The Back Check

S1E61 - Episode 61: Class of 1999: Wayne Gretzky

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Episode Notes
  • NHL: 1979-99; 20 seasons, all quality
  • Totals:
  • 894G (1st All Time - Gretzky is ahead by 93 goals),
  • 1963A (1st - Gretzky is ahead by over 700 assists) for
  • 2857P (1st - Gretzky is head by nearly 1000 points), 
  • +518 (4th) in
  • 1487 games (18th);
  • 251 PS (1st)
  • Gretzky is the career leader in Offensive Point Shares (he’s ahead by nearly 40 OPS, which is a decent NHL career)
  • Per Game:
  • 7th All Time in GPG (Gretzky held the career record for GPG from the 1982-83 season till the 1989-90 season) and
  • 1st in APG (Gretzky is ahead of Lemieux by nearly .2 assists per game) and
  • 1st in PPG
  • 21:04 ATOI (minutes were tracked for only the final season of Gretzky's career)
  • Draft: undrafted; there’s nothing really to talk about here
  • Era: Come on...it's Gretzky, we don't need to know how he compares to his era
  • 82-game average: 50G, 108A for 145P, +29
  • 3-year peak (1983-86): 82-game average of 75G, 145A for 220P
  • Playoffs:
  • Totals:
  • 122G (1st All Time),
  • 260A (1st - Gretzky is ahead by nearly 80 assists) for
  • 382P (1st - Gretzky is ahead by nearly 100 points) in
  • 208 games (16th)
  • Per Game: Gretzky is
  • 6th All time in playoff GPG (He held the career playoff GPG record from 1987 until 1991)
  • 1st in APG (Gretzky is ahead by over .3 APG) and
  • 1st in PPG (Gretzky is ahead by over .2 PPG)
  • Era: Be serious!
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