most goals scored in a season by a 40 year old

Gordie Howe has collected the most goals by a 40-year-old player in a season, with 44 scored in 1968-69.

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most goals by a player scored in a season by a 40 year old

	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	44	40	1968-69	DET	76	59	103	+45	58	9	16	0	0	6		284	15.5
2	Johnny Bucyk J. Bucyk	36	40	1975-76	BOS	77	47	83	+22	20	13	20	0	0	9		151	23.8
3	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
4	Dean Prentice D. Prentice	26	40	1972-73	MNS	73	16	42	+4	22	5	3	0	0	5		168	15.5
5	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
6	Dave Andreychuk D. Andreychuk	21	40	2003-04	TBL	82	18	39	-9	42	10	6	0	0	5	1	165	12.7	852	1,475	57.8	14	53	70	33	17:06
7	Gary Roberts G. Roberts	20	40	2006-07	TOT	69	22	42	0	97	6	9	0	0	4	0	125	16.0	19	31	61.3	127	19	29	44	16:43
8	Alex Delvecchio A. Delvecchio	18	40	1972-73	DET	77	53	71	+6	13	8	17	0	0	3		130	13.8
9	Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	16	40	2012-13	TOT	45	19	35	-2	22	6	5	0	0	4	1	115	13.9	0	1	0.0	13	10	19	28	18:20
10	Nicklas Lidstrom N. Lidstrom	16	40	2010-11	DET	82	46	62	-2	20	7	32	0	1	1	1	175	9.1	0	0		49	92	33	33	23:28
11	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	14	40	2025-26	WSH	28	15	29	+10	4	2	5	0	0	3	0	71	19.7	2	2	100.0	43	5	2	29	17:46
12	Mark Recchi M. Recchi	14	40	2007-08	TOT	72	34	48	-18	32	7	16	0	0	0	0	121	11.6	27	58	46.6	71	22	34	44	17:52
13	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	14	40	2005-06	DET	61	20	34	+8	18	4	7	0	0	3	0	86	16.3	239	414	57.7	19	17	16	32	12:47
14	Matt Cullen M. Cullen	13	40	2016-17	PIT	72	18	31	+4	30	2	2	2	0	2	0	93	14.0	440	859	51.2	36	27	20	32	13:55
15	Ron Francis R. Francis	13	40	2003-04	TOT	80	27	40	-9	14	7	13	0	0	2	0	91	14.3	508	904	56.2	11	31	20	26	15:49
16	Dave Keon D. Keon	13	40	1980-81	HFD	80	34	47	-33	26	2	6	0	0	1		130	10.0
17	Scott Mellanby S. Mellanby	12	40	2006-07	ATL	69	24	36	-9	63	5	9	0	0	2	0	103	11.7	16	35	45.7	54	15	30	37	13:43
18	Patrick Marleau P. Marleau	11	40	2019-20	TOT	66	11	22	-5	14	1	0	0	0	3	1	117	9.4	36	76	47.4	57	24	29	15	15:34
19	Ray Whitney R. Whitney	11	40	2012-13	DAL	32	18	29	+1	4	4	8	0	0	1	0	62	17.7	16	51	31.4	10	14	29	41	19:24
20	Jean Ratelle J. Ratelle	11	40	1980-81	BOS	47	26	37	+18	16	4	11	0	1	2		62	17.7
21	Ken Schinkel K. Schinkel	11	40	1972-73	PIT	42	10	21	-10	16	1	2	0	0	2		79	13.9
22	Daniel Alfredsson D. Alfredsson	10	40	2012-13	OTT	47	16	26	+1	33	3	8	0	1	2	0	101	9.9	16	38	42.1	28	30	37	36	19:21
23	Steve Thomas S. Thomas	10	40	2003-04	DET	44	12	22	+8	25	0	1	0	0	3	0	80	12.5	2	7	28.6	40	13	19	25	12:45
24	Adam Oates A. Oates	9	40	2002-03	ANA	67	36	45	-1	16	4	16	0	0	2	0	67	13.4	615	1,064	57.8	2	1	15	25	18:38
25	Igor Larionov I. Larionov	9	40	2000-01	TOT	65	31	40	-5	38	4	12	0	0	1	0	46	19.6	284	610	46.6	15	14	29	59	16:35