most career nhl goals scored before turning 39 years old

Wayne Gretzky has scored the most career goals by a player younger than 39, with 894 scored.

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most career NHL goals by a player scored before turning 39 years old

	NAME	G	GP	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	894	1,487	1,963	2,857	+520	577	204	686	73	76	91	2	5,088	17.6
2	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	853	1,426	697	1,550	+45	817	312	269	5	1	129	26	6,627	12.9	64	188	34.0	3,632	550	772	1,142	20:45
3	Marcel Dionne M. Dionne	731	1,348	1,040	1,771	+27	600	234	409	19	11	73	2	5,363	13.6
4	Phil Esposito P. Esposito	717	1,282	873	1,590	+252	910	246	303	23	12	118	0	5,166	13.9
5	Brett Hull B. Hull	716	1,183	606	1,322	+30	446	255	257	20	8	104	10	4,668	15.3	15	43	34.9	103	67	161	288	18:22
6	Mike Gartner M. Gartner	708	1,432	627	1,335	+68	1,159	217	196	24	5	90	7	5,090	13.9
7	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	683	889	1,018	1,701	+130	818	233	453	49	22	74	11	3,556	19.2	1,161	2,408	48.2	44	39	60	92	23:16
8	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	678	1,453	1,043	1,721	+176	906	198	386	50	33	91	9	4,516	15.0	3,166	5,515	57.4	152	193	173	219	19:56
9	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	654	1,420	1,107	1,761	+197	898	194	416	4	7	104	26	4,459	14.7	16,437	31,038	53.0	1,241	692	796	1,180	20:36
10	Luc Robitaille L. Robitaille	653	1,366	717	1,370	+77	1,125	244	254	3	3	87	7	3,836	17.0	21	54	38.9	154	42	89	203	16:16
11	Gordie Howe G. Howe	649	1,397	851	1,500	+73	1,434	172	301	19	12	103	0	2,657	8.7
12	Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	646	1,273	953	1,599	+275	907	181	345	11	4	112	15	4,596	14.1	7	34	20.6	167	121	296	811	21:49
13	Brendan Shanahan B. Shanahan	642	1,464	682	1,324	+152	2,446	231	267	23	14	108	12	4,931	13.0	279	580	48.1	504	253	236	424	18:25
14	Steven Stamkos S. Stamkos	624	1,246	632	1,256	-7	737	242	227	5	3	101	17	3,712	16.8	7,124	14,054	50.7	1,327	565	524	727	19:00
15	Joe Sakic J. Sakic	623	1,363	1,006	1,629	+36	608	205	420	32	17	86	7	4,575	13.6	6,570	12,519	52.5	220	263	406	391	21:14
16	Mark Messier M. Messier	617	1,441	1,063	1,680	+250	1,701	151	358	57	76	78	8	3,722	16.6	407	709	57.4	28	4	13	32	20:54
17	Jarome Iginla J. Iginla	611	1,474	662	1,273	+60	970	190	227	13	9	97	6	4,606	13.3	2,710	5,208	52.0	1,483	443	586	752	20:15
18	Dino Ciccarelli D. Ciccarelli	608	1,232	592	1,200	-4	1,425	232	190	1	2	73	1	3,706	16.4
19	Bobby Hull B. Hull	604	1,036	549	1,153	+259	634	152	166	19	10	98	0	4,539	12.6
20	Jari Kurri J. Kurri	601	1,251	797	1,398	+304	545	155	240	39	43	72	7	3,149	19.1
21	Dave Andreychuk D. Andreychuk	593	1,443	654	1,247	+66	1,029	245	266	9	2	68	6	4,140	14.3	1,072	2,041	52.5	155	174	185	111	15:59
22	Teemu Selanne T. Selanne	579	1,132	633	1,212	+89	505	206	278	7	2	92	9	3,737	15.5	500	1,071	46.7	168	87	339	591	18:32
23	Mike Bossy M. Bossy	573	752	553	1,126	+380	210	180	198	8	1	80	4	2,709	21.2
24	Mats Sundin M. Sundin	564	1,346	785	1,349	+73	1,093	160	293	31	25	96	15	4,015	14.0	7,927	14,441	54.9	438	276	212	466	19:44
25	Michel Goulet M. Goulet	548	1,089	605	1,153	+99	825	179	194	16	9	63	3	3,145	17.4

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