which nhl player scored the most goals in a season at age 32

Phil Esposito has recorded the most goals by a 32-year-old player in a season, with 61 scored in 1974-75.

	NAME	G	Age	SEASON	TM	GP	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Phil Esposito P. Esposito	61	32	1974-75	BOS	79	66	127	+17	62	27	27	4	1	8		346	17.6
2	Artemi Panarin A. Panarin	49	32	2023-24	NYR	82	71	120	+18	24	11	33	0	1	5	1	303	16.2	1	10	10.0	18	15	34	72	20:07
3	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	49	32	2017-18	WSH	82	38	87	+3	32	17	14	0	0	7	3	355	13.8	3	8	37.5	139	21	25	71	20:09
4	Peter Bondra P. Bondra	45	32	2000-01	WSH	82	36	81	+8	60	22	11	4	1	8	0	305	14.8	1	2	50.0	131	29	61	105	20:48
5	Nikita Kucherov N. Kucherov	44	32	2025-26	TBL	76	86	130	+43	50	8	29	1	0	8	2	231	19.0	0	2	0.0	36	29	21	124	20:20
6	Bobby Hull B. Hull	44	32	1970-71	CHI	78	52	96	+35	32	11	21	0	2	11		378	11.6
7	Darryl Sittler D. Sittler	43	32	1982-83	PHI	80	40	83	+17	60	10	9	0	0	8		231	18.6
8	Lowell MacDonald L. MacDonald	43	32	1973-74	PIT	78	39	82	+17	14	9	14	0	0	2		260	16.5
9	Brett Hull B. Hull	42	32	1996-97	STL	77	40	82	-9	10	12	14	2	0	6	0	302	13.9
10	Dino Ciccarelli D. Ciccarelli	41	32	1992-93	DET	82	56	97	+12	81	21	23	0	0	8	0	200	20.5
11	Jean Ratelle J. Ratelle	41	32	1972-73	NYR	78	53	94	+24	12	11	14	0	0	4		241	17.0
12	Mike Gartner M. Gartner	40	32	1991-92	NYR	76	41	81	+11	55	15	12	0	0	6	1	286	14.0
13	Jean Pronovost J. Pronovost	40	32	1977-78	PIT	79	25	65	-15	50	12	9	2	0	5		219	18.3
14	Chris Kreider C. Kreider	39	32	2023-24	NYR	82	36	75	+19	26	18	11	2	3	7	1	246	15.9	35	96	36.5	99	20	23	29	18:47
15	Luc Robitaille L. Robitaille	39	32	1998-99	LAK	82	35	74	-1	54	11	10	0	0	7	2	292	13.4
16	Marcel Dionne M. Dionne	39	32	1983-84	LAK	66	53	92	+7	28	13	19	0	0	2	1	282	13.8
17	Marc Tardif M. Tardif	39	32	1981-82	QUE	75	31	70	-18	55	14	15	0	0	3		166	23.5
18	Frank Mahovlich F. Mahovlich	38	32	1969-70	DET	74	32	70	+14	59	14	12	1	0	5		251	15.1
19	Dave Keon D. Keon	37	32	1972-73	TOR	76	36	73	+3	2	8	11	2	1	6		277	13.4
20	Maurice Richard M. Richard	37	32	1953-54	MTL	70	30	67		112	17	11	0	1	6
21	Mark Scheifele M. Scheifele	36	32	2025-26	WPG	82	67	103	0	43	7	15	0	1	6	1	175	20.6	594	1,273	46.7	32	47	31	129	21:30
22	John Tavares J. Tavares	36	32	2022-23	TOR	80	44	80	-7	34	18	21	0	0	9	1	277	13.0	726	1,245	58.3	112	36	46	54	17:39
23	Joe Mullen J. Mullen	36	32	1989-90	CGY	78	33	69	+6	24	8	16	3	0	5	0	236	15.3
24	Jacques Lemaire J. Lemaire	36	32	1977-78	MTL	76	61	97	+54	14	6	13	0	2	5		310	11.6
25	Rod Gilbert R. Gilbert	36	32	1973-74	NYR	75	41	77	+11	20	16	10	0	0	8		171	21.1

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