who had the most points in the nhl from 1979-80 to 2005-06

Between the 1979-80 and 2005-06 seasons, Wayne Gretzky recorded the most points, with 2,857 points.

	NAME	P	GP	G	A	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	2,857	1,487	894	1,963	+520	577	204	686	73	76	91	2	5,088	17.6
2	Mark Messier M. Messier	1,887	1,756	694	1,193	+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	Ron Francis R. Francis	1,798	1,731	549	1,249	-18	977	188	539	12	19	79	4	3,756	14.6	3,205	5,757	55.7	119	199	203	153	19:41
4	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	1,755	1,514	692	1,063	+184	924	202	393	50	33	94	9	4,602	15.0	3,405	5,929	57.4	171	210	189	251	18:38
5	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	1,723	915	690	1,033	+114	834	236	465	49	22	74	11	3,633	19.0	1,414	2,865	49.4	52	45	70	122	22:40
6	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	1,579	1,612	410	1,169	+527	1,141	173	588	16	28	60	5	6,209	6.6	0	1	0.0	277	203	143	135	26:38
7	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	1,531	1,409	396	1,135	+298	1,802	135	529	20	31	43	1	4,389	9.0	0	0		33	89	23	97	21:50
8	Joe Sakic J. Sakic	1,489	1,237	574	915	+38	542	184	379	32	17	81	6	4,193	13.7	5,548	10,565	52.5	188	207	344	286	21:33
9	Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	1,432	1,109	591	841	+241	771	167	289	11	4	102	14	4,023	14.7	5	25	20.0	117	93	202	616	22:05
10	Adam Oates A. Oates	1,420	1,337	341	1,079	+33	415	103	410	12	23	56	5	2,392	14.3	4,526	7,892	57.3	45	149	209	371	20:00
11	Doug Gilmour D. Gilmour	1,414	1,474	450	964	+129	1,301	153	335	18	26	56	3	2,834	15.9	1,556	3,008	51.7	140	122	103	178	18:20
12	Dale Hawerchuk D. Hawerchuk	1,409	1,188	518	891	-98	740	182	386	12	11	49	4	3,754	13.8
13	Jari Kurri J. Kurri	1,398	1,251	601	797	+304	545	155	240	39	43	72	7	3,149	19.1
14	Luc Robitaille L. Robitaille	1,394	1,431	668	726	+71	1,177	247	260	3	3	89	7	3,961	16.9	25	67	37.3	184	57	92	237	15:57
15	Brett Hull B. Hull	1,391	1,269	741	650	+23	458	265	271	20	8	110	12	4,876	15.2	18	50	36.0	119	90	191	358	18:01
16	Dave Andreychuk D. Andreychuk	1,338	1,639	640	698	+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
17	Denis Savard D. Savard	1,338	1,196	473	865	+103	1,336	127	361	20	13	56	1	3,142	15.1
18	Mike Gartner M. Gartner	1,335	1,432	708	627	+68	1,159	217	196	24	5	90	7	5,090	13.9
19	Pierre Turgeon P. Turgeon	1,320	1,277	511	809	+140	442	189	295	10	10	86	11	3,123	16.4	2,440	4,855	50.3	55	87	208	359	16:00
20	Al MacInnis A. MacInnis	1,274	1,416	340	934	+371	1,511	166	556	10	23	44	3	5,157	6.6	2	2	100.0	152	266	129	247	26:38
21	Mark Recchi M. Recchi	1,265	1,256	484	781	+18	848	159	303	18	12	77	4	3,096	15.6	711	1,432	49.7	461	164	209	350	20:03
22	Peter Stastny P. Stastny	1,239	977	450	789	-15	824	145	321	7	7	54	2	2,374	19.0
23	Brendan Shanahan B. Shanahan	1,232	1,350	598	634	+153	2,378	210	244	20	12	102	10	4,449	13.4	140	295	47.5	407	171	172	365	18:11
24	Phil Housley P. Housley	1,232	1,495	338	894	-53	822	129	483	7	3	49	5	3,808	8.9	1	2	50.0	93	147	85	196	20:52
25	Larry Murphy L. Murphy	1,217	1,615	288	929	+197	1,084	114	433	9	18	36	4	3,604	8.0	2	2	100.0	66	152	40	129	20:40