Top NHL Forwards by Goals

2024-25·Regular Season·20+ GP

Leon Draisaitl (EDM) leads NHL forwards with 52 goals across 71 games, 7 ahead of William Nylander. Alex Ovechkin rounds out the top three at 44. Rankings cover the 2024-25 NHL season among qualifying forwards.

Position: ForwardsMin GP: 20+

Player	Team	Pos	Age	GP	G	A	A1	P	P/60	S%	xGF%	CF%	+/-	TOI	Cap Hit
Leon Draisaitl CEDM#29	EDM	C	30	71	52	54	30	106	4.16	21.6%	61.1	58.7	+32	21.5	$8.50M
William Nylander RTOR#88	TOR	R	30	82	45	39	23	84	3.15	17.8%	51.1	47.8	+10	19.5	$11.50M
Alex Ovechkin LWSH#8	WSH	L	41	65	44	29	19	73	3.80	18.6%	44.9	48.2	+15	17.7	$9.50M
Tage Thompson CBUF#72	BUF	C	28	76	44	28	18	72	3.03	18.2%	52.1	51.0	−2	18.8	$7.14M
David Pastrnak RBOS#88	BOS	R	30	82	43	63	45	106	3.84	13.5%	53.3	51.0	0	20.2	$11.25M
Brayden Point CTBL#21	TBL	C	30	77	42	40	23	82	3.28	22.1%	50.8	48.2	+17	19.5	$9.50M
Kyle Connor LWPG#81	WPG	L	29	82	41	56	31	97	3.48	15.4%	52.2	47.7	+17	20.4	$7.14M
Jake Guentzel CTBL#59	TBL	C	32	80	41	39	21	80	3.00	18.9%	53.0	50.3	+18	20.0	$9.00M
Mark Scheifele CWPG#55	WPG	C	33	82	39	48	32	87	3.11	21.5%	51.2	47.1	+12	20.4	$8.50M
Sam Reinhart CFLA#13	FLA	C	30	79	39	42	24	81	3.00	18.3%	58.7	58.5	+6	20.5	$8.63M
Alex DeBrincat RDET#93	DET	R	28	82	39	31	23	70	2.87	16.0%	49.8	50.5	−13	17.9	$7.88M
John Tavares CTOR#91	TOR	C	36	75	38	36	20	74	3.25	19.0%	49.5	45.1	+10	18.2	$11.00M
Nikita Kucherov RTBL#86	TBL	R	33	78	37	84	56	121	4.39	14.0%	55.8	51.7	+22	21.2	$9.50M
Artemi Panarin LNYR#10	NYR	L	34	80	37	52	27	89	3.39	15.6%	49.5	53.8	−9	19.7	$11.64M
Cole Caufield RMTL#13	MTL	R	25	82	37	33	22	70	2.83	15.4%	48.8	50.5	+9	18.1	$7.85M
Jordan Kyrou RSTL#25	STL	R	28	82	36	34	20	70	2.93	15.1%	54.6	50.2	+23	17.5	$8.13M
Alex Tuch RBUF#89	BUF	R	30	82	36	31	15	67	2.55	18.3%	49.9	49.8	+16	19.3	$4.75M
Brandon Hagel LTBL#38	TBL	L	28	82	35	55	34	90	3.17	15.4%	59.2	52.9	+33	20.7	$6.50M
Jason Robertson LDAL#21	DAL	L	27	82	35	45	22	80	3.29	16.6%	51.5	49.7	+10	17.8	$7.75M
Adrian Kempe RLAK#9	LAK	R	30	81	35	38	27	73	2.82	14.8%	52.4	50.9	+22	19.2	$5.50M
Rickard Rakell RPIT#67	PIT	R	33	81	35	35	19	70	2.69	17.2%	50.1	53.0	−22	19.3	$5.00M
Nico Hischier CNJD#13	NJD	C	27	75	35	34	22	69	2.71	18.7%	54.9	54.7	+9	20.4	$7.25M
Nazem Kadri CCGY#91	CGY	C	36	82	35	32	19	67	2.53	12.5%	48.1	52.8	−17	19.4	$7.00M
