Points/goals/assists Per Game Average
- Highest goals-per-game average, career (among players with 200-or-more goals): Mike Bossy, .762
- Highest goals-per-game average including playoffs, career (among players with 200-or-more goals): Mario Lemieux, .749
- Highest goals-per-game average, one season (among players with 20-or-more goals): Joe Malone, 2.20 (1917–18)
- Highest goals-per-game average, one season (among players with 50-or-more goals): Wayne Gretzky, 1.18 (1983–84)
- Highest assists-per-game average, career (among players with 300-or-more assists): Wayne Gretzky, 1.320
- Highest assists-per-game average, one season (among players with 35-or-more assists): Wayne Gretzky, 2.04 (1985–86)
- Highest points-per-game average, career (among players with 500-or-more points): Wayne Gretzky, 1.921
- Highest points-per-game average, one season (among players with 50-or-more-points): Wayne Gretzky, 2.77 (1983–84)
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