Most Goals Scored in NHL History (All Time)
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.
About This Dataset
Most Goals Scored in NHL History (All Time)
NHL players ranked by total regular season goals scored throughout their careers, according to official NHL Statistics records. Wayne Gretzky's record of 894 career NHL goals is almost universally regarded as the most unbreakable record in professional sport — standing more than 90 goals above the second-placed Gordie Howe despite Gretzky's reputation as a playmaker rather than a pure scorer. His total is further context-shifted by the fact that his career regular season assists alone, at 1,963, exceed the total points of every other player in NHL history, meaning that if his goal-scoring record were somehow erased, his assist record would still make him unambiguously the greatest statistical player in the history of the game.
Analysis
Wayne Gretzky heads the table on 894, ahead of Gordie Howe (801) and Jaromir Jagr (766) in Career NHL Goals. The total is spread widely: even Wayne Gretzky accounts for only 14.8% of the 8 combined. Places 3 to 8 are close together, spanning 766 to 694 Career NHL Goals.
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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
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- Entities are ranked highest-first on their value.
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