Before 1959-60, Maurice Richard put up the most goals in the regular-season and playoffs, with 606 scored.

most career goals by a player including playoffs before 1959-60

	NAME	G	GP	A	P	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG
1	Maurice Richard M. Richard	606	1,051	447	1,053	1,443	153	119	4	2	101	6
2	Gordie Howe G. Howe	454	935	534	988	1,028	105	184	10	4	78	0
3	Ted Lindsay T. Lindsay	401	1,053	487	888	1,702	103	137	9	2	63	2
4	Nels Stewart N. Stewart	339	704	204	543	1,018	27	32	0	1	74	12
5	Howie Morenz H. Morenz	292	597	217	509	628	5	15	2	0	51	12
6	Aurel Joliat A. Joliat	283	708	207	490	865	11	9	0	2	66	9
7	Bernie Geoffrion B. Geoffrion	275	573	275	550	489	87	111	1	0	54	0
8	Bill Mosienko B. Mosienko	268	733	286	554	148	42	50	2	3	30	0
9	Cy Denneny C. Denneny	266	365	95	361	337					55	8
10	Max Bentley M. Bentley	263	697	326	589	191	65	126	1	1	42	0
11	Toe Blake T. Blake	260	635	331	591	305	44	63	3	0	38	5
12	Ted Kennedy T. Kennedy	259	774	361	620	464	62	95	6	8	46	1
13	Busher Jackson B. Jackson	259	706	246	505	507	26	24	2	5	43	7
14	Syd Howe S. Howe	254	770	319	573	224	33	49	5	0	33	4
15	Milt Schmidt M. Schmidt	253	862	371	624	530	34	75	4	3	39	4
16	Harry Watson H. Watson	252	871	216	468	177	48	48	1	1	42	1
17	Dit Clapper D. Clapper	242	917	264	506	502	13	24	2	3	49	11
18	Roy Conacher R. Conacher	241	532	217	458	106	34	52	0	1	44	3
19	Charlie Conacher C. Conacher	241	510	190	431	574	25	43	1	0	46	5
20	Bill Cook B. Cook	241	521	149	390	456	10	12	0	0	49	6
21	Jean Beliveau J. Beliveau	239	432	268	507	563	76	115	0	2	37	0
22	Elmer Lach E. Lach	234	738	453	687	514	63	112	2	3	47	2
23	Doug Bentley D. Bentley	228	588	332	560	233	41	79	2	3	30	1
24	Syl Apps S. Apps	226	492	259	485	62	42	50	3	5	27	5
25	Woody Dumart W. Dumart	223	862	234	457	122	19	23	3	1	37	2