Between the 1979-80 and 1998-99 seasons, Wayne Gretzky collected the most points, with 2,857 points.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player 1979-80 to 1998-99

	NAME	P	GP	G	A	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%
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	1,660	1,413	610	1,050	+251	1,689	150	354	57	75	76	6	3,669	16.6
3	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	1,494	745	613	881	+142	737	201	390	48	22	65	9	3,054	20.1
4	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	1,487	1,322	385	1,102	+310	1,732	129	512	20	31	40	1	4,206	9.2
5	Ron Francis R. Francis	1,486	1,329	449	1,037	+14	865	145	435	11	18	63	2	3,064	14.7
6	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	1,483	1,178	592	891	+117	782	165	327	47	28	69	5	3,869	15.3
7	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	1,468	1,453	385	1,083	+504	1,067	158	533	14	28	60	5	5,733	6.7
8	Dale Hawerchuk D. Hawerchuk	1,409	1,188	518	891	-98	740	182	386	12	11	49	4	3,754	13.8
9	Jari Kurri J. Kurri	1,398	1,251	601	797	+304	545	155	240	39	43	72	7	3,149	19.1
10	Denis Savard D. Savard	1,338	1,196	473	865	+103	1,336	127	361	20	13	56	1	3,142	15.1
11	Mike Gartner M. Gartner	1,335	1,432	708	627	+68	1,159	217	196	24	5	90	7	5,090	13.9
12	Peter Stastny P. Stastny	1,239	977	450	789	-15	824	145	321	7	7	54	2	2,374	19.0
13	Doug Gilmour D. Gilmour	1,232	1,197	397	835	+148	1,084	131	298	18	26	51	1	2,467	16.1
14	Bernie Nicholls B. Nicholls	1,209	1,127	475	734	-39	1,292	152	288	28	15	35	5	3,231	14.7
15	Dino Ciccarelli D. Ciccarelli	1,200	1,232	608	592	-4	1,425	232	190	1	2	73	1	3,706	16.4
16	Larry Murphy L. Murphy	1,156	1,477	276	880	+199	1,027	107	417	9	18	35	3	3,377	8.2
17	Michel Goulet M. Goulet	1,153	1,089	548	605	+99	825	179	194	16	9	63	3	3,145	17.4
18	Dave Andreychuk D. Andreychuk	1,140	1,210	532	608	+98	858	220	242	8	1	56	6	3,627	14.7
19	Adam Oates A. Oates	1,126	967	288	838	+34	321	85	306	12	21	42	2	2,026	14.2
20	Glenn Anderson G. Anderson	1,099	1,129	498	601	+201	1,120	151	166	13	7	85	5	3,109	16.0
21	Luc Robitaille L. Robitaille	1,076	971	517	559	+50	847	187	186	2	3	67	6	2,821	18.3
22	Phil Housley P. Housley	1,075	1,210	302	773	-29	714	114	415	7	3	39	3	3,162	9.6
23	Al MacInnis A. MacInnis	1,065	1,142	290	775	+304	1,306	139	468	8	19	28	1	4,155	7.0
24	Joe Mullen J. Mullen	1,063	1,062	502	561	+167	241	150	189	11	4	73	5	2,787	18.0
25	Brett Hull B. Hull	1,045	861	586	459	+12	328	214	190	18	7	85	6	3,717	15.8