List of WHA statistical leaders

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The following is a historical list of World Hockey Association (WHA) statistical leaders, which lasted from 1972 to 1979 as a professional hockey league in North America. It merged with the National Hockey League in 1979. While the NHL does not recognize the statistics of the WHA, Hockey Reference lists all available statistics of the WHA side-by-side with the NHL. [1]

Contents

Skaters

Regular season: Points

Source: [2]

Inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame
RankNameTeam(s)YearsPtsGames Played
1 André Lacroix PHB, NYJ/SDM, HSA, NEW 1972–1979798551
2 Marc Tardif LAS/MIB, QBN 1973–1979666446
3 Bobby Hull WNJ 1972–1979638411
4 Serge Bernier QBN 1973–1979566417
Réal Cloutier QBN 1974–1979566369
6 Robbie Ftorek PHR, CNS 1974–1979523373
7 Gordie Howe HSA, NEW 1973–1979508419
8 Christian Bordeleau WNJ, QBN 1972–1979504412
Mark Howe HSA, NEW 1973–1979504426
10 Ulf Nilsson WNJ 1974–1978484300
11 Anders Hedberg WNJ 1974–1978458286
12 Larry Lund HSA 1972–1978426459
13 Tom Webster NEW 1972–1978425352
14 J.C. Tremblay QBN 1972–1979424454
15 Danny Lawson PHB/VNB/CGB, WNJ 1972–1978422392
16 John McKenzie PHB/VNB, MFS, CNS, NEW 1972–1979413477
17 Michel Parizeau QBN, INR, CNS 1972–1979394509
18 Rich LeDuc CLC, CNS, INR, QBN 1974–1979390394
19 Ron Ward NYW, VNB/CGC, LAS, CLC, MNF, WNJ 1972–1978380359
20 Bryan Campbell VNB, CNS, INR, EDO 1972–1978376433
21 Larry Pleau NEW 1972–1979372468
22 Mike Antonovich MFS, EDO, NEW 1972–1979370486
23 Rosaire Paiement CHC, NEW, INR 1972–1978367455
Mike Rogers EDO, NEW1974–1979367396
25 Norm Ferguson NYR/SDM, EDO 1972–1978365436
26 Gavin Kirk OTN/TRT/BRB, CGC, EDO 1972–1979359422
27 Frank Hughes HSA, PHR 1972–1978353392
28 Tim Sheehy NEW, EDO, BRB 1972–1978351433
29 Terry Ruskowski HSA, WNJ 1974–1979337369
30 Blair MacDonald EDO INR 1973–1979336476
31 Wayne Rivers NYW/NYJ/SDM 1972–1978334357
32 Dennis Sobchuk PHR, CNS, EDO 1974–1979331348
33 Gene Peacosh NYW/NYJ/SDM, EDO, INR 1972–1978330367
Ron Chipperfield VNB/CGC, EDO 1974–1979330369
35 Wayne Connelly MFS, CLC, CGC, EDO 1972–1978329366
Ron Plumb PHB/VNB, SDM, CNS, NEW 1972–1979329549
37 Poul Popiel HSA 1972–1978327467
38 Kevin Morrison NYJ/SDM, INR, QBN 1973–1979317418
39 Wayne Carleton OTN/TRT/BRB, NEW, EDO 1972–1978312290
40 Al Hamilton EDO 1972–1979311455
Rene LeClerc QBN, INR 1972–1979311452
42 Paul Shmyr CLC, SDM, EDO 1972–1979309511
43 John French NEW, SDM, INR 1972–1978300420
44 Peter Sullivan WNJ 1975–1979295313
45 John Gray PHR, HSA, WNJ 1974–1979292363
46 Dave Keon MFS, INR, NEW1975–1979291301
47 Ed Patenaude EDO INR 1972–1978290431
48 Ted Taylor HSA 1972–1978287421
49 Rich Preston HSA, WNJ 1974–1979285388
50 Jim Dorey NEW, TRT, QBN 1972–1979284431

Regular season: Points per game

Minimum 500 points [3]
  1. Bobby Hull, 1.552
  2. Réal Cloutier, 1.534
  3. Marc Tardif, 1.493
  4. André Lacroix, 1.448
  5. Robbie Ftorek, 1.402
  6. Serge Bernier, 1.357
  7. Christian Bordeleau, 1.223
  8. Gordie Howe, 1.212
  9. Mark Howe, 1.183

