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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 1997-98. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Pavel Bure VAN · 90 P in 82 GP Peter Forsberg COL · 91 P in 72 GP John LeClair PHI · 87 P in 82 GP Ziggy Palffy NYI · 87 P in 82 GP Ron Francis PIT · 87 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

1997-98 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
82 23 67 90 -11 28 201 4 1.10 11.4 21:25

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 18, 1998 @ PHI W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 26:59
Apr 15, 1998 vs NYI W 4-2 1 1 2 3 0 4 0 23:14
Apr 14, 1998 @ WSH L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 26:22
Apr 11, 1998 @ DET L 2-5 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 22:17
Apr 7, 1998 vs MTL L 2-3 1 1 2 0 0 3 0 22:09
Apr 5, 1998 @ CHI W 2-1 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 22:30
Apr 4, 1998 @ NYI L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 18:16
Apr 1, 1998 vs BOS L 2-4 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 23:23
Mar 30, 1998 vs TBL L 1-3 0 1 1 -2 0 3 0 27:59
Mar 28, 1998 @ PIT T 2-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 26:59
Mar 26, 1998 @ CAR L 1-4 0 0 0 0 14 1 0 18:31
Mar 25, 1998 vs OTT L 2-3 (OT) 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 25:34
Mar 22, 1998 @ PHI L 4-5 (OT) 2 1 3 2 0 2 0 22:14
Mar 21, 1998 vs DET L 3-4 0 2 2 -2 0 0 0 22:29
Mar 18, 1998 vs MTL W 2-1 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 28:41
Mar 16, 1998 vs OTT W 5-4 0 4 4 3 0 1 0 19:49
Mar 14, 1998 @ BOS L 1-5 0 1 1 -2 0 1 0 19:11
Mar 12, 1998 @ MTL L 1-4 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 20:26
Mar 11, 1998 vs SJS W 5-3 1 2 3 -1 0 3 0 21:13
Mar 9, 1998 vs NJD T 2-2 (OT) 1 0 1 1 2 5 0 23:28
Mar 7, 1998 @ NJD L 3-6 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0 21:52
Mar 4, 1998 @ FLA W 4-3 2 1 3 0 0 2 0 20:58
Mar 2, 1998 vs BUF L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 22:17
Feb 28, 1998 vs PHI L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 4 0 24:10
Feb 26, 1998 @ TOR W 5-2 0 3 3 0 0 1 0 17:57
Feb 7, 1998 @ PHX T 1-1 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 22:15
Feb 5, 1998 @ LAK L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 15:11
Feb 4, 1998 @ ANA L 2-3 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 24:11
Feb 2, 1998 @ SJS W 3-2 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 17:16
Jan 31, 1998 @ BOS L 2-4 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 21:25
Jan 29, 1998 @ OTT T 2-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 24:36
Jan 26, 1998 vs WSH T 2-2 (OT) 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 25:23
Jan 24, 1998 vs NJD T 3-3 (OT) 1 2 3 0 0 3 0 23:04
Jan 22, 1998 vs PHI L 3-4 0 1 1 -2 0 2 0 22:42
Jan 20, 1998 vs STL W 3-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 22:47
Jan 14, 1998 @ NJD L 1-4 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 22:53
Jan 12, 1998 vs TOR W 3-2 0 3 3 1 2 5 0 21:42
Jan 8, 1998 vs WSH L 3-5 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 17:48
Jan 6, 1998 vs CAR W 4-2 0 2 2 0 2 3 0 17:09
Jan 3, 1998 @ WSH W 3-2 2 0 2 1 0 4 0 16:53
Dec 31, 1997 @ TBL L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 21:26
Dec 28, 1997 vs BOS W 4-3 1 1 2 2 0 5 0 20:40
Dec 26, 1997 @ BUF L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 24:43
Dec 23, 1997 vs TBL W 4-1 0 3 3 2 0 3 0 21:39
Dec 21, 1997 vs BUF L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 24:57
Dec 20, 1997 @ TBL T 2-2 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 7 0 20:44
Dec 17, 1997 @ FLA W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:55
Dec 16, 1997 @ NJD L 3-4 0 0 0 -2 2 1 0 19:47
Dec 12, 1997 vs FLA L 3-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 21:58
Dec 10, 1997 vs CGY L 1-4 0 0 0 -3 0 3 0 24:02
Dec 8, 1997 vs PHX W 3-1 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 21:01
Dec 6, 1997 @ MTL T 3-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 25:26
Dec 5, 1997 vs PHI T 4-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 23:07
Dec 2, 1997 vs WSH L 2-3 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 18:11
Nov 30, 1997 vs FLA T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 20:27
Nov 28, 1997 @ BUF T 3-3 (OT) 1 0 1 -1 0 1 0 19:33
Nov 26, 1997 @ NYI L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 25, 1997 vs VAN L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 21:38
Nov 22, 1997 @ PIT L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 20:48
Nov 21, 1997 @ CAR W 4-3 1 2 3 1 0 4 0 18:13
Nov 19, 1997 @ TBL L 3-6 0 1 1 -4 0 2 0 16:22
Nov 18, 1997 @ FLA W 3-1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 17:21
Nov 16, 1997 vs COL W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 19:30
Nov 14, 1997 vs PIT W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 16:26
Nov 12, 1997 vs NJD L 2-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 22:23
Nov 7, 1997 @ DAL T 2-2 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 21:26
Nov 5, 1997 @ COL W 4-2 1 2 3 1 0 4 0 19:57
Nov 3, 1997 vs EDM T 2-2 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 4 0 21:44
Oct 30, 1997 @ NYI L 3-5 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 24:51
Oct 28, 1997 vs DAL L 2-3 0 1 1 1 0 5 0 23:15
Oct 26, 1997 vs ANA T 3-3 (OT) 0 2 2 2 0 2 1 28:34
Oct 24, 1997 vs TBL W 4-3 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 25:56
Oct 22, 1997 vs CHI L 0-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 24:21
Oct 20, 1997 vs CAR W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:12
Oct 18, 1997 @ STL L 3-5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 21:01
Oct 15, 1997 @ OTT L 1-5 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 19:27
Oct 14, 1997 vs PIT L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 22:37
Oct 11, 1997 @ VAN W 6-3 3 2 5 3 0 5 0 18:15
Oct 9, 1997 @ CGY T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:46
Oct 8, 1997 @ EDM T 3-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 4 3 0 22:17
Oct 5, 1997 vs LAK T 2-2 (OT) 0 1 1 2 0 5 0 22:22
Oct 3, 1997 vs NYI T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 25:49