Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Wayne Gretzky scored the most shorthanded goals, with 60 scored.

Interpreted as:

most short-handed goals by a player NHL 1980s

	NAME	SHG	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%
1	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	60	774	637	1,200	1,837	+568	349	136	356	63	66	1	3,095	20.6
2	Jari Kurri J. Kurri	29	676	441	509	950	+355	300	97	127	27	58	6	1,961	22.5
3	Mark Messier M. Messier	29	719	335	506	841	+140	1,011	73	142	40	38	1	1,876	17.9
4	Dave Poulin D. Poulin	27	439	152	225	377	+167	291	12	24	26	26	2	913	16.6
5	Mark Howe M. Howe	27	706	175	440	615	+316	365	45	159	20	21	0	1,808	9.7
6	Bernie Nicholls B. Nicholls	25	555	300	383	683	-36	699	92	136	8	21	3	1,947	15.4
7	Guy Carbonneau G. Carbonneau	24	554	146	208	354	+129	416	5	12	10	22	1	958	15.2
8	Doug Smail D. Smail	24	597	163	182	345	+3	393	5	8	12	25	2	1,004	16.2
9	Rick Middleton R. Middleton	24	659	319	391	710	+145	107	88	126	15	40	1	1,556	20.5
10	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	23	368	300	415	715	+35	346	100	196	9	25	7	1,447	20.7
11	Dirk Graham D. Graham	20	348	117	143	260	-21	414	25	29	3	13	1	851	13.7
12	Butch Goring B. Goring	20	440	120	177	297	-17	48	11	56	6	13	0	684	17.5
13	Brian Propp B. Propp	20	750	356	465	821	+296	633	98	156	24	55	0	2,537	14.0
14	Anders Kallur A. Kallur	19	383	101	110	211	+42	149	17	24	3	12	0	596	16.9
15	Larry Patey L. Patey	19	328	63	68	131	-49	384	1	0	5	8	0	469	13.4
16	Steve Kasper S. Kasper	18	593	144	235	379	-44	464	25	27	16	16	1	1,080	13.3
17	Bob Bourne B. Bourne	18	638	164	215	379	+34	471	31	38	11	20	1	1,134	14.5
18	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	17	653	254	595	849	+264	981	86	247	26	22	1	2,159	11.8
19	Bengt-Ake Gustafsson B. Gustafsson	17	629	195	359	554	+45	196	49	143	4	33	2	1,237	15.8
20	Troy Murray T. Murray	16	511	165	226	391	+55	516	28	50	7	24	2	960	17.2
21	Kent Nilsson K. Nilsson	16	547	263	422	685	-20	116	96	179	8	28	1	1,372	19.2
22	Mike Rogers M. Rogers	16	484	202	317	519	-51	184	38	122	10	12	0	1,240	16.3
23	Neal Broten N. Broten	15	559	193	382	575	+42	348	47	145	10	19	2	1,315	14.7
24	Michel Goulet M. Goulet	15	756	440	461	901	+73	571	139	143	7	47	1	2,403	18.3
25	Bob Gainey B. Gainey	14	711	155	169	324	+111	303	11	10	13	26	1	1,316	11.8