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For ice hockey players in the National Hockey League (NHL), scoring 500 regular season goals is considered a highly significant achievement.

As of the completion of the 2015–16 NHL season — the 98th regular season of play of the National Hockey League — a total of 43 players have scored at least 500 regular season goals in their NHL career.

A 500-goal career was first achieved in 1957–58, the 41st season of the NHL, when Maurice Richard scored his 500th goal in his 863rd game played. The most recent player to score 500 goals is Marian Hossa who achieved it on October 18, 2016.

Season achievements

The 2006–07 NHL season saw the largest number of players (five) achieve their 500th goal. A total of four players scored their 500th goal in the 1995–96 season.

Starting with Maurice Richard's achievement in the 1957–58 NHL season, the greatest stretch between 500 goal scorers was the eight seasons between Gordie Howe in the 1961–62 season and Bobby Hull in the 1969–70 season.

Player achievements

The 44 players to score 500 goals consist of 32 Canadians, five Americans (Brett Hull, Joe Mullen, Mike Modano, Jeremy Roenick, and Keith Tkachuk), two Finns (Jari Kurri and Teemu Selanne), two Slovaks (Peter Bondra and Marian Hossa), one Czech (Jaromir Jagr), one Swede (Mats Sundin), and one Russian (Alexander Ovechkin). Jari Kurri has the honour of being the first non-Canadian to score 500 goals. Of note, Stan Mikita was born in Sokolče, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia), and was the first not born in Canada; however he immigrated when he was young and represented Canada internationally.

The fewest number of NHL games required to reach the mark was 575, set by Wayne Gretzky. Second quickest was Mario Lemieux, achieving the mark in his 605th game.

Of the 44 players to score at least 500 goals in their career, 18 reached the mark in fewer than 1000 career games played.

Of those on the list, Lanny McDonald came closest to 'not' achieving 500 goals—reaching the mark with only four games remaining in his final NHL season. Similarly, Joe Mullen scored his 500th goal with only ten games remaining in his final season.

Four players have scored their 500th goal on an empty net: Wayne Gretzky, Mike Bossy, Jari Kurri and Keith Tkachuk.

Hockey Hall of Fame goaltender Patrick Roy is the only net minder to concede more than one opponent's 500th career goal: Steve Yzerman in 1996, Joe Mullen in 1997 and Brendan Shanahan in 2002. A contributing factor for this statistical coincidence is Roy's record for the second-most games played by a goaltender, at 1,029.

In 2006, on Hockey Night in Canada, Mats Sundin scored his 500th goal short handed, in overtime, to finish off a hat trick and to win the game for the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Team achievements

A total of 20 different franchises have had a player score their 500th goal while playing for the franchise. The Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Blackhawks have both had five different players score their 500th goal while playing for the team.

To date, no team has had the coincidence of multiple players reaching 500 goals on the same team in the same season. The 2001–02 Detroit Red Wings were the first team to have three 500+ goal scorers on the roster (Steve Yzerman, Brett Hull and Luc Robitaille), and would finish the season with four players in the exclusive club after Brendan Shanahan joined them at the 500-goal plateau. Yzerman, Hull, Robitaille and Shanahan are four of only thirteen players with 650 or more goals in NHL history.

