Phil Esposito has recorded the most goals by a 31-year-old player in a season, with 68 scored in 1973-74.

Interpreted as:

most goals by a player in a season by 31 years old

	NAME	G	AGE	SEASON	TM	GP	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Phil Esposito P. Esposito	68	31	1973-74	BOS	78	77	145	+51	58	14	26	4	2	9		393	17.3
2	Marcel Dionne M. Dionne	56	31	1982-83	LAK	80	51	107	+10	22	17	20	1	1	7		346	16.2
3	Zach Hyman Z. Hyman	54	31	2023-24	EDM	80	23	77	+36	48	15	5	0	0	7	1	290	18.6	7	16	43.8	87	37	35	19	19:30
4	Joe Sakic J. Sakic	54	31	2000-01	COL	82	64	118	+45	30	19	27	3	3	12	2	332	16.3	1,214	2,292	53.0	44	54	79	54	23:01
5	Joe Mullen J. Mullen	51	31	1988-89	CGY	79	59	110	+51	16	13	27	1	1	7	0	270	18.9
6	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	50	31	1996-97	PIT	76	72	122	+27	65	15	22	3	3	7	0	327	15.3
7	Vic Hadfield V. Hadfield	50	31	1971-72	NYR	78	56	106	+60	142	23	11	0	0	7		242	20.7
8	Mike Gartner M. Gartner	49	31	1990-91	NYR	79	20	69	-9	53	22	5	1	0	4	0	262	18.7
9	Frank Mahovlich F. Mahovlich	49	31	1968-69	DET	76	29	78	+44	38	7	6	0	0	5		293	16.7
10	Peter Stastny P. Stastny	46	31	1987-88	QUE	76	65	111	+2	69	20	37	0	2	2	0	199	23.1
11	Jean Ratelle J. Ratelle	46	31	1971-72	NYR	63	63	109	+61	4	5	21	1	0	6		183	25.1
12	Matt Duchene M. Duchene	43	31	2021-22	NSH	78	43	86	+6	38	16	13	0	0	6	3	228	18.9	119	220	54.1	31	28	31	77	19:01
13	Martin St. Louis M. St. Louis	43	31	2006-07	TBL	82	59	102	+7	28	14	16	5	6	7	2	273	15.8	7	20	35.0	44	44	83	92	24:09
14	Alexander Mogilny A. Mogilny	43	31	2000-01	NJD	75	40	83	+10	43	12	17	0	0	7	0	240	17.9	4	11	36.4	86	8	55	67	16:53
15	Brett Hull B. Hull	43	31	1995-96	STL	70	40	83	+4	30	16	17	5	1	6	0	327	13.1
16	Steven Stamkos S. Stamkos	42	31	2021-22	TBL	81	64	106	+24	36	16	20	0	0	11	3	241	17.4	545	1,068	51.0	93	31	30	24	18:29
17	Evgeni Malkin E. Malkin	42	31	2017-18	PIT	78	56	98	+16	87	14	24	0	0	7	2	239	17.6	460	1,052	43.7	48	32	75	73	18:59
18	Bill Guerin B. Guerin	41	31	2001-02	BOS	78	25	66	-1	91	10	8	1	0	7	2	355	11.5	9	17	52.9	100	42	51	48	20:45
19	Brendan Shanahan B. Shanahan	41	31	1999-00	DET	78	37	78	+24	105	13	16	1	2	9	1	283	14.5	12	24	50.0	104	34	23	58	18:35
20	Pat Verbeek P. Verbeek	41	31	1995-96	NYR	69	41	82	+29	129	17	16	0	0	6	1	252	16.3
21	Joe Nieuwendyk J. Nieuwendyk	39	31	1997-98	DAL	73	30	69	+16	30	14	15	0	0	11	0	203	19.2
22	Joe Pavelski J. Pavelski	38	31	2015-16	SJS	82	40	78	+25	30	12	16	0	0	11	1	224	17.0	516	938	55.0	147	67	46	82	19:49
23	Dino Ciccarelli D. Ciccarelli	38	31	1991-92	WSH	78	38	76	-10	78	13	12	0	0	7	0	279	13.6
24	Rick MacLeish R. MacLeish	38	31	1980-81	PHI	78	36	74	+22	25	14	8	0	0	3		214	17.8
25	Bobby Hull B. Hull	38	31	1969-70	CHI	61	29	67	+20	8	10	11	2	0	8		289	13.1