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Wayne Gretzky

#99 · Centre · New York Rangers · Hockey Hall of Fame

Born Jan 26, 1961 in Brantford, Ontario, CAN · 6'0", 185 lb · Shoots left

Trophy case

×4 Stanley Cup NHL Champion 1987-88, 1986-87, 1984-85, 1983-84
×10 Art Ross Trophy Top Point Scorer 1993-94, 1990-91, 1989-90, 1986-87, 1985-86, 1984-85, 1983-84, 1982-83, 1981-82, 1980-81
×9 Hart Memorial Trophy MVP of Regular Season 1988-89, 1986-87, 1985-86, 1984-85, 1983-84, 1982-83, 1981-82, 1980-81, 1979-80
×5 Lady Byng Memorial Trophy Sportsmanship and Gentlemanly Conduct 1998-99, 1993-94, 1991-92, 1990-91, 1979-80
×5 Ted Lindsay Award Most Outstanding Player as Voted by the NHLPA 1986-87, 1984-85, 1983-84, 1982-83, 1981-82
×2 Conn Smythe Trophy MVP of Stanley Cup Playoffs 1987-88, 1984-85
Lester Patrick Trophy Outstanding Service to Hockey in the United States 1993-94

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 1980-81. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Marcel Dionne LAK · 135 P in 80 GP Kent Nilsson CGY · 131 P in 80 GP Mike Bossy NYI · 119 P in 79 GP Dave Taylor LAK · 112 P in 72 GP Peter Stastny QUE · 109 P in 77 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below.

0501001502001979-80: 137 points13779-801980-81: 164 points1641981-82: 212 points21281-821982-83: 196 points1961983-84: 205 points20583-841984-85: 208 points2081985-86: 215 points21585-861986-87: 183 points1831987-88: 149 points14987-881988-89: 168 points1681989-90: 142 points14289-901990-91: 163 points1631991-92: 121 points12191-921992-93: 65 points651993-94: 130 points13093-941994-95: 48 points481995-96: 102 points10295-961996-97: 97 points971997-98: 90 points9097-981998-99: 62 points62

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1979-80 EDM 79 51 86 137 14 21 284 0 1.73
1980-81 EDM 80 55 109 164 41 28 261 0 2.05
1981-82 EDM 80 92 120 212 80 26 370 0 2.65
1982-83 EDM 80 71 125 196 61 59 348 0 2.45
1983-84 EDM 74 87 118 205 78 39 326 0 2.77
1984-85 EDM 80 73 135 208 100 52 354 0 2.60
1985-86 EDM 80 52 163 215 71 46 350 0 2.69
1986-87 EDM 79 62 121 183 69 28 288 0 2.32
1987-88 EDM 64 40 109 149 39 24 211 0 2.33
1988-89 LAK 78 54 114 168 15 26 303 0 2.15
1989-90 LAK 73 40 102 142 8 42 236 0 1.95
1990-91 LAK 78 41 122 163 30 16 212 0 2.09
1991-92 LAK 74 31 90 121 -12 34 215 0 1.64
1992-93 LAK 45 16 49 65 6 6 141 0 1.44
1993-94 LAK 81 38 92 130 -25 20 233 0 1.60
1994-95 LAK 48 11 37 48 -20 6 142 0 1.00
1995-96 LAK 62 15 66 81 -7 32 144 0 1.31
1995-96 STL 18 8 13 21 -6 2 51 0 1.17
1996-97 NYR 82 25 72 97 12 28 286 0 1.18
1997-98 NYR 82 23 67 90 -11 28 201 4 1.10
1998-99 NYR 70 9 53 62 -23 14 132 7 0.89
20 seasons Career 1487 894 1963 2857 520 577 5088 11 1.92

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1979-80 EDM 3 2 1 3 -3 0 8 0 1.00
1980-81 EDM 9 7 14 21 10 4 39 0 2.33
1981-82 EDM 5 5 7 12 -1 8 27 0 2.40
1982-83 EDM 16 12 26 38 20 4 76 0 2.38
1983-84 EDM 19 13 22 35 18 12 87 0 1.84
1984-85 EDM 18 17 30 47 27 4 67 0 2.61
1985-86 EDM 10 8 11 19 -1 2 41 0 1.90
1986-87 EDM 21 5 29 34 10 6 55 0 1.62
1987-88 EDM 18 12 29 41 10 16 60 0 2.28
1988-89 LAK 11 5 17 22 -4 0 42 0 2.00
1989-90 LAK 7 3 7 10 -4 0 13 0 1.43
1990-91 LAK 12 4 11 15 0 2 26 0 1.25
1991-92 LAK 6 2 5 7 -3 2 11 0 1.17
1992-93 LAK 24 15 25 40 6 4 76 0 1.67
1995-96 STL 13 2 14 16 2 0 25 0 1.23
1996-97 NYR 15 10 10 20 5 2 44 0 1.33
16 seasons Playoffs 207 122 258 380 92 66 697 0 1.84

