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Members of the Hockey Hall of Fame are marked with an asterisk (*).

NHL Leaders

RankPlayerA
1.Wayne Gretzky*1963
2.Ron Francis*1249
3.Mark Messier*1193
4.Raymond Bourque*1169
5.Paul Coffey*1135
6.Adam Oates1079
7.Steve Yzerman*1063
8.Gordie Howe*1049
9.Marcel Dionne*1040
10.Mario Lemieux*1033
11.Joe Sakic1016
12.Doug Gilmour964
13.Jaromir Jagr953
14.Al MacInnis*934
15.Larry Murphy*929
16.Stan Mikita*926
17.Mark Recchi915
18.Bryan Trottier*901
19.Phil Housley894
20.Dale Hawerchuk*891
21.Phil Esposito*873
22.Denis Savard*865
23.Bobby Clarke*852
24.Alex Delvecchio*825
25.Gilbert Perreault*814
26.John Bucyk*813
27.Pierre Turgeon812
28.Jari Kurri*797
 Mike Modano797
30.Nicklas Lidstrom796
31.Guy Lafleur*793
32.Peter Stastny*789
33.Mats Sundin785
34.Brian Leetch*781
35.Jean Ratelle*776
36.Vincent Damphousse773
37.Chris Chelios763
38.Bernie Federko*761
39.Larry Robinson*750
40.Doug Weight744
41.Denis Potvin*742
42.Norm Ullman*739
43.Bernie Nicholls734
44.Rod Brind'Amour730
45.Luc Robitaille*726
46.Jean Beliveau*712
 Scott Stevens*712
48.Jeremy Roenick703
49.Brendan Shanahan698
 Dave Andreychuk698
51.Dale Hunter697
52.Sergei Fedorov696
53.Henri Richard*688
54.Brad Park*683
55.Bobby Smith679
56.Brett Hull*650
57.Bobby Orr*645
58.Teemu Selanne642
59.Gary Suter641
60.Dave Taylor638
61.Borje Salming*637
 Darryl Sittler*637
63.Joe Thornton636
 Peter Forsberg636
65.Neal Broten634
66.Theoren Fleury633
67.Mike Gartner*627
68.Andy Bathgate*624
69.Sergei Zubov619
70.Rod Gilbert*615
71.Michel Goulet*604
72.Kirk Muller602
73.Glenn Anderson*601
74.Daniel Alfredsson597
75.Dino Ciccarelli592
76.Doug Wilson590
 Dave Keon*590
78.Dave Babych581
79.Brian Propp579
80.Paul Kariya578
81.Alex Kovalev573
82.Steve Larmer571
83.Frank Mahovlich*570
84.Craig Janney563
 Cliff Ronning563
86.Joe Nieuwendyk562
87.Joe Mullen*561
88.Bobby Hull*560
89.Alexander Mogilny559
90.Scott Niedermayer557
91.Thomas Steen553
 Mike Bossy*553
93.Ken Linseman551
 Tom Lysiak551
95.Mark Howe545
 Pat LaFontaine*545
97.Red Kelly*542
98.Pat Verbeek541
99.Rick Middleton540
100.Brian Bellows537
101.Ray Whitney535
102.Andrew Cassels528
 Rob Blake528
104.Steve Duchesne525
105.Keith Tkachuk524
106.Dennis Maruk522
107.Teppo Numminen520
108.Wayne Cashman516
 Mathieu Schneider516
110.Butch Goring513
111.Steve Thomas512
 Rick Tocchet512
113.John Tonelli511
114.Lanny McDonald*506
115.Ivan Boldirev505
116.Randy Carlyle499
117.Chris Pronger496
118.Vyacheslav Kozlov495
119.Eric Lindros493
 Murray Craven493
121.Trevor Linden492
122.James Patrick490
 Ray Ferraro490
124.Marc Savard487
125.Pit Martin485
 Pete Mahovlich485
127.Tony Amonte484
128.Jason Arnott482
129.Jozef Stumpel481
130.Scott Mellanby476
131.Igor Larionov*475
 Garry Galley475
133.Markus Naslund474
134.Gary Roberts472
 Ken Hodge472
 Ted Lindsay*472
137.Saku Koivu471
138.Jarome Iginla470
 Michael Nylander470
 Alex Zhamnov470
141.Jacques Lemaire*469
 Sergei Gonchar469
 Dean Prentice469
144.Phil Goyette467
145.Mike Ridley466
 Brent Sutter466
147.Bill Barber*463
 Reed Larson463
149.Tomas Sandstrom462
 Doug Mohns462
151.Scott Gomez461
152.Martin Straka460
153.Owen Nolan459
154.Bobby Rousseau458
 Wilf Paiement458
156.Pavol Demitra454
 Murray Oliver454
158.Doug Harvey*452
 Ed Olczyk452
160.Guy Lapointe*451
 Walt Tkaczuk451
162.Peter McNab450
 Kevin Hatcher450
164.Mel Bridgman449
165.Russ Courtnall447
166.Alexei Yashin444
167.Robert Lang442
168.Eric Desjardins439
169.Bill Gadsby*438
170.Roman Hamrlik437
171.Yvan Cournoyer*435
172.Fredrik Olausson434
173.Dave Christian433
 Vaclav Prospal433
175.Geoff Courtnall432
176.Ron Greschner431
177.Jeff Brown430
178.Kelly Kisio429
 John MacLean429
 Bernie Geoffrion*429
 Patrik Elias429
182.Pierre Larouche427
183.Paul Reinhart426
 Brad Richards426
185.Rob Ramage425
 John Ogrodnick425
187.Syl Apps423
188.Bill Guerin422
 Kent Nilsson422
 Doug Bodger422
191.Bert Olmstead*421
 Bobby Holik421
 Maurice Richard*421
194.Shayne Corson420
 Craig Ramsay420
196.Bob Nevin419
 Dan Quinn419
198.Michal Pivonka418
 Pierre Pilote*418
 Carol Vadnais418
 Rene Robert418
202.George Armstrong*417
203.Barry Pederson416
 Joe Juneau416
 Calle Johansson416
206.Andrew Brunette415
 Dave Ellett415
 Scott Young415
209.Cory Stillman414
210.John LeClair413
211.Stan Smyl411
212.Rick MacLeish410
213.Glen Wesley409
 Darryl Sydor409
 Alex Tanguay409
216.Bob Carpenter408
 Elmer Lach*408
218.Petr Nedved407
 Vincent Lecavalier407
 Claude Lemieux407
221.Fred Stanfield405
 Kevin Dineen405
223.Henrik Sedin404
224.Guy Carbonneau403
 Tim Horton*403
226.Terry O'Reilly402
227.Dave Gagner401
228.Tomas Kaberle400
229.Stephane Richer398
230.Kevin Stevens397
 Red Berenson397
 Sandis Ozolinsh397
233.Marian Hossa396
 Rick Kehoe396
235.Steve Sullivan394
 Ed Westfall394
237.Steve Shutt*393
 Shane Doan393
239.Martin St. Louis392
 Walt McKechnie392
241.Garry Unger391
242.Bruce Driver390
243.Peter Bondra389
 Peter Zezel389
 Vic Hadfield389
246.Greg Adams388
247.Esa Tikkanen386
 Todd Bertuzzi386
249.Thomas Gradin384
 Ziggy Palffy384
 Anton Stastny384

