List of career achievements by Wayne Gretzky

Upon his retirement on April 18, 1999, Wayne Gretzky held or shared 61 National Hockey League records. These records include 40 regular season, 15 playoff, and 6 All-star records.

Official records

Wayne Gretzky held or shared 61 NHL records upon his retirement on April 18, 1999, including 40 regular season records, 15 playoff records, and 6 all-star records.

The regular season records include most goals in a season (92), most assists in a season (163), and most points in a season (215). He also holds the record for the fastest 50 goals, accomplishing that feat in only 39 games and the record for most goals in a 50 game period (61, which he accomplished twice). In 1983–84, he had a 51-game point-scoring streak that has been compared to "Joltin' Joe" DiMaggio's streak in baseball, during which he averaged exactly three points a game, scoring 61 goals and 92 assists for 153 points.

Gretzky set impressive records in both regular season and post-season play, holding the record for most career regular season goals (894), assists (1,963), points (2,857), and hat tricks (50). The next closest player in total points for the regular season is Mark Messier at 1,887. Gretzky's point total including regular season and playoffs stands at an imposing 3,239. Gretzky also had more career assists than any other player has ever gained total points.

His 47 playoff points in 1985 and 31 assists in 1988 are still records for a single post-season round, and he holds the record for career playoff goals (122), assists (260), points (382), hat tricks (10), and game winning goals (24).

Here is a complete list of his official records at the time of his retirement:

Regular season records (40)

#Most goals: 894 in 1,487 games
#Most goals, including playoffs: 1,016 in 1,487 regular season and 208 playoff games
#Most goals, one season: 92 in 1981–82, 80-game schedule
#Most goals, one season, including playoffs: 100 in 1983–84, 87 goals in 74 regular season games and 13 goals in 19 playoff games
#Most goals, 50 games from start of season: 61 in 1981–82 (October 7, 1981 to January 22, 1982, 80-game schedule) and 1983–84 (October 5, 1983 to January 25, 1984), 80-game schedule
#Most goals, one period: 4 (Tied with 10 other players) February 18, 1981
#Most assists: 1,963
#Most assists, including playoffs: 2,223
#Most assists, one season: 163 in 1985–86, 80-game schedule
#Most assists, one season, including playoffs: 174 in 1985–86, 163 assists in 80 regular season games and 11 assists in 10 playoff games
#Most assists, one game: 7 (tied with Billy "The Kid" Taylor) done three times -- February 15, 1980; December 11, 1985; February 14, 1986
#Most assists, one road game: 7 (tied with Billy Taylor) December 11, 1985
#Most points: 2,857 in 1,487 games (894 goals, 1,963 assists)
#Most points, including playoffs: 3,239 in 1,487 regular season and 208 playoff games. (1016 goals, 2223 assists)
#Most points, one season: 215 in 1985–86, 80-game schedule (52 goals, 163 assists)
#Most points, one season, including playoffs: 255 in 1984–85; 208 points in 80 regular season games and 47 points in 18 playoff games
#Most overtime assists, career: 15
#Most goals by a centre, career: 894
#Most goals by a centre, one season: 92 in 1981–82, 80-game schedule
#Most assists by a centre, career: 1,963
#Most assists by a centre, one season: 163 in 1985–86, 80-game schedule
#Most points by a centre, career: 2,857
#Most points by a centre, one season: 215 in 1985–86, 80-game schedule
#Most assists in one game by a player in his first season: 7 on February 15, 1980
#Highest goals-per-game average, one season: 1.18 in 1983–84, 87 goals in 74 games
#Highest assists-per-game average, career (300 min.): 1.321 -- 1,963 assists in 1,487 games
#Highest assists-per-game average, one season: 2.04 in 1985–86, 163 assists in 80 games
#Highest points-per-game average, one season (among players with 50-or-more points): 2.77 in 1983–84, 205 points in 74 games
#Most 40-or-more goal season: 12 in 20 seasons
#Most consecutive 40-or-more goal season: 12 from 1979–80 to 1990–91
#Most 50-or-more goal seasons: 9 (tied with Mike Bossy)
#Most 60-or-more goal seasons: 5 (tied with Mike Bossy)
#Most consecutive 60-or-more goals seasons: 4 from 1981–82 to 1984–85
#Most 100-or-more point seasons: 15
#Most consecutive 100-or-more point seasons: 13 from 1979–80 to 1991–92
#Most three-or-more goal games, career: 50 -- 37 three-goal (hat trick) games; nine four-goal games; four five-goal games
#Most three goal games, one season: 10 (done twice) in 1981–82 and 1983–84
#Longest consecutive assist scoring streak: 23 games in 1990–91, 48 assists
#Longest consecutive point-scoring streak: 51 Games in 1983–84 (October 5, 1983 to January 28, 1984, 61goals, 92 assists for 153 points)
#Longest consecutive point-scoring streak from start of season: 51 in 1983–84; 61 goals, 92 assists for 153 points (October 5, 1983 to January 28, 1984)

