nhl most career goals 1917-18 to 1986-87

Between the 1917-18 and 1986-87 seasons, Gordie Howe put up the most goals, with 801 scored.

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NHL most career goals by a player 1917-18 to 1986-87

	NAME	G	GP	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%
1	Gordie Howe G. Howe	801	1,767	1,049	1,850	+160	1,685	211	353	24	12	121		3,803	10.1
2	Phil Esposito P. Esposito	717	1,282	873	1,590	+252	910	246	303	23	12	118		5,166	13.9
3	Marcel Dionne M. Dionne	693	1,244	990	1,683	+47	526	208	380	19	11	69	2	5,105	13.6
4	Bobby Hull B. Hull	610	1,063	560	1,170	+249	634	154	170	19	10	98		4,577	12.7
5	Mike Bossy M. Bossy	573	752	553	1,126	+380	210	180	198	8	1	80	4	2,709	21.2
6	Johnny Bucyk J. Bucyk	556	1,540	813	1,369	-7	493	159	284	4	0	92		3,087	16.2
7	Maurice Richard M. Richard	544	978	422	966	+18	1,287	143	111	4	2	84	0	166	11.4
8	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	543	632	977	1,520	+514	299	116	274	50	49	58	1	2,581	21.0
9	Stan Mikita S. Mikita	541	1,396	926	1,467	+329	1,264	150	312	12	6	84		4,482	12.1
10	Frank Mahovlich F. Mahovlich	533	1,181	570	1,103	+266	1,054	122	182	11	5	82		3,366	14.6
11	Guy Lafleur G. Lafleur	518	961	728	1,246	+470	381	139	239	3	2	94	0	3,204	16.2
12	Gilbert Perreault G. Perreault	512	1,191	814	1,326	+41	500	134	298	8	4	81	0	3,077	16.6
13	Jean Beliveau J. Beliveau	507	1,125	712	1,219	+117	1,033	173	269	0	2	83		2,627	11.4
14	Jean Ratelle J. Ratelle	491	1,280	776	1,267	+236	276	137	213	4	3	68		2,916	16.8
15	Norm Ullman N. Ullman	490	1,410	739	1,229	+7	710	116	172	8	13	59		3,426	12.3
16	Darryl Sittler D. Sittler	484	1,096	637	1,121	+57	948	150	160	10	10	57	0	3,815	12.7
17	Lanny McDonald L. McDonald	479	1,000	486	965	+38	816	139	176	11	4	49	0	3,294	14.5
18	Alex Delvecchio A. Delvecchio	456	1,550	825	1,281	+24	383	111	265	15	16	75		3,129	10.1
19	Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	440	914	762	1,202	+475	677	134	229	17	15	63	1	2,203	20.0
20	Rick Middleton R. Middleton	435	946	521	956	+172	146	113	162	22	16	58	1	2,193	19.8
21	Yvan Cournoyer Y. Cournoyer	428	968	435	863	+254	233	152	162	1	0	68		2,427	17.6
22	Steve Shutt S. Shutt	424	930	393	817	+394	410	95	82	0	1	50	0	2,403	17.6
23	Bill Barber B. Barber	420	903	463	883	+312	623	104	176	31	20	54	0	3,246	12.9
24	Garry Unger G. Unger	413	1,105	391	804	-131	1,075	105	115	4	4	54		3,429	12.0
25	Rod Gilbert R. Gilbert	406	1,065	615	1,021	+38	510	108	215	0	0	52		3,142	12.9