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List of career achievements by Wayne Gretzky

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

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3/23/94: Gordie Howe congratulates Wayne on record breaking goal 802

Official Records

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

Regular Season Records (40)

  1. Most goals: 894 in 1,485 games
  2. Most goals, including playoffs: 1,016 in 1,962 regular season and 260 playoff games.
  3. Most goals, one season: 92 in 1981-82, 80-game schedule
  4. Most goals, one season, including playoffs: 100 in 1983-84, 87 goals in 74 regular season games and 13 goals in 19 playoff games
  5. Most goals, 50 games from start of season: 61 in 1981-82 (Oct. 7, 1981 to Jan. 22, 1982, 80-game schedule) and 1983-84 (Oct. 5, 1983 to Jan. 25, 1984), 80-game schedule
  6. Most goals, one period: 4 (Tied with 10 other players) Feb. 18, 1981
  7. Most assists: 1,962
  8. Most assists, including playoffs: 2,222
  9. Most assists, one season: 163 in 1985-86, 80-game schedule
  10. Most assists, one season, including playoffs: 174 in 1985-86, 163 assists in 80 regular season games and 11 assists in 10 playoff games
  11. Most assists, one game: 7 (tied with Billy Taylor) done three times -- Feb. 15, 1980; Dec. 11, 1985; Feb. 14, 1986
  12. Most assists, one road game: 7 (tied with Billy Taylor) Dec. 11, 1985.
  13. Most points: 2,856 in 1,485 games (894 goals, 1,962 assists)
  14. Most points, including playoffs: 3,238 in 2,856 regular season and 382 playoff games.
  15. Most points, one season: 215 in 1985-86, 80-game schedule
  16. Most points, one season, including playoffs: 255 in 1984-85; 208 points in 80 regular season games and 47 points in 18 playoff games
  17. Most overtime assists, career: 15
  18. Most goals by a centre, career: 894
  19. Most goals by a centre, one season: 92 in 1981-82, 80-game schedule
  20. Most assists by a centre, career: 1,962
  21. Most assists by a centre, one season: 163 in 1985-86, 80-game schedule
  22. Most points by a centre, career: 2,856
  23. Most points by a centre, one season: 215 in 1985-86, 80-game schedule
  24. Most assists in one game by a player in his first season: 7 on Feb. 15, 1980
  25. Highest goals-per-game average, one season: 1.18 in 1983-84, 87 goals in 74 games
  26. Highest assists-per-game average, career (300 min.): 1.321 -- 1,962 assists in 1,485 games
  27. Highest assists-per-game average, one season: 2.04 in 1985-86, 163 assists in 80 games
  28. Highest points-per-game average, one season (among players with 50-or-more points): 2.77 in 1983-84, 205 points in 74 games
  29. Most 40-or-more goal season: 12 in 20 seasons
  30. Most consecutive 40-or-more goal season: 12 from 1979-80 to 1990-91
  31. Most 50-or-more goal seasons: 9 (tied with Mike Bossy)
  32. Most 60-or-more goal seasons: 5 (tied with Mike Bossy)
  33. Most consecutive 60-or-more goals seasons: 4 from 1981-82 to 1984-85
  34. Most 100-or-more point seasons: 15
  35. Most consecutive 100-or-more point seasons: 13 from 1979-80 to 1991-92
  36. Most three-or-more goal games, career: 50 -- 37 three-goal (hat trick) games; nine four-goal games; four five-goal games
  37. Most three goal games, one season: 10 (done twice) in 1981-82 and 1983-84
  38. Longest consecutive assist scoring streak: 23 games in 1990-91, 48 assists
  39. Longest consecutive point-scoring streak: 51 Games in 1983-84 (Oct. 5, 1983 to Jan. 28, 1984, 61goals, 92 assists for 153 points)
  40. Longest consecutive point-scoring streak from start of season: 51 in 1983-84; 61 goals, 92 assists for 153 points (Oct. 5, 1983 to Jan. 28, 1984)

