most nhl points in a season by 36 years old

Wayne Gretzky has collected the most points by a 36-year-old player in a season, with 97 points in 1996-97.

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most NHL points by a player in a season by 36 years old

	NAME	P	AGE	SEASON	TM	GP	G	A	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	97	36	1996-97	NYR	82	25	72	+12	28	6	25	0	1	2	0	286	8.7
2	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	94	36	2023-24	PIT	82	42	52	+7	40	10	13	0	0	3	0	278	15.1	1,090	1,872	58.2	101	37	73	57	20:05
3	Teemu Selanne T. Selanne	94	36	2006-07	ANA	82	48	46	+26	82	25	23	0	0	10	2	257	18.7	178	351	50.7	10	9	37	85	17:42
4	Jean Ratelle J. Ratelle	94	36	1976-77	BOS	78	33	61	+18	22	8	11	1	0	6		185	17.8
5	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	90	36	2021-22	WSH	77	50	40	+8	18	16	13	1	0	5	0	334	15.0	4	13	30.8	155	25	32	50	20:34
6	Joe Sakic J. Sakic	87	36	2005-06	COL	82	32	55	+10	60	10	24	0	0	6	1	263	12.2	876	1,669	52.5	18	32	69	60	19:55
7	Mark Messier M. Messier	84	36	1996-97	NYR	71	36	48	+12	88	7	11	5	6	9	0	227	15.9
8	Evgeni Malkin E. Malkin	83	36	2022-23	PIT	82	27	56	-12	82	11	25	0	0	3	0	240	11.3	422	856	49.3	53	33	82	105	18:35
9	Johnny Bucyk J. Bucyk	83	36	1971-72	BOS	78	32	51	+15	4	13	32	0	0	7		174	18.4
10	Alex Delvecchio A. Delvecchio	83	36	1968-69	DET	72	25	58	+42	8	7	10	0	1	2		221	11.3
11	Joe Thornton J. Thornton	82	36	2015-16	SJS	82	19	63	+25	54	8	21	0	0	6	0	121	15.7	399	753	53.0	48	30	69	98	18:22
12	Rod Brind'Amour R. Brind'Amour	82	36	2006-07	CAR	78	26	56	+7	46	9	21	2	3	5	1	181	14.4	1,213	2,047	59.3	123	49	48	57	23:19
13	Frank Mahovlich F. Mahovlich	80	36	1973-74	MTL	71	31	49	+16	47	8	17	2	1	3		221	14.0
14	Brett Hull B. Hull	79	36	2000-01	DAL	79	39	40	+10	18	11	22	0	0	8	1	219	17.8	3	10	30.0	31	20	42	130	17:53
15	Mats Sundin M. Sundin	78	36	2007-08	TOR	74	32	46	+17	76	10	19	1	0	4	0	259	12.4	945	1,713	55.2	33	34	21	54	20:04
16	Phil Esposito P. Esposito	78	36	1978-79	NYR	80	42	36	-1	37	14	12	0	0	7		215	19.5
17	Phil Goyette P. Goyette	78	36	1969-70	STL	72	29	49	+3	16	13	28	0	0	5		152	19.1
18	Ray Whitney R. Whitney	77	36	2008-09	CAR	82	24	53	+2	32	7	23	0	0	2	1	219	11.0	2	4	50.0	27	26	62	41	18:25
19	Vyacheslav Kozlov V. Kozlov	76	36	2008-09	ATL	82	26	50	-14	44	12	31	0	0	3	0	165	15.8	3	8	37.5	37	17	41	53	17:14
20	Ray Ferraro R. Ferraro	76	36	2000-01	ATL	81	29	47	-11	91	11	17	0	0	2	1	172	16.9	818	1,705	48.0	78	43	29	41	18:19
21	Gordie Howe G. Howe	76	36	1964-65	DET	70	29	47	+22	104	13	20	3	0	2		341	8.5
22	Mark Recchi M. Recchi	75	36	2003-04	PHI	82	26	49	+18	47	14	16	1	2	5	0	167	15.6	156	298	52.3	83	20	33	47	17:12
23	Martin St. Louis M. St. Louis	74	36	2011-12	TBL	77	25	49	-3	16	4	12	0	0	3	1	185	13.5	18	41	43.9	17	39	66	53	22:38
24	Daniel Alfredsson D. Alfredsson	74	36	2008-09	OTT	79	24	50	+7	24	8	20	1	3	3	0	204	11.8	4	17	23.5	57	33	72	56	20:53
25	Ron Francis R. Francis	73	36	1999-00	CAR	78	23	50	+10	18	7	22	0	0	4	0	150	15.3	835	1,566	53.3	48	53	45	36	21:58