most goals scored by a single player in an nhl season after age 40

Gordie Howe has collected the most goals by a player older than 40 in a season, with 31 scored in 1969-70.

	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	Gordie Howe G. Howe	31	41	1969-70	DET	76	40	71	+23	58	11	12	4	0	5		268	11.6
2	Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	27	43	2015-16	FLA	79	39	66	+23	48	5	6	0	0	4	0	143	18.9	0	1	0.0	31	16	33	44	17:05
3	Teemu Selanne T. Selanne	26	41	2011-12	ANA	82	40	66	-1	50	12	16	0	0	4	0	210	12.4	145	300	48.3	23	20	29	46	17:53
4	Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	24	41	2013-14	NJD	82	43	67	+16	46	5	12	0	0	6	1	231	10.4	0	2	0.0	4	9	36	59	19:10
5	Mark Recchi M. Recchi	23	41	2008-09	TOT	80	38	61	-18	22	6	21	0	0	3	1	129	17.8	24	56	42.9	104	27	33	31	16:46
6	Gordie Howe G. Howe	23	42	1970-71	DET	63	29	52	-3	38	7	9	1	0	3		195	11.8
7	Johnny Bucyk J. Bucyk	20	41	1976-77	BOS	49	23	43	-1	12	6	8	0	0	2		98	20.4
8	Daniel Alfredsson D. Alfredsson	18	41	2013-14	DET	68	31	49	+2	10	4	14	0	0	4	2	151	11.9	5	14	35.7	59	25	24	36	16:56
9	Mark Recchi M. Recchi	18	42	2009-10	BOS	81	25	43	+4	34	8	5	0	0	2	0	152	11.8	54	146	37.0	84	22	26	16	17:03
10	Mark Messier M. Messier	18	43	2003-04	NYR	76	25	43	+3	42	1	4	2	1	3	0	104	17.3	682	1,241	55.0	20	28	21	57	16:29
11	Mark Messier M. Messier	18	42	2002-03	NYR	78	22	40	-2	30	8	8	1	0	5	0	117	15.4	677	1,280	52.9	12	10	16	21	18:38
12	Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	17	42	2014-15	TOT	77	30	47	-3	48	4	7	0	0	5	1	169	10.1	1	1	100.0	30	14	38	46	17:34
13	Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	16	44	2016-17	FLA	82	30	46	+2	56	8	5	0	0	2	0	181	8.8	1	2	50.0	21	4	40	44	17:00
14	Gordie Howe G. Howe	15	51	1979-80	HFD	80	26	41	+9	42	2	3	0	0	0		94	16.0
15	Mark Recchi M. Recchi	14	43	2010-11	BOS	81	34	48	+13	35	6	11	0	1	6	1	132	10.6	52	97	53.6	81	25	16	32	16:06
16	Teemu Selanne T. Selanne	12	42	2012-13	ANA	46	12	24	-10	28	3	4	0	0	1	0	96	12.5	85	168	50.6	8	10	23	31	15:42
17	Matt Cullen M. Cullen	11	41	2017-18	MIN	79	11	22	-1	20	0	1	0	0	1	0	104	10.6	355	705	50.4	14	42	14	17	11:54
18	Nicklas Lidstrom N. Lidstrom	11	41	2011-12	DET	70	23	34	+21	28	4	13	0	0	0	0	148	7.4	0	0		41	79	27	23	23:46
19	Igor Larionov I. Larionov	11	41	2001-02	DET	70	32	43	-5	50	4	17	0	0	1	0	50	22.0	283	653	43.3	12	16	32	51	14:28
20	Igor Larionov I. Larionov	10	42	2002-03	DET	74	33	43	-7	48	5	22	0	0	3	0	50	20.0	195	454	43.0	6	7	6	19	13:55
21	Teemu Selanne T. Selanne	9	43	2013-14	ANA	64	18	27	+8	12	4	4	0	0	3	0	111	8.1	46	106	43.4	15	8	16	31	14:08
22	Ray Whitney R. Whitney	9	41	2013-14	DAL	69	23	32	-6	14	3	12	0	0	0	0	124	7.3	1	2	50.0	14	16	25	43	13:58
23	Dave Keon D. Keon	8	41	1981-82	HFD	78	11	19	-32	6	0	0	1	0	1		84	9.5
24	Matt Cullen M. Cullen	7	42	2018-19	PIT	71	13	20	+6	14	0	0	2	2	2	0	87	8.0	320	640	50.0	32	31	24	19	11:31
25	Mark Messier M. Messier	7	41	2001-02	NYR	41	16	23	-1	32	2	6	0	1	2	0	69	10.1	422	787	53.6	35	27	21	37	18:31