Reference - VsX comprehensive summary (1927 to 2023)

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The purpose of this thread is to summarize "Vs X", an adjusted scoring system commonly used by the History of Hockey sub-forum.

As far as I know, longtime poster BM67 developed the earliest version of the system, wherein each player's stats were compared to the 2nd highest scorer in a given year. The reasoning was sometimes the leading scorer would be an outlier, and other times they wouldn't separate themselves far from the pack - but the runner-up was likely to be more consistent from year to year. This method didn't work because the key assumption (the runner-up being a consistent benchmark each year) is false - but instead of fiddling around with a number of theoretical variables, BM67's system made everyone realize that comparing a player to the league's leaders was a surprisingly elegant and effective system.

Another longtime poster, Sturminator, refined the methodology. He proposed that our starting point should be using the runner-up as our benchmark - but this can be modified if certain conditions are met. I'm not going to re-post Sturm's analysis - it was a long, well-written post, and I have nothing substantial to add - but you can read about it at http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showpost.php?p=60570205&postcount=1.

The following posts outline the results, and the benchmarks for each year.

Benefits
  • Ultimately, performance relative to an "adjusted" league leader is captured. Since offense in hockey is relative - a goal today is worth more than a goal in 1982 - the approach is appropriate. Those who have reviewed the results of other adjusted scoring metrics know that changes in league-wide scoring levels don't directly influence the output of the league's top scorers (1993 is a good example - it wasn't that much higher-scoring than 1992 or 1994, but the distribution of the scoring was unique that year). Since the benchmark is the league leader, rather than a theoretical set of variables, the actual results are smoothed out so that the leader boards, excluding any outliers, are relatively consistent from year to year.
  • As a result of the previous point, each season counts equally. A dominant season in 1927 counts just as much as a dominant season in 2017. (Of course, there are far more players in the NHL in 2017 than in, say, 1967, so there are far more players with good and great seasons. But I don't see why an elite performance from 2017 would be inherently better than an elite performance from 1967, so the leaders of both seasons would have similar results).
  • Performance, rather than a player's name, is what ultimately counts. Gretzky is obviously treated as an outlier throughout the 1980s - but in other seasons, like 1997 as an example, he`s not treated as an outlier just because his name is Gretzky, so other players aren`t given an artificial boost.
  • Flexibility. We can look at the top scorers over X number of years. We can make those consecutive or not. We can look at actual results or per-game result. The data can be sliced and diced many different ways.

Drawbacks
  • This metric focuses on regular season offense only. Performance in the playoffs, defensive acumen, physicality, etc., are all ignored.
  • The actual process for calculating the benchmark each year can be complicated. I know Sturm's system can seem arbitrary or needlessly complex - but I also think it's the best system we have, and each adjustment exists for a reason.
  • Time-consuming to calculate. I have everything set up in Excel so it's (relatively) easy for me to run the numbers. Anyone attempting to do this manually is probably in for hours (or days) of painful effort.
  • The system isn't additive. That is, adding up goals and assists, either for a single season or over the course of a player's career, won't add to their total points. That's because the yearly benchmarks for goals, assists, and points are calculated separately. The majority of the time I think looking at points is ideal, but the system can be useful in isolating goal-scoring or playmaking if desired.

Notes
  • Throughout this thread, I have data going back to 1926-27 only.
  • Initially there were "weightings" for different seasons (ie a player's best season was given a weighting of A, second-best was given a weighting of B, etc). Ultimately the consensus emerged that this was unnecessary - it added needless complexity for minimal informational value. Throughout this thread, no weightings are used.
  • I'll end this post the way Sturminator ended his - Comments, criticisms, fact-checking and personal attacks are all welcome.
 
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TABLE 1 - BEST SEVEN YEARS, POINTS (last updated: 2023)

Wayne Gretzky155.6
Phil Esposito130.4
Gordie Howe125.5
Mario Lemieux119.8
Connor McDavid116.1
Bobby Orr114.8
Jaromir Jagr114.2
Bobby Hull108.3
Stan Mikita107.8
Jean Beliveau105.7
Guy Lafleur104.5
Ted Lindsay104.4
Marcel Dionne103.3
Sidney Crosby102.4
Maurice Richard102.4
Howie Morenz102.2
Andy Bathgate101.1
Leon Draisaitl98.5
Alex Ovechkin98.4
Joe Sakic97.7
Bill Cowley97.0
Patrick Kane96.2
Charlie Conacher96.2
Bill Cook96.0
Joe Thornton95.6
Frank Boucher95.1
Mike Bossy94.8
Evgeni Malkin93.7
Bryan Trottier93.7
Steve Yzerman93.2
Teemu Selanne92.7
Martin St. Louis92.4
Syl Apps Sr92.4
Nikita Kucherov91.4
Steven Stamkos91.4
Sweeney Schriner91.3
Bobby Clarke90.4
Max Bentley90.4
Peter Forsberg90.3
Nels Stewart90.3
Adam Oates90.0
Bernie Geoffrion89.9
Mark Messier89.6
Jean Ratelle89.6
Marty Barry89.6
Norm Ullman89.5
Busher Jackson89.5
John Bucyk88.7
Peter Stastny88.4
Mark Recchi88.4
Nathan MacKinnon88.2
Jari Kurri88.1
Paul Coffey88.1
Brett Hull88.0
Claude Giroux88.0
Frank Mahovlich87.8
Nicklas Backstrom87.7
Ron Francis87.4
Sid Abel87.3
Milt Schmidt86.9
Jarome Iginla86.7
Gordie Drillon86.7
Doug Bentley86.6
Toe Blake86.3
Elmer Lach86.1
Dale Hawerchuk86.0
Gilbert Perreault85.7
Darryl Sittler85.7
Denis Savard85.5
Dickie Moore85.4
Artemi Panarin85.3
Roy Conacher85.2
Henri Richard85.2
Pavel Bure85.2
Eric Lindros85.0
Paul Kariya84.9
Alex Delvecchio84.8
Brad Marchand84.7
Henrik Sedin84.5
Luc Robitaille84.2
Ilya Kovalchuk83.9
Syd Howe83.9
Ryan Getzlaf83.7
Ken Hodge83.2
Rod Gilbert83.1
Jamie Benn83.0
Markus Naslund82.9
John Tavares82.7
Aurel Joliat82.6
Phil Kessel82.6
Paul Thompson82.6
Pavel Datsyuk82.5
Marian Hossa82.4
Daniel Alfredsson82.3
Pierre Turgeon82.1
Mats Sundin82.1
Doug Gilmour82.0
Theoren Fleury82.0
John LeClair81.7
Mike Modano81.5
Jeremy Roenick81.2
Dany Heatley81.0
Bryan Hextall80.9
Sergei Fedorov80.8
Erik Karlsson80.6
Bernie Nicholls80.6
Tyler Seguin80.5
Eric Staal80.2
Ziggy Palffy80.1
Blake Wheeler80.1
Daniel Sedin79.9
Henrik Zetterberg79.5
Lynn Patrick79.4
Mitch Marner79.3
Michel Goulet79.3
Anze Kopitar79.2
Jason Spezza79.1
Keith Tkachuk79.0
Brendan Shanahan79.0
Cooney Weiland78.9
Patrik Elias78.9
Ted Kennedy78.8
Pat LaFontaine78.5
Joe Pavelski78.4
Doug Weight78.3
Auston Matthews78.2
Cecil Dillon78.1
Brad Richards78.0
Hooley Smith78.0
Jacques Lemaire77.9
Jonathan Huberdeau77.8
Alexander Mogilny77.7
Bernie Federko77.6
Alexei Yashin77.1
Yvan Cournoyer77.1
Vincent Lecavalier76.9
Phil Watson76.7
Bun Cook76.3
Johnny Gaudreau76.1
Bert Olmstead75.9
Bobby Rousseau75.5
Raymond Bourque75.5
Red Kelly75.4
Alex Kovalev75.3
Bill Mosienko75.2
Phil Goyette75.2
Clint Smith75.1
Corey Perry75.0
Herbie Lewis75.0
Denis Potvin74.9
Johnny Gottselig74.8
Joe Primeau74.8
Jakub Voracek74.6
Bobby Bauer74.6
Pavol Demitra74.5
Mark Scheifele74.4
Lorne Carr74.4
Dave Keon74.3
Aleksander Barkov74.1
Lanny McDonald74.1
Rick Middleton74.1
Mike Ribeiro74.1
Vincent Damphousse74.0
Pete Mahovlich73.8
Dit Clapper73.7
Brian Leetch73.7
Jonathan Toews73.7
Alex Tanguay73.4
Marc Savard73.3
Don McKenney73.3
Rick MacLeish73.3
Patrick Marleau73.2
Mikko Rantanen73.1
Milan Hejduk73.1
Taylor Hall73.1
Rick Martin73.1
Tony Amonte73.0
Ray Whitney72.9
Bill Thoms72.7
Woody Dumart72.7
Rod Brind'Amour72.6
Neil Colville72.1
Max Pacioretty72.1
Glenn Anderson72.0
Peter Bondra72.0
Steve Larmer71.9
Eddie Wiseman71.8
Joe Mullen71.6
Larry Aurie71.6
Kent Nilsson71.3
Dennis Maruk71.3
Rene Robert71.0
Vladimir Tarasenko70.9
Zach Parise70.9
Tod Sloan70.9
Steve Shutt70.6
Pit Martin70.6
Al MacInnis70.5
Johnny Gagnon70.4
David Pastrnak70.4
Joe Nieuwendyk70.3
Dave Taylor70.2
Garry Unger70.1
Bill Barber70.0
Marian Gaborik69.9
Matt Duchene69.8
Dino Ciccarelli69.8
Kenny Wharram69.8
Gaye Stewart69.8
Ebbie Goodfellow69.6
Dave Andreychuk69.5
Nicklas Lidstrom69.4
Brent Burns69.4
Rick Nash69.2
Patrice Bergeron69.2
Syl Apps69.1
Bobby Smith68.9
Mike Gartner68.8
Thomas Vanek68.7
Mark Stone68.7
Matthew Tkachuk68.6
Baldy Northcott68.6
Todd Bertuzzi68.5
Jimmy Ward68.5
Miroslav Satan68.4
Dennis Hull68.3
Sid Smith68.2
Olli Jokinen68.2
Mika Zibanejad67.9
Wayne Cashman67.8
Fred Stanfield67.8
Robert Lang67.8
Butch Goring67.8
Paul Ronty67.8
Jeff Carter67.8
Walt Tkaczuk67.8
Ryan O'Reilly67.6
Scott Gomez67.6
Steve Sullivan67.6
Red Berenson67.5
Ed Litzenberger67.5
Martin Straka67.4
Craig Janney67.4
Sebastian Aho67.2
Brian Propp67.2
Herb Cain67.1
David Krejci67.1
Camille Henry67.0
Dean Prentice67.0
Kevin Stevens67.0
 
