List of NHL players with 500 goals

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The list of NHL players with 500 goals chronologically lists all players in the National Hockey League who have scored at least 500 goals in the regular season over the course of their careers . Achieving this career milestone is one of the most significant milestones in the NHL for players, alongside reaching the 1000 point mark , 800 assists mark and 300 victories mark for goalkeepers. In the further part, the players who are about to be reached are listed.

Since the league was founded in 1917 , 45 players have reached the 500 goal mark. Players highlighted in yellow were active in the NHL during the 2019/20 season . The statistics of the currently active players are current at the end of the regular 2019/20 season.

Legend

Maurice Richard was the first player to ever reach the 500-goal mark
  • Pos: Indicates the order of the players. This is determined by the date on which the milestone was reached. If the date is the same, the number of previous games is compared.
  • Name: gives the name of the player.
  • Country: Shows the flag of the country of which the player was a national.
  • Career game: The number of games the player needed to score 500 goals.
  • Team: Calls the name of the team the player was playing for when he scored his 500th goal.
  • Date: The date on which the player scored his 500th goal.
  • Sp: States the number of games the player played in his entire NHL career.
  • T: The number of goals the player has scored in his entire NHL career.

500 goal player

So far, a total of 45 players have reached or exceeded the 500 goal mark. The Canadian Maurice Richard was the first to do so on October 19, 1957. Four and a half years later, Richard's compatriot Gordie Howe became the second player to score his 500th goal. In the following years, more and more players came to their 500th goal, as the players played more games with the expansion of the National Hockey League . Wayne Gretzky hit the mark in a record time of 575 games, closely followed by Mario Lemieux , who needed 30 more games.

Of the 45 players who have reached the milestone so far, 34 are Canadian citizens. The original Six - franchises of Chicago Blackhawks and Detroit Red Wings set with five players who have reached the milestone in the jersey of the respective teams, most players.

Item Surname country Career game team date Sp T
1 Maurice Richard CanadaCanada 863 Montréal Canadiens Oct 19, 1957 978 544
2 Gordie Howe CanadaCanada 1045 Detroit Red Wings 14 Mar 1962 1767 801
3 Bobby Hull CanadaCanada 861 Chicago Black Hawks Feb 21, 1970 1063 610
4th Jean Béliveau CanadaCanada 1101 Montréal Canadiens Feb 11, 1971 1125 507
5 Frank Mahovlich CanadaCanada 1105 Montréal Canadiens 21 Mar 1973 1182 533
6th Phil Esposito CanadaCanada 803 Boston Bruins Dec 22, 1974 1282 717
7th Johnny Bucyk CanadaCanada 1370 Boston Bruins Oct. 30, 1975 1540 556
8th Stan Mikita CanadaCanada 1221 Chicago Black Hawks Feb. 27, 1977 1394 541
9 Marcel Dionne CanadaCanada 887 Los Angeles Kings Dec 14, 1982 1348 731
10 Guy Lafleur CanadaCanada 918 Montréal Canadiens Dec 20, 1983 1126 560
11 Mike Bossy CanadaCanada 647 New York Islanders 0Jan. 2, 1986 752 573
12 Gilbert Perreault CanadaCanada 1159 Buffalo Sabers 09 Mar 1986 1191 512
13 Wayne Gretzky CanadaCanada 575 Edmonton Oilers Nov 22, 1986 1487 894
14th Lanny McDonald CanadaCanada 1107 Calgary Flames 21 Mar 1989 1111 500
15th Bryan Trottier CanadaCanada 1104 New York Islanders Feb 13, 1990 1279 524
16 Mike Gartner CanadaCanada 936 New York Rangers Oct 14, 1991 1432 708
17th Michel Goulet CanadaCanada 951 Chicago Blackhawks Feb 16, 1992 1089 548
18th Jari Kurri FinlandFinland 833 Los Angeles Kings Oct 17, 1992 1251 601
19th Dino Ciccarelli CanadaCanada 946 Detroit Red Wings 0Jan. 8, 1994 1232 608
20th Mario Lemieux CanadaCanada 605 Pittsburgh Penguins Oct 26, 1995 915 690
21st Mark Messier CanadaCanada 1141 New York Rangers 0Nov 6, 1995 1756 694
22nd Steve Yzerman CanadaCanada 906 Detroit Red Wings Jan. 17, 1996 1514 692
23 Dale Hawerchuk CanadaCanada 1103 St. Louis Blues Jan. 31, 1996 1188 518
24 Brett Hull CanadaCanada 693 St. Louis Blues Dec 22, 1996 1269 741
25th Joe Mullen United StatesUnited States 1052 Pittsburgh Penguins 14 Mar 1997 1062 502
26th Dave Andreychuk CanadaCanada 1070 New Jersey Devils 15th Mar 1997 1639 640
27 Luc Robitaille CanadaCanada 928 Los Angeles Kings 0Jan. 7, 1999 1431 668
28 Pat Verbeek CanadaCanada 1285 Detroit Red Wings 22 Mar 2000 1424 522
29 Ron Francis CanadaCanada 1533 Carolina Hurricanes 0Jan. 2, 2002 1731 549
30th Brendan Shanahan CanadaCanada 1100 Detroit Red Wings 23 Mar 2002 1524 656
31 Joe Sakic CanadaCanada 1044 Colorado Avalanche Dec 11, 2002 1378 625
32 Joe Nieuwendyk CanadaCanada 1094 New Jersey Devils Jan. 17, 2003 1242 559
33 Jaromír Jágr Czech RepublicCzech Republic 928 Washington Capitals 0Feb. 4, 2003 1733 766
34 Pierre Turgeon CanadaCanada 1229 Colorado Avalanche 0Nov 8, 2005 1294 515
35 Mats Sundin SwedenSweden 1162 Toronto Maple Leafs Oct 14, 2006 1346 564
36 Teemu Selänne FinlandFinland 982 Anaheim Ducks Nov 22, 2006 1451 684
37 Peter Bondra SlovakiaSlovakia 1050 Chicago Blackhawks Dec 22, 2006 1081 503
38 Mark Recchi CanadaCanada 1303 Pittsburgh Penguins Jan. 26, 2007 1652 577
39 Mike Modano United StatesUnited States 1225 Dallas Stars 13 Mar 2007 1499 561
40 Jeremy Roenick United StatesUnited States 1267 San Jose Sharks Nov 10, 2007 1363 513
41 Keith Tkachuk United StatesUnited States 1055 St. Louis Blues 0Apr 6, 2008 1201 538
42 Jarome Iginla CanadaCanada 1149 Calgary Flames 0Jan. 7, 2012 1554 625
43 Alexander Ovechkin RussiaRussia 801 Washington Capitals Jan. 10, 2016 1152 706
44 Marián Hossa SlovakiaSlovakia 1240 Chicago Blackhawks Oct 18, 2016 1309 525
45 Patrick Marleau CanadaCanada 1463 San Jose Sharks 0Feb. 2, 2017 1723 562

Players who are about to reach the milestone

The following active players are less than 50 goals away from reaching the milestone.

Surname country Sp T
Sidney Crosby CanadaCanada 984 462

See also

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