NHL Average Shooting Percentage between 1967/68 - 2009/10 Seasons
Published November 15, 2008 | Last Updated June 20, 2010
NHL shooting percentage reached its peak during the 1980s and saw its all-time low in the most recent 2009-10 season. The charts below show a time series on the average NHL shooting percentage (How was this calculated?) between 1967-68 and 2009-10. I have created separate charts for all skaters as well as for forwards and defensemen.
Shooting percentage of NHL forwards has been consistently higher during the regular season than in the playoffs. Surprisingly, the same logic does not apply to NHL defensemen who seem to enjoy the same success rate in both regular and post season scoring. Chart data is shown in the table below.
NHL Average Shooting Percentage
| 1967-68 | 9.20% | na | 1967-68 | 10.84% | na | 1967-68 | 4.17% | na |
| 1968-69 | 9.27% | na | 1968-69 | 11.00% | na | 1968-69 | 4.24% | na |
| 1969-70 | 8.87% | na | 1969-70 | 10.56% | na | 1969-70 | 3.93% | na |
| 1970-71 | 9.79% | na | 1970-71 | 11.75% | na | 1970-71 | 4.01% | na |
| 1971-72 | 9.89% | na | 1971-72 | 11.85% | na | 1971-72 | 4.65% | na |
| 1972-73 | 10.53% | na | 1972-73 | 12.56% | na | 1972-73 | 4.77% | na |
| 1973-74 | 10.55% | na | 1973-74 | 12.54% | na | 1973-74 | 5.06% | na |
| 1974-75 | 11.12% | na | 1974-75 | 13.14% | na | 1974-75 | 5.42% | na |
| 1975-76 | 11.15% | na | 1975-76 | 13.24% | na | 1975-76 | 5.31% | na |
| 1976-77 | 11.06% | na | 1976-77 | 13.22% | na | 1976-77 | 5.31% | na |
| 1977-78 | 11.26% | na | 1977-78 | 13.57% | na | 1977-78 | 5.42% | na |
| 1978-79 | 11.90% | na | 1978-79 | 14.39% | na | 1978-79 | 5.66% | na |
| 1979-80 | 11.95% | na | 1979-80 | 14.34% | na | 1979-80 | 5.87% | na |
| 1980-81 | 12.60% | na | 1980-81 | 15.17% | na | 1980-81 | 6.25% | na |
| 1981-82 | 12.92% | na | 1981-82 | 15.60% | na | 1981-82 | 6.10% | na |
| 1982-83 | 12.65% | na | 1982-83 | 15.38% | na | 1982-83 | 5.95% | na |
| 1983-84 | 12.89% | 10.50% | 1983-84 | 15.55% | 12.91% | 1983-84 | 6.61% | 5.45% |
| 1984-85 | 12.74% | 12.14% | 1984-85 | 15.50% | 14.26% | 1984-85 | 6.26% | 7.40% |
| 1985-86 | 12.78% | 10.86% | 1985-86 | 15.24% | 13.19% | 1985-86 | 6.72% | 4.88% |
| 1986-87 | 12.23% | 10.45% | 1986-87 | 14.62% | 12.60% | 1986-87 | 6.30% | 5.54% |
| 1987-88 | 12.19% | 13.42% | 1987-88 | 14.71% | 16.27% | 1987-88 | 6.33% | 7.29% |
| 1988-89 | 12.32% | 10.86% | 1988-89 | 14.79% | 12.96% | 1988-89 | 6.09% | 5.93% |
| 1989-90 | 12.17% | 11.33% | 1989-90 | 14.56% | 13.69% | 1989-90 | 6.09% | 5.74% |
| 1990-91 | 11.59% | 10.73% | 1990-91 | 13.93% | 12.60% | 1990-91 | 5.92% | 6.27% |
| 1991-92 | 11.40% | 10.70% | 1991-92 | 13.69% | 12.67% | 1991-92 | 5.86% | 6.04% |
| 1992-93 | 11.70% | 10.64% | 1992-93 | 13.95% | 12.61% | 1992-93 | 6.21% | 5.94% |
| 1993-94 | 10.70% | 9.37% | 1993-94 | 13.05% | 10.98% | 1993-94 | 5.36% | 5.80% |
| 1994-95 | 10.16% | 11.00% | 1994-95 | 12.35% | 13.26% | 1994-95 | 5.04% | 6.09% |
| 1995-96 | 10.39% | 9.44% | 1995-96 | 12.50% | 11.44% | 1995-96 | 5.02% | 4.63% |
| 1996-97 | 9.78% | 8.42% | 1996-97 | 11.65% | 10.52% | 1996-97 | 4.89% | 3.26% |
| 1997-98 | 9.65% | 8.80% | 1997-98 | 11.32% | 10.37% | 1997-98 | 5.43% | 5.16% |
| 1998-99 | 9.45% | 8.84% | 1998-99 | 11.20% | 10.43% | 1998-99 | 4.87% | 4.71% |
| 1999-00 | 9.82% | 8.41% | 1999-00 | 11.57% | 9.57% | 1999-00 | 5.26% | 5.39% |
| 2000-01 | 9.95% | 8.92% | 2000-01 | 11.79% | 10.35% | 2000-01 | 5.20% | 5.37% |
| 2001-02 | 9.49% | 8.56% | 2001-02 | 11.25% | 9.83% | 2001-02 | 4.98% | 5.04% |
| 2002-03 | 9.36% | 8.30% | 2002-03 | 11.04% | 9.49% | 2002-03 | 4.88% | 5.04% |
| 2003-04 | 9.15% | 8.04% | 2003-04 | 10.76% | 9.88% | 2003-04 | 5.10% | 3.15% |
| 2005-06 | 10.09% | 9.60% | 2005-06 | 11.60% | 10.72% | 2005-06 | 5.77% | 6.27% |
| 2006-07 | 9.73% | 8.31% | 2006-07 | 11.16% | 9.20% | 2006-07 | 5.48% | 5.61% |
| 2007-08 | 9.36% | 8.93% | 2007-08 | 10.77% | 10.20% | 2007-08 | 5.24% | 4.64% |
| 2008-09 | 9.43% | 8.85% | 2008-09 | 10.84% | 9.93% | 2008-09 | 5.35% | 5.50% |
| 2009-10 | 9.12% | 9.62% | 2009-10 | 10.48% | 10.93% | 2009-10 | 5.12% | 5.78% |
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