WHA Leaders

RankPlayerA
1.Andre Lacroix547
2.J.C. Tremblay358
3.Marc Tardif350
4.Ulf Nilsson344
5.Serge Bernier336
6.Bobby Hull*335
7.Gordie Howe*334
8.Christian Bordeleau325
9.Robbie Ftorek307
10.Mark Howe296
11.Real Cloutier283
12.Poul Popiel265
13.Ron Plumb264
14.Al Hamilton258
15.Terry Ruskowski254
16.Bryan Campbell253
17.Michel Parizeau252
18.John McKenzie250
19.Paul Shmyr248
20.Jim Dorey232
21.Kevin Morrison224
22.Mike Rogers222
 Anders Hedberg222
24.Rosaire Paiement221
25.Larry Pleau215
26.Pat Stapleton212
27.Ron Ward210
 Rick Ley210
29.Tom Webster205
30.Danny Lawson204
31.Rich LeDuc195
32.Dave Keon*189
33.Mike Antonovich188
34.Ken Block187
35.Dennis Sobchuk186
36.Norm Ferguson184
37.Frank Hughes180
 Wayne Carleton180
39.Ron Chipperfield177
 Daryl Maggs177
 Rene Leclerc177
42.Wayne Rivers176
43.Hugh Harris174
44.Tim Sheehy173
45.Barry Long171
46.Peter Sullivan170
47.Lars-Erik Sjoberg169
48.Blair MacDonald165
49.Ted Taylor164
 John Arbour164