least shots per goal nhl history minimum of 1400 games played

Wayne Gretzky had the fewest shots per goal when playing 1,400+ games, with 5.69.

Interpreted as:
least shots per goal by a player NHL history minimum of 1400 games played
NAMES/GGPSGAP+/-PIMPPGPPASHGSHAGWGOTGS%FOWFOFOW%HITBKSTKAGVATOI/GP
1Wayne Gretzky
W. Gretzky
5.69
1,487
5,088
894
1,963
2,857
+520
577
204
686
73
76
91
2
17.6
2Luc 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
3Mark 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
4Pat Verbeek
P. Verbeek
6.29
1,424
3,285
522
540
1,062
-46
2,905
186
184
4
6
67
3
15.9
4
12
33.3
395
27
65
94
13:47
5Doug Gilmour
D. Gilmour
6.3
1,474
2,834
450
964
1,414
+129
1,301
153
335
18
26
56
3
15.9
1,556
3,008
51.7
140
122
103
178
18:20
6Dale Hunter
D. Hunter
6.34
1,407
2,047
323
697
1,020
+101
3,565
92
153
10
17
42
4
15.8
7Mark Recchi
M. Recchi
6.62
1,652
3,820
577
956
1,533
0
1,033
200
369
18
14
91
6
15.1
880
1,815
48.5
898
288
342
518
18:53
8Teemu Selanne
T. Selanne
6.64
1,451
4,540
684
773
1,457
+95
660
255
333
7
2
110
9
15.1
935
1,994
46.9
243
158
461
783
17:56
9Steve Yzerman
S. Yzerman
6.65
1,514
4,602
692
1,063
1,755
+184
924
202
393
50
33
94
9
15.0
3,405
5,929
57.4
171
210
189
251
18:38
10Ron Francis
R. Francis
6.84
1,731
3,756
549
1,249
1,798
-18
977
188
539
12
19
79
4
14.6
3,205
5,757
55.7
119
199
203
153
19:41
11Dave Andreychuk
D. Andreychuk
7.12
1,639
4,556
640
698
1,338
+32
1,121
274
293
10
3
77
7
14.0
2,834
5,107
55.5
187
276
293
168
15:59
12Joe Thornton
J. Thornton
7.13
1,714
3,067
430
1,109
1,539
+182
1,272
146
402
6
6
68
9
14.0
12,730
24,107
52.8
1,142
498
1,225
1,527
19:18
13Mike Gartner
M. Gartner
7.19
1,432
5,090
708
627
1,335
+68
1,159
217
196
24
5
90
7
13.9
14Rod Brind'Amour
R. Brind'Amour
7.28
1,484
3,290
452
732
1,184
-39
1,100
149
248
28
28
67
8
13.7
9,488
16,008
59.3
731
411
390
345
21:02
15Jaromir Jagr
J. Jagr
7.36
1,733
5,637
766
1,155
1,921
+322
1,167
217
393
11
4
135
19
13.6
9
42
21.4
281
194
495
1,087
19:53
16Anze Kopitar
A. Kopitar
7.56
1,473
3,357
444
846
1,290
+115
352
127
324
14
14
78
9
13.2
14,679
27,479
53.4
1,278
1,049
837
955
20:46
17Jarome Iginla
J. Iginla
7.61
1,554
4,759
625
675
1,300
+30
1,040
197
231
13
9
101
7
13.1
2,726
5,238
52.0
1,599
464
610
778
19:56
18Mike Modano
M. Modano
7.62
1,499
4,273
561
813
1,374
+114
926
157
336
29
18
92
9
13.1
7,431
14,376
51.7
203
290
691
973
19:41
19Alex Ovechkin
A. Ovechkin
7.63
1,514
6,918
907
737
1,644
+67
835
327
280
5
1
139
27
13.1
65
191
34.0
3,782
568
786
1,215
20:34
20Patrick Marleau
P. Marleau
7.66
1,779
4,333
566
631
1,197
-27
527
172
243
17
4
109
11
13.1
5,971
12,423
48.1
1,513
465
757
1,113
18:09
21Corey Perry
C. Perry
7.68
1,409
3,495
455
493
948
+62
1,500
125
168
6
4
78
6
13.0
113
351
32.2
1,293
506
512
725
16:34
22Brendan Shanahan
B. Shanahan
7.75
1,524
5,086
656
698
1,354
+151
2,489
237
270
23
14
109
12
12.9
293
611
48.0
538
289
260
445
18:13
23Scott Mellanby
S. Mellanby
8.13
1,431
2,960
364
476
840
-37
2,479
140
135
1
1
56
0
12.3
53
115
46.1
485
119
161
256
15:01
24Shane Doan
S. Doan
9.81
1,540
3,945
402
570
972
-54
1,353
128
185
6
13
69
11
10.2
1,025
2,370
43.2
2,842
358
756
571
18:59
25Matt Cullen
M. Cullen
10.43
1,516
2,774
266
465
731
-24
592
55
123
21
18
37
1
9.6
8,585
16,583
51.8
718
601
644
648
15:49
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