Best 8th seasons in NHL history
Who had the best 8th season in NHL history?
Wayne Gretzky holds the best 8th season in points: 183 in 1986-87, and Phil Esposito in 1970-71 in goals (76).
Points
| # | Player | Season | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wayne Gretzky | 1986-87 | 183 |
| 2 | Connor McDavid | 2022-23 | 153 |
| 3 | Phil Esposito | 1970-71 | 152 |
| 4 | Bernie Nicholls | 1988-89 | 150 |
| 5 | Adam Oates | 1992-93 | 142 |
| 6 | Denis Savard | 1987-88 | 131 |
| 7 | Mario Lemieux | 1991-92 | 131 |
| 8 | Marcel Dionne | 1978-79 | 130 |
| 9 | Joe Thornton | 2005-06 | 125 |
| 10 | Joe Sakic | 1995-96 | 120 |
Goals
| # | Player | Season | G |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phil Esposito | 1970-71 | 76 |
| 2 | Bernie Nicholls | 1988-89 | 70 |
| 3 | Auston Matthews | 2023-24 | 69 |
| 4 | Connor McDavid | 2022-23 | 64 |
| 5 | Wayne Gretzky | 1986-87 | 62 |
| 6 | Marcel Dionne | 1978-79 | 59 |
| 7 | Mike Bossy | 1984-85 | 58 |
| 8 | Brett Hull | 1993-94 | 57 |
| 9 | Brian Bellows | 1989-90 | 55 |
| 10 | Leon Draisaitl | 2021-22 | 55 |
Assists
| # | Player | Season | A |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wayne Gretzky | 1986-87 | 121 |
| 2 | Adam Oates | 1992-93 | 97 |
| 3 | Joe Thornton | 2005-06 | 96 |
| 4 | Connor McDavid | 2022-23 | 89 |
| 5 | Denis Savard | 1987-88 | 87 |
| 6 | Mario Lemieux | 1991-92 | 87 |
| 7 | Bernie Nicholls | 1988-89 | 80 |
| 8 | Peter Forsberg | 2002-03 | 77 |
| 9 | Phil Esposito | 1970-71 | 76 |
| 10 | Ray Bourque | 1986-87 | 72 |
Power-play goals
| # | Player | Season | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brett Hull | 1993-94 | 25 |
| 2 | Todd Bertuzzi | 2002-03 | 25 |
| 3 | Adam Oates | 1992-93 | 24 |
| 4 | Leon Draisaitl | 2021-22 | 24 |
| 5 | Luc Robitaille | 1993-94 | 24 |
| 6 | Phil Esposito | 1970-71 | 24 |
| 7 | Bernie Nicholls | 1988-89 | 21 |
| 8 | Brian Bellows | 1989-90 | 21 |
| 9 | Connor McDavid | 2022-23 | 21 |
| 10 | Steve Larmer | 1987-88 | 21 |
Game-winning goals
| # | Player | Season | GWG |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phil Esposito | 1970-71 | 16 |
| 2 | Peter Bondra | 1997-98 | 13 |
| 3 | Brayden Point | 2023-24 | 12 |
| 4 | Adam Oates | 1992-93 | 11 |
| 5 | Connor McDavid | 2022-23 | 11 |
| 6 | Leon Draisaitl | 2021-22 | 11 |
| 7 | Guy Carbonneau | 1988-89 | 10 |
| 8 | Jarome Iginla | 2003-04 | 10 |
| 9 | Kyle Connor | 2023-24 | 10 |
| 10 | Mike Gartner | 1986-87 | 10 |
Wins (goalie)
| # | Player | Season | W |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Evgeni Nabokov | 2007-08 | 46 |
| 2 | Miikka Kiprusoff | 2008-09 | 45 |
| 3 | Carey Price | 2014-15 | 44 |
| 4 | Martin Brodeur | 1999-00 | 43 |
| 5 | Marc-Andre Fleury | 2011-12 | 42 |
| 6 | Devan Dubnyk | 2016-17 | 40 |
| 7 | Linus Ullmark | 2022-23 | 40 |
| 8 | Andrei Vasilevskiy | 2021-22 | 39 |
| 9 | Connor Hellebuyck | 2022-23 | 37 |
| 10 | Sergei Bobrovsky | 2017-18 | 37 |
Shutouts
| # | Player | Season | SO |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dominik Hasek | 1997-98 | 13 |
| 2 | Carey Price | 2014-15 | 9 |
| 3 | Ilya Bryzgalov | 2010-11 | 7 |
| 4 | Arturs Irbe | 1998-99 | 6 |
| 5 | Charlie Lindgren | 2023-24 | 6 |
| 6 | Curtis Joseph | 1996-97 | 6 |
| 7 | Evgeni Nabokov | 2007-08 | 6 |
| 8 | Guy Hebert | 1998-99 | 6 |
| 9 | Jocelyn Thibault | 2000-01 | 6 |
| 10 | Jonathan Quick | 2014-15 | 6 |
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