{"id":460929,"date":"2026-02-05T22:04:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T22:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/460929\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T22:04:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T22:04:10","slug":"which-player-has-the-most-career-points-in-nhl-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/460929\/","title":{"rendered":"Which player has the most career points in NHL history?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wayne Gretzky<\/a> owns a laundry list of NHL records, including the mark for the most career points. A player earns a point by either scoring a goal or getting an assist, which is credited to up to two players who pass the puck toward a teammate who scores. Gretzky’s 894 career goals plus his 1,963 career assists give him a grand total of 2,857 points over his illustrious 20-year career. That’s nearly 1,000 more than any other player.<\/p>\n

Washington Capitals<\/a> left wing Alex Ovechkin<\/a> has been making his way up the career points list during the 2025-26 season. After a Nov. 20 victory<\/a> versus the Montreal Canadiens<\/a>, Ovechkin notched 1,643 career points<\/a>. In the same game, he also had his 33rd career hat trick, tying Brett Hull<\/a> for fourth most in NHL history.<\/p>\n

Take a look at the players with the most career points in NHL history below:<\/p>\n

Editor’s Picks<\/p>\n

2 Related<\/p>\n

Wayne Gretzky, 2,857 (894 goals + 1,963 assists)<\/p>\n

Jaromir Jagr, 1,921 (766 goals + 1,155 assists)<\/p>\n

Mark Messier, 1,887 (694 goals + 1,193 assists)<\/p>\n

Gordie Howe, 1,850 (801 goals + 1,049 assists)<\/p>\n

Ron Francis, 1,798 (549 goals + 1,249 assists)<\/p>\n

Marcel Dionne, 1,771 (731 goals + 1,040 assists)<\/p>\n

Steve Yzerman, 1,755 (692 goals + 1,063 assists)<\/p>\n

Sidney Crosby<\/a>, 1,742 (651 goals + 1,091 assists)<\/p>\n

Mario Lemieux, 1,723 (690 goals + 1,033 assists)<\/p>\n

Alex Ovechkin<\/a>, 1,665 (917 goals + 748 assists) <\/p>\n

Joe Sakic, 1,641 (625 goals + 1,016 assists)<\/p>\n

Phil Esposito, 1,590 (717 goals + 873 assists)<\/p>\n

Ray Bourque, 1,579 (410 goals + 1,169 assists)<\/p>\n

Joe Thornton, 1,539 (430 goals + 1,109 assists)<\/p>\n

Mark Recchi, 1,533 (577 goals + 956 assists)<\/p>\n

Check out the ESPN NHL hub page<\/a> for the scores<\/a>, standings<\/a>, stats<\/a>, schedules<\/a> and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wayne Gretzky owns a laundry list of NHL records, including the mark for the most career points. A…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":460930,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,575,85],"class_list":["post-460929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=460929"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460929\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/460930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=460929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=460929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=460929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}