Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Wayne Gretzky scored the most goals, with 637 scored.

Interpreted as:

most NHL goals by a player in the 80s

	NAME	G	GP	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%
1	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	637	774	1,200	1,837	+568	349	136	356	60	63	66	1	3,095	20.6
2	Mike Bossy M. Bossy	451	599	458	909	+286	179	128	160	8	1	67	4	2,195	20.5
3	Jari Kurri J. Kurri	441	676	509	950	+355	300	97	127	29	27	58	6	1,961	22.5
4	Michel Goulet M. Goulet	440	756	461	901	+73	571	139	143	15	7	47	1	2,403	18.3
5	Marcel Dionne M. Dionne	404	729	576	980	+47	424	150	225	7	6	41	2	2,794	14.5
6	Mike Gartner M. Gartner	404	771	399	803	+64	772	101	126	12	3	54	4	2,874	14.1
7	Rick Vaive R. Vaive	386	715	298	684	-97	1,283	126	86	11	3	45	3	2,228	17.3
8	Peter Stastny P. Stastny	356	675	630	986	+31	663	110	246	6	6	43	1	1,814	19.6
9	Brian Propp B. Propp	356	750	465	821	+296	633	98	156	20	24	55	0	2,537	14.0
10	Glenn Anderson G. Anderson	355	681	414	769	+210	605	101	105	12	6	60	3	2,089	17.0
11	Dale Hawerchuk D. Hawerchuk	353	634	495	848	-82	408	114	193	11	9	27	4	2,283	15.5
12	Dino Ciccarelli D. Ciccarelli	344	613	322	666	+8	654	133	104	1	2	30	1	1,995	17.2
13	Mark Messier M. Messier	335	719	506	841	+140	1,011	73	142	29	40	38	1	1,876	17.9
14	Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	332	755	573	905	+295	618	104	165	13	18	44	1	1,809	18.4
15	Tim Kerr T. Kerr	329	534	249	578	+104	535	129	85	0	0	42	1	1,645	20.0
16	Denis Savard D. Savard	324	676	609	933	+83	779	86	265	13	8	39	1	2,046	15.8
17	Rick Middleton R. Middleton	319	659	391	710	+145	107	88	126	24	15	40	1	1,556	20.5
18	Charlie Simmer C. Simmer	310	591	328	638	+127	462	113	105	2	0	42	2	1,315	23.6
19	Dave Taylor D. Taylor	308	680	482	790	+91	1,034	97	170	3	2	32	3	1,656	18.6
20	Joe Mullen J. Mullen	305	568	349	654	+99	116	95	129	1	1	45	4	1,633	18.7
21	Mike Foligno M. Foligno	305	758	317	622	+78	1,654	74	76	2	4	46	1	1,763	17.3
22	John Ogrodnick J. Ogrodnick	305	695	352	657	-93	182	83	116	10	5	29	1	2,215	13.8
23	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	300	368	415	715	+35	346	100	196	23	9	25	7	1,447	20.7
24	Bernie Nicholls B. Nicholls	300	555	383	683	-36	699	92	136	25	8	21	3	1,947	15.4
25	Lanny McDonald L. McDonald	296	669	281	577	-51	537	86	100	1	0	34	0	2,020	14.7