nhl player most career goals from 1917-18 to 1996-97

Between the 1917-18 and 1996-97 seasons, Wayne Gretzky had the most goals, with 862 scored.

	NAME	G	GP	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%
1	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	862	1,335	1,843	2,705	+554	535	195	635	73	76	84	2	4,755	18.1
2	Gordie Howe G. Howe	801	1,767	1,049	1,850	+160	1,685	211	353	24	12	121		3,803	10.1
3	Marcel Dionne M. Dionne	731	1,348	1,040	1,771	+27	600	234	409	19	11	73	2	5,363	13.6
4	Phil Esposito P. Esposito	717	1,282	873	1,590	+252	910	246	303	23	12	118		5,166	13.9
5	Mike Gartner M. Gartner	696	1,372	612	1,308	+72	1,135	213	193	24	5	88	7	4,945	14.1
6	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	613	745	881	1,494	+142	737	201	390	48	22	65	9	3,054	20.1
7	Bobby Hull B. Hull	610	1,063	560	1,170	+249	634	154	170	19	10	98		4,577	12.7
8	Jari Kurri J. Kurri	596	1,181	780	1,376	+298	533	153	235	39	42	72	7	3,088	19.3
9	Dino Ciccarelli D. Ciccarelli	586	1,156	574	1,160	+13	1,328	222	184	1	2	68	1	3,522	16.6
10	Mark Messier M. Messier	575	1,272	977	1,552	+273	1,598	138	319	53	68	72	6	3,433	16.7
11	Mike Bossy M. Bossy	573	752	553	1,126	+380	210	180	198	8	1	80	4	2,709	21.2
12	Guy Lafleur G. Lafleur	560	1,126	793	1,353	+446	399	154	266	3	2	98	0	3,516	15.9
13	Johnny Bucyk J. Bucyk	556	1,540	813	1,369	-7	493	159	284	4	0	92		3,087	16.2
14	Michel Goulet M. Goulet	548	1,089	605	1,153	+99	825	179	194	16	9	63	3	3,145	17.4
15	Maurice Richard M. Richard	544	978	422	966	+18	1,287	143	111	4	2	84	0	166	11.4
16	Stan Mikita S. Mikita	541	1,396	926	1,467	+329	1,264	150	312	12	6	84		4,482	12.1
17	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	539	1,023	801	1,340	+106	694	146	295	43	26	65	5	3,450	15.6
18	Frank Mahovlich F. Mahovlich	533	1,181	570	1,103	+266	1,054	122	182	11	5	82		3,366	14.6
19	Brett Hull B. Hull	527	735	388	915	-6	272	189	172	18	6	68	4	3,314	15.9
20	Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	524	1,279	901	1,425	+449	912	161	262	19	20	69	1	2,841	18.4
21	Dale Hawerchuk D. Hawerchuk	518	1,188	891	1,409	-98	740	182	386	12	11	49	4	3,754	13.8
22	Gilbert Perreault G. Perreault	512	1,191	814	1,326	+41	500	134	298	8	4	81	0	3,077	16.6
23	Jean Beliveau J. Beliveau	507	1,125	712	1,219	+117	1,033	173	269	0	2	83		2,627	11.4
24	Dave Andreychuk D. Andreychuk	503	1,083	561	1,064	+78	812	212	226	8	1	51	5	3,337	15.1
25	Joe Mullen J. Mullen	502	1,062	561	1,063	+167	241	150	189	11	4	73	5	2,787	18.0