NHL Forward Scoring Leaders 1979-1980

NHL forward scoring leaders in the 1979-1980 season.
		Overall NHL Stats									Time on Ice				Goals					Assists					Points						per 60 All Situations			per 60 Even-Strength			per 60 Power-Play			per Game			Shots		Defensive		Faceoffs
Rk	Name	Team	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	TOI	ES	PP	SH	ESG	PPG	SHG	GWG	OTG	ESA	PPA	SHA	GWA	OTA	ESP	PPP	SHP	GWP	OTP	PPP%	G/60	A/60	P/60	ESG/60	ESA/60	ESP/60	PPG/60	PPA/60	PPP/60	G/GP	A/GP	P/GP	SHOTS	SH%	HITS	BS	FOW	FOL	FO%
1	Marcel Dionne	LAK	28	F	80	53	84	137	32	34					36	17	0	6	0	55	29	0	9	0	91	46	0	15	0	33.6%										0.663	1.050	1.713	348	15.2%
2	Wayne Gretzky	EDM	18	F	79	51	86	137	21	14					37	13	1	6	0	63	22	1	7	0	100	35	2	13	0	25.5%										0.646	1.089	1.734	284	18.0%
3	Guy Lafleur	MTL	28	F	74	50	75	125	12	40					35	15	0	7	0	49	26	0	10	0	84	41	0	17	0	32.8%										0.676	1.014	1.689	323	15.5%
4	Gilbert Perreault	BUF	29	F	80	40	66	106	57	33					30	10	0	5	0	37	29	0	8	0	67	39	0	13	0	36.8%										0.500	0.825	1.325	180	22.2%
5	Mike Rogers	HFD	25	F	80	44	61	105	10	28					39	3	2	0	0	42	19	0	5	0	81	22	2	5	0	21.0%										0.550	0.763	1.313	229	19.2%
6	Bryan Trottier	NYI	23	F	78	42	62	104	68	31					27	15	0	7	0	47	15	0	4	0	74	30	0	11	0	28.8%										0.538	0.795	1.333	184	22.8%
7	Charlie Simmer	LAK	25	F	64	56	45	101	65	47					35	21	0	8	0	29	16	0	6	0	64	37	0	14	0	36.6%										0.875	0.703	1.578	213	26.3%
8	Blaine Stoughton	HFD	26	F	80	56	44	100	16	10					38	16	2	9	0	35	8	1	3	0	73	24	3	12	0	24.0%										0.700	0.550	1.250	234	23.9%
9	Darryl Sittler	TOR	29	F	73	40	57	97	62	3					22	17	1	5	0	40	17	0	7	0	62	34	1	12	0	35.1%										0.548	0.781	1.329	315	12.7%
10	Blair MacDonald	EDM	26	F	80	46	48	94	6	0					31	13	2	6	0	32	15	1	1	0	63	28	3	7	0	29.8%										0.575	0.600	1.175	266	17.3%
11	Bernie Federko	STL	23	F	79	38	56	94	24	3					31	7	0	4	0	37	19	0	7	0	68	26	0	11	0	27.7%										0.481	0.709	1.190	183	20.8%
12	Al MacAdam	MNS	27	F	80	42	51	93	24	36					29	13	0	3	0	35	16	0	5	0	64	29	0	8	0	31.2%										0.525	0.638	1.163	170	24.7%
13	Kent Nilsson	AFM	23	F	80	40	53	93	10	-3					26	14	0	3	0	31	22	0	5	0	57	36	0	8	0	38.7%										0.500	0.663	1.163	217	18.4%
14	Mike Bossy	NYI	22	F	75	51	41	92	12	28					36	15	0	8	0	25	16	0	10	0	61	31	0	18	0	33.7%										0.680	0.547	1.227	246	20.7%
15	Rick Middleton	BOS	26	F	80	40	52	92	24	30					31	9	0	4	0	28	22	2	8	0	59	31	2	12	0	33.7%										0.500	0.650	1.150	223	17.9%
16	Pierre Larouche	MTL	24	F	73	50	41	91	16	35					38	12	0	7	0	27	14	0	7	0	65	26	0	14	0	28.6%										0.685	0.562	1.247	220	22.7%
17	Dave Taylor	LAK	24	F	61	37	53	90	72	38					25	12	0	7	0	40	13	0	8	0	65	25	0	15	0	27.8%										0.607	0.869	1.475	170	21.8%
18	Danny Gare	BUF	25	F	76	56	33	89	90	48					39	17	0	11	0	22	11	0	5	0	61	28	0	16	0	31.5%										0.737	0.434	1.171	270	20.7%
19	Steve Shutt	MTL	27	F	77	47	42	89	34	45					30	17	0	4	0	36	6	0	5	0	66	23	0	9	0	25.8%										0.610	0.545	1.156	224	21.0%
20	Real Cloutier	QUE	23	F	67	42	47	89	12	-5					29	13	0	3	0	25	22	0	5	0	54	35	0	8	0	39.3%										0.627	0.701	1.328	254	16.5%
21	Steve Payne	MNS	21	F	80	42	43	85	40	37					26	16	0	2	0	29	14	0	8	0	55	30	0	10	0	35.3%										0.525	0.538	1.063	233	18.0%
22	Bobby Smith	MNS	21	F	61	27	56	83	24	17					18	9	0	3	0	36	20	0	3	0	54	29	0	6	0	34.9%										0.443	0.918	1.361	223	12.1%
23	Dale McCourt	DET	22	F	80	30	51	81	12	1					21	7	2	3	0	36	14	1	4	0	57	21	3	7	0	25.9%										0.375	0.638	1.013	200	15.0%
24	Rick Martin	BUF	28	F	80	45	34	79	54	19					37	8	0	3	0	23	11	0	4	0	60	19	0	7	0	24.1%										0.563	0.425	0.988	257	17.5%
