List of NHL players with 100-point seasons

As of the completion of the 2010–11 regular season, 105 different ice hockey players in the National Hockey League (NHL) have scored at least 100 points in a single NHL regular season.

Collectively, these players have achieved this feat on 269 different occasions, playing for 25 different franchises. Including three franchises that have changed cities, there have been 28 different teams with 100 point players.

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Season achievements

The first NHL season in which a player scored 100 points was the 1968–69 season, which was first achieved by Phil Esposito in March 1969. Esposito finished the season with 126 points, and two other players achieved 100 points that season: Bobby Hull, who finished with 107 points, and Gordie Howe, who finished with 103 points.

Since 1968–69 there have been 5 seasons without a 100 point player. No player achieved 100 points during the lockout years of 1994–95 and 2004–05. Furthermore, in 3 complete 82 game seasons of a brief 5 season stretch, no player achieved 100 points in 1999–2000, 2001–02 and 2003–04.

The 100 point player became a rarity in the nine seasons from 1996–97 to 2003–04. The mark was only achieved by eight unique players, on eleven different occasions, playing for only five different teams.

The 1992–93 NHL season had the most 100 point players, with 21. The second most was the 1984–85 NHL season, with 16.

Player achievements

The player with the most 100 point seasons is Wayne Gretzky, with 15 (four of which were 200 point seasons). Mario Lemieux is second, with 10 seasons of 100 points. Gretzky also holds the record of 13 consecutive 100 point seasons.

Three players could have made the list on assists alone. Bobby Orr, Wayne Gretzky (11 times) and Mario Lemieux have had more than 100 assists in a single season.

On six occasions a player has been traded during a 100 point season: Jean Ratelle, Bernie Nicholls, John Cullen, Teemu Selanne, Wayne Gretzky, and Joe Thornton.

Excluding the six split-team situations above, and excluding franchises that have simply changed cities, 16 different players have achieved complete 100+ point seasons with more than one team. The first was Marcel Dionne in the 1974–75 season with the Detroit Red Wings and then the 1976–77 season with the Los Angeles Kings.

Only five defencemen have scored at least 100 points in a season. They are Bobby Orr, Denis Potvin, Paul Coffey, Al MacInnis, and Brian Leetch.

The youngest player to achieve a 100 point season is Sidney Crosby, at 18 years, 253 days old. He scored his 100th NHL point on 17 April 2006, the Pittsburgh Penguins' 81st game of the 2005–06 season. The oldest player to achieve a 100 point season is Gordie Howe, who was 41 years old and playing in his 23rd NHL season when he reached 100 points during the 1968–69 season - only a few days after Phil Esposito had become the first ever player to score 100 points.

Team achievements

Excluding the six split-team players above, the Pittsburgh Penguins have had the most incidents of a player achieving 100 points during the franchise's history, with 30. Excluding the same six players, the Pittsburgh Penguins also had the greatest number of unique players achieve 100 points, with 12. The Boston Bruins have had nine different players achieve 100 points while with the team.

The Boston Bruins were the first team to have four players achieve 100 points in the same season, 1970–71. This has been matched by only two other teams, the Edmonton Oilers (three times) and the Pittsburgh Penguins.

The Pittsburgh Penguins have had at least one 100 point player in 20 different seasons. The Los Angeles Kings and the Colorado Avalanche (formerly the Quebec Nordiques) have both achieved this feat in 14 different seasons. The Edmonton Oilers had at least one 100 point player in eleven consecutive seasons, from 1979–80 to 1989–90.

The Los Angeles Kings are the only team to have two players achieve 150+ points in the same year, with Wayne Gretzky (168 points) and Bernie Nicholls (150 points) achieving this in the 1988–89 NHL season. This feat was almost matched in the 1995–96 NHL season by Mario Lemieux (161 points) and Jaromir Jagr (149 points).

Three franchises have had 100 point players before and after the entire team moved: the Hartford Whalers/Carolina Hurricanes, the Atlanta Flames/Calgary Flames, the Quebec Nordiques/Colorado Avalanche. Two franchises have had 100 point players in their original city, but not their new city: Minnesota North Stars (now Dallas Stars) and Winnipeg Jets (now Phoenix Coyotes). Only one city - Atlanta - has had players from two different franchises (Flames and Thrashers) score 100 points in a season, due to the Flames organization leaving in 1980 and the Thrashers franchise arriving in 1999. Minnesota (North Stars and Wild) is presently the only other franchise where this would be possible.

Five franchises currently playing in the NHL have never had a player achieve 100 points: New Jersey Devils (started as Kansas City Scouts in 1974–75), Florida Panthers (started 1993–94), Nashville Predators (1998–99), and the two newest teams, Columbus Blue Jackets and Minnesota Wild (2000–01). As noted above, the three youngest franchises arrived at a time when the 100 point player was not as common as in previous years. The oldest of these five franchises, the Devils, has won three Stanley Cup championships relying on a strong defensive style rather than offense.

