Most Career Points in NHL History

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Most Career Points in NHL History

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Key Findings

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Wayne Gretzky leads in Career NHL Points with 2,857.

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Average Career NHL Points: 1,945 · median: 1,824.

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Gap: Wayne Gretzky is 1.7× larger than Mario Lemieux.

About This Dataset

Most Career Points in NHL History

NHL players ranked by total career points (goals plus assists) in regular season play according to official NHL records. Wayne Gretzky's record of 2,857 career points is statistically the most untouchable record in professional sport — so far ahead of every other player that his assists total alone (1,963) exceeds the combined goals and assists of every other player who has ever skated in the NHL, a fact that has led analysts to argue no record in team sport will ever be as dominant again.

Analysis

The top three in Career NHL Points are Wayne Gretzky (2,857), Jaromir Jagr (1,921) and Mark Messier (1,887). Wayne Gretzky tops the list without dominating it, holding 18.4% of what the 8 entities record between them. The other 6 are bunched between 1,723 and 1,887 Career NHL Points.

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Data Points

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Top Value

2,857

Wayne Gretzky

Career NHL Points · All Time

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Career NHL Points

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Methodology & source

Data source: Wikipedia
Coverage: 8 entities · 8 observations
Measure: Career NHL Points
Last updated: 6 September 2026
Compiled by: The ANYSTAT team, from the source above

How the figures are calculated

Values use the measure and unit named on this page. Consult the dataset description and cited source for coverage, definitions and any unit conversions. Displayed values may be rounded for readability.
Entities are ranked highest-first on their value.

Rankings & Full Data

8 records · Career NHL Points · ranked by All Time

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#	Category	All Time
🥇	Wayne Gretzky	2,857
🥈	Jaromir Jagr	1,921
🥉	Mark Messier	1,887
4	Gordie Howe	1,850
5	Ron Francis	1,798
6	Marcel Dionne	1,771
7	Steve Yzerman	1,755
8	Mario Lemieux	1,723

Data Sources & References

All external sources cited in this dataset

1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Gretzky Visit ↗

2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jarom%C3%ADr_J%C3%A1gr Visit ↗

3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Messier Visit ↗

4 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordie_Howe Visit ↗

5 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Francis Visit ↗

6 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Dionne Visit ↗

7 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Yzerman Visit ↗

8 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Lemieux Visit ↗

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