Playoff Records (15)

  1. Most playoff goals, career: 122
  2. Most playoff assists, career: 260
  3. Most assists, one playoff year: 31 in 1988 (19 games)
  4. Most assists in one series (other than final): 14 (tied with Rick Middleton) in 1985 Conference Finals (six games vs. Chicago)
  5. Most assists in final series: 10 in 1988 (four games, plus suspended game vs. Boston)
  6. Most assists, one playoff game: 6 (tied with Mikko Leinonen) on April 9, 1987
  7. 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.
  8. Most points, career: 382 -- 122 goals and 260 assists
  9. Most points, one playoff year: 47 in 1985 (17 goals and 30 assists in 18 games)
  10. Most points in final series: 13 in 1988 three goals and 10 assists (four games plus suspended game vs. Boston, three goals)
  11. Most points, one playoff period: 4 (tied with nine other players)
  12. Most short-handed goals, one playoff year: 3 (tied with five other players) 1983
  13. Most short-handed goals, one playoff game: 2 (tied with eight other players) April 6, 1983
  14. Most game winning goals in playoffs, career: 24
  15. Most three-or-more goals games (hat trick): 10 (eight three-goal games, two four-goal games)

All-Star Records (6)

  1. Most All-Star game goals: 13 (in 18 games played)
  2. Most All-Star game goals, one game: 4 (tied with three players) 1983 Campbell Conference
  3. Most All-Star game goals, one period: 4 1983 Campbell Conference, third period
  4. Most All-Star game assists, career: 12 (tied with four players)
  5. Most All-Star game points, career: 25 (13 goals, 12 assists in 18 games)
  6. 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).
  • Both Ray Bourque (13) and Mark Messier (14) 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 had a better points per game average at that time. Since Lemieux has continued to play, his points per game average has now dropped below 1.921 and currently sits at 1.913. 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 in fact records but have not found their way into the official record book (yet). Here is a list of some of his unofficial records.

  • Youngest player to score 50 goals in a season (19 years, two months).
  • Most points by a rookie: 137. He was not considered a rookie in his first year, so this record belongs to Teemu Selänne with 132.
  • Most assists by a rookie: 86. It is odd 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. This record is co-held by Peter Stastny and Joe Juneau with 70 assists.
  • Most 200 point seasons: 4. The NHL has a record for most 100 point seasons (owned by Gretzky), but not most 200 point seasons. Probably because Gretzky is the only one who has scored 200 points.
  • Most consecutive 200 point seasons: 3.
  • Most 70 goal seasons: 4. The NHL has a record for most 60 goal seasons, but not 70. This is strange because 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.
  • Fastest 50 goals: 50 goals in 39 games. It is surprising that this isn’t an official record because time and time again, this record 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 did it six times.
  • Most 100 assist seasons: 11.
  • Most consecutive 100 assist seasons: 11.
  • Most NHL & WHA regular season assists: 2,027.
  • Most NHL & WHA regular season points: 2,967.
  • Most NHL & WHA regular season and playoff goals: 1,072 (one more than Gordie Howe).
  • Most NHL & WHA regular season and playoff assists: 2,297.
  • Most NHL & WHA regular season and playoff points: 3,369.
  • Most MVP awards (Hart Trophy): 9.
  • Most scoring championships (Art Ross Trophy): 10.

These are just some of Gretzky’s "unoffical" scoring records. This list does not include a completely separate set of records. Those records are his "milestone" records. They include such records as:

  • Fastest 200 goals (242 games)
  • Fastest 500 goals (545 games)
  • Fastest 600 goals (718 games, one less than Lemieux)
  • Fastest 700 goals (886 games)
  • Fastest 1000 points (424 games)
  • Etc. Gretzky holds virtually all of those "fastest" milestones.

See Also

References

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