most goal total by a 1st overall nhl draft pick in first season

Alex Ovechkin put up 52 goals in his rookie season in his first season.

	NAME	G	SEASON	TM	GP	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	52	2005-06	WSH	81	54	106	+2	52	21	31	3	0	5	2	425	12.2	2	16	12.5	172	20	69	88	21:37
2	Dale Hawerchuk D. Hawerchuk	45	1981-82	WIN	80	58	103	-7	47	12	22	0	2	2		339	13.3
3	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	43	1984-85	PIT	73	57	100	-33	54	11	22	0	0	2	1	209	20.6
4	Eric Lindros E. Lindros	41	1992-93	PHI	61	34	75	+28	147	8	10	1	0	5	0	180	22.8
5	Auston Matthews A. Matthews	40	2016-17	TOR	82	29	69	+2	14	8	13	0	0	8	1	279	14.3	530	1,132	46.8	21	61	76	44	17:38
6	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	39	2005-06	PIT	81	63	102	-1	110	16	31	0	2	5	3	278	14.0	534	1,174	45.5	66	43	36	57	20:08
7	Gilbert Perreault G. Perreault	38	1970-71	BUF	78	34	72	-38	19	14	15	0	0	5		210	18.1
8	Wendel Clark W. Clark	34	1985-86	TOR	66	11	45	-27	227	4	2	0	0	3	0	164	20.7
9	Dale McCourt D. McCourt	33	1977-78	DET	76	39	72	+10	10	10	19	3	0	5		219	15.1
10	Bobby Smith B. Smith	30	1978-79	MNS	80	44	74	-8	39	9	13	0	0	4		244	12.3
11	Ilya Kovalchuk I. Kovalchuk	29	2001-02	ATL	65	22	51	-19	28	7	8	0	0	4	1	184	15.8	1	6	16.7	34	11	16	86	18:32
12	Mike Modano M. Modano	29	1989-90	MNS	80	46	75	-7	63	12	17	0	0	2	0	172	16.9
13	Guy Lafleur G. Lafleur	29	1971-72	MTL	73	35	64	+27	48	5	8	0	0	5		187	15.5
14	Billy Harris B. Harris	28	1972-73	NYI	78	22	50	-45	35	6	7	0	0	2		196	14.3
15	Macklin Celebrini M. Celebrini	25	2024-25	SJS	70	38	63	-31	28	8	14	0	0	4	1	236	10.6	507	1,051	48.2	37	53	29	113	19:47
16	Nathan MacKinnon N. MacKinnon	24	2013-14	COL	82	39	63	+20	26	8	9	0	0	5	0	241	10.0	194	452	42.9	57	45	51	28	17:21
17	John Tavares J. Tavares	24	2009-10	NYI	82	30	54	-15	22	11	14	0	0	2	0	186	12.9	536	1,129	47.5	42	28	55	77	18:00
18	Steven Stamkos S. Stamkos	23	2008-09	TBL	79	23	46	-13	39	9	8	0	0	1	0	181	12.7	253	557	45.4	75	17	49	33	14:56
19	Mats Sundin M. Sundin	23	1990-91	QUE	80	36	59	-24	58	4	8	0	0	0	0	155	14.8
20	Mel Bridgman M. Bridgman	23	1975-76	PHI	80	27	50	+22	86	5	4	1	0	2		166	13.9
21	Connor Bedard C. Bedard	22	2023-24	CHI	68	39	61	-44	28	4	17	0	0	2	1	206	10.7	207	532	38.9	55	27	47	57	19:47
22	Taylor Hall T. Hall	22	2010-11	EDM	65	20	42	-9	27	8	3	0	0	4	1	186	11.8	42	105	40.0	48	37	45	45	18:13
23	Patrick Kane P. Kane	21	2007-08	CHI	82	51	72	-5	52	7	21	0	0	4	1	191	11.0	16	26	61.5	16	7	49	22	18:22
24	Nico Hischier N. Hischier	20	2017-18	NJD	82	32	52	+10	26	1	5	0	0	2	0	180	11.1	422	983	42.9	56	39	56	26	16:19
25	Alexandre Daigle A. Daigle	20	1993-94	OTT	84	31	51	-45	40	4	10	0	1	2	0	168	11.9