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TABLE 2 - BEST TEN YEARS, POINTS (last updated: 2023)

Wayne Gretzky144.7
Gordie Howe118.1
Phil Esposito117.6
Mario Lemieux112.0
Jaromir Jagr105.9
Stan Mikita102.5
Bobby Hull101.8
Jean Beliveau100.0
Sidney Crosby99.6
Maurice Richard97.9
Marcel Dionne97.5
Ted Lindsay95.8
Andy Bathgate95.6
Alex Ovechkin94.1
Joe Sakic94.0
Bobby Orr92.1
Guy Lafleur91.0
Joe Thornton90.8
Patrick Kane90.7
Mike Bossy89.4
Howie Morenz88.9
Frank Boucher88.8
Steve Yzerman88.8
Teemu Selanne88.7
Evgeni Malkin88.1
Bryan Trottier87.2
Nels Stewart87.1
Steven Stamkos87.0
Connor McDavid86.7
Bill Cowley86.7
Martin St. Louis86.3
Adam Oates86.2
Jean Ratelle85.3
Mark Messier85.0
Norm Ullman84.7
Bill Cook84.4
Mark Recchi84.3
Ron Francis84.2
Frank Mahovlich84.1
John Bucyk83.9
Syl Apps Sr83.9
Brett Hull83.6
Bobby Clarke83.5
Bernie Geoffrion83.4
Alex Delvecchio82.9
Nicklas Backstrom82.6
Charlie Conacher82.5
Claude Giroux82.4
Peter Forsberg82.1
Paul Coffey82.0
Marty Barry81.8
Dale Hawerchuk81.7
Gilbert Perreault81.6
Jarome Iginla81.5
Toe Blake81.4
Jari Kurri81.2
Luc Robitaille80.9
Peter Stastny80.8
Darryl Sittler80.4
Busher Jackson80.2
Max Bentley80.0
Mats Sundin79.9
Rod Gilbert79.7
Sweeney Schriner79.7
John Tavares79.6
Henrik Sedin79.5
Elmer Lach79.2
Pierre Turgeon78.9
Henri Richard78.9
Milt Schmidt78.8
Paul Kariya78.6
Marian Hossa78.1
Denis Savard78.0
Ryan Getzlaf78.0
Nathan MacKinnon78.0
Theoren Fleury77.9
Mike Modano77.7
Syd Howe77.7
Brad Marchand77.6
Daniel Alfredsson77.4
Anze Kopitar77.3
Phil Kessel77.1
Sergei Fedorov77.1
Doug Gilmour77.1
Pavel Datsyuk77.1
Ilya Kovalchuk76.9
Doug Bentley76.7
Daniel Sedin76.4
Eric Staal76.4
Jeremy Roenick76.1
Blake Wheeler76.0
Eric Lindros76.0
Sid Abel75.8
Leon Draisaitl75.7
Aurel Joliat75.1
Henrik Zetterberg74.7
Jamie Benn74.6
Brendan Shanahan74.4
Dickie Moore74.3
Joe Pavelski74.3
Roy Conacher74.1
Jason Spezza74.1
Bernie Federko74.0
Ken Hodge74.0
Keith Tkachuk73.9
Ted Kennedy73.8
Bernie Nicholls73.7
Patrik Elias73.6
Brad Richards73.2
Markus Naslund73.0
Alexander Mogilny72.9
Pavel Bure72.7
Dany Heatley72.3
Doug Weight72.2
Nikita Kucherov72.1
Michel Goulet71.8
Pat LaFontaine71.8
Jacques Lemaire71.7
Tyler Seguin71.5
Raymond Bourque71.5
Yvan Cournoyer71.5
Bryan Hextall71.3
John LeClair71.2
Vincent Damphousse71.1
Vincent Lecavalier71.0
Alexei Yashin70.8
Dave Keon70.7
Red Kelly70.5
Jonathan Toews70.3
Bill Mosienko69.8
Corey Perry69.8
Patrick Marleau69.7
Hooley Smith69.5
Ziggy Palffy69.4
Cooney Weiland69.3
Bert Olmstead69.2
Jakub Voracek69.1
Bobby Rousseau69.1
Lorne Carr69.0
Dit Clapper69.0
Erik Karlsson69.0
Paul Thompson68.9
Brian Leetch68.8
Alex Kovalev68.7
Phil Watson68.7
Bun Cook68.7
Rod Brind'Amour68.6
Ray Whitney68.5
Johnny Gottselig68.5
Denis Potvin68.4
Steve Larmer68.2
Mike Ribeiro68.1
Jonathan Huberdeau68.0
Lanny McDonald68.0
Lynn Patrick67.9
Pavol Demitra67.7
Phil Goyette67.6
Alex Tanguay67.6
Mark Scheifele67.6
Woody Dumart67.5
Pete Mahovlich67.5
Tony Amonte67.5
Rick Middleton67.2
Artemi Panarin67.2
Cecil Dillon67.1
Dino Ciccarelli66.9
Clint Smith66.8
Don McKenney66.8
Patrice Bergeron66.7
Joe Mullen66.6
Peter Bondra66.6
Milan Hejduk66.5
Zach Parise66.3
Bobby Smith66.3
Joe Nieuwendyk66.3
Dave Andreychuk66.2
Bill Barber66.2
Al MacInnis66.1
Mike Gartner66.0
Herbie Lewis66.0
Glenn Anderson65.7
Taylor Hall65.7
Nicklas Lidstrom65.6
Thomas Vanek64.8
Bill Thoms64.8
Aleksander Barkov64.7
Matt Duchene64.7
Brian Propp64.7
Rick Nash64.6
Pit Martin64.6
Max Pacioretty64.2
Garry Unger64.1
Ryan O'Reilly64.0
Dave Taylor64.0
Marc Savard64.0
Dean Prentice63.9
Ebbie Goodfellow63.7
David Krejci63.6
Dennis Maruk63.5
Marian Gaborik63.5
Rick MacLeish63.3
Rick Martin63.2
Scott Gomez63.2
Brent Burns62.6
Shane Doan62.5
Olli Jokinen62.4
Phil Housley62.4
Jason Pominville62.4
Jeff Carter62.4
Eddie Wiseman62.3
Tom Lysiak62.1
Owen Nolan62.1
Tod Sloan62.0
Miroslav Satan62.0
Steve Shutt61.6
Larry Aurie61.5
Butch Goring61.4
Alex Zhamnov61.4
Logan Couture61.4
Brian Bellows61.3
Herb Cain61.3
Kenny Wharram61.1
Wayne Cashman60.8
Gordie Drillon60.7
Steve Sullivan60.7
Jordan Eberle60.6
Dennis Hull60.4
Craig Janney60.3
Pat Verbeek60.3
Mika Zibanejad60.1
Rene Robert60.0
Vic Hadfield59.9
Todd Bertuzzi59.9
Murray Oliver59.9
Pierre Larouche59.8
Petr Sykora59.7
Robert Lang59.7
Jimmy Ward59.7
Jean Pronovost59.6
Paul Stastny59.5
Vladimir Tarasenko59.4
Bob Nevin59.4
Ryan Smyth59.3
Claude Provost59.3
Mikko Koivu59.2
Buddy O'Connor59.2
Gabriel Landeskog59.1
Martin Straka59.1
Victor Hedman58.9
Camille Henry58.9
 
