Most Career Goals in NHL History
About This Dataset
Most Career Goals in NHL History
NHL players ranked by total regular season goals scored throughout their career according to official NHL records. Wayne Gretzky's 894 career NHL goals is one of the most untouchable records in professional sport — so dominant was Gretzky's scoring that his total of assists alone (1,963) exceeds the points total of every other player in NHL history, earning him the permanent title of The Great One.
Analysis
The top three in Career NHL Goals are Wayne Gretzky (894), Gordie Howe (801) and Jaromir Jagr (766). Wayne Gretzky tops the list without dominating it, holding 14.8% of what the 8 entities record between them. The other 6 are bunched between 694 and 766 Career NHL Goals.
Source:
Wikipedia
Key Findings
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Wayne Gretzky leads in Career NHL Goals with 894.
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Average Career NHL Goals: 757 · median: 736.
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Gap: Wayne Gretzky is 1.3× larger than Mark Messier.
Data Insights
Numbers, trends & sources behind this chart
Methodology & source
- Data source
- Wikipedia
- Coverage
- 8 entities · 8 observations
- Measure
- Career NHL Goals
- Last updated
- 6 September 2026
- Compiled by
- The ANYSTAT team, from the source above
How the figures are calculated
- Values are shown as reported by the source. Nothing is rescaled, rebased or converted — the only changes are thousand separators and decimals shown to two places.
- Entities are ranked highest-first on their value.
Data Sources & References
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