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

Before 2003-04, Wayne Gretzky recorded the most points, with 2,857 points.

	NAME	P	GP	G	A	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	2,857	1,487	894	1,963	+520	577	204	686	73	76	91	2	5,088	17.6
2	Gordie Howe G. Howe	1,850	1,767	801	1,049	+160	1,685	211	353	24	12	121		3,803	10.1
3	Mark Messier M. Messier	1,844	1,680	676	1,168	+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
4	Marcel Dionne M. Dionne	1,771	1,348	731	1,040	+27	600	234	409	19	11	73	2	5,363	13.6
5	Ron Francis R. Francis	1,758	1,651	536	1,222	-9	963	181	526	12	19	77	4	3,665	14.6	2,697	4,853	55.6	108	168	183	127	20:38
6	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	1,692	879	682	1,010	+132	812	233	449	49	22	74	11	3,535	19.3	1,076	2,235	48.1	41	38	57	90	23:20
7	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	1,670	1,378	660	1,010	+166	860	191	375	50	32	88	9	4,375	15.1	2,539	4,381	58.0	139	158	125	168	20:50
8	Phil Esposito P. Esposito	1,590	1,282	717	873	+252	910	246	303	23	12	118		5,166	13.9
9	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	1,579	1,612	410	1,169	+527	1,141	173	588	16	28	60	5	6,209	6.6	0	1	0.0	277	203	143	135	26:38
10	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	1,531	1,409	396	1,135	+298	1,802	135	529	20	31	43	1	4,389	9.0	0	0		33	89	23	97	21:50
11	Stan Mikita S. Mikita	1,467	1,396	541	926	+329	1,264	150	312	12	6	84		4,482	12.1
12	Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	1,425	1,279	524	901	+449	912	161	262	19	20	69	1	2,841	18.4
13	Doug Gilmour D. Gilmour	1,414	1,474	450	964	+129	1,301	153	335	18	26	56	3	2,834	15.9	1,556	3,008	51.7	140	122	103	178	18:20
14	Dale Hawerchuk D. Hawerchuk	1,409	1,188	518	891	-98	740	182	386	12	11	49	4	3,754	13.8
15	Adam Oates A. Oates	1,402	1,277	339	1,063	+33	407	102	401	12	23	55	5	2,360	14.4	4,039	7,041	57.4	40	130	191	337	21:04
16	Jari Kurri J. Kurri	1,398	1,251	601	797	+304	545	155	240	39	43	72	7	3,149	19.1
17	Johnny Bucyk J. Bucyk	1,369	1,540	556	813	-7	493	159	284	4	0	92		3,087	16.2
18	Guy Lafleur G. Lafleur	1,353	1,126	560	793	+446	399	154	266	3	2	98	0	3,516	15.9
19	Denis Savard D. Savard	1,338	1,196	473	865	+103	1,336	127	361	20	13	56	1	3,142	15.1
20	Mike Gartner M. Gartner	1,335	1,432	708	627	+68	1,159	217	196	24	5	90	7	5,090	13.9
21	Gilbert Perreault G. Perreault	1,326	1,191	512	814	+41	500	134	298	8	4	81	0	3,077	16.6
22	Brett Hull B. Hull	1,322	1,183	716	606	+30	446	255	257	20	8	104	10	4,668	15.3	15	43	34.9	103	67	161	288	18:22
23	Luc Robitaille L. Robitaille	1,319	1,286	631	688	+73	1,069	232	245	3	3	83	7	3,615	17.5	21	52	40.4	126	32	67	162	16:10
24	Joe Sakic J. Sakic	1,315	1,074	509	806	+17	440	161	331	31	17	72	5	3,677	13.8	3,775	7,191	52.5	142	151	214	167	22:24
25	Dave Andreychuk D. Andreychuk	1,281	1,515	613	668	+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