In the history of the World Hockey Association, nineteen different players scored 50 goals in a season. The most scorers to obtain 50 goals was six with the 1974-75 WHA season and the 1975-76 season. Only five players in the history of the WHA from 1972 to 1979 recorded multiple 50-goal seasons. Bobby Hull, Anders Hedberg, and Réal Cloutier had the most 50 goal seasons with four while Cloutier had the most 60+ goal seasons with three.
Bobby Hull and Anders Hedberg each scored 50 goals in 50 games.
Players and their 50-goal seasons Key Inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame (#) Denotes the consecutive count, only if more than one, that player achieved a 50-goal season
Season Player Team Ref 1972–73 Danny Lawson Philadelphia Blazers 78 61 Tom Webster New England Whalers 77 53 Bobby Hull (1) Winnipeg Jets 63 51Ron Ward New York Raiders 77 51 Andre Lacroix Philadelphia Blazers 78 50 1973–74 Mike Walton Minnesota Fighting Saints 78 57 Bobby Hull (2) Winnipeg Jets 75 53 Danny Lawson (2) Vancouver Blazers 78 50 1974–75 Bobby Hull (3) Winnipeg Jets 78 77 Serge Bernier Quebec Nordiques 76 54 Wayne Rivers San Diego Mariners 78 54 Anders Hedberg (1) Winnipeg Jets 65 53 Tom Simpson Toronto Toros 70 52 Marc Tardif (1) Michigan Stags/Quebec Nordiques 76 50 1975–76 Marc Tardif (2) Quebec Nordiques 81 71 Real Cloutier (1) Quebec Nordiques 8060 Vaclav Nedomansky Toronto Toros 81 56 Bobby Hull (4) Winnipeg Jets 80 53 Réjean Houle Quebec Nordiques 81 51 Anders Hedberg (2) Winnipeg Jets 7650 1976–77Anders Hedberg (3) Winnipeg Jets 68 70 Real Cloutier (2) Quebec Nordiques 76 66 Mark Napier Birmingham Bulls 80 60 Rich LeDuc Cincinnati Stingers 81 52 Blaine Stoughton Cincinnati Stingers 81 52 1977–78 Marc Tardif (3) Quebec Nordiques 78 65 Anders Hedberg (4) Winnipeg Jets 77 63 Robbie Ftorek Cincinnati Stingers 80 59 Real Cloutier (3) Quebec Nordiques 73 56 1978–79 Real Cloutier (4) Quebec Nordiques 77 75 Morris Lukowich Winnipeg Jets 80 65
See also List of WHA players with 100-point seasons
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