Wayne Gretzky has put up the most goals in a decade, with 637 scored in the 1980s.

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most NHL goals by a player by decade

	NAME	G	DECADE	GP	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	637	1980s	774	1,200	1,837	+568	349	136	356	60	63	66	1	3,095	20.6
2	Phil Esposito P. Esposito	518	1970s	778	590	1,108	+146	582	198	222	18	10	83		3,625	14.3
3	Brett Hull B. Hull	512	1990s	713	384	896	+16	279	192	154	18	7	75	5	3,196	16.0
4	Mike Bossy M. Bossy	451	1980s	599	458	909	+286	179	128	160	8	1	67	4	2,195	20.5
5	Jari Kurri J. Kurri	441	1980s	676	509	950	+355	300	97	127	29	27	58	6	1,961	22.5
6	Bobby Hull B. Hull	441	1960s	679	359	800	+151	458	118	105	13	7	64		3,536	12.5
7	Michel Goulet M. Goulet	440	1980s	756	461	901	+73	571	139	143	15	7	47	1	2,403	18.3
8	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	439	2010s	760	352	791	+75	473	169	123	0	1	73	15	3,443	12.8	30	78	38.5	2,027	282	380	554	20:24
9	Marcel Dionne M. Dionne	404	1980s	729	576	980	+47	424	150	225	7	6	41	2	2,794	14.5
10	Mike Gartner M. Gartner	404	1980s	771	399	803	+64	772	101	126	12	3	54	4	2,874	14.1
11	Rick Vaive R. Vaive	386	1980s	715	298	684	-97	1,283	126	86	11	3	45	3	2,228	17.3
12	Gordie Howe G. Howe	383	1950s	688	418	801		724	95	159	7	4	68
13	Luc Robitaille L. Robitaille	373	1990s	734	410	783	+73	672	142	131	2	3	54	5	2,165	17.2
14	Steven Stamkos S. Stamkos	370	2010s	667	350	720	+43	438	136	125	5	2	54	8	2,141	17.3	4,146	8,419	49.2	728	293	326	402	19:59
15	Brendan Shanahan B. Shanahan	365	1990s	736	360	725	+66	1,503	124	140	15	7	58	2	2,558	14.3
16	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	363	1990s	743	555	918	+130	527	104	192	37	21	46	2	2,482	14.6
17	Theo Fleury T. Fleury	360	1990s	770	460	820	+151	1,311	103	166	28	13	52	5	2,647	13.6
18	Peter Stastny P. Stastny	356	1980s	675	630	986	+31	663	110	246	6	6	43	1	1,814	19.6
19	Brian Propp B. Propp	356	1980s	750	465	821	+296	633	98	156	20	24	55	0	2,537	14.0
20	Glenn Anderson G. Anderson	355	1980s	681	414	769	+210	605	101	105	12	6	60	3	2,089	17.0
21	Guy Lafleur G. Lafleur	355	1970s	603	461	816	+388	275	92	145	3	2	70		2,030	17.5
22	Dale Hawerchuk D. Hawerchuk	353	1980s	634	495	848	-82	408	114	193	11	9	27	4	2,283	15.5
23	Joe Sakic J. Sakic	352	1990s	722	565	917	-38	316	110	240	26	12	48	1	2,505	14.1
24	Pierre Turgeon P. Turgeon	349	1990s	721	518	867	+88	251	120	187	10	8	61	6	2,135	16.3
25	Jarome Iginla J. Iginla	347	2000s	708	371	718	+78	544	112	139	10	5	57	4	2,561	13.5	1,868	3,512	53.2	794	204	348	472	21:09