Players and their 100 point seasons

Legend
Team – Team for which the player acquired 100 points or more
GP – Games played
G – Goals
A – Assists
Active players in the NHL are listed in boldface.
Player Team Season GP G A Pts.
Daniel Alfredsson Ottawa Senators 2005–06 77 43 60 103
Glenn Anderson Edmonton Oilers 1981–82 80 38 67 105
1982–83 72 48 56 104
1985–86 72 54 48 102
Nicklas Backstrom Washington Capitals 2009–10 81 33 68 101
Bill Barber Philadelphia Flyers 1975–76 80 50 62 112
Mike Bossy New York Islanders 1978–79 80 69 57 126
1980–81 79 68 51 119
1981–82 80 64 83 147
1982–83 79 60 58 118
1983–84 79 51 67 118
1984–85 76 58 59 117
1985–86 80 61 62 123
Neal Broten Minnesota North Stars 1985–86 80 29 76 105
Rob Brown Pittsburgh Penguins 1988–89 68 49 66 115
Johnny Bucyk Boston Bruins 1970–71 78 51 65 116
Mike Bullard Calgary Flames 1987–88 79 48 55 103
Pavel Bure Vancouver Canucks 1992–93 83 60 50 110
1993–94 76 60 47 107
Jimmy Carson Los Angeles Kings 1987–88 80 55 52 107
Edmonton Oilers 1988–89 80 49 51 100
Guy Chouinard Atlanta Flames 1978–79 80 50 57 107
Dino Ciccarelli Minnesota North Stars 1981–82 76 55 51 106
1986–87 80 52 51 103
Bobby Clarke Philadelphia Flyers 1972–73 78 37 67 104
1974–75 80 27 89 116
1975–76 76 30 89 119
Paul Coffey Edmonton Oilers 1983–84 80 40 86 126
1984–85 80 37 84 121
1985–86 79 48 90 138
Pittsburgh Penguins 1988–89 75 30 83 113
1989–90 80 29 74 103
Sidney Crosby Pittsburgh Penguins 2005–06 81 39 63 102
2006–07 79 36 84 120
2008–09 77 33 70 103
2009–10 81 51 58 109
John Cullen Pittsburgh Penguins/Hartford Whalers 1990–91 78 39 71 110
Marcel Dionne Detroit Red Wings 1974–75 80 47 74 121
Los Angeles Kings 1976–77 80 53 69 122
1978–79 80 59 71 130
1979–80 80 53 84 137
1980–81 80 58 77 135
1981–82 78 50 67 117
1982–83 80 56 51 107
1984–85 80 46 80 126
Phil Esposito Boston Bruins 1968–69 74 49 77 126
1970–71 78 76 76 152
1971–72 76 66 67 133
1972–73 78 55 75 130
1973–74 78 68 77 145
1974–75 79 61 66 127
Bernie Federko St. Louis Blues 1980–81 78 31 73 104
1983–84 79 41 66 107
1984–85 76 30 73 103
1985–86 80 34 68 102
Sergei Fedorov Detroit Red Wings 1993–94 82 56 64 120
1995–96 78 39 68 107
Theoren Fleury Calgary Flames 1990–91 79 51 53 104
1992–93 83 34 66 100
Peter Forsberg Colorado Avalanche 1995–96 82 30 86 116
2002–03 75 29 77 106
Ron Francis Hartford Whalers 1989–90 80 32 69 101
Pittsburgh Penguins 1992–93 84 24 76 100
1995–96 77 27 92 119
Mike Gartner Washington Capitals 1984–85 80 50 52 102
Doug Gilmour St. Louis Blues 1986–87 80 42 63 105
Toronto Maple Leafs 1992–93 83 32 95 127
1993–94 83 27 84 111
Michel Goulet Quebec Nordiques 1982–83 80 57 48 105
1983–84 75 56 65 121
1985–86 75 53 51 104
1987–88 80 48 58 106
Wayne Gretzky Edmonton Oilers 1979–80 79 51 86 137
1980–81 80 55 109 164
1981–82 80 92 120 212
1982–83 80 71 125 196
1983–84 74 87 118 205
1984–85 80 73 135 208
1985–86 80 52 163 215
1986–87 79 62 121 183
1987–88 64 40 109 149
Los Angeles Kings 1988–89 78 54 114 168
1989–90 73 40 102 142
1990–91 78 41 122 163
1991–92 74 31 90 121
1993–94 81 38 92 130
Los Angeles Kings/St. Louis Blues 1995–96 80 23 79 102
Vic Hadfield New York Rangers 1971–72 78 50 56 106
Dale Hawerchuk Winnipeg Jets 1981–82 80 45 58 103
1983–84 80 37 65 102
1984–85 80 53 77 130
1985–86 80 46 59 105
