most shots taken since 1980 nhl

Since 1979-80, Alex Ovechkin has taken the most shots, with 7,091 taken.

Interpreted as:
most shots by a player taken since 1980 NHL
NAMESGPGAP+/-PIMPPGPPASHGSHAGWGOTGS%FOWFOFOW%HITBKSTKAGVATOI/GP
1Alex Ovechkin
A. Ovechkin
7,091
1,569
928
756
1,684
+55
857
331
290
5
1
141
27
13.1
66
193
34.2
3,870
578
793
1,247
20:28
2Ray Bourque
R. Bourque
6,209
1,612
410
1,169
1,579
+527
1,141
173
588
16
28
60
5
6.6
0
1
0.0
277
203
143
135
26:38
3Jaromir Jagr
J. Jagr
5,637
1,733
766
1,155
1,921
+322
1,167
217
393
11
4
135
19
13.6
9
42
21.4
281
194
495
1,087
19:53
4Al MacInnis
A. MacInnis
5,157
1,416
340
934
1,274
+371
1,511
166
556
10
23
44
3
6.6
2
2
100.0
152
266
129
247
26:38
5Mike Gartner
M. Gartner
5,090
1,432
708
627
1,335
+68
1,159
217
196
24
5
90
7
13.9
6Wayne Gretzky
W. Gretzky
5,088
1,487
894
1,963
2,857
+520
577
204
686
73
76
91
2
17.6
7Brendan Shanahan
B. Shanahan
5,086
1,524
656
698
1,354
+151
2,489
237
270
23
14
109
12
12.9
293
611
48.0
538
289
260
445
18:13
8Brett Hull
B. Hull
4,876
1,269
741
650
1,391
+23
458
265
271
20
8
110
12
15.2
18
50
36.0
119
90
191
358
18:01
9Jarome Iginla
J. Iginla
4,759
1,554
625
675
1,300
+30
1,040
197
231
13
9
101
7
13.1
2,726
5,238
52.0
1,599
464
610
778
19:56
10Joe Sakic
J. Sakic
4,621
1,378
625
1,016
1,641
+30
614
205
426
32
17
86
7
13.5
6,687
12,735
52.5
227
268
419
405
21:09
11Steve Yzerman
S. Yzerman
4,602
1,514
692
1,063
1,755
+184
924
202
393
50
33
94
9
15.0
3,405
5,929
57.4
171
210
189
251
18:38
12Dave Andreychuk
D. Andreychuk
4,556
1,639
640
698
1,338
+32
1,121
274
293
10
3
77
7
14.0
2,834
5,107
55.5
187
276
293
168
15:59
13Teemu Selanne
T. Selanne
4,540
1,451
684
773
1,457
+95
660
255
333
7
2
110
9
15.1
935
1,994
46.9
243
158
461
783
17:56
14Sidney Crosby
S. Crosby
4,453
1,418
654
1,105
1,759
+197
896
194
416
4
7
104
26
14.7
16,419
31,002
53.0
1,239
691
796
1,178
20:36
15Patrick Kane
P. Kane
4,394
1,364
507
888
1,395
+1
470
140
322
0
1
85
14
11.5
332
857
38.7
355
322
726
776
19:57
16Paul Coffey
P. Coffey
4,389
1,409
396
1,135
1,531
+298
1,802
135
529
20
31
43
1
9.0
0
0
33
89
23
97
21:50
17Patrick Marleau
P. Marleau
4,333
1,779
566
631
1,197
-27
527
172
243
17
4
109
11
13.1
5,971
12,423
48.1
1,513
465
757
1,113
18:09
18Mike Modano
M. Modano
4,273
1,499
561
813
1,374
+114
926
157
336
29
18
92
9
13.1
7,431
14,376
51.7
203
290
691
973
19:41
19Marian Hossa
M. Hossa
4,229
1,309
525
609
1,134
+245
628
143
231
34
12
85
15
12.4
64
187
34.2
1,062
395
1,008
668
18:55
20Mark Messier
M. Messier
4,221
1,756
694
1,193
1,887
+211
1,912
179
402
63
81
92
8
16.4
3,780
6,871
55.0
195
138
161
310
18:47
21Brent Burns
B. Burns
4,213
1,573
273
670
943
+41
883
88
235
3
14
47
16
6.5
81
178
45.5
1,576
1,928
922
1,575
22:12
22Eric Staal
E. Staal
4,041
1,365
455
608
1,063
-82
854
133
184
21
8
72
5
11.3
10,063
20,894
48.2
940
558
885
703
19:07
23Mats Sundin
M. Sundin
4,015
1,346
564
785
1,349
+73
1,093
160
293
31
25
96
15
14.0
7,927
14,441
54.9
438
276
212
466
19:44
24Sergei Fedorov
S. Fedorov
3,985
1,248
483
696
1,179
+261
839
144
256
36
29
93
15
12.1
5,839
10,768
54.2
423
231
385
556
19:56
25Patrice Bergeron
P. Bergeron
3,974
1,294
427
613
1,040
+289
496
131
195
22
26
81
9
10.7
15,182
26,206
57.9
1,032
879
845
469
18:41
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