NHL Goals Leaders 2024-25? | Player Rankings

When discussing the 2024-25 year, Leon Draisaitl is in first place in goals scored with 52. Holding second is William Nylander, with a goals scored total of 45. Having a mark of 44, Alex Ovechkin is holding on to the third spot. With the fourth and fifth spot are Tage Thompson (44) along with David Pastrnak (43).

2024-25 NHL Goals Leaders

Goals Rank	Player	Goals
1st	Leon Draisaitl	52
2nd	William Nylander	45
3rd	Alex Ovechkin	44
4th	Tage Thompson	44
5th	David Pastrnak	43
6th	Brayden Point	42
7th	Kyle Connor	41
8th	Jake Guentzel	41
9th	Mark Scheifele	39
10th	Sam Reinhart	39
11th	Alex DeBrincat	39
12th	John Tavares	38
13th	Nikita Kucherov	37
14th	Artemi Panarin	37
15th	Cole Caufield	37
16th	Jordan Kyrou	36
17th	Alex Tuch	36
18th	Brandon Hagel	35
19th	Jason Robertson	35
20th	Adrian Kempe	35
21st	Rickard Rakell	35
22nd	Nico Hischier	35
23rd	Nazem Kadri	35
24th	Kevin Fiala	35
25th	Pavel Dorofeyev	35
26th	Sidney Crosby	33
27th	Auston Matthews	33
28th	Wyatt Johnston	33
29th	Tom Wilson	33
30th	Morgan Geekie	33
31st	Nathan MacKinnon	32
32nd	Mikko Rantanen	32

2022 NHL Goals Leaders

Goals Rank	Player	Goals
1st	Auston Matthews – Toronto Maple Leafs	60
2nd	Leon Draisaitl – Edmonton Oilers	55
3rd	Chris Kreider – New York Rangers	52
4th	Alex Ovechkin – Washington Capitals	50
5th	Kirill Kaprizov – Minnesota Wild	47
6th	Kyle Connor – Winnipeg Jets	47
7th	Connor McDavid – Edmonton Oilers	44
8th	Matt Duchene – Nashville Predators	43
9th	Steven Stamkos – Tampa Bay Lightning	42
10th	Matthew Tkachuk – Calgary Flames	42
11th	Filip Forsberg – Nashville Predators	42
12th	Elias Lindholm – Calgary Flames	42
13th	Jason Robertson – Dallas Stars	41
14th	Alex DeBrincat – Chicago Blackhawks	41
15th	Johnny Gaudreau – Calgary Flames	40
16th	Jake Guentzel – Pittsburgh Penguins	40
17th	David Pastrnak – Boston Bruins	40
18th	Aleksander Barkov – Florida Panthers	39
19th	Tage Thompson – Buffalo Sabres	38
20th	Sebastian Aho – Carolina Hurricanes	37
21st	Roope Hintz – Dallas Stars	37
22nd	Troy Terry – Anaheim Ducks	37
23rd	Brock Nelson – New York Islanders	37
24th	Mikko Rantanen – Colorado Avalanche	36
25th	Mitch Marner – Toronto Maple Leafs	35
26th	Timo Meier – San Jose Sharks	35
27th	Andrew Mangiapane – Calgary Flames	35
28th	Joshua Norris – Ottawa Senators	35
29th	Adrian Kempe – Los Angeles Kings	35
30th	Vladimir Tarasenko – St. Louis Blues	34
31st	William Nylander – Toronto Maple Leafs	34
32nd	Ryan Hartman – Minnesota Wild	34

