NHL & WHA Career Playoff Leaders and Records for Goals

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

NHL Leaders

NHL Leaders Table
Rank	Player	Years	G
1.	Wayne Gretzky*	1979-99	122
2.	Mark Messier*	1979-04	109
3.	Jari Kurri*	1980-98	106
4.	Brett Hull*	1986-06	103
5.	Glenn Anderson*	1980-96	93
6.	Mike Bossy*	1977-87	85
7.	Joe Sakic*	1988-09	84
8.	Maurice Richard*	1942-60	82
9.	Claude Lemieux	1983-09	80
10.	Jean Beliveau*	1950-71	79
11.	Jaromir Jagr	1990-18	78
12.	Mario Lemieux*	1984-06	76
13.	Dino Ciccarelli*	1980-99	73
14.	Patrick Marleau	1997-20	72
	Esa Tikkanen	1985-99	72
16.	Bryan Trottier*	1975-94	71
17.	Steve Yzerman*	1983-06	70
18.	Gordie Howe*	1946-80	68
19.	Denis Savard*	1980-97	66
	Joe Nieuwendyk*	1986-07	66
	Sidney Crosby	2005-20	66
22.	Alex Ovechkin	2005-20	65
23.	Brian Propp	1979-94	64
	Peter Forsberg*	1994-11	64
	Yvan Cournoyer*	1963-79	64
	Bobby Smith	1978-93	64
27.	Evgeni Malkin	2006-20	63
28.	Bobby Hull*	1957-80	62
29.	Mark Recchi*	1988-11	61
	Phil Esposito*	1963-81	61
	Jacques Lemaire*	1967-79	61
32.	Doug Gilmour*	1983-03	60
	Brendan Shanahan*	1987-09	60
	Joe Mullen*	1981-97	60
35.	Stan Mikita*	1958-80	59
	Paul Coffey*	1980-01	59
37.	Mike Modano*	1989-11	58
	Luc Robitaille*	1986-06	58
	Guy Lafleur*	1971-91	58
	Bernie Geoffrion*	1950-68	58
41.	Cam Neely*	1983-96	57
	Henrik Zetterberg	2002-18	57
43.	Steve Larmer	1980-95	56
	Denis Potvin*	1973-88	56
45.	Nicklas Lidstrom*	1991-12	54
	Rick MacLeish	1970-84	54
	Steve Thomas	1984-04	54
48.	Jeremy Roenick	1988-09	53
	Stephane Richer	1984-02	53
	Bill Barber*	1972-84	53
	Daniel Briere	1997-15	53
52.	Marian Hossa	1997-17	52
	Rick Tocchet	1984-02	52
	Sergei Fedorov*	1990-09	52
55.	Rod Brind'Amour	1989-10	51
	Brian Bellows	1982-99	51
	Frank Mahovlich*	1956-74	51
	Daniel Alfredsson	1995-14	51
59.	Patrick Kane	2007-20	50
	Steve Shutt*	1972-85	50
61.	Henri Richard*	1955-75	49
62.	Joe Pavelski	2006-20	48
	Logan Couture	2009-20	48
64.	Clark Gillies*	1974-88	47
	Chris Drury	1998-11	47
	Reggie Leach	1970-83	47
	Ted Lindsay*	1944-65	47
	Patrick Sharp	2002-18	47
69.	Kevin Stevens	1987-02	46
	Tomas Holmstrom	1996-12	46
	Ron Francis*	1981-04	46
	Dickie Moore*	1951-68	46
73.	Alex Kovalev	1992-13	45
	Rick Middleton	1974-88	45
	Patrik Elias	1995-16	45
76.	Teemu Selanne*	1992-14	44
	Scott Young	1987-06	44
	Lanny McDonald*	1973-89	44
79.	Dave Andreychuk*	1982-06	43
	Ken Linseman	1978-92	43
	Mike Gartner*	1979-98	43
82.	Bernie Nicholls	1981-99	42
	John LeClair	1990-07	42
	Dale Hunter	1980-99	42
	Bobby Clarke*	1969-84	42
	Pavel Datsyuk	2001-16	42
	Vyacheslav Kozlov	1991-10	42
	Adam Oates*	1985-04	42
	Martin St. Louis*	1998-15	42
	Johan Franzen	2005-16	42
91.	Ray Bourque*	1979-01	41
	John Bucyk*	1955-78	41
	Vincent Damphousse	1986-04	41
94.	Jonathan Toews	2007-20	40
	John Tonelli	1978-92	40
	Tim Kerr	1980-93	40
	Bob Bourne	1974-88	40
	Justin Williams	2000-20	40
	Patrice Bergeron	2003-20	40
	Peter McNab	1973-87	40
101.	Jeff Carter	2005-20	39
	Alexander Mogilny	1989-06	39
	Geoff Courtnall	1983-00	39
	Michel Goulet*	1979-94	39
	Bob Nystrom	1972-86	39
	Bill Guerin	1991-10	39
	Russ Courtnall	1983-99	39
	Al MacInnis*	1981-04	39
109.	Butch Goring	1969-85	38
	Adam Graves	1987-03	38
	Guy Carbonneau*	1980-00	38
	Shayne Corson	1985-04	38
	Mats Sundin*	1990-09	38
114.	Wendel Clark	1985-00	37
	Brad Richards	2000-16	37
	Ryan Getzlaf	2005-20	37
	Simon Gagne	1999-15	37
	Larry Murphy*	1980-01	37
	Jarome Iginla	1996-17	37
120.	David Krejci	2006-20	36
	Nicklas Backstrom	2007-20	36
	Craig Simpson	1985-95	36
	Corey Perry	2005-20	36
124.	Pierre Turgeon	1987-07	35
