nhl player most shots in a decade including playoffs

Phil Esposito has taken the most shots in the regular-season and playoffs, with 3,993 taken in the 1970s.

	NAME	S	DECADE	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	3,993	1970s	856	564	646	1,210	+168	680	213	241	18	13	92	1	14.1
2	Bobby Hull B. Hull	3,903	1960s	755	484	399	883	+159	534	136	117	14	8	71	0	12.4
3	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	3,884	2010s	867	489	398	887	+77	538	189	142	0	1	79	15	12.6	36	85	42.4	2,481	345	426	632	20:28
4	Brett Hull B. Hull	3,663	1990s	817	575	434	1,009	+29	324	217	175	20	7	87	7	15.7
5	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	3,599	1980s	905	723	1,388	2,111	+653	405	160	416	71	77	82	3	20.1
6	Gordie Howe G. Howe	3,534	1960s	763	343	511	854	+140	735	100	186	13	8	46	0	9.7
7	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	3,451	1990s	828	195	604	799	+137	549	93	334	7	16	29	2	5.7
8	Mike Gartner M. Gartner	3,062	1980s	823	420	426	846	+56	839	105	138	12	3	55	5	13.7
9	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	3,019	1980s	805	226	604	830	+381	669	77	265	7	15	34	3	7.5
10	Al MacInnis A. MacInnis	2,988	1990s	766	210	500	710	+184	861	108	301	6	16	19	1	7.0
11	Garry Unger G. Unger	2,978	1970s	824	358	336	694	-140	952	100	110	4	4	46	0	12.0
12	Jacques Lemaire J. Lemaire	2,973	1970s	827	365	485	850	+350	223	96	135	4	3	60	1	12.3
13	Brian Propp B. Propp	2,902	1980s	866	408	525	933	+325	754	116	177	23	28	62	0	14.1
14	Marcel Dionne M. Dionne	2,897	1980s	756	414	589	1,003	+34	439	157	229	7	6	41	2	14.3
15	Phil Kessel P. Kessel	2,868	2010s	846	315	444	759	-77	254	99	184	1	1	60	10	11.0	119	293	40.6	160	201	337	663	19:00
16	Brendan Shanahan B. Shanahan	2,863	1990s	825	400	403	803	+92	1,656	137	156	15	9	65	4	14.0
17	Theo Fleury T. Fleury	2,854	1990s	825	389	499	888	+157	1,403	111	179	30	15	55	6	13.6
18	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	2,849	1990s	856	408	617	1,025	+138	577	122	217	40	26	54	3	14.3
19	Patrick Kane P. Kane	2,846	2010s	852	351	554	905	+81	294	86	188	1	1	63	12	12.3	301	814	37.0	244	194	540	415	20:23
20	Marian Hossa M. Hossa	2,821	2000s	802	355	407	762	+98	463	114	187	17	7	60	8	12.6	52	159	32.7	905	209	617	531	19:15
21	Claude Lemieux C. Lemieux	2,779	1990s	808	291	295	586	+46	1,326	94	97	4	7	55	3	10.5
22	Joe Sakic J. Sakic	2,772	1990s	798	393	618	1,011	-32	360	122	268	29	12	58	4	14.2
23	Jarome Iginla J. Iginla	2,736	2000s	760	374	391	765	+87	614	122	148	13	5	62	4	13.7	1,946	3,685	52.8	900	225	372	489	21:17
24	Stan Mikita S. Mikita	2,733	1960s	771	314	529	843	+194	930	92	183	9	1	51	0	11.5
25	Alex Delvecchio A. Delvecchio	2,694	1960s	765	249	443	692	+43	145	58	145	9	10	35	0	9.2

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