oldest player to score 40 goals in a season

Gordie Howe is the oldest with 40+ goals in a season. He was 40 years old in 1968-69.

Interpreted as:

oldest player to score 40 or more goals in a season

	NAME	AGE	G	SEASON	TM	GP	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Gordie Howe G. Howe	40	44	1968-69	DET	76	59	103	+45	58	9	16	0	0	6		284	15.5
2	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	37	42	2022-23	WSH	73	33	75	-16	48	14	11	0	0	3	1	294	14.3	4	9	44.4	188	23	31	52	20:12
3	Brendan Shanahan B. Shanahan	37	40	2005-06	DET	82	41	81	+29	105	14	14	0	0	6	0	289	13.8	13	26	50.0	74	28	33	57	16:35
4	Johnny Bucyk J. Bucyk	37	40	1972-73	BOS	78	53	93	+17	12	10	25	0	0	10		168	23.8
5	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	36	42	2023-24	PIT	82	52	94	+7	40	10	13	0	0	3	0	278	15.1	1,090	1,872	58.2	101	37	73	57	20:05
6	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	36	50	2021-22	WSH	77	40	90	+8	18	16	13	1	0	5	0	334	15.0	4	13	30.8	155	25	32	50	20:34
7	Teemu Selanne T. Selanne	36	48	2006-07	ANA	82	46	94	+26	82	25	23	0	0	10	2	257	18.7	178	351	50.7	10	9	37	85	17:42
8	Phil Esposito P. Esposito	36	42	1978-79	NYR	80	36	78	-1	37	14	12	0	0	7		215	19.5
9	Daniel Alfredsson D. Alfredsson	35	40	2007-08	OTT	70	49	89	+15	34	9	16	7	2	5	1	217	18.4	21	39	53.8	55	30	72	60	22:17
10	Teemu Selanne T. Selanne	35	40	2005-06	ANA	80	50	90	+28	44	18	22	0	0	5	0	267	15.0	87	209	41.6	14	9	46	54	17:48
11	Mark Messier M. Messier	35	47	1995-96	NYR	74	52	99	+29	122	14	23	1	3	5	1	241	19.5
12	Johnny Bucyk J. Bucyk	35	51	1970-71	BOS	78	65	116	+37	8	22	26	0	0	5		225	22.7
13	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	34	48	2019-20	WSH	68	19	67	-12	30	13	5	0	0	3	1	311	15.4	1	1	100.0	184	30	28	48	20:40
14	Joe Mullen J. Mullen	34	42	1991-92	PIT	77	45	87	+12	30	14	12	0	0	4	0	226	18.6
15	Frank Mahovlich F. Mahovlich	34	43	1971-72	MTL	76	53	96	+42	36	14	17	4	2	4		261	16.5
16	Jonathan Marchessault J. Marchessault	33	42	2023-24	VGK	82	27	69	-2	40	8	9	0	0	5	2	266	15.8	6	24	25.0	106	23	47	37	17:54
17	Steven Stamkos S. Stamkos	33	40	2023-24	TBL	79	41	81	-21	34	19	20	0	0	6	0	262	15.3	357	637	56.0	77	43	23	52	18:14
18	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	33	51	2018-19	WSH	81	38	89	+7	40	18	10	0	0	5	0	338	15.1	1	5	20.0	223	41	47	70	20:55
19	Eric Staal E. Staal	33	42	2017-18	MIN	82	34	76	+8	42	11	6	2	1	4	0	241	17.4	571	1,115	51.2	42	49	48	26	17:49
20	Jarome Iginla J. Iginla	33	43	2010-11	CGY	82	43	86	0	40	14	16	0	0	6	1	289	14.9	227	420	54.0	103	28	40	70	20:56
21	Jason Blake J. Blake	33	40	2006-07	NYI	82	29	69	+1	34	14	8	0	0	7	0	305	13.1	67	117	57.3	61	21	69	59	18:09
22	Daniel Alfredsson D. Alfredsson	33	43	2005-06	OTT	77	60	103	+29	50	16	32	5	1	8	0	249	17.3	9	44	20.5	43	31	75	79	21:41
23	Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	33	54	2005-06	NYR	82	69	123	+34	72	24	28	0	0	9	2	368	14.7	1	6	16.7	23	13	45	111	22:05
24	Scott Young S. Young	33	40	2000-01	STL	81	33	73	+15	30	14	16	3	1	7	1	321	12.5	1	4	25.0	67	29	31	56	19:18
25	Mike Gartner M. Gartner	33	45	1992-93	NYR	84	23	68	-4	59	13	8	0	0	3	0	323	13.9