1980-81 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
80 55 109 164 41 28 261 0 2.05 21.1 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 4, 1981 vs WIN W 7-2 1 4 5 4 0 3 0 00:00
Apr 3, 1981 @ VAN W 7-2 1 1 2 2 2 6 0 00:00
Apr 1, 1981 vs CLR T 4-4 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 29, 1981 @ PIT W 5-2 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 28, 1981 @ DET W 4-2 0 1 1 3 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 25, 1981 @ HFD W 7-2 1 3 4 4 2 3 0 00:00
Mar 23, 1981 @ BOS L 2-7 0 2 2 -3 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 21, 1981 vs LAK T 6-6 1 4 5 3 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 20, 1981 vs MNS T 1-1 1 0 1 1 2 6 0 00:00
Mar 18, 1981 @ MNS W 5-3 0 4 4 1 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 16, 1981 vs PIT W 7-6 0 3 3 -2 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 15, 1981 @ CGY T 3-3 1 0 1 2 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 12, 1981 vs NYI L 0-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 8, 1981 @ PIT L 4-6 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 7, 1981 @ PHI W 5-3 4 0 4 1 0 8 0 00:00
Mar 4, 1981 @ NYR T 5-5 1 0 1 3 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 3, 1981 @ NYI T 8-8 2 2 4 2 0 6 0 00:00
Feb 28, 1981 @ CLR L 1-3 0 1 1 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 27, 1981 vs DET W 5-2 1 1 2 1 0 7 0 00:00
Feb 25, 1981 vs PHI W 6-2 2 2 4 3 0 7 0 00:00
Feb 24, 1981 @ LAK L 2-5 1 0 1 -2 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 21, 1981 @ WIN W 5-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 20, 1981 vs BOS L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 18, 1981 vs STL W 9-2 5 2 7 6 0 8 0 00:00
Feb 15, 1981 vs BUF T 2-2 0 1 1 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 13, 1981 vs QUE L 2-4 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 8, 1981 vs CGY L 4-10 1 2 3 -1 0 6 0 00:00
Feb 6, 1981 vs WIN W 10-4 3 3 6 6 0 8 0 00:00
Feb 4, 1981 @ CHI L 3-6 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 3, 1981 @ STL T 3-3 0 0 0 1 2 5 0 00:00
Feb 1, 1981 @ WSH L 4-7 0 2 2 1 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 30, 1981 vs CHI W 4-2 1 2 3 2 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 28, 1981 vs MTL W 9-1 1 4 5 4 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 24, 1981 @ MNS L 1-6 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 23, 1981 vs NYR L 4-7 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 21, 1981 vs VAN W 5-1 1 2 3 2 0 4 0 00:00
Jan 17, 1981 @ STL L 6-7 1 3 4 -1 0 5 0 00:00
Jan 16, 1981 @ BUF T 5-5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 14, 1981 @ TOR W 7-4 2 1 3 2 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 12, 1981 @ MTL L 0-5 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 00:00
Jan 11, 1981 @ QUE W 6-3 1 4 5 3 0 6 0 00:00
Jan 9, 1981 vs HFD T 6-6 0 1 1 -3 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 7, 1981 vs WSH W 6-3 2 2 4 1 2 9 0 00:00
Jan 3, 1981 vs TOR W 4-1 1 2 3 3 0 7 0 00:00
Jan 2, 1981 vs BOS W 7-5 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 30, 1980 @ CGY L 3-5 1 1 2 -2 0 5 0 00:00
Dec 28, 1980 vs PHI L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 27, 1980 vs DET T 4-4 0 3 3 2 0 7 0 00:00
Dec 23, 1980 @ LAK L 4-7 3 0 3 0 0 5 0 00:00
Dec 20, 1980 vs MTL W 4-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 17, 1980 @ WSH L 2-5 0 0 0 -4 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 16, 1980 @ DET L 3-4 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 14, 1980 @ QUE L 5-6 0 1 1 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 13, 1980 @ MTL L 1-4 0 1 1 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 10, 1980 vs NYI L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 7, 1980 vs HFD W 6-4 1 2 3 2 12 4 0 00:00
Dec 5, 1980 vs NYR L 1-5 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 29, 1980 @ BOS L 3-6 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 28, 1980 @ HFD L 4-6 0 2 2 2 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 26, 1980 vs CHI W 10-3 1 4 5 2 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 25, 1980 @ CLR L 3-4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 23, 1980 vs BUF W 6-3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 19, 1980 vs VAN L 4-6 0 2 2 0 2 3 0 00:00
Nov 16, 1980 @ CHI W 5-4 1 2 3 1 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 15, 1980 @ TOR L 2-4 1 0 1 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 13, 1980 @ PHI L 1-8 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 9, 1980 vs STL L 4-6 0 2 2 -1 0 5 0 00:00
Nov 7, 1980 @ WIN W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 5, 1980 @ VAN L 3-4 0 2 2 -3 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 3, 1980 vs PIT T 4-4 2 0 2 -1 2 4 0 00:00
Nov 1, 1980 vs WSH T 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 29, 1980 vs TOR T 4-4 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 26, 1980 vs LAK T 4-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 24, 1980 vs MNS L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 22, 1980 vs CGY W 5-3 0 2 2 0 0 5 0 00:00
Oct 19, 1980 @ NYR W 4-2 1 3 4 1 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 18, 1980 @ NYI T 5-5 2 1 3 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 15, 1980 @ BUF L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 12, 1980 vs CLR L 2-3 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 10, 1980 vs QUE L 4-7 2 1 3 -1 0 4 0 00:00