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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 1996-97. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

John LeClair PHI · 97 P in 82 GP Paul Kariya ANA · 99 P in 69 GP Jaromir Jagr PIT · 95 P in 63 GP Mats Sundin TOR · 94 P in 82 GP Ron Francis PIT · 90 P in 81 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

1996-97 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
82 25 72 97 12 28 286 0 1.18 8.7 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 11, 1997 vs TBL L 2-4 0 0 0 -3 0 3 0 00:00
Apr 10, 1997 @ PHI W 6-3 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 00:00
Apr 7, 1997 vs PHI W 3-2 0 2 2 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Apr 4, 1997 @ BUF L 1-5 1 0 1 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Apr 3, 1997 vs BOS W 5-4 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Apr 1, 1997 vs BUF T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 00:00
Mar 29, 1997 @ HFD L 1-2 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 27, 1997 @ NJD L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 24, 1997 vs PIT W 3-0 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 21, 1997 vs DET W 3-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 19, 1997 vs MTL L 4-5 1 0 1 -1 2 2 0 00:00
Mar 17, 1997 vs OTT L 3-4 1 0 1 0 0 8 0 00:00
Mar 14, 1997 @ OTT W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 12, 1997 vs WSH W 3-2 1 0 1 0 0 6 0 00:00
Mar 9, 1997 @ SJS W 2-1 0 2 2 2 2 1 0 00:00
Mar 7, 1997 @ ANA L 2-5 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 6, 1997 @ LAK W 6-2 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 3, 1997 vs SJS W 5-4 (OT) 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 1, 1997 @ DET L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 10 0 0 00:00
Feb 23, 1997 @ PHI L 1-2 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 21, 1997 @ HFD L 2-7 1 0 1 -3 0 7 0 00:00
Feb 19, 1997 @ NJD T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 17, 1997 vs NJD T 2-2 (OT) 0 2 2 2 0 6 0 00:00
Feb 15, 1997 @ CHI L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 13, 1997 @ STL L 1-4 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 9, 1997 @ FLA L 3-4 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 00:00
Feb 8, 1997 @ NYI W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 5, 1997 vs HFD W 5-2 0 4 4 3 2 3 0 00:00
Feb 2, 1997 vs BOS L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 1, 1997 @ PHI W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 27, 1997 vs CHI L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 00:00
Jan 25, 1997 @ PIT W 7-4 0 3 3 1 0 4 0 00:00
Jan 22, 1997 @ WSH W 5-3 0 2 2 0 0 4 0 00:00
Jan 21, 1997 vs EDM T 4-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 00:00
Jan 13, 1997 vs NYI L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 00:00
Jan 12, 1997 vs NJD W 3-0 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 9, 1997 @ WSH L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 8, 1997 vs TBL L 3-4 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 6, 1997 vs COL T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 00:00
Jan 4, 1997 vs OTT W 6-4 0 4 4 2 0 5 0 00:00
Jan 2, 1997 vs NYI W 4-3 0 1 1 1 2 3 0 00:00
Dec 31, 1996 @ TBL L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 30, 1996 @ DAL W 3-2 2 0 2 0 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 27, 1996 vs ANA W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 00:00
Dec 26, 1996 @ OTT L 2-5 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 22, 1996 vs FLA W 7-3 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 21, 1996 @ MTL W 3-2 (OT) 0 3 3 2 2 5 0 00:00
Dec 18, 1996 vs LAK W 4-0 0 3 3 2 0 5 0 00:00
Dec 16, 1996 vs HFD W 5-2 1 1 2 1 2 5 0 00:00
Dec 13, 1996 @ BUF W 3-0 0 2 2 1 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 11, 1996 vs NYI L 3-5 0 1 1 0 0 7 0 00:00
Dec 9, 1996 vs PHX W 5-2 0 3 3 2 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 7, 1996 @ TOR W 4-0 1 0 1 2 0 7 0 00:00
Dec 6, 1996 vs TOR W 6-5 2 2 4 3 0 6 0 00:00
Dec 4, 1996 vs PHI T 1-1 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 1, 1996 vs MTL W 6-2 1 1 2 0 0 6 0 00:00
Nov 27, 1996 @ COL W 5-2 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 26, 1996 @ PHX W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
Nov 23, 1996 @ VAN L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 21, 1996 @ EDM L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 18, 1996 @ CGY L 3-5 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 16, 1996 @ PIT W 8-3 1 1 2 0 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 13, 1996 vs PHI L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 11, 1996 vs VAN L 2-3 1 1 2 0 2 3 0 00:00
Nov 9, 1996 @ WSH L 2-3 0 1 1 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 6, 1996 @ NYI T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 4, 1996 vs TBL L 3-5 0 1 1 1 0 8 0 00:00
Nov 2, 1996 @ BOS W 5-2 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 30, 1996 @ NJD W 6-1 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 29, 1996 vs FLA T 1-1 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 8 0 00:00
Oct 27, 1996 vs BUF W 6-4 1 3 4 1 0 6 0 00:00
Oct 25, 1996 @ FLA L 4-6 1 1 2 -1 0 7 0 00:00
Oct 23, 1996 vs WSH L 2-3 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 20, 1996 @ TBL L 2-5 1 0 1 -1 0 6 0 00:00
Oct 18, 1996 vs STL W 2-1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 16, 1996 vs PIT W 8-1 0 2 2 2 0 6 0 00:00
Oct 14, 1996 vs CGY W 5-4 1 1 2 -1 0 6 0 00:00
Oct 12, 1996 @ MTL L 2-5 0 1 1 1 0 9 0 00:00
Oct 10, 1996 vs DAL L 1-2 1 0 1 -1 0 5 0 00:00
Oct 8, 1996 @ FLA T 1-1 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 00:00
Oct 6, 1996 vs FLA L 2-5 0 1 1 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 5, 1996 @ BOS T 4-4 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00