Gordie Howe played the most seasons with 40+ points, with 24 seasons.

Interpreted as:

most NHL seasons by a player with 40+ points

	NAME	SEAS	P	GP	G	A	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Gordie Howe G. Howe	24	1,791	1,669	782	1,009	+160	1,576	209	349	24	12	119		3,803	10.1
2	Ron Francis R. Francis	23	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
3	Mark Messier M. Messier	23	1,831	1,640	675	1,156	+221	1,760	176	394	62	79	89	8	4,039	16.7	3,358	6,084	55.2	160	111	140	273	18:49
4	Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	22	1,879	1,666	749	1,130	+318	1,135	211	387	11	4	131	18	5,490	13.6	9	41	22.0	267	176	465	1,047	20:07
5	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	22	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
6	Mark Recchi M. Recchi	21	1,531	1,637	576	955	+2	1,033	200	369	18	14	91	6	3,809	15.1	880	1,815	48.5	898	288	342	518	18:53
7	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	20	2,857	1,487	894	1,963	+520	577	204	686	73	76	91	2	5,088	17.6
8	Alex Delvecchio A. Delvecchio	20	1,210	1,404	429	781	+37	325	107	249	15	16	67		3,120	10.1
9	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	19	1,550	1,426	853	697	+45	817	312	269	5	1	129	26	6,627	12.9	64	188	34.0	3,632	550	772	1,142	20:45
10	Joe Thornton J. Thornton	19	1,435	1,464	397	1,038	+220	1,157	133	380	6	6	64	9	2,816	14.1	12,062	22,771	53.0	1,038	431	1,106	1,395	19:54
11	Joe Sakic J. Sakic	19	1,629	1,363	623	1,006	+36	608	205	420	32	17	86	7	4,575	13.6	6,570	12,519	52.5	220	263	406	391	21:14
12	Brendan Shanahan B. Shanahan	19	1,314	1,425	643	671	+173	2,329	233	264	23	14	106	12	4,937	13.0	281	584	48.1	520	268	246	435	18:24
13	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	19	1,675	1,390	664	1,011	+164	858	193	369	50	33	89	9	4,369	15.2	3,091	5,381	57.4	148	185	170	210	20:12
14	Larry Murphy L. Murphy	19	1,158	1,510	273	885	+191	1,054	110	419	9	15	32	2	3,399	8.0	1	1	100.0	38	92	23	81	21:50
15	Stan Mikita S. Mikita	19	1,433	1,309	531	902	+314	1,129	150	311	12	6	83		4,327	12.3
16	Johnny Bucyk J. Bucyk	19	1,282	1,313	521	761	+25	384	149	273	3	0	85		2,866	16.6
17	Anze Kopitar A. Kopitar	18	1,211	1,373	419	792	+94	344	120	303	14	13	71	9	3,230	13.0	13,614	25,609	53.2	1,235	963	801	870	20:54
18	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	18	1,559	1,250	584	975	+202	809	170	379	4	7	87	21	3,997	14.6	14,421	27,402	52.6	1,103	616	733	1,006	20:44
19	Patrick Marleau P. Marleau	18	1,066	1,453	505	561	-10	437	158	223	16	4	98	10	3,761	13.4	5,619	11,694	48.1	1,304	368	650	1,042	18:32
20	Mike Modano M. Modano	18	1,300	1,370	531	769	+117	888	149	317	28	18	90	9	3,979	13.3	6,871	13,255	51.8	174	269	639	919	20:34
21	Pierre Turgeon P. Turgeon	18	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
22	Vincent Damphousse V. Damphousse	18	1,205	1,378	432	773	+7	1,188	130	276	17	19	78	5	3,511	12.3	3,262	6,424	50.8	161	115	157	323	19:18
23	Al MacInnis A. MacInnis	18	1,201	1,304	320	881	+333	1,419	158	531	10	21	37	2	4,784	6.7	2	2	100.0	107	188	86	163	26:49
24	Norm Ullman N. Ullman	18	1,176	1,264	472	704	+19	676	115	167	8	13	58		3,309	12.4
25	Henri Richard H. Richard	18	1,005	1,188	346	659	+230	912	45	112	0	1	50		3,044	8.5