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NHL & WHA Career Leaders and Records for Goals Created

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

NHL Leaders

Rank Player GC
1. Wayne Gretzky* 1018.37
2. Gordie Howe* 747.01
3. Mark Messier* 703.78
4. Marcel Dionne* 684.08
5. Steve Yzerman* 665.79
6. Mario Lemieux* 649.71
7. Ron Francis* 634.65
8. Jaromir Jagr 631.68
9. Phil Esposito* 629.66
10. Joe Sakic* 611.28
11. Brett Hull* 579.24
12. Mark Recchi 568.87
13. Teemu Selanne 568.35
14. Mike Gartner* 560.43
15. Luc Robitaille* 556.82
16. Stan Mikita* 547.19
17. Raymond Bourque* 544.04
18. Brendan Shanahan 542.84
19. Jari Kurri* 542.03
20. Dave Andreychuk 541.05
21. Guy Lafleur* 531.14
22. Bryan Trottier* 531.06
23. Dale Hawerchuk* 529.50
24. John Bucyk* 525.55
25. Mike Modano 522.14
26. Paul Coffey* 521.99
27. Mats Sundin* 519.82
28. Gilbert Perreault* 508.60
29. Doug Gilmour* 508.33
30. Pierre Turgeon 501.58
31. Denis Savard* 495.18
32. Dino Ciccarelli* 492.24
33. Bobby Hull* 484.69
34. Alex Delvecchio* 483.07
35. Jean Ratelle* 480.80
36. Adam Oates* 478.79
37. Norm Ullman* 475.55
38. Jean Beliveau* 475.41
39. Jeremy Roenick 467.21
40. Mike Bossy* 463.15
41. Joe Nieuwendyk* 459.26
42. Bernie Nicholls 458.74
43. Michel Goulet* 458.28
44. Frank Mahovlich* 456.91
45. Peter Stastny* 455.65
46. Sergei Fedorov 449.08
47. Vincent Damphousse 445.95
48. Darryl Sittler* 442.68
49. Jarome Iginla 442.18
50. Rod Brind'Amour 441.16
51. Al MacInnis* 440.04
52. Glenn Anderson* 434.67
53. Maurice Richard* 433.87
54. Bobby Clarke* 432.99
55. Keith Tkachuk 431.92
56. Pat Verbeek 430.04
57. Phil Housley 427.49
58. Joe Mullen* 424.69
59. Theoren Fleury 421.45
60. Daniel Alfredsson 417.20
61. Lanny McDonald* 415.51
62. Brian Bellows 411.10
63. Alexander Mogilny 410.58
64. Larry Murphy* 408.66
65. Dave Taylor 408.22
66. Bernie Federko* 408.06
67. Pat LaFontaine* 404.75
68. Steve Larmer 396.75
69. Rick Middleton 394.69
70. Alex Kovalev 393.03
71. Brian Propp 389.95
72. Joe Thornton 389.75
73. Rod Gilbert* 388.75
74. Henri Richard* 387.77
75. Dave Keon* 384.03
76. Bobby Smith 382.23
77. Ray Whitney 380.21
78. Nicklas Lidstrom 378.14
79. Peter Bondra 376.63
80. Rick Tocchet 376.57
81. Paul Kariya 374.66
82. Denis Potvin* 371.81
83. Marian Hossa 371.18
84. Steve Thomas 370.75
85. Gary Roberts 366.07
86. Andy Bathgate* 363.78
87. Jason Arnott 363.66
88. Dale Hunter 363.48
89. Yvan Cournoyer* 360.14
90. Bill Barber* 359.03
91. Kirk Muller 358.72
92. Ray Ferraro 357.39
93. Tony Amonte 357.30
94. Ted Lindsay* 356.90
95. Owen Nolan 355.86
96. Doug Weight 355.51
97. Patrik Elias 348.61
98. Butch Goring 347.80
99. Bill Guerin 347.60
100. Brian Leetch* 345.79
101. Steve Shutt* 344.42
102. Dean Prentice 344.21
103. Rick Vaive 342.84
104. John MacLean 340.84
105. Markus Naslund 340.55
106. Patrick Marleau 338.94
107. Trevor Linden 338.79
108. Stephane Richer 338.52
109. Ivan Boldirev 338.30
110. Dennis Maruk 338.01
111. John Ogrodnick 337.57
112. Garry Unger 337.17
113. Tomas Sandstrom 337.05
114. Vincent Lecavalier 337.04
115. Jacques Lemaire* 335.57
116. Ilya Kovalchuk 335.37
117. Martin St. Louis 334.83
118. Eric Lindros 334.77
119. Bernie Geoffrion* 334.54
120. Pierre Larouche 334.29
121. Pavel Bure* 333.05
122. John LeClair 331.95
123. Neal Broten 330.61
124. Vyacheslav Kozlov 327.61
125. Scott Mellanby 327.03
126. Brent Sutter 325.37
127. Peter McNab 324.35
128. Bobby Orr* 323.82
129. Ryan Smyth 322.34
130. Larry Robinson* 322.14
131. Wilf Paiement 320.96
132. Jean Pronovost 320.64
133. Cliff Ronning 319.56
134. Geoff Courtnall 318.52
135. John Tonelli 316.57
136. Claude Lemieux 315.87
137. Milan Hejduk 314.58
138. Rick Kehoe 314.19
139. Red Kelly* 313.09
140. Tom Lysiak 311.66
141. Ed Olczyk 310.15
142. Pit Martin 309.26
143. Chris Chelios 307.77
144. Ken Hodge 307.72
145. Shane Doan 307.46
146. Rick MacLeish 306.32
147. Alexei Yashin 304.90
148. Peter Forsberg 304.65
149. Dave Christian 304.63
150. Kevin Dineen 304.48
151. Brad Park* 304.13
152. Dany Heatley 303.81
153. Rick Martin 301.93
154. Alex Ovechkin 301.67
155. Scott Stevens* 300.49
156. Greg Adams 299.96
157. Cam Neely* 299.03
158. Scott Young 298.53
159. Mike Foligno 298.10
160. Brian Rolston 297.99
161. Miroslav Satan 297.89
162. Pete Mahovlich 296.10
163. Thomas Steen 294.26
164. Wayne Cashman 293.13
165. Ken Linseman 291.25
166. Doug Wilson 290.78
167. Bobby Holik 290.01
168. Reggie Leach 289.33
169. Pavol Demitra 288.14
170. Brad Richards 288.01
171. Nels Stewart* 287.66
172. Geoff Sanderson 287.42
173. Charlie Simmer 287.22
174. Danny Gare 286.83
175. Russ Courtnall 286.75
176. Bob Carpenter 285.94
177. Todd Bertuzzi 285.48
178. Mike Ridley 285.17
179. Gary Suter 284.97
180. Tim Kerr 284.81
181. Ziggy Palffy 284.76
182. Bob Nevin 284.17
183. Dave Gagner 283.49
184. Kevin Stevens 283.03
185. Saku Koivu 283.02
186. George Armstrong* 282.14
187. Vic Hadfield 281.95
188. Daniel Sedin 280.41
189. Petr Sykora 279.81
190. Steve Sullivan 279.51
191. Murray Craven 278.84
192. Petr Nedved 277.47
193. Clark Gillies* 276.62
194. Ray Sheppard 276.43
195. Vinny Prospal 274.59
196. Rene Robert 274.55
197. Murray Oliver 274.23
198. Mike Bullard 273.93
199. Paul MacLean 273.60
200. Pavel Datsyuk 273.39
201. Rob Blake 273.24
202. Marian Gaborik 272.56
203. Don Lever 272.16
204. Cory Stillman 271.63
205. Howie Morenz* 271.52
206. Alex Tanguay 270.75
207. Olli Jokinen 270.71
208. Ron Ellis 269.20
209. Andrew Brunette 269.12
210. Glen Murray 268.36
211. Steve Duchesne 266.71
212. Sergei Gonchar 266.48
213. Shayne Corson 263.10
214. Mel Bridgman 262.72
215. Martin Gelinas 262.61
216. Alex Zhamnov 262.06
217. Doug Mohns 262.05
218. Tony McKegney 261.99
219. Mathieu Schneider 261.93
220. Kent Nilsson 261.12
221. Bobby Rousseau 260.96
222. Dennis Hull 260.80
223. Aurele Joliat* 260.45
224. Henrik Sedin 260.40
225. Martin Straka 260.06
226. Borje Salming* 259.88
227. Dan Quinn 259.12
228. Ulf Dahlen 258.77
229. Stan Smyl 258.63
230. Robert Lang 258.45
231. Bob Pulford* 256.92
232. Craig Janney 256.79
233. Adam Graves 256.69
234. Mark Howe* 255.98
235. Craig Ramsay 255.64
236. Andrew Cassels 255.63
237. Brian Sutter 255.43
238. Danny Briere 255.15
239. Red Berenson 254.86
240. Daymond Langkow 254.80
241. John Anderson 253.38
242. Guy Carbonneau 253.24
243. Ralph Backstrom 253.22
244. Bryan Smolinski 251.49
245. Reed Larson 250.89
246. Ryan Walter 250.32
247. Henrik Zetterberg 249.89
248. Sergei Zubov 248.60
249. Brent Ashton 248.38
250. Wendel Clark 247.19