1986–87 80 47 53 100
1987–88 80 44 77 121
Dany Heatley Ottawa Senators 2005–06 82 50 53 103
2006–07 82 50 55 105
Ken Hodge Boston Bruins 1970–71 78 43 62 105
1973–74 76 50 55 105
Marian Hossa Atlanta Thrashers 2006–07 82 43 57 100
Gordie Howe Detroit Red Wings 1968–69 76 44 59 103
Bobby Hull Chicago Blackhawks 1968–69 74 58 49 107
Brett Hull St. Louis Blues 1989–90 80 72 41 113
1990–91 78 86 45 131
1991–92 73 70 39 109
1992–93 80 54 47 101
Jaromir Jagr Pittsburgh Penguins 1995–96 82 62 87 149
1997–98 77 35 67 102
1998–99 81 44 83 127
2000–01 81 52 69 121
New York Rangers 2005–06 82 54 69 123
Craig Janney St. Louis Blues 1992–93 84 24 82 106
Joe Juneau Boston Bruins 1992–93 84 32 70 102
Paul Kariya Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 1995–96 82 50 58 108
1998–99 82 39 62 101
Jari Kurri Edmonton Oilers 1982–83 80 45 59 104
1983–84 64 52 61 113
1984–85 73 71 64 135
1985–86 78 68 63 131
1986–87 79 54 54 108
1988–89 76 44 58 102
Pat LaFontaine New York Islanders 1989–90 74 54 51 105
Buffalo Sabres 1992–93 84 53 95 148
Guy Lafleur Montreal Canadiens 1974–75 70 53 66 119
1975–76 80 56 69 125
1976–77 80 56 80 136
1977–78 78 60 72 132
1978–79 80 52 77 129
1979–80 74 50 75 125
Steve Larmer Chicago Blackhawks 1990–91 80 44 57 101
Pierre Larouche Pittsburgh Penguins 1975–76 76 53 58 111
Vincent Lecavalier Tampa Bay Lightning 2006–07 82 52 56 108
Brian Leetch New York Rangers 1991–92 80 22 80 102
Mario Lemieux Pittsburgh Penguins 1984–85 73 43 57 100
1985–86 79 48 93 141
1986–87 63 54 53 107
1987–88 77 70 98 168
1988–89 76 85 114 199
1989–90 59 45 78 123
1991–92 64 44 87 131
1992–93 60 69 91 160
1995–96 70 69 92 161
1996–97 76 50 72 122
Eric Lindros Philadelphia Flyers 1995–96 73 47 68 115
Hakan Loob Calgary Flames 1987–88 80 50 56 106
Al MacInnis Calgary Flames 1990–91 78 28 75 103
Paul MacLean Winnipeg Jets 1984–85 79 41 60 101
Rick MacLeish Philadelphia Flyers 1972–73 78 50 50 100
Bob MacMillan Atlanta Flames 1978–79 79 37 71 108
Peter Mahovlich Montreal Canadiens 1974–75 80 35 82 117
1975–76 80 34 71 105
Evgeni Malkin Pittsburgh Penguins 2007–08 82 47 59 106
2008–09 82 35 78 113
Dennis Maruk Washington Capitals 1981–82 80 60 76 136
Mark Messier Edmonton Oilers 1982–83 77 48 58 106
1983–84 73 37 64 101
1986–87 77 37 70 107
1987–88 77 37 74 111
1989–90 79 45 84 129
New York Rangers 1991–92 79 35 72 107
Rick Middleton Boston Bruins 1980–81 80 44 59 103
1983–84 80 47 58 105
Alexander Mogilny Buffalo Sabres 1992–93 77 76 51 127
Vancouver Canucks 1995–96 79 55 52 107
Joe Mullen Calgary Flames 1988–89 79 51 59 110
Markus Naslund Vancouver Canucks 2002–03 82 48 56 104
Mats Naslund Montreal Canadiens 1985–86 80 43 67 110
Bernie Nicholls Los Angeles Kings 1984–85 80 46 54 100
1988–89 79 70 80 150
Los Angeles Kings/New York Rangers 1989–90 79 39 73 112
Kent Nilsson Calgary Flames 1980–81 80 49 82 131
1982–83 80 48 56 104
Adam Oates St. Louis Blues 1989–90 80 23 79 102
1990–91 61 25 90 115
Boston Bruins 1992–93 84 45 97 142
1993–94 77 32 80 112
John Ogrodnick Detroit Red Wings 1984–85 79 55 50 105
Bobby Orr Boston Bruins 1969–70 76 33 87 120
1970–71 78 37 102 139
1971–72 76 37 80 117
1972–73 63 29 72 101
1973–74 74 32 90 122
1974–75 80 46 89 135
Alexander Ovechkin Washington Capitals 2005–06 81 52 54 106
