Alex Ovechkin has recorded the most career goals by a 39-year-old player, with 44 scored.

Interpreted as:

most NHL goals by a player by 39 years old

	NAME	G	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	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	39	74	43	82	+14	53	10	11	0	0	4	0	300	13.0
3	Johnny Bucyk J. Bucyk	29	78	52	81	+11	10	9	23	0	0	4	0	167	17.4
4	Shane Doan S. Doan	28	71	19	47	+4	96	12	5	0	0	4	0	170	16.5	74	143	51.7	112	15	33	27	17:38
5	Jean Ratelle J. Ratelle	28	67	45	73	+10	8	14	11	0	0	1	0	145	19.3
6	Joe Pavelski J. Pavelski	27	82	40	67	+12	20	11	10	0	0	4	1	194	13.9	355	695	51.1	75	70	25	56	16:49
7	Teemu Selanne T. Selanne	27	54	21	48	+3	16	14	13	0	0	5	0	173	15.6	62	131	47.3	14	13	17	39	17:19
8	Ron Francis R. Francis	27	81	35	62	-10	28	13	18	1	0	3	0	157	17.2	510	928	55.0	6	17	26	17	20:19
9	Joe Nieuwendyk J. Nieuwendyk	26	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
10	Mark Messier M. Messier	26	83	50	76	-29	52	15	20	0	0	3	0	145	17.9	1,106	1,943	56.9	65	43	60	104	19:49
11	Brett Hull B. Hull	25	81	43	68	-4	12	10	13	0	0	6	2	200	12.5	3	7	42.9	15	20	30	70	16:54
12	Jean Beliveau J. Beliveau	25	70	51	76	+24	42	7	17	0	0	4	0	172	14.5
13	Ray Whitney R. Whitney	24	82	53	77	+26	28	8	12	0	0	1	0	185	13.0	4	15	26.7	28	10	34	39	18:39
14	Alex Delvecchio A. Delvecchio	23	73	47	70	0	13	12	11	0	0	4	0	131	17.6
15	Ken Schinkel K. Schinkel	22	78	28	50	-12	6	2	7	0	0	2	0	157	14.0
16	Martin St. Louis M. St. Louis	21	74	31	52	+12	20	5	8	0	0	1	0	144	14.6	51	110	46.4	13	37	41	43	17:34
17	Daniel Alfredsson D. Alfredsson	20	51	23	43	+21	10	5	6	2	0	4	2	129	15.5	16	34	47.1	33	20	29	41	19:37
18	Dave Andreychuk D. Andreychuk	20	72	14	34	-12	34	15	13	0	0	3	0	170	11.8	652	1,117	58.4	13	19	15	15	16:12
19	Dean Prentice D. Prentice	20	71	27	47	+5	14	7	5	0	0	1	0	206	9.7
20	Corey Perry C. Perry	19	81	11	30	+12	61	4	3	0	0	4	0	100	19.0	17	33	51.5	36	26	13	44	11:56
21	Bill Guerin B. Guerin	18	61	17	35	-11	67	10	4	0	0	4	0	178	10.1	11	22	50.0	60	10	4	25	17:28
22	Matt Cullen M. Cullen	17	80	18	35	+4	16	0	1	3	2	4	0	119	14.3	617	1,089	56.7	41	39	19	24	14:31
23	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	17	80	39	56	+12	30	10	26	1	0	0	0	244	7.0	0	0		124	113	74	66	26:42
24	Patrick Marleau P. Marleau	16	82	21	37	-6	28	4	6	0	0	3	0	161	9.9	104	203	51.2	74	41	31	22	16:21
25	Joe Thornton J. Thornton	16	73	35	51	+8	20	3	12	0	0	4	0	90	17.8	356	675	52.7	17	14	43	42	15:33