2021 NHL Goals Leaders

Goals Rank	Player	Goals
1st	Auston Matthews – Toronto Maple Leafs	41
2nd	Connor McDavid – Edmonton Oilers	33
3rd	Alex DeBrincat – Chicago Blackhawks	32
4th	Leon Draisaitl – Edmonton Oilers	31
5th	Mikko Rantanen – Colorado Avalanche	30
6th	Brad Marchand – Boston Bruins	29
7th	Tyler Toffoli – Montreal Canadiens	28
8th	Kirill Kaprizov – Minnesota Wild	27
9th	Kyle Connor – Winnipeg Jets	26
10th	Aleksander Barkov – Florida Panthers	26
11th	Joe Pavelski – Dallas Stars	25
12th	Sam Reinhart – Buffalo Sabres	25
13th	Sebastian Aho – Carolina Hurricanes	24
14th	Ryan O’Reilly – St. Louis Blues	24
15th	Mika Zibanejad – New York Rangers	24
16th	Sidney Crosby – Pittsburgh Penguins	24
17th	Max Pacioretty – Vegas Golden Knights	24
18th	Alex Ovechkin – Washington Capitals	24
19th	Brock Boeser – Vancouver Canucks	23
20th	Jake Guentzel – Pittsburgh Penguins	23
21st	Brayden Point – Tampa Bay Lightning	23
22nd	Patrice Bergeron – Boston Bruins	23
23rd	Evander Kane – San Jose Sharks	22
24th	Bryan Rust – Pittsburgh Penguins	22
25th	T.J. Oshie – Washington Capitals	22
26th	Connor Brown – Ottawa Senators	21
27th	Mark Scheifele – Winnipeg Jets	21
28th	Mark Stone – Vegas Golden Knights	21
29th	Nikolaj Ehlers – Winnipeg Jets	21
30th	Phil Kessel – Arizona Coyotes	20
31st	Nino Niederreiter – Carolina Hurricanes	20
32nd	Joel Farabee – Philadelphia Flyers	20

2020 NHL Goals Leaders

Goals Rank	Player	Goals
1st	David Pastrnak – Boston Bruins	48
2nd	Alex Ovechkin – Washington Capitals	48
3rd	Auston Matthews – Toronto Maple Leafs	47
4th	Leon Draisaitl – Edmonton Oilers	43
5th	Mika Zibanejad – New York Rangers	41
6th	Kyle Connor – Winnipeg Jets	38
7th	Sebastian Aho – Carolina Hurricanes	38
8th	Jack Eichel – Buffalo Sabres	36
9th	Nathan MacKinnon – Colorado Avalanche	35
10th	Connor McDavid – Edmonton Oilers	34
11th	Patrick Kane – Chicago Blackhawks	33
12th	Nikita Kucherov – Tampa Bay Lightning	33
13th	Max Pacioretty – Vegas Golden Knights	32
14th	Artemi Panarin – New York Rangers	32
15th	William Nylander – Toronto Maple Leafs	31
16th	Patrice Bergeron – Boston Bruins	31
17th	Dominik Kubalík – Chicago Blackhawks	30
18th	Mark Scheifele – Winnipeg Jets	29
19th	Elias Lindholm – Calgary Flames	29
20th	Mike Hoffman – Florida Panthers	29
21st	Steven Stamkos – Tampa Bay Lightning	29
22nd	Brad Marchand – Boston Bruins	28
23rd	Patrik Laine – Winnipeg Jets	28
24th	Reilly Smith – Vegas Golden Knights	27
25th	J.T. Miller – Vancouver Canucks	27
26th	Elias Pettersson – Vancouver Canucks	27
27th	Bryan Rust – Pittsburgh Penguins	27
28th	Adam Henrique – Anaheim Ducks	26
29th	T.J. Oshie – Washington Capitals	26
30th	Alex Killorn – Tampa Bay Lightning	26
31st	Brock Nelson – New York Islanders	26
32nd	Jean-Gabriel Pageau – 2 Teams	26