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TABLE 3 - CAREER TOTAL, POINTS (last updated 2023)

Gordie Howe2,444
Wayne Gretzky2,327
Jaromir Jagr1,921
Mark Messier1,620
Stan Mikita1,610
Phil Esposito1,609
Joe Thornton1,589
Ron Francis1,588
Alex Delvecchio1,575
Sidney Crosby1,546
Joe Sakic1,534
Steve Yzerman1,529
Jean Beliveau1,519
John Bucyk1,519
Alex Ovechkin1,516
Marcel Dionne1,484
Mark Recchi1,438
Norm Ullman1,434
Teemu Selanne1,415
Mario Lemieux1,409
Maurice Richard1,403
Bobby Hull1,376
Jarome Iginla1,343
Raymond Bourque1,338
Patrick Kane1,305
Mike Modano1,286
Mats Sundin1,284
Adam Oates1,282
Brett Hull1,271
Frank Mahovlich1,260
Paul Coffey1,258
Brendan Shanahan1,257
Ted Lindsay1,255
Henri Richard1,254
Jean Ratelle1,251
Evgeni Malkin1,251
Luc Robitaille1,250
Patrick Marleau1,239
Doug Gilmour1,227
Andy Bathgate1,226
Pierre Turgeon1,200
Marian Hossa1,178
Dave Andreychuk1,165
Daniel Alfredsson1,162
Bryan Trottier1,159
Guy Lafleur1,158
Gilbert Perreault1,145
Jeremy Roenick1,128
Red Kelly1,127
Eric Staal1,124
Anze Kopitar1,119
Dale Hawerchuk1,119
Henrik Sedin1,115
Al MacInnis1,114
Jari Kurri1,113
Sergei Fedorov1,113
Nels Stewart1,106
Nicklas Lidstrom1,102
Rod Brind'Amour1,100
Steven Stamkos1,098
Vincent Damphousse1,096
Bernie Geoffrion1,093
Bobby Clarke1,087
Daniel Sedin1,084
Nicklas Backstrom1,083
Martin St. Louis1,083
Patrice Bergeron1,081
Mike Gartner1,077
Ray Whitney1,077
Rod Gilbert1,072
Patrik Elias1,070
Ryan Getzlaf1,068
Phil Housley1,066
Claude Giroux1,065
Dave Keon1,064
Denis Savard1,060
Phil Kessel1,053
Joe Pavelski1,047
Dean Prentice1,045
John Tavares1,041
Keith Tkachuk1,038
Joe Nieuwendyk1,031
Milt Schmidt1,030
Larry Murphy1,025
Jason Spezza1,018
Theoren Fleury1,011
Alex Kovalev1,009
Syd Howe1,006
Shane Doan1,006
Henrik Zetterberg1,005
Doug Weight1,003
Bernie Nicholls994
Dino Ciccarelli983
Bill Cowley982
Blake Wheeler981
Busher Jackson980
Darryl Sittler973
Paul Kariya970
Vincent Lecavalier967
Brad Richards967
Alexander Mogilny958
Peter Stastny957
Dit Clapper956
Pavel Datsyuk956
Brian Leetch956
Frank Boucher949
Bobby Orr940
Howie Morenz934
Elmer Lach930
Corey Perry925
Brad Marchand924
Jonathan Toews923
Jason Arnott923
Pat Verbeek923
Jeff Carter917
Billy Harris917
George Armstrong914
Toe Blake911
Jamie Benn910
Bryan Hextall904
Zach Parise904
Michel Goulet903
Ken Hodge898
Alex Tanguay897
Mike Bossy894
Bernie Federko892
Yvan Cournoyer883
Peter Forsberg882
Denis Potvin880
Ilya Kovalchuk880
Hooley Smith879
Charlie Conacher879
Max Bentley876
Tony Amonte875
Glenn Anderson869
Brent Burns868
Jakub Voracek868
Connor McDavid867
Doug Mohns864
Peter Bondra864
Markus Naslund862
Owen Nolan859
Joe Mullen858
Bill Cook855
Marty Barry853
Ryan Smyth846
Paul Stastny845
Rick Nash845
Mike Ribeiro844
Dave Taylor844
Marian Gaborik843
Eric Lindros840
Syl Apps Sr839
Doug Bentley838
Bill Guerin838
Justin Williams835
Chris Chelios835
Saku Koivu833
Bert Olmstead833
Pit Martin833
Murray Oliver832
Pat LaFontaine832
Lanny McDonald831
Brian Bellows831
Aurel Joliat830
Sergei Gonchar830
Sweeney Schriner829
Ted Kennedy828
Steve Thomas825
Dale Hunter823
Taylor Hall822
Steve Larmer821
Gary Roberts821
Thomas Vanek819
Rick Tocchet816
Greg Adams815
Phil Goyette814
Bobby Rousseau813
Bobby Smith812
John LeClair810
Kirk Muller809
Milan Hejduk808
Jacques Lemaire808
Cliff Ronning805
Bill Mosienko805
Brad Park804
Rick Middleton801
Erik Karlsson801
Johnny Gottselig800
Ray Ferraro799
Bob Nevin798
Trevor Linden794
Larry Robinson791
Woody Dumart789
Butch Goring786
David Krejci785
Brian Propp785
Dany Heatley784
Matt Duchene784
Tyler Seguin783
Dickie Moore781
Nathan MacKinnon780
Bill Gadsby780
Alexei Yashin780
Sid Abel779
Scott Stevens777
Paul Thompson777
Bob Pulford775
Todd Bertuzzi775
Scott Mellanby774
Scott Gomez771
Mush March767
Pavol Demitra767
David Perron763
Steve Sullivan761
Matt Cullen761
Garry Unger760
Leon Draisaitl757
Lorne Carr757
Brian Rolston756
Vyacheslav Kozlov756
Bill Barber755
Pavel Bure753
Jason Pominville753
Ryan O'Reilly752
Olli Jokinen752
Sergei Zubov750
Logan Couture748
Roy Conacher746
Mikko Koivu745
Phil Watson745
Rob Blake744
Neal Broten743
Vic Hadfield742
Doug Harvey739
Ivan Boldirev738
Ralph Backstrom738
Kris Letang737
Wayne Cashman737
Dustin Brown736
Scott Hartnell735
Don McKenney734
Gary Suter733
Claude Provost733
Miroslav Satan729
John MacLean728
Bobby Holik728
Cooney Weiland726
Andrew Brunette725
Max Pacioretty724
 
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TABLE 4 - YEARLY BENCHMARK FOR POINTS (last updated: 2023)

YearFactor
1927
32​
1928
35​
1929
29​
1930
62​
1931
43​
1932
50​
1933
44​
1934
43​
1935
47​
1936
40​
1937
45​
1938
44​
1939
44​
1940
43​
1941
44​
1942
54​
1943
72​
1944
95​
1945
78​
1946
60​
1947
63​
1948
60​
1949
54​
1950
69​
1951
66​
1952
69​
1953
61​
1954
61​
1955
74​
1956
71​
1957
77​
1958
71​
1959
83​
1960
80​
1961
90​
1962
84​
1963
81​
1964
78​
1965
83​
1966
78​
1967
70​
1968
84​
1969
107​
1970
86​
1971
90​
1972
109​
1973
104​
1974
91​
1975
121​
1976
119​
1977
105​
1978
109​
1979
116​
1980
119​
1981
135​
1982
147​
1983
124​
1984
121​
1985
135​
1986
141​
1987
108​
1988
131​
1989
139​
1990
129​
1991
115​
1992
116​
1993
148​
1994
120​
1995
70​
1996
120​
1997
109​
1998
91​
1999
107​
2000
94​
2001
96​
2002
90​
2003
104​
2004
87​
2006
106​
2007
114​
2008
106​
2009
110​
2010
109​
2011
99​
2012
97​
2013
57​
2014
87​
2015
86​
2016
89​
2017
89​
2018
102​
2019
116​
2020
97​
2021
69​
2022
115​
2023
113​

Sturminator documented his calculation of the yearly benchmarks for points - http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showpost.php?p=60570205&postcount=1
 
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TABLE 5 - BEST SEVEN YEARS, GOALS (last updated: 2023)

