Alex Ovechkin has collected the most goals by a player older than 35 in a season, with 50 scored in 2021-22.

Interpreted as:

most NHL goals by a player after age 35 in a season

	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	50	36	2021-22	WSH	77	40	90	+8	18	16	13	1	0	5	0	334	15.0	4	13	30.8	155	25	32	50	20:34
2	Teemu Selanne T. Selanne	48	36	2006-07	ANA	82	46	94	+26	82	25	23	0	0	10	2	257	18.7	178	351	50.7	10	9	37	85	17:42
3	Gordie Howe G. Howe	44	40	1968-69	DET	76	59	103	+45	58	9	16	0	0	6		284	15.5
4	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	42	36	2023-24	PIT	82	52	94	+7	40	10	13	0	0	3	0	278	15.1	1,090	1,872	58.2	101	37	73	57	20:05
5	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	42	37	2022-23	WSH	73	33	75	-16	48	14	11	0	0	3	1	294	14.3	4	9	44.4	188	23	31	52	20:12
6	Phil Esposito P. Esposito	42	36	1978-79	NYR	80	36	78	-1	37	14	12	0	0	7		215	19.5
7	Brendan Shanahan B. Shanahan	40	37	2005-06	DET	82	41	81	+29	105	14	14	0	0	6	0	289	13.8	13	26	50.0	74	28	33	57	16:35
8	Johnny Bucyk J. Bucyk	40	37	1972-73	BOS	78	53	93	+17	12	10	25	0	0	10		168	23.8
9	Brett Hull B. Hull	39	36	2000-01	DAL	79	40	79	+10	18	11	22	0	0	8	1	219	17.8	3	10	30.0	31	20	42	130	17:53
10	Gordie Howe G. Howe	39	39	1967-68	DET	74	43	82	+12	53	10	12	0	0	4		301	13.0
11	Joe Mullen J. Mullen	38	36	1993-94	PIT	84	32	70	+9	41	6	7	2	1	9	1	231	16.5
12	Brett Hull B. Hull	37	38	2002-03	DET	82	39	76	+11	22	12	14	1	1	4	1	262	14.1	7	18	38.9	12	4	13	14	18:07
13	Bill Guerin B. Guerin	36	36	2006-07	TOT	77	20	56	+10	66	9	7	0	0	7	2	225	16.0	6	12	50.0	69	14	25	52	17:00
14	Joe Sakic J. Sakic	36	37	2006-07	COL	82	64	100	+2	46	16	27	0	0	4	1	258	14.0	726	1,368	53.1	21	35	38	72	20:11
15	Mark Messier M. Messier	36	36	1996-97	NYR	71	48	84	+12	88	7	11	5	6	9	0	227	15.9
16	Johnny Bucyk J. Bucyk	36	40	1975-76	BOS	77	47	83	+22	20	13	20	0	0	9		151	23.8
17	Dino Ciccarelli D. Ciccarelli	35	36	1996-97	TBL	77	25	60	-11	116	12	6	0	0	6	0	229	15.3
18	Mike Gartner M. Gartner	35	36	1995-96	TOR	82	19	54	+5	52	15	6	0	0	4	0	275	12.7
19	Phil Esposito P. Esposito	34	37	1979-80	NYR	80	44	78	-14	73	13	15	0	0	5		245	13.9
20	Jean Ratelle J. Ratelle	33	36	1976-77	BOS	78	61	94	+18	22	8	11	1	0	6		185	17.8
21	Jean Beliveau J. Beliveau	33	37	1968-69	MTL	69	49	82	+15	55	7	13	0	0	5		235	14.0
22	Mats Sundin M. Sundin	32	36	2007-08	TOR	74	46	78	+17	76	10	19	1	0	4	0	259	12.4	945	1,713	55.2	33	34	21	54	20:04
23	Joe Sakic J. Sakic	32	36	2005-06	COL	82	55	87	+10	60	10	24	0	0	6	1	263	12.2	876	1,669	52.5	18	32	69	60	19:55
24	Mike Gartner M. Gartner	32	37	1996-97	PHX	82	31	63	-11	38	13	12	1	0	7	1	271	11.8
25	Johnny Bucyk J. Bucyk	32	36	1971-72	BOS	78	51	83	+15	4	13	32	0	0	7		174	18.4