2019 NHL Goals Leaders

Goals Rank	Player	Goals
1st	Alex Ovechkin – Washington Capitals	51
2nd	Leon Draisaitl – Edmonton Oilers	50
3rd	John Tavares – Toronto Maple Leafs	47
4th	Steven Stamkos – Tampa Bay Lightning	45
5th	Patrick Kane – Chicago Blackhawks	44
6th	Alex DeBrincat – Chicago Blackhawks	41
7th	Nikita Kucherov – Tampa Bay Lightning	41
8th	Nathan MacKinnon – Colorado Avalanche	41
9th	Cam Atkinson – Columbus Blue Jackets	41
10th	Brayden Point – Tampa Bay Lightning	41
11th	Connor McDavid – Edmonton Oilers	41
12th	Jake Guentzel – Pittsburgh Penguins	40
13th	Jeff Skinner – Buffalo Sabres	40
14th	Mark Scheifele – Winnipeg Jets	38
15th	Joe Pavelski – San Jose Sharks	38
16th	David Pastrnak – Boston Bruins	38
17th	Auston Matthews – Toronto Maple Leafs	37
18th	Johnny Gaudreau – Calgary Flames	36
19th	Mike Hoffman – Florida Panthers	36
20th	Brad Marchand – Boston Bruins	36
21st	Aleksander Barkov – Florida Panthers	35
22nd	Jonathan Toews – Chicago Blackhawks	35
23rd	Sidney Crosby – Pittsburgh Penguins	35
24th	Tomas Hertl – San Jose Sharks	35
25th	Kyle Connor – Winnipeg Jets	34
26th	Matthew Tkachuk – Calgary Flames	34
27th	Sean Monahan – Calgary Flames	34
28th	Gabriel Landeskog – Colorado Avalanche	34
29th	Viktor Arvidsson – Nashville Predators	34
30th	Brendan Gallagher – Montreal Canadiens	33
31st	Tyler Seguin – Dallas Stars	33
32nd	Sean Couturier – Philadelphia Flyers	33

2018 NHL Goals Leaders

Goals Rank	Player	Goals
1st	Alex Ovechkin – Washington Capitals	49
2nd	Patrik Laine – Winnipeg Jets	44
3rd	William Karlsson – Vegas Golden Knights	43
4th	Eric Staal – Minnesota Wild	42
5th	Evgeni Malkin – Pittsburgh Penguins	42
6th	Connor McDavid – Edmonton Oilers	41
7th	Anders Lee – New York Islanders	40
8th	Tyler Seguin – Dallas Stars	40
9th	Nikita Kucherov – Tampa Bay Lightning	39
10th	Taylor Hall – New Jersey Devils	39
11th	Nathan MacKinnon – Colorado Avalanche	39
12th	John Tavares – New York Islanders	37
13th	Jamie Benn – Dallas Stars	36
14th	James van Riemsdyk – Toronto Maple Leafs	36
15th	Anze Kopitar – Los Angeles Kings	35
16th	David Pastrnak – Boston Bruins	35
17th	Claude Giroux – Philadelphia Flyers	34
18th	Phil Kessel – Pittsburgh Penguins	34
19th	Logan Couture – San Jose Sharks	34
20th	Rickard Rakell – Anaheim Ducks	34
21st	Brad Marchand – Boston Bruins	34
22nd	Auston Matthews – Toronto Maple Leafs	34
23rd	Jason Zucker – Minnesota Wild	33
24th	Vladimir Tarasenko – St. Louis Blues	33
25th	Brayden Point – Tampa Bay Lightning	32
26th	Nazem Kadri – Toronto Maple Leafs	32
27th	Sean Couturier – Philadelphia Flyers	31
28th	Brendan Gallagher – Montreal Canadiens	31
29th	Vincent Trocheck – Florida Panthers	31
30th	Kyle Connor – Winnipeg Jets	31
31st	Sean Monahan – Calgary Flames	31
32nd	Patrice Bergeron – Boston Bruins	30

