NHL 500 Goal Club Quiz

In the NHL, 500 career goals is the mark of a great scorer. Only 50 players have reached it, and this quiz asks you to name all 50.

The board shows one card for each player, in the order of the 500th goal.

Each card shows the year of the 500th goal. Under the card, you see the country of the player and the team that he played for when he scored that goal.

A correct name shows a photo of the player.

How to play

• Just start typing. The quiz checks your answer at every keystroke. There is no submit button.
• A correct name flips its card. You can answer in any order.
• The surname alone counts when no other player on the board has the same surname. Two players on the board have the same surname, so they need their full names.
• Spelling is forgiving. Capitals and accents are ignored, and common misspellings and nicknames count.
• A famous player who is not on the board clears the input, so you know that the quiz read the guess.
• The timer starts at your first keystroke and counts up. Give Up ends the run and shows every player that you missed. Progress saves automatically.

What counts in this quiz

• Every player with 500 or more goals in the NHL regular season, up to the end of the 2025-26 season.
• The team on a card is the team that the player played for when he scored his 500th goal. Many players changed teams during their careers.
• The country on a card is the national team that the player played for. One player played for two countries, and his card shows the first.

What's not included, and why

• Playoff goals do not count. Only regular-season goals count.
• Goals in other leagues do not count, such as the World Hockey Association and the European leagues.
• When a player scores his 500th goal, the board gets a new card.

Good to know

• The first 500th goal came in 1957. The newest came in 2026.
• 36 of the 50 players played for Canada. The others played for the United States, Finland, Russia, Slovakia, Czechia and Sweden.
• The players scored their 500th goals for 21 different teams. The Detroit Red Wings have the most, with 6.
• The fastest player to 500 goals needed only 575 games. Only 4 players needed fewer than 800 games.
• The 2006-07 season had five new members. That is the most for one season.
• Glenn Anderson came closest without a card. He retired in 1996 with 498 goals.