Most NHL points in a season: Connor McDavid becomes 6th player to hit 150 points in a single year

Connor McDavid continues to prove the NHL is just too easy for him. 

The Oilers captain became just the sixth player ever to hit 150 points in a single season, and first since Jaromir Jagr in 1995-96. 

He joins Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux, Steve Yzerman, Phil Esposito and Bernie Nicholls as the only players to do so. 

A summit only six players have ever reached — Connor McDavid (@cmcdavid97) hit historic heights tonight with point No. 150. 🏔 pic.twitter.com/sTXev6gUB3

— NHL (@NHL) April 8, 2023

🔸 63 goals
🔸 150 points

Connor McDavid is having a season for the AGES‼️ pic.twitter.com/nD0BIOZkKX

— B/R Open Ice (@BR_OpenIce) April 8, 2023

It feels like as soon as we have given the 26-year-old superstar all the praise in the world, the four-time Art Ross winner comes back the next season and is even more astonishing.

He already set a new career-high in goals this year, hitting 50 goals for the first time in his NHL tenure, and becoming just the fourth player in the salary cap era to hit 60. 

MCDAVID GETS NUMBER 60 ON THE OT WINNER! EDMONTON IS ROCKING 😱 pic.twitter.com/jmsB7IL1Pf

— B/R Open Ice (@BR_OpenIce) March 23, 2023

McDavid's insane statistics this year beg the question: What is the single-season record for most points by an NHL player?

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The Sporting News has you covered on that and where McDavid could end up ranking on the all-time list. 

How many points does Connor McDavid have this year?

As of April 11, McDavid has 151 points in 80 games during the 2022-23 NHL season. 

His 1.89 points per game rate is the highest of any season in McDavid's career and well above his career average of 1.49. 

If the Edmonton star continues to put up points at the rate he has been and plays in both of the remaining games for the Oilers, he will add at least another three points to his total, finishing the year with roughly 154 points. 

Who has the most points in an NHL season?

McDavid already broke the salary-cap era for points in a season. Lightning forward Nikita Kucherov previously owned that record with the 128 points he put up in the 2018-19 season, but McDavid surpassed it to become the new leader. 

But in terms of all-time NHL leaders for points in a single season, McDavid's rapid pace in 2022-23 ... doesn't even sniff the top.

Wayne Gretzky (ever heard of him?) has the record for most points in a single season. He also has the second-most. And third-most. And fourth-most. 

Gretzky's career-high came in 1985-86 when he finished the season with an astonishing 215 points. He's the only player in NHL history to hit at least 200 points in a single season, and he did it four times in his career.