Wayne Gretzky collected the most points by a player in his first 18 seasons, with 2,705 points.

Interpreted as:

most NHL points by a player through 18 season

	NAME	P	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	2,705	1,335	862	1,843	+554	535	195	635	73	76	84	2	4,755	18.1
2	Marcel Dionne M. Dionne	1,771	1,348	731	1,040	+27	600	234	409	19	11	73	2	5,363	13.6
3	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	1,723	915	690	1,033	+114	834	236	465	49	22	74	11	3,633	19.0	1,414	2,865	49.4	52	45	70	122	22:40
4	Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	1,653	1,346	665	988	+280	937	189	357	11	4	114	16	4,766	14.0	7	35	20.0	181	133	318	854	21:14
5	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	1,614	1,310	645	969	+149	834	185	356	49	31	82	8	4,258	15.1	1,774	3,065	57.9	105	107	88	111	21:34
6	Phil Esposito P. Esposito	1,590	1,282	717	873	+252	910	246	303	23	12	118		5,166	13.9
7	Joe Sakic J. Sakic	1,589	1,319	610	979	+40	588	200	406	32	17	85	7	4,451	13.7	6,274	11,933	52.6	209	242	382	358	21:21
8	Mark Messier M. Messier	1,552	1,272	575	977	+273	1,598	138	319	53	68	72	6	3,433	16.7
9	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	1,502	1,190	550	952	+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
10	Ron Francis R. Francis	1,486	1,329	449	1,037	+14	865	145	435	11	18	63	2	3,064	14.7
11	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	1,485	1,347	822	663	+67	797	299	254	5	1	124	25	6,355	12.9	64	186	34.4	3,471	523	746	1,107	20:50
12	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	1,473	1,268	383	1,090	+317	1,704	128	506	20	31	40	1	4,119	9.3
13	Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	1,425	1,279	524	901	+449	912	161	262	19	20	69	1	2,841	18.4
14	Dale Hawerchuk D. Hawerchuk	1,409	1,188	518	891	-98	740	182	386	12	11	49	4	3,754	13.8
15	Adam Oates A. Oates	1,402	1,277	339	1,063	+33	407	102	401	12	23	55	5	2,360	14.4	4,039	7,041	57.4	40	130	191	337	21:04
16	Jari Kurri J. Kurri	1,398	1,251	601	797	+304	545	155	240	39	43	72	7	3,149	19.1
17	Brett Hull B. Hull	1,390	1,264	741	649	+26	458	265	270	20	8	110	12	4,868	15.2	18	50	36.0	118	87	191	358	18:04
18	Luc Robitaille L. Robitaille	1,370	1,366	653	717	+77	1,125	244	254	3	3	87	7	3,836	17.0	21	54	38.9	154	42	89	203	16:16
19	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	1,363	1,290	362	1,001	+509	953	141	481	14	25	54	5	5,207	7.0
20	Guy Lafleur G. Lafleur	1,353	1,126	560	793	+446	399	154	266	3	2	98	0	3,516	15.9
21	Mats Sundin M. Sundin	1,349	1,346	564	785	+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	Doug Gilmour D. Gilmour	1,343	1,342	429	914	+142	1,217	145	322	18	26	54	3	2,671	16.1	742	1,405	52.8	93	73	57	116	18:57
23	Joe Thornton J. Thornton	1,341	1,367	377	964	+199	1,105	129	351	6	6	61	9	2,678	14.1	11,331	21,359	53.1	969	386	999	1,279	20:17
24	Teemu Selanne T. Selanne	1,340	1,259	637	703	+98	570	236	309	7	2	102	9	4,123	15.4	659	1,420	46.4	197	120	393	675	18:24
25	Denis Savard D. Savard	1,338	1,196	473	865	+103	1,336	127	361	20	13	56	1	3,142	15.1