List of career achievements by Wayne Gretzky


This is a list of career achievements by Wayne Gretzky in the National Hockey League. Upon his retirement on 18 April 1999, Gretzky held or shared 61 NHL records. These records include 40 regular season, 15 playoff and 6 All-Star records.
Gretzky set records in both regular season and post-season play, holding the record for most career regular season goals, assists, points and hat-tricks. The next closest player in total points for the regular season is Jaromir Jagr at 1,921, thus Gretzky had more career assists than any other player has total points. Gretzky scored his first 1,000 points faster than any other player in NHL history, and scored a second 1,000 points faster than any player other than himself. Gretzky's point total including regular season and playoffs stands at an imposing 3,239.
His 47 playoff points in 1985 and 31 assists in 1988 are still records for a single post-season round, and he holds the record for career playoff goals, assists, points, hat-tricks and game-winning goals.
Below is a complete list of official records Gretzky held or shared at the time of his retirement:

Regular season records (40)

  1. Most goals: 894 in 1,487 games
  2. Most goals, including playoffs: 1,016 in 1,487 regular season games including 122 playoff goals
  3. Most goals, one season: 92 in 1981–82, 80-game schedule
  4. Most goals, one season, including playoffs: 100 in 1983–84, 87 goals in 74 regular season games and 13 goals in 19 playoff games
  5. Most goals, 50 games from start of season: 61 in 1981–82 and 1983–84, 80-game schedule
  6. Most goals, one period: 4 18 February 1981
  7. Most assists: 1,963
  8. Most assists, including playoffs: 2,223
  9. Most assists, one season: 163 in 1985–86, 80-game schedule
  10. Most assists, one season, including playoffs: 174 in 1985–86, 163 assists in 80 regular season games and 11 assists in 10 playoff games
  11. Most assists, one game: 7 on three occasions—16 February 1980; 11 December 1985; 15 February 1986
  12. Most assists, one road game: 7 11 December 1985
  13. Most points: 2,857 in 1,487 games
  14. Most points, including playoffs: 3,239 in 1,487 regular season and 208 playoff games.
  15. Most points, one season: 215 in 1985–86, 80-game schedule
  16. Most points, one season, including playoffs: 255 in 1984–85; 208 points in 80 regular season games and 47 points in 18 playoff games
  17. Most overtime assists, career: 15
  18. Most goals by a centre, career: 894
  19. Most goals by a centre, one season: 92 in 1981–82, 80-game schedule
  20. Most assists by a centre, career: 1,963
  21. Most assists by a centre, one season: 163 in 1985–86, 80-game schedule
  22. Most points by a centre, career: 2,857
  23. Most points by a centre, one season: 215 in 1985–86, 80-game schedule
  24. Most assists in one game by a player in his first season: 7 on 15 February 1980
  25. Highest goals-per-game average, one season: 1.18 in 1983–84, 87 goals in 74 games
  26. Highest assists-per-game average, career : 1.321 -- 1,963 assists in 1,487 games
  27. Highest assists-per-game average, one season: 2.04 in 1985–86, 163 assists in 80 games
  28. Highest points-per-game average, one season : 2.77 in 1983–84, 205 points in 74 games
  29. Most 40-or-more goal seasons: 12 in 20 seasons
  30. Most consecutive 40-or-more goal seasons: 12 from 1979–80 to 1990–91
  31. Most 50-or-more goal seasons: 9
  32. Most 60-or-more goal seasons: 5
  33. Most consecutive 60-or-more goals seasons: 4 from 1981–82 to 1984–85
  34. Most 100-or-more point seasons: 15
  35. Most consecutive 100-or-more point seasons: 13 from 1979–80 to 1991–92
  36. Most three-or-more goal games, career: 50 -- 37 three-goal games; nine four-goal games; four five-goal games
  37. Most three goal games, one season: 10 in 1981–82 and 1983–84
  38. Longest consecutive assist scoring streak: 23 games in 1990–91, 48 assists
  39. Longest consecutive point-scoring streak: 51 Games in 1983–84
  40. Longest consecutive point-scoring streak from start of season: 51 in 1983–84; 61 goals, 92 assists for 153 points

    Playoff records (15)

  41. Most playoff goals, career: 122
  42. Most playoff assists, career: 260
  43. Most assists, one playoff year: 31 in 1988
  44. Most assists in one series: 14 in 1985 Conference Finals
  45. Most assists in final series: 10 in 1988
  46. Most assists, one playoff game: 6 on 9 April 1987
  47. Most assists, one playoff period: 3 -- Three assists by one player in one period of a playoff game has been recorded on 70 occasions, five of them by Gretzky
  48. Most points, career: 382 -- 122 goals and 260 assists
  49. Most points, one playoff year: 47 in 1985
  50. Most points in final series: 13 in 1988 three goals and 10 assists
  51. Most points, one playoff period: 4
  52. Most short-handed goals, one playoff year: 3 1983
  53. Most short-handed goals, one playoff game: 2 6 April 1983
  54. Most game-winning goals in playoffs, career: 24
  55. Most three-or-more goals games : 10

    All-Star records (6)

  56. Most All-Star game goals, career: 13
  57. Most All-Star game goals, one game: 4 1983 Campbell Conference
  58. Most All-Star game goals, one period: 4 1983 Campbell Conference, third period
  59. Most All-Star game assists, career: 12
  60. Most All-Star game points, career: 25
  61. Most All-Star game points, one period: 4 1983 Campbell Conference, third period

    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.

Broken Records

Along with his numerous official records, Wayne Gretzky also has many "unofficial" records. These other records - though not recognized by the NHL Official Guide and Record Book - are still significant records.

NHL scoring records

The following are NHL milestone records:
Bold denotes career high
* denotes seasons in which Gretzky won the Stanley Cup

Awards

He won nine Hart Trophies, the NHL's most valuable player award, and eight of these were awarded in consecutive years from 1980–87. Gretzky holds the record for most MVP awards of any player in North American professional sports.