25	Butch Goring	NYI	30	F	81	26	53	79	14	-13					23	2	1	1	0	23	30	0	2	0	46	32	1	3	0	40.5%										0.321	0.654	0.975	180	14.4%
26	Ken Linseman	PHI	21	F	80	22	57	79	107	26					20	2	0	4	0	43	14	0	9	0	63	16	0	13	0	20.3%										0.275	0.713	0.988	168	13.1%
27	Peter McNab	BOS	27	F	74	40	38	78	10	24					29	11	0	9	0	35	3	0	5	0	64	14	0	14	0	17.9%										0.541	0.514	1.054	193	20.7%
28	Phil Esposito	NYR	37	F	80	34	44	78	73	-14					21	13	0	5	0	29	15	0	6	0	50	28	0	11	0	35.9%										0.425	0.550	0.975	245	13.9%
29	Stan Smyl	VAN	21	F	77	31	47	78	204	27					20	11	0	3	0	40	7	0	5	0	60	18	0	8	0	23.1%										0.403	0.610	1.013	182	17.0%
30	Guy Chouinard	AFM	23	F	76	31	46	77	22	5					22	9	0	1	0	30	16	0	6	0	52	25	0	7	0	32.5%										0.408	0.605	1.013	208	14.9%
31	Reggie Leach	PHI	29	F	76	50	26	76	28	41					41	5	4	7	0	21	4	1	3	0	62	9	5	10	0	11.8%										0.658	0.342	1.000	328	15.2%
32	Lanny McDonald	CLR	26	F	81	40	35	75	53	-17					26	14	0	6	0	21	14	0	1	0	47	28	0	7	0	37.3%										0.494	0.432	0.926	334	12.0%
33	Brian Propp	PHI	20	F	80	34	41	75	54	45					30	4	0	3	0	30	11	0	4	0	60	15	0	7	0	20.0%										0.425	0.513	0.938	209	16.3%
34	Thomas Gradin	VAN	23	F	80	30	45	75	22	15					23	7	0	2	0	26	19	0	4	0	49	26	0	6	0	34.7%										0.375	0.563	0.938	146	20.6%
35	Morris Lukowich	WPG	23	F	78	35	39	74	77	-16					21	13	1	2	0	22	17	0	4	0	43	30	1	6	0	40.5%										0.449	0.500	0.949	201	17.4%
36	Václav Nedomanský	DET	35	F	79	35	39	74	13	-5					24	11	0	6	0	21	18	0	4	0	45	29	0	10	0	39.2%										0.443	0.494	0.937	235	14.9%
37	Tim Young	MNS	24	F	77	31	43	74	24	13					24	5	2	5	0	34	9	0	5	0	58	14	2	10	0	18.9%										0.403	0.558	0.961	219	14.2%
38	Wilf Paiement	TOR	24	F	75	30	44	74	113	-5					18	10	2	3	0	29	15	0	7	0	47	25	2	10	0	33.8%										0.400	0.587	0.987	270	11.1%
39	Jean Ratelle	BOS	39	F	67	28	45	73	8	10					14	14	0	1	0	34	11	0	7	0	48	25	0	8	0	34.2%										0.418	0.672	1.090	145	19.3%
40	Don Maloney	NYR	21	F	79	25	48	73	97	-16					18	6	1	3	0	30	18	0	5	0	48	24	1	8	0	32.9%										0.316	0.608	0.924	123	20.3%
41	Bill Barber	PHI	27	F	79	40	32	72	17	38					31	7	2	7	0	23	7	2	6	0	54	14	4	13	0	19.4%										0.506	0.405	0.911	259	15.4%
42	Mike Foligno	DET	20	F	80	36	35	71	109	-4					27	9	0	0	0	26	9	0	6	0	53	18	0	6	0	25.4%										0.450	0.438	0.888	196	18.4%
43	Anders Hedberg	NYR	28	F	80	32	39	71	21	15					25	7	0	4	0	25	12	2	5	0	50	19	2	9	0	26.8%										0.400	0.488	0.888	241	13.3%
44	Terry Ruskowski	CHI	25	F	74	15	55	70	252	7					8	6	1	3	0	38	16	1	8	0	46	22	2	11	0	31.4%										0.203	0.743	0.946	88	17.1%
45	Tom Lysiak	CHI	26	F	77	26	43	69	31	-7					16	10	0	6	0	30	12	1	5	0	46	22	1	11	0	31.9%										0.338	0.558	0.896	160	16.3%
46	Bobby Clarke	PHI	30	F	76	12	57	69	65	42					9	1	2	2	0	44	9	4	10	0	53	10	6	12	0	14.5%										0.158	0.750	0.908	139	8.6%
47	Mike Gartner	WSH	20	F	77	36	32	68	66	16					32	4	0	3	0	27	5	0	3	0	59	9	0	6	0	13.2%										0.468	0.416	0.883	226	15.9%
48	Don Lever	AFM	27	F	79	35	33	68	36	-8					28	6	1	1	0	28	5	0	3	0	56	11	1	4	0	16.2%										0.443	0.418	0.861	208	16.8%
49	Marc Tardif	QUE	30	F	58	33	35	68	30	-13					24	9	0	4	0	26	9	0	2	0	50	18	0	6	0	26.5%										0.569	0.603	1.172	229	14.4%
50	Ivan Boldirev	VAN	30	F	79	32	35	67	34	-2					26	6	0	5	0	23	12	0	6	0	49	18	0	11	0	26.9%										0.405	0.443	0.848	198	16.2%

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NHL Forward Scoring Leaders 1979‑1980

1979-1980 NHL Demographics

NHL nationality split - All forwards ‑ 1979‑1980 season