Gordie Howe played the most seasons with 5+ goals, with 26 seasons.

Interpreted as:

NHL top goal scorers past 5 or more seasons

	NAME	SEAS	G	GP	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Gordie Howe G. Howe	26	801	1,767	1,049	1,850	+160	1,685	211	353	24	12	121		3,803	10.1
2	Mark Messier M. Messier	25	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
3	Joe Thornton J. Thornton	23	427	1,659	1,105	1,532	+188	1,253	146	401	6	6	67	9	3,034	14.1	12,730	24,107	52.8	1,142	498	1,225	1,527	19:18
4	Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	23	765	1,711	1,149	1,914	+316	1,157	217	392	11	4	135	19	5,605	13.6	9	42	21.4	280	186	484	1,075	20:02
5	Dave Andreychuk D. Andreychuk	23	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
6	Ron Francis R. Francis	23	549	1,731	1,249	1,798	-18	977	188	539	12	19	79	4	3,756	14.6	3,205	5,757	55.7	119	199	203	153	19:41
7	Patrick Marleau P. Marleau	22	562	1,723	626	1,188	-18	517	170	243	17	4	109	11	4,279	13.1	5,830	12,123	48.1	1,473	446	735	1,105	18:19
8	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	22	410	1,612	1,169	1,579	+527	1,141	173	588	16	28	60	5	6,209	6.6	0	1	0.0	277	203	143	135	26:38
9	Johnny Bucyk J. Bucyk	22	555	1,502	805	1,360	-7	475	158	283	4	0	91		3,087	16.2
10	Alex Delvecchio A. Delvecchio	22	455	1,538	821	1,276	+37	381	110	261	15	16	75		3,120	10.1
11	Matt Cullen M. Cullen	21	266	1,516	465	731	-24	592	55	123	21	18	37	1	2,774	9.6	8,585	16,583	51.8	718	601	644	648	15:49
12	Teemu Selanne T. Selanne	21	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
13	Mark Recchi M. Recchi	21	576	1,637	955	1,531	+2	1,033	200	369	18	14	91	6	3,809	15.1	880	1,815	48.5	898	288	342	518	18:53
14	Brendan Shanahan B. Shanahan	21	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
15	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	21	690	1,498	1,057	1,747	+178	916	201	391	50	33	93	9	4,589	15.0	3,330	5,795	57.5	167	202	186	242	18:47
16	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	20	625	1,352	1,062	1,687	+197	854	184	403	4	7	100	25	4,299	14.5	15,664	29,637	52.9	1,181	662	772	1,107	20:40
17	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	20	897	1,491	726	1,623	+60	831	326	277	5	1	136	27	6,864	13.1	64	190	33.7	3,742	563	784	1,189	20:37
18	Corey Perry C. Perry	20	448	1,392	487	935	+57	1,487	124	164	6	4	78	6	3,460	12.9	110	345	31.9	1,288	501	511	713	16:35
19	Jarome Iginla J. Iginla	20	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
20	Shane Doan S. Doan	20	398	1,477	562	960	-51	1,304	128	184	6	13	69	11	3,845	10.4	1,025	2,370	43.2	2,842	358	756	571	18:59
21	Nicklas Lidstrom N. Lidstrom	20	264	1,564	878	1,142	+450	514	132	458	10	30	35	4	3,875	6.8	0	0		477	990	462	638	26:56
22	Rod Brind'Amour R. Brind'Amour	20	452	1,484	732	1,184	-39	1,100	149	248	28	28	67	8	3,290	13.7	9,488	16,008	59.3	731	411	390	345	21:02
23	Mike Modano M. Modano	20	557	1,459	802	1,359	+118	918	156	331	29	18	92	9	4,194	13.3	7,298	14,102	51.8	196	280	677	960	20:04
24	Scott Mellanby S. Mellanby	20	364	1,429	476	840	-36	2,479	140	135	1	1	56	0	2,960	12.3	53	115	46.1	485	119	161	256	15:01
25	Joe Nieuwendyk J. Nieuwendyk	20	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