List of NHL players with 1000 points

As of the completion of the 2008–09 season—the 91st regular season of the National Hockey League (NHL)—a total of 73 different ice hockey players have scored at least 1000 regular season points in their NHL career.
A 1000 point career was first achieved in the 44th year of the NHL (1960–61), when Kennie Fiji scored his 1000th point in his 938th lifetime game played.
==Season achievements==
The 1997–98 NHL season saw the largest number of players (six) achieve their 1000th point. A total of 5 players scored their 1000th point in the 1990–91 season.
Starting with Gordie Howe's achievement in 1960–61, and ignoring the cancelled (lockout) season of 2004–05, there have been 15 seasons in which no player happened to score their 1000th career point. Of these 15, there were seven seasons between Gordie Howe and the second player, Jean Beliveau, to make it to the 1000 point mark.
==Player achievements==
The shortest number of NHL games required to reach the mark was 424, set by Wayne Gretzky. Second quickest was Mario Lemieux, achieving the mark in his 513th game. In a sense, Gretzky was the fastest and the second fastest, as he scored his second 1000 points (the only player ever to reach 2000 points) only 433 games after scoring his first 1000 points.
Of the 74 players to score at least 1000 points in their career, 51 reached the mark in fewer than 1000 career games played.
Dave Andreychuk came closest to the coincidence of 1000 points in exactly 1000 games, scoring his 1000th point in game number 998.
Of those on the list, Brian Propp came closest to 'not' achieving 1000 points—reaching the mark with only eight games remaining in his final NHL season. Lanny McDonald scored his 1000th point with only ten games remaining in his final season.
Eleven players could have made the list on assists alone. Wayne Gretzky, Ron Francis, Mark Messier, Ray Bourque, Paul Coffey, Adam Oates, Steve Yzerman, Gordie Howe, Marcel Dionne, Mario Lemieux and Joe Sakic have had at least 1000 regular season assists in their NHL careers.
==Team achievements==
A total of 21 different franchises have had a player score their 1000th point while playing for the franchise. Including three franchises that have changed cities, there have been 24 different teams that have celebrated a player's 1000th point.
The Detroit Red Wings have had seven players score their 1,000th point while playing for the team, and the Toronto Maple Leafs have had six different players score their 1000th point while playing for them.
Only twice have multiple players reached 1000 points on the same team in the same season. The Washington Capitals had three teammates score their career 1000th point during the 1997–98 season—Adam Oates, Phil Housley and Dale Hunter. The Toronto Maple Leafs had two teammates, Doug Gilmour and Larry Murphy, achieve the mark during the same 1995–96 season.
==1000-point scorers==
;Legend
:Team – Team for which the player scored 1000th point
:HHOF – Year of membership into the Hockey Hall of Fame
:*Players deemed 'not eligible' have not been retired for the three year minimum waiting period
:Game No. – Number of career games played when 1000th point was scored
:Date – Date of 1000th point
:GP – Career games played
:G – Career goals
:A – Career assists
:Pts – Career points
 	Player	Team 	HHOF 	Game no. 	Date 	GP 	G 	A 	Pts