2017 NHL Goals Leaders

Goals Rank	Player	Goals
1st	Sidney Crosby – Pittsburgh Penguins	44
2nd	Auston Matthews – Toronto Maple Leafs	40
3rd	Nikita Kucherov – Tampa Bay Lightning	40
4th	Vladimir Tarasenko – St. Louis Blues	39
5th	Brad Marchand – Boston Bruins	39
6th	Jeff Skinner – Carolina Hurricanes	37
7th	Patrik Laine – Winnipeg Jets	36
8th	Cam Atkinson – Columbus Blue Jackets	35
9th	Max Pacioretty – Montreal Canadiens	35
10th	Patrick Kane – Chicago Blackhawks	34
11th	Anders Lee – New York Islanders	34
12th	David Pastrnak – Boston Bruins	34
13th	Alex Ovechkin – Washington Capitals	33
14th	Rickard Rakell – Anaheim Ducks	33
15th	T.J. Oshie – Washington Capitals	33
16th	Evgeni Malkin – Pittsburgh Penguins	33
17th	Jeff Carter – Los Angeles Kings	32
18th	Nazem Kadri – Toronto Maple Leafs	32
19th	Patrick Eaves – 2 Teams	32
20th	Mark Scheifele – Winnipeg Jets	32
21st	Filip Forsberg – Nashville Predators	31
22nd	Artemi Panarin – Chicago Blackhawks	31
23rd	Wayne Simmonds – Philadelphia Flyers	31
24th	Viktor Arvidsson – Nashville Predators	31
25th	Connor McDavid – Edmonton Oilers	30
26th	Jonathan Marchessault – Florida Panthers	30
27th	Brent Burns – San Jose Sharks	29
28th	Leon Draisaitl – Edmonton Oilers	29
29th	James van Riemsdyk – Toronto Maple Leafs	29
30th	Joe Pavelski – San Jose Sharks	29
31st	Eric Staal – Minnesota Wild	28
32nd	John Tavares – New York Islanders	28

2016 NHL Goals Leaders

Goals Rank	Player	Goals
1st	Alex Ovechkin – Washington Capitals	50
2nd	Patrick Kane – Chicago Blackhawks	46
3rd	Jamie Benn – Dallas Stars	41
4th	Vladimir Tarasenko – St. Louis Blues	40
5th	Joe Pavelski – San Jose Sharks	38
6th	Brad Marchand – Boston Bruins	37
7th	Sidney Crosby – Pittsburgh Penguins	36
8th	Steven Stamkos – Tampa Bay Lightning	36
9th	Corey Perry – Anaheim Ducks	34
10th	Filip Forsberg – Nashville Predators	33
11th	John Tavares – New York Islanders	33
12th	Jason Spezza – Dallas Stars	33
13th	Tyler Seguin – Dallas Stars	33
14th	Wayne Simmonds – Philadelphia Flyers	32
15th	Patrice Bergeron – Boston Bruins	32
16th	James Neal – Nashville Predators	31
17th	Tyler Toffoli – Los Angeles Kings	31
18th	Brandon Saad – Columbus Blue Jackets	31
19th	Loui Eriksson – Boston Bruins	30
20th	Alex Galchenyuk – Montreal Canadiens	30
21st	Boone Jenner – Columbus Blue Jackets	30
22nd	Max Pacioretty – Montreal Canadiens	30
23rd	Kyle Palmieri – New Jersey Devils	30
24th	Adam Henrique – New Jersey Devils	30
25th	Artemi Panarin – Chicago Blackhawks	30
26th	Johnny Gaudreau – Calgary Flames	30
27th	Nikita Kucherov – Tampa Bay Lightning	30
28th	Matt Duchene – Colorado Avalanche	30
29th	Mike Hoffman – Ottawa Senators	29
30th	Mark Scheifele – Winnipeg Jets	29
31st	Daniel Sedin – Vancouver Canucks	28
32nd	Jeff Skinner – Carolina Hurricanes	28

