Phil Esposito has recorded the most career goals by a player older than 26, with 572 scored.

Interpreted as:

NHL most goals by a player after 26 years old

	NAME	G	GP	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Phil Esposito P. Esposito	572	917	668	1,240	+131	696	216	251	20	11	91	0	4,045	14.1
2	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	560	947	391	951	-16	461	215	135	1	1	82	15	4,055	13.8	17	52	32.7	2,302	338	373	630	19:56
3	Gordie Howe G. Howe	530	1,195	739	1,269	+160	1,058	160	257	19	12	75	0	3,803	10.1
4	Brett Hull B. Hull	509	963	489	998	+5	363	187	202	20	8	77	10	3,581	14.2	18	50	36.0	119	90	191	358	18:01
5	Teemu Selanne T. Selanne	470	1,114	536	1,006	+76	535	192	226	3	2	87	8	3,255	14.4	935	1,994	46.9	243	158	461	783	17:56
6	Marcel Dionne M. Dionne	463	809	647	1,110	+69	454	169	255	7	7	48	2	3,156	14.7
7	Johnny Bucyk J. Bucyk	445	1,106	631	1,076	+81	237	140	233	3	0	72	0	2,563	17.4
8	Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	439	1,101	666	1,105	+156	684	135	237	3	1	73	12	3,463	12.7	9	42	21.4	281	194	495	1,087	19:53
9	Jean Ratelle J. Ratelle	433	1,022	695	1,128	+295	230	129	194	4	3	60	0	2,478	17.5
10	Joe Mullen J. Mullen	432	904	465	897	+178	218	125	158	11	4	65	4	2,341	18.5
11	Mike Gartner M. Gartner	423	878	321	744	+37	584	149	101	19	5	53	5	3,021	14.0
12	Mark Messier M. Messier	402	1,143	784	1,186	+70	1,078	113	298	40	50	58	7	2,588	15.5	3,780	6,871	55.0	195	138	161	310	18:47
13	Peter Bondra P. Bondra	401	797	278	679	+37	560	127	104	32	4	65	5	2,812	14.3	9	31	29.0	390	116	256	387	18:43
14	Dave Andreychuk D. Andreychuk	398	1,088	390	788	+4	712	182	174	10	3	51	5	3,075	12.9	2,834	5,107	55.5	187	276	293	168	15:59
15	Brendan Shanahan B. Shanahan	391	929	409	800	+142	1,224	153	162	13	12	73	11	3,322	11.8	293	611	48.0	538	289	260	445	18:13
16	Patrick Marleau P. Marleau	379	1,139	405	784	-22	308	119	162	15	3	77	8	3,029	12.5	3,049	5,954	51.2	1,084	389	573	745	18:41
17	Jarome Iginla J. Iginla	375	928	422	797	+7	618	125	143	2	2	62	5	2,848	13.2	1,874	3,619	51.8	1,168	335	436	549	19:36
18	Joe Pavelski J. Pavelski	373	983	451	824	+180	316	141	149	4	4	55	5	2,612	14.3	5,987	11,055	54.2	1,079	847	535	680	18:55
19	Mark Recchi M. Recchi	368	1,230	651	1,019	+21	694	135	255	11	10	60	5	2,771	13.3	880	1,815	48.5	898	288	342	518	18:53
20	Daniel Alfredsson D. Alfredsson	362	967	577	939	+152	420	105	237	22	16	57	6	2,675	13.5	145	406	35.7	775	396	752	756	19:55
21	Dino Ciccarelli D. Ciccarelli	360	788	364	724	-39	971	131	122	1	2	53	0	2,290	15.7
22	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	358	812	574	932	+77	399	106	191	1	2	67	19	2,461	14.5	9,777	18,302	53.4	767	381	487	669	20:17
23	Maurice Richard M. Richard	357	703	298	655	+18	982	108	98	2	1	51	0	166	11.4
24	Martin St. Louis M. St. Louis	353	934	585	938	+44	246	92	209	25	14	59	10	2,551	13.8	319	770	41.4	296	475	694	690	21:24
25	Luc Robitaille L. Robitaille	345	901	379	724	+56	731	132	145	2	0	53	5	2,444	14.1	25	67	37.3	184	57	92	237	15:57