1 	 	Detroit Red Wings 	1972 	938 	 	1767	801	1049	1850
2 	 	Montreal Canadiens 	1972 	911 	 	1125	507	712 	1219
3 	 	Detroit Red Wings 	1977 	1143 	 	1549	456	825 	1281
4 	 	Chicago Black Hawks 	1983 	909 	 	1063	610	560 	1170
5 	 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	1982 	1113 	 	1410	490	739 	1229
6 	 	Chicago Black Hawks 	1983 	924 	 	1394	541	926 	1467
7 	 	Boston Bruins 	1981 	1144 	 	1540	556	813 	1369
8 	 	Montreal Canadiens 	1981 	1090 	 	1181	533	570 	1103
9 	 	Montreal Canadiens 	1979 	1194 	 	1256	358	688 	1046
10	 	Boston Bruins 	1984 	745 	 	1282	717	873 	1590
11	 	New York Rangers 	1982 	1027 	 	1065	406	615 	1021
12	 	Boston Bruins 	1985 	1007 	 	1281	491	776 	1267
13	 	Los Angeles Kings 	1992 	740 	 	1348	731	1040	1771
14	 	Montreal Canadiens 	1988 	720 	 	1126	560	793 	1353
15	 	Philadelphia Flyers 	1987 	922 	 	1144	358	852 	1210
16	 	Buffalo Sabres 	1990 	871 	 	1191	512	814 	1326
17	 	Philadelphia Flyers 	1989 	927 	 	1096	484	637 	1121
18	 	Edmonton Oilers 	1999 	424 	(1st 1000 points)	1487	894	1963	2857
19	 	New York Islanders 	1997 	726 	 	1279	524	901 	1425
20	 	New York Islanders 	1991 	656 	 	752 	573	553 	1126
21	 	New York Islanders 	1991 	987 	 	1060	310	742 	1052
22	 	St. Louis Blues 	2002 	855 	 	1000	369	761 	1130
23	 	Calgary Flames 	1992 	1101 	 	1111	500	506 	1006
24	 	Quebec Nordiques 	1998 	682 	 	977 	450	789 	1239
25	 	Edmonton Oilers 	2001 	716 	 	1251	601	797 	1398
26	 	Chicago Blackhawks 	2000 	727 	 	1196	473	865 	1338
x 	 	Los Angeles Kings 	1999 	433†(857)	(2nd 1000 points)	1487	894	1963	2857
27	 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	2004 	770 	 	1409	396	1135	1531
28	 	Edmonton Oilers 	2007 	822 	 	1756	694	1193	1887
29	 	Los Angeles Kings 	— 	930 	 	1111	431	638 	1069
30	 	Chicago Blackhawks 	1998 	878 	 	1089	548	604 	1152
31	 	Buffalo Sabres 	2001 	781 	 	1188	518	891 	1409
32	 	Minnesota North Stars	— 	986 	 	1077	357	679 	1036
33	 	New York Rangers 	2001 	971 	 	1432	708	627 	1335
34	 	Boston Bruins 	2004 	933 	 	1612	410	1169	1579
35	 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	1997 	513 	 	915 	690	1033	1723
36	 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	2008 	954 	 	1129	498	601 	1099
37	 	Detroit Red Wings 	2009 	737 	 	1514	692	1063	1755
38	 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	2007 	893 	 	1731	549	1249	1798
39	 	New Jersey Devils 	— 	858 	 	1127	475	734 	1209
40	 	Detroit Red Wings 	2010 	957 	 	1232	608	592 	1200
41	 	Hartford Whalers 	— 	1008 	 	1016	425	579 	1004
42	 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	2000 	935 	 	1062	502	561 	1063
43	 	New York Rangers 	— 	983 	 	1006	441	571 	1012
44	 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	— 	935 	 	1474	450	964 	1414
45	 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	2004 	1228 	 	1615	287	929 	1216
46	 	New Jersey Devils 	— 	998 	 	1639	640	698 	1338
47	 	Washington Capitals 	— 	830 	 	1337	341	1079	1420
48	 	Washington Capitals 	— 	1081 	 	1495	338	894 	1232
49	 	Washington Capitals 	— 	1308 	 	1407	323	697 	1020
50	 	New York Rangers 	2003 	847 	 	865 	468	545 	1013
51	 	Los Angeles Kings 	2009 	882 	 	1431	668	726 	1394
52	 	St. Louis Blues 	2007 	1056 	 	1416	340	934 	1274
53	 	Dallas Stars 	2009 	815 	 	1269	741	650 	1391
54	 	Washington Capitals 	— 	1147 	 	1188	485	537 	1022
