Between the 1979-80 and 1999-00 seasons, Wayne Gretzky recorded the most goals, with 894 scored.

Interpreted as:

most NHL goals by a player since 1979-80 to 1999-00

	NAME	G	GP	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	894	1,487	1,963	2,857	+520	577	204	686	73	76	91	2	5,088	17.6
2	Mike Gartner M. Gartner	708	1,432	627	1,335	+68	1,159	217	196	24	5	90	7	5,090	13.9
3	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	627	1,256	935	1,562	+145	816	180	341	49	30	75	5	4,103	15.3	1,061	1,868	56.8	67	56	58	58	21:07
4	Mark Messier M. Messier	627	1,479	1,087	1,714	+236	1,719	156	367	57	76	80	8	3,800	16.5	956	1,684	56.8	50	26	43	69	21:12
5	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	613	745	881	1,494	+142	737	201	390	48	22	65	9	3,054	20.1
6	Brett Hull B. Hull	610	940	494	1,104	-9	371	225	206	18	7	88	6	3,940	15.5	4	10	40.0	27	18	47	83	18:37
7	Dino Ciccarelli D. Ciccarelli	608	1,232	592	1,200	-4	1,425	232	190	1	2	73	1	3,706	16.4
8	Jari Kurri J. Kurri	601	1,251	797	1,398	+304	545	155	240	39	43	72	7	3,149	19.1
9	Luc Robitaille L. Robitaille	553	1,042	597	1,150	+61	915	200	199	2	3	74	6	3,042	18.2	3	10	30.0	29	12	25	48	18:34
10	Dave Andreychuk D. Andreychuk	552	1,287	624	1,176	+78	888	228	250	8	1	59	6	3,860	14.3	241	461	52.3	78	75	72	36	19:22
11	Michel Goulet M. Goulet	548	1,089	605	1,153	+99	825	179	194	16	9	63	3	3,145	17.4
12	Dale Hawerchuk D. Hawerchuk	518	1,188	891	1,409	-98	740	182	386	12	11	49	4	3,754	13.8
13	Joe Mullen J. Mullen	502	1,062	561	1,063	+167	241	150	189	11	4	73	5	2,787	18.0
14	Pat Verbeek P. Verbeek	500	1,293	512	1,012	-42	2,760	176	177	4	6	66	3	3,091	16.2	0	1	0.0	148	8	25	32	16:04
15	Glenn Anderson G. Anderson	498	1,129	601	1,099	+201	1,120	151	166	13	7	85	5	3,109	16.0
16	Brian Bellows B. Bellows	485	1,188	537	1,022	-120	718	198	217	13	9	58	7	3,587	13.5
17	Bernie Nicholls B. Nicholls	475	1,127	734	1,209	-39	1,292	152	288	28	15	35	5	3,231	14.7
18	Denis Savard D. Savard	473	1,196	865	1,338	+103	1,336	127	361	20	13	56	1	3,142	15.1
19	Ron Francis R. Francis	472	1,407	1,087	1,559	+24	883	152	457	11	18	67	2	3,214	14.7	835	1,566	53.3	48	53	45	36	21:58
20	Pat LaFontaine P. LaFontaine	468	865	545	1,013	-6	552	156	233	11	0	59	4	2,664	17.6
21	Mike Bossy M. Bossy	451	599	458	909	+286	179	128	160	8	1	67	4	2,195	20.5
22	Peter Stastny P. Stastny	450	977	789	1,239	-15	824	145	321	7	7	54	2	2,374	19.0
23	Steve Larmer S. Larmer	441	1,006	571	1,012	+203	532	162	205	24	31	60	1	2,807	15.7
24	Rick Vaive R. Vaive	441	876	347	788	-79	1,445	143	104	11	3	52	3	2,603	16.9
25	Joe Nieuwendyk J. Nieuwendyk	440	883	417	857	+139	493	175	154	11	2	69	4	2,330	18.9	546	924	59.1	17	8	14	33	16:15