Kevin Fiala LLAK#22	LAK	L	30	81	35	25	14	60	2.40	14.3%	57.6	56.7	−7	18.5	$7.88M
Pavel Dorofeyev LVGK#16	VGK	L	25	82	35	17	8	52	2.30	13.8%	55.6	53.6	+2	16.5	$1.84M
Sidney Crosby CPIT#87	PIT	C	39	80	33	58	33	91	3.35	14.5%	51.3	52.6	−20	20.4	$8.70M
Auston Matthews CTOR#34	TOR	C	29	67	33	45	27	78	3.41	12.6%	55.8	52.0	+11	20.5	$13.25M
Wyatt Johnston CDAL#53	DAL	C	23	82	33	38	25	71	2.74	16.3%	49.7	47.2	+2	18.9	$894,167
Tom Wilson RWSH#43	WSH	R	32	81	33	32	21	65	2.57	19.5%	52.1	50.1	+20	18.7	$6.50M
Morgan Geekie CBOS#39	BOS	C	28	77	33	24	14	57	2.62	22.0%	54.9	50.7	+3	16.9	$2.00M
Nathan MacKinnon CCOL#29	COL	C	31	79	32	84	53	116	3.87	10.0%	60.0	59.0	+25	22.8	$12.60M
Mikko Rantanen RDAL#96	DAL	R	29	82	32	56	34	88	3.03	15.1%	54.4	53.9	+13	21.2	$9.25M
Seth Jarvis CCAR#24	CAR	C	24	73	32	35	22	67	2.84	15.7%	61.3	60.0	+12	19.4	$7.42M
Tomas Hertl CVGK#48	VGK	C	32	73	32	29	16	61	2.93	18.1%	55.3	53.9	−3	17.1	$8.14M
Filip Forsberg LNSH#9	NSH	L	32	82	31	45	24	76	2.99	11.0%	50.7	51.4	−27	18.6	$8.50M
Kirill Marchenko RCBJ#86	CBJ	R	26	79	31	43	29	74	3.02	15.0%	53.4	51.9	+29	18.6	$3.85M
Bryan Rust RPIT#17	PIT	R	34	71	31	34	23	65	2.78	16.2%	47.8	49.6	−21	19.8	$5.13M
Ryan Donato CCHI#8	CHI	C	30	80	31	31	25	62	2.85	17.0%	44.8	45.1	−15	16.3	$2.00M
Adam Fantilli CCBJ#19	CBJ	C	21	82	31	23	14	54	2.26	16.2%	44.9	46.8	+4	17.5	$950,000
Clayton Keller CUTA#9	UTA	C	28	81	30	60	26	90	3.49	13.8%	53.7	54.1	−12	19.1	$7.15M
Nick Suzuki CMTL#14	MTL	C	27	82	30	59	33	89	3.25	17.4%	50.3	51.7	+19	20.1	$7.88M
Matt Duchene CDAL#95	DAL	C	35	82	30	52	26	82	3.50	19.7%	51.6	49.9	+13	17.1	$3.00M
Dylan Larkin CDET#71	DET	C	30	82	30	40	27	70	2.55	12.8%	50.1	52.8	−16	20.1	$8.70M
Aliaksei Protas CWSH#21	WSH	C	25	76	30	36	25	66	3.17	21.0%	51.7	52.3	+40	16.5	$3.38M
Tyler Toffoli CSJS#73	SJS	C	34	78	30	24	13	54	2.45	12.9%	46.4	50.8	−21	16.9	$6.00M
Dylan Strome CWSH#17	WSH	C	29	82	29	53	27	82	3.45	19.3%	45.1	48.6	+2	17.4	$5.00M
Sebastian Aho CCAR#20	CAR	C	29	79	29	45	33	74	2.80	14.0%	57.7	60.8	+7	20.1	$9.75M
Matthew Knies LTOR#23	TOR	L	23	78	29	29	17	58	2.41	19.1%	53.7	49.6	+7	18.5	$925,000
Brady Tkachuk LOTT#7	OTT	L	27	72	29	26	15	55	2.51	9.8%	55.3	53.8	0	18.2	$8.21M
Anders Lee LNYI#27	NYI	L	36	82	29	25	16	54	2.32	12.4%	53.5	51.7	+3	17.1	$7.00M

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