nhl player most career goals from 1917-18 to 1985-86

Between the 1917-18 and 1985-86 seasons, Gordie Howe recorded the most goals, with 801 scored.

	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	665	1,163	934	1,599	+64	466	198	356	19	11	67	2	4,832	13.8
4	Bobby Hull B. Hull	610	1,063	560	1,170	+249	634	154	170	19	10	98		4,577	12.7
5	Johnny Bucyk J. Bucyk	556	1,540	813	1,369	-7	493	159	284	4	0	92		3,087	16.2
6	Maurice Richard M. Richard	544	978	422	966	+18	1,287	143	111	4	2	84	0	166	11.4
7	Stan Mikita S. Mikita	541	1,396	926	1,467	+329	1,264	150	312	12	6	84		4,482	12.1
8	Mike Bossy M. Bossy	535	689	516	1,051	+388	177	172	175	7	1	75	2	2,483	21.5
9	Frank Mahovlich F. Mahovlich	533	1,181	570	1,103	+266	1,054	122	182	11	5	82		3,366	14.6
10	Guy Lafleur G. Lafleur	518	961	728	1,246	+470	381	139	239	3	2	94	0	3,204	16.2
11	Jean Beliveau J. Beliveau	507	1,125	712	1,219	+117	1,033	173	269	0	2	83		2,627	11.4
12	Gilbert Perreault G. Perreault	503	1,171	807	1,310	+43	494	133	297	8	4	80	0	3,042	16.5
13	Jean Ratelle J. Ratelle	491	1,280	776	1,267	+236	276	137	213	4	3	68		2,916	16.8
14	Norm Ullman N. Ullman	490	1,410	739	1,229	+7	710	116	172	8	13	59		3,426	12.3
15	Darryl Sittler D. Sittler	484	1,096	637	1,121	+57	948	150	160	10	10	57	0	3,815	12.7
16	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	481	553	856	1,337	+445	271	103	241	43	43	54	1	2,293	21.0
17	Lanny McDonald L. McDonald	465	942	474	939	+41	762	135	173	11	4	46	0	3,165	14.7
18	Alex Delvecchio A. Delvecchio	456	1,550	825	1,281	+24	383	111	265	15	16	75		3,129	10.1
19	Yvan Cournoyer Y. Cournoyer	428	968	435	863	+254	233	152	162	1	0	68		2,427	17.6
20	Steve Shutt S. Shutt	424	930	393	817	+394	410	95	82	0	1	50	0	2,403	17.6
21	Bill Barber B. Barber	420	903	463	883	+312	623	104	176	31	20	54	0	3,246	12.9
22	Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	417	834	698	1,115	+471	627	121	204	17	13	62	1	2,008	20.8
23	Garry Unger G. Unger	413	1,105	391	804	-131	1,075	105	115	4	4	54		3,429	12.0
24	Rod Gilbert R. Gilbert	406	1,065	615	1,021	+38	510	108	215	0	0	52		3,142	12.9
25	Rick Middleton R. Middleton	404	870	484	888	+166	140	109	149	18	14	55	1	2,052	19.7