Between the 1917-18 and 1965-66 seasons, Gordie Howe recorded the most goals, with 624 scored.

NHL most career goals by a player 1917-18 to 1965-66

	NAME	G	GP	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%
1	Gordie Howe G. Howe	624	1,329	812	1,436	+77	1,383	164	287	18	11	102		2,368	8.7
2	Maurice Richard M. Richard	544	978	422	966	+18	1,287	143	111	4	2	84	0	166	11.4
3	Jean Beliveau J. Beliveau	387	811	519	906	+49	876	145	195	0	2	70		1,679	10.7
4	Ted Lindsay T. Lindsay	379	1,068	472	851	+9	1,808	93	125	9	1	58		209	10.0
5	Bernie Geoffrion B. Geoffrion	371	766	388	759	+40	630	111	162	2	0	73		1,165	12.6
6	Nels Stewart N. Stewart	324	650	191	515		955	27	28	0	1	70	12
7	Bobby Hull B. Hull	318	608	317	635	+98	431	77	90	8	5	50		2,435	11.8
8	Alex Delvecchio A. Delvecchio	311	1,021	498	809	+11	284	69	169	14	9	56		1,820	9.4
9	Andy Bathgate A. Bathgate	306	859	533	839	-22	511	69	196	6	3	27		1,803	9.3
10	Howie Morenz H. Morenz	271	550	205	476		562	5	15	1	0	45	10
11	Aurel Joliat A. Joliat	269	655	194	463		771	11	9	0	2	65	9
12	Norm Ullman N. Ullman	268	749	365	633	-28	500	57	94	5	8	42		1,602	12.4
13	Red Kelly R. Kelly	267	1,255	518	785	+50	323	69	153	15	13	41		1,255	8.8
14	Frank Mahovlich F. Mahovlich	259	607	256	515	+94	708	55	87	0	0	48		1,530	14.1
15	Bill Mosienko B. Mosienko	258	711	282	540		133	39	49	2	3	28	0
16	Dickie Moore D. Moore	256	692	343	599	+71	637	82	98	2	0	51		706	14.4
17	Camille Henry C. Henry	253	623	213	466	-70	74	118	94	0	0	32		730	21.2
18	Cy Denneny C. Denneny	247	329	89	336		296					50	7
19	Max Bentley M. Bentley	245	646	299	544		177	64	118	1	1	38	0
20	Henri Richard H. Richard	243	698	412	655	+116	633	37	91	0	1	38		1,674	9.4
21	George Armstrong G. Armstrong	243	895	323	566	+88	668	56	79	7	10	33		1,179	10.9
22	Dean Prentice D. Prentice	242	855	301	543	-39	337	49	48	5	3	33		1,296	11.0
23	Busher Jackson B. Jackson	241	634	234	475		450	25	23	0	5	38	5
24	Syd Howe S. Howe	237	700	292	529		214	27	41	5	0	27	3
25	Harry Watson H. Watson	236	809	207	443		150	45	46	0	1	36	0