most career shorthanded goals scored by any player in past 55 years

Between May 17, 1971 and May 17, 2026, Wayne Gretzky has scored the most shorthanded goals, with 73 scored.

	NAME	SHG	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	73	1,487	894	1,963	2,857	+520	577	204	686	76	91	2	5,088	17.6
2	Mark Messier M. Messier	63	1,756	694	1,193	1,887	+211	1,912	179	402	81	92	8	4,221	16.4	3,780	6,871	55.0	195	138	161	310	18:47
3	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	50	1,514	692	1,063	1,755	+184	924	202	393	33	94	9	4,602	15.0	3,405	5,929	57.4	171	210	189	251	18:38
4	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	49	915	690	1,033	1,723	+114	834	236	465	22	74	11	3,633	19.0	1,414	2,865	49.4	52	45	70	122	22:40
5	Dave Poulin D. Poulin	39	724	205	325	530	+216	482	12	28	33	28	2	1,298	15.8
6	Jari Kurri J. Kurri	39	1,251	601	797	1,398	+304	545	155	240	43	72	7	3,149	19.1
7	Butch Goring B. Goring	39	1,029	360	485	845	-15	92	69	170	9	40	0	2,135	16.9
8	Brad Marchand B. Marchand	36	1,152	451	583	1,034	+269	1,151	90	177	23	85	22	2,949	15.3	269	696	38.6	1,075	397	690	1,002	18:01
9	Sergei Fedorov S. Fedorov	36	1,248	483	696	1,179	+261	839	144	256	29	93	15	3,985	12.1	5,839	10,768	54.2	423	231	385	556	19:56
10	Theo Fleury T. Fleury	35	1,084	455	633	1,088	+145	1,840	125	239	15	67	11	3,611	12.6	610	1,145	53.3	257	118	198	330	19:55
11	Dirk Graham D. Graham	35	772	219	270	489	+2	919	39	47	14	32	3	1,819	12.0
12	Marian Hossa M. Hossa	34	1,309	525	609	1,134	+245	628	143	231	12	85	15	4,229	12.4	64	187	34.2	1,062	395	1,008	668	18:55
13	Pavel Bure P. Bure	34	702	437	342	779	+42	484	121	115	15	59	6	3,130	14.0	3	17	17.6	76	70	148	222	24:37
14	Brian Rolston B. Rolston	33	1,256	342	419	761	+65	472	98	162	10	72	6	3,836	8.9	2,803	5,993	46.8	683	306	377	368	18:45
15	Guy Carbonneau G. Carbonneau	33	1,318	260	403	663	+186	820	12	19	17	42	3	1,924	13.5	686	1,290	53.2	135	65	38	34	15:38
16	Peter Bondra P. Bondra	32	1,081	503	389	892	+74	761	149	131	4	78	6	3,531	14.2	9	31	29.0	390	116	256	387	18:43
17	Joe Sakic J. Sakic	32	1,378	625	1,016	1,641	+30	614	205	426	17	86	7	4,621	13.5	6,687	12,735	52.5	227	268	419	405	21:09
18	Mats Sundin M. Sundin	31	1,346	564	785	1,349	+73	1,093	160	293	25	96	15	4,015	14.0	7,927	14,441	54.9	438	276	212	466	19:44
19	Bill Barber B. Barber	31	903	420	463	883	+312	623	104	176	20	54	0	3,246	12.9
20	Bobby Clarke B. Clarke	30	991	316	785	1,101	+499	1,307	84	216	34	33	1	2,183	14.5
21	Martin St. Louis M. St. Louis	29	1,134	391	642	1,033	+37	310	101	216	17	66	10	2,884	13.6	352	854	41.2	420	605	810	799	20:30
22	Mike Modano M. Modano	29	1,499	561	813	1,374	+114	926	157	336	18	92	9	4,273	13.1	7,431	14,376	51.7	203	290	691	973	19:41
23	Esa Tikkanen E. Tikkanen	29	877	244	386	630	+82	1,077	59	137	11	41	3	1,903	12.8
24	Russ Courtnall R. Courtnall	29	1,029	297	447	744	-3	557	58	108	14	40	4	2,791	10.6
25	Craig MacTavish C. MacTavish	29	1,093	213	267	480	+34	891	18	19	20	34	2	1,480	14.4

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Golden Knights	39	26	17	95	15
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Ducks	43	33	6	92	-15
Kings	35	27	20	90	-22
Sharks	39	35	8	86	-41
Kraken	34	37	11	79	-37
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Avalanche - p	55	16	11	121	99
Stars - x	50	20	12	112	53
Wild - x	46	24	12	104	32
Mammoth - x	43	33	6	92	28
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Kings - x	35	27	20	90	-22
Sharks - e	39	35	8	86	-41
Kraken - e	34	37	11	79	-37
Flames - e	34	39	9	77	-47
Canucks - e	25	49	8	58	-100

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Sabres - y	50	23	9	109	47
Lightning - x	50	26	6	106	59
Canadiens - x	48	24	10	106	27
Bruins - x	45	27	10	100	22
Senators - x	44	27	11	99	32
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