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NHL Hockey Players with the Most Points

Can you name the top 20 NHL players with the most all-time career points?
Team = team with whom they scored the most points
Active players in gold
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First submittedJanuary 27, 2013
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Points
Team
Player
2857
Oilers
Wayne Gretzky
1921
Penguins
Jaromir Jagr
1887
Oilers
Mark Messier
1850
Red Wings
Gordie Howe
1798
Whalers
Ron Francis
1771
Kings
Marcel Dionne
1755
Red Wings
Steve Yzerman
1723
Penguins
Mario Lemieux
1641
Avalanche
Joe Sakic
1590
Bruins
Phil Esposito
Points
Team
Player
1579
Bruins
Ray Bourque
1539
Sharks
Joe Thornton
1533
Flyers
Mark Recchi
1531
Oilers
Paul Coffey
1502
Penguins
Sidney Crosby
1485
Capitals
Alexander Ovechkin
1467
Black Hawks
Stan Mikita
1457
Ducks
Teemu Selanne
1425
Islanders
Bryan Trottier
1420
Bruins
Adam Oates
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Level 90
Jun 7, 2019
For those wondering about the logo at the top, there are, in addition to the 2 players listed, 4 additional players on the list that spent a significant portion of their careers playing for the Penguins (including 7 Stanley Cups between them).
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Level 69
Jun 9, 2019
You know that something is off about the eras when most of the players on the list played during the same 20 year stretch of the 80's and 90's. Not trying to take credit away, just pointing it out. Expected to see a lot more older players.
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Level 72
Oct 22, 2019
Seasons didn't have as many games back then. Plus, they had shorter careers. That might explain part of it. Also, players became better trained and more serious about their training and nutrition and stuff. In the 60s-70s, it wasn't unusual for them to smoke a few cigarettes in between periods.
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Level 70
Oct 22, 2019
Didn't expect to do well, but thought I would get at least five (the only five NHL players I could name), but the Hulls and Bobby Orr surprised me by not being on there.
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Level 72
Oct 22, 2019
So crazy that Gretzky has almost 1000 points more than Jagr in second place
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Level 67
Oct 22, 2019
Gretzky's stats are jaw-dropping. He is the all-time goals leader, yet if you wiped away every goal he ever scored, he'd *still* be the all-time points leader based on assists alone. That's just one of about a dozen "there's no way this is possible" achievements to which he has claim.
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Level ∞
Oct 22, 2019
Gretzky is the GOAT, but these statistics reflect the high-scoring era that he played in. Adjusted for the era he played in, his lead is much smaller:

https://www.hockey-reference.com/leaders/points_adjusted_career.html

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Level 84
May 23, 2022
That's fair, but LOTS of guys played in the same era as him, and yet, no one came close to doing what he did.
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Level 75
Oct 22, 2019
Am I blue? Yes, I'm blue...no Blues players on the list. I'll cry the Stanley Cup full of tears.
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Level 54
May 16, 2023
Adam Oates should be on there as a Blue
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Level 75
Oct 22, 2019
The Duck!
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Level 67
Oct 22, 2019
Some surprising inclusions and omissions. I missed Gilmour, Recchi, and Hawerchuck (you could have given me a week and I never would have guessed him), all of whom were stellar for a very long time but mostly not elite. Surprised at the absences of Bobby Orr, the Hulls, Mike Modano, Luc Robitaille, Guy Lafleur (or any of the great Canadiens), and Mike Bossy (who I think is the all-time leader in goals per game played). Also can't believe that Chris Chelios didn't make it, despite playing until age 75. It looks like the ones who crack the list are the guys who pass as much as they score. Bad news for Ovi.
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Level 53
Dec 26, 2019
I think you mean 45 haha
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Level 45
Jun 10, 2020
Thanks to the one guy who missed Gretzky on purpose so he'd have 99% guessed rate. Really took one for the team :)
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Level 81
Jul 12, 2020
Yes, the 99% struck me today, too. Well done, jetpunkers!
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Level 7
Nov 4, 2020
poor gretzky
+1
Level 61
Oct 5, 2021
Recchi and Oates are tough, just because they both played for so many teams that I don't really associate them with any particular team.
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Level 78
May 24, 2022
Blackhawks is not 2 words
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Level 53
Jul 19, 2022
it was when Mikita played
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Level 84
Apr 22, 2023
Yep. I believe they smushed the nickname into one word in the mid-80s. Mikita was long gone by then.
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Level 46
Nov 8, 2022
List keeps changing, Crosby and Ovechkin moving up!
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Level 75
Nov 29, 2022
I had no idea Jumbo Joe was up above Ovi in points. You sure wouldn't know it from almost any NHL media.
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Level 77
Apr 21, 2023
Sure is weird seeing Thornton no longer in yellow. That guy seemed like he would play forever.
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Level 72
Apr 21, 2023
20/20 in 2:31, thanks for the quiz!