Jean Ratelle, Vic Hadfield, and Rod Gilbert ranked third, fourth and fifth overall in league scoring.
[1] The Rangers qualified for the postseason for the sixth consecutive season.
The club made its first appearance in the Stanley Cup Finals since 1950 but lost in six games to the Boston Bruins.
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Rangers.
[4] New York's picks at the 1971 NHL Amateur Draft in Montreal, Canada.