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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 1980-81. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Bob MacMillan CGY · 63 P in 77 GP Mario Tremblay MTL · 63 P in 77 GP Dale Hunter QUE · 63 P in 80 GP Mike Foligno DET · 63 P in 80 GP Per-Olov Brasar VAN · 63 P in 80 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

1980-81 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
73 23 40 63 -12 102 179 0 0.86 12.8 0:00

Game log

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