Bobby Hull70.2
Maurice Richard67.2
Gordie Howe65.5
Phil Esposito62.1
Alex Ovechkin59.5
Brett Hull56.3
Mario Lemieux54.5
Jean Beliveau54.4
Charlie Conacher54.3
Mike Bossy52.9
Bill Cook52.7
Steven Stamkos52.6
Bernie Geoffrion51.2
Frank Mahovlich50.8
Nels Stewart50.7
Jaromir Jagr50.4
Pavel Bure50.3
Stan Mikita50.0
Roy Conacher49.6
Ted Lindsay48.4
Howie Morenz48.3
Teemu Selanne48.3
Guy Lafleur47.2
Peter Bondra47.2
Marcel Dionne47.2
Steve Yzerman47.0
Gordie Drillon46.9
Auston Matthews46.8
Norm Ullman46.7
Ilya Kovalchuk46.6
Jarome Iginla46.5
Bryan Hextall46.3
Marty Barry45.6
Busher Jackson45.6
Jari Kurri45.4
John LeClair45.2
Luc Robitaille44.7
Sweeney Schriner44.3
Andy Bathgate44.2
Connor McDavid44.1
Joe Sakic43.8
Cecil Dillon43.6
Leon Draisaitl43.4
Keith Tkachuk43.4
Camille Henry43.2
Michel Goulet43.1
John Bucyk42.8
Sidney Crosby42.8
Evgeni Malkin42.7
Rick Martin42.6
Brendan Shanahan42.5
Dickie Moore42.5
John Tavares42.3
Max Bentley42.3
Toe Blake42.3
Dany Heatley42.1
David Pastrnak41.8
Rick Nash41.7
Mike Gartner41.6
Syl Apps Sr41.6
Corey Perry41.4
Aurel Joliat41.2
Pat LaFontaine41.0
Marian Hossa40.9
Syd Howe40.9
Lorne Carr40.7
Cam Neely40.6
Markus Naslund40.6
Kenny Wharram40.4
Doug Bentley40.3
Joe Pavelski40.3
Gaye Stewart40.3
Herb Cain40.3
Paul Kariya40.2
Patrick Kane40.2
Eric Lindros40.2
Alexander Mogilny40.2
Theoren Fleury40.0
Jeff Carter40.0
Joe Nieuwendyk39.8
Lanny McDonald39.5
Brad Marchand39.5
Bill Mosienko39.5
Eric Staal39.4
Steve Shutt39.4
Tony Amonte39.3
Mats Sundin39.3
Max Pacioretty39.2
Sid Smith39.2
Ken Hodge39.1
Rod Gilbert39.1
Alex Delvecchio39.0
Patrick Marleau38.9
Phil Kessel38.9
Tim Kerr38.8
Sid Abel38.8
Dave Keon38.7
Dino Ciccarelli38.6
Marian Gaborik38.6
Milan Hejduk38.5
Jean Ratelle38.4
Tyler Seguin38.3
Mike Modano38.2
Jeremy Roenick38.1
Ted Kennedy38.0
Dave Andreychuk38.0
Dit Clapper37.9
Joe Mullen37.9
Dale Hawerchuk37.7
Paul Thompson37.7
Nikita Kucherov37.4
Mark Messier37.4
Garry Unger37.4
Sergei Fedorov37.3
Vladimir Tarasenko37.3
Bill Cowley37.2
Henri Richard37.2
Glenn Anderson37.2
Bernie Nicholls37.1
Jamie Benn37.1
Bryan Trottier37.1
Alexei Yashin37.1
Martin St. Louis37.0
Thomas Vanek36.9
Pierre Turgeon36.9
Milt Schmidt36.9
Gilbert Perreault36.8
Bill Guerin36.8
Tod Sloan36.8
Pat Verbeek36.7
Darryl Sittler36.7
Bill Barber36.7
Owen Nolan36.7
Patrik Elias36.6
Reggie Leach36.6
Vincent Lecavalier36.6
Rick Middleton36.5
Lynn Patrick36.5
Mark Recchi36.4
Cooney Weiland36.4
Rick MacLeish36.1
Jonathan Toews36.1
Daniel Alfredsson36.1
Miroslav Satan36.0
Ray Sheppard36.0
Don McKenney36.0
Rick Vaive36.0
Jeff Skinner35.9
Glen Murray35.7
Jean Pronovost35.7
Danny Gare35.7
Peter Stastny35.5
Harry Watson35.4
Dean Prentice35.3
Nathan MacKinnon35.3
John Ogrodnick35.3
Jacques Lemaire35.2
Steve Larmer35.1
Stephane Richer35.1
Bun Cook35.0
Bobby Bauer35.0
Bobby Orr34.9
Brian Bellows34.8
Kevin Stevens34.8
Bill Goldsworthy34.8
Charlie Simmer34.8
Logan Couture34.6
Daniel Sedin34.5
Simon Gagne34.4
James Neal34.4
Ron Ellis34.4
Pierre Larouche34.4
Gary Roberts34.3
Clint Smith34.3
Alex Kovalev34.2
Dennis Hull34.2
Baldy Northcott34.2
Johnny Gottselig34.2
Larry Aurie34.2
Dick Duff34.1
Elmer Lach34.0
Ed Litzenberger33.9
Grant Warwick33.9
Mikko Rantanen33.8
Andy Hebenton33.8
Mark Scheifele33.7
Olli Jokinen33.7
Sebastian Aho33.6
Herbie Lewis33.6
Danny Grant33.5
John MacLean33.5
Denis Savard33.3
Bob Nevin33.3
Jim Pappin33.2
Brayden Point33.2
Jason Spezza33.2
Patrice Bergeron33.1
Claude Provost33.0
James van Riemsdyk33.0
Pavol Demitra33.0
Dave Taylor33.0
Bobby Rousseau33.0
Hooley Smith32.9
Rick Tocchet32.8
Geoff Sanderson32.8
Patrick Sharp32.7
Dennis Maruk32.7
Anze Kopitar32.6
Alex Shibicky32.6
Mike Bullard32.6
Evander Kane32.6
Ralph Backstrom32.5
Butch Keeling32.5
Ryan Smyth32.4
Brian Propp32.3
Johnny Peirson32.2
Alexander Semin32.2
Adam Graves32.2
Mika Zibanejad32.1
Mickey Redmond32.1
John Sorrell32.1
Jimmy Ward32.0
Bob Pulford32.0
Gilles Tremblay31.9
Peter McNab31.9
Matt Duchene31.9
Don Marshall31.9
Tomas Sandstrom31.8
Chris Kreider31.8
Filip Forsberg31.8
Henrik Zetterberg31.8
Paul MacLean31.7
Greg Adams31.7
Kyle Connor31.7
Tony Tanti31.6
Pete Mahovlich31.6
Steve Thomas31.6
Buzz Boll31.5
Frank Boucher31.5
Red Hamill31.5
Mud Bruneteau31.5
Jimmy Carson31.4
Vic Stasiuk31.4
Vic Hadfield31.3
Claude Giroux31.3
Rick Kehoe31.3
Bobby Ryan31.3
Aleksander Barkov31.2
Taylor Hall31.1
Carl Liscombe31.0
 
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TABLE 6 - BEST TEN YEARS, GOALS (last updated: 2023)