Regular season: Goals

Inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame
RankNameGoalsGP
1 Marc Tardif 316446
2. Bobby Hull 303411
3. Réal Cloutier 283369
4. André Lacroix 251551
5. Anders Hedberg 236286
6. Serge Bernier 230417
7. Tom Webster 220352
8. Danny Lawson 218392
9. Robbie Ftorek 216373
10. Mark Howe 208426
11. Rich LeDuc 195394
12. Mike Antonovich 182486
13. Norm Ferguson 181436
14. Christian Bordeleau 179412
15. Tim Sheehy 178433
16. Gordie Howe 174419
17. Frank Hughes 173392
18. Blair MacDonald 171476
19. Ron Ward 170359
20. Wayne Connelly 167366
21. Gene Peacosh 165367
22. John McKenzie 163477
23. Ed Patenaude 159431
24. Wayne Rivers 158357
25. Larry Pleau 157468

Regular season: Goals per game

Minimum: 200 goals [4]
  1. Anders Hedberg, 0.825
  2. Réal Cloutier, 0.767
  3. Bobby Hull, 0.737
  4. Marc Tardif, 0.709
  5. Tom Wesbter, 0.625
  6. Robbie Ftorek, 0.579
  7. Danny Lawson, 0.556
  8. Serge Bernier, 0.552
  9. Mark Howe, 0.488
  10. André Lacroix, 0.456

Regular season: Power Play goals

Source: [5]

  1. Réal Cloutier, 87
  2. Bobby Hull, 82
  3. André Lacroix, 76
  4. Marc Tardif, 69
  5. Anders Hedberg, 68
  6. Robbie Ftorek, 59
  7. Gordie Howe, 57
  8. Serge Bernier, 51
  9. Tom Webster, 50
  10. Ron Chipperfield, 48
  11. Mark Howe, 47
  12. Frank Hughes, 44
  13. Danny Lawson, 40
  14. Wayne Rivers, 39
  15. George Morrison, 39
  16. Larry Lund, 38
  17. Wayne Connelly, 38
  18. Réjean Houle, 38
  19. Morris Lukowich, 35
  20. André Hinse, 35
  21. Gene Peacosh, 35
  22. Larry Pleau, 35
  23. Norm Ferguson, 35
  24. Willy Lindström, 34
  25. Mark Napier, 33

Regular season: Assists

Source: [6]

Inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame
RankNameAssistsGP
1 André Lacroix 547551
2 J.C. Tremblay 358454
3 Marc Tardif 350446
4 Ulf Nilsson 344300
5 Serge Bernier 336417
6 Bobby Hull 335411
7 Gordie Howe 334419
8 Christian Bordeleau 325412
9 Robbie Ftorek 307373
10 Mark Howe 296426
11 Réal Cloutier 283369
12 Larry Lund 277459
13 Poul Popiel 265467
14 Ron Plumb 264549
15 Al Hamilton 258455
16 Terry Ruskowski 254369
17 Bryan Campbell 253433
18 Michel Parizeau 252509
19 John McKenzie 250477
20 Paul Shmyr 248511
21 Gavin Kirk 243422
22 Jim Dorey 232431
23 Kevin Morrison 224418
24 Anders Hedberg 222286
25 Mike Rogers 222396

Regular season: Assists per game

Minimum: 200 assists [7]
  1. Ulf Nilsson, 1.147
  2. Andre Lacroix, 0.993
  3. Robbie Ftorek, 0.823
  4. Bobby Hull, 0.815
  5. Serge Bernier, 0.806
  6. Gordie Howe, 0.797
  7. Christian Bordeleau, 0.789
  8. J.C. Tremblay, 0.789
  9. Marc Tardif, 0.785


Regular season: Games played (skaters)

[8]

  1. Andre Lacroix, 551
  2. Ron Plumb, 549
  3. Paul Shmyr, 511
  4. Michel Parizeau, 509
  5. Mike Antonovich, 486
  6. Rick Ley, 478
  7. John McKenzie, 477
  8. Blair MacDonald, 476
  9. Larry Pleau, 468
  10. Poul Popiel, 467
  11. Bobby Guindon, 463
  12. Larry Lund, 459
  13. Al Hamilton, 455
  14. Rosaire Paiement, 455
  15. Ken Block, 455
  16. J.C. Tremblay, 454
  17. Ted Green, 452
  18. Rene Leclerc, 452
  19. Marty Howe, 449
  20. Don Burgess, 446
  21. Marc Tardif, 446
  22. François Lacombe,440
  23. Norm Ferguson, 436
  24. Bryan Campbell, 433
  25. Tim Sheehy, 433


Regular season: Penalty minutes

[9]

