Wayne Gretzky put up the most goals by a player in his first 17 seasons, with 837 scored.

Interpreted as:

most NHL goals by a player through 17 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	837	1,253	1,771	2,608	+542	507	189	610	73	75	82	2	4,469	18.7
2	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	780	1,274	630	1,410	+83	749	285	243	5	1	121	24	6,061	12.9	60	177	33.9	3,283	500	715	1,055	20:52
3	Marcel Dionne M. Dionne	724	1,311	1,024	1,748	+33	580	230	402	19	11	73	2	5,289	13.7
4	Brett Hull B. Hull	716	1,183	606	1,322	+30	446	255	257	20	8	104	10	4,668	15.3	15	43	34.9	103	67	161	288	18:22
5	Phil Esposito P. Esposito	710	1,241	860	1,570	+267	890	243	300	23	12	118		5,075	14.0
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	Mike Gartner M. Gartner	664	1,290	581	1,245	+83	1,097	200	181	23	5	81	6	4,674	14.2
8	Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	646	1,273	953	1,599	+275	907	181	345	11	4	112	15	4,596	14.1	7	34	20.6	167	121	296	811	21:49
9	Luc Robitaille L. Robitaille	631	1,286	688	1,319	+73	1,069	232	245	3	3	83	7	3,615	17.5	21	52	40.4	126	32	67	162	16:10
10	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	627	1,256	935	1,562	+145	816	180	341	49	30	75	5	4,103	15.3	1,061	1,868	56.8	67	56	58	58	21:07
11	Bobby Hull B. Hull	610	1,063	560	1,170	+249	634	154	170	19	10	98		4,577	12.7
12	Teemu Selanne T. Selanne	606	1,186	654	1,260	+92	521	220	291	7	2	97	9	3,910	15.5	562	1,202	46.8	182	100	356	630	18:27
13	Jari Kurri J. Kurri	601	1,251	797	1,398	+304	545	155	240	39	43	72	7	3,149	19.1
14	Dino Ciccarelli D. Ciccarelli	586	1,156	574	1,160	+13	1,328	222	184	1	2	68	1	3,522	16.6
15	Joe Sakic J. Sakic	574	1,237	915	1,489	+38	542	184	379	32	17	81	6	4,193	13.7	5,548	10,565	52.5	188	207	344	286	21:33
16	Mike Bossy M. Bossy	573	752	553	1,126	+380	210	180	198	8	1	80	4	2,709	21.2
17	Steven Stamkos S. Stamkos	562	1,111	589	1,151	+32	649	220	212	5	3	87	13	3,400	16.5	6,528	12,944	50.4	1,198	497	491	621	19:08
18	Jarome Iginla J. Iginla	560	1,310	607	1,167	+82	887	169	216	13	9	92	6	4,235	13.2	2,592	4,965	52.2	1,314	351	533	700	20:45
19	Guy Lafleur G. Lafleur	560	1,126	793	1,353	+446	399	154	266	3	2	98	0	3,516	15.9
20	Brendan Shanahan B. Shanahan	558	1,268	593	1,151	+124	2,273	196	230	20	12	96	10	4,160	13.4	127	269	47.2	333	143	139	308	18:31
21	Mats Sundin M. Sundin	555	1,305	766	1,321	+78	1,065	155	284	31	25	94	15	3,931	14.1	7,595	13,840	54.9	424	262	202	448	19:55
22	Michel Goulet M. Goulet	548	1,089	605	1,153	+99	825	179	194	16	9	63	3	3,145	17.4
23	Gordie Howe G. Howe	540	1,120	672	1,212	+46	1,126	132	233	14	8	94		1,408	8.7
24	Mark Messier M. Messier	539	1,201	929	1,468	+261	1,510	131	308	48	62	63	6	3,206	16.8
25	Dave Andreychuk D. Andreychuk	532	1,210	608	1,140	+98	858	220	242	8	1	56	6	3,627	14.7