which player has the most game winning goals in nhl history

Alex Ovechkin has made the most career game-winning goals, with 136 game-winners.

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Which player has the most regular-season game winning goals in NHL history?

	NAME	GWG	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	136	1,487	895	724	1,619	+62	831	325	276	5	1	27	6,852	13.1	64	189	33.9	3,734	561	784	1,188	20:38
2	Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	135	1,733	766	1,155	1,921	+322	1,167	217	393	11	4	19	5,637	13.6	9	42	21.4	281	194	495	1,087	19:53
3	Gordie Howe G. Howe	121	1,767	801	1,049	1,850	+160	1,685	211	353	24	12		3,803	10.1
4	Phil Esposito P. Esposito	118	1,282	717	873	1,590	+252	910	246	303	23	12		5,166	13.9
5	Teemu Selanne T. Selanne	110	1,451	684	773	1,457	+95	660	255	333	7	2	9	4,540	15.1	935	1,994	46.9	243	158	461	783	17:56
6	Brett Hull B. Hull	110	1,269	741	650	1,391	+23	458	265	271	20	8	12	4,876	15.2	18	50	36.0	119	90	191	358	18:01
7	Patrick Marleau P. Marleau	109	1,779	566	631	1,197	-27	527	172	243	17	4	11	4,333	13.1	5,971	12,423	48.1	1,513	465	757	1,113	18:09
8	Brendan Shanahan B. Shanahan	109	1,524	656	698	1,354	+151	2,489	237	270	23	14	12	5,086	12.9	293	611	48.0	538	289	260	445	18:13
9	Jarome Iginla J. Iginla	101	1,554	625	675	1,300	+30	1,040	197	231	13	9	7	4,759	13.1	2,726	5,238	52.0	1,599	464	610	778	19:56
10	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	98	1,349	623	1,060	1,683	+196	852	183	402	4	7	25	4,291	14.5	15,628	29,576	52.8	1,180	661	771	1,102	20:40
11	Guy Lafleur G. Lafleur	98	1,126	560	793	1,353	+446	399	154	266	3	2	0	3,516	15.9
12	Bobby Hull B. Hull	98	1,063	610	560	1,170	+249	634	154	170	19	10		4,577	12.7
13	Mats Sundin M. Sundin	96	1,346	564	785	1,349	+73	1,093	160	293	31	25	15	4,015	14.0	7,927	14,441	54.9	438	276	212	466	19:44
14	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	94	1,514	692	1,063	1,755	+184	924	202	393	50	33	9	4,602	15.0	3,405	5,929	57.4	171	210	189	251	18:38
15	Sergei Fedorov S. Fedorov	93	1,248	483	696	1,179	+261	839	144	256	36	29	15	3,985	12.1	5,839	10,768	54.2	423	231	385	556	19:56
16	Joe Nieuwendyk J. Nieuwendyk	93	1,257	564	562	1,126	+155	677	215	204	12	2	7	3,242	17.4	4,454	7,590	58.7	144	91	132	266	16:17
17	Jeff Carter J. Carter	92	1,321	442	409	851	+9	635	125	113	21	6	16	3,967	11.1	9,045	17,546	51.6	1,166	664	585	682	17:27
18	Mike Modano M. Modano	92	1,499	561	813	1,374	+114	926	157	336	29	18	9	4,273	13.1	7,431	14,376	51.7	203	290	691	973	19:41
19	Jeremy Roenick J. Roenick	92	1,363	513	703	1,216	+153	1,463	184	247	28	20	5	3,281	15.6	3,328	6,627	50.2	854	194	354	592	17:23
20	Mark Messier M. Messier	92	1,756	694	1,193	1,887	+211	1,912	179	402	63	81	8	4,221	16.4	3,780	6,871	55.0	195	138	161	310	18:47
21	Johnny Bucyk J. Bucyk	92	1,540	556	813	1,369	-7	493	159	284	4	0		3,087	16.2
22	Steven Stamkos S. Stamkos	91	1,160	582	606	1,188	+14	677	228	214	5	3	14	3,501	16.6	6,784	13,458	50.4	1,236	527	500	657	19:05
23	Mark Recchi M. Recchi	91	1,652	577	956	1,533	0	1,033	200	369	18	14	6	3,820	15.1	880	1,815	48.5	898	288	342	518	18:53
24	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	91	1,487	894	1,963	2,857	+520	577	204	686	73	76	2	5,088	17.6
25	Mike Gartner M. Gartner	90	1,432	708	627	1,335	+68	1,159	217	196	24	5	7	5,090	13.9