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List of NHL career playoff points leaders

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As of completion of the 2025 Stanley Cup playoffs – the 122nd rendition of the postseason tournament for the Stanley Cup as played by teams of the National Hockey League (NHL) – 110 different ice hockey players have scored at least 100 postseason points in their NHL career. Only 402 players have scored 50 points for a postseason career in NHL history.

Wayne Gretzky, the record holder for playoff goals and playoff assists, holds the record for most playoff points for a player in NHL history with 382, having done so in 208 games for an average of 1.837 points per postseason game, which is also a record he holds.

100 point playoff scorers

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(Table updated as of the end of the 2024–25 season)

  • Includes statistics from May 24 suspended game in 1988 Stanley Cup Final (EDM at BOS) as well as statistics from 2020 Stanley Cup Qualifiers
Rank National team Player Team(s)[a] HHOF GP G A Points[1] PPG SHG
1 Canada Wayne Gretzky EDM, LAK, STL, NYR 1999 208 122 260 382 35 12
2 Canada Mark Messier EDM, NYR 2007 236 109 186 295 24 14
3 Finland Jari Kurri EDM, LAK, NYR, ANA, COL 2001 200 106 127 233 25 10
4 Canada Glenn Anderson EDM, TOR, NYR, STL 2008 225 93 121 214 22 1
5 Czech Republic Jaromir Jagr PIT, WSH, NYR, PHI, BOS, FLA Still active (ELH) 208 78 123 201 24 2
6 Canada Sidney Crosby PIT Still active 180 71 130 201 20 0
7 Canada Paul Coffey (D) EDM, PIT, LAK, DET, PHI, CAR 2004 194 59 137 196 21 6
8 Canada United States Brett Hull CGY, STL, DAL, DET 2009 202 103 87 190 38 4
9 Canada Joe Sakic QUE, COL 2012 172 84 104 188 27 4
10 Canada Doug Gilmour STL, CGY, TOR, NJD, BUF, MTL 2011 182 60 128 188 20 2
11 Canada Steve Yzerman DET 2009 196 70 115 185 27 3
12 Sweden Nicklas Lidström (D) DET 2015 263 54 129 183 30 3
13 Canada Bryan Trottier NYI, PIT 1997 221 71 111 182 18 4
14 Russia Evgeni Malkin PIT Still active 177 67 113 180 28 1
15 Canada Ray Bourque (D) BOS, COL 2004 214 41 139 180 15 0
16 Canada Jean Beliveau MTL 1972 162 79 97 176 26 0
17 Russia Sergei Fedorov DET, WSH 2015 183 52 124 176 15 5
18 Canada Denis Savard CHI, MTL 2000 169 66 109 175 24 2
19 Canada Mario Lemieux PIT 1997 107 76 96 172 29 7
20 Sweden Peter Forsberg QUE, COL, PHI, NSH 2014 151 64 107 171 16 2
21 Russia Nikita Kucherov TBL Still active 152 53 118 171 19 0
22 Canada Denis Potvin (D) NYI 1991 185 56 109 165 28 2
23 Canada Mike Bossy NYI 1991 129 85 75 160 35 0
24 Canada Gordie Howe DET, HFD 1972 157 68 92 160 15 4
25 Canada Bobby Smith MNS, MTL 184 64 96 160 24 0
26 Canada Al MacInnis (D) CGY, STL 2007 177 39 121 160 26 0
27 Canada Claude Lemieux MTL, NJD, COL, PHX, DAL, SJS 234 80 78 158 21 0
28 Canada Brad Marchand BOS, FLA Still active 180 66 92 158 18 3
29 Canada Adam Oates DET, STL, BOS, WSH, PHI, ANA 2012 163 42 114 156 17 2
30 Canada Larry Murphy (D) LAK, WSH, MNS, PIT, TOR, DET 2004 215 37 115 152 20 3
31 Canada Slovakia Stan Mikita CHI 1983 155 59 91 150 18 2
32 Canada Connor McDavid EDM Still active 96 44 106 150 13 2
33 Slovakia Marian Hossa OTT, ATL, PIT, DET, CHI 2020 205 52 97 149 18 3
34 Canada Brian Propp PHI, BOS, MNS 160 64 84 148 27 3
35 Russia Alex Ovechkin WAS Still active 161 77 70 147 31 0
36 Canada Mark Recchi PIT, MTL, PHI, CAR, BOS 2017 189 61 86 147 22 0
37 United States Mike Modano MNS, DAL, DET 2014 176 58 88 146 24 2
38 United States Chris Chelios (D) MTL, CHI, DET 2013 266 31 113 144 14 3
39 Canada Larry Robinson (D) MTL, LAK 1995 227 28 116 144 7 0
40 United States Joe Pavelski SJS, DAL Eligible 2027 201 74 69 143 30 0
41 Canada Ron Francis HFD, PIT, CAR, TOR 2007 171 46 97 143 15 0
42 Canada Corey Perry ANA, DAL, MTL, TBL, EDM Still active 237 64 77 141 24 1
43 Germany Leon Draisaitl EDM Still active 96 52 89 141 22 1
44 Canada Jacques Lemaire MTL 1984 145 61 78 139 19 1
