Top NHL Forwards by Goals

2025-26·Regular Season·20+ GP

Nathan MacKinnon (COL) leads NHL forwards with 53 goals across 80 games, 2 ahead of Cole Caufield. Connor McDavid rounds out the top three at 48. Rankings cover the 2025-26 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
Nathan MacKinnon CCOL#29	COL	C	31	80	53	74	50	127	4.28	15.1%	60.8	56.9	+57	22.3	$12.60M
Cole Caufield RMTL#13	MTL	R	25	81	51	37	23	88	3.58	19.8%	53.7	52.7	+29	18.2	$7.85M
Connor McDavid CEDM#97	EDM	C	29	82	48	90	57	138	4.39	15.6%	56.6	54.3	+17	23.0	$12.50M
Macklin Celebrini CSJS#71	SJS	C	20	82	45	70	46	115	3.95	15.7%	50.7	48.7	+8	21.3	$975,000
Jason Robertson LDAL#21	DAL	L	27	82	45	51	24	96	3.47	15.3%	55.2	50.7	+22	20.3	$7.75M
Kirill Kaprizov LMIN#97	MIN	L	29	78	45	44	27	89	3.09	16.7%	55.1	51.4	+10	22.1	$9.00M
Wyatt Johnston CDAL#53	DAL	C	23	82	45	41	24	86	3.13	21.8%	52.1	45.2	−5	20.1	$8.40M
Nikita Kucherov RTBL#86	TBL	R	33	76	44	86	51	130	5.05	19.0%	57.0	55.8	+43	20.3	$9.50M
Matt Boldy LMIN#12	MIN	L	25	76	42	43	23	85	3.26	16.5%	53.1	51.2	+18	20.6	$7.00M
Steven Stamkos CNSH#91	NSH	C	36	82	42	24	11	66	2.71	20.4%	50.5	50.8	−17	17.8	$8.00M
Alex DeBrincat RDET#93	DET	R	28	82	41	44	24	85	3.36	14.3%	52.4	51.1	+8	18.5	$7.88M
Cutter Gauthier LANA#61	ANA	L	22	76	41	28	14	69	3.16	14.4%	50.7	55.1	−2	17.3	$950,000
Tage Thompson CBUF#72	BUF	C	28	81	40	41	28	81	3.12	14.7%	50.8	50.3	−6	19.2	$7.14M
Filip Forsberg LNSH#9	NSH	L	32	82	40	35	24	75	2.91	16.3%	49.0	52.3	−2	18.9	$8.50M
Dylan Guenther RUTA#11	UTA	R	23	79	40	33	23	73	3.19	16.5%	51.2	53.1	+7	17.4	$7.14M
Kyle Connor LWPG#81	WPG	L	29	82	39	53	33	92	3.13	14.2%	48.9	49.4	−2	21.5	$7.14M
Morgan Geekie CBOS#39	BOS	C	28	81	39	29	14	68	2.89	21.5%	46.3	48.4	−5	17.4	$5.50M
Martin Necas CCOL#88	COL	C	27	78	38	62	35	100	3.58	18.4%	57.8	55.4	+47	21.5	$6.50M
Jake Guentzel CTBL#59	TBL	C	32	81	38	50	29	88	3.22	17.3%	53.9	53.2	+13	20.2	$9.00M
Pavel Dorofeyev LVGK#16	VGK	L	25	82	37	27	18	64	2.66	16.1%	55.1	56.1	−3	17.6	$1.84M
Mark Scheifele CWPG#55	WPG	C	33	82	36	67	42	103	3.50	20.6%	48.7	49.7	0	21.5	$8.50M
Brandon Hagel LTBL#38	TBL	L	28	71	36	38	26	74	3.16	16.8%	60.1	58.2	+34	19.8	$6.50M
Adrian Kempe RLAK#9	LAK	R	30	81	36	37	23	73	2.80	15.9%	48.0	52.0	+14	19.3	$5.50M
Leon Draisaitl CEDM#29	EDM	C	30	65	35	62	40	97	4.15	18.8%	55.2	53.4	+13	21.6	$14.00M