Bobby Hull64.9
Maurice Richard61.2
Gordie Howe61.1
Alex Ovechkin57.1
Phil Esposito56.3
Brett Hull51.1
Jean Beliveau50.4
Mario Lemieux49.9
Mike Bossy49.4
Frank Mahovlich47.3
Nels Stewart47.3
Steven Stamkos46.8
Jaromir Jagr46.7
Bernie Geoffrion45.9
Ted Lindsay45.5
Stan Mikita45.2
Bill Cook45.0
Marcel Dionne44.5
Teemu Selanne44.4
Charlie Conacher43.7
Ilya Kovalchuk43.5
Norm Ullman43.3
Jarome Iginla43.1
Steve Yzerman42.9
Luc Robitaille42.7
Roy Conacher42.7
Pavel Bure42.6
Peter Bondra42.1
Guy Lafleur41.0
Sidney Crosby40.6
Keith Tkachuk40.6
Joe Sakic40.5
Busher Jackson40.4
Jari Kurri40.2
Andy Bathgate39.8
John Bucyk39.6
Brendan Shanahan39.6
Sweeney Schriner39.6
Bryan Hextall39.5
Toe Blake39.4
Mike Gartner39.1
Syl Apps Sr39.0
Marty Barry39.0
John Tavares39.0
Howie Morenz38.9
Marian Hossa38.7
Rick Nash38.6
Evgeni Malkin38.5
John LeClair38.4
Max Bentley38.2
Syd Howe38.1
Michel Goulet37.8
Mats Sundin37.6
Dany Heatley37.4
Patrick Kane37.4
Camille Henry37.2
Corey Perry37.1
Joe Nieuwendyk37.0
Aurel Joliat37.0
Pat LaFontaine36.9
Patrick Marleau36.9
Rod Gilbert36.8
Dino Ciccarelli36.8
Dickie Moore36.8
Alexander Mogilny36.8
Theoren Fleury36.7
Joe Pavelski36.7
Lorne Carr36.7
Eric Staal36.6
Dave Keon36.4
Brad Marchand36.4
Rick Martin36.2
Eric Lindros36.2
Cecil Dillon36.1
Phil Kessel36.1
Jean Ratelle36.0
Paul Kariya36.0
Jeff Carter36.0
Lanny McDonald35.9
Markus Naslund35.8
Bill Mosienko35.8
Alex Delvecchio35.7
Mike Modano35.6
Joe Mullen35.6
Dale Hawerchuk35.5
Mark Messier35.5
Darryl Sittler35.4
Sergei Fedorov35.4
Doug Bentley35.3
Tony Amonte35.2
Herb Cain35.1
Jeremy Roenick35.0
Pierre Turgeon34.9
Martin St. Louis34.9
Dave Andreychuk34.9
Henri Richard34.8
Marian Gaborik34.8
Garry Unger34.7
Kenny Wharram34.7
Max Pacioretty34.5
Milan Hejduk34.4
Ted Kennedy34.4
Steve Shutt34.2
Dit Clapper34.2
Mark Recchi34.1
Bill Barber34.1
Thomas Vanek34.0
Tyler Seguin34.0
Cam Neely34.0
Bryan Trottier34.0
Milt Schmidt34.0
Glenn Anderson33.9
Gilbert Perreault33.8
Pat Verbeek33.7
Ken Hodge33.7
Vincent Lecavalier33.7
Jonathan Toews33.6
Jamie Benn33.5
Bernie Nicholls33.4
Owen Nolan33.4
Jacques Lemaire33.3
Alexei Yashin33.0
Rick Vaive33.0
Bill Guerin32.9
Dean Prentice32.9
Jeff Skinner32.8
Gordie Drillon32.8
Patrik Elias32.8
Bill Cowley32.8
Miroslav Satan32.8
Auston Matthews32.8
Sid Abel32.8
Rick Middleton32.7
Leon Draisaitl32.7
Daniel Alfredsson32.7
Peter Stastny32.6
Connor McDavid32.6
Steve Larmer32.5
Don McKenney32.3
Reggie Leach32.0
David Pastrnak32.0
Logan Couture31.9
Jean Pronovost31.9
Cooney Weiland31.9
Harry Watson31.9
Ray Sheppard31.8
Brian Bellows31.8
James Neal31.8
Tod Sloan31.7
Daniel Sedin31.4
Ron Ellis31.4
Rick MacLeish31.2
Patrice Bergeron31.1
Rick Tocchet31.0
Gary Roberts30.9
Denis Savard30.9
Dick Duff30.9
John Ogrodnick30.8
Alex Kovalev30.8
Gaye Stewart30.8
Johnny Gottselig30.8
Bun Cook30.7
Nathan MacKinnon30.6
Tim Kerr30.6
Paul Thompson30.6
Elmer Lach30.6
Stephane Richer30.5
Pierre Larouche30.5
Lynn Patrick30.5
Ryan Smyth30.4
Glen Murray30.2
John MacLean30.2
Brian Propp30.2
Bob Nevin30.1
Dennis Hull30.1
Jason Spezza30.0
Larry Aurie30.0
Anze Kopitar29.9
Vladimir Tarasenko29.9
Herbie Lewis29.8
Bobby Rousseau29.8
Bob Pulford29.7
Danny Gare29.7
Pavol Demitra29.6
James van Riemsdyk29.6
Matt Duchene29.6
Sid Smith29.5
Ralph Backstrom29.5
Vic Hadfield29.5
Nikita Kucherov29.5
Dave Taylor29.5
Mark Scheifele29.5
Claude Provost29.4
Clint Smith29.3
Evander Kane29.3
Rick Kehoe29.3
Olli Jokinen29.2
Hooley Smith29.2
Adam Graves29.1
Pavel Datsyuk29.1
Jim Pappin29.1
Claude Giroux28.9
Rod Brind'Amour28.9
Vincent Damphousse28.9
Petr Sykora28.9
Tomas Sandstrom28.9
Shane Doan28.8
Jimmy Ward28.8
Henrik Zetterberg28.8
Simon Gagne28.8
Butch Keeling28.7
Bill Goldsworthy28.7
Geoff Sanderson28.7
Don Marshall28.6
Jason Arnott28.6
Charlie Simmer28.5
Kevin Stevens28.5
Greg Adams28.4
Bobby Orr28.4
Mika Zibanejad28.4
Chris Kreider28.3
Ray Whitney28.3
Joe Thornton28.3
Claude Lemieux28.3
George Armstrong28.1
Peter McNab28.1
Patrick Sharp28.1
Steve Thomas28.0
Mike Bullard28.0
Frank Boucher28.0
Red Kelly27.9
Ray Ferraro27.9
Geoff Courtnall27.8
Dennis Maruk27.8
Petr Nedved27.7
Jordan Eberle27.7
Pit Martin27.6
Blake Wheeler27.6
Baldy Northcott27.6
Scott Hartnell27.5
Dave Gagner27.5
Paul MacLean27.4
Andy Hebenton27.4
Dustin Brown27.4
John Sorrell27.3
Murray Oliver27.3
Butch Goring27.2
Paul Henderson27.1
Bobby Ryan27.1
Gabriel Landeskog27.0
 
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TABLE 7 - CAREER TOTAL, GOALS (last updated: 2023)

Gordie Howe1,181
Alex Ovechkin909
Maurice Richard863
Bobby Hull829
Jaromir Jagr821
Phil Esposito775
Brett Hull733
Jean Beliveau726
Teemu Selanne718
Jarome Iginla697
Frank Mahovlich689
John Bucyk685
Stan Mikita670
Norm Ullman661
Brendan Shanahan657
Steve Yzerman652
Marcel Dionne651
Luc Robitaille651
Alex Delvecchio643
Patrick Marleau638
Mark Messier638
Joe Sakic628
Mike Gartner627
Mario Lemieux612
Ted Lindsay609
Sidney Crosby608
Dave Andreychuk608
Bernie Geoffrion595
Nels Stewart592
Marian Hossa590
Steven Stamkos590
Mats Sundin582
Mark Recchi582
Mike Modano568
Keith Tkachuk562
Joe Nieuwendyk556
Dean Prentice540
Dino Ciccarelli539
Peter Bondra529
Jean Ratelle528
Evgeni Malkin521
Jeff Carter521
Ron Francis521
Jari Kurri520
Eric Staal515
Patrick Kane514
Joe Pavelski511
Guy Lafleur510
Jeremy Roenick509
Andy Bathgate508
Pierre Turgeon506
Rick Nash500
Henri Richard498
Sergei Fedorov495
John Tavares495
Mike Bossy494
Pat Verbeek492
Dave Keon490
Busher Jackson485
Ilya Kovalchuk483
Daniel Alfredsson482
Phil Kessel480
Patrice Bergeron476
Syd Howe474
Joe Thornton473
Corey Perry472
Rod Gilbert470
Gilbert Perreault470
Bryan Hextall469
Michel Goulet467
Alexander Mogilny465
Vincent Lecavalier462
Patrik Elias462
Theoren Fleury461
Charlie Conacher459
Bryan Trottier458
Bill Guerin455
Rod Brind'Amour453
Marian Gaborik453
Bill Cook452
Alex Kovalev452
Dale Hawerchuk448
Shane Doan448
Owen Nolan447
Pavel Bure446
Jason Arnott444
Joe Mullen443
Dit Clapper442
Martin St. Louis440
Daniel Sedin439
Darryl Sittler439
Red Kelly436
Lanny McDonald435
Brad Marchand434
Tony Amonte434
Brian Bellows434
Glenn Anderson434
Toe Blake434
George Armstrong434
John LeClair433
Roy Conacher431
Paul Kariya429
Ray Whitney428
Gary Roberts427
Bernie Nicholls426
Jonathan Toews425
Milt Schmidt423
Pat LaFontaine422
Doug Gilmour422
Markus Naslund421
Thomas Vanek420
Vincent Damphousse419
Bill Mosienko418
Sweeney Schriner417
Max Bentley417
Rick Tocchet416
Denis Savard415
Ryan Smyth413
Jamie Benn411
Garry Unger410
Anze Kopitar409
Camille Henry409
Milan Hejduk407
Aurel Joliat406
Steve Thomas404
Dany Heatley404
Greg Adams403
Stephane Richer403
Dick Duff403
Marty Barry401
Jason Spezza400
Ron Stewart399
Howie Morenz398
Harry Watson395
Ray Ferraro394
Bob Pulford394
Lorne Carr393
John MacLean392
Billy Harris391
Syl Apps Sr390
Steve Larmer389
Herb Cain389
Eric Lindros389
Rick Middleton388
Ken Hodge388
Miroslav Satan388
Max Pacioretty387
Ron Ellis387
Bob Nevin386
Peter Stastny383
Dickie Moore383
Logan Couture379
Bill Barber378
Don Marshall378
Steve Shutt378
Jean Pronovost377
Raymond Bourque377
Dave Taylor376
Rick Vaive375
Claude Giroux375
Jeff Skinner374
Doug Bentley374
Jacques Lemaire374
Ralph Backstrom374
Ted Kennedy373
Tyler Seguin373
Dustin Brown373
Vic Hadfield372
Trevor Linden372
Claude Provost371
Henrik Zetterberg371
Scott Hartnell369
Cam Neely368
Tomas Sandstrom368
Brian Rolston366
Claude Lemieux365
Bill Cowley365
Blake Wheeler365
Scott Mellanby363
Brian Propp363
Rick Martin363
Pit Martin363
Kenny Wharram362
Alexei Yashin362
Eric Nesterenko361
Cecil Dillon361
Glen Murray360
Hooley Smith359
Justin Williams359
Murray Oliver357
Johnny Gottselig356
Matt Duchene356
Doug Mohns355
James Neal354
Pavel Datsyuk354
Evander Kane354
Geoff Sanderson353
Paul Coffey353
James van Riemsdyk352
Elmer Lach351
Ray Sheppard351
Olli Jokinen350
Butch Goring348
Petr Sykora348
Reggie Leach347
Don McKenney347
John Ogrodnick347
Pierre Larouche346
Scott Young346
Vyacheslav Kozlov343
Bobby Holik342
Geoff Courtnall342
Bobby Clarke341
Todd Bertuzzi340
Tod Sloan338
Dennis Hull336
Brad Richards335
Rick Kehoe334
T.J. Oshie334
Paul Thompson334
Cooney Weiland333
Sid Abel332
Adam Graves331
David Perron331
Jordan Eberle331
Jason Pominville331
Pavol Demitra330
Taylor Hall330
Paul Stastny329
Kirk Muller329
Gordie Drillon328
Al MacInnis328
Auston Matthews328
Radim Vrbata327
Leon Draisaitl327
Adam Oates327
Connor McDavid326
Ivan Boldirev325
Brian Gionta325
Rick MacLeish324
Bobby Rousseau324
Butch Keeling321
Ryan Getzlaf321
Kevin Dineen320
David Pastrnak320
Patrick Sharp320
Peter McNab319
Bernie Federko319
Brent Sutter319
Steve Sullivan319
 
