Phil Esposito has taken the most shots in a season, with 550 taken in 1970-71.

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NHL most shots by a player one season

	NAME	S	SEASON	TM	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Phil Esposito P. Esposito	550	1970-71	BOS	78	76	76	152	+69	71	24	27	1	1	16		13.8
2	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	528	2008-09	WSH	79	56	54	110	+8	72	19	27	1	0	10	2	10.6	8	32	25.0	243	32	60	107	23:00
3	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	446	2007-08	WSH	82	65	47	112	+28	40	22	15	0	0	11	2	14.6	7	18	38.9	220	44	68	93	23:06
4	Paul Kariya P. Kariya	429	1998-99	ANA	82	39	62	101	+17	40	11	32	2	1	4	0	9.1
5	Phil Esposito P. Esposito	426	1971-72	BOS	76	66	67	133	+54	76	27	25	2	2	16		15.5
6	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	425	2005-06	WSH	81	52	54	106	+2	52	21	31	3	0	5	2	12.2	2	16	12.5	172	20	69	88	21:37
7	Bobby Hull B. Hull	414	1968-69	CHI	74	58	49	107	+12	48	20	16	2	0	11		14.0
8	Bobby Orr B. Orr	413	1969-70	BOS	76	33	87	120	+54	125	11	40	4	1	3		8.0
9	Phil Esposito P. Esposito	411	1972-73	BOS	78	55	75	130	+17	87	19	25	5	1	11		13.4
10	Brett Hull B. Hull	408	1991-92	STL	73	70	39	109	-2	48	20	20	5	0	9	1	17.2
11	Bobby Hull B. Hull	408	1963-64	CHI	70	43	44	87	+14	48	12	20	4	0	5		10.5
12	David Pastrnak D. Pastrnak	407	2022-23	BOS	82	61	52	113	+34	38	18	19	0	0	13	4	15.0	8	19	42.1	91	33	52	109	19:34
13	Pavel Bure P. Bure	407	1992-93	VAN	83	60	50	110	+35	69	13	20	7	2	9	0	14.7
14	Nathan MacKinnon N. MacKinnon	405	2023-24	COL	82	51	89	140	+35	42	10	38	0	0	9	2	12.6	607	1,314	46.2	55	69	42	82	22:49
15	Phil Esposito P. Esposito	405	1969-70	BOS	76	43	56	99	+26	50	18	26	1	1	5		10.6
16	Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	403	1995-96	PIT	82	62	87	149	+31	96	20	31	1	2	12	1	15.4
17	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	398	2015-16	WSH	79	50	21	71	+21	53	19	5	0	0	8	2	12.6	0	0		225	34	24	50	20:19
18	Brendan Shanahan B. Shanahan	397	1993-94	STL	81	52	50	102	-9	211	15	27	7	1	8	0	13.1
19	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	395	2014-15	WSH	81	53	28	81	+10	58	25	9	0	0	11	0	13.4	2	5	40.0	259	32	45	58	20:20
20	Phil Esposito P. Esposito	393	1973-74	BOS	78	68	77	145	+51	58	14	26	4	2	9		17.3
21	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	392	2006-07	WSH	82	46	46	92	-19	52	16	21	0	0	8	1	11.7	8	17	47.1	184	44	67	95	21:23
22	Brett Hull B. Hull	392	1993-94	STL	81	57	40	97	-3	38	25	16	3	2	6	0	14.5
23	Bobby Orr B. Orr	392	1970-71	BOS	78	37	102	139	+124	91	5	44	3	10	5		9.4
24	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	390	1995-96	BOS	82	20	62	82	+31	58	9	29	2	0	2	0	5.1
25	Brett Hull B. Hull	390	1992-93	STL	80	54	47	101	-27	41	29	29	0	0	2	0	13.8