Wayne Gretzky recorded the most goals by a player in his first 18 seasons, with 862 scored.

Interpreted as:

most NHL goals by a player through 18 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	862	1,335	1,843	2,705	+554	535	195	635	73	76	84	2	4,755	18.1
2	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	822	1,347	663	1,485	+67	797	299	254	5	1	124	25	6,355	12.9	64	186	34.4	3,471	523	746	1,107	20:50
3	Brett Hull B. Hull	741	1,264	649	1,390	+26	458	265	270	20	8	110	12	4,868	15.2	18	50	36.0	118	87	191	358	18:04
4	Marcel Dionne M. Dionne	731	1,348	1,040	1,771	+27	600	234	409	19	11	73	2	5,363	13.6
5	Phil Esposito P. Esposito	717	1,282	873	1,590	+252	910	246	303	23	12	118		5,166	13.9
6	Mike Gartner M. Gartner	696	1,372	612	1,308	+72	1,135	213	193	24	5	88	7	4,945	14.1
7	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
8	Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	665	1,346	988	1,653	+280	937	189	357	11	4	114	16	4,766	14.0	7	35	20.0	181	133	318	854	21:14
9	Luc Robitaille L. Robitaille	653	1,366	717	1,370	+77	1,125	244	254	3	3	87	7	3,836	17.0	21	54	38.9	154	42	89	203	16:16
10	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	645	1,310	969	1,614	+149	834	185	356	49	31	82	8	4,258	15.1	1,774	3,065	57.9	105	107	88	111	21:34
11	Teemu Selanne T. Selanne	637	1,259	703	1,340	+98	570	236	309	7	2	102	9	4,123	15.4	659	1,420	46.4	197	120	393	675	18:24
12	Joe Sakic J. Sakic	610	1,319	979	1,589	+40	588	200	406	32	17	85	7	4,451	13.7	6,274	11,933	52.6	209	242	382	358	21:21
13	Bobby Hull B. Hull	610	1,063	560	1,170	+249	634	154	170	19	10	98		4,577	12.7
14	Dino Ciccarelli D. Ciccarelli	602	1,218	591	1,193	-3	1,398	227	189	1	2	72	1	3,683	16.3
15	Jari Kurri J. Kurri	601	1,251	797	1,398	+304	545	155	240	39	43	72	7	3,149	19.1
16	Brendan Shanahan B. Shanahan	598	1,350	634	1,232	+153	2,378	210	244	20	12	102	10	4,449	13.4	140	295	47.5	407	171	172	365	18:11
17	Jarome Iginla J. Iginla	589	1,392	637	1,226	+82	929	177	221	13	9	94	6	4,424	13.3	2,649	5,093	52.0	1,413	398	564	730	20:33
18	Mark Messier M. Messier	575	1,272	977	1,552	+273	1,598	138	319	53	68	72	6	3,433	16.7
19	Mike Bossy M. Bossy	573	752	553	1,126	+380	210	180	198	8	1	80	4	2,709	21.2
20	Gordie Howe G. Howe	566	1,189	719	1,285	+36	1,196	144	250	15	8	97		1,753	8.4
21	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
22	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
23	Guy Lafleur G. Lafleur	560	1,126	793	1,353	+446	399	154	266	3	2	98	0	3,516	15.9
24	Dave Andreychuk D. Andreychuk	552	1,287	624	1,176	+78	888	228	250	8	1	59	6	3,860	14.3	241	461	52.3	78	75	72	36	19:22
25	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	550	1,190	952	1,502	+210	783	162	375	4	7	87	21	3,794	14.5	13,558	25,983	52.2	1,013	586	670	964	20:44