	Alex Delvecchio*	1950-74	35
	Pavel Bure*	1991-03	35
	Neal Broten	1980-97	35
	Brad Park*	1968-85	35
	Steve Payne	1978-88	35
	Mats Naslund	1982-95	35
	Bernie Federko*	1976-90	35
	John MacLean	1983-02	35
	Zach Parise	2005-20	35
134.	Petr Sykora	1995-12	34
	Ken Hodge	1964-78	34
	Mike Keane	1988-04	34
	Rod Gilbert*	1960-78	34
	Theoren Fleury	1988-03	34
	Trevor Linden	1988-08	34
	Don Marcotte	1965-82	34
	Jamie Langenbrunner	1994-13	34
	Joe Murphy	1986-01	34
	Milan Hejduk	1998-13	34
144.	Gilbert Perreault*	1970-87	33
	Red Kelly*	1947-67	33
	Phil Kessel	2006-20	33
	Kirk Muller	1984-03	33
	Jim Pappin	1963-77	33
	Dennis Hull	1964-78	33
	Peter Stastny*	1980-95	33
	Vladimir Tarasenko	2012-20	33
152.	Gary Roberts	1986-09	32
	Marian Gaborik	2000-18	32
	Gregg Sheppard	1972-82	32
	Jason Arnott	1993-12	32
	Dave Christian	1979-94	32
	Tomas Sandstrom	1984-99	32
	Dave Keon*	1960-82	32
	Brian Gionta	2001-18	32
	Jean Ratelle*	1960-81	32
161.	Wayne Cashman	1964-83	31
	Chris Chelios*	1983-10	31
	Dave Poulin	1982-95	31
	Joe Thornton	1997-20	31
	James Neal	2008-20	31
	Ron Duguay	1977-89	31
167.	Ray Sheppard	1987-00	30
	Dale Hawerchuk*	1981-97	30
	Pete Mahovlich	1965-81	30
	Stu Barnes	1991-08	30
	Dick Duff*	1954-72	30
	Peter Bondra	1990-07	30
	Igor Larionov*	1989-04	30
	Norm Ullman*	1955-75	30
	Brad Marchand	2009-20	30
	Brent Sutter	1980-98	30
177.	Brian Rafalski	1999-11	29
	Scott Gomez	1999-16	29
	Darryl Sittler*	1970-85	29
	Ted Kennedy*	1942-57	29
	Nikita Kucherov	2013-20	29
	Mike Krushelnyski	1981-95	29
	Cliff Ronning	1986-04	29
184.	Mike McPhee	1983-94	28
	Mel Bridgman	1975-89	28
	Sid Abel*	1938-54	28
	Keith Tkachuk	1991-10	28
	Milan Lucic	2007-20	28
	Brian Leetch*	1987-06	28
	Ryan Smyth	1994-14	28
	Bobby Schmautz	1967-81	28
	Petr Klima	1985-99	28
	Larry Robinson*	1972-92	28
	Mike Ridley	1985-97	28
195.	Joel Otto	1984-98	27
	Jude Drouin	1968-81	27
	Chris Kunitz	2003-19	27
	Bobby Rousseau	1960-75	27
	Rick Vaive	1979-92	27
	Jere Lehtinen	1995-10	27
	Murray Craven	1982-00	27
	Ralph Backstrom	1956-73	27
	Jordan Staal	2006-20	27
	Vic Hadfield	1961-77	27
	Pit Martin	1961-79	27
	J.P. Parise	1965-79	27
	Yvon Lambert	1972-82	27
208.	Adam Deadmarsh	1994-03	26
	Vincent Lecavalier	1998-16	26
	Dave Taylor	1977-94	26
	Rob Blake*	1989-10	26
	Guy Lapointe*	1968-84	26
	Mike Richards	2005-16	26
	Pat Verbeek	1982-02	26
	Duane Sutter	1979-90	26
	Martin Straka	1992-08	26
	Wayne Presley	1984-96	26
	Pat LaFontaine*	1983-98	26
	Hakan Loob	1983-89	26
	George Armstrong*	1949-71	26
	Bobby Orr*	1966-79	26
	Gordie Drillon*	1936-43	26
	Scott Stevens*	1982-04	26
	Chris Pronger*	1993-12	26
225.	Claude Provost	1955-70	25
	Bob Pulford*	1956-72	25
	Joe Juneau	1991-04	25
	Jason Spezza	2002-20	25
	Bob Gainey*	1973-89	25
	Danny Gare	1974-87	25
	Syl Apps*	1936-48	25
	Pete Stemkowski	1963-78	25
	Valtteri Filppula	2005-20	25
	Terry O'Reilly	1971-85	25
	Toe Blake*	1934-48	25
	Daniel Sedin	2000-18	25
	Valeri Kamensky	1991-02	25
	Tom Lysiak	1973-86	25
	Peter Zezel	1984-99	25
	Scott Niedermayer*	1991-10	25
241.	T.J. Oshie	2008-20	24
	Darryl Sutter	1979-87	24
	Evgeny Kuznetsov	2013-20	24
	Milt Schmidt*	1936-55	24
	Willi Plett	1975-88	24
	Ryan Kesler	2003-19	24
	Tony McKegney	1978-91	24
	Craig Janney	1987-99	24
	Jake Guentzel	2016-20	24
	Kris Draper	1990-11	24
	Eric Lindros*	1992-07	24
	Scott Mellanby	1985-07	24
	Dan Cleary	1997-15	24
	Claude Giroux	2007-20	24
	Rick Martin	1971-82	24
	Patric Hornqvist	2008-20	24
	Mike Fisher	1999-18	24
	Steve Vickers	1972-82	24
	Tomas Hertl	2013-20	24
	Brent Ashton	1979-93	24
	Sergei Zubov*	1992-09	24
	Tyler Johnson	2012-20	24

