Since 1979-80, Wayne Gretzky has recorded the most points, with 2,857 points.

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NHL most points by a player since 1980

	NAME	P	GP	G	A	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	2,857	1,487	894	1,963	+520	577	204	686	73	76	91	2	5,088	17.6
2	Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	1,921	1,733	766	1,155	+322	1,167	217	393	11	4	135	19	5,637	13.6	9	42	21.4	281	194	495	1,087	19:53
3	Mark Messier M. Messier	1,887	1,756	694	1,193	+211	1,912	179	402	63	81	92	8	4,221	16.4	3,780	6,871	55.0	195	138	161	310	18:47
4	Ron Francis R. Francis	1,798	1,731	549	1,249	-18	977	188	539	12	19	79	4	3,756	14.6	3,205	5,757	55.7	119	199	203	153	19:41
5	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	1,755	1,514	692	1,063	+184	924	202	393	50	33	94	9	4,602	15.0	3,405	5,929	57.4	171	210	189	251	18:38
6	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	1,723	915	690	1,033	+114	834	236	465	49	22	74	11	3,633	19.0	1,414	2,865	49.4	52	45	70	122	22:40
7	Joe Sakic J. Sakic	1,641	1,378	625	1,016	+30	614	205	426	32	17	86	7	4,621	13.5	6,687	12,735	52.5	227	268	419	405	21:09
8	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	1,626	1,304	600	1,026	+211	840	175	393	4	7	93	23	4,168	14.4	15,087	28,609	52.7	1,146	637	752	1,051	20:40
9	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	1,579	1,612	410	1,169	+527	1,141	173	588	16	28	60	5	6,209	6.6	0	1	0.0	277	203	143	135	26:38
10	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	1,575	1,444	868	707	+60	825	316	272	5	1	132	26	6,690	13.0	64	188	34.0	3,676	553	778	1,152	20:43
11	Joe Thornton J. Thornton	1,539	1,714	430	1,109	+182	1,272	146	402	6	6	68	9	3,068	14.0	12,730	24,108	52.8	1,142	498	1,225	1,527	19:18
12	Mark Recchi M. Recchi	1,533	1,652	577	956	0	1,033	200	369	18	14	91	6	3,820	15.1	880	1,815	48.5	898	288	342	518	18:53
13	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	1,531	1,409	396	1,135	+298	1,802	135	529	20	31	43	1	4,389	9.0	0	0		33	89	23	97	21:50
14	Teemu Selanne T. Selanne	1,457	1,451	684	773	+95	660	255	333	7	2	110	9	4,540	15.1	935	1,994	46.9	243	158	461	783	17:56
15	Adam Oates A. Oates	1,420	1,337	341	1,079	+33	415	103	410	12	23	56	5	2,392	14.3	4,526	7,892	57.3	45	149	209	371	20:00
16	Doug Gilmour D. Gilmour	1,414	1,474	450	964	+129	1,301	153	335	18	26	56	3	2,834	15.9	1,556	3,008	51.7	140	122	103	178	18:20
17	Dale Hawerchuk D. Hawerchuk	1,409	1,188	518	891	-98	740	182	386	12	11	49	4	3,754	13.8
18	Jari Kurri J. Kurri	1,398	1,251	601	797	+304	545	155	240	39	43	72	7	3,149	19.1
19	Luc Robitaille L. Robitaille	1,394	1,431	668	726	+71	1,177	247	260	3	3	89	7	3,961	16.9	25	67	37.3	184	57	92	237	15:57
20	Brett Hull B. Hull	1,391	1,269	741	650	+23	458	265	271	20	8	110	12	4,876	15.2	18	50	36.0	119	90	191	358	18:01
21	Mike Modano M. Modano	1,374	1,499	561	813	+114	926	157	336	29	18	92	9	4,273	13.1	7,431	14,376	51.7	203	290	691	973	19:41
22	Brendan Shanahan B. Shanahan	1,354	1,524	656	698	+151	2,489	237	270	23	14	109	12	5,086	12.9	293	611	48.0	538	289	260	445	18:13
23	Mats Sundin M. Sundin	1,349	1,346	564	785	+73	1,093	160	293	31	25	96	15	4,015	14.0	7,927	14,441	54.9	438	276	212	466	19:44
24	Dave Andreychuk D. Andreychuk	1,338	1,639	640	698	+32	1,121	274	293	10	3	77	7	4,556	14.0	2,834	5,107	55.5	187	276	293	168	15:59
25	Denis Savard D. Savard	1,338	1,196	473	865	+103	1,336	127	361	20	13	56	1	3,142	15.1