Wayne Gretzky put up the most goals by a player in his first 12 seasons, with 718 scored.

Interpreted as:

most NHL goals by a player through 12 season

	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	718	925	1,424	2,142	+606	407	154	437	64	66	75	2	3,543	20.3
2	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	613	745	881	1,494	+142	737	201	390	48	22	65	9	3,054	20.1
3	Mike Bossy M. Bossy	573	752	553	1,126	+380	210	180	198	8	1	80	4	2,709	21.2
4	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	558	921	477	1,035	+84	617	212	193	4	1	95	19	4,541	12.3	51	148	34.5	2,484	360	572	796	21:03
5	Brett Hull B. Hull	554	801	433	987	-7	298	199	184	18	7	74	5	3,525	15.7
6	Marcel Dionne M. Dionne	544	937	743	1,287	+68	350	158	281	18	6	59		3,951	13.8
7	Phil Esposito P. Esposito	527	848	643	1,170	+369	639	161	219	22	10	95		3,736	14.1
8	Jari Kurri J. Kurri	524	909	666	1,190	+368	410	129	184	34	36	66	7	2,539	20.6
9	Mike Gartner M. Gartner	498	929	460	958	+51	863	144	145	17	4	63	4	3,424	14.5
10	Michel Goulet M. Goulet	487	895	529	1,016	+68	687	157	169	16	8	48	1	2,724	17.9
11	Guy Lafleur G. Lafleur	486	862	685	1,171	+489	352	132	218	3	2	88		2,953	16.5
12	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	481	862	679	1,160	+55	552	122	255	41	19	54	4	2,998	16.0
13	Luc Robitaille L. Robitaille	478	889	524	1,002	+51	793	176	176	2	3	60	4	2,529	18.9
14	Bobby Hull B. Hull	472	819	425	897	+151	570	123	119	14	7	70		3,536	12.5
15	Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	470	875	688	1,158	+207	623	120	228	9	4	81	10	3,108	15.1	3	13	23.1	64	52	105	341	22:46
16	Teemu Selanne T. Selanne	452	879	499	951	+33	335	140	216	7	2	70	6	2,940	15.4	91	220	41.4	120	62	226	375	19:14
17	Dale Hawerchuk D. Hawerchuk	449	951	763	1,212	-130	589	155	327	11	10	36	4	3,189	14.1
18	Dino Ciccarelli D. Ciccarelli	444	825	416	860	-24	920	158	129	1	2	45	1	2,727	16.3
19	Rick Vaive R. Vaive	440	856	344	784	-77	1,431	143	102	11	3	52	3	2,578	17.1
20	Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	440	914	762	1,202	+475	677	134	229	17	15	63	1	2,203	20.0
21	Pavel Bure P. Bure	437	702	342	779	+42	484	121	115	34	15	59	6	3,130	14.0	3	17	17.6	76	70	148	222	24:37
22	Glenn Anderson G. Anderson	437	900	516	953	+189	871	131	138	13	7	75	4	2,674	16.3
23	Lanny McDonald L. McDonald	437	862	431	868	+43	718	124	155	11	4	43	0	2,938	14.9
24	Ilya Kovalchuk I. Kovalchuk	433	880	417	850	-142	526	142	182	10	5	61	15	3,108	13.9	132	364	36.3	449	210	440	987	21:33
25	Joe Mullen J. Mullen	433	842	486	919	+145	190	134	173	7	2	59	4	2,355	18.4