The Great 8️⃣ vs. The Great 1️⃣ Career Goals by Age 📈

Now sitting at 857 goals, Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin continues to climb the NHL's all-time goals list. See how he compares goals-wise to NHL legend Wayne Gretzky's by age!

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[LebronaldMcdonald]

Dang, crazy how many goals Gretzky had when he was younger and how many ovi has in his 30’s

[sonavagun]

Ovechkin also missed two and a half seasons due to lockouts. Race would have been over YEARS ago

[mnrs]

Interesting how by the graph, gretzky slowed down a little with age and ovechkin stays at the same pace

[bigpurplegrape]

People seem to forget that when Gretzky played, goaltending to an extent was just standing there and hoping it hit you. Ovechkin is truly unmatched

[RobertTorontoYYZ]

What's really crazy is the percentage difference for the next three players in Ovi's cohort vs Gretzky. No question 99 is the best overall player, but Ovi's goals are much more impressive in the context of the scoring era and also his goal production versus his next three cohorts.
Crosby is 263 goals short of Ovi, Stamkos is 302 goals short and Malkin is 357 short. Gretzky had several players much closer.

[tobyhowell]

In all fairness to Gretzky, not having a record to chase makes it less likely that he was completely maxed.

[charliescharliethough]

Gretzky played with sleeping donkeys all over the ice. Ovechkin has been scoring amazing goals while laying people out for 20 years.

[Rptvrr]

Need an updated version with the 895 😊

[JM-tsnc]

Let’s not forget for a few seasons in the 80’s, players were allowed to score multiple goals on one powerplay. This makes the Ovechkin’s record all the more impressive

[jaredbailey]

He broke the record in the same amount of games as Gretzky which is pretty crazy.

[Capitals-austin]

Should also show the lockout years with the age to get a better picture

[ChrisCardenDrums]

What's wild is the last few years he played, gretzky basically stopped scoring goals. Father time is, in fact, undefeated, and the curve gretzky has there is totally normal. It's remarkable that ovi's is a much straighter line

[GreekboyyD]

Most goals after the age of 30:

1) Howe -383
2) Bucyk - 347
3) Ovechkin - 338
4) Esposito - 337
5) Ratelle - 311
6) Selanne - 305
7) Hull - 299 (Brett)
8) Messier - 280
9) Jagr - 265
10) Mullen - 258

[OlivetheDoge]

The lock out season is what set ovie back

[michaeljoseph]

860 now. Gonna break the record this season.

[MrUnhappyPoseidon]

Yes but no one will ever beat him in points

[jeffreysachs]

Imagine how much further along Ovie would have been if he he had taken off season conditioning seriously earlier in his career.

[WardTravels]

To be fair, how many goals did The Great One score with a wooden stick?

[TheeKenpachi]

Imagine if there was not a lockout season

[LouisEmery]

Obviously the team one plays with influences one's success.