The Great One: For The Record

Updated August 28, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Table of contents

Center Wayne Gretzky, voted the greatest hockey player of all-time in a poll conducted by The Hockey News, retired after the 1998-99 season with four Stanley Cups, ten scoring titles and nine Hart Trophies (MVP). He finished his career with 894 goals, 1,963 assists and 2,857 points-all likely untouchable records.

Year by Year Statistics

			-Regular Season -					-Playoffs -					-Awards-
Season	Age	Club	Gm	G	A	Pts	PM	Gm	G	A	Pts	PM
1978-79	18	Indianapolis	8	3	3	6	0	-	-	-	-	-
		Edmonton	72	43	61	104	19	13	10*	10	20*	2	WHA Top Rookie
1979-80	19	Edmonton	79	51	86*	137â	21	3	2	1	3	0	Hart, Byng
1980-81	20	Edmonton	80	55	109*	164*	28	9	7	14	21	4	Hart, Ross
1981-82	21	Edmonton	80	92*	120*	212*	26	5	5	7	12	8	Hart, Ross
1982-83	22	Edmonton	80	71*	125*	196*	59	16	12	26*	38*	4	Hart, Ross
1983-84	23	Edmonton	74	87*	118*	205*	39	19	13	22*	35*	12	Hart, Ross
1984-85	24	Edmonton	80	73*	135*	208*	52	18	17	30*	47*	4	Hart, Ross & Smythe
1985-86	25	Edmonton	80	52	163*	215*	46	10	8	11	19	2	Hart, Ross
1986-87	26	Edmonton	79	62*	121*	183*	28	21	5	29*	34*	6	Hart, Ross
1987-88	27	Edmonton	64	40	109*	149	24	19	12	31*	43*	16	Smythe
1988-89	28	Los Angeles	78	54	114â	168	26	11	5	17	22	0	Hart
1989-90	29	Los Angeles	73	40	102*	142*	42	7	3	7	10	0	Ross
1990-91	30	Los Angeles	78	41	122*	163*	16	12	4	11	15	2	Ross, Byng
1991-92	31	Los Angeles	74	31	90*	121	34	6	2	5	7	2	Byng
1992-93	32	Los Angeles	45	16	49	65	6	24	15*	25*	40*	4	-
1993-94	33	Los Angeles	81	38	92*	130*	20	-	-	-	-	-	Byng
1995	34	Los Angeles	48	11	37	48	6	-	-	-	-	-	-
1995-96	35	LA, St. Louis	80	23	79	102	34	13	2	14	16	0	-
1996-97	36	NY Rangers	82	25	72â	97	28	15	10	10	20	2	-
1997-98	37	NY Rangers	82	23	67â	90	28	-	-	-	-	-	-
1998-99	38	NY Rangers	70	9	53	62	14	-	-	-	-	-	Byng

		WHA totals	80	46	64	110	19	13	10	10	20	2
		NHL totals	1487	894	1963	2857	577	208	122	260	382	66

*Led league

â Tied for league lead

NHL Records

Over his illustrious twenty-year career, Gretzky set or tied 61 NHL records - 40 regular season records, 15 playoff records, and six all-star game records.

Regular Season
Goals, career	894
Goals, incl. playoffs	1016
Goals, season	92
Goals, season, incl. playoffs	100
Goals, first 50 games of a âseason	61â
Goals, period	4*
Assists, career	1963
Assists, incl. playoffs	2223
Assists, season	163
Assists, season, incl. playoffs	174
Assists, game	7*#
Assists, road game	7*
Points, career	2857
Points, incl. playoffs	3239
Points, season	215
Points, season, incl. playoffs	255
Overtime assists, career	15
Goals by a center, career	894
Goals by a center, season	92
Assists by a center, career	1963
Assists by a center, season	163
Points by a center, career	2857
Points by a center, season	215
Assists by a rookie, game	7
Goals per game avg., season	1.18
Assists per game avg., season	2.04
Assists per game avg., career	1.32
Points per game avg., season	2.77
40-or-more goal seasons	12
Consecutive 40-or-more goal âseasons	12
50-or-more goal seasons	9*
60-or-more goal seasons	5*
Consecutive 60-or-more goal âseasons	4
100-or-more point seasons	15
Consecutive 100-or-more âpoint seasons	13
Hat tricks, career	50
Hat tricks, season	10â
Consecutive games with âassist	23
Consecutive games with point	51
Consecutive games with point âfrom start of season	51

Playoffs
Goals, career	122
Assists, career	260
Assists, season	31
Assists, non-finals series	14*
Assists, final series	10
Assists, game	6*
Assists, period	3*@
Points, career	382
Points, season	47
Points, final series	13
Points, period	4*
Shorthanded goals, season	3*â
Shorthanded goals, game	2*
Game-winning goals, career	24
Hat tricks, career	10