[05-JAN-2015] Goal Scoring Records... Ovi and the Great Climb

Alex Ovechkin is now ranked 44th all time among NHL goal scorers, with 496 goals... Of active players, only Jagr and Iginla have more goals than Ovi does.

01 - Wayne Gretzky - 894
02 - Gordie Howe - 801
03 - Brett Hull - 741
04 - Jaromir Jagr - 735
05 - Marcel Dionne - 731
06 - Phil Esposito - 717
07 - Mike Gartner - 708
08 - Mark Messier - 694
09 - Steve Yzerman - 692
10 - Mario Lemieux - 690
11 - Teemu Selanne - 684
12 - Luc Robataille - 668
13 - Brendan Shanahan - 656
14 - Dave Andreychuk - 640
15 - Joe Sakic - 625
16 - Bobby Hull - 610
17 - Dino Ciccarelli - 608
18 - Jari Kurri - 601
19 - Jarome Iginla - 600
20 - Mark Recchi - 577
21 - Mike Bossy - 573
22 - Mats Sundin - 564
23 - Joe Nieuwendyk - 564
24 - Mike Modano - 561
25 - Guy Lafleur - 560
26 - John Bucyk - 556
27 - Ron Francis - 549
28 - Michel Goulet - 548
29 - Maurice "Rocket" Richard - 544
30 - Stan Mikita - 541
31 - Keith Tkachuk - 538
32 - Francis Mahovlich - 533
---If Ovi scores 55 goals this season, he will be here with 530--
33 - Brian Trottier - 524
34 - Pat Verbeek - 522
35 - Dale Hawerchuk - 518
36 - Pierre Turgeon - 515
37 - Jeremy Roenick - 513
38 - Gilbert Perreault - 512
39 - Jean Beliveau - 507
40 - Peter Bondra - 503
41 - Joe Mullen - 502
42 - Lanny McDonald - 500
43 - Glenn Anderson - 498
44 - Alex Ovechkin - 496 (21G in 37 games played this season)

For power play goals, Ovi currently ranks 23rd (with 183 PPG career). Among active players, only Jagr (13th, with 207 PPG career) has more than Ovi does (Iginla has 182 PPG career). Dave Andreychuk, with 274 PPG, holds the record. We'll see how far Ovi climbs up this ladder this year, too.