most single-season nhl goals after age 36

Gordie Howe has collected the most goals by a player older than 36 in a season, with 44 scored in 1968-69.

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most single-season NHL goals by a player after age 36

	NAME	G	AGE	SEASON	TM	GP	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Gordie Howe G. Howe	44	40	1968-69	DET	76	59	103	+45	58	9	16	0	0	6		284	15.5
2	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	42	37	2022-23	WSH	73	33	75	-16	48	14	11	0	0	3	1	294	14.3	4	9	44.4	188	23	31	52	20:12
3	Brendan Shanahan B. Shanahan	40	37	2005-06	DET	82	41	81	+29	105	14	14	0	0	6	0	289	13.8	13	26	50.0	74	28	33	57	16:35
4	Johnny Bucyk J. Bucyk	40	37	1972-73	BOS	78	53	93	+17	12	10	25	0	0	10		168	23.8
5	Gordie Howe G. Howe	39	39	1967-68	DET	74	43	82	+12	53	10	12	0	0	4		301	13.0
6	Brett Hull B. Hull	37	38	2002-03	DET	82	39	76	+11	22	12	14	1	1	4	1	262	14.1	7	18	38.9	12	4	13	14	18:07
7	Joe Sakic J. Sakic	36	37	2006-07	COL	82	64	100	+2	46	16	27	0	0	4	1	258	14.0	726	1,368	53.1	21	35	38	72	20:11
8	Johnny Bucyk J. Bucyk	36	40	1975-76	BOS	77	47	83	+22	20	13	20	0	0	9		151	23.8
9	Phil Esposito P. Esposito	34	37	1979-80	NYR	80	44	78	-14	73	13	15	0	0	5		245	13.9
10	Jean Beliveau J. Beliveau	33	37	1968-69	MTL	69	49	82	+15	55	7	13	0	0	5		235	14.0
11	Mike Gartner M. Gartner	32	37	1996-97	PHX	82	31	63	-11	38	13	12	1	0	7	1	271	11.8
12	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	31	38	2023-24	WSH	79	34	65	-22	20	13	15	0	0	5	1	272	11.4	0	2	0.0	161	27	26	35	19:13
13	Teemu Selanne T. Selanne	31	40	2010-11	ANA	73	49	80	+6	49	16	18	0	0	5	0	213	14.6	97	218	44.5	15	20	37	45	17:56
14	Johnny Bucyk J. Bucyk	31	38	1973-74	BOS	76	44	75	+13	8	12	18	0	0	9		139	22.3
15	Gordie Howe G. Howe	31	41	1969-70	DET	76	40	71	+23	58	11	12	4	0	5		268	11.6
16	Martin St. Louis M. St. Louis	30	38	2013-14	TOT	81	39	69	+13	10	9	12	1	1	5	1	204	14.7	68	167	40.7	24	38	65	53	20:56
17	Brett Hull B. Hull	30	37	2001-02	DET	82	33	63	+18	35	7	15	1	0	4	2	247	12.1	1	5	20.0	33	25	59	61	18:49
18	Jarome Iginla J. Iginla	29	37	2014-15	COL	82	30	59	0	42	8	5	0	0	2	0	189	15.3	57	128	44.5	99	47	31	30	18:08
19	Mike Knuble M. Knuble	29	37	2009-10	WSH	69	24	53	+23	59	6	7	0	0	5	1	151	19.2	0	6	0.0	72	34	33	18	16:53
20	Brendan Shanahan B. Shanahan	29	38	2006-07	NYR	67	33	62	+2	47	14	17	3	1	3	0	295	9.8	135	281	48.0	66	50	42	37	19:49
21	Johnny Bucyk J. Bucyk	29	39	1974-75	BOS	78	52	81	+11	10	9	23	0	0	4		167	17.4
22	Gordie Howe G. Howe	29	37	1965-66	DET	70	46	75	+19	83	7	17	0	3	3		274	10.6
23	Joe Pavelski J. Pavelski	28	38	2022-23	DAL	82	49	77	+42	8	13	14	0	1	2	0	184	15.2	368	689	53.4	93	64	32	57	17:43
24	Shane Doan S. Doan	28	39	2015-16	ARI	72	19	47	+4	98	12	5	0	0	4	0	170	16.5	74	143	51.7	116	15	33	27	17:36
25	Mark Recchi M. Recchi	28	38	2005-06	TOT	83	36	64	-36	68	13	21	0	2	3	0	199	14.1	189	393	48.1	91	50	36	31	20:24