Alex Ovechkin has taken the most career shots, with 6,734 taken.

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NHL most shots on goal by a player career

	NAME	S	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	6,734	1,456	874	709	1,583	+60	827	317	273	5	1	134	27	13.0	64	188	34.0	3,688	556	781	1,161	20:41
2	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	6,209	1,612	410	1,169	1,579	+527	1,141	173	588	16	28	60	5	6.6	0	1	0.0	277	203	143	135	26:38
3	Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	5,637	1,733	766	1,155	1,921	+322	1,167	217	393	11	4	135	19	13.6	9	42	21.4	281	194	495	1,087	19:53
4	Marcel Dionne M. Dionne	5,363	1,348	731	1,040	1,771	+27	600	234	409	19	11	73	2	13.6
5	Phil Esposito P. Esposito	5,166	1,282	717	873	1,590	+252	910	246	303	23	12	118		13.9
6	Al MacInnis A. MacInnis	5,157	1,416	340	934	1,274	+371	1,511	166	556	10	23	44	3	6.6	2	2	100.0	152	266	129	247	26:38
7	Mike Gartner M. Gartner	5,090	1,432	708	627	1,335	+68	1,159	217	196	24	5	90	7	13.9
8	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	5,088	1,487	894	1,963	2,857	+520	577	204	686	73	76	91	2	17.6
9	Brendan Shanahan B. Shanahan	5,086	1,524	656	698	1,354	+151	2,489	237	270	23	14	109	12	12.9	293	611	48.0	538	289	260	445	18:13
10	Brett Hull B. Hull	4,876	1,269	741	650	1,391	+23	458	265	271	20	8	110	12	15.2	18	50	36.0	119	90	191	358	18:01
11	Jarome Iginla J. Iginla	4,759	1,554	625	675	1,300	+30	1,040	197	231	13	9	101	7	13.1	2,726	5,238	52.0	1,599	464	610	778	19:56
12	Joe Sakic J. Sakic	4,621	1,378	625	1,016	1,641	+30	614	205	426	32	17	86	7	13.5	6,687	12,735	52.5	227	268	419	405	21:09
13	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	4,602	1,514	692	1,063	1,755	+184	924	202	393	50	33	94	9	15.0	3,405	5,929	57.4	171	210	189	251	18:38
14	Bobby Hull B. Hull	4,577	923	579	494	1,073	+249	522	149	156	18	10	92		12.7
15	Dave Andreychuk D. Andreychuk	4,556	1,639	640	698	1,338	+32	1,121	274	293	10	3	77	7	14.0	2,834	5,107	55.5	187	276	293	168	15:59
16	Teemu Selanne T. Selanne	4,540	1,451	684	773	1,457	+95	660	255	333	7	2	110	9	15.1	935	1,994	46.9	243	158	461	783	17:56
17	Stan Mikita S. Mikita	4,482	1,393	541	925	1,466	+329	1,260	150	312	12	6	84		12.1
18	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	4,389	1,409	396	1,135	1,531	+298	1,802	135	529	20	31	43	1	9.0	0	0		33	89	23	97	21:50
19	Patrick Marleau P. Marleau	4,333	1,779	566	631	1,197	-27	527	172	243	17	4	109	11	13.1	5,971	12,423	48.1	1,513	465	757	1,113	18:09
20	Mike Modano M. Modano	4,273	1,499	561	813	1,374	+114	926	157	336	29	18	92	9	13.1	7,431	14,376	51.7	203	290	691	973	19:41
21	Marian Hossa M. Hossa	4,229	1,309	525	609	1,134	+245	628	143	231	34	12	85	15	12.4	64	187	34.2	1,062	395	1,008	668	18:55
22	Mark Messier M. Messier	4,221	1,756	694	1,193	1,887	+211	1,912	179	402	63	81	92	8	16.4	3,780	6,871	55.0	195	138	161	310	18:47
23	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	4,212	1,320	604	1,041	1,645	+198	842	178	399	4	7	93	23	14.3	15,267	28,964	52.7	1,156	648	760	1,064	20:40
24	Patrick Kane P. Kane	4,148	1,271	482	832	1,314	+6	450	132	300	0	1	80	13	11.6	324	837	38.7	325	283	715	684	20:05
25	Eric Staal E. Staal	4,041	1,365	455	608	1,063	-82	854	133	184	21	8	72	5	11.3	10,063	20,894	48.2	940	558	885	703	19:07