List of NHL players with 50-goal seasons

Scoring 50 goals in one season is one of the most celebrated individual achievements in the National Hockey League (NHL).

He also shares the record for most 50-goal seasons with Mike Bossy and Alexander Ovechkin, each having reached the milestone nine times in their careers.

[4] Maurice Richard averaged a goal per game for Montreal in 1944–45 and surpassed Malone's record of 44 late in the season.

[1] Early in the 1960s, Chicago Black Hawks teammates Stan Mikita and Bobby Hull began experimenting with curved blades, noticing that different bends made shots more unpredictable for goaltenders.

[12] Mike Bossy of the New York Islanders joined Richard as the second man in NHL history to score 50 goals in 50 games in 1980–81.

[12] Bossy, who had set a league rookie-scoring record with 53 goals in 1977–78, surpassed the 50-goal mark in each of his first nine NHL seasons.

[20] As teams shifted their focus to defensive play rather than offensive, scoring rapidly declined in the late 1990s.

[22] Only five players reached the 50-goal mark between 1999 and 2004: Pavel Bure, Joe Sakic, Jaromir Jagr, Jarome Iginla, and Milan Hejduk.

Following the 2004–05 lockout that cancelled the season, the league introduced numerous rule changes designed to increase scoring.

Alexander Ovechkin scored 50 goals for a ninth time in his career during the 2021–22 season. This tied Wayne Gretzky and Mike Bossy for the record of most all-time seasons.
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Maurice "Rocket" Richard was the NHL's first 50-goal scorer.
A amazing scorer with 4 Stanley Cups.
Mike Bossy had a record nine consecutive 50-goal seasons.
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Wayne Gretzky had nine 50-goal seasons in his career, a record shared with Bossy and Ovechkin. Gretzky has the top two goal-scoring seasons, with 92 in 1981–82 and 87 in 1983–84 .
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Mario Lemieux had six seasons with 50 or more goals, peaking at 85 in 1988–89 .
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Jarome Iginla had two 50-goal seasons: 2001–02 and 2007–08 .
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Teemu Selanne set an NHL rookie record with 76 goals in 1992–93 .
Hakan Loob became the first Swede to score 50 goals in one season in 1987–88 .
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Sergei Fedorov scored 56 goals in 1993–94 .
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Joe Sakic reached the 50-goal mark twice, scoring 51 goals in 1995–96 and 54 in 2000–01 .
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Pavel Bure topped 50 goals with both Vancouver and Florida.
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Jonathan Cheechoo led the NHL with 56 goals in 2005–06 .
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Dany Heatley topped 50 goals twice with the Ottawa Senators, scoring 50 in both 2005–06 and 2006–07 .
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Vincent Lecavalier scored 52 goals in 2006–07 .
Sidney Crosby scored 51 goals in 2009–10
Corey Perry recorded a league-leading 50 goals in 2010–11
Steven Stamkos scored 51 goals in 2009–10 and 60 in 2011–12
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Evgeni Malkin scored 50 goals in 2011–12 .
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Leon Draisaitl scored 50 goals in 2018–19 , 55 in 2021–22 and 52 in 2022–23 .