Wayne Gretzky's records
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October 15, 1989: Gordie Howe congratulates Wayne on his 1,851st career point, breaking Howe's record
Upon his retirement on April 18, 1999, Wayne Gretzky held or shared 61 National Hockey League records. These records include 40 regular season, 15 playoff, and 6 All-star records.
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[edit] Official Records
Here is a complete list of his official records at the time of his retirement:
[edit] Playoff Records (15)
- Most playoff goals, career: 122
- Most playoff assists, career: 260
- Most assists, one playoff year: 31 in 1988 (19 games)
- Most assists in one series (other than final): 14 (tied with Rick Middleton) in 1985 Conference Finals (six games vs. Chicago)
- Most assists in final series: 10 in 1988 (four games, plus suspended game vs. Boston)
- Most assists, one playoff game: 6 (tied with Mikko Leinonen) on April 9, 1987
- Most assists, one playoff period: 3 -- Three assists by one player in one period of a playoff game has been recorded on 70 occasions. Gretzky has had three assists in one period five times.
- Most points, career: 382 -- 122 goals and 260 assists
- Most points, one playoff year: 47 in 1985 (17 goals and 30 assists in 18 games)
- Most points in final series: 13 in 1988 three goals and 10 assists (four games plus suspended game vs. Boston, three goals)
- Most points, one playoff period: 4 (tied with nine other players)
- Most short-handed goals, one playoff year: 3 (tied with five other players) 1983
- Most short-handed goals, one playoff game: 2 (tied with eight other players) April 6, 1983
- Most game winning goals in playoffs, career: 24
- Most three-or-more goals games (hat trick): 10 (eight three-goal games, two four-goal games)
[edit] All-Star Records (6)
- Most All-Star game goals: 13 (in 18 games played)
- Most All-Star game goals, one game: 4 (tied with three players) 1983 Campbell Conference
- Most All-Star game goals, one period: 4 1983 Campbell Conference, third period
- Most All-Star game assists, career: 12 (tied with four players)
- Most All-Star game points, career: 25 (13 goals, 12 assists in 18 games)
- Most All-Star game points, one period: 4 (tied with Mike Gartner and Adam Oates) 1983 Campbell Conference, third period (four goals)
[edit] Records Update
Since Wayne Gretzky’s retirement, two of his records have fallen and he has gained one record, leaving him with a new total of 60 official records.
- Gretzky’s record of 15 regular season overtime assists has now been passed by three players. They are Nicklas Lidstrom (16), Adam Oates (17), and Mark Messier (18).
- Both Ray Bourque (13) and Mark Messier (14) have passed Gretzky’s record (12) for most All-star game assists.
- Wayne Gretzky finished his career with a 1.921 points per game average. Only Mario Lemieux, then retired, had a better points per game average at that time. Lemieux since came out of retirement in 2000 and played until the 2005-06 NHL season. Lemieux's points per game average has dropped to 1.883 before retiring once again midway through the 2005–06 season. This gives the record back to Gretzky.
[edit] Unofficial Records
Along with his numerous official records, Wayne Gretzky also has many "unofficial" records. These other records are in fact records but are not recognised by the NHL Official Guide and Record Book. Here is a list of some of his unofficial records.
- Youngest player to score 50 goals in a season (19 years, two months).
- Most points by an NHL player in his first year: 137. He was not considered a rookie in his first year, so the rookie record belongs to Teemu Selanne with 132.
- Most assists by an NHL player in his first year: 86. The rookie record is held jointly by Peter Stastny and Joe Juneau with 70 assists. Note that the record book gives Gretzky the record for most assists and points in a game as a first year player, but not the season totals.
- Most 200 point seasons: 4. The NHL has a record for most 100 point seasons (owned by Gretzky), but not most 200 point seasons, probably because Gretzky is the only one who has scored 200 points.
- Most consecutive 200 point seasons: 3.
- Most 70 goal seasons: 4. The NHL has a record for most 60 goal seasons, but not 70. This is strange because many players have achieved 70 goals. Brett Hull has scored 70 goals three times.
- Most consecutive 70 goal seasons: 4.
- Most 80 goal seasons: 2.
- Most 90 goal seasons: 1. As with 200 point seasons, Gretzky is the only player to achieve this.
- Fastest 50 goals: 50 goals in 39 games. It is surprising that this isn’t an official record because time and time again, this record is labelled as the most difficult one to break of all of Gretzky’s records. The NHL has an official record for the most goals in 50 games, but not the fastest 50 goals.
- Fastest 100 points: 34 games in 1983–84.
- Most seasons averaging over 2 points a game: 10. Mario Lemieux did it six times.
- Most 100 assist seasons: 11.
- Most consecutive 100 assist seasons: 11.
- Most NHL & WHA regular season assists: 2,027.
- Most NHL & WHA regular season points: 2,967.
- Most NHL & WHA regular season and playoff goals: 1,072 (one more than Gordie Howe).
- Most NHL & WHA regular season and playoff assists: 2,297.
- Most NHL & WHA regular season and playoff points: 3,369.
- Most MVP awards (Hart Trophy): 9.
- Most scoring championships (Art Ross Trophy): 10.
- Largest margin of victory in the scoring race: 79 (in 1983–84)
- Most seasons where he was his team's leading scorer: 19
- Most official NHL records: 61 on retirement, 60 at present
These are just some of Gretzky’s "unofficial" scoring records. This list does not include a completely separate set of records. Those records are his "milestone" records. They include such records as:
- Fastest 200 goals (242 games)
- Fastest 500 goals (575 games)
- Fastest 600 goals (718 games, one less than Mario Lemieux)
- Fastest 700 goals (886 games)
- Fastest 1000 points (424 games)
