NHL career goals leaders

Goals scored in NHL regular-season games only, so nothing from the playoffs or the old WHA is counted.

Source NHL, as of 14 August 2026 · career goals

(official records API, career regular-season goals)

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Rank	Entry	career goals
#1	Alex Ovechkin	929
#2	Wayne Gretzky	894
#3	Gordie Howe	801
#4	Jaromir Jagr	766
#5	Brett Hull	741
#6	Marcel Dionne	731
#7	Phil Esposito	717
#8	Mike Gartner	708
#9	Mark Messier	694
#10	Steve Yzerman	692
#11	Mario Lemieux	690
#12	Teemu Selanne	684
#13	Luc Robitaille	668
#14	Brendan Shanahan	656
#15	Sidney Crosby	654
#16	Dave Andreychuk	640
#17	Jarome Iginla	625
#18	Joe Sakic	625
#19	Steven Stamkos	624
#20	Bobby Hull	610
#21	Dino Ciccarelli	608
#22	Jari Kurri	601
#23	Mark Recchi	577
#24	Mike Bossy	573
#25	Patrick Marleau	566
#26	Mats Sundin	564
#27	Joe Nieuwendyk	564
#28	Mike Modano	561
#29	Guy Lafleur	560
#30	Johnny Bucyk	556
#31	Ron Francis	549
#32	Michel Goulet	548
#33	Maurice Richard	544
#34	Stan Mikita	541
#35	Keith Tkachuk	538
#36	Evgeni Malkin	533
#37	Frank Mahovlich	533
#38	John Tavares	525
#39	Marian Hossa	525
#40	Bryan Trottier	524
#41	Pat Verbeek	522
#42	Dale Hawerchuk	518
#43	Pierre Turgeon	515
#44	Jeremy Roenick	513
#45	Gilbert Perreault	512
#46	Patrick Kane	508
#47	Jean Beliveau	507
#48	Peter Bondra	503
#49	Joe Mullen	502
#50	Lanny McDonald	500
#51	Glenn Anderson	498
#52	Jean Ratelle	491
#53	Norm Ullman	490
#54	Brian Bellows	485
#55	Darryl Sittler	484
#56	Sergei Fedorov	483
#57	Joe Pavelski	476
#58	Bernie Nicholls	475
#59	Denis Savard	473
#60	Alexander Mogilny	473
#61	Pat LaFontaine	468
#62	Corey Perry	465
#63	Alex Delvecchio	456
#64	Eric Staal	455
#65	Theo Fleury	455
#66	Anze Kopitar	452
#67	Rod Brind'Amour	452
#68	Brad Marchand	451
#69	Peter Stastny	450
#70	Doug Gilmour	450
#71	Rick Middleton	448
#72	Daniel Alfredsson	444
#73	Ilya Kovalchuk	443
#74	Jeff Carter	442
#75	Rick Vaive	441
#76	Steve Larmer	441
#77	Rick Tocchet	440
#78	Gary Roberts	438
#79	Rick Nash	437
#80	Pavel Bure	437
#81	Leon Draisaitl	434
#82	Zach Parise	434
#83	Vincent Damphousse	432
#84	Dave Taylor	431
#85	Joe Thornton	430
#86	Alex Kovalev	430
#87	Bill Guerin	429
#88	Auston Matthews	428
#89	Yvan Cournoyer	428
#90	Patrice Bergeron	427
#91	Brian Propp	425
#92	Steve Shutt	424
#93	Owen Nolan	422
#94	Vincent Lecavalier	421
#95	Steve Thomas	421
#96	Stephane Richer	421
#97	David Pastrnak	420
#98	Nathan MacKinnon	420
#99	Bill Barber	420
#100	Jason Arnott	417

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