nhl most career points in a season by a player older than 35

Gordie Howe has collected the most points by a player older than 35 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	Joe Sakic J. Sakic	100	37	2006-07	COL	82	36	64	+2	46	16	27	0	0	4	1	258	14.0	726	1,368	53.1	21	35	38	72	20:11
3	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	97	36	1996-97	NYR	82	25	72	+12	28	6	25	0	1	2	0	286	8.7
4	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	94	36	2023-24	PIT	82	42	52	+7	40	10	13	0	0	3	0	278	15.1	1,090	1,872	58.2	101	37	73	57	20:05
5	Teemu Selanne T. Selanne	94	36	2006-07	ANA	82	48	46	+26	82	25	23	0	0	10	2	257	18.7	178	351	50.7	10	9	37	85	17:42
6	Jean Ratelle J. Ratelle	94	36	1976-77	BOS	78	33	61	+18	22	8	11	1	0	6		185	17.8
7	Johnny Bucyk J. Bucyk	93	37	1972-73	BOS	78	40	53	+17	12	10	25	0	0	10		168	23.8
8	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	91	37	2024-25	PIT	80	33	58	-20	31	12	15	0	0	10	4	227	14.5	1,016	1,782	57.0	67	39	29	86	20:22
9	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	91	37	2002-03	PIT	67	28	63	-25	43	14	31	0	0	4	1	235	11.9	474	1,029	46.1	7	8	10	22	23:05
10	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	90	36	2021-22	WSH	77	50	40	+8	18	16	13	1	0	5	0	334	15.0	4	13	30.8	155	25	32	50	20:34
11	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	90	37	1997-98	NYR	82	23	67	-11	28	6	24	0	0	4	0	201	11.4
12	Joe Sakic J. Sakic	87	36	2005-06	COL	82	32	55	+10	60	10	24	0	0	6	1	263	12.2	876	1,669	52.5	18	32	69	60	19:55
13	Mark Messier M. Messier	84	36	1996-97	NYR	71	36	48	+12	88	7	11	5	6	9	0	227	15.9
14	Jean Ratelle J. Ratelle	84	37	1977-78	BOS	80	25	59	+48	10	3	6	0	0	5		156	16.0
15	Evgeni Malkin E. Malkin	83	36	2022-23	PIT	82	27	56	-12	82	11	25	0	0	3	0	240	11.3	422	856	49.3	53	33	82	105	18:35
16	Johnny Bucyk J. Bucyk	83	40	1975-76	BOS	77	36	47	+22	20	13	20	0	0	9		151	23.8
17	Johnny Bucyk J. Bucyk	83	36	1971-72	BOS	78	32	51	+15	4	13	32	0	0	7		174	18.4
18	Alex Delvecchio A. Delvecchio	83	36	1968-69	DET	72	25	58	+42	8	7	10	0	1	2		221	11.3
19	Joe Thornton J. Thornton	82	36	2015-16	SJS	82	19	63	+25	54	8	21	0	0	6	0	120	15.8	399	752	53.1	48	30	69	98	18:22
20	Rod Brind'Amour R. Brind'Amour	82	36	2006-07	CAR	78	26	56	+7	46	9	21	2	3	5	1	181	14.4	1,213	2,047	59.3	123	49	48	57	23:19
21	Adam Oates A. Oates	82	38	2000-01	WSH	81	13	69	-9	28	5	37	0	2	4	1	72	18.1	1,081	1,836	58.9	16	49	74	99	21:00
22	Jean Beliveau J. Beliveau	82	37	1968-69	MTL	69	33	49	+15	55	7	13	0	0	5		235	14.0
23	Gordie Howe G. Howe	82	39	1967-68	DET	74	39	43	+12	53	10	12	0	0	4		301	13.0
24	Joe Pavelski J. Pavelski	81	37	2021-22	DAL	82	27	54	+11	14	12	13	0	0	2	0	216	12.5	394	751	52.5	104	69	35	44	18:28
25	Brendan Shanahan B. Shanahan	81	37	2005-06	DET	82	40	41	+29	105	14	14	0	0	6	0	289	13.8	13	26	50.0	74	28	33	57	16:35

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