Alex Ovechkin is already the 33rd greatest goal scorer in NHL history. The Russian machine has 525 career goals, and, at 30 years old, was the fifth fastest player to reach the 500-goal plateau.

Ovechkin is scoring, however, in a time period where goals are even harder to come by than usual. On Sunday, Hockey Reference tweeted that Ovechkin’s 601 career adjusted goals puts him in the top 20 all time.

Alex Ovechkin is already in the Top 20 for career Adjusted Goals https://t.co/X5sBS92CDp

— Hockey Reference (@hockey_ref) September 4, 2016

As The Globe’s James Mirtle points out, it’s within the realm of possibility that Ovechkin ends up being the greatest goal scorer of all time.

Plausible he'll wind up first if he stays healthy. https://t.co/BGiKzTF8EW

— James Mirtle (@mirtle) September 4, 2016

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It’s a topic we’ve written about in the past
several times too. The lesson: Never take Ovi for granted, because we will likely never have another player like him ever again.

Here’s the adjusted goals top 100 via Hockey reference: