nhl player most goal by retired player in career

Wayne Gretzky has scored the most career goals by an inactive or retired player, with 894 scored.

	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	894	1,487	1,963	2,857	+520	577	204	686	73	76	91	2	5,088	17.6
2	Gordie Howe G. Howe	801	1,767	1,049	1,850	+160	1,685	211	353	24	12	121		3,803	10.1
3	Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	766	1,733	1,155	1,921	+322	1,167	217	393	11	4	135	19	5,637	13.6	9	42	21.4	281	194	495	1,087	19:53
4	Brett Hull B. Hull	741	1,269	650	1,391	+23	458	265	271	20	8	110	12	4,876	15.2	18	50	36.0	119	90	191	358	18:01
5	Marcel Dionne M. Dionne	731	1,348	1,040	1,771	+27	600	234	409	19	11	73	2	5,363	13.6
6	Phil Esposito P. Esposito	717	1,282	873	1,590	+252	910	246	303	23	12	118		5,166	13.9
7	Mike Gartner M. Gartner	708	1,432	627	1,335	+68	1,159	217	196	24	5	90	7	5,090	13.9
8	Mark Messier M. Messier	694	1,756	1,193	1,887	+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
9	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	692	1,514	1,063	1,755	+184	924	202	393	50	33	94	9	4,602	15.0	3,405	5,929	57.4	171	210	189	251	18:38
10	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	690	915	1,033	1,723	+114	834	236	465	49	22	74	11	3,633	19.0	1,414	2,865	49.4	52	45	70	122	22:40
11	Teemu Selanne T. Selanne	684	1,451	773	1,457	+95	660	255	333	7	2	110	9	4,540	15.1	935	1,994	46.9	243	158	461	783	17:56
12	Luc Robitaille L. Robitaille	668	1,431	726	1,394	+71	1,177	247	260	3	3	89	7	3,961	16.9	25	67	37.3	184	57	92	237	15:57
13	Brendan Shanahan B. Shanahan	656	1,524	698	1,354	+151	2,489	237	270	23	14	109	12	5,086	12.9	293	611	48.0	538	289	260	445	18:13
14	Dave Andreychuk D. Andreychuk	640	1,639	698	1,338	+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
15	Jarome Iginla J. Iginla	625	1,554	675	1,300	+30	1,040	197	231	13	9	101	7	4,759	13.1	2,726	5,238	52.0	1,599	464	610	778	19:56
16	Joe Sakic J. Sakic	625	1,378	1,016	1,641	+30	614	205	426	32	17	86	7	4,621	13.5	6,687	12,735	52.5	227	268	419	405	21:09
17	Bobby Hull B. Hull	610	1,063	560	1,170	+249	634	154	170	19	10	98		4,577	12.7
18	Dino Ciccarelli D. Ciccarelli	608	1,232	592	1,200	-4	1,425	232	190	1	2	73	1	3,706	16.4
19	Jari Kurri J. Kurri	601	1,251	797	1,398	+304	545	155	240	39	43	72	7	3,149	19.1
20	Mark Recchi M. Recchi	577	1,652	956	1,533	0	1,033	200	369	18	14	91	6	3,820	15.1	880	1,815	48.5	898	288	342	518	18:53
21	Mike Bossy M. Bossy	573	752	553	1,126	+380	210	180	198	8	1	80	4	2,709	21.2
22	Patrick Marleau P. Marleau	566	1,779	631	1,197	-27	527	172	243	17	4	109	11	4,333	13.1	5,971	12,423	48.1	1,513	465	757	1,113	18:09
23	Mats Sundin M. Sundin	564	1,346	785	1,349	+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	Joe Nieuwendyk J. Nieuwendyk	564	1,257	562	1,126	+155	677	215	204	12	2	93	7	3,242	17.4	4,454	7,590	58.7	144	91	132	266	16:17
25	Mike Modano M. Modano	561	1,499	813	1,374	+114	926	157	336	29	18	92	9	4,273	13.1	7,431	14,376	51.7	203	290	691	973	19:41