Since 1980-81, Alex Ovechkin has recorded the most goals, with 868 scored.

Interpreted as:

most NHL goals by a player since 1981

	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	868	1,444	707	1,575	+60	825	316	272	5	1	132	26	6,690	13.0	64	188	34.0	3,676	553	778	1,152	20:43
2	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	843	1,408	1,877	2,720	+506	556	191	664	72	75	85	2	4,804	17.5
3	Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	766	1,733	1,155	1,921	+322	1,167	217	393	11	4	135	19	5,637	13.6	9	42	21.4	281	194	495	1,087	19:53
4	Brett Hull B. Hull	741	1,269	650	1,391	+23	458	265	271	20	8	110	12	4,876	15.2	18	50	36.0	119	90	191	358	18:01
5	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	692	1,514	1,063	1,755	+184	924	202	393	50	33	94	9	4,602	15.0	3,405	5,929	57.4	171	210	189	251	18:38
6	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	690	915	1,033	1,723	+114	834	236	465	49	22	74	11	3,633	19.0	1,414	2,865	49.4	52	45	70	122	22:40
7	Teemu Selanne T. Selanne	684	1,451	773	1,457	+95	660	255	333	7	2	110	9	4,540	15.1	935	1,994	46.9	243	158	461	783	17:56
8	Mark Messier M. Messier	682	1,681	1,172	1,854	+220	1,792	178	400	62	80	91	8	4,108	16.6	3,780	6,871	55.0	195	138	161	310	18:47
9	Mike Gartner M. Gartner	672	1,355	595	1,267	+52	1,093	213	191	24	5	87	7	4,864	13.8
10	Luc Robitaille L. Robitaille	668	1,431	726	1,394	+71	1,177	247	260	3	3	89	7	3,961	16.9	25	67	37.3	184	57	92	237	15:57
11	Brendan Shanahan B. Shanahan	656	1,524	698	1,354	+151	2,489	237	270	23	14	109	12	5,086	12.9	293	611	48.0	538	289	260	445	18:13
12	Dave Andreychuk D. Andreychuk	640	1,639	698	1,338	+32	1,121	274	293	10	3	77	7	4,556	14.0	2,834	5,107	55.5	187	276	293	168	15:59
13	Jarome Iginla J. Iginla	625	1,554	675	1,300	+30	1,040	197	231	13	9	101	7	4,759	13.1	2,726	5,238	52.0	1,599	464	610	778	19:56
14	Joe Sakic J. Sakic	625	1,378	1,016	1,641	+30	614	205	426	32	17	86	7	4,621	13.5	6,687	12,735	52.5	227	268	419	405	21:09
15	Dino Ciccarelli D. Ciccarelli	608	1,232	592	1,200	-4	1,425	232	190	1	2	73	1	3,706	16.4
16	Jari Kurri J. Kurri	601	1,251	797	1,398	+304	545	155	240	39	43	72	7	3,149	19.1
17	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	600	1,303	1,026	1,626	+213	840	175	393	4	7	93	23	4,164	14.4	15,071	28,583	52.7	1,145	637	752	1,051	20:40
18	Mark Recchi M. Recchi	577	1,652	956	1,533	0	1,033	200	369	18	14	91	6	3,820	15.1	880	1,815	48.5	898	288	342	518	18:53
19	Patrick Marleau P. Marleau	566	1,779	631	1,197	-27	527	172	243	17	4	109	11	4,333	13.1	5,971	12,423	48.1	1,513	465	757	1,113	18:09
20	Mats Sundin M. Sundin	564	1,346	785	1,349	+73	1,093	160	293	31	25	96	15	4,015	14.0	7,927	14,441	54.9	438	276	212	466	19:44
21	Joe Nieuwendyk J. Nieuwendyk	564	1,257	562	1,126	+155	677	215	204	12	2	93	7	3,242	17.4	4,454	7,590	58.7	144	91	132	266	16:17
22	Steven Stamkos S. Stamkos	562	1,112	590	1,152	+33	651	220	212	5	3	87	13	3,400	16.5	6,530	12,958	50.4	1,198	501	492	621	19:08
23	Mike Modano M. Modano	561	1,499	813	1,374	+114	926	157	336	29	18	92	9	4,273	13.1	7,431	14,376	51.7	203	290	691	973	19:41
24	Ron Francis R. Francis	549	1,731	1,249	1,798	-18	977	188	539	12	19	79	4	3,756	14.6	3,205	5,757	55.7	119	199	203	153	19:41
25	Keith Tkachuk K. Tkachuk	538	1,201	527	1,065	+33	2,219	212	161	13	14	72	8	3,530	15.2	3,126	6,084	51.4	933	160	260	472	18:08