Wayne Gretzky had the most goals by a player in his first 8 seasons, with 543 scored.

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most goals by a player in the first 8 seasons

	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	543	632	977	1,520	+514	299	116	274	50	49	58	1	2,581	21.0
2	Mike Bossy M. Bossy	474	609	454	928	+358	163	151	157	6	0	66	1	2,181	21.7
3	Brett Hull B. Hull	413	540	287	700	-14	222	152	134	8	2	50	3	2,485	16.6
4	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	408	517	606	1,014	+52	548	132	273	31	15	36	7	2,011	20.3
5	Jari Kurri J. Kurri	397	600	451	848	+336	231	87	111	24	21	50	5	1,747	22.7
6	Luc Robitaille L. Robitaille	392	640	411	803	+7	562	150	138	2	3	42	2	1,867	21.0
7	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	371	601	364	735	+82	408	127	155	4	0	59	12	3,049	12.2	47	139	33.8	1,580	243	442	594	21:40
8	Auston Matthews A. Matthews	368	562	281	649	+140	114	94	84	0	1	61	11	2,273	16.2	4,282	8,115	52.8	396	536	562	428	19:48
9	Michel Goulet M. Goulet	366	607	365	731	+124	448	99	105	14	7	41	1	1,957	18.7
10	Guy Lafleur G. Lafleur	355	603	461	816	+388	275	92	145	3	2	70		2,030	17.5
11	Dale Hawerchuk D. Hawerchuk	353	634	495	848	-82	408	114	193	11	9	27	4	2,283	15.5
12	Teemu Selanne T. Selanne	346	564	383	729	+55	197	106	166	5	1	46	3	2,070	16.7	3	13	23.1	43	19	60	99	22:44
13	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	342	594	458	800	-21	368	89	177	23	12	35	4	2,045	16.7
14	Glenn Anderson G. Anderson	339	602	366	705	+226	512	94	94	12	4	57	2	1,877	18.1
15	Ilya Kovalchuk I. Kovalchuk	338	621	304	642	-75	437	117	134	3	3	41	9	2,289	14.8	87	238	36.6	353	149	324	679	21:26
16	Richard Martin R. Martin	330	578	265	595	-11	401	104	90	0	0	43		2,201	15.0
17	Marcel Dionne M. Dionne	327	619	464	791	-20	176	84	184	12	5	32		2,569	12.7
18	Mike Gartner M. Gartner	323	622	330	653	+33	626	73	104	12	1	46	3	2,335	13.8
19	Peter Stastny P. Stastny	321	603	580	901	+54	546	97	222	6	5	38	1	1,619	19.8
20	Steven Stamkos S. Stamkos	312	569	250	562	+5	354	108	90	3	2	47	8	1,818	17.2	3,321	6,933	47.9	649	232	305	319	19:45
21	Rick Vaive R. Vaive	312	581	246	558	-79	1,051	91	60	11	3	35	2	1,861	16.8
22	Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	312	620	537	849	+370	449	105	158	8	10	52		1,471	21.2
23	Joe Mullen J. Mullen	305	568	349	654	+99	116	95	129	1	1	45	4	1,633	18.7
24	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	303	569	547	850	+113	219	71	218	7	9	64	15	1,948	15.6	3,123	6,601	47.3	375	223	563	494	21:45
25	Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	301	581	434	735	+146	435	76	133	7	3	56	5	1,961	15.3