Gordie Howe has scored the most career goals by a player older than 38, with 152 scored.

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most goals by a player after age 38 NHL

	NAME	G	GP	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Gordie Howe G. Howe	152	370	198	350	+87	251	39	52	5	0	18	0	1,146	13.3
2	Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	120	460	202	322	+47	260	36	48	0	0	23	4	1,041	11.5	2	8	25.0	114	73	199	276	17:20
3	Teemu Selanne T. Selanne	105	319	140	245	+6	155	49	55	0	0	18	0	803	13.1	435	923	47.1	75	71	122	192	16:44
4	Johnny Bucyk J. Bucyk	90	257	135	225	+31	46	33	55	0	0	15	0	464	19.4
5	Mark Messier M. Messier	77	315	130	207	-39	211	28	44	6	5	14	0	499	15.4	3,373	6,162	54.7	167	134	148	278	18:35
6	Mark Recchi M. Recchi	76	347	144	220	-24	143	31	57	0	1	12	2	596	12.8	158	362	43.6	383	107	119	136	17:12
7	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	55	89	40	95	+23	18	15	11	0	0	10	1	294	18.7	1	3	33.3	151	18	14	73	17:45
8	Daniel Alfredsson D. Alfredsson	48	166	70	118	+24	53	12	28	2	1	10	4	381	12.6	37	86	43.0	120	75	90	113	18:26
9	Dean Prentice D. Prentice	48	168	46	94	-1	40	12	8	0	0	6	0	410	11.7
10	Dave Andreychuk D. Andreychuk	47	196	44	91	-34	92	29	27	1	1	9	1	416	11.3	1,762	3,066	57.5	32	102	108	57	15:59
11	Matt Cullen M. Cullen	46	293	55	101	+10	80	2	3	7	4	9	0	388	11.9	1,639	3,139	52.2	117	137	76	88	12:53
12	Ray Whitney R. Whitney	44	183	94	138	+21	46	15	32	0	0	2	0	371	11.9	21	68	30.9	52	40	88	123	17:01
13	Ron Francis R. Francis	43	179	73	116	-25	50	21	33	1	0	5	0	285	15.1	1,121	2,013	55.7	17	56	51	52	18:11
14	Gary Roberts G. Roberts	41	195	63	104	-10	215	13	22	0	0	6	0	320	12.8	31	59	52.5	284	36	63	86	15:17
15	Jean Ratelle J. Ratelle	39	114	71	110	+28	24	18	22	0	1	3	0	207	18.8
16	Nicklas Lidstrom N. Lidstrom	36	234	109	145	+41	72	16	60	0	4	2	1	517	7.0	0	0		146	253	96	109	24:15
17	Shane Doan S. Doan	34	145	40	74	+1	144	15	7	0	0	4	0	314	10.8	168	342	49.1	213	37	59	61	16:19
18	Igor Larionov I. Larionov	34	312	129	163	-6	172	14	61	0	0	5	0	211	16.1	1,174	2,600	45.2	48	54	100	193	14:33
19	Alex Delvecchio A. Delvecchio	34	138	95	129	-12	17	16	29	0	0	6	0	226	15.0
20	Joe Thornton J. Thornton	33	221	79	112	-15	78	9	22	0	0	6	0	234	14.1	795	1,572	50.6	89	63	129	119	14:29
21	Zdeno Chara Z. Chara	32	416	78	110	+102	382	2	4	2	1	8	0	636	5.0	0	2	0.0	667	617	162	321	21:06
22	Patrick Marleau P. Marleau	31	204	37	68	-20	52	7	6	0	0	6	1	332	9.3	281	579	48.5	171	84	82	45	15:15
23	Joe Nieuwendyk J. Nieuwendyk	31	80	33	64	-6	50	9	15	0	0	5	1	225	13.8	838	1,431	58.6	14	22	20	56	15:49
24	Dave Keon D. Keon	31	234	97	128	-78	42	2	14	1	2	2	0	360	8.6
25	Joe Pavelski J. Pavelski	27	82	40	67	+12	20	11	10	0	0	4	1	194	13.9	355	695	51.1	75	70	25	56	16:49