  1. Paul Baxter, 962
  2. Kim Clackson, 932
  3. Cam Connor, 904
  4. Pierre Roy, 860
  5. Paul Shmyr, 860
  6. Gord Gallant, 849
  7. John Schella, 844
  8. Steve Sutherland, 805
  9. John Hughes, 778
  10. Ron Busniuk, 762
  11. Terry Ruskowski, 761
  12. Curt Brackenbury, 753
  13. Rick Ley, 716
  14. Jack Carlson, 694
  15. Glen Irwin, 633
  16. Doug Barrie, 620
  17. John McKenzie, 619
  18. Poul Popiel, 618
  19. Jim Dorey, 617
  20. Frank Beaton, 614
  21. Ted Taylor, 600
  22. Rosaire Paiement, 592
  23. Pierre Guite, 585
  24. Peter Driscoll, 577
  25. Gilles Bilodeau, 570
  26. Butch Deadmarsh, 570


Goaltenders

Regular season: Games played

Source: [10]

  1. Ernie Wakely, 334
  2. Don McLeod, 332
  3. John Garrett, 323
  4. Joe Daley, 308
  5. Richard Brodeur, 305
  6. Al Smith, 260
  7. Dave Dryden, 242
  8. Gerry Cheevers, 191
  9. Jack Norris, 191
  10. Gary Kurt, 176
  11. Wayne Rutledge, 175
  12. Gilles Gratton, 161
  13. Michel Dion, 149
  14. Ron Grahame, 143
  15. Paul Hoganson, 143
  16. Serge Aubry, 142
  17. Mike Curran, 130
  18. Bruce Landon, 122
  19. Russ Gillow, 109
  20. Wayne Wood, 104
  21. Christer Abrahamsson, 102
  22. Cam Newton, 102
  23. Pete Donnelly, 100
  24. Bob Whidden, 98
  25. Jim McLeod, 97


Regular season: Wins

Source: [11]

  1. Joe Daley, 167
  2. Richard Brodeur, 165
  3. Ernie Wakely, 164
  4. Don McLeod, 155
  5. John Garrett, 148
  6. Al Smith, 141
  7. Dave Dryden, 112
  8. Ron Grahame, 102
  9. Gerry Cheevers, 99
  10. Wayne Rutledge, 94
  11. Jack Norris, 86
  12. Gilles Gratton, 81
  13. Gary Kurt, 72
  14. Serge Aubry, 65
  15. Mike Curran, 63
  16. Michel Dion, 62
  17. Bruce Landon, 50
  18. Cam Newton, 48
  19. Paul Hoganson, 44
  20. Pete Donnelly, 44
  21. Christer Abrahamsson, 41
  22. Wayne Wood, 39
  23. Jean-Louis Levasseur, 37
  24. Russ Gillow, 37
  25. Bob Whidden, 34


Regular season: Shutouts

A goaltender achieves a shutout when he does not allow a goal against him and plays the full game. [12]

  1. Ernie Wakely, 16
  2. John Garrett, 14
  3. Gerry Cheevers, 14
  4. Joe Daley, 12
  5. Ron Grahame, 12
  6. Don McLeod, 11
  7. Al Smith, 10
  8. Richard Brodeur, 8
  9. Dave Dryden, 8
  10. Mike Curran, 7
  11. Wayne Rutledge, 6
  12. Jean-Louis Levasseur, 5
  13. Jack Norris, 5
  14. Paul Hoganson, 5
  15. Michel Dion, 5
  16. Pete Donnelly, 5
  17. Ken Broderick, 4
  18. Serge Aubry, 4
  19. Gilles Gratton, 4
  20. Russ Gillow, 4


Regular season: Goals against average

Goals against average is the average number of goals a goaltender allows over a 60-minute period (the regulation length of a game). It is calculated by multiplying the goals against by 60 minutes, then dividing by the total minutes played. [13]

Minimum 250 games played
  1. Al Smith, 3.252
  2. Ernie Wakely, 3.302
  3. Don McLeod, 3.326
  4. Joe Daley, 3.371
  5. John Garrett, 3.520
  6. Richard Brodeur, 3.638


Regular season: Saves

  1. John Garrett, 9382 [14]
  2. Ernie Wakely, 8884 [15]
  3. Richard Brodeur, 8341 [16]
  4. Joe Daley, 8065 [17]
  5. Don McLeod, 8022 [18]
  6. Al Smith, 6629 [19]
  7. Dave Dryden, 6274 [20]
  8. Gerry Cheevers, 5612 [21]
  9. Jack Norris, 5067 [22]
  10. Wayne Rutledge, 4760 [23]
  11. Gilles Gratton, 4449 [24]
  12. Gary Kurt, 4429 [25]
  13. Mike Curran, 3924 [26]
  14. Ron Grahame, 3839 [27]
  15. Michel Dion, 3664 [28]


