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NHL Career Regular-season Goals Leaders Quiz

How well do you know the NHL career regular-season goals leaders? Floored turns the ranking into a building: floor 1 is the top of the list. We name a floor, you guess what's on it, and the lift rides to whatever you picked so you know to go higher or lower.

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  1. Alex Ovechkin 929 goals
    Passed Wayne Gretzky's career goals record on April 6, 2025, scoring against the New York Islanders.
  2. Wayne Gretzky 894 goals
    Scored 92 goals for Edmonton in the 1981-82 season, still the NHL single-season record.
  3. Gordie Howe 801 goals
    A goal, an assist and a fight in one game is called a 'Gordie Howe hat trick' after him.
  4. Jaromir Jagr 766 goals
    Wore No. 68 throughout his career in memory of the 1968 Prague Spring in Czechoslovakia.
  5. Brett Hull 741 goals
    Won the 1999 Stanley Cup for Dallas with a triple-overtime goal Buffalo fans still call 'No Goal'.
  6. Marcel Dionne 731 goals
    Centred the Los Angeles Kings' 'Triple Crown Line' but never won the Stanley Cup.
  7. Phil Esposito 717 goals
    Co-founded the Tampa Bay Lightning and was its first general manager; his brother Tony was its chief scout.
  8. Mike Gartner 708 goals
    Scored 30 or more goals in 17 seasons but never won the Stanley Cup or played in a Final.
  9. Mark Messier 694 goals
    The only player to captain two different teams to Stanley Cup titles: Edmonton and the Rangers.
  10. Steve Yzerman 692 goals
    Was named Detroit's captain in 1986, the youngest captain in Red Wings history.
  11. Mario Lemieux 690 goals
    Had his final radiation treatment for Hodgkin's lymphoma in 1993, then scored a goal that same night.
  12. Teemu Selanne 684 goals
    Scored 76 goals as a rookie with Winnipeg in 1992-93, still the NHL rookie record.
  13. Luc Robitaille 668 goals
    Was a ninth-round draft pick, taken 171st overall by Los Angeles in 1984.
  14. Brendan Shanahan 656 goals
    Left his job as the NHL's head of player safety in 2014 to become president of the Toronto Maple Leafs.
  15. Sidney Crosby 654 goals
    Scored the overtime 'Golden Goal' that beat the USA for Olympic gold in Vancouver in 2010.
  16. Dave Andreychuk 640 goals
    Retired as the NHL leader in power-play goals with 274, a mark later passed by Alex Ovechkin.
  17. Joe Sakic 625 goals
    After winning the 2001 Cup, handed the trophy straight to Ray Bourque instead of lifting it first.
  18. Jarome Iginla 625 goals
    Made the pass to Sidney Crosby for the overtime goal that won Olympic gold in 2010.
  19. Steven Stamkos 624 goals
    Captained Tampa Bay to back-to-back Stanley Cups in 2020 and 2021, then signed with Nashville.
  20. Bobby Hull 610 goals
    Jumped to the WHA's Winnipeg Jets in 1972 with a $1 million signing bonus.
  21. Dino Ciccarelli 608 goals
    Went undrafted in 1979, then scored 14 goals in the playoffs as a rookie with Minnesota in 1981.
  22. Jari Kurri 601 goals
    Became the first Finnish-born player inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame, in 2001.
  23. Mark Recchi 577 goals
    Scored in the 2011 Stanley Cup Final at age 43, the oldest player ever to do so.
  24. Mike Bossy 573 goals
    Played his last NHL game at age 30 after damaged discs in his back ended his career.
  25. Patrick Marleau 566 goals
    Broke Gordie Howe's record for most NHL regular-season games in 2021, finishing with 1,779.
  26. Joe Nieuwendyk 564 goals
    Won the Stanley Cup with Calgary, Dallas and New Jersey, in three different decades.
  27. Mats Sundin 564 goals
    Became the first European-born player drafted first overall, by the Quebec Nordiques in 1989.
  28. Mike Modano 561 goals
    Was drafted first overall by the Minnesota North Stars in 1988.
  29. Guy Lafleur 560 goals
    Came out of retirement after his 1988 Hall of Fame induction and played three more NHL seasons.
  30. Johnny Bucyk 556 goals
    At 35 in 1970-71, became the oldest player up to then to score 50 goals in a season.

Source: Wikipedia: List of NHL players with 500 goals (cross-checked with Hockey-Reference) · as of 2026-10

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