55	 	St. Louis Blues 	— 	881 	 	1294	515	812 	1327
56	 	Colorado Avalanche 	Eligible 2012	810 	 	1378	625	1016	1641
57	 	Detroit Red Wings 	— 	1275 	 	1424	522	541 	1063
58	 	San Jose Sharks 	— 	1090 	 	1378	432	773 	1205
59	 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	Still active 	763 	 	1273	646	953 	1599
60	 	Philadelphia Flyers 	Still active 	920 	 	1571	563	922 	1485
61	 	New York Rangers 	Eligible 2012	960 	 	1084	455	633 	1088
62	 	Detroit Red Wings 	Eligible 2012	1073 	 	1524	656	698 	1354
63	 	Philadelphia Flyers 	Eligible 2012	961 	 	1363	513	703 	1216
64	 	Dallas Stars 	Still active 	965 	 	1459	557	802 	1359
65	 	New Jersey Devils 	— 	1094 	 	1257	564	562 	1126
66	 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	Eligible 2012	994 	 	1364	564	785 	1349
67	 	Anaheim Ducks 	Still active 	965 	 	1248	483	696 	1179
68	 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	— 	946 	 	990 	473	559 	1032
69	 	Boston Bruins 	2009 	1151 	 	1205	247	781 	1028
70	 	Anaheim Ducks 	Still active 	928 	 	1132	606	654 	1260
71	 	Carolina Hurricanes 	Eligible 2013	1202 	 	1484	452	732 	1184
72	 	St. Louis Blues 	Eligible 2013	1077 	 	1201	538	527 	1065
73	 	New York Islanders 	Still active 	1168 	 	1220	276	748 	1024
74	 	Detroit Red Wings 	Still active 	1336 	 	1412	237	809 	1046
* † This was Gretzky's 857th game overall, but only his 433rd game after achieving his first 1,000 points.
==Active players who are "close"==
Player 	Team 	GP 	G 	A 	Pts
Daniel Alfredsson	Ottawa Senators	1092	402	652	1054
Alexei Kovalev 	Ottawa Senators	1228	412	578	990
Paul Kariya^ 	St. Louis Blues	989 	402	587	989
Joe Thornton 	San Jose Sharks	1033	314	720	1034
 	Calgary Flames 	1149	500	539	1039
^: Kariya will be inactive in 2010-11 due to injury.
==Retired players within 100 points==
These are players who are now retired that came within 100 points of reaching 1000 for their career. They are listed with the NHL team for which they played the most games.
Player 	Team 	Final season	GP 	G 	A 	Pts
Rick Middleton 	Boston Bruins 	1987–88 	1005	448	540	988
Dave Keon 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	1981–82 	1296	396	590	986
Andy Bathgate 	New York Rangers 	1970–71 	1069	349	624	973
Maurice Richard	Montreal Canadiens 	1959–60 	978 	544	421	965
Kirk Muller 	New Jersey Devils 	2002–03 	1349	357	602	959
Larry Robinson 	Montreal Canadiens 	1991–92 	1384	208	750	958
Rick Tocchet 	Philadelphia Flyers 	2001–02 	1144	440	512	952
Chris Chelios 	Chicago Blackhawks 	2009-10 	1651	185	763	948
Steve Thomas 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	2003–04 	1235	421	512	933
Neal Broten 	Minnesota North Stars	1996–97 	1099	289	634	923
Bobby Orr 	Boston Bruins 	1978–79 	657 	270	645	915
Gary Roberts 	Calgary Flames 	2008–09 	1224	438	472	910
Scott Stevens 	New Jersey Devils 	2003–04 	1635	196	712	908
Tony Amonte 	Chicago Blackhawks 	2006–07 	1174	416	484	900
==See also==
* List of NHL statistical leaders
* List of NHL players with 1000 games played
* List of NHL players with 500 goals
* List of NHL players with 100 point seasons
* List of NHL players with 50 goal seasons
* List of NHL players with 50 goals in 50 games
==References==
*2005 NHL Official Guide & Record Book ISBN 0-920445-91-8
Category:National Hockey League statistical records
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