Top NHL Forwards by Goals per 60

2025-26·Regular Season·20+ GP

Cole Caufield (MTL) leads NHL forwards with 2.08 goals per 60 across 81 games, 0.20 ahead of Cutter Gauthier. Nathan MacKinnon rounds out the top three at 1.79. 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
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
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
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
Brad Marchand CFLA#63	FLA	C	38	52	27	27	14	54	3.51	19.6%	47.0	50.0	−16	17.7	$5.25M
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
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
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
Pavol Regenda LSJS#40	SJS	L	26	24	9	1	1	10	1.87	21.4%	50.6	49.8	−4	13.3	-
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Tyson Foerster RPHI#71	PHI	R	24	29	13	4	2	17	2.03	21.3%	54.0	44.2	+8	17.3	$3.75M
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
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
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
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
Logan Cooley CUTA#92	UTA	C	22	54	24	19	11	43	2.76	23.5%	51.6	50.8	+3	17.3	$950,000
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
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
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
Viktor Arvidsson LBOS#33	BOS	L	33	69	25	29	13	54	3.22	14.3%	49.4	49.2	+20	14.6	$4.00M
Jason Zucker LBUF#17	BUF	L	34	62	24	21	11	45	2.79	18.8%	49.3	48.3	−5	15.6	$4.75M
Mark Stone RVGK#61	VGK	R	34	60	28	45	31	73	3.80	21.5%	62.1	55.5	+26	19.2	$9.50M
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
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
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
Jared McCann LSEA#19	SEA	L	30	52	20	20	14	40	2.81	17.1%	50.6	49.2	−7	16.4	$5.00M
Bobby McMann CSEA#74	SEA	C	30	78	29	17	11	46	2.22	15.8%	45.4	46.8	−3	15.9	$1.35M
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
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
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
Matthew Tkachuk LFLA#19	FLA	L	28	31	13	21	12	34	3.60	14.8%	52.0	56.9	−6	18.3	$9.50M
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
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
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
Adam Gaudette RSJS#81	SJS	R	30	66	17	8	3	25	1.98	17.7%	45.5	44.5	−9	11.5	$2.00M
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
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
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
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
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
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
Egor Chinakhov RPIT#59	PIT	R	25	72	21	21	9	42	2.60	15.0%	50.2	49.2	−2	13.5	$2.10M
Auston Matthews CTOR#34	TOR	C	29	60	27	26	15	53	2.55	11.9%	47.5	45.9	−4	20.8	$13.25M
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

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Red: Below 50%