most points in nhl season by a player over age 39

Gordie Howe has collected the most points by a 39-year-old player in a season, with 82 points in 1967-68.

	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	Gordie Howe G. Howe	82	39	1967-68	DET	74	39	43	+12	53	10	12	0	0	4		301	13.0
2	Johnny Bucyk J. Bucyk	81	39	1974-75	BOS	78	29	52	+11	10	9	23	0	0	4		167	17.4
3	Adam Oates A. Oates	78	39	2001-02	TOT	80	14	64	-4	28	3	26	0	0	1	0	102	13.7	1,108	1,965	56.4	3	35	53	92	21:52
4	Ray Whitney R. Whitney	77	39	2011-12	PHX	82	24	53	+26	28	8	12	0	0	1	0	185	13.0	4	15	26.7	28	10	34	39	18:39
5	Jean Beliveau J. Beliveau	76	39	1970-71	MTL	70	25	51	+24	42	7	17	0	0	4		172	14.5
6	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	73	39	2024-25	WSH	65	44	29	+15	14	14	8	0	0	7	1	237	18.6	0	2	0.0	110	13	12	47	17:43
7	Jean Ratelle J. Ratelle	73	39	1979-80	BOS	67	28	45	+10	8	14	11	0	0	1		145	19.3
8	Mark Recchi M. Recchi	68	39	2006-07	PIT	82	24	44	+1	62	14	13	0	1	3	0	190	12.6	12	26	46.2	97	28	24	45	19:42
9	Brett Hull B. Hull	68	39	2003-04	DET	81	25	43	-4	12	10	13	0	0	6	2	200	12.5	3	7	42.9	15	20	30	70	16:54
10	Al MacInnis A. MacInnis	68	39	2002-03	STL	80	16	52	+22	61	9	28	1	1	2	0	299	5.4	2	2	100.0	8	26	13	35	26:55
11	Joe Pavelski J. Pavelski	67	39	2023-24	DAL	82	27	40	+12	20	11	10	0	0	4	1	194	13.9	355	695	51.1	75	70	25	56	16:49
12	Alex Delvecchio A. Delvecchio	65	39	1971-72	DET	75	20	45	-17	22	9	9	0	0	5		123	16.3
13	Dave Keon D. Keon	62	39	1979-80	HFD	76	10	52	-13	10	0	8	0	2	0		146	6.8
14	Daniel Alfredsson D. Alfredsson	59	39	2011-12	OTT	75	27	32	+16	18	7	7	3	1	4	2	191	14.1	20	46	43.5	52	31	50	58	18:57
15	Ron Francis R. Francis	57	39	2002-03	CAR	82	22	35	-22	30	8	15	1	0	1	0	156	14.1	462	880	52.5	4	14	16	21	19:43
16	Joe Nieuwendyk J. Nieuwendyk	56	39	2005-06	FLA	65	26	30	-2	46	7	13	0	0	3	1	195	13.3	727	1,224	59.4	10	19	17	46	16:23
17	Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	54	39	2011-12	PHI	73	19	35	+5	30	8	12	0	0	2	1	170	11.2	0	1	0.0	14	12	22	43	16:20
18	Mark Messier M. Messier	54	39	1999-00	VAN	66	17	37	-15	30	6	13	0	1	4	2	131	13.0	956	1,684	56.8	50	26	43	69	21:12
19	Martin St. Louis M. St. Louis	52	39	2014-15	NYR	74	21	31	+12	20	5	8	0	0	1	0	144	14.6	51	110	46.4	13	37	41	43	17:34
20	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	52	39	1999-00	TOT	79	18	34	-2	26	13	24	0	0	0	0	260	6.9	0	1	0.0	164	94	65	72	27:11
21	Joe Thornton J. Thornton	51	39	2018-19	SJS	73	16	35	+8	20	3	12	0	0	4	0	90	17.8	356	675	52.7	17	14	43	42	15:33
22	Nicklas Lidstrom N. Lidstrom	49	39	2009-10	DET	82	9	40	+22	24	5	15	0	3	1	0	194	4.6	0	0		56	82	36	53	25:26
23	Teemu Selanne T. Selanne	48	39	2009-10	ANA	54	27	21	+3	16	14	13	0	0	5	0	173	15.6	62	131	47.3	14	13	17	39	17:19
24	Shane Doan S. Doan	47	39	2015-16	ARI	72	28	19	+4	98	12	5	0	0	4	0	170	16.5	74	143	51.7	116	15	33	27	17:36
25	Igor Larionov I. Larionov	47	39	1999-00	DET	79	9	38	+13	28	3	12	0	0	4	0	69	13.0	318	729	43.6	22	18	24	58	16:05

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Avalanche	26	2	7	59	61
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Gordie Howe has collected the most points by a 39-year-old player in a season, with 82 points in 1967-68.

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