Leaders, 1978-79 season
Points
| # | Skater | Team | GP | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PIT | 76 | 134 | |
| 2 | NYR | 80 | 130 | |
| 3 | QUE | 80 | 129 | |
| 4 | NYI | 80 | 126 | |
| 5 | CHI | 79 | 108 | |
| 6 | STL | 80 | 107 | |
| 7 | NYI | 73 | 101 | |
| 8 | DET | 74 | 95 | |
| 9 | BUF | 75 | 91 | |
| 10 | LAK | 78 | 91 |
Goals
| # | Skater | Team | GP | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NYI | 80 | 69 | |
| 2 | NYR | 80 | 59 | |
| 3 | QUE | 80 | 52 | |
| 4 | STL | 80 | 50 | |
| 5 | PIT | 76 | 47 | |
| 6 | LAK | 78 | 43 | |
| 7 | CGY | 79 | 43 | |
| 8 | NYR | 80 | 42 | |
| 9 | STL | 77 | 41 | |
| 10 | TOR | 79 | 40 |
Assists
| # | Skater | Team | GP | Assists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PIT | 76 | 87 | |
| 2 | QUE | 80 | 77 | |
| 3 | CHI | 79 | 71 | |
| 4 | NYR | 80 | 71 | |
| 5 | NYI | 73 | 70 | |
| 6 | DET | 74 | 64 | |
| 7 | MNS | 78 | 59 | |
| 8 | BUF | 79 | 58 | |
| 9 | PHI | 80 | 57 | |
| 10 | STL | 80 | 57 |
Points per game
Minimum 10 games played.
| # | Skater | Team | GP | Points per game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PIT | 76 | 1.76 | |
| 2 | NYR | 80 | 1.63 | |
| 3 | QUE | 80 | 1.61 | |
| 4 | NYI | 80 | 1.58 | |
| 5 | NYI | 73 | 1.38 | |
| 6 | CHI | 79 | 1.37 | |
| 7 | STL | 80 | 1.34 | |
| 8 | DET | 74 | 1.28 | |
| 9 | PIT | 38 | 1.26 | |
| 10 | DET | 70 | 1.24 |
Plus/minus
| # | Skater | Team | GP | Plus/minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PIT | 76 | 76 | |
| 2 | NYI | 73 | 71 | |
| 3 | NYI | 80 | 63 | |
| 4 | MTL | 77 | 58 | |
| 5 | BUF | 75 | 57 | |
| 6 | QUE | 80 | 55 | |
| 7 | LAK | 67 | 49 | |
| 8 | WIN | 80 | 47 | |
| 9 | DET | 79 | 44 | |
| 10 | NYI | 78 | 38 |
Shots
| # | Skater | Team | GP | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NYR | 80 | 362 | |
| 2 | QUE | 80 | 342 | |
| 3 | CGY | 79 | 314 | |
| 4 | DET | 70 | 290 | |
| 5 | NYI | 80 | 279 | |
| 6 | DET | 76 | 279 | |
| 7 | BUF | 79 | 271 | |
| 8 | EDM | 71 | 260 | |
| 9 | PHI | 79 | 258 | |
| 10 | LAK | 73 | 250 |
Hits
| # | Skater | Team | GP | Hits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BOS | 5 | 0 | |
| 2 | WIN | 9 | 0 | |
| 3 | PHI | 31 | 0 | |
| 4 | VAN | 69 | 0 | |
| 5 | CHI | 74 | 0 | |
| 6 | LAK | 68 | 0 | |
| 7 | CHI | 74 | 0 | |
| 8 | CGY | 4 | 0 | |
| 9 | DET | 15 | 0 | |
| 10 | NYR | 80 | 0 |
Penalty minutes
| # | Skater | Team | GP | Penalty minutes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HFD | 77 | 298 | |
| 2 | PHI | 60 | 282 | |
| 3 | BUF | 78 | 241 | |
| 4 | TOR | 79 | 235 | |
| 5 | BOS | 74 | 213 | |
| 6 | DET | 62 | 208 | |
| 7 | NJD | 75 | 205 | |
| 8 | BOS | 80 | 205 | |
| 9 | CHI | 80 | 197 | |
| 10 | EDM | 71 | 190 |
Goalies
Goals against average and save % count goalies who played at least a quarter of the busiest goalie's games (16).
Wins
| # | Goalie | Team | GP | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AFM | 64 | 32 | |
| 2 | MTL | 47 | 30 | |
| 3 | BUF | 54 | 26 | |
| 4 | NYI | 43 | 26 | |
| 5 | TOR | 58 | 26 | |
| 6 | NYI | 39 | 25 | |
| 7 | CHI | 63 | 24 | |
| 8 | BOS | 43 | 23 | |
| 9 | LAK | 49 | 23 | |
| 10 | PIT | 56 | 22 |
Shutouts
| # | Goalie | Team | GP | Shutouts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MTL | 47 | 5 | |
| 2 | PHI | 36 | 4 | |
| 3 | LAK | 49 | 4 | |
| 4 | TOR | 58 | 4 | |
| 5 | CHI | 63 | 4 | |
| 6 | AFM | 64 | 3 | |
| 7 | VAN | 31 | 3 | |
| 8 | MTL | 34 | 3 | |
| 9 | BUF | 54 | 2 | |
| 10 | VAN | 38 | 2 |
Goals against average
| # | Goalie | Team | GP | Goals against average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MTL | 47 | 2.30 | |
| 2 | NYI | 43 | 2.50 | |
| 3 | PHI | 36 | 2.71 | |
| 4 | MTL | 34 | 2.84 | |
| 5 | NYI | 39 | 2.87 | |
| 6 | TOR | 58 | 2.96 | |
| 7 | BUF | 54 | 3.02 | |
| 8 | VAN | 31 | 3.10 | |
| 9 | LAK | 49 | 3.11 | |
| 10 | BOS | 43 | 3.16 |
Save %
| # | Goalie | Team | GP | Save % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NYI | 43 | 0.914 | |
| 2 | MTL | 47 | 0.909 | |
| 3 | TOR | 58 | 0.909 | |
| 4 | CHI | 17 | 0.904 | |
| 5 | CHI | 63 | 0.902 | |
| 6 | NYI | 39 | 0.899 | |
| 7 | BUF | 54 | 0.899 | |
| 8 | VAN | 31 | 0.898 | |
| 9 | PHI | 36 | 0.893 | |
| 10 | PIT | 56 | 0.892 |