WHA Leaders

Rank Player GC
1. Andre Lacroix 285.16
2. Marc Tardif 266.74
3. Bobby Hull* 257.90
4. Real Cloutier 230.59
5. Serge Bernier 216.34
6. Robbie Ftorek 202.61
7. Mark Howe* 195.26
8. Anders Hedberg 188.90
9. Gordie Howe* 187.37
10. Christian Bordeleau 187.15
11. Danny Lawson 177.00
12. Tom Webster 176.02
13. Ulf Nilsson 169.87
14. Rich LeDuc 162.34
15. Larry Lund 157.87
16. John McKenzie 157.72
17. Ron Ward 153.10
18. Mike Antonovich 150.89
19. Norm Ferguson 149.65
20. Michel Parizeau 145.09
21. Tim Sheehy 144.80
22. Frank Hughes 144.55
23. Larry Pleau 144.26
24. Rosaire Paiement 140.35
25. Mike Rogers 140.12
26. Blair MacDonald 138.52
27. Bryan Campbell 137.46
28. Wayne Connelly 135.83
29. Gene Peacosh 134.88
30. Wayne Rivers 134.48
31. Ron Chipperfield 134.29
32. J.C. Tremblay 132.74
33. Gavin Kirk 131.35
34. Dennis Sobchuk 130.86
35. Rusty Patenaude 123.63
36. Wayne Carleton 121.56
37. Rene Leclerc 120.20
38. John Gray 118.66
39. Paul Henderson 117.58
40. Gary Veneruzzo 117.17
41. Terry Ruskowski 114.80
42. Dick Sentes 114.78
43. Peter Sullivan 114.40
44. Rich Preston 114.37
45. Mike Walton 113.89
46. Rick Dudley 112.97
47. Ted Taylor 112.54
48. Kevin Morrison 111.95
49. John French 111.42
50. Mark Napier 108.23