23 – Number of players, active or otherwise, who have at least half as many goals as Alex Ovechkin since the start of the 2005-06 season. The closest player to Ovechkin over that span is still 150 goals shy of his total, and only nine of the 23 have as many as 300 goals.
Here’s the full list:
| Player | From | To | Active | GP | G |
| Alex Ovechkin | 2005 | 2016 | 11 | 801 | 501 |
| Jarome Iginla | 2005 | 2016 | 11 | 809 | 351 |
| Rick Nash | 2005 | 2016 | 11 | 748 | 332 |
| Patrick Marleau | 2005 | 2016 | 11 | 811 | 317 |
| Sidney Crosby | 2005 | 2016 | 11 | 667 | 314 |
| Corey Perry | 2005 | 2016 | 11 | 763 | 312 |
| Thomas Vanek | 2005 | 2016 | 11 | 785 | 311 |
| Ilya Kovalchuk | 2005 | 2013 | 8 | 589 | 309 |
| Eric Staal | 2005 | 2016 | 11 | 808 | 309 |
| Marian Hossa | 2005 | 2016 | 11 | 744 | 305 |
| Jeff Carter | 2005 | 2016 | 11 | 755 | 295 |
| Steven Stamkos | 2008 | 2016 | 8 | 534 | 294 |
| Dany Heatley | 2005 | 2015 | 10 | 679 | 292 |
| Zach Parise | 2005 | 2016 | 11 | 724 | 290 |
| Evgeni Malkin | 2006 | 2016 | 10 | 628 | 287 |
| Marian Gaborik | 2005 | 2016 | 11 | 626 | 286 |
| Daniel Sedin | 2005 | 2016 | 11 | 789 | 285 |
| Martin St. Louis | 2005 | 2015 | 10 | 770 | 282 |
| Henrik Zetterberg | 2005 | 2016 | 11 | 739 | 266 |
| Vincent Lecavalier | 2005 | 2016 | 11 | 706 | 265 |
| Mike Cammalleri | 2005 | 2016 | 11 | 716 | 263 |
| Patrick Sharp | 2005 | 2016 | 11 | 745 | 260 |
| Phil Kessel | 2006 | 2016 | 10 | 709 | 259 |
| Jason Spezza | 2005 | 2016 | 11 | 701 | 253 |
(Data via Hockey-Reference.com)