Gretzky Records

List of career achievements by Wayne Gretzky

Gretzky's statue at Rogers Place, Edmonton
This is a list of career achievements by Wayne Gretzky in the National Hockey League (NHL). Upon his retirement on 18 April 1999, Gretzky held or shared 61 NHL records. These records include 40 regular season, 15 playoff and 6 All-Star records.

Gretzky set 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 Jaromir Jagr at 1,921,[1] thus Gretzky had more career assists than any other player has total points. Gretzky scored his first 1,000 points faster (424 games) than any other player in NHL history, and scored a second 1,000 points (point number 1,001 through 2,000) faster (433 games) than any player other than himself. Gretzky's point total including regular season and playoffs stands at an imposing 3,239 (1,016 goals, 2,223 assists).

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).

Below is a complete list of official records Gretzky held or shared at the time of his retirement:

Contents
Regular season records (40)
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Most goals: 894 in 1,487 games[2]
Most goals, including playoffs: 1,016 in 1,487 regular season games including 122 playoff goals[2]
Most goals, one season: 92 in 1981–82, 80-game schedule[3]
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 (7 October 1981 to 22 January 1982, 80-game schedule) and 1983–84 (5 October 1983 to 25 January 1984), 80-game schedule
Most goals, one period: 4 (Tied with 10 other players) 18 February 1981
Most assists: 1,963[4]
Most assists, including playoffs: 2,223
Most assists, one season: 163 in 1985–86, 80-game schedule[5]
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) on three occasions—16 February 1980; 11 December 1985; 15 February 1986[6]
Most assists, one road game: 7 (tied with Billy "The Kid" Taylor) 11 December 1985
Most points: 2,857 in 1,487 games (894 goals, 1,963 assists)[7]
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)[8]
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[9]
Most goals by a centre, one season: 92 in 1981–82, 80-game schedule[10]
Most assists by a centre, career: 1,963[11]
Most assists by a centre, one season: 163 in 1985–86, 80-game schedule[12]
Most points by a centre, career: 2,857[13]
Most points by a centre, one season: 215 in 1985–86, 80-game schedule[14]
Most assists in one game by a player in his first season: 7 on 15 February 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[15]
Most 40-or-more goal seasons: 12 in 20 seasons
Most consecutive 40-or-more goal seasons: 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, 61 goals, 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)
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Most playoff goals, career: 122[16]
Most playoff assists, career: 260[17]
Most assists, one playoff year: 31 in 1988 (19 games)[18]
Most assists in one series: 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 9 April 1987[19]
Most assists, one playoff period: 3 -- Three assists by one player in one period of a playoff game has been recorded on 70 occasions, five of them by Gretzky
Most points, career: 382 -- 122 goals and 260 assists[20]
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[21]
Most short-handed goals, one playoff game: 2 (tied with eight other players) 6 April 1983[22]
Most game-winning goals in playoffs, career: 24 (tied with Brett Hull)[23]
Most three-or-more goals games (hat trick): 10 (eight three-goal games, two four-goal games)
All-Star records (6)
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Most All-Star game goals, career: 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 others)
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
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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 came out of retirement in 2000 and played until midway through the 2005–06 NHL season. Lemieux's points per game average dropped to 1.883. This gives the record to Gretzky.
Unofficial records
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Along with his numerous official records, Wayne Gretzky also has many "unofficial" records. These other records - though not recognized by the NHL Official Guide and Record Book - are still significant records.

NHL scoring records
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Youngest player to score 50 goals in a season (19 years, two months)
Most points by an NHL player in his first year: 137. Because of Gretzky's season played in the WHA, 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-or-more 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-or-more goal seasons: 4. The NHL has a record for most 60 goal seasons, but not 70. Eight players have achieved 70 goals, and Brett Hull did so three times.
Most consecutive 70 goal seasons: 4
Most 80-or-more goal seasons: 2
Most 90-or-more goal seasons: 1. Gretzky is the only player to achieve this
Fastest 50 goals from start of season: 50 goals in 39 games. The mark of 50 goals in 50 games is a rare event, achieved by only five players. The quickest, 50 goals in 39 games, is often 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 first 50 games, but not the fastest 50 goals
Fastest 100 points: 34 games in 1983–84
Most seasons averaging at least 1 point per game: 19
Most consecutive seasons averaging at least 1 point per game: 19
Most seasons averaging at least 2 points per game: 10
Most consecutive seasons averaging at least 2 points per game: 9
Most game-winning goals in the playoffs: 24 (tied with Brett Hull)
Most game-winning assists in one season: 23
Most game-winning assists in regular season career: 234
Most game-winning points in regular season career: 325
Highest career game-winning points per game average: 0.2185
Most 100-or-more assist seasons: 11
Most consecutive 100-or-more assist seasons: 11
Most seasons leading in even strength goals: 4
Most career even strength goals: 617
Most seasons leading in short-handed goals: 5
Most seasons leading in assists: 16
Most seasons leading in points: 11
Most seasons leading in both goals and assists: 5 (this was only achieved 7 other times in history, with Gordie Howe (2) and Mario...

Goalies back then were horrible.
The Gretzky records should have and asterisk beside each one.

@patzering said
Goalies back then were horrible.
The Gretzky records should have and asterisk beside each one.

@wolfe63 said
Wasn't Gretzky accused of using steroids? 😀

@patzering said
Goalies back then were horrible.
The Gretzky records should have and asterisk beside each one.

*drops gloves*

@patzering said
*drops gloves*

@very-rusty said
LOL...That is a joke, most considered him too small to play in the NHL and he didn't get much bigger as the years went on.

-VR

@wolfe63 said
He was a great player.
When he played in the U.S.A. 🙂