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TABLE 8 - YEARLY BENCHMARK FOR GOALS (last updated: 2023)

YearFactor
1927
23.0​
1928
25.5​
1929
18.0​
1930
41.0​
1931
27.3​
1932
28.0​
1933
24.0​
1934
22.0​
1935
22.0​
1936
21.0​
1937
22.0​
1938
23.0​
1939
22.3​
1940
22.0​
1941
21.9​
1942
24.0​
1943
30.0​
1944
36.0​
1945
32.0​
1946
31.0​
1947
30.0​
1948
30.0​
1949
26.0​
1950
32.2​
1951
30.3​
1952
31.0​
1953
32.0​
1954
29.0​
1955
31.6​
1956
33.1​
1957
33.0​
1958
33.0​
1959
37.3​
1960
34.0​
1961
35.0​
1962
33.0​
1963
37.0​
1964
34.0​
1965
29.0​
1966
32.0​
1967
31.0​
1968
38.0​
1969
49.0​
1970
42.0​
1971
44.0​
1972
50.0​
1973
47.5​
1974
52.0​
1975
53.0​
1976
56.0​
1977
56.0​
1978
53.0​
1979
52.0​
1980
56.0​
1981
58.0​
1982
64.0​
1983
66.0​
1984
56.0​
1985
58.0​
1986
61.0​
1987
58.0​
1988
56.0​
1989
62.7​
1990
55.0​
1991
51.0​
1992
51.1​
1993
69.0​
1994
57.0​
1995
32.0​
1996
55.0​
1997
51.0​
1998
45.8​
1999
44.0​
2000
44.0​
2001
49.5​
2002
41.0​
2003
48.0​
2004
41.0​
2006
54.0​
2007
50.0​
2008
52.0​
2009
46.0​
2010
46.5​
2011
45.0​
2012
41.0​
2013
25.8​
2014
43.0​
2015
43.0​
2016
46.0​
2017
40.0​
2018
44.0​
2019
50.0​
2020
48.0​
2021
33.0​
2022
55.0​
2023
55.0​

Crease documented his calculation of the yearly benchmarks for goals- http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showpost.php?p=78353155&postcount=122
 
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TABLE 9 - BEST SEVEN YEARS, ASSISTS (last updated: 2023)

Wayne Gretzky123.5
Bobby Orr96.1
Frank Boucher89.5
Phil Esposito85.7
Stan Mikita82.7
Mario Lemieux82.3
Joe Thornton81.5
Connor McDavid80.6
Gordie Howe80.0
Bill Cowley79.6
Elmer Lach78.9
Ted Lindsay78.4
Andy Bathgate78.2
Adam Oates78.1
Jaromir Jagr75.8
Paul Coffey75.7
Henrik Sedin75.1
Marcel Dionne75.0
Jean Beliveau74.9
Bobby Clarke74.4
Sidney Crosby73.9
Doug Bentley73.2
Joe Primeau73.0
Peter Forsberg72.7
Ron Francis72.5
Alex Delvecchio71.8
Nicklas Backstrom71.7
Guy Lafleur71.5
Bryan Trottier71.1
Joe Sakic69.3
Peter Stastny68.8
Martin St. Louis68.8
Howie Morenz67.9
Doug Gilmour67.5
Max Bentley67.0
Sid Abel66.9
Jean Ratelle66.8
Doug Weight66.4
Bert Olmstead66.4
Denis Savard66.4
Henri Richard66.2
Patrick Kane65.9
Claude Giroux65.9
Mark Messier65.8
Milt Schmidt65.7
Raymond Bourque65.4
Erik Karlsson65.4
Phil Watson65.2
Ryan Getzlaf65.0
Steve Yzerman64.6
Dale Hawerchuk64.5
Mark Recchi64.3
Brian Leetch64.3
Bernie Federko64.0
Rod Gilbert63.8
Syl Apps Sr63.5
Gilbert Perreault63.1
Brad Richards62.9
Norm Ullman62.7
Leon Draisaitl62.5
Nicklas Lidstrom62.5
Pavel Datsyuk62.3
Artemi Panarin62.3
Denis Potvin62.2
Phil Goyette62.1
Pierre Pilote62.1
John Bucyk62.0
Nikita Kucherov61.9
Red Kelly61.5
Bobby Hull61.0
Ted Kennedy61.0
Toe Blake60.7
Bernie Geoffrion60.6
Paul Kariya60.5
Hooley Smith60.4
Dickie Moore60.3
Syd Howe60.2
Bobby Rousseau59.9
Mike Ribeiro59.8
Teemu Selanne59.8
Marc Savard59.8
Mitch Marner59.8
Blake Wheeler59.7
Art Chapman59.6
Nathan MacKinnon59.3
Scott Gomez59.2
Henrik Zetterberg59.1
Darryl Sittler58.9
Daniel Sedin58.6
Clint Smith58.5
Paul Ronty58.4
Jonathan Huberdeau58.4
Buddy O'Connor58.3
Gus Bodnar57.9
Anze Kopitar57.8
Al MacInnis57.7
Bill Mosienko57.6
Jason Spezza57.6
Maurice Richard57.4
Jakub Voracek57.4
Bill Gadsby57.3
Bill Hay57.2
Mike Modano57.1
Pierre Turgeon57.1
Sweeney Schriner57.1
Craig Janney56.9
Billy Taylor56.8
Phil Housley56.7
Roy Conacher56.7
Syl Apps56.6
Jari Kurri56.5
Bernie Nicholls56.3
Brad Park56.3
Mats Sundin56.2
Bun Cook56.1
Pete Mahovlich55.9
Marty Barry55.9
Theoren Fleury55.7
Johnny Gaudreau55.6
Brad Marchand55.6
Fred Stanfield55.3
Eric Lindros55.3
Ken Hodge55.0
Alex Tanguay55.0
Ray Whitney54.9
Vincent Damphousse54.7
Borje Salming54.7
Kent Nilsson54.7
Larry Robinson54.6
Alex Ovechkin54.5
Phil Kessel54.4
Jeremy Roenick54.4
Paul Thompson54.2
Aurel Joliat54.2
Ebbie Goodfellow54.1
Bobby Smith54.1
John Carlson54.0
Jozef Stumpel54.0
Kris Letang53.9
Brent Burns53.8
Busher Jackson53.8
Pavol Demitra53.8
Lynn Patrick53.8
Sergei Gonchar53.7
Victor Hedman53.6
Marian Hossa53.5
Sergei Zubov53.4
Steven Stamkos53.4
Eddie Shore53.3
Markus Naslund53.2
Patrik Elias53.2
Neil Colville53.1
Murray Oliver53.0
Don McKenney53.0
Andrew Cassels53.0
Bill Thoms52.9
David Krejci52.9
Neal Broten52.8
Jacques Lemaire52.8
Sergei Fedorov52.4
Keith Yandle52.4
Dave Keon52.2
Jarome Iginla52.1
Don Raleigh52.1
Eric Staal51.9
Roman Josi51.8
Larry Murphy51.7
Pit Martin51.7
Dave Taylor51.7
Pat Stapleton51.7
Vincent Lecavalier51.7
Dean Prentice51.6
Cooney Weiland51.4
Dany Heatley51.2
Evgeny Kuznetsov51.1
Jamie Benn51.0
Alex Kovalev51.0
Herbie Lewis51.0
Chris Pronger51.0
Eddie Wiseman51.0
Alex Zhamnov50.9
Jason Allison50.9
Walt Tkaczuk50.9
Chris Chelios50.8
Tom Lysiak50.7
John Tavares50.7
Andre Boudrias50.6
Robert Lang50.5
Duncan Keith50.1
Lorne Carr50.1
Taylor Hall50.1
Bill Cook50.0
Vaclav Prospal50.0
Luc Robitaille50.0
Gordie Drillon50.0
Rene Robert49.9
Michael Nylander49.9
Bryan Hextall49.9
Claude Provost49.8
Dennis Maruk49.7
Paul Haynes49.6
Alexei Yashin49.5
Babe Pratt49.5
Bobby Bauer49.5
Wayne Cashman49.4
Doc Romnes49.4
Aleksander Barkov49.4
Red Sullivan49.4
Charlie Conacher49.3
Mikko Koivu49.2
Brian Rafalski49.0
Ken Linseman49.0
Dit Clapper48.9
Dennis Hextall48.9
Johnny Gottselig48.8
Rick Middleton48.8
Martin Straka48.8
Andrew Brunette48.8
Scott Niedermayer48.6
Tyler Seguin48.6
Red Berenson48.6
Tomas Kaberle48.5
Mush March48.5
Steve Sullivan48.4
Ilya Kovalchuk48.4
Art Jackson48.1
Scott Stevens48.0
Steve Larmer47.9
Ziggy Palffy47.9
Barry Pederson47.8
Paul Stastny47.8
Joe Pavelski47.5
Pat LaFontaine47.5
King Clancy47.5
Michel Goulet47.4
Yvan Cournoyer47.4
Jonathan Toews47.4
Brendan Shanahan47.3
Nels Stewart47.3
Ryan Johansen47.2
Todd Bertuzzi47.1
John LeClair47.0
Brian Propp47.0
Johnny Gagnon47.0
Normie Himes46.9
Ryan O'Reilly46.8
Woody Dumart46.7
Alexander Mogilny46.7
Guy Lapointe46.6
P.K. Subban46.6

