NHL & WHA Career Leaders and Records for Even Strength Goals

Leaders and Records: Single Season ▪ Career ▪ Active ▪ Yearly ▪ Progressive

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Active players are listed in bold.
Members of the Hockey Hall of Fame are marked with an asterisk (*).

NHL Leaders

Rank	Player	ESG
1.	Wayne Gretzky*	617
2.	Marcel Dionne*	478
3.	Mike Gartner*	468
4.	Brett Hull*	456
5.	Jaromir Jagr	454
6.	Mark Messier*	452
7.	Phil Esposito*	445
8.	Steve Yzerman*	440
9.	Luc Robitaille*	418
10.	Jari Kurri*	407
11.	Mario Lemieux*	405
12.	Guy Lafleur*	404
13.	Brendan Shanahan	396
14.	Joe Sakic	388
15.	Mike Bossy*	384
16.	Dino Ciccarelli	375
	Teemu Selanne	375
18.	Mats Sundin	373
19.	Mike Modano	371
20.	Gilbert Perreault*	370
21.	Dave Andreychuk	356
22.	Michel Goulet*	354
23.	Lanny McDonald*	350
24.	Ron Francis*	349
25.	Mark Recchi	344
	Bryan Trottier*	344
27.	Joe Mullen*	341
28.	Joe Nieuwendyk	337
29.	Glenn Anderson*	334
	Jean Ratelle*	334
31.	Pat Verbeek	332
32.	Steve Shutt*	329
33.	Denis Savard*	326
34.	Darryl Sittler*	324
35.	Dale Hawerchuk*	323
36.	Peter Bondra	322
37.	Stan Mikita*	319
38.	Gary Roberts	316
39.	Pierre Turgeon	315
	Steve Thomas	315
	Stephane Richer	315
42.	Alexander Mogilny	312
	Keith Tkachuk	312
44.	Rick Middleton	308
45.	Garry Unger	304
	Dave Taylor	304
47.	Sergei Fedorov	303
48.	Jeremy Roenick	301
	Pat LaFontaine*	301
50.	Peter Stastny*	298
51.	Rick Tocchet	297
52.	Bill Guerin	296
53.	Bernie Nicholls	295
	Theoren Fleury	295
55.	Bobby Hull*	289
	Jean Pronovost	289
57.	Reggie Leach	288
58.	Rod Gilbert*	287
	Rick Vaive	287
	John LeClair	287
61.	Jarome Iginla	286
62.	Tony Amonte	285
	Bill Barber*	285
	John MacLean	285
	Vincent Damphousse	285
66.	Brian Propp	283
67.	Pavel Bure	282
68.	John Bucyk*	281
69.	Pierre Larouche	280
	Peter McNab	280
71.	Doug Gilmour	279
72.	Ray Ferraro	278
73.	Alex Kovalev	276
74.	Yvan Cournoyer*	274
	Brian Bellows	274
76.	Danny Gare	273
	Jacques Lemaire*	273
78.	Rod Brind'Amour	271
	John Ogrodnick	271
80.	Rick Martin	269
	Ron Ellis	269
82.	Mike Foligno	268
	Rick Kehoe	268
84.	Tomas Sandstrom	265
85.	Butch Goring	264
86.	Markus Naslund	263
87.	Claude Lemieux	259
88.	Geoff Courtnall	258
89.	Ivan Boldirev	256
90.	Steve Larmer	255
91.	Wilf Paiement	254
	Eric Lindros	254
93.	Pit Martin	253
	Frank Mahovlich*	253
	Vyacheslav Kozlov	253
	Dennis Maruk	253
97.	Cam Neely*	252
98.	Bobby Holik	251
99.	Kevin Dineen	250
100.	John Tonelli	249
101.	Bernie Federko*	248
102.	Dennis Hull	245
103.	Owen Nolan	244
104.	Jason Arnott	243
105.	Glen Murray	242
106.	Paul Coffey*	241
107.	Martin Gelinas	240
	Dave Keon*	240
109.	Trevor Linden	238
	Paul Kariya	238
	Ken Hodge	238
112.	Daniel Alfredsson	237
113.	Ed Olczyk	236
114.	Brent Sutter	235
115.	Tony McKegney	234
	Norm Ullman*	234