Playoff records (15)

#Most playoff goals, career: 122
#Most playoff assists, career: 260
#Most assists, one playoff year: 31 in 1988 (19 games)
#Most assists in one series (other than final): 14 (tied with Rick Middleton) in 1985 Conference Finals (six games vs. Chicago)
#Most assists in final series: 10 in 1988 (four games, plus suspended game vs. Boston)
#Most assists, one playoff game: 6 (tied with Mikko Leinonen) on April 9, 1987
#Most assists, one playoff period: 3 -- Three assists by one player in one period of a playoff game has been recorded on 70 occasions. Gretzky has had three assists in one period five times
#Most points, career: 382 -- 122 goals and 260 assists
#Most points, one playoff year: 47 in 1985 (17 goals and 30 assists in 18 games)
#Most points in final series: 13 in 1988 three goals and 10 assists (four games plus suspended game vs. Boston, three goals)
#Most points, one playoff period: 4 (tied with nine other players)
#Most short-handed goals, one playoff year: 3 (tied with five other players) 1983
#Most short-handed goals, one playoff game: 2 (tied with eight other players) April 6, 1983
#Most game winning goals in playoffs, career: 24 (tied with Brett Hull)
#Most three-or-more goals games (hat trick): 10 (eight three-goal games, two four-goal games)

All-Star records (6)

#Most All-Star game goals: 13 (in 18 games played)
#Most All-Star game goals, one game: 4 (tied with three players) 1983 Campbell Conference
#Most All-Star game goals, one period: 4 1983 Campbell Conference, third period
#Most All-Star game assists, career: 12 (tied with four players)
#Most All-Star game points, career: 25 (13 goals, 12 assists in 18 games)
#Most All-Star game points, one period: 4 (tied with Mike Gartner and Adam Oates) 1983 Campbell Conference, third period (four goals)

Records update

Since Wayne Gretzky’s retirement, two of his records have fallen and he has gained one record, leaving him with a new total of 60 official records.
*Gretzky’s record of 15 regular season overtime assists has now been passed by three players. They are Nicklas Lidstrom (16), Adam Oates (17), and Mark Messier (18).
*Joe Sakic (16), Mark Messier (14), and Ray Bourque (13) have passed Gretzky’s record (12) for most All-star game assists.
*Wayne Gretzky finished his career with a 1.921 points per game average. Only Mario Lemieux, then retired, had a better points per game average at that time. Lemieux since came out of retirement in 2000 and played until the 2005–06 NHL season. Lemieux's points per game average has dropped to 1.883 before retiring once again midway through the 2005–06 season. This gives the record back to Gretzky.

Unofficial records

Along with his numerous official records, Wayne Gretzky also has many "unofficial" records. These other records are not recognised by the NHL Official Guide and Record Book.

*Youngest player to score 50 goals in a season (19 years, two months)
*Most points by an NHL player in his first year: 137. He was not considered a rookie in his first year, so the rookie record belongs to Teemu Selanne with 132
*Most assists by an NHL player in his first year: 86. The rookie record is held jointly by Peter Stastny and Joe Juneau with 70 assists. Note that the record book gives Gretzky the record for most assists and points in a game as a first year player, but not the season totals
*Most 200 point seasons: 4. Gretzky owns the official record for most 100 point seasons. He is the only player to reach 200 points in a season
*Most consecutive 200 point seasons: 3
*Most 70 goal seasons: 4. The NHL has a record for most 60 goal seasons, but not 70. Many players have achieved 70 goals. Brett Hull has scored 70 goals three times
*Most consecutive 70 goal seasons: 4
*Most 80 goal seasons: 2
*Most 90 goal seasons: 1. Gretzky is the only player to achieve this
*Fastest 50 goals: 50 goals in 39 games. 50 goals in 50 games is labelled as the most difficult one to break of all of Gretzky's records. The NHL has an official record for the most goals in 50 games, but not the fastest 50 goals
*Fastest 100 points: 34 games in 1983–84
*Most seasons averaging over 2 points a game: 10. Mario Lemieux, the only other player in modern NHL history to do it, did it six times
*Most game winning goals in the playoffs: 24 (tied with Brett Hull)
*Most 100 assist seasons: 11
*Most consecutive 100 assist seasons: 11
*Most NHL and WHA regular season assists: 2,027
*Most NHL and WHA regular season points: 2,967
*Most NHL and WHA regular season and playoff goals: 1,072 (one more than Gordie Howe)
*Most NHL and WHA regular season and playoff assists: 2,297
*Most NHL and WHA regular season and playoff points: 3,369
*Most MVP awards (Hart Trophy): 9
*Most scoring championships (Art Ross Trophy): 10
*Largest margin of victory in the scoring race: 79 (in 1983–84)
*Most seasons where he was his team's leading scorer: 19
*Most official NHL records: 61 on retirement, 60 at present