45 United States Patrick Kane CHI, NYR Still active 143 53 85 138 8 1
46 Canada Phil Esposito CHI, BOS, NYR 1984 130 61 76 137 22 0
47 Canada Brendan Shanahan NJD, STL, DET, NYR 2013 184 60 74 134 19 1
48 Canada Guy Lafleur MTL, NYR 1988 128 58 76 134 15 0
49 Canada Joe Thornton BOS, SJS, TOR, FLA 2025 187 32 102 134 11 0
50 Finland Esa Tikkanen EDM, NYR, STL, VAN, WSH 186 72 60 132 19 3
51 Canada Steve Larmer CHI, NYR 140 56 75 131 21 3
52 Canada Bobby Hull CHI, HFD 1983 119 62 67 129 24 2
53 Canada Henri Richard MTL 1979 180 49 80 129 6 0
54 Canada Patrice Bergeron BOS Eligible 2026 170 50 78 128 17 3
55 Czech Republic David Krejčí BOS 160 43 85 128 13 0
56 Canada Patrick Marleau SJS, TOR, PIT 195 72 55 127 24 4
57 Canada Yvan Cournoyer MTL 1982 147 64 63 127 20 0
58 Canada Luc Robitaille LAK, PIT, NYR, DET 2009 159 58 69 127 15 0
59 Canada Maurice Richard MTL 1961 132 82 44 126 16 0
60 Canada Nathan MacKinnon COL Still active 95 55 70 125 17 0
61 Czech Republic Patrik Eliáš NJD 162 45 80 125 21 2
62 Canada Brad Park NYR, BOS, DET 1988 161 35 90 125 13 1
63 Finland Mikko Rantanen COL, DAL Still active 99 43 80 123 13 0
64 United States Jeremy Roenick CHI, PHX, PHI, SJS 2024 154 53 69 122 17 2
65 Canada Brian Bellows MNS, MTL, TBL, ANA, WSH 143 51 71 122 23 2
66 Canada Chris Pronger STL, EDM, ANA, PHI 2015 173 26 95 121 13 0
67 Sweden Henrik Zetterberg DET 137 57 63 120 21 2
68 Canada Ken Linseman PHI, EDM, BOS 113 43 77 120 9 2
69 Canada Ryan Getzlaf ANA 125 37 83 120 15 2
70 Sweden Victor Hedman (D) TBL 170 23 97 120 10 0
71 Canada Jonathan Toews CHI Still active 137 45 74 119 19 3
72 Canada Bobby Clarke PHI 1987 136 42 77 119 15 3
73 Canada Dino Ciccarelli MNS, WSH, DET 2010 141 73 45 118 34 0
74 Canada Bernie Geoffrion MTL, NYR 1972 132 58 60 118 20 0
75 Canada Frank Mahovlich TOR, DET, MTL 1981 137 51 67 118 12 1
76 Canada Dale Hunter QUE, WSH, COL 186 42 76 118 13 2
77 Canada Scott Stevens WSH, STL, NJD 2007 233 26 92 118 12 0
78 Russia Sergei Zubov NYR, PIT, DAL 2019 164 24 93 117 13 1
79 Canada Joe Nieuwendyk CGY, DAL, NJD, TOR 2011 158 66 50 116 23 0
80 Canada Daniel Brière PHX, BUF, PHI, MTL 124 53 63 116 21 0
81 Canada John Tonelli NYI, CGY, LAK 172 40 75 115 5 0
82 Canada Bernie Nicholls LAK, NYR, EDM, NJD, CHI, SJS 118 42 72 114 16 1
83 Sweden Nicklas Bäckström WSH Still active 139 38 76 114 10 0
84 Russia Pavel Datsyuk DET 2024 157 42 71 113 15 0
85 Canada Rick Tocchet PHI, PIT, BOS, PHX 145 52 60 112 16 1
86 Canada Rod Brind'Amour STL, PHI, CAR 159 51 60 111 17 4
87 Canada Dickie Moore MTL, TOR, STL 1974 135 46 64 110 18 0
88 United States Craig Janney BOS, STL, SJS, WIN, PHX 120 24 86 110 10 0
89 Canada Geoff Courtnall BOS, EDM, WSH, VAN, STL 156 39 70 109 12 2
90 Canada Bill Barber PHI 1990 129 53 55 108 9 5
91 Canada Rick MacLeish PHI, PIT, DET 114 54 53 107 21 0
92 Canada Steve Thomas TOR, CHI, NYI, NJD, ANA, DET 174 54 53 107 16 0
93 United States Joe Mullen STL, CGY, PIT 2000 143 60 46 106 14 2
94 United States Kevin Stevens PIT 103 46 60 106 20 0
95 Canada Brad Richards TBL, DAL, NYR, CHI, DET 146 37 68 105 15 0
96 Czechoslovakia Slovakia Canada Peter Stastny QUE, NJD, STL 1998 93 33 72 105 13 1
97 Canada Vincent Damphousse TOR, EDM, MTL, SJS 140 41 63 104 13 4
98 Canada Alex Delvecchio DET 1977 121 35 69 104 13 0
99 Czech Republic Ondřej Palát TBL, NJD 155 51 52 103 11 1
100 Canada Johnny Bucyk DET, BOS 1981 124 41 62 103 16 0
101 Canada Gilbert Perreault BUF 1990 90 33 70 103 10 0
102 Canada Justin Williams PHI, CAR, LAK, WSH 162 41 61 102 6 1
103 Canada Steven Stamkos TBL Still active 128 50 51 101 20 0
104 Canada Logan Couture SJS 116 48 53 101 16 1
105 Canada Bernie Federko STL 2002 91 35 66 101 13 0
106 United States Scott Gomez NJD, NYR, MTL, SJS 149 29 72 101 7 0
107 Sweden Daniel Alfredsson OTT, DET 2022 124 51 49 100 25 3
108 Canada Rick Middleton NYR, BOS 114 45 55 100 9 3
109 Russia Alexei Kovalev NYR, PIT, MTL 123 45 55 100 10 1
110 United States Brian Rafalski (D) NJD, DET 165 29 71 100 17 0


