Between the 1917-18 and 1949-50 seasons, Nels Stewart collected the most goals, with 324 scored.

NHL most career goals by a player 1917-18 to 1949-50

	NAME	G	GP	A	P	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG
1	Nels Stewart N. Stewart	324	650	191	515	955	27	28	0	1	70	12
2	Howie Morenz H. Morenz	271	550	205	476	562	5	15	1	0	45	10
3	Aurel Joliat A. Joliat	269	655	194	463	771	11	9	0	2	65	9
4	Maurice Richard M. Richard	250	404	164	414	529	50	22	2	1	42	0
5	Cy Denneny C. Denneny	247	329	89	336	296					50	7
6	Busher Jackson B. Jackson	241	634	234	475	450	25	23	0	5	38	5
7	Syd Howe S. Howe	237	700	292	529	214	27	41	5	0	27	3
8	Toe Blake T. Blake	235	577	294	529	282	38	57	2	0	31	4
9	Dit Clapper D. Clapper	229	835	248	477	452	13	19	2	3	45	10
10	Bill Cook B. Cook	228	475	138	366	386	9	12	0	0	43	5
11	Charlie Conacher C. Conacher	224	461	172	396	523	19	35	1	0	41	5
12	Doug Bentley D. Bentley	206	493	288	494	191	36	67	1	3	26	1
13	Herb Cain H. Cain	206	572	192	398	177	17	21	4	3	27	2
14	Lorne Carr L. Carr	204	580	227	431	132	35	37	5	2	24	4
15	Babe Dye B. Dye	203	272	49	252	220					30	3
16	Syl Apps S. Apps	201	423	231	432	56	39	44	3	5	25	3
17	Sweeney Schriner S. Schriner	201	484	206	407	148	29	43	4	3	34	6
18	Hooley Smith H. Smith	200	717	226	426	1,062	8	14	0	1	43	5
19	Roy Conacher R. Conacher	197	408	176	373	74	29	43	0	1	38	3
20	Bill Cowley B. Cowley	195	549	354	549	143	25	28	0	0	34	1
21	Marty Barry M. Barry	194	507	193	387	231	20	15	0	1	25	2
22	Bryan Hextall Sr. B. Hextall Sr.	187	449	180	367	227	22	25	5	6	25	4
23	Woody Dumart W. Dumart	177	534	178	355	84	14	15	1	0	31	1
24	Johnny Gottselig J. Gottselig	176	591	196	372	211	26	34	3	4	30	3
25	Max Bentley M. Bentley	174	417	212	386	72	40	65	1	0	28	0