2015 NHL Goals Leaders

Goals Rank	Player	Goals
1st	Alex Ovechkin – Washington Capitals	53
2nd	Steven Stamkos – Tampa Bay Lightning	43
3rd	Rick Nash – New York Rangers	42
4th	John Tavares – New York Islanders	38
5th	Joe Pavelski – San Jose Sharks	37
6th	Max Pacioretty – Montreal Canadiens	37
7th	Vladimir Tarasenko – St. Louis Blues	37
8th	Tyler Seguin – Dallas Stars	37
9th	Jamie Benn – Dallas Stars	35
10th	Zach Parise – Minnesota Wild	33
11th	Corey Perry – Anaheim Ducks	33
12th	Sean Monahan – Calgary Flames	31
13th	Nick Foligno – Columbus Blue Jackets	31
14th	Radim Vrbata – Vancouver Canucks	31
15th	Jiri Hudler – Calgary Flames	31
16th	Jarome Iginla – Colorado Avalanche	29
17th	Nikita Kucherov – Tampa Bay Lightning	29
18th	Tomas Tatar – Detroit Red Wings	29
19th	Tyler Johnson – Tampa Bay Lightning	29
20th	Jeff Carter – Los Angeles Kings	28
21st	Jonathan Toews – Chicago Blackhawks	28
22nd	Sidney Crosby – Pittsburgh Penguins	28
23rd	Scott Hartnell – Columbus Blue Jackets	28
24th	Jaden Schwartz – St. Louis Blues	28
25th	Wayne Simmonds – Philadelphia Flyers	28
26th	Evgeni Malkin – Pittsburgh Penguins	28
27th	Logan Couture – San Jose Sharks	27
28th	Gustav Nyquist – Detroit Red Wings	27
29th	James van Riemsdyk – Toronto Maple Leafs	27
30th	Mike Hoffman – Ottawa Senators	27
31st	Marián Gáborík – Los Angeles Kings	27
32nd	Mike Cammalleri – New Jersey Devils	27

2014 NHL Goals Leaders

Goals Rank	Player	Goals
1st	Alex Ovechkin – Washington Capitals	51
2nd	Corey Perry – Anaheim Ducks	43
3rd	Joe Pavelski – San Jose Sharks	41
4th	Max Pacioretty – Montreal Canadiens	39
5th	Phil Kessel – Toronto Maple Leafs	37
6th	Tyler Seguin – Dallas Stars	37
7th	Sidney Crosby – Pittsburgh Penguins	36
8th	Chris Kunitz – Pittsburgh Penguins	35
9th	Patrick Sharp – Chicago Blackhawks	34
10th	Jamie Benn – Dallas Stars	34
11th	Ryan Johansen – Columbus Blue Jackets	33
12th	Patrick Marleau – San Jose Sharks	33
13th	Jeff Skinner – Carolina Hurricanes	33
14th	Alex Steen – St. Louis Blues	33
15th	Ryan Getzlaf – Anaheim Ducks	31
16th	Jason Pominville – Minnesota Wild	30
17th	Martin St. Louis – 2 Teams	30
18th	Patrice Bergeron – Boston Bruins	30
19th	James van Riemsdyk – Toronto Maple Leafs	30
20th	Jarome Iginla – Boston Bruins	30
21st	Marián Hossa – Chicago Blackhawks	30
22nd	Anze Kopitar – Los Angeles Kings	29
23rd	Wayne Simmonds – Philadelphia Flyers	29
24th	Patrick Kane – Chicago Blackhawks	29
25th	Zach Parise – Minnesota Wild	29
26th	Claude Giroux – Philadelphia Flyers	28
27th	Blake Wheeler – Winnipeg Jets	28
28th	Jordan Eberle – Edmonton Oilers	28
29th	Ryan O’Reilly – Colorado Avalanche	28
30th	David Perron – Edmonton Oilers	28
31st	Jonathan Toews – Chicago Blackhawks	28
32nd	Gustav Nyquist – Detroit Red Wings	28