Hockey Terminal
Be a GM

← All players

Photo of Mark Messier

Mark Messier

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

Born Jan 18, 1961 in Edmonton, Alberta, CAN · 6'2", 211 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 48th overall in 1979 by EDM (round 3)

Trophy case

×6 Stanley Cup NHL Champion 1993-94, 1989-90, 1987-88, 1986-87, 1984-85, 1983-84
×2 Hart Memorial Trophy MVP of Regular Season 1991-92, 1989-90
×2 Ted Lindsay Award Most Outstanding Player as Voted by the NHLPA 1991-92, 1989-90
Lester Patrick Trophy Outstanding Service to Hockey in the United States 2008-09
Conn Smythe Trophy MVP of Stanley Cup Playoffs 1983-84

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2003-04. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Ryan Malone PIT · 43 P in 81 GP Steve Rucchin ANA · 43 P in 82 GP Trent Klatt LAK · 43 P in 82 GP Ray Whitney DET · 43 P in 67 GP Henrik Zetterberg DET · 43 P in 61 GP

Career

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

0501001979-80: 33 points3379-801980-81: 63 points631981-82: 88 points8881-821982-83: 106 points1061983-84: 101 points10183-841984-85: 54 points541985-86: 84 points8485-861986-87: 107 points1071987-88: 111 points11187-881988-89: 94 points941989-90: 129 points12989-901990-91: 64 points641991-92: 107 points10791-921992-93: 91 points911993-94: 84 points8493-941994-95: 53 points531995-96: 99 points9995-961996-97: 84 points841997-98: 60 points6097-981998-99: 48 points481999-00: 54 points5499-002000-01: 67 points672001-02: 23 points2301-022002-03: 40 points402003-04: 43 points4303-04

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 75 12 21 33 -9 120 113 0 0.44
1980-81 EDM 73 23 40 63 -12 102 179 0 0.86
1981-82 EDM 78 50 38 88 20 119 235 0 1.13
1982-83 EDM 77 48 58 106 18 72 237 0 1.38
1983-84 EDM 73 37 64 101 40 165 220 0 1.38
1984-85 EDM 55 23 31 54 10 57 138 0 0.98
1985-86 EDM 63 35 49 84 35 70 198 0 1.33
1986-87 EDM 77 37 70 107 22 73 210 0 1.39
1987-88 EDM 77 37 74 111 21 103 182 0 1.44
1988-89 EDM 72 33 61 94 -5 130 164 0 1.31
1989-90 EDM 79 45 84 129 19 79 211 0 1.63
1990-91 EDM 53 12 52 64 15 34 109 0 1.21
1991-92 NYR 79 35 72 107 31 76 212 0 1.35
1992-93 NYR 75 25 66 91 -6 72 215 0 1.21
1993-94 NYR 76 26 58 84 25 76 216 0 1.11
1994-95 NYR 46 14 39 53 8 40 126 0 1.15
1995-96 NYR 74 47 52 99 29 122 241 0 1.34
1996-97 NYR 71 36 48 84 12 88 227 0 1.18
1997-98 VAN 82 22 38 60 -10 58 139 48 0.73
1998-99 VAN 59 13 35 48 -12 33 97 29 0.81
1999-00 VAN 66 17 37 54 -15 30 131 50 0.82
2000-01 NYR 82 24 43 67 -25 89 131 78 0.82
2001-02 NYR 41 7 16 23 -1 32 69 35 0.56
2002-03 NYR 78 18 22 40 -2 30 117 12 0.51
2003-04 NYR 76 18 25 43 3 42 104 20 0.57
25 seasons Career 1757 694 1193 1887 211 1912 4221 272 1.07

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 1 2 3 2 2 11 0 1.00
1980-81 EDM 9 2 5 7 1 13 24 0 0.78
1981-82 EDM 5 1 2 3 -4 8 17 0 0.60
1982-83 EDM 15 15 6 21 11 14 50 0 1.40
1983-84 EDM 19 8 18 26 9 19 63 0 1.37
1984-85 EDM 18 12 13 25 14 12 56 0 1.39
1985-86 EDM 10 4 6 10 0 18 23 0 1.00
1986-87 EDM 21 12 16 28 13 16 62 0 1.33
1987-88 EDM 18 11 22 33 8 27 40 0 1.83
1988-89 EDM 7 1 11 12 -1 8 23 0 1.71
1989-90 EDM 22 9 22 31 5 20 47 0 1.41
1990-91 EDM 18 4 11 15 2 16 41 0 0.83
1991-92 NYR 11 7 7 14 -4 6 27 0 1.27
1993-94 NYR 23 12 18 30 14 33 75 0 1.30
1994-95 NYR 10 3 10 13 -11 8 26 0 1.30
1995-96 NYR 11 4 7 11 -10 16 41 0 1.00
1996-97 NYR 15 3 9 12 2 6 43 0 0.80
17 seasons Playoffs 235 109 185 294 51 242 669 0 1.25

2003-04 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
76 18 25 43 3 42 104 20 0.57 17.3 16:29