2007–08 82 65 47 112
2008–09 79 56 54 110
2009–10 72 50 59 109
Barry Pederson Boston Bruins 1982–83 77 46 61 107
1983–84 80 39 77 116
Gilbert Perreault Buffalo Sabres 1975–76 80 44 69 113
1979–80 80 40 66 106
Denis Potvin New York Islanders 1978–79 73 31 70 101
Jean Pronovost Pittsburgh Penguins 1975–76 80 52 52 104
Jean Ratelle New York Rangers 1971–72 63 46 63 109
New York Rangers/Boston Bruins 1975–76 80 36 69 105
Mark Recchi Pittsburgh Penguins 1990–91 78 40 73 113
Philadelphia Flyers 1992–93 84 53 70 123
1993–94 84 40 67 107
Jacques Richard Quebec Nordiques 1980–81 78 52 51 103
Rene Robert Buffalo Sabres 1974–75 74 40 60 100
Luc Robitaille Los Angeles Kings 1987–88 80 53 58 111
1989–90 80 52 49 101
1991–92 80 44 63 107
1992–93 84 63 62 125
Jeremy Roenick Chicago Blackhawks 1991–92 80 53 50 103
1992–93 84 50 57 107
1993–94 84 46 61 107
Mike Rogers Hartford Whalers 1979–80 80 44 61 105
1980–81 80 40 65 105
New York Rangers 1981–82 80 38 65 103
Joe Sakic Quebec Nordiques 1989–90 80 39 63 102
1990–91 80 48 61 109
1992–93 78 48 57 105
Colorado Avalanche 1995–96 82 51 69 120
2000–01 82 54 64 118
2006–07 82 36 64 100
Denis Savard Chicago Blackhawks 1981–82 80 32 87 119
1982–83 78 35 86 121
1984–85 79 38 67 108
1985–86 80 47 69 116
1987–88 80 44 87 131
Daniel Sedin Vancouver Canucks 2010–11 82 41 63 104
Henrik Sedin Vancouver Canucks 2009–10 82 29 83 112
Teemu Selanne Winnipeg Jets 1992–93 84 76 56 132
Winnipeg Jets/Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 1995–96 79 40 68 108
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 1996–97 78 51 58 109
1998–99 75 47 60 107
Brendan Shanahan St. Louis Blues 1993–94 81 52 50 102
Steve Shutt Montreal Canadiens 1976–77 80 60 45 105
Charlie Simmer Los Angeles Kings 1979–80 64 56 45 101
1980–81 65 56 49 105
Darryl Sittler Toronto Maple Leafs 1975–76 79 41 59 100
1977–78 80 45 72 117
Bobby Smith Minnesota North Stars 1981–82 80 43 71 114
Martin St. Louis Tampa Bay Lightning 2006–07 82 43 59 102
Eric Staal Carolina Hurricanes 2005–06 82 45 55 100
Peter Stastny Quebec Nordiques 1980–81 77 39 70 109
1981–82 80 46 93 139
1982–83 75 47 77 124
1983–84 80 46 73 119
1984–85 75 32 68 100
1985–86 76 41 81 122
1987–88 76 46 65 111
Kevin Stevens Pittsburgh Penguins 1991–92 80 54 69 123
1992–93 72 55 56 111
Blaine Stoughton Hartford Whalers 1979–80 80 56 44 100
Mats Sundin Quebec Nordiques 1992–93 80 47 67 114
Brent Sutter New York Islanders 1984–85 72 42 60 102
Dave Taylor Los Angeles Kings 1980–81 72 47 65 112
1981–82 78 39 67 106
Joe Thornton Boston Bruins 2002–03 77 36 65 101
Boston Bruins/San Jose Sharks 2005–06 81 29 96 125
San Jose Sharks 2006–07 82 22 92 114
Rick Tocchet Pittsburgh Penguins 1992–93 80 48 61 109
John Tonelli New York Islanders 1984–85 80 42 58 100
Bryan Trottier New York Islanders 1977–78 77 46 77 123
1978–79 76 47 87 134
1979–80 78 42 62 104
1980–81 73 31 72 103
1981–82 80 50 79 129
1983–84 68 40 71 111
Pierre Turgeon Buffalo Sabres 1989–90 80 40 66 106
New York Islanders 1992–93 83 58 74 132
Doug Weight Edmonton Oilers 1995–96 82 25 79 104
Steve Yzerman Detroit Red Wings 1987–88 64 50 52 102
1988–89 80 65 90 155
1989–90 79 62 65 127
1990–91 80 51 57 108
1991–92 79 45 58 103
1992–93 84 58 79 137

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