Between the 1917-18 and 1962-63 seasons, Maurice Richard got the most goals, with 544 scored.

NHL most career goals by a player 1917-18 to 1962-63

	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	540	1,120	672	1,212	+46	1,126	132	233	14	8	94		1,408	8.7
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	350	711	370	720	+33	589	106	154	2	0	64		995	12.7
5	Nels Stewart N. Stewart	324	650	191	515		955	27	28	0	1	70	12
6	Jean Beliveau J. Beliveau	310	618	398	708	+45	708	110	151	0	2	59		999	10.2
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	Andy Bathgate A. Bathgate	256	663	414	670	-10	418	54	149	6	3	22		1,152	10.2
11	Dickie Moore D. Moore	254	654	339	593	+76	569	82	96	2	0	51		676	14.8
12	Cy Denneny C. Denneny	247	329	89	336		296					50	7
13	Max Bentley M. Bentley	245	646	299	544		177	64	118	1	1	38	0
14	Busher Jackson B. Jackson	241	634	234	475		450	25	23	0	5	38	5
15	Syd Howe S. Howe	237	700	292	529		214	27	41	5	0	27	3
16	Harry Watson H. Watson	236	809	207	443		150	45	46	0	1	36	0
17	Toe Blake T. Blake	235	577	294	529		282	38	57	2	0	31	4
18	Alex Delvecchio A. Delvecchio	232	813	388	620	-6	241	48	125	10	6	41		1,094	8.4
19	Red Kelly R. Kelly	230	1,052	432	662	+51	287	62	125	14	13	36		744	9.9
20	Ted Kennedy T. Kennedy	230	696	330	560		432	51	87	6	7	35	0
21	Milt Schmidt M. Schmidt	229	776	346	575		466	31	67	4	3	35	4
22	Dit Clapper D. Clapper	229	835	248	477		452	13	19	2	3	45	10
23	Bill Cook B. Cook	228	475	138	366		386	9	12	0	0	43	5
24	Roy Conacher R. Conacher	226	490	201	427		88	32	47	0	1	40	3
25	Charlie Conacher C. Conacher	224	461	172	396		523	19	35	1	0	41	5