most goals scored by a player during the 1970s

Between the 1969-70 and 1978-79 seasons, Phil Esposito had the most goals, with 518 scored.

	NAME	G	GP	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	S	S%
1	Phil Esposito P. Esposito	518	778	590	1,108	+146	582	198	222	18	10	83	3,625	14.3
2	Guy Lafleur G. Lafleur	355	603	461	816	+388	275	92	145	3	2	70	2,030	17.5
3	Garry Unger G. Unger	347	789	321	668	-121	874	98	103	3	4	45	2,860	12.1
4	Richard Martin R. Martin	330	578	265	595	-11	401	104	90	0	0	43	2,201	15.0
5	Jean Ratelle J. Ratelle	330	759	532	862	+228	162	93	151	4	2	48	1,887	17.5
6	Jean Pronovost J. Pronovost	328	752	301	629	+56	295	69	87	14	8	49	2,263	14.5
7	Marcel Dionne M. Dionne	327	619	464	791	-20	176	84	184	12	5	32	2,569	12.7
8	Jacques Lemaire J. Lemaire	315	709	415	730	+300	172	80	118	3	2	51	2,540	12.4
9	Yvan Cournoyer Y. Cournoyer	303	634	323	626	+233	169	90	112	0	0	49	1,626	18.6
10	Gilbert Perreault G. Perreault	300	673	463	763	-19	205	85	180	2	0	52	1,864	16.1
11	Darryl Sittler D. Sittler	288	653	397	685	+53	600	84	98	3	5	35	2,433	11.8
12	Johnny Bucyk J. Bucyk	275	643	386	661	+132	91	104	173	0	0	52	1,360	20.2
13	Bobby Clarke B. Clarke	270	773	598	868	+360	909	82	175	26	20	28	1,892	14.3
14	Peter Mahovlich P. Mahovlich	262	697	421	683	+260	771	69	111	19	6	36	1,802	14.5
15	Reggie Leach R. Leach	256	635	185	441	+62	269	61	49	0	0	44	1,869	13.7
16	Butch Goring B. Goring	255	667	336	591	-9	54	60	118	19	3	27	1,591	16.0
17	Stan Mikita S. Mikita	254	682	438	692	+139	433	67	148	4	5	38	1,993	12.7
18	Rick MacLeish R. MacLeish	251	556	284	535	+133	327	75	92	18	3	42	1,885	13.3
19	Rod Gilbert R. Gilbert	251	616	388	639	+59	306	67	145	0	0	29	1,715	14.6
20	Bill Goldsworthy B. Goldsworthy	249	602	223	472	-66	588	60	59	3	1	33	1,990	12.5
21	Steve Shutt S. Shutt	244	509	219	463	+320	211	48	39	0	0	37	1,300	18.8
22	Bill Barber B. Barber	243	535	280	523	+246	388	60	99	21	16	37	1,920	12.7
23	Ken Hodge K. Hodge	242	599	354	596	+176	565	73	93	1	1	43	1,509	16.0
24	Pit Martin P. Martin	231	732	372	603	+110	390	51	91	7	8	29	1,447	16.0
25	Rene Robert R. Robert	229	578	341	570	+34	443	56	147	0	0	34	1,833	12.5