Between the 1917-18 and 1961-62 seasons, Maurice Richard recorded the most goals, with 544 scored.

NHL most career goals by a player 1917-18 to 1961-62

	NAME	G	GP	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%
1	Maurice Richard M. Richard	544	978	422	966	+18	1,287	143	111	4	2	84	0	166	11.4
2	Gordie Howe G. Howe	502	1,050	624	1,126	+23	1,026	119	215	14	7	88		1,057	7.9
3	Ted Lindsay T. Lindsay	365	999	458	823	-1	1,635	92	121	9	1	57		104	6.7
4	Bernie Geoffrion B. Geoffrion	327	660	352	679	+28	518	99	147	2	0	60		823	12.5
5	Nels Stewart N. Stewart	324	650	191	515		955	27	28	0	1	70	12
6	Jean Beliveau J. Beliveau	292	549	349	641	+40	640	101	138	0	2	58		758	11.1
7	Howie Morenz H. Morenz	271	550	205	476		562	5	15	1	0	45	10
8	Aurel Joliat A. Joliat	269	655	194	463		771	11	9	0	2	65	9
9	Bill Mosienko B. Mosienko	258	711	282	540		133	39	49	2	3	28	0
10	Cy Denneny C. Denneny	247	329	89	336		296					50	7
11	Max Bentley M. Bentley	245	646	299	544		177	64	118	1	1	38	0
12	Busher Jackson B. Jackson	241	634	234	475		450	25	23	0	5	38	5
13	Syd Howe S. Howe	237	700	292	529		214	27	41	5	0	27	3
14	Harry Watson H. Watson	236	809	207	443		150	45	46	0	1	36	0
15	Toe Blake T. Blake	235	577	294	529		282	38	57	2	0	31	4
16	Dickie Moore D. Moore	230	587	313	543	+63	512	77	94	2	0	46		517	14.7
17	Ted Kennedy T. Kennedy	230	696	330	560		432	51	87	6	7	35	0
18	Milt Schmidt M. Schmidt	229	776	346	575		466	31	67	4	3	35	4
19	Dit Clapper D. Clapper	229	835	248	477		452	13	19	2	3	45	10
20	Bill Cook B. Cook	228	475	138	366		386	9	12	0	0	43	5
21	Roy Conacher R. Conacher	226	490	201	427		88	32	47	0	1	40	3
22	Charlie Conacher C. Conacher	224	461	172	396		523	19	35	1	0	41	5
23	Andy Bathgate A. Bathgate	221	593	368	589	-5	364	49	131	6	3	20		884	9.4
24	Tod Sloan T. Sloan	220	744	262	482	+12	842	58	86	1	1	32		294	10.5
25	Doug Bentley D. Bentley	219	565	324	543		217	39	77	2	3	28	1