Wayne Gretzky has the most career goals by a player younger than 27, with 573 scored.

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NHL most goals by a player before age 27

	NAME	G	GP	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	573	670	1,033	1,606	+539	313	122	297	54	52	61	1	2,705	21.2
2	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	408	517	606	1,014	+52	548	132	273	31	15	36	7	2,011	20.3
3	Mike Bossy M. Bossy	403	509	372	775	+302	123	135	136	2	0	54	0	1,802	22.4
4	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	387	673	516	903	+5	432	98	195	31	14	44	4	2,340	16.5
5	Dale Hawerchuk D. Hawerchuk	379	713	550	929	-93	478	122	218	11	10	29	4	2,494	15.2
6	Auston Matthews A. Matthews	368	562	281	649	+140	114	94	84	0	1	61	11	2,273	16.2	4,282	8,115	52.8	396	536	562	428	19:48
7	Michel Goulet M. Goulet	366	607	365	731	+124	448	99	105	14	7	41	1	1,957	18.7
8	Jari Kurri J. Kurri	354	520	398	752	+311	201	77	92	21	18	45	4	1,540	23.0
9	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	339	553	340	679	+80	372	111	144	4	0	55	12	2,829	12.0	47	138	34.1	1,460	225	412	569	21:44
10	Ilya Kovalchuk I. Kovalchuk	338	621	304	642	-75	437	117	134	3	3	41	9	2,289	14.8	87	238	36.6	353	149	324	679	21:26
11	Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	327	632	489	816	+166	483	82	156	8	3	62	7	2,174	15.0
12	Luc Robitaille L. Robitaille	323	530	347	670	+15	446	115	115	1	3	36	2	1,517	21.3
13	Steven Stamkos S. Stamkos	321	586	261	582	+8	368	111	94	3	2	48	8	1,876	17.1	3,427	7,131	48.1	670	235	320	325	19:42
14	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	319	605	587	906	+125	235	75	234	7	9	65	15	2,062	15.5	3,345	7,039	47.5	433	239	602	531	21:43
15	Pierre Turgeon P. Turgeon	318	672	461	779	+53	237	126	168	10	8	53	6	1,869	17.0
16	Pat LaFontaine P. LaFontaine	318	567	311	629	+20	348	90	119	5	0	39	4	1,778	17.9
17	Brian Bellows B. Bellows	312	673	335	647	-62	496	122	140	12	8	36	4	2,161	14.4
18	Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	312	620	537	849	+370	449	105	158	8	10	52	0	1,471	21.2
19	Guy Lafleur G. Lafleur	303	523	384	687	+333	247	79	113	3	1	57	0	1,688	18.0
20	David Pastrnak D. Pastrnak	301	592	316	617	+120	253	101	101	0	0	55	9	2,118	14.2	37	116	31.9	492	196	358	617	17:52
21	Glenn Anderson G. Anderson	301	522	316	617	+221	454	78	79	11	4	54	2	1,622	18.6
22	Richard Martin R. Martin	298	505	244	542	-4	366	96	83	0	0	40	0	1,951	15.3
23	Bobby Hull B. Hull	293	570	294	587	+95	400	66	81	8	5	48	0	2,237	11.7
24	Mark Messier M. Messier	292	613	409	701	+141	834	66	104	23	31	34	1	1,633	17.9
25	Denis Savard D. Savard	288	592	525	813	+81	637	76	223	7	6	37	0	1,785	16.1