This is, to my knowledge, the first time anybody has presented the VsX results for assists. I've normalized everything to a 75 assist environment. A few stray observations:
  • Gretzky, as usual, defies description in the playmaking category. He has the top three seasons, four of the top five, and six of the top nine. Over seven years, Gretzky averaged 123.5 VsX per season - an amount that another player has only achieved once (Orr in 1970).
  • Karlsson is ranked 114th but he should ascend quickly. He currently only has five full seasons as an elite playmaking defenseman. Over his last five healthy years, he's averaged 66 VsX per season. He could be as little as two years away from passing Bourque for third place amongst blueliners.
  • Boucher recorded an enormous number of assists relative to his era; I knew he was great, but I didn`t expect him to finish quite as high as he did.
  • Howe, Bathgate and Jagr are the only wingers in the top twenty, while Orr and Coffey are the only defensemen.
  • Backstrom is quietly having an excellent career and has moved into 26th place with another strong season in 2017.
  • Paul Ronty is a player I know fairly little about. He had fantastic numbers for his best five years (69.4) but trailed quickly after that. Doug Weight and Phil Watson also have great scores.
  • NOTE - the above commentary was from 2017; it hasn't been updated since.
 
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TABLE 10 - BEST TEN YEARS, ASSISTS (last updated: 2023)

Wayne Gretzky86.5
Bobby Orr72.0
Adam Oates70.3
Andy Bathgate63.1
Bill Cowley62.9
Frank Boucher62.6
Alex Delvecchio61.9
Phil Esposito60.0
Stan Mikita57.9
Mario Lemieux57.6
Bobby Clarke57.1
Joe Thornton57.1
Connor McDavid56.8
Gordie Howe56.0
Elmer Lach55.3
Ted Lindsay54.9
Bert Olmstead54.2
Bryan Trottier54.1
Al MacInnis53.2
Jaromir Jagr53.1
Paul Coffey53.0
Henrik Sedin52.6
Marcel Dionne52.5
Jean Beliveau52.4
Sidney Crosby51.8
Doug Bentley51.5
Artemi Panarin51.2
Joe Primeau51.1
Peter Forsberg50.9
Bernie Geoffrion50.8
Ron Francis50.7
Alex Tanguay50.5
Bernie Federko50.4
Nicklas Backstrom50.2
Guy Lafleur50.1
Art Chapman49.8
Brian Leetch49.3
Alex Ovechkin49.0
Denis Savard48.7
Bill Hay48.6
Joe Sakic48.5
Peter Stastny48.2
Martin St. Louis48.2
Brad Richards48.1
Anze Kopitar48.0
Howie Morenz47.6
Alex Zhamnov47.5
Blake Wheeler47.5
Doug Gilmour47.2
Alex Kovalev47.0
Bill Gadsby47.0
Claude Giroux47.0
Max Bentley46.9
Bernie Nicholls46.9
Sid Abel46.8
Jean Ratelle46.7
Doug Weight46.7
Henri Richard46.3
Patrick Kane46.1
Bill Mosienko46.1
Mark Messier46.1
Bobby Hull46.0
Milt Schmidt46.0
Raymond Bourque45.8
Erik Karlsson45.8
Phil Watson45.7
Andre Boudrias45.6
Ace Bailey45.6
Denis Potvin45.6
Dale Hawerchuk45.5
Ryan Getzlaf45.5
Aurel Joliat45.4
Steve Yzerman45.2
Ab McDonald45.1
Buddy O'Connor45.1
Mark Recchi45.0
Aleksander Barkov45.0
Evgeni Malkin44.9
Bobby Rousseau44.7
Rod Gilbert44.7
Syl Apps Sr44.4
Aaron Broten44.4
Billy Taylor44.4
Andrew Cassels44.2
Gilbert Perreault44.2
Borje Salming44.2
Brad Marchand44.1
Bun Cook44.1
Andrew Brunette44.0
Norm Ullman43.9
Brad Park43.8
Bobby Smith43.8
Leon Draisaitl43.7
Nicklas Lidstrom43.7
Pavel Datsyuk43.6
Alex Pietrangelo43.6
Phil Goyette43.5
Pierre Pilote43.4
John Bucyk43.4
Bill Cook43.4
Nikita Kucherov43.3
Alexei Yashin43.3
Darryl Sittler43.2
Bill Thoms43.2
Red Kelly43.1
Alexander Mogilny43.0
Ted Kennedy42.7
Clint Smith42.5
Toe Blake42.5
Paul Kariya42.4
Doug Harvey42.4
Dickie Moore42.3
Hooley Smith42.3
Daniel Alfredsson42.2
Syd Howe42.2
Barry Pederson41.9
Mike Ribeiro41.9
Teemu Selanne41.9
Marc Savard41.8
Mitch Marner41.8
Brent Burns41.8
Andrei Markov41.6
Nathan MacKinnon41.5
Ab DeMarco41.5
Scott Gomez41.5
Henrik Zetterberg41.3
Aaron Ekblad41.1
Daniel Sedin41.0
Babe Siebert41.0
Babe Pratt40.9
Ales Hemsky40.9
Paul Ronty40.9
Jonathan Huberdeau40.9
Gus Bodnar40.5
Mike Bossy40.5
Frank Mahovlich40.4
Busher Jackson40.4
Jason Spezza40.3
Al MacAdam40.3
Craig Janney40.3
Maurice Richard40.2
Jakub Voracek40.2
Mike Modano40.0
Pierre Turgeon40.0
Sweeney Schriner40.0
Phil Housley39.7
Roy Conacher39.7
Adam Brown39.7
Syl Apps39.6
Eric Lindros39.5
Jari Kurri39.5
Alex Kaleta39.5
Chris Chelios39.4
Mats Sundin39.3
Brett Hull39.3
Pete Mahovlich39.1
Marty Barry39.1
Theoren Fleury39.0
Johnny Gaudreau39.0
Fred Stanfield38.7
Dave Keon38.6
Art Jackson38.5
Ken Hodge38.5
Ray Whitney38.5
Claude Provost38.4
Vincent Damphousse38.3
Kent Nilsson38.3
Alex Goligoski38.2
Larry Robinson38.2
Bobby Bauer38.2
Phil Kessel38.1
Jeremy Roenick38.0
Ebbie Goodfellow38.0
Paul Thompson37.9
Billy Reay37.8
John Carlson37.8
Brian Propp37.8
Jozef Stumpel37.8
Kris Letang37.7
Dany Heatley37.6
Pavol Demitra37.6
Lynn Patrick37.6
Sergei Gonchar37.6
Bep Guidolin37.5
Victor Hedman37.5
Marian Hossa37.5
Dave Taylor37.4
Sergei Zubov37.4
Steven Stamkos37.4
Anton Stastny37.4
David Krejci37.4
Eddie Shore37.3
Cooney Weiland37.3
Markus Naslund37.2
Patrik Elias37.2
Neil Colville37.2
Bryan Hextall37.2
Murray Oliver37.1
Don McKenney37.1
Charlie Conacher37.0
Neal Broten36.9
Jacques Lemaire36.9
Alexander Semin36.9
Andy McDonald36.7
Sergei Fedorov36.7
Herbie Lewis36.7
Dennis Maruk36.7
Keith Yandle36.7
Adrian Aucoin36.6
Jarome Iginla36.5
Don Raleigh36.4
Eric Staal36.3
Roman Josi36.2
Larry Murphy36.2
Pit Martin36.2
Pat Stapleton36.2
Vincent Lecavalier36.2
Dean Prentice36.1
Cliff Ronning35.9
Duncan Keith35.9
Butch Goring35.9
Evgeny Kuznetsov35.8
Jamie Benn35.7
Chris Pronger35.7
Eddie Wiseman35.7
Jason Allison35.6
Walt Tkaczuk35.6
Tom Lysiak35.5
John Tavares35.5
Saku Koivu35.4
Robert Lang35.4
Allan Stanley35.4
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson35.3
Rod Brind'Amour35.3
Alexander Edler35.3
Brendan Shanahan35.1
Bill Hicke35.1
Lorne Carr35.1
Taylor Hall35.0
Doc Romnes35.0
Gary Suter35.0
Vaclav Prospal35.0
Baldy Cotton35.0
Luc Robitaille35.0
Gordie Drillon35.0
Bob Pulford35.0
Adam Graves35.0
Rene Robert35.0
Michael Nylander34.9
Dale Hunter34.9

