A full list of NHL players to record at least 1,500 points

Over the course of the 109-year-old NHL’s history, just 16 different players have recorded at least 1,500 points in regular season play.

The 2026-27 NHL season is officially underway, with a handful of teams getting their first action of the season in earlier this week as the league begins its first-ever 84-game regular season.

It’s yet another campaign to go into the books for longtime league icons Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin, both of whom have been active in the NHL since the 2005-06 season – the league’s first season after losing the entire 2004-05 schedule to a lockout.

With Ovechkin now 41 years old and Crosby at 39, the league is in a transitional period when it comes to star power, as their careers wind down while fans look ahead to the top young players that are likely to define the sport in the coming years, namely the likes of Macklin Celebrini and Connor Bedard.

Meanwhile, the primes of stars such as Connor McDavid, Nathan MacKinnon, Leon Draisaitl and Nikita Kucherov remain in full swing, continuing to accumulate accolades for their resumes while steadily moving their way up the league’s all-time leaderboards.

While Crosby and Ovechkin are the only active players to have surpassed the 1,500 point milestone, there are several players that could feasibly reach the mark at some point in their careers – with future Hall of Famers Patrick Kane and Evgeni Malkin less than 100 points away.

The leaderboard also speaks to the incredible greatness of Connor McDavid, who has recorded well over 1,200 points ahead of his 30th birthday – making him a virtual guarantee to reach the mark in just a few more years.

Although the 1,000-point milestone is seen as an incredible achievement in and of itself that has only been reached by 103 players in NHL history, the fact that only 16 of them have ever reached 1,500 points speaks to the significance of the milestone. Those who scored over 1,000 points are mostly remembered as some of the best players of their time, many of whom are Hall of Famers and Stanley Cup champions.

Yet those that have reached 1,500 points are the players that are talked about for generations, entering exceptionally rarified air with the company of the most recognizable names in the sport’s history. Crosby and Ovechkin certainly fit that description, and it’s fair to say that Kane and Malkin do as well.

As the 2026-27 season gets into full swing, here’s a look at the 16 players that have scored 1,500 or more points in the NHL:

1. Wayne Gretzky (Edmonton Oilers, Los Angeles Kings, St. Louis Blues, New York Rangers): 894 goals, 1,963 assists, 2,857 points
2. Jaromír Jágr (Pittsburgh Penguins, Washington Capitals, New York Rangers, Philadelphia Flyers, Dallas Stars, Boston Bruins, New Jersey Devils, Florida Panthers, Calgary Flames): 766 goals, 1,155 assists, 1,921 points
3. Mark Messier (Edmonton Oilers, New York Rangers, Vancouver Canucks): 694 goals, 1,193 assists, 1,887 points
4. Gordie Howe (Detroit Red Wings, Hartford Whalers): 801 goals, 1,049 assists, 1,850 points
5. Ron Francis (Hartford Whalers/Carolina Hurricanes, Pittsburgh Penguins, Toronto Maple Leafs): 549 goals, 1,249 assists, 1,798 points
6. Marcel Dionne (Detroit Red Wings, Los Angeles Kings, New York Rangers): 731 goals, 1,040 assists, 1,771 points
7. Sidney Crosby (Pittsburgh Penguins): 654 goals, 1,108 assists, 1,762 points
8. Steve Yzerman (Detroit Red Wings): 692 goals, 1,063 assists, 1,755 points
9. Mario Lemieux (Pittsburgh Penguins): 690 goals, 1,033 assists, 1,723 points
10. Alex Ovechkin (Washington Capitals): 929 goals, 758 assists, 1,687 points
11. Joe Sakic (Quebec Nordiques/Colorado Avalanche): 625 goals, 1,016 assists, 1,641 points
12. Phil Esposito (Chicago Blackhawks, Boston Bruins, New York Rangers): 717 goals, 873 assists, 1,590 points
13. Ray Bourque (Boston Bruins, Colorado Avalanche): 410 goals, 1,169 assists, 1,579 points
14. Joe Thornton (Boston Bruins, San Jose Sharks, Toronto Maple Leafs, Florida Panthers): 430 goals, 1,109 assists, 1,539 points
15. Mark Recchi (Pittsburgh Penguins, Philadelphia Flyers, Montreal Canadiens, Carolina Hurricanes, Atlanta Thrashers, Tampa Bay Lightning, Boston Bruins): 577 goals, 956 assists, 1,533 points
16. Paul Coffey (Edmonton Oilers, Pittsburgh Penguins, Los Angeles Kings, Detroit Red Wings, Hartford Whalers/Carolina Hurricanes, Philadelphia Flyers, Chicago Blackhawks, Boston Bruins): 396 goals, 1,135 assists, 1,531 points