500-goal scorers

Legend
Rank - Ranking on all-time goals list
Goals – Career regular season goals
With team – Team for which the player scored their 500th goal
Game no. – Number of career regular season games played when 500th goal was scored
GP – Career regular season games played
HHOF – Year of induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame or eligibility
  Active NHL player is highlighted
Rank Player Goals[1] Date of 500th goal[1] With team[1] Game no.[1] Opposing goaltender[1] GP[1] HHOF Ref.
1 Wayne Gretzky 894 November 22, 1986 Edmonton Oilers 575 (empty Canucks net) 1487 1999 [2]
2 Gordie Howe 801 March 14, 1962 Detroit Red Wings 1045 Gump Worsley 1767 1972 [3]
3 Jaromir Jagr 751 February 4, 2003 Washington Capitals 928 John Grahame 1649 Active [4]
4 Brett Hull 741 December 22, 1996 St. Louis Blues 693 Stephane Fiset 1269 2009 [5]
5 Marcel Dionne 731 December 14, 1982 Los Angeles Kings 887 Al Jensen 1348 1992 [6]
6 Phil Esposito 717 December 22, 1974 Boston Bruins 803 Jim Rutherford 1282 1984 [7]
7 Mike Gartner 708 October 14, 1991 New York Rangers 936 Mike Liut 1432 2001 [8]
8 Mark Messier 694 November 6, 1995 New York Rangers 1141 Rick Tabaracci 1756 2007 [9]
9 Steve Yzerman 692 January 17, 1996 Detroit Red Wings 906 Patrick Roy 1514 2009 [10]
10 Mario Lemieux 690 October 26, 1995 Pittsburgh Penguins 605 Tommy Soderstrom 915 1997 [11]
11 Teemu Selanne 684 November 22, 2006 Anaheim Ducks 982 Jose Theodore 1451 Eligible 2017 [12]
12 Luc Robitaille 668 January 7, 1999 Los Angeles Kings 928 Dwayne Roloson 1431 2009 [13]
13 Brendan Shanahan 656 March 23, 2002 Detroit Red Wings 1100 Patrick Roy 1524 2013 [14]
14 Dave Andreychuk 640 March 15, 1997 New Jersey Devils 1070 Bill Ranford 1639 Eligible [15]
15 Joe Sakic 625 December 11, 2002 Colorado Avalanche 1044 Dan Cloutier 1378 2012 [16]
16 Jarome Iginla 613 January 7, 2012 Calgary Flames 1149 Niklas Backstrom 1492 Active [17]
17 Bobby Hull 610 February 21, 1970 Chicago Blackhawks 861 Ed Giacomin 1063 1983 [18]
18 Dino Ciccarelli 608 January 8, 1994 Detroit Red Wings 946 Kelly Hrudey 1232 2010 [19]
19 Jari Kurri 601 October 17, 1992 Los Angeles Kings 833 (empty Bruins net) 1251 2001 [20]
20 Mark Recchi 577 January 26, 2007 Pittsburgh Penguins 1303 Marty Turco 1652 Eligible [21]
21 Mike Bossy 573 January 2, 1986 New York Islanders 647 (empty Bruins net) 752 1991 [22]
22 Mats Sundin 564 October 14, 2006 Toronto Maple Leafs 1162 Miikka Kiprusoff 1346 2012 [23]
23 Joe Nieuwendyk 564 January 17, 2003 New Jersey Devils 1094 Kevin Weekes 1257 2011 [24]
24 Mike Modano 561 March 13, 2007 Dallas Stars 1225 Antero Niittymaki 1499 2014 [25]
25 Guy Lafleur 560 December 20, 1983 Montreal Canadiens 918 Glenn Resch 1126 1988 [26]
26 Johnny Bucyk 556 October 30, 1975 Boston Bruins 1370 Yves Belanger 1540 1981 [27]
27 Ron Francis 549 January 2, 2002 Carolina Hurricanes 1533 Byron Dafoe 1731 2007 [28]
28 Michel Goulet 548 February 16, 1992 Chicago Blackhawks 951 Jeff Reese 1089 1998 [29]
29 Maurice Richard 544 October 19, 1957 Montreal Canadiens 863 Glenn Hall 978 1961 [30]
30 Stan Mikita 541 February 27, 1977 Chicago Blackhawks 1221 Cesare Maniago 1394 1983 [31]
31 Keith Tkachuk 538 April 6, 2008 St. Louis Blues 1055 (empty Blue Jackets net) 1201 Eligible [32]
32 Alexander Ovechkin 537 January 10, 2016 Washington Capitals 801 Andrew Hammond 858 Active [33][34]
33 Frank Mahovlich 533 March 21, 1973 Montreal Canadiens 1105 Dunc Wilson 1181 1981 [35]
34 Bryan Trottier 524 February 13, 1990 New York Islanders 1104 Rick Wamsley 1279 1997 [36]
35 Pat Verbeek 522 March 22, 2000 Detroit Red Wings 1285 Fred Brathwaite 1424 Eligible [37]
36 Dale Hawerchuk 518 January 31, 1996 St. Louis Blues 1103 Felix Potvin 1188 2001 [38]
37 Pierre Turgeon 515 November 8, 2005 Colorado Avalanche 1229 Vesa Toskala 1294 Eligible [39]
38 Jeremy Roenick 513 November 10, 2007 San Jose Sharks 1267 Alex Auld 1363 Eligible [40]
39 Gilbert Perreault 512 March 9, 1986 Buffalo Sabres 1159 Alain Chevrier 1191 1990 [41]
40 Marian Hossa 511 October 18, 2016 Chicago Blackhawks 1240 Michal Neuvirth 1255 Active [42]
41 Jean Beliveau 507 February 11, 1971 Montreal Canadiens 1101 Gilles Gilbert 1125 1972 [43]
42 Peter Bondra 503 December 22, 2006 Chicago Blackhawks 1050 Jean-Sebastien Aubin 1081 Eligible [44]
43 Joe Mullen 502 March 14, 1997 Pittsburgh Penguins 1052 Patrick Roy 1062 2000 [45]
44 Lanny McDonald 500 March 21, 1989 Calgary Flames 1107 Mark Fitzpatrick 1111 1992 [46]