The following are milestone records:
*Fastest 200 Goals (242 games)
*Fastest 400 Goals (436 games)
*Fastest 500 Goals (575 games)
*Fastest 600 Goals (718 games, one less than Mario Lemieux)
*Fastest 700 Goals (886 games)
*Fastest 800 Goals (1116 games)
*Fastest 1000 Points (424 games)
*Only Player To Reach 2000 Career Points

Career statistics

Awards

He won nine Hart Trophies, the NHL's most valuable player award, and eight of these were awarded in consecutive years from 1980–87. Gretzky holds the record for most MVP awards of any player in North American professional sports.

*Lou Kaplan Trophy (WHA rookie of the year) — 1979
*Hart Memorial Trophy (most valuable player) — 1980–87, 1989
*Art Ross Trophy (scoring champion) — 1981–87, 1990, 1991, 1994
*Conn Smythe Trophy (playoff most valuable player) — 1985, 1988
*Lester B. Pearson Award (outstanding player, voted by the players) — 1982–85, 1987
*Lady Byng Memorial Trophy (sportsmanship) — 1980, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1999
*NHL Plus/Minus Award (best plus-minus rating) — 1982, 1984, 1985, 1987
*Stanley Cup 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988
*Canada Cup 1984, 1987, 1991
*Chrysler-Dodge/NHL Performer of the Year – 1985–87
*Lester Patrick Trophy (outstanding service to hockey in the United States) — 1994
*Lou Marsh Trophy (Canadian athlete of the year) — 1982, 1983, 1985, 1989
*Lionel Conacher Award (Canadian male athlete of the year) — 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1989, 1999
*NHL All-Star Game MVP — 1983, 1989, 1999
*NHL MVP - Rendez-vous '87
*"Sports Illustrated" Sportsman of the Year: 1982
*Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year 1982
*Olympic Gold - Hockey (as Executive Director-Manager) 2002
*World Cup of Hockey (as Executive Director-Manager) 2004

Honours

*8-Time All-NHL First Team (1981–87, 1991)
*7-Time All-NHL Second Team(1980, 1988–90, 1994, 1997, 1998)
*In 1998, he was ranked number 1 on "The Hockey News"' list of the 100 Greatest Hockey Players
*Hockey Hall Of Fame 1999 Inductee
*Officer of the Order of Canada [gg.ca, [http://www.gg.ca/honours/search-recherche/honours-desc.asp?lang=e&TypeID=orc&id=3905 Gretzky's profile on the Order of Canada site] , accessed January 26, 2007]
*First international recipient of the Horatio Alger Award [horatioalger.com, [http://www.horatioalger.com/horatiomail/geninf/pressrel/html/gretzky.htm Horatio Alger Association press release announcing Gretzky's award] , accessed January 26, 2007]
*Received star on Canada's Walk of Fame [canadaswalkoffame.com, [http://www.canadaswalkoffame.com/newSite/inductees/02_wayne_gretzky.xml.htm Gretzky's profile on Canada's Walk of Fame website] , accessed January 26, 2007]
*AP-Athlete Of The Decade,1980's
*Ranked #1 Canadian Athlete of the Century
*Sports Illustrated's Hockey Player of the Century
*Ranked #5 by ESPN SportsCentury's "Top 100 Athletes of the 20th Century"
*In 2007, he was ranked number 1 in "The Hockey News"' book The Top 60 Since 1967
*IIHF Centennial All-Star Team

Physical statistics

* Height: 6 feet 0 inches (183 cm)
* Weight: 185 lb (84 kg)

ee also

* 50 goals in 50 games
* List of NHL statistical leaders
* List of NHL seasons
* Gretzky Family
* List of family relations in the National Hockey League
* List of NHL players with 1000 points
* List of NHL players with 500 goals

References

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External links

* [http://www.oilersheritage.com/memories/videos_50_goals.html Video: Gretzky's 50th goal in his 39th game]
* [http://www.oilersheritage.com/memories/videos_77_goals.html Video: Gretzky breaks Phil Esposito's single season goal record]
* [http://www.oilersheritage.com/memories/videos_gretzky_1851.html Video: Gretzky becomes NHL all-time points leader]
* [http://espn.go.com/nhl/columns/frei_terry/1469562.html Fastest 500 Goal Scorers]