Wayne Gretzky has scored the most career shorthanded goals, with 73 scored.

Interpreted as:

most shorthanded goals by a player ever in the NHL

	NAME	SHG	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	73	1,487	894	1,963	2,857	+520	577	204	686	76	91	2	5,088	17.6
2	Mark Messier M. Messier	63	1,756	694	1,193	1,887	+211	1,912	179	402	81	92	8	4,221	16.4	3,780	6,871	55.0	195	138	161	310	18:47
3	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	50	1,514	692	1,063	1,755	+184	924	202	393	33	94	9	4,602	15.0	3,405	5,929	57.4	171	210	189	251	18:38
4	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	49	915	690	1,033	1,723	+114	834	236	465	22	74	11	3,633	19.0	1,414	2,865	49.4	52	45	70	122	22:40
5	Dave Poulin D. Poulin	39	724	205	325	530	+216	482	12	28	33	28	2	1,298	15.8
6	Jari Kurri J. Kurri	39	1,251	601	797	1,398	+304	545	155	240	43	72	7	3,149	19.1
7	Butch Goring B. Goring	39	1,107	375	513	888	-26	102	71	174	9	40	0	2,275	16.5
8	Brad Marchand B. Marchand	36	1,125	439	568	1,007	+276	1,135	86	169	23	83	21	2,880	15.2	269	695	38.7	1,055	391	681	975	18:03
9	Sergei Fedorov S. Fedorov	36	1,248	483	696	1,179	+261	839	144	256	29	93	15	3,985	12.1	5,839	10,768	54.2	423	231	385	556	19:56
10	Theo Fleury T. Fleury	35	1,084	455	633	1,088	+145	1,840	125	239	15	67	11	3,611	12.6	610	1,145	53.3	257	118	198	330	19:55
11	Dirk Graham D. Graham	35	772	219	270	489	+2	919	39	47	14	32	3	1,819	12.0
12	Marian Hossa M. Hossa	34	1,309	525	609	1,134	+245	628	143	231	12	85	15	4,229	12.4	64	187	34.2	1,062	395	1,008	668	18:55
13	Pavel Bure P. Bure	34	702	437	342	779	+42	484	121	115	15	59	6	3,130	14.0	3	17	17.6	76	70	148	222	24:37
14	Derek Sanderson D. Sanderson	34	598	202	250	452	+141	911	26	32	22	21		1,554	13.0
15	Brian Rolston B. Rolston	33	1,256	342	419	761	+65	472	98	162	10	72	6	3,836	8.9	2,803	5,993	46.8	683	306	377	368	18:45
16	Guy Carbonneau G. Carbonneau	33	1,318	260	403	663	+186	820	12	19	17	42	3	1,924	13.5	686	1,290	53.2	135	65	38	34	15:38
17	Peter Bondra P. Bondra	32	1,081	503	389	892	+74	761	149	131	4	78	6	3,531	14.2	9	31	29.0	390	116	256	387	18:43
18	Joe Sakic J. Sakic	32	1,378	625	1,016	1,641	+30	614	205	426	17	86	7	4,621	13.5	6,687	12,735	52.5	227	268	419	405	21:09
19	Bobby Clarke B. Clarke	32	1,144	358	852	1,210	+507	1,453	99	234	35	38	1	2,582	13.9
20	Dave Keon D. Keon	32	1,296	396	590	986	+61	117	67	156	16	65		3,946	10.0
21	Mats Sundin M. Sundin	31	1,346	564	785	1,349	+73	1,093	160	293	25	96	15	4,015	14.0	7,927	14,441	54.9	438	276	212	466	19:44
22	Bill Barber B. Barber	31	903	420	463	883	+312	623	104	176	20	54	0	3,246	12.9
23	Bob Pulford B. Pulford	30	1,079	281	362	643	-21	793	48	57	10	29		2,607	8.9
24	Martin St. Louis M. St. Louis	29	1,134	391	642	1,033	+37	310	101	216	17	66	10	2,884	13.6	352	854	41.2	420	605	810	799	20:30
25	Mike Modano M. Modano	29	1,499	561	813	1,374	+114	926	157	336	18	92	9	4,273	13.1	7,431	14,376	51.7	203	290	691	973	19:41