NHL Game Winning Goals Leaders 2020-21

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Game-winning goals count goals that end up deciding wins. Higher means the player scored more goals that made the final difference. Below are the top 904 NHL players ranked by Regular Season Game Winning Goals for the 2020-21 regular season. For all skaters and goalies across the league, with full stats and sortable rankings, visit the Players page.

#	Player	Team	GWG
1	A. MatthewsAuston Matthews 22YC	TorontoToronto Maple Leafs	12
2	C. McDavidConnor McDavid 23YC	EdmontonEdmonton Oilers	11
3	L. DraisaitlLeon Draisaitl 24YC	EdmontonEdmonton Oilers	8
4	M. StoneMark Stone 28YRW	VegasVegas Golden Knights	8
5	G. LandeskogGabriel Landeskog 27YLW	ColoradoColorado Avalanche	8
6	M. ZibanejadMika Zibanejad 27YC	New YorkNew York Rangers	7
7	J. GuentzelJake Guentzel 25YC	PittsburghPittsburgh Penguins	7
8	F. VatranoFrank Vatrano 26YRW	FloridaFlorida Panthers	7
9	S. AhoSebastian Aho 22YC	CarolinaCarolina Hurricanes	7
10	M. RantanenMikko Rantanen 23YRW	ColoradoColorado Avalanche	7
11	A. DeBrincatAlex DeBrincat 22YRW	ChicagoChicago Blackhawks	7
12	J. VranaJakub Vrana 24YLW	DetroitDetroit Red Wings	7
13	B. RustBryan Rust 28YRW	PittsburghPittsburgh Penguins	6
14	B. PointBrayden Point 24YC	Tampa BayTampa Bay Lightning	6
15	O. PalatOndrej Palat 29YLW	Tampa BayTampa Bay Lightning	6
16	A. BarkovAleksander Barkov 24YC	FloridaFlorida Panthers	6
17	M. PaciorettyMax Pacioretty 31YLW	VegasVegas Golden Knights	6
18	A. OvechkinAlex Ovechkin 34YLW	WashingtonWashington Capitals	6
19	J. GaudreauJohnny Gaudreau 26YLW	CalgaryCalgary Flames	5
20	K. ConnorKyle Connor 23YLW	WinnipegWinnipeg Jets	5
21	S. CrosbySidney Crosby 32YC	PittsburghPittsburgh Penguins	5
22	M. MarnerMitch Marner 23YRW	TorontoToronto Maple Leafs	5
23	S. ReinhartSam Reinhart 24YC	BuffaloBuffalo Sabres	5
24	B. MarchandBrad Marchand 32YLW	BostonBoston Bruins	5
25	T. ToffoliTyler Toffoli 28YC	MontréalMontréal Canadiens	5
26	J. AndersonJosh Anderson 26YRW	MontréalMontréal Canadiens	5
27	C. StephensonChandler Stephenson 26YC	VegasVegas Golden Knights	5
28	S. MonahanSean Monahan 25YC	CalgaryCalgary Flames	5
29	K. FialaKevin Fiala 23YLW	MinnesotaMinnesota Wild	5
30	N. EhlersNikolaj Ehlers 24YLW	WinnipegWinnipeg Jets	5
31	A. BeauvillierAnthony Beauvillier 23YRW	New YorkNew York Islanders	5
32	R. FabbriRobby Fabbri 24YC	DetroitDetroit Red Wings	5
33	J. PavelskiJoe Pavelski 35YC	DallasDallas Stars	4
34	P. StastnyPaul Stastny 34YC	WinnipegWinnipeg Jets	4
35	A. KopitarAnze Kopitar 32YC	Los AngelesLos Angeles Kings	4
36	R. O'ReillyRyan O'Reilly 29YC	St. LouisSt. Louis Blues	4
37	B. NelsonBrock Nelson 28YC	New YorkNew York Islanders	4
38	N. NiederreiterNino Niederreiter 27YRW	CarolinaCarolina Hurricanes	4
39	W. KarlssonWilliam Karlsson 27YC	VegasVegas Golden Knights	4
40	M. ScheifeleMark Scheifele 27YC	WinnipegWinnipeg Jets	4
41	Y. GourdeYanni Gourde 28YC	Tampa BayTampa Bay Lightning	4
42	E. LindholmElias Lindholm 25YC	CalgaryCalgary Flames	4
43	C. DvorakChristian Dvorak 24YC	ArizonaArizona Coyotes	4
44	A. MangiapaneAndrew Mangiapane 24YLW	CalgaryCalgary Flames	4
45	A. LafrenièreAlexis Lafrenière 18YLW	New YorkNew York Rangers	4
46	J. MarchessaultJonathan Marchessault 29YC	VegasVegas Golden Knights	4
47	V. NichushkinValeri Nichushkin 25YRW	ColoradoColorado Avalanche	4
48	C. SmithCraig Smith 30YC	BostonBoston Bruins	4
49	J. StaalJordan Staal 31YC	CarolinaCarolina Hurricanes	4
50	J. MillerJ.T. Miller 27YC	VancouverVancouver Canucks	4