Tim Stützle COTT#18	OTT	C	24	80	34	49	26	83	3.07	17.5%	52.7	54.7	+7	20.3	$8.35M
Mika Zibanejad CNYR#93	NYR	C	33	81	34	44	29	78	2.76	15.8%	48.6	49.5	−20	20.9	$8.50M
Dylan Larkin CDET#71	DET	C	30	74	34	33	16	67	2.69	14.8%	49.4	50.8	+3	20.2	$8.70M
Nick Schmaltz CUTA#8	UTA	C	30	82	33	41	30	74	2.75	16.0%	55.2	55.9	+17	19.7	$5.85M
Drake Batherson ROTT#19	OTT	R	28	79	33	38	20	71	3.11	19.6%	54.0	55.6	−7	17.4	$4.98M
Alex Tuch RBUF#89	BUF	R	30	79	33	33	18	66	2.64	16.9%	51.4	50.6	+24	19.0	$4.75M
Brock Nelson CCOL#11	COL	C	34	81	33	32	16	65	2.45	17.7%	60.2	57.3	+15	19.7	$7.50M
Anthony Mantha RPIT#39	PIT	R	32	81	33	31	16	64	3.12	21.7%	49.8	47.7	+10	15.2	$2.50M
Seth Jarvis CCAR#24	CAR	C	24	71	32	34	19	66	2.95	14.3%	55.1	60.7	+6	18.9	$7.42M
Alex Ovechkin LWSH#8	WSH	L	41	82	32	32	22	64	2.68	13.1%	49.0	49.9	−5	17.4	$9.50M
Tyler Bertuzzi LCHI#59	CHI	L	31	79	32	26	15	58	2.39	19.5%	45.7	47.1	−16	18.4	$5.50M
John Tavares CTOR#91	TOR	C	36	82	31	40	21	71	2.86	16.1%	48.1	48.3	−28	18.2	$4.39M
Andrei Svechnikov RCAR#37	CAR	R	26	79	31	39	24	70	3.13	15.3%	55.2	61.5	+1	17.0	$7.75M
Bo Horvat CNYI#14	NYI	C	31	68	31	26	10	57	2.42	13.7%	50.3	52.6	+8	20.8	$8.50M
Zach Hyman LEDM#18	EDM	L	34	58	31	21	13	52	2.69	19.5%	56.5	51.8	+13	20.0	$5.50M
William Nylander RTOR#88	TOR	R	30	65	30	49	37	79	3.76	19.2%	46.4	47.7	−14	19.4	$11.50M
Connor Bedard CCHI#98	CHI	C	21	69	30	45	33	75	3.13	13.3%	45.0	43.8	−18	20.9	$950,000
Juraj Slafkovský LMTL#20	MTL	L	22	82	30	43	26	73	2.88	16.6%	49.8	48.9	+9	18.5	$7.60M
Gabriel Vilardi CWPG#13	WPG	C	27	82	30	39	20	69	2.69	20.0%	49.8	48.8	−12	18.7	$7.50M
Pavel Zacha CBOS#18	BOS	C	29	78	30	35	17	65	2.97	22.9%	45.9	48.2	+4	16.8	$4.75M
Tom Wilson RWSH#43	WSH	R	32	72	30	32	17	62	2.65	19.6%	54.9	53.4	+15	19.5	$6.50M
Nick Suzuki CMTL#14	MTL	C	27	82	29	72	45	101	3.55	15.8%	54.4	52.3	+37	20.8	$7.88M
David Pastrnak RBOS#88	BOS	R	30	77	29	71	57	100	3.77	11.1%	48.4	48.8	+4	20.7	$11.25M
Sidney Crosby CPIT#87	PIT	C	39	68	29	45	28	74	3.40	18.1%	48.5	49.9	0	19.2	$8.70M
Leo Carlsson CANA#91	ANA	C	21	70	29	38	23	67	3.00	15.0%	54.4	56.6	+4	19.2	$950,000
Bryan Rust RPIT#17	PIT	R	34	72	29	36	20	65	2.72	15.8%	45.6	48.5	0	20.0	$5.13M

Showing 1–50 of 476 players

Legend

Click any term for its definition.

GP: Games Played

Green: Above 50% (league avg)

Red: Below 50%