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History of Ice-hockey World Championships
| Scoring Leaders |
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| GP | G | A | PTS |
| | 1956 | Jim Logan |  | Canada | 8 | 7 | 5 | 12 | |
| 1957 | Konstantin Lokotev | | Soviet Union | 7 | 11 | 7 | 18 | |
| 1958 | Connie Broden | | Canada | 7 | 12 | 7 | 19 | |
| 1959 | Red Berenson | | Canada | 8 | 9 | 2 | 11 | |
| 1960 | Fred Etcher | | Canada | 7 | 9 | 12 | 21 | |
| 1961 | Boris Majorov | | Soviet Union | 7 | 7 | 9 | 16 | |
| 1962 | Nisse Nilsson |  | Sweden | 7 | 12 | 6 | 18 | |
| 1963 | Harald Jones | | Canada | 7 | 7 | 5 | 12 | |
| 1964 | Tumba Johansson | | Sweden | 7 | 8 | 3 | 11 | |
| 1965 | Jozef Golonka |  | Czechoslovakia | 7 | 6 | 8 | 14 | |
| 1966 | Venjamin Alexandrov | | Soviet Union | 7 | 9 | 8 | 17 | |
| 1967 | Anatolij Firsov | | Soviet Union | 7 | 11 | 11 | 22 | |
| 1968 | Anatolij Firsov | | Soviet Union | 7 | 12 | 4 | 16 | |
| 1969 | Anatolij Firsov | | Soviet Union | 10 | 10 | 4 | 14 | |
| 1970 | Alexander Maľcev | | Soviet Union | 10 | 15 | 6 | 21 | |
| 1971 | Anatolij Firsov | | Soviet Union | 10 | 10 | 9 | 19 | |
| 1972 | Alexander Maľcev | | Soviet Union | 10 | 10 | 12 | 22 | |
| 1973 | Vladimir Petrov | | Soviet Union | 10 | 18 | 16 | 34 | |
| 1974 | Boris Michajlov | | Soviet Union | 10 | 9 | 8 | 17 | |
| 1975 | Viktor Šalimov | | Soviet Union | 10 | 11 | 8 | 19 | |
| 1976 | Vladimir Martinec | | Czechoslovakia | 10 | 9 | 11 | 20 | |
| 1977 | Vladimir Petrov | | Soviet Union | 10 | 7 | 14 | 21 | |
| 1978 | Erich Kühnhackl |  | Germany | 10 | 8 | 8 | 16 | |
| 1979 | Vladimir Petrov | | Soviet Union | 8 | 7 | 8 | 15 | |
| 1981 | Hölger Meitinger | | Germany | 8 | 8 | 12 | 20 | |
| 1982 | Wayne Gretzky | | Canada | 10 | 6 | 8 | 14 | |
| 1983 | Sergej Makarov | | Soviet Union | 10 | 9 | 9 | 18 | |
| 1985 | Sergej Makarov | | Soviet Union | 10 | 8 | 6 | 14 | |
| 1986 | Sergej Makarov | | Soviet Union | 10 | 4 | 14 | 18 | |
| 1987 | Vladimir Krutov | | Soviet Union | 10 | 11 | 4 | 15 | |
| 1989 | Brian Bellows | | Canada | 10 | 8 | 6 | 14 | |
| 1990 | Steve Yzerman | | Canada | 10 | 10 | 10 | 20 | |
| 1991 | Mats Sundin | | Sweden | 10 | 7 | 5 | 12 | |
| 1992 | Jarkko Varvio |  | Finland | 8 | 9 | 1 | 10 | |
| 1993 | Eric Lindros | | Canada | 8 | 11 | 6 | 17 | |
| 1994 | Mats Sundin | | Sweden | 8 | 5 | 9 | 14 | |
| 1995 | Andrew McKim | | Canada | 8 | 6 | 6 | 12 | |
| 1996 | Yanic Perrault | | Canada | 8 | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
| 1997 | Martin Procházka | | Czech Rep. | 9 | 7 | 7 | 14 | |
| Vladimír Vůjtek | | Czech Rep. | 8 | 7 | 7 | 14 | |
| 1998 | Peter Forsberg | | Sweden | 8 | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
| 1999 | Saku Koivu | | Finland | 10 | 4 | 12 | 16 | |
| 2000 | Miroslav Šatan |  | Slovakia | 9 | 10 | 2 | 12 | |
| 2001 | Juha Ylönen | | Finland | 9 | 5 | 9 | 14 | |
| 2002 | Miroslav Šatan | | Slovakia | 9 | 5 | 8 | 13 | |
| 2003 | Žigmund Pálffy | | Slovakia | 9 | 7 | 8 | 15 | |
| 2004 | Dany Heatley | | Canada | 9 | 8 | 3 | 11 | |
| 2005 | Joe Thornton | | Canada | 9 | 6 | 10 | 16 | |
| 2006 | Sidney Crosby | | Canada | 9 | 8 | 8 | 16 | |
| 2007 | Johan Davidsson | | Sweden | 9 | 7 | 7 | 14 | |
| 2008 | Dany Heatley | | Canada | 9 | 12 | 8 | 20 | |
| 2009 | Marty St. Louis | | Canada | 9 | 4 | 11 | 15 | |
| 2010 | Iľja Kovalčuk |  | Russia | 9 | 2 | 10 | 12 | |
| 2011 | Jarkko Immonen | | Finland | 9 | 9 | 3 | 12 | |
| 2012 | Jevgenij Malkin | | Russia | 10 | 11 | 8 | 19 | |
| 2013 | Petri Kontiola | | Finland | 10 | 8 | 8 | 16 | |
| 2014 | Viktor Tichonov | | Russia | 10 | 8 | 8 | 16 | |
| 2015 | Jason Spezza | | Canada | 10 | 6 | 8 | 14 | |
| 2016 | Vadim Ščipačov | | Russia | 10 | 6 | 12 | 18 | |
| 2017 | Arťom Panarin | | Russia | 9 | 4 | 13 | 17 | |
| 2018 | Patrick Kane |  | USA | 10 | 8 | 12 | 20 | |
| 2019 | William Nylander | | Sweden | 8 | 5 | 13 | 18 | |
| 2021 | Connor Brown | | Canada | 10 | 2 | 14 | 16 | |
| 2022 | Roman Červenka | | Czech Rep. | 10 | 5 | 12 | 17 | |
| 2023 | Rocco Grimaldi | | USA | 10 | 7 | 7 | 14 | |
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| Legend |
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| GP | Number of games played |
| G | Goals |
| A | Assists |
| PTS | Points |
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