least shots per goal nhl history minimum of 1000 games played

Rick Middleton had the fewest shots per goal when playing 1,000+ games, with 5.07.

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least shots per goal by a player NHL history minimum of 1000 games played

	NAME	S/G	GP	S	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Rick Middleton R. Middleton	5.07	1,005	2,272	448	540	988	+175	157	115	164	25	18	59	1	19.7
2	Jari Kurri J. Kurri	5.24	1,251	3,149	601	797	1,398	+304	545	155	240	39	43	72	7	19.1
3	Ray Ferraro R. Ferraro	5.3	1,258	2,163	408	490	898	-104	1,288	130	148	0	2	45	6	18.9	2,045	4,195	48.7	265	96	89	122	16:43
4	Alex Tanguay A. Tanguay	5.39	1,088	1,525	283	580	863	+163	527	62	182	7	4	43	4	18.6	294	753	39.0	654	392	554	627	17:45
5	Gary Roberts G. Roberts	5.42	1,224	2,374	438	472	910	+229	2,560	109	106	13	4	52	5	18.4	47	101	46.5	1,021	111	182	273	16:39
6	Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	5.42	1,279	2,841	524	901	1,425	+449	912	161	262	19	20	69	1	18.4
7	Joe Mullen J. Mullen	5.55	1,062	2,787	502	561	1,063	+167	241	150	189	11	4	73	5	18.0
8	Dave Taylor D. Taylor	5.61	1,111	2,417	431	638	1,069	+186	1,589	123	196	4	3	47	3	17.8
9	Bernie Federko B. Federko	5.62	1,000	2,074	369	761	1,130	-131	487	120	305	2	0	40	0	17.8
10	Andrew Brunette A. Brunette	5.66	1,110	1,516	268	465	733	-78	314	114	178	0	0	32	1	17.7	157	323	48.6	280	230	274	366	15:56
11	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	5.69	1,487	5,088	894	1,963	2,857	+520	577	204	686	73	76	91	2	17.6
12	John Tonelli J. Tonelli	5.7	1,028	1,854	325	511	836	+221	911	72	119	4	3	47	1	17.5
13	Michel Goulet M. Goulet	5.74	1,089	3,145	548	605	1,153	+99	825	179	194	16	9	63	3	17.4
14	Joe Nieuwendyk J. Nieuwendyk	5.75	1,257	3,242	564	562	1,126	+155	677	215	204	12	2	93	7	17.4	4,454	7,590	58.7	144	91	132	266	16:17
15	Luc Robitaille L. Robitaille	5.93	1,431	3,961	668	726	1,394	+71	1,177	247	260	3	3	89	7	16.9	25	67	37.3	184	57	92	237	15:57
16	Jean Ratelle J. Ratelle	5.94	1,280	2,916	491	776	1,267	+236	276	137	213	4	3	68		16.8
17	Mike Foligno M. Foligno	5.98	1,018	2,124	355	372	727	+98	2,047	85	85	2	4	50	1	16.7
18	Gilbert Perreault G. Perreault	6.01	1,191	3,077	512	814	1,326	+41	500	134	298	8	4	81	0	16.6
19	Steven Stamkos S. Stamkos	6.05	1,185	3,546	586	609	1,195	+1	693	230	215	5	3	92	15	16.5	6,876	13,624	50.5	1,252	539	508	685	19:03
20	Butch Goring B. Goring	6.07	1,107	2,275	375	513	888	-26	102	71	174	39	9	40	0	16.5
21	Mark Messier M. Messier	6.08	1,756	4,221	694	1,193	1,887	+211	1,912	179	402	63	81	92	8	16.4	3,780	6,871	55.0	195	138	161	310	18:47
22	Dino Ciccarelli D. Ciccarelli	6.1	1,232	3,706	608	592	1,200	-4	1,425	232	190	1	2	73	1	16.4
23	Pierre Turgeon P. Turgeon	6.12	1,294	3,154	515	812	1,327	+139	452	190	297	10	10	86	11	16.3	2,460	4,909	50.1	60	92	212	367	15:46
24	Tomas Holmstrom T. Holmstrom	6.13	1,026	1,489	243	287	530	+28	769	122	107	0	0	39	0	16.3	6	21	28.6	731	102	206	390	13:42
25	Johnny Bucyk J. Bucyk	6.17	1,299	3,087	500	727	1,227	-7	343	154	268	4	0	78		16.2