Wayne Gretzky has the most career goals in the month of December, with 157 scored.

Interpreted as:

most NHL goals by a player in december history

	NAME	G	GP	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	157	233	316	473	+104	113	35	95	17	19	17	0	822	19.1
2	Gordie Howe G. Howe	141	327	192	333	+23	287	34	58	3	5	24	0	692	10.0
3	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	132	230	119	251	+43	167	42	40	0	0	20	4	1,117	11.8	11	27	40.7	598	77	124	186	20:50
4	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	132	251	192	324	+47	158	37	74	5	10	20	0	778	17.0	601	1,033	58.2	44	35	21	57	19:39
5	Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	131	295	195	326	+58	188	39	65	3	0	27	3	991	13.2	3	10	30.0	48	32	74	230	20:29
6	Phil Esposito P. Esposito	128	227	156	284	+43	153	42	52	3	2	26	0	903	14.2
7	Brett Hull B. Hull	126	213	90	216	+24	88	32	42	3	0	18	1	790	15.9	3	9	33.3	22	15	23	58	18:40
8	Marcel Dionne M. Dionne	126	227	161	287	+34	112	37	58	1	1	15	1	890	14.2
9	Brendan Shanahan B. Shanahan	120	269	123	243	0	416	45	52	4	4	14	3	909	13.2	84	181	46.4	99	43	44	79	18:56
10	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	120	148	198	318	+37	126	42	95	8	6	14	0	624	19.2	99	211	46.9	4	1	1	6	23:52
11	Mike Gartner M. Gartner	116	240	101	217	+9	200	33	25	1	2	19	0	836	13.9
12	Mark Messier M. Messier	115	279	193	308	+26	334	26	71	9	14	15	0	653	17.6	535	995	53.8	28	19	22	45	18:02
13	Bobby Hull B. Hull	115	202	107	222	+59	76	22	26	5	4	18	0	856	13.0
14	Luc Robitaille L. Robitaille	111	237	115	226	+12	234	37	47	1	1	12	2	646	17.2	7	21	33.3	27	9	11	44	15:23
15	Stan Mikita S. Mikita	111	249	189	300	+88	220	31	63	2	0	21	0	824	13.5
16	Jarome Iginla J. Iginla	110	258	100	210	+23	179	30	38	2	1	19	1	781	14.1	477	934	51.1	226	78	96	126	19:42
17	Michel Goulet M. Goulet	106	190	93	199	+18	158	33	36	1	0	14	0	566	18.7
18	Frank Mahovlich F. Mahovlich	106	207	108	214	+42	198	24	42	1	0	19	0	621	14.7
19	Mark Recchi M. Recchi	103	268	119	222	-13	192	35	48	3	1	17	2	627	16.4	185	360	51.4	154	51	47	71	19:06
20	Dino Ciccarelli D. Ciccarelli	102	205	107	209	+12	207	41	30	0	0	11	0	599	17.0
21	Jari Kurri J. Kurri	101	192	144	245	+76	90	28	35	8	10	10	0	489	20.7
22	Johnny Bucyk J. Bucyk	101	280	122	223	-33	87	30	48	0	0	14	0	546	17.6
23	Maurice Richard M. Richard	101	170	80	181		236	31	23	0	1	11	0
24	Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	99	212	150	249	+88	149	20	40	2	6	14	0	496	20.0
25	Bernie Geoffrion B. Geoffrion	98	184	86	184	+6	140	33	40	1	0	19	0	294	14.3