Wayne Gretzky recorded the most goals by a player in his first 3 seasons, with 198 scored.

Interpreted as:

most NHL goals by a player through 3 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	198	239	315	513	+135	75	46	99	11	6	21		915	21.6
2	Mike Bossy M. Bossy	173	228	136	309	+122	43	67	54	0	0	21		760	22.8
3	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	163	245	147	310	+11	144	59	67	3	0	24	5	1,263	12.9	17	51	33.3	576	108	204	276	22:02
4	Pavel Bure P. Bure	154	224	123	277	+36	185	45	47	14	5	24	2	1,049	14.7
5	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	145	215	203	348	-29	154	47	90	0	0	10	4	752	19.3
6	Luc Robitaille L. Robitaille	144	237	149	293	-23	175	45	55	0	0	13	1	656	22.0
7	Jimmy Carson J. Carson	141	240	145	286	-21	103	59	59	0	0	14	0	719	19.6
8	Richard Martin R. Martin	133	226	100	233	-58	153	38	40	0	0	15		885	15.0
9	Peter Stastny P. Stastny	132	232	240	372	+29	206	32	83	5	2	11		660	20.0
10	Teemu Selanne T. Selanne	123	180	111	234	-14	69	43	47	2	0	10	0	745	16.5
11	Dale Hawerchuk D. Hawerchuk	122	239	174	296	-38	151	35	61	0	4	9	1	892	13.7
12	Mike Rogers M. Rogers	122	240	191	313	+8	85	19	71	7	5	3		684	17.8
13	Steven Stamkos S. Stamkos	119	243	113	232	-12	151	50	44	1	0	14	2	750	15.9	1,165	2,488	46.8	227	92	136	148	18:36
14	Mike Gartner M. Gartner	119	237	123	242	0	287	22	27	2	0	11		853	14.0
15	Sylvain Turgeon S. Turgeon	116	216	97	213	-20	210	42	38	0	0	11	0	673	17.2
16	Glenn Anderson G. Anderson	116	210	146	262	+89	165	30	36	3	1	23		656	17.7
17	Evgeni Malkin E. Malkin	115	242	189	304	+35	238	47	74	2	0	15	3	804	14.3	948	2,286	41.5	169	115	203	226	21:02
18	Kent Nilsson K. Nilsson	115	201	164	279	-9	44	47	72	0	0	11		537	21.4
19	Kirill Kaprizov K. Kaprizov	114	203	120	234	+41	85	39	37	0	0	14	6	707	16.1	10	38	26.3	168	75	134	161	19:33
20	Eric Lindros E. Lindros	114	172	128	242	+71	310	28	41	3	1	18	2	521	21.9
21	Pierre Larouche P. Larouche	113	220	129	242	-5	99	31	30	0	0	13		724	15.6
22	Paul Kariya P. Kariya	112	198	134	246	+28	30	42	48	7	4	22	3	823	13.6
23	Auston Matthews A. Matthews	111	212	94	205	+18	38	25	29	0	0	18	5	717	15.5	1,380	2,731	50.5	65	182	192	170	18:04
24	Morris Lukowich M. Lukowich	111	235	122	233	-58	269	35	42	3	0	10		605	18.3
25	Patrik Laine P. Laine	110	237	74	184	-9	92	44	24	0	0	16	1	690	15.9	22	76	28.9	224	120	100	154	17:11