List of NHL players with 500 goals

Season achievements

The saw the largest number of players (five) achieve their 500th goal (Teemu Selänne, Mike Modano, Mark Recchi, Mats Sundin, and Peter Bondra). A total of four players scored their 500th goal in (Mario Lemieux, Steve Yzerman, Mark Messier, and Dale Hawerchuk)

The longest stretch between 500 goal scorers was the eight seasons between Gordie Howe (second to achieve the mark), in , and Bobby Hull, in .

Player achievements

The 50 players to score 500 goals consist of 36 Canadian-born Canadians, five US-born Americans (Joe Mullen, Mike Modano, Jeremy Roenick, Keith Tkachuk, and Patrick Kane); three Slovaks (Stan Mikita, Peter Bondra, and Marian Hossa), two Finns (Jari Kurri and Teemu Selänne), two Russians (Evgeni Malkin and Alexander Ovechkin), one Czech (Jaromir Jagr) and one Swede (Mats Sundin). Stan Mikita was the first player not born in Canada to score 500 goals (he was born in the Slovak Republic, but represented Canada internationally); Jari Kurri was the first 500-goal scorer who never played for the Canadian national team.

The fewest NHL games required to reach the mark is 575, set by Wayne Gretzky. Second-quickest is Mario Lemieux, who achieved the mark in his 605th game. With Mike Bossy (647) and Brett Hull (693) following, only these four players needed fewer than 800 games to score their first 500 goals.

Of the 48 players to score at least 500 goals in their career, 19 reached the mark in fewer than 1000 career games played.

Of those on the list, Lanny McDonald came closest to not achieving 500 goals; he reached the mark with only four games left in his final NHL season. Similarly, Joe Mullen scored his 500th goal with only ten games left in his final season. Glenn Anderson is the closest player to never reach the mark, retiring in 1996 with 498 career NHL goals.

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

Maurice Richard and Peter Bondra are the only players with over 500 goals but fewer than 1,000 points.

Patrick Roy is the only goaltender 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 playing the third-most games ever 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 franchises have had a player score their 500th goal while playing for the franchise. The Detroit Red Wings, Chicago Blackhawks, and Pittsburgh Penguins have had five players score their 500th goal while playing for the team.

No team has had 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 club after Brendan Shanahan scored his 500th.

500-goal scorers

The list as of the 2024–25 NHL season, is: ;Legend: :Rank – Ranking on all-time goals list :Goals – Career regular season goals :GP – Career regular season games played :G/GP – Mean goals per game played, rounded to two decimal places :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 :HHOF – Year of induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame or eligibility : :

500th goal scored during the 2025–26 NHL season

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