117.	Geoff Sanderson	232
118.	Bobby Smith	231
	Bob Carpenter	231
	Ray Sheppard	231
121.	Dave Christian	230
	Petr Klima	230
	Marian Hossa	230
124.	Wendel Clark	229
125.	Bobby Clarke*	227
126.	Don Lever	226
	Adam Oates	226
	Greg Adams	226
	Clark Gillies*	226
130.	Ray Whitney	224
131.	Scott Mellanby	223
132.	Rick MacLeish	222
133.	Raymond Bourque*	221
	Dale Hunter	221
135.	Jim Pappin	220
	Tim Kerr	220
	Miroslav Satan	220
138.	Ziggy Palffy	218
	Vic Hadfield	218
	Wayne Cashman	218
141.	Vincent Lecavalier	217
	Petr Nedved	217
143.	Guy Carbonneau	216
144.	Charlie Simmer	215
	Brent Ashton	215
146.	Patrik Elias	214
	Mike Bullard	214
	Bill Goldsworthy	214
149.	Scott Young	213
150.	Kirk Muller	212
151.	Rene Robert	211
152.	Russ Courtnall	210
	Ilya Kovalchuk	210
	Mario Tremblay	210
155.	Darcy Rota	209
	Tom Lysiak	209
	Alexei Yashin	209
158.	Patrick Marleau	208
	Craig Ramsay	208
	Bob Nystrom	208
161.	Bobby Schmautz	207
	Al Secord	207
163.	Lucien DeBlois	206
164.	Bob Gainey*	205
	Adam Graves	205
166.	John Anderson	203
	Pavol Demitra	203
168.	Phil Housley	202
169.	Milan Hejduk	201
170.	Bob Bourne	200
171.	Paul MacLean	199
	Pete Mahovlich	199
173.	Cliff Ronning	197
	Neal Broten	197
	Ross Lonsberry	197
176.	Ron Duguay	196
	Mark Napier	196
	Dave Gagner	196
	Bob Nevin	196
180.	Claude Larose	195
	Kevin Stevens	195
	Brian Rolston	195
183.	Don Marcotte	194
	Doug Weight	194
185.	Brian Sutter	193
186.	Martin Straka	192
187.	Blaine Stoughton	191
	Bryan Smolinski	191
189.	Tiger Williams	190
	Petr Sykora	190
191.	Murray Craven	189
192.	Keith Primeau	188
193.	Shane Doan	187
	Willi Plett	187
195.	Mike Ridley	186
	J.P. Parise	186
197.	Andre Savard	185
	Nick Libett	185
199.	Mel Bridgman	184
200.	Ken Linseman	183
	Billy Harris	183
202.	Terry O'Reilly	182
	Shawn McEachern	182
	Ryan Smyth	182
	Keith Acton	182
	Mike McPhee	182
	Paul Henderson	182
208.	Robert Reichel	181
	Tom Fergus	181
	Mats Naslund	181
211.	Mike Krushelnyski	180
	Tony Granato	180
	Danny Grant	180
214.	Ulf Dahlen	179
	Laurie Boschman	179
216.	Joe Thornton	178
	Bobby Orr*	178
218.	Pete Stemkowski	177
	Thomas Steen	177
	Don Luce	177
	Shayne Corson	177
222.	Doug Smail	176
	Alex Zhamnov	176
	Steve Vickers	176
225.	Stan Smyl	175
	Yanic Perreault	175
	Marian Gaborik	175
	Red Berenson	175
	Walt Tkaczuk	175
	Fredrik Modin	175
	Bob MacMillan	175
	Al MacAdam	175
233.	Daymond Langkow	174
	Ed Westfall	174
235.	Brian Mullen	173
	Denis Potvin*	173
237.	Gordie Howe*	172
	Sergei Samsonov	172
	Dany Heatley	172
	Anton Stastny	172
	Stu Barnes	172
	Guy Charron	172
243.	Mike Murphy	171
	Mickey Redmond	171
245.	Sylvain Turgeon	170
	Benoit Hogue	170
247.	Alex Ovechkin	169
	Steve Sullivan	169
249.	Robert Lang	168
	Troy Murray	168
	Simon Gagne	168

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