Wayne Gretzky has collected the most career points per game, with 1.92 per game.

Interpreted as:

NHL most points per game with a minimum of 500 points by a player career

	NAME	P/GP	P	GP	G	A	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	1.92	2,857	1,487	894	1,963	+520	577	204	686	73	76	91	2	5,088	17.6
2	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	1.88	1,723	915	690	1,033	+114	834	236	465	49	22	74	11	3,633	19.0	1,414	2,865	49.4	52	45	70	122	22:40
3	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	1.52	1,007	663	344	663	+152	255	82	257	8	9	71	16	2,277	15.1	3,656	7,656	47.8	509	264	641	600	21:41
4	Mike Bossy M. Bossy	1.50	1,126	752	573	553	+380	210	180	198	8	1	80	4	2,709	21.2
5	Bobby Orr B. Orr	1.39	915	657	270	645	+582	953	76	248	16	31	26		3,058	8.8
6	Marcel Dionne M. Dionne	1.31	1,771	1,348	731	1,040	+27	600	234	409	19	11	73	2	5,363	13.6
7	Peter Stastny P. Stastny	1.27	1,239	977	450	789	-15	824	145	321	7	7	54	2	2,374	19.0
8	Peter Forsberg P. Forsberg	1.25	885	708	249	636	+238	690	71	252	16	16	43	4	1,693	14.7	2,117	4,434	47.7	362	98	350	379	19:34
9	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	1.25	1,616	1,293	599	1,017	+210	831	174	393	4	7	93	23	4,137	14.5	14,925	28,348	52.6	1,135	632	749	1,048	20:41
10	Kent Nilsson K. Nilsson	1.24	686	553	264	422	-25	116	97	179	16	8	28	1	1,374	19.2
11	Phil Esposito P. Esposito	1.24	1,590	1,282	717	873	+252	910	246	303	23	12	118		5,166	13.9
12	Nikita Kucherov N. Kucherov	1.21	902	743	331	571	+143	343	89	239	0	0	50	6	2,287	14.5	9	20	45.0	436	239	429	670	18:50
13	Guy Lafleur G. Lafleur	1.20	1,353	1,126	560	793	+446	399	154	266	3	2	98	0	3,516	15.9
14	Joe Sakic J. Sakic	1.19	1,641	1,378	625	1,016	+30	614	205	426	32	17	86	7	4,621	13.5	6,687	12,735	52.5	227	268	419	405	21:09
15	Leon Draisaitl L. Draisaitl	1.19	878	740	362	516	+62	316	148	154	9	4	65	16	1,963	18.4	6,424	12,129	53.0	443	244	639	821	20:31
16	Dale Hawerchuk D. Hawerchuk	1.19	1,409	1,188	518	891	-98	740	182	386	12	11	49	4	3,754	13.8
17	Pat LaFontaine P. LaFontaine	1.17	1,013	865	468	545	-6	552	156	233	11	0	59	4	2,664	17.6
18	Artemi Panarin A. Panarin	1.17	805	690	275	530	+159	210	71	176	0	1	45	10	1,877	14.7	12	58	20.7	208	132	393	567	19:41
19	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	1.16	1,755	1,514	692	1,063	+184	924	202	393	50	33	94	9	4,602	15.0	3,405	5,929	57.4	171	210	189	251	18:38
20	Nathan MacKinnon N. MacKinnon	1.15	933	811	342	591	+150	366	96	205	2	2	67	14	3,244	10.5	4,954	10,795	45.9	571	428	438	560	20:22
21	Auston Matthews A. Matthews	1.15	660	575	373	287	+142	118	95	87	0	1	61	12	2,329	16.0	4,416	8,356	52.8	402	555	565	441	19:49
22	Eric Lindros E. Lindros	1.14	865	760	372	493	+215	1,398	111	152	7	2	46	6	2,312	16.1	2,758	5,016	55.0	519	107	171	225	19:06
23	Bernie Federko B. Federko	1.13	1,130	1,000	369	761	-131	487	120	305	2	0	40	0	2,074	17.8
24	Evgeni Malkin E. Malkin	1.13	1,315	1,166	503	812	+44	1,170	180	317	4	1	84	13	3,732	13.5	5,780	12,892	44.8	691	492	1,003	1,121	19:39
25	Denis Savard D. Savard	1.12	1,338	1,196	473	865	+103	1,336	127	361	20	13	56	1	3,142	15.1