WHA Leaders

WHA Leaders Table
Rank	Player	Years	G
1.	Bobby Hull*	1972-79	43
2.	Mark Howe*	1973-79	41
3.	Anders Hedberg	1974-78	35
4.	Real Cloutier	1974-79	33
5.	Larry Pleau	1972-79	29
6.	Serge Bernier	1973-79	28
	Tom Webster	1972-78	28
	Gordie Howe*	1973-79	28
9.	Marc Tardif	1973-79	27
10.	Willy Lindstrom	1975-79	26
11.	Bobby Guindon	1972-79	24
	Frank Hughes	1972-78	24
13.	Murray Hall	1972-76	21
	Peter Sullivan	1975-79	21
	Mike Antonovich	1972-79	21
16.	Mike Walton	1973-76	20
	Blair MacDonald	1973-79	20
	Larry Lund	1972-78	20
19.	Ted Taylor	1972-78	18
	Terry Ruskowski	1974-79	18
	Norm Beaudin	1972-76	18
22.	Paulin Bordeleau	1976-79	17
23.	Rich Preston	1974-79	16
	Gord Labossiere	1972-76	16
	Tim Sheehy	1972-78	16
	Christian Bordeleau	1972-79	16
	Wayne Connelly	1972-77	16
28.	Morris Lukowich	1976-79	15
	Andre Hinse	1973-77	15
	Ron Chipperfield	1974-79	15
31.	John French	1972-78	14
	Andre Lacroix	1972-79	14
	George Morrison	1972-77	14
	John McKenzie	1972-79	14
	Dick Sentes	1972-77	14
	Ulf Nilsson	1974-78	14
	Gavin Kirk	1972-79	14
38.	Mike Rogers	1974-79	13
	Rosaire Paiement	1972-78	13
	Lyle Moffat	1975-79	13
	Dave Keon*	1975-79	13
42.	Rejean Houle	1973-76	12
	Don Larway	1974-79	12
	Gene Peacosh	1972-77	12
	Ray Adduono	1973-78	12
46.	Dennis Sobchuk	1974-79	11
	John Tonelli	1975-78	11
48.	Ralph Backstrom	1973-77	10
	Norm Ferguson	1972-78	10
	Wayne Gretzky*	1978-79	10
	Mike Byers	1972-76	10
	Rene Leclerc	1972-79	10
	Michel Parizeau	1972-79	10

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