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NHL All-Time Goals Leaders

Alex Ovechkin leads all-time with 929 G. Official NHL career records, regular season only, updated weekly. ● = active player.

# Player Pos Teams GP A P G
1 Alex Ovechkin ● L WSH 1,573 758 1,687 929
2 Wayne Gretzky C EDM, LAK, STL, NYR 1,487 1,963 2,857 894
3 Gordie Howe R DET, HFD 1,767 1,049 1,850 801
4 Jaromir Jagr R PIT, WSH, NYR, PHI, DAL, BOS, NJD, FLA, CGY 1,733 1,155 1,921 766
5 Brett Hull R CGY, STL, DAL, DET, PHX 1,269 650 1,391 741
6 Marcel Dionne C DET, LAK, NYR 1,348 1,040 1,771 731
7 Phil Esposito C CHI, BOS, NYR 1,282 873 1,590 717
8 Mike Gartner R WSH, MNS, NYR, TOR, PHX 1,432 627 1,335 708
9 Mark Messier C EDM, NYR, VAN 1,756 1,193 1,887 694
10 Steve Yzerman C DET 1,514 1,063 1,755 692
11 Mario Lemieux C PIT 915 1,033 1,723 690
12 Teemu Selanne R WIN, ANA, SJS, COL 1,451 773 1,457 684
13 Luc Robitaille L LAK, PIT, NYR, DET 1,431 726 1,394 668
14 Brendan Shanahan L NJD, STL, HFD, DET, NYR 1,524 698 1,354 656
15 Sidney Crosby ● C PIT 1,420 1,107 1,761 654
16 Dave Andreychuk L BUF, TOR, NJD, COL, BOS, TBL 1,639 698 1,338 640
17 Joe Sakic C QUE, COL 1,378 1,016 1,641 625
18 Jarome Iginla R CGY, PIT, BOS, COL, LAK 1,554 675 1,300 625
19 Steven Stamkos ● C TBL, NSH 1,246 632 1,256 624
20 Bobby Hull L CHI, HFD, WIN 1,063 560 1,170 610
21 Dino Ciccarelli R MNS, WSH, DET, TBL, FLA 1,232 592 1,200 608
22 Jari Kurri R EDM, LAK, NYR, ANA, COL 1,251 797 1,398 601
23 Mark Recchi R PIT, PHI, MTL, CAR, ATL, TBL, BOS 1,652 956 1,533 577
24 Mike Bossy R NYI 752 553 1,126 573
25 Patrick Marleau C SJS, TOR, PIT 1,779 631 1,197 566
26 Joe Nieuwendyk C CGY, DAL, NJD, TOR, FLA 1,257 562 1,126 564
27 Mats Sundin C QUE, TOR, VAN 1,346 785 1,349 564
28 Mike Modano C MNS, DAL, DET 1,499 813 1,374 561
29 Guy Lafleur R MTL, NYR, QUE 1,126 793 1,353 560
30 Johnny Bucyk L DET, BOS 1,540 813 1,369 556
31 Ron Francis C HFD, PIT, CAR, TOR 1,731 1,249 1,798 549
32 Michel Goulet L QUE, CHI 1,089 605 1,153 548
33 Maurice Richard R MTL 978 422 966 544
34 Stan Mikita C CHI 1,396 926 1,467 541
35 Keith Tkachuk L WIN, PHX, STL, ATL 1,201 527 1,065 538
36 Frank Mahovlich L TOR, DET, MTL 1,181 570 1,103 533
37 Evgeni Malkin ● C PIT 1,269 874 1,407 533
38 Marian Hossa R OTT, ATL, PIT, DET, CHI 1,309 609 1,134 525
39 John Tavares ● C NYI, TOR 1,266 660 1,185 525
40 Bryan Trottier C NYI, PIT 1,279 901 1,425 524
41 Pat Verbeek R NJD, HFD, NYR, DAL, DET 1,424 540 1,062 522
42 Dale Hawerchuk C WIN, BUF, STL, PHI 1,188 891 1,409 518
43 Pierre Turgeon C BUF, NYI, MTL, STL, DAL, COL 1,294 812 1,327 515
44 Jeremy Roenick C CHI, PHX, PHI, LAK, SJS 1,363 703 1,216 513
45 Gilbert Perreault C BUF 1,191 814 1,326 512
46 Patrick Kane ● R CHI, NYR, DET 1,369 892 1,400 508
47 Jean Beliveau C MTL 1,125 712 1,219 507
48 Peter Bondra R WSH, OTT, ATL, CHI 1,081 389 892 503
49 Joe Mullen R STL, CGY, PIT, BOS 1,062 561 1,063 502
50 Lanny McDonald R TOR, CLR, CGY 1,111 506 1,006 500
51 Glenn Anderson R EDM, TOR, NYR, STL 1,129 601 1,099 498
52 Jean Ratelle C NYR, BOS 1,280 776 1,267 491
53 Norm Ullman C DET, TOR 1,410 739 1,229 490
54 Brian Bellows L MNS, MTL, TBL, ANA, WSH 1,188 537 1,022 485
55 Darryl Sittler C TOR, PHI, DET 1,096 637 1,121 484
56 Sergei Fedorov C DET, ANA, CBJ, WSH 1,248 696 1,179 483
