most points in nhl season by a player over age 40

Gordie Howe has collected the most points by a 40-year-old player in a season, with 103 points in 1968-69.

	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	103	40	1968-69	DET	76	44	59	+45	58	9	16	0	0	6		284	15.5
2	Johnny Bucyk J. Bucyk	83	40	1975-76	BOS	77	36	47	+22	20	13	20	0	0	9		151	23.8
3	Teemu Selanne T. Selanne	80	40	2010-11	ANA	73	31	49	+6	49	16	18	0	0	5	0	213	14.6	97	218	44.5	15	20	37	45	17:56
4	Alex Delvecchio A. Delvecchio	71	40	1972-73	DET	77	18	53	+6	13	8	17	0	0	3		130	13.8
5	Mark Messier M. Messier	67	40	2000-01	NYR	82	24	43	-25	89	12	17	3	3	2	0	131	18.3	1,043	1,879	55.5	78	47	60	126	19:14
6	Nicklas Lidstrom N. Lidstrom	62	40	2010-11	DET	82	16	46	-2	20	7	32	0	1	1	1	175	9.1	0	0		49	92	33	33	23:28
7	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	59	40	2000-01	COL	80	7	52	+25	48	2	31	2	0	0	0	216	3.2	0	0		113	109	78	63	26:06
8	Mark Recchi M. Recchi	48	40	2007-08	TOT	72	14	34	-18	32	7	16	0	0	0	0	121	11.6	27	58	46.6	71	22	34	44	17:52
9	Dave Keon D. Keon	47	40	1980-81	HFD	80	13	34	-33	26	2	6	0	0	1		130	10.0
10	Adam Oates A. Oates	45	40	2002-03	ANA	67	9	36	-1	16	4	16	0	0	2	0	67	13.4	615	1,064	57.8	2	1	15	25	18:38
11	Gary Roberts G. Roberts	42	40	2006-07	TOT	69	20	22	0	97	6	9	0	0	4	0	125	16.0	19	31	61.3	127	19	29	44	16:43
12	Dean Prentice D. Prentice	42	40	1972-73	MNS	73	26	16	+4	22	5	3	0	0	5		168	15.5
13	Ron Francis R. Francis	40	40	2003-04	TOT	80	13	27	-9	14	7	13	0	0	2	0	91	14.3	508	904	56.2	11	31	20	26	15:49
14	Igor Larionov I. Larionov	40	40	2000-01	TOT	65	9	31	-5	38	4	12	0	0	1	0	46	19.6	284	610	46.6	15	14	29	59	16:35
15	Dave Andreychuk D. Andreychuk	39	40	2003-04	TBL	82	21	18	-9	42	10	6	0	0	5	1	165	12.7	852	1,475	57.8	14	53	70	33	17:06
16	Chris Chelios C. Chelios	39	40	2001-02	DET	79	6	33	+40	126	1	6	0	3	1	1	128	4.7	0	0		106	110	72	101	25:18
17	Jean Ratelle J. Ratelle	37	40	1980-81	BOS	47	11	26	+18	16	4	11	0	1	2		62	17.7
18	Scott Mellanby S. Mellanby	36	40	2006-07	ATL	69	12	24	-9	63	5	9	0	0	2	0	103	11.7	16	35	45.7	54	15	30	37	13:43
19	Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	35	40	2012-13	TOT	45	16	19	-2	22	6	5	0	0	4	1	115	13.9	0	1	0.0	13	10	19	28	18:20
20	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	34	40	2005-06	DET	61	14	20	+8	18	4	7	0	0	3	0	86	16.3	239	414	57.7	19	17	16	32	12:47
21	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	31	40	2025-26	WSH	36	14	17	+5	4	2	6	0	0	3	0	95	14.7	2	2	100.0	54	6	2	33	17:49
22	Joe Thornton J. Thornton	31	40	2019-20	SJS	70	7	24	-19	34	3	5	0	0	1	0	76	9.2	323	654	49.4	20	29	55	30	15:30
23	Matt Cullen M. Cullen	31	40	2016-17	PIT	72	13	18	+4	30	2	2	2	0	2	0	93	14.0	440	859	51.2	36	27	20	32	13:55
24	Rob Blake R. Blake	30	40	2009-10	SJS	70	7	23	+14	60	4	4	0	1	1	0	182	3.8	0	0		68	114	19	51	21:21
25	Ray Whitney R. Whitney	29	40	2012-13	DAL	32	11	18	+1	4	4	8	0	0	1	0	62	17.7	16	51	31.4	10	14	29	41	19:24

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Panthers	19	14	2	40	0
Sabres	17	14	4	38	-6
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Avalanche	26	2	7	59	61
Stars	25	7	5	55	36
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Red Wings	21	13	3	45	-3
Canadiens	19	12	5	43	-5
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Bruins	20	16	1	41	0
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Islanders	19	13	4	42	2
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Tue 11/25	SJS	@	COL	0-6
Tue 11/25	MTL	@	UTA	4-3
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Tue 11/25	DAL	@	SEA	3-2
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Mon 12/22	VAN	@	PHI	7:30 PM
Mon 12/22	SEA	@	ANA	10:00 PM
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Gordie Howe has collected the most points by a 40-year-old player in a season, with 103 points in 1968-69.

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