Point average leaders

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As of the 2025 Stanley Cup playoffs, 38 players have averaged a point per playoff game.[2]

Rank Player Postseason tenure PTS/G
1 Wayne Gretzky 1979–1999 1.837
2 Mario Lemieux 1984–2006 1.607
3 Connor McDavid 2015–2025 1.563
4 Barry Pederson 1980–1992 1.529
5 Leon Draisaitl 2014–2025 1.469
6 Nathan MacKinnon 2013–2025 1.316
7 Mark Messier 1979–2004 1.250
8 Bobby Orr 1966–1979 1.243
9 Mikko Rantanen 2015–2025 1.242
10 Mike Bossy 1977–1987 1.240
11 Jari Kurri 1980–1998 1.165
12 Gilbert Perreault 1970–1987 1.144
13 Peter Forsberg 1994–2011 1.132
14 Peter Šťastný 1980–1995 1.129
15 Nikita Kucherov 2013–2025 1.125
16 Sidney Crosby 2005–2025 1.117
17 Bernie Federko 1976–1090 1.110
18 Pavel Bure 1991–2003 1.094
19 Joe Sakic 1988–2009 1.093
20 Jean Béliveau 1950–1971 1.086
21 Bobby Hull 1957–1980 1.084
22. Evan Bouchard 2018–2025 1.080
23 Cale Makar 2019–2025 1.076
24 Eric Lindros 1992–2007 1.075
25 Toe Blake 1934–1948 1.069
26 Ken Linseman 1978–1992 1.062
27 Phil Esposito 1963–1981 1.054
28 Guy Lafleur 1971–1991 1.047
29 Denis Savard 1980–1997 1.036
30 Doug Gilmour 1983–2003 1.033
31 Kevin Stevens 1987–2002 1.029
32 Theo Fleury 1988–2003 1.026
33 Brian Leetch 1987–2006 1.021
34 Dale Hawerchuk 1981–1997 1.021
35 Gordie Howe 1946–1980 1.019
36 Evgeni Malkin 2006–2025 1.017
37 Craig Simpson 1985–1995 1.015
38 Paul Coffey 1980–2001 1.010

References

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  1. ^ "NHL Statistics, Career Points". NHL.com. Retrieved July 9, 2025.
  2. ^ "NHL Career Playoff Leaders and Records for Points Per Games". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved July 9, 2025.

Notes

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  1. ^ Teams included for a player only for when they recorded a playoff point for that team. For example, Mark Messier played professionally for the Edmonton Oilers, New York Rangers, and the Vancouver Canucks, but as he did not record a playoff point for Vancouver, they are not listed in his category.