which player had the most goals in nhl prior to 2003-2004

Before 2003-04, Wayne Gretzky got the most goals, with 894 scored.

	NAME	G	GP	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	894	1,487	1,963	2,857	+520	577	204	686	73	76	91	2	5,088	17.6
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	Brett Hull B. Hull	716	1,183	606	1,322	+30	446	255	257	20	8	104	10	4,668	15.3	15	43	34.9	103	67	161	288	18:22
6	Mike Gartner M. Gartner	708	1,432	627	1,335	+68	1,159	217	196	24	5	90	7	5,090	13.9
7	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	682	879	1,010	1,692	+132	812	233	449	49	22	74	11	3,535	19.3	1,076	2,235	48.1	41	38	57	90	23:20
8	Mark Messier M. Messier	676	1,680	1,168	1,844	+208	1,870	178	398	61	80	89	8	4,117	16.4	3,098	5,630	55.0	175	110	140	253	19:26
9	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	660	1,378	1,010	1,670	+166	860	191	375	50	32	88	9	4,375	15.1	2,539	4,381	58.0	139	158	125	168	20:50
10	Luc Robitaille L. Robitaille	631	1,286	688	1,319	+73	1,069	232	245	3	3	83	7	3,615	17.5	21	52	40.4	126	32	67	162	16:10
11	Dave Andreychuk D. Andreychuk	613	1,515	668	1,281	+54	1,063	260	279	9	2	71	6	4,310	14.2	1,724	3,158	54.6	168	193	200	126	16:02
12	Bobby Hull B. Hull	610	1,063	560	1,170	+249	634	154	170	19	10	98		4,577	12.7
13	Dino Ciccarelli D. Ciccarelli	608	1,232	592	1,200	-4	1,425	232	190	1	2	73	1	3,706	16.4
14	Jari Kurri J. Kurri	601	1,251	797	1,398	+304	545	155	240	39	43	72	7	3,149	19.1
15	Mike Bossy M. Bossy	573	752	553	1,126	+380	210	180	198	8	1	80	4	2,709	21.2
16	Guy Lafleur G. Lafleur	560	1,126	793	1,353	+446	399	154	266	3	2	98	0	3,516	15.9
17	Johnny Bucyk J. Bucyk	556	1,540	813	1,369	-7	493	159	284	4	0	92		3,087	16.2
18	Michel Goulet M. Goulet	548	1,089	605	1,153	+99	825	179	194	16	9	63	3	3,145	17.4
19	Maurice Richard M. Richard	544	978	422	966	+18	1,287	143	111	4	2	84	0	166	11.4
20	Stan Mikita S. Mikita	541	1,396	926	1,467	+329	1,264	150	312	12	6	84		4,482	12.1
21	Ron Francis R. Francis	536	1,651	1,222	1,758	-9	963	181	526	12	19	77	4	3,665	14.6	2,697	4,853	55.6	108	168	183	127	20:38
22	Brendan Shanahan B. Shanahan	533	1,186	565	1,098	+109	2,156	188	219	20	11	89	7	3,880	13.7	112	237	47.3	293	105	105	245	18:37
23	Frank Mahovlich F. Mahovlich	533	1,181	570	1,103	+266	1,054	122	182	11	5	82		3,366	14.6
24	Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	524	1,279	901	1,425	+449	912	161	262	19	20	69	1	2,841	18.4
25	Pat Verbeek P. Verbeek	522	1,424	540	1,062	-46	2,905	186	184	4	6	67	3	3,285	15.9	4	12	33.3	395	27	65	94	13:47