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Mar 31, 2004 vs BUF L 3-4 1 0 1 1 0 5 0 18:06
Mar 21, 2004 @ PIT L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 10 0 0 09:49
Mar 20, 2004 @ PHI L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 18:06
Mar 18, 2004 @ WSH L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 21:59
Mar 15, 2004 vs NJD L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:49
Mar 13, 2004 @ FLA L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 18:50
Mar 12, 2004 @ TBL L 2-5 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 16:57
Mar 9, 2004 @ ATL W 2-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 19:21
Mar 7, 2004 vs PIT L 4-7 0 3 3 2 2 1 0 19:17
Mar 5, 2004 vs WSH W 3-2 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 19:58
Mar 4, 2004 @ BOS L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 20:17
Mar 2, 2004 vs ATL L 3-4 1 1 2 0 0 3 1 15:39
Feb 29, 2004 @ ATL L 2-3 0 2 2 0 0 2 1 16:24
Feb 28, 2004 @ NSH L 1-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 15:33
Feb 26, 2004 @ NYI W 6-3 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 17:21
Feb 23, 2004 vs MTL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 18:59
Feb 21, 2004 vs NJD L 3-7 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 15:05
Feb 19, 2004 vs NYI W 6-2 1 1 2 2 4 3 0 17:22
Feb 16, 2004 vs OTT L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 16:06
Feb 14, 2004 @ PHI L 2-6 0 1 1 -2 0 1 0 22:03
Feb 12, 2004 vs PHI L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 15:36
Feb 11, 2004 @ NJD W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:27
Feb 4, 2004 vs MIN L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:38
Feb 2, 2004 vs VAN W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 16:22
Jan 31, 2004 @ BUF L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20:26
Jan 30, 2004 vs BUF L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 19:43
Jan 28, 2004 vs WSH L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 19:09
Jan 26, 2004 vs FLA W 5-2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 14:58
Jan 24, 2004 @ OTT L 1-9 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 14:51
Jan 22, 2004 vs PHI L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 14:31
Jan 20, 2004 vs BOS L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 15:50
Jan 19, 2004 @ BOS L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 16:39
Jan 17, 2004 @ MTL T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:45
Jan 15, 2004 vs NJD T 3-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 16:08
Jan 13, 2004 vs NYI W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 14:04
Jan 11, 2004 vs TBL L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 15:25
Jan 10, 2004 @ NYI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:19
Jan 8, 2004 @ CAR L 2-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 14:05
Jan 5, 2004 vs CGY L 0-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 16:02
Jan 3, 2004 @ PIT W 4-1 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 18:14
Jan 1, 2004 @ STL L 4-5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 15:56
Dec 30, 2003 @ LAK W 3-2 (OT) 1 0 1 1 4 2 0 16:26
Dec 29, 2003 @ PHX W 3-2 (OT) 1 2 3 2 0 2 0 15:04
Dec 26, 2003 vs TOR L 5-6 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 13:13
Dec 22, 2003 vs BOS W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:06
Dec 20, 2003 @ OTT L 1-3 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 12:35
Dec 18, 2003 vs NYI W 4-3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 11:00
Dec 13, 2003 @ TOR L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 19:57
Dec 12, 2003 @ BUF W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:40
Dec 10, 2003 vs MTL L 1-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 19:17
Dec 7, 2003 vs TBL L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 11:39
Dec 2, 2003 @ TOR L 4-5 0 0 0 -2 10 1 0 06:27
Nov 30, 2003 vs TOR L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 17:56
Nov 28, 2003 @ PIT W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 19:36
Nov 26, 2003 @ FLA T 3-3 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 16:06
Nov 25, 2003 @ TBL W 2-0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 18:03
Nov 23, 2003 vs OTT W 6-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:03
Nov 20, 2003 @ COL L 3-4 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 16:51
Nov 18, 2003 @ SJS T 2-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 17:38
Nov 16, 2003 @ CHI T 2-2 (OT) 1 1 2 2 0 3 1 20:07
Nov 15, 2003 @ NJD L 0-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 16:16
Nov 12, 2003 vs PIT W 6-2 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 18:25
Nov 10, 2003 vs EDM L 4-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 17:16
Nov 8, 2003 vs PHI L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 18:30
Nov 6, 2003 @ CAR L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 18:18
Nov 4, 2003 vs DAL W 3-0 2 0 2 3 0 2 1 15:28
Nov 2, 2003 vs COL L 2-3 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 18:54
Nov 1, 2003 @ MTL W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:14
Oct 30, 2003 vs CAR W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 18:48
Oct 28, 2003 vs ANA L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 19:55
Oct 25, 2003 vs DET W 3-1 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 14:35
Oct 20, 2003 vs FLA W 3-1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 13:37
Oct 18, 2003 vs CAR T 2-2 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 13:10
Oct 16, 2003 vs ATL T 0-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:36
Oct 11, 2003 @ CBJ L 0-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:09
Oct 10, 2003 @ MIN L 3-5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 12:46