Between the 1917-18 and 1963-64 seasons, Gordie Howe recorded the most goals, with 566 scored.

NHL most career goals by a player 1917-18 to 1963-64

	NAME	G	GP	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%
1	Gordie Howe G. Howe	566	1,189	719	1,285	+36	1,196	144	250	15	8	97		1,753	8.4
2	Maurice Richard M. Richard	544	978	422	966	+18	1,287	143	111	4	2	84	0	166	11.4
3	Bernie Geoffrion B. Geoffrion	371	766	388	759	+40	630	111	162	2	0	73		1,165	12.6
4	Ted Lindsay T. Lindsay	365	999	458	823	-1	1,635	92	121	9	1	57		104	6.7
5	Jean Beliveau J. Beliveau	338	686	448	786	+54	750	123	170	0	2	61		1,227	10.6
6	Nels Stewart N. Stewart	324	650	191	515		955	27	28	0	1	70	12
7	Andy Bathgate A. Bathgate	275	734	472	747	-22	452	59	169	6	3	23		1,436	9.5
8	Howie Morenz H. Morenz	271	550	205	476		562	5	15	1	0	45	10
9	Aurel Joliat A. Joliat	269	655	194	463		771	11	9	0	2	65	9
10	Bill Mosienko B. Mosienko	258	711	282	540		133	39	49	2	3	28	0
11	Alex Delvecchio A. Delvecchio	255	883	418	673	-18	252	54	136	10	6	43		1,323	8.7
12	Dickie Moore D. Moore	254	654	339	593	+76	569	82	96	2	0	51		676	14.8
13	Cy Denneny C. Denneny	247	329	89	336		296					50	7
14	Max Bentley M. Bentley	245	646	299	544		177	64	118	1	1	38	0
15	Red Kelly R. Kelly	241	1,122	466	707	+46	303	63	136	14	13	38		942	9.0
16	Busher Jackson B. Jackson	241	634	234	475		450	25	23	0	5	38	5
17	Syd Howe S. Howe	237	700	292	529		214	27	41	5	0	27	3
18	Harry Watson H. Watson	236	809	207	443		150	45	46	0	1	36	0
19	Toe Blake T. Blake	235	577	294	529		282	38	57	2	0	31	4
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	Camille Henry C. Henry	227	553	195	422	-60	54	102	88	0	0	27		622	20.7
25	Roy Conacher R. Conacher	226	490	201	427		88	32	47	0	1	40	3