Best 9th seasons in NHL history
Who had the best 9th season in NHL history?
Mario Lemieux holds the best 9th season in points: 160 in 1992-93, and Mario Lemieux in 1992-93 in goals (69).
Points
| # | Player | Season | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mario Lemieux | 1992-93 | 160 |
| 2 | Wayne Gretzky | 1987-88 | 149 |
| 3 | Marcel Dionne | 1979-80 | 137 |
| 4 | Phil Esposito | 1971-72 | 133 |
| 5 | Connor McDavid | 2023-24 | 132 |
| 6 | Leon Draisaitl | 2022-23 | 128 |
| 7 | Jaromir Jagr | 1998-99 | 127 |
| 8 | Mike Bossy | 1985-86 | 123 |
| 9 | Artemi Panarin | 2023-24 | 120 |
| 10 | Johnny Gaudreau | 2021-22 | 115 |
Goals
| # | Player | Season | G |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mario Lemieux | 1992-93 | 69 |
| 2 | Phil Esposito | 1971-72 | 66 |
| 3 | David Pastrnak | 2022-23 | 61 |
| 4 | Mike Bossy | 1985-86 | 61 |
| 5 | Pavel Bure | 1999-00 | 58 |
| 6 | Zach Hyman | 2023-24 | 54 |
| 7 | Marcel Dionne | 1979-80 | 53 |
| 8 | Leon Draisaitl | 2022-23 | 52 |
| 9 | Alex Ovechkin | 2013-14 | 51 |
| 10 | Artemi Panarin | 2023-24 | 49 |
Assists
| # | Player | Season | A |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wayne Gretzky | 1987-88 | 109 |
| 2 | Connor McDavid | 2023-24 | 100 |
| 3 | Joe Thornton | 2006-07 | 92 |
| 4 | Mario Lemieux | 1992-93 | 91 |
| 5 | Marcel Dionne | 1979-80 | 84 |
| 6 | Henrik Sedin | 2009-10 | 83 |
| 7 | Jaromir Jagr | 1998-99 | 83 |
| 8 | Nikita Kucherov | 2022-23 | 83 |
| 9 | Paul Coffey | 1988-89 | 83 |
| 10 | Adam Oates | 1993-94 | 80 |
Power-play goals
| # | Player | Season | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leon Draisaitl | 2022-23 | 32 |
| 2 | Michel Goulet | 1987-88 | 29 |
| 3 | Phil Esposito | 1971-72 | 27 |
| 4 | Alex Ovechkin | 2013-14 | 24 |
| 5 | Pat Lafontaine | 1991-92 | 23 |
| 6 | Mike Bossy | 1985-86 | 21 |
| 7 | Wendel Clark | 1993-94 | 21 |
| 8 | Rick Tocchet | 1992-93 | 20 |
| 9 | Jake DeBrusk | 2025-26 | 19 |
| 10 | Joe Pavelski | 2014-15 | 19 |
Game-winning goals
| # | Player | Season | GWG |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phil Esposito | 1971-72 | 16 |
| 2 | Pavel Bure | 1999-00 | 14 |
| 3 | David Pastrnak | 2022-23 | 13 |
| 4 | Leon Draisaitl | 2022-23 | 11 |
| 5 | Alex Ovechkin | 2013-14 | 10 |
| 6 | Mario Lemieux | 1992-93 | 10 |
| 7 | Pavol Demitra | 2001-02 | 10 |
| 8 | Alex Kovalev | 2000-01 | 9 |
| 9 | Alex Steen | 2013-14 | 9 |
| 10 | Corey Perry | 2013-14 | 9 |
Wins (goalie)
| # | Player | Season | W |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Martin Brodeur | 2000-01 | 42 |
| 2 | Evgeni Nabokov | 2008-09 | 41 |
| 3 | Olaf Kolzig | 1999-00 | 41 |
| 4 | Pekka Rinne | 2014-15 | 41 |
| 5 | Jonathan Quick | 2015-16 | 40 |
| 6 | Jaroslav Halak | 2014-15 | 38 |
| 7 | Connor Hellebuyck | 2023-24 | 37 |
| 8 | Ed Belfour | 1997-98 | 37 |
| 9 | Sergei Bobrovsky | 2018-19 | 37 |
| 10 | Jean-Sebastien Giguere | 2006-07 | 36 |
Shutouts
| # | Player | Season | SO |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dominik Hasek | 1998-99 | 9 |
| 2 | Ed Belfour | 1997-98 | 9 |
| 3 | Martin Brodeur | 2000-01 | 9 |
| 4 | Roberto Luongo | 2008-09 | 9 |
| 5 | Sergei Bobrovsky | 2018-19 | 9 |
| 6 | Curtis Joseph | 1997-98 | 8 |
| 7 | Jeff Hackett | 1997-98 | 8 |
| 8 | Corey Crawford | 2015-16 | 7 |
| 9 | Evgeni Nabokov | 2008-09 | 7 |
| 10 | Philipp Grubauer | 2020-21 | 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