References

Footnotes
  1. ^ a b c d e f Diamond 2014, p. 204
  2. ^ Cameron 2013, p. 72
  3. ^ Cameron 2013, p. 140
  4. ^ "Jaromir Jagr stats". National Hockey League. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
  5. ^ Cameron 2013, p. 144
  6. ^ Cameron 2013, p. 64
  7. ^ Cameron 2013, p. 66
  8. ^ Cameron 2013, p. 134
  9. ^ Cameron 2013, p. 90
  10. ^ Cameron 2013, p. 116
  11. ^ Cameron 2013, p. 85
  12. ^ "Teemu Selanne biography". Hockey Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2014-12-03.
  13. ^ Cameron 2013, p. 44
  14. ^ Cameron 2013, p. 47
  15. ^ "Dave Andreychuk biography". Hockey Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2014-12-03.
  16. ^ Cameron 2013, p. 102
  17. ^ "Jarome Iginla stats". National Hockey League. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
  18. ^ Cameron 2013, p. 28
  19. ^ Cameron 2013, p. 130
  20. ^ Cameron 2013, p. 146
  21. ^ "Mark Recchi biography". Hockey Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2014-12-03.
  22. ^ Cameron 2013, p. 126
  23. ^ Cameron 2013, p. 111
  24. ^ Cameron 2013, p. 94
  25. ^ "Induction showcase – Mike Modano". Hockey Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2014-12-03.
  26. ^ Cameron 2013, p. 148
  27. ^ Cameron 2013, p. 16
  28. ^ Cameron 2013, p. 69
  29. ^ Cameron 2013, p. 26
  30. ^ Cameron 2013, p. 156
  31. ^ Cameron 2013, p. 91
  32. ^ "Keith Tkachuk biography". Hockey Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2014-12-03.
  33. ^ "Capitals' Ovechkin scores 500th NHL goal". NHL.com. National Hockey League. January 10, 2016. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
  34. ^ "Alex Ovechkin stats". National Hockey League. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
  35. ^ Cameron 2013, p. 38
  36. ^ Cameron 2013, p. 112
  37. ^ "Pat Verbeek biography". Hockey Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2014-12-03.
  38. ^ Cameron 2013, p. 76
  39. ^ "Pierre Turgeon biography". Hockey Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2014-12-03.
  40. ^ "Jeremy Roenick biography". Hockey Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2014-12-03.
  41. ^ Cameron 2013, p. 97
  42. ^ Cameron 2013, p. 150
  43. ^ Cameron 2013, p. 58
  44. ^ "Peter Bondra biography". Hockey Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2014-12-03.
  45. ^ Cameron 2013, p. 152
  46. ^ Cameron 2013, p. 150
General
  • Cameron, Steve, ed. (2013), Hockey Hall of Fame Book of Players, Richmond Hill, Ontario: Firefly Books, ISBN 978-1-77085-224-2
  • Diamond, Dan, ed. (2014). National Hockey League Guide and Record Book 2015. Triumph Books. p. 204. ISBN 978-1-62937-011-8.
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