Playoffs: Games played

Source: [29]

  1. Richard Brodeur, 51
  2. Joe Daley, 49
  3. Ron Grahame, 36
  4. Al Smith, 35
  5. John Garrett, 32
  6. Don McLeod, 31
  7. Ernie Wakely, 31
  8. Gerry Cheevers, 19
  9. Dave Dryden, 18
  10. Wayne Rutledge, 16
  11. Cap Raeder, 15
  12. Gilles Gratton, 13
  13. Cam Newton, 11
  14. Andre Gill, 11
  15. Jack Norris, 10
  16. Gary Smith, 10
  17. Les Binkley, 10
  18. Russ Gillow, 9
  19. Bruce Landon, 8

Playoffs: Shutouts

Source: [30]

  1. Ron Grahame, 4
  2. Richard Brodeur, 3
  3. Joe Daley, 2
  4. Ernie Wakely, 2
  5. Jim Park, 2
  6. Cap Raeder, 2
  7. Gilles Gratton, 1
  8. Don McLeod, 1
  9. Al Smith, 1
  10. John Garrett, 1
  11. Paul Hoganson, 1

Playoffs: Goals allowed

Source: [31]

  1. Richard Brodeur, 177
  2. Joe Daley, 149
  3. Al Smith, 124
  4. John Garrett, 124
  5. Ron Grahame, 116
  6. Ernie Wakely, 109
  7. Don McLeod, 96
  8. Gerry Cheevers, 63
  9. Dave Dryden, 63
  10. Wayne Rutledge, 42
  11. Les Binkley, 40
  12. Cam Newton, 40
  13. Cap Raeder, 38
  14. Andre Gill, 38
  15. Gilles Gratton, 37

Coaches

Regular season: Games coached

  1. Bill Dineen, 545
  2. Harry Neale, 404
  3. Jacques Demers, 311
  4. Terry Slater, 258
  5. Joe Crozier, 239
  6. Ron Ingram, 212
  7. Billy Harris, 197
  8. Pat Stapleton, 181
  9. Glen Sather, 178
  10. Glen Sonmor, 178


Regular season: Coaching wins

  1. Bill Dineen, 318
  2. Harry Neale, 208
  3. Jacques Demers, 144
  4. Terry Slater, 116
  5. Joe Crozier, 109
  6. Billy Harris, 99
  7. Bobby Kromm, 98
  8. Jean-Guy Gendron, 96
  9. Glen Sather, 95
  10. Ron Ingram, 92


Regular season: Coaching points percentage

Points percentage is determined by the number of points a team earns (equal to the number of ties, plus twice the number of wins) divided by the total possible points (equal to twice the number of games).

Minimum 200 games coached
  1. Bill Dineen, .609
  2. Harry Neale, .541
  3. Jacques Demers, .498
  4. Joe Crozier, .483
  5. Terry Slater, .473
  6. Ron Ingram, .467


Playoff: Games coached

  1. Bill Dineen, 71
  2. Harry Neale, 65
  3. Bobby Kromm, 33
  4. Glen Sather, 23
  5. Jack Kelley, 21
  6. Jacques Demers, 20
  7. Jean-Guy Gendron, 20
  8. Bobby Hull, 18
  9. Ron Ingram, 18
  10. Pat Stapleton, 18


Playoff: Coaching wins

  1. Bill Dineen, 44
  2. Harry Neale, 32
  3. Bobby Kromm, 23
  4. Jack Kelley, 14
  5. Marc Boileau, 12
  6. Jean-Guy Gendron, 9
  7. Bobby Hull, 9
  8. Jacques Demers, 8
  9. Billy Harris, 8
  10. Larry Hillman, 8
  11. Ron Ingram, 8
  12. Tom McVie, 8
  13. Glen Sather, 8
  14. Pat Stapleton, 8


Playoff: Coaching win percentage

Minimum 20 games coached
  1. Bobby Kromm, .697
  2. Jack Kelley, .667
  3. Bill Dineen, .620
  4. Harry Neale, .492
  5. Jean-Guy Gendron, .450
  6. Jacques Demers, .400
  7. Glen Sather, .348

Playoff: Avco World Trophy championships

  1. Bill Dineen, 2
  2. Marc Boileau, 1
  3. Larry Hillman, 1
  4. Jack Kelley, 1
  5. Bobby Kromm, 1
  6. Tom McVie, 1

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