most goals in first 1000 regular season games

Wayne Gretzky got the most goals in his first 1,000 games, with 749 scored.

Interpreted as:

most goals by a player in first 1000 regular season games

	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	749	1,000	1,516	2,265	+593	441	166	481	66	68	77	2	3,761	19.9
2	Brett Hull B. Hull	639	1,000	524	1,163	-6	385	233	225	18	7	93	7	4,113	15.5	7	20	35.0	54	34	77	173	18:25
3	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	603	1,000	515	1,118	+89	649	227	207	4	1	101	22	4,879	12.4	54	156	34.6	2,622	379	593	864	20:58
4	Phil Esposito P. Esposito	596	1,000	737	1,333	+305	727	195	256	23	11	101	0	4,350	13.7
5	Bobby Hull B. Hull	584	1,000	531	1,115	+245	622	149	160	19	10	94	0	4,389	12.6
6	Marcel Dionne M. Dionne	580	1,000	794	1,374	+76	378	169	299	18	6	61	1	4,226	13.7
7	Jari Kurri J. Kurri	558	1,000	721	1,279	+338	462	145	217	38	39	69	7	2,763	20.2
8	Mike Gartner M. Gartner	537	1,000	497	1,034	+60	918	159	156	17	4	69	5	3,689	14.6
9	Luc Robitaille L. Robitaille	533	1,000	571	1,104	+54	879	193	192	2	3	68	6	2,909	18.3	2	8	25.0	16	5	10	20	18:36
10	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	533	1,000	790	1,323	+110	652	142	291	43	26	64	5	3,388	15.7
11	Guy Lafleur G. Lafleur	528	1,000	747	1,275	+474	387	144	247	3	2	95	0	3,271	16.1
12	Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	523	1,000	760	1,283	+207	687	139	257	11	4	92	12	3,570	14.6	4	19	21.1	86	70	147	478	22:12
13	Dino Ciccarelli D. Ciccarelli	523	1,000	522	1,045	+6	1,101	194	169	1	2	55	1	3,147	16.6
14	Michel Goulet M. Goulet	519	1,000	583	1,102	+97	771	169	187	16	9	54	2	2,952	17.6
15	Teemu Selanne T. Selanne	515	1,000	576	1,091	+80	419	171	250	7	2	81	7	3,346	15.4	246	580	42.4	136	75	289	466	18:50
16	Steven Stamkos S. Stamkos	514	1,000	538	1,052	+67	597	194	186	5	3	79	13	3,062	16.8	6,024	12,022	50.1	1,089	439	459	551	19:14
17	Joe Mullen J. Mullen	493	1,000	545	1,038	+166	237	147	185	11	4	72	5	2,713	18.2
18	Joe Nieuwendyk J. Nieuwendyk	488	1,000	457	945	+139	535	191	170	11	2	78	5	2,614	18.7	1,821	3,116	58.4	73	38	70	139	16:18
19	Peter Bondra P. Bondra	485	1,000	371	856	+75	707	144	127	32	4	74	5	3,389	14.3	8	26	30.8	344	107	231	353	19:45
20	Joe Sakic J. Sakic	480	1,000	765	1,245	+11	412	153	318	31	16	71	5	3,446	13.9	2,883	5,425	53.1	110	116	194	146	22:46
21	Keith Tkachuk K. Tkachuk	479	1,000	467	946	+50	2,051	184	146	12	13	66	7	3,094	15.5	1,920	3,758	51.1	650	115	210	385	19:09
22	Lanny McDonald L. McDonald	479	1,000	486	965	+38	816	139	176	11	4	49	0	3,294	14.5
23	Gordie Howe G. Howe	479	1,000	590	1,069	+7	987	112	204	13	6	83	0	802	7.6
24	Dave Andreychuk D. Andreychuk	475	1,000	527	1,002	+42	764	207	221	7	1	49	5	3,098	15.3
25	Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	474	1,000	817	1,291	+485	725	152	249	17	18	67	1	2,406	19.7

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Golden Knights	39	26	17	95	15
Oilers	41	30	11	93	13
Ducks	43	33	6	92	-15
Kings	35	27	20	90	-22
Sharks	39	35	8	86	-41
Kraken	34	37	11	79	-37
Flames	34	39	9	77	-47
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Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
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
Blues - e	37	33	12	86	-27
Predators - e	38	34	10	86	-22
Jets - e	35	35	12	82	-29
Blackhawks - e	29	39	14	72	-62
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Ducks - x	43	33	6	92	-15
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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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
Red Wings - e	41	31	10	92	-17
Panthers - e	40	38	4	84	-25
Maple Leafs - e	32	36	14	78	-46
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Penguins - x	41	25	16	98	25
Flyers - x	43	27	12	98	7
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