffey | 1984-85 | 121 |
| 10 | Alex Ovechkin | 2009-10 | 109 |
Goals
| # | Player | Season | G |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wayne Gretzky | 1983-84 | 87 |
| 2 | Brett Hull | 1990-91 | 86 |
| 3 | Mario Lemieux | 1988-89 | 85 |
| 4 | Jari Kurri | 1984-85 | 71 |
| 5 | Mike Bossy | 1981-82 | 64 |
| 6 | Michel Goulet | 1983-84 | 56 |
| 7 | Kevin Stevens | 1991-92 | 54 |
| 8 | Mark Recchi | 1992-93 | 53 |
| 9 | Sidney Crosby | 2009-10 | 51 |
| 10 | Teemu Selanne | 1996-97 | 51 |
Assists
| # | Player | Season | A |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wayne Gretzky | 1983-84 | 118 |
| 2 | Mario Lemieux | 1988-89 | 114 |
| 3 | Paul Coffey | 1984-85 | 84 |
| 4 | Mike Bossy | 1981-82 | 83 |
| 5 | Brian Leetch | 1991-92 | 80 |
| 6 | Adam Oates | 1989-90 | 79 |
| 7 | Doug Weight | 1995-96 | 79 |
| 8 | Mark Recchi | 1992-93 | 70 |
| 9 | Cale Makar | 2023-24 | 69 |
| 10 | Craig Janney | 1991-92 | 69 |
Power-play goals
| # | Player | Season | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mario Lemieux | 1988-89 | 31 |
| 2 | Brett Hull | 1990-91 | 29 |
| 3 | Jeremy Roenick | 1992-93 | 22 |
| 4 | Joe Nieuwendyk | 1990-91 | 22 |
| 5 | Dan Quinn | 1987-88 | 21 |
| 6 | Andrew McBain | 1987-88 | 20 |
| 7 | Joe Sakic | 1992-93 | 20 |
| 8 | Keith Tkachuk | 1995-96 | 20 |
| 9 | Kevin Dineen | 1988-89 | 20 |
| 10 | Pavel Dorofeyev | 2025-26 | 20 |
Game-winning goals
| # | Player | Season | GWG |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michel Goulet | 1983-84 | 16 |
| 2 | Jari Kurri | 1984-85 | 13 |
| 3 | Auston Matthews | 2020-21 | 12 |
| 4 | Nathan MacKinnon | 2017-18 | 12 |
| 5 | Brad Boyes | 2008-09 | 11 |
| 6 | Brett Hull | 1990-91 | 11 |
| 7 | Sean Monahan | 2017-18 | 11 |
| 8 | Wayne Gretzky | 1983-84 | 11 |
| 9 | Dany Heatley | 2006-07 | 10 |
| 10 | Mike Bossy | 1981-82 | 10 |
Wins (goalie)
| # | Player | Season | W |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miikka Kiprusoff | 2005-06 | 42 |
| 2 | Mike Richter | 1993-94 | 42 |
| 3 | Braden Holtby | 2014-15 | 41 |
| 4 | Marty Turco | 2005-06 | 41 |
| 5 | Andrei Vasilevskiy | 2018-19 | 39 |
| 6 | Mike Vernon | 1987-88 | 39 |
| 7 | Patrick Lalime | 2002-03 | 39 |
| 8 | Frederik Andersen | 2017-18 | 38 |
| 9 | Karel Vejmelka | 2025-26 | 38 |
| 10 | Ben Bishop | 2013-14 | 37 |
Shutouts
| # | Player | Season | SO |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jonathan Quick | 2011-12 | 10 |
| 2 | Martin Brodeur | 1996-97 | 10 |
| 3 | Miikka Kiprusoff | 2005-06 | 10 |
| 4 | Braden Holtby | 2014-15 | 9 |
| 5 | Brian Elliott | 2011-12 | 9 |
| 6 | Evgeni Nabokov | 2003-04 | 9 |
| 7 | Nikolai Khabibulin | 1998-99 | 8 |
| 8 | Patrick Lalime | 2002-03 | 8 |
| 9 | Dan Cloutier | 2001-02 | 7 |
| 10 | Ed Belfour | 1993-94 | 7 |
Regular season only, counting stats only. A season is numbered from the first season on file for that player, so a career that began before the league’s rows start is numbered from where the data does. NHL all-time records