most goals scored in a season by a 39 year old or older

Alex Ovechkin and Gordie Howe are tied for the most goals by a player 39 or older in a season, with 44 scored.

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most goals by a player scored in a season by a 39 year old or older

	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	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	44	39	2024-25	WSH	65	29	73	+15	14	14	8	0	0	7	1	237	18.6	0	2	0.0	110	13	12	47	17:43
2	Gordie Howe G. Howe	44	40	1968-69	DET	76	59	103	+45	58	9	16	0	0	6		284	15.5
3	Gordie Howe G. Howe	39	39	1967-68	DET	74	43	82	+12	53	10	12	0	0	4		301	13.0
4	Johnny Bucyk J. Bucyk	36	40	1975-76	BOS	77	47	83	+22	20	13	20	0	0	9		151	23.8
5	Teemu Selanne T. Selanne	31	40	2010-11	ANA	73	49	80	+6	49	16	18	0	0	5	0	213	14.6	97	218	44.5	15	20	37	45	17:56
6	Gordie Howe G. Howe	31	41	1969-70	DET	76	40	71	+23	58	11	12	4	0	5		268	11.6
7	Johnny Bucyk J. Bucyk	29	39	1974-75	BOS	78	52	81	+11	10	9	23	0	0	4		167	17.4
8	Shane Doan S. Doan	28	39	2015-16	ARI	72	19	47	+4	98	12	5	0	0	4	0	170	16.5	74	143	51.7	116	15	33	27	17:36
9	Jean Ratelle J. Ratelle	28	39	1979-80	BOS	67	45	73	+10	8	14	11	0	0	1		145	19.3
10	Joe Pavelski J. Pavelski	27	39	2023-24	DAL	82	40	67	+12	20	11	10	0	0	4	1	194	13.9	355	695	51.1	75	70	25	56	16:49
11	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
12	Daniel Alfredsson D. Alfredsson	27	39	2011-12	OTT	75	32	59	+16	18	7	7	3	1	4	2	191	14.1	20	46	43.5	52	31	50	58	18:57
13	Teemu Selanne T. Selanne	27	39	2009-10	ANA	54	21	48	+3	16	14	13	0	0	5	0	173	15.6	62	131	47.3	14	13	17	39	17:19
14	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
15	Joe Nieuwendyk J. Nieuwendyk	26	39	2005-06	FLA	65	30	56	-2	46	7	13	0	0	3	1	195	13.3	727	1,224	59.4	10	19	17	46	16:23
16	Dean Prentice D. Prentice	26	40	1972-73	MNS	73	16	42	+4	22	5	3	0	0	5		168	15.5
17	Brett Hull B. Hull	25	39	2003-04	DET	81	43	68	-4	12	10	13	0	0	6	2	200	12.5	3	7	42.9	15	20	30	70	16:54
18	Jean Beliveau J. Beliveau	25	39	1970-71	MTL	70	51	76	+24	42	7	17	0	0	4		172	14.5
19	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
20	Ray Whitney R. Whitney	24	39	2011-12	PHX	82	53	77	+26	28	8	12	0	0	1	0	185	13.0	4	15	26.7	28	10	34	39	18:39
21	Mark Recchi M. Recchi	24	39	2006-07	PIT	82	44	68	+1	62	14	13	0	1	3	0	190	12.6	12	26	46.2	97	28	24	45	19:42
22	Mark Messier M. Messier	24	40	2000-01	NYR	82	43	67	-25	89	12	17	3	3	2	0	131	18.3	1,043	1,879	55.5	78	47	60	126	19:14
23	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
24	Brendan Shanahan B. Shanahan	23	39	2007-08	NYR	73	23	46	-2	35	11	8	0	1	3	2	265	8.7	6	8	75.0	47	47	32	33	18:31
25	Gordie Howe G. Howe	23	42	1970-71	DET	63	29	52	-3	38	7	9	1	0	3		195	11.8