Jagr and Esposito are the class of this group IMO. These are all great players.
Sakic should be added, he's getting no appreciation.
Top 50 Scoring Seasons (relative to league scoring level):
Gretzky #1,2,4,5,7,8,12,15,21,31,33,43,45
Lemieux #3,6,14,17,23
Jagr #10,11,18,26,32*,44
Esposito #9,13,19,22,37
Orr #16,25,39,49,50
Sakic #20,48
Yzerman#24, (55)
Lafleur #28,35
Selanne #30,(57)
Forsberg #36,(64)
Howe #38
Dionne #42,(59)
Kariya #46
Trottier #47,(58)
(Br. Hull 53, Francis 54)
If you adjust each player's stats for the relative league scoring level, and games missed due to labor disputes and shorter schedules, right now the all-time leaders would roughly be (adjusted to 7.0 total goals per game, NHL stats):
GOALS
1. Howe ~1,100
2. Gretzky ~875
3. Br. Hull ~850
4. Esposito ~825
5. Jagr ~750
6. Bo. Hull ~750
7. Dionne ~725
8. Messier ~725
9. Yzerman ~725
10. Sakic ~700
Lemieux ~700
POINTS
1. Gretzky ~2,850
2. Howe ~2,500
3. Messier ~2,000
4. Francis ~1,900
5. Jagr ~1,825
6. Yzerman ~1,825
7. Esposito ~1,825
8. Sakic ~1,800
9. Lemieux ~1,775
10. Dionne ~1,775
End of career projections:
GOALS
1. Howe
2. Jagr or Gretzky
3.
4. Br. Hull
5. Esposito or Sakic
POINTS
1. Gretzky
2. Howe
3. Jagr
4. Sakic
5. Messier
6. Francis