57 Joe Pavelski C SJS, DAL 1,332 592 1,068 476
58 Bernie Nicholls C LAK, NYR, EDM, NJD, CHI, SJS 1,127 734 1,209 475
59 Alexander Mogilny R BUF, VAN, NJD, TOR 990 559 1,032 473
60 Denis Savard C CHI, MTL, TBL 1,196 865 1,338 473
61 Pat LaFontaine C NYI, BUF, NYR 865 545 1,013 468
62 Corey Perry ● R ANA, DAL, MTL, TBL, EDM, CHI, LAK 1,464 507 972 465
63 Alex Delvecchio C DET 1,550 825 1,281 456
64 Theo Fleury R CGY, COL, NYR, CHI 1,084 633 1,088 455
65 Eric Staal C CAR, NYR, MIN, MTL, BUF, FLA 1,365 608 1,063 455
66 Rod Brind'Amour C STL, PHI, CAR 1,484 732 1,184 452
67 Anze Kopitar ● C LAK 1,521 864 1,316 452
68 Brad Marchand ● L BOS, FLA 1,152 583 1,034 451
69 Doug Gilmour C STL, CGY, TOR, NJD, CHI, BUF, MTL 1,474 964 1,414 450
70 Peter Stastny C QUE, NJD, STL 977 789 1,239 450
71 Rick Middleton R NYR, BOS 1,005 540 988 448
72 Daniel Alfredsson R OTT, DET 1,246 713 1,157 444
73 Ilya Kovalchuk L ATL, NJD, LAK, WSH, MTL 926 433 876 443
74 Jeff Carter C PHI, CBJ, LAK, PIT 1,321 409 851 442
75 Steve Larmer R CHI, NYR 1,006 571 1,012 441
76 Rick Vaive R VAN, TOR, CHI, BUF 876 347 788 441
77 Rick Tocchet R PHI, PIT, LAK, BOS, WSH, PHX 1,144 512 952 440
78 Gary Roberts L CGY, CAR, TOR, FLA, PIT, TBL 1,224 472 910 438
79 Pavel Bure R VAN, FLA, NYR 702 342 779 437
80 Rick Nash L CBJ, NYR, BOS 1,060 368 805 437
81 Zach Parise L NJD, MIN, NYI, COL 1,254 455 889 434
82 Leon Draisaitl ● C EDM 855 619 1,053 434
83 Vincent Damphousse C TOR, EDM, MTL, SJS 1,378 773 1,205 432
84 Dave Taylor R LAK 1,111 638 1,069 431
85 Alex Kovalev R NYR, PIT, MTL, OTT, FLA 1,316 599 1,029 430
86 Joe Thornton C BOS, SJS, TOR, FLA 1,714 1,109 1,539 430
87 Bill Guerin R NJD, EDM, BOS, DAL, SJS, STL, NYI, PIT 1,263 427 856 429
88 Yvan Cournoyer R MTL 968 435 863 428
89 Auston Matthews ● C TOR 689 352 780 428
90 Patrice Bergeron C BOS 1,294 613 1,040 427
91 Brian Propp L PHI, BOS, MNS, HFD 1,016 579 1,004 425
92 Steve Shutt L MTL, LAK 930 393 817 424
93 Owen Nolan R QUE, SJS, COL, TOR, PHX, CGY, MIN 1,200 463 885 422
94 Stephane Richer R MTL, NJD, TBL, STL, PIT 1,054 398 819 421
95 Steve Thomas R TOR, CHI, NYI, NJD, ANA, DET 1,235 512 933 421
96 Vincent Lecavalier C TBL, PHI, LAK 1,212 528 949 421
97 Bill Barber L PHI 903 463 883 420
98 Nathan MacKinnon ● C COL 950 722 1,142 420
99 David Pastrnak ● R BOS 833 513 933 420
100 Jason Arnott C EDM, NJD, DAL, NSH, WSH, STL 1,244 521 938 417
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Current Players — Career Career Goals

Career totals for players active in 2025-26, from Pucky's own stat database.

#PlayerTeamGPG
1 Alex Ovechkin WSH 1,573 929
2 Sidney Crosby PIT 1,426 654
3 Steven Stamkos NSH 1,246 624
4 Evgeni Malkin PIT 1,275 533
5 John Tavares TOR 1,266 525
6 Patrick Kane CHI 1,369 508
7 Corey Perry LAK 1,471 465
8 Brad Marchand FLO 1,152 451
9 Leon Draisaitl EDM 861 434
10 Auston Matthews TOR 689 428
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Career Goals — frequently asked

Who has scored the most goals in NHL history?
Alex Ovechkin leads the NHL all-time with 929 regular-season goals in 1,573 games.
How many active players are in the all-time top 100?
13 active players are in the top 100: Alex Ovechkin (#1), Sidney Crosby (#15), Steven Stamkos (#19), Evgeni Malkin (#37), John Tavares (#39), and more.