Some more stray observations:
  • Gretzky's 10th best season is the 31st best season on the all-time list. That might not sound overly impressive until you realize that nine of those thirty-one seasons ahead of him are his own.
  • Orr hangs onto a spot in the top ten almost entirely on the strength of his six best seasons.
  • The most consistent players in the top fifty are Ullman, Sakic, Getzlaf, Oates and, surprisingly, Bucyk. (These are the only players whose standard error is less than 10%).
  • Ryan Getzlaf has the second lowest peak out of anyone in the top fifty (only Norm Ullman's is lower) but he's slowly putting together a fantastic playmaking resume.
  • Consistent with the previous list, the top wingers are still Howe, Bathgate and Jagr, though Lindsay sneaks into the top twenty.
  • Connor McDavid is currently ranked 1,636th. Think he'll be moving up soon?
  • NOTE - the above commentary was from 2017; it hasn't been updated since.
 
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TABLE 11 - CAREER TOTAL, ASSISTS (last updated: 2023)

Wayne Gretzky1,882
Gordie Howe1,711
Jaromir Jagr1,296
Joe Thornton1,296
Ron Francis1,284
Alex Delvecchio1,241
Stan Mikita1,231
Mark Messier1,191
Raymond Bourque1,147
Adam Oates1,118
Paul Coffey1,094
John Bucyk1,093
Joe Sakic1,092
Steve Yzerman1,081
Jean Beliveau1,078
Sidney Crosby1,078
Phil Esposito1,061
Marcel Dionne1,048
Norm Ullman1,043
Mark Recchi1,035
Henri Richard990
Mario Lemieux981
Doug Gilmour969
Nicklas Lidstrom967
Henrik Sedin967
Andy Bathgate957
Al MacInnis942
Jean Ratelle922
Red Kelly916
Patrick Kane906
Phil Housley905
Larry Murphy905
Bobby Clarke896
Nicklas Backstrom883
Mike Modano877
Ted Lindsay872
Frank Boucher866
Bryan Trottier866
Teemu Selanne864
Evgeni Malkin857
Mats Sundin854
Ryan Getzlaf852
Doug Weight844
Pierre Turgeon837
Gilbert Perreault837
Dale Hawerchuk822
Brian Leetch821
Daniel Alfredsson820
Anze Kopitar818
Vincent Damphousse813
Bobby Hull809
Elmer Lach804
Bill Cowley802
Denis Savard801
Guy Lafleur800
Frank Mahovlich794
Jarome Iginla794
Chris Chelios788
Maurice Richard784
Bobby Orr783
Ray Whitney783
Milt Schmidt782
Rod Gilbert781
Claude Giroux778
Rod Brind'Amour775
Dave Keon770
Martin St. Louis765
Doug Harvey763
Daniel Sedin761
Jeremy Roenick756
Sergei Fedorov750
Jari Kurri746
Alex Ovechkin744
Brendan Shanahan744
Brad Richards743
Bill Gadsby742
Denis Potvin739
Luc Robitaille737
Henrik Zetterberg736
Patrick Marleau733
Larry Robinson732
Brad Park728
Patrik Elias728
Peter Forsberg724
Peter Stastny722
Jason Spezza721
Eric Staal720
Bert Olmstead719
Bernie Federko716
Marian Hossa716
Pavel Datsyuk712
Scott Stevens708
Bernie Nicholls705
Dean Prentice703
Blake Wheeler699
Dave Andreychuk698
Patrice Bergeron698
Sergei Gonchar697
Bernie Geoffrion696
Brett Hull689
Syd Howe688
Sergei Zubov687
Alex Tanguay685
Doug Bentley685
Doug Mohns683
Phil Goyette682
Scott Gomez680
Alex Kovalev679
Jakub Voracek676
Mike Ribeiro675
Theoren Fleury673
Billy Harris672
Paul Kariya672
Phil Kessel670
Shane Doan667
Brent Burns667
Saku Koivu661
Dale Hunter658
Erik Karlsson656
Darryl Sittler655
George Armstrong649
Ryan Suter648
Bobby Rousseau643
Toe Blake643
Pierre Pilote641
Murray Oliver640
Gary Suter637
Hooley Smith637
Scott Niedermayer632
Borje Salming631
John Tavares629
Ted Kennedy629
Bobby Smith629
Howie Morenz629
Dit Clapper628
Kris Letang625
Duncan Keith625
Joe Pavelski622
Ken Hodge622
Max Bentley622
Vincent Lecavalier621
Chris Pronger620
Phil Watson617
Tim Horton612
Steven Stamkos610
David Krejci607
Busher Jackson605
Keith Yandle604
Connor McDavid603
Paul Stastny601
Neal Broten601
Alexander Mogilny600
Sid Abel598
Dave Taylor598
Cliff Ronning597
Jason Arnott597
Keith Tkachuk595
Joe Nieuwendyk595
Mike Gartner594
Rob Blake593
Kirk Muller590
Pit Martin590
Jonathan Toews589
Mikko Koivu587
Andrew Cassels584
Victor Hedman581
Bill Mosienko571
Mush March570
Nels Stewart568
Wayne Cashman565
Mathieu Schneider565
Syl Apps Sr565
Bryan Hextall564
Jamie Benn564
Dino Ciccarelli564
Bob Nevin563
Marc Savard562
Justin Williams560
Brad Marchand560
Teppo Numminen559
Jozef Stumpel559
Eric Lindros558
Eddie Shore558
Michel Goulet558
John Carlson555
Glenn Anderson554
Tom Lysiak552
Doug Wilson551
Taylor Hall551
Matt Cullen549
Dickie Moore549
Markus Naslund548
Drew Doughty547
Dave Babych547
Zdeno Chara546
Tomas Kaberle545
Paul Thompson544
Butch Goring543
Roman Hamrlik542
Tony Amonte542
Steve Sullivan541
Pat Verbeek541
Pavol Demitra540
Alex Zhamnov539
Steve Larmer539
Kimmo Timonen538
Brian Propp538
Jacques Lemaire537
Craig Janney537
Corey Perry536
Don McKenney536
Allan Stanley536
Andrew Brunette535
Steve Duchesne534
Andrei Markov534
Ryan Smyth533
Ebbie Goodfellow532
Bob Pulford532
Yvan Cournoyer531
Joe Mullen530
Todd Bertuzzi530
Marty Barry528
Pete Mahovlich527
Nathan MacKinnon527
Johnny Gottselig526
Mike Bossy526
Rick Middleton526
Igor Larionov524
Owen Nolan522
Greg Adams520
Steve Thomas519
Ralph Backstrom518
Joe Primeau518
Ryan O'Reilly518
Jonathan Huberdeau517
Trevor Linden517
Claude Provost515
Zach Parise515
Ivan Boldirev514
Ken Linseman514
Walt Tkaczuk514
Cory Stillman513
Robert Lang512
Thomas Steen512
Michael Nylander511
Clint Smith511
Dan Boyle511
Bill Thoms509
Sweeney Schriner509
Martin Straka509
 
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TABLE 12 - YEARLY BENCHMARK FOR ASSISTS (last updated: 2023)

YearFactor
1927​
11.9
1928​
14.0
1929​
12.0
1930​
26.9
1931​
23.0
1932​
25.0
1933​
27.0
1934​
26.0
1935​
30.5
1936​
26.0
1937​
27.0
1938​
27.0
1939​
33.0
1940​
24.5
1941​
28.0
1942​
32.0
1943​
44.0
1944​
48.0
1945​
40.0
1946​
30.0
1947​
35.0
1948​
36.0
1949​
29.0
1950​
36.0
1951​
43.0
1952​
42.0
1953​
38.0
1954​
37.0
1955​
43.0
1956​
47.0
1957​
51.0
1958​
48.0
1959​
48.0
1960​
48.0
1961​
50.0
1962​
48.2
1963​
49.0
1964​
50.0
1965​
47.0
1966​
48.0
1967​
49.0
1968​
48.0
1969​
59.0
1970​
52.0
1971​
65.0
1972​
63.0
1973​
67.0
1974​
62.0
1975​
74.0
1976​
71.0
1977​
69.0
1978​
72.0
1979​
77.0
1980​
72.3
1981​
82.0
1982​
93.0
1983​
79.7
1984​
77.0
1985​
72.0
1986​
85.0
1987​
72.0
1988​
85.8
1989​
90.0
1990​
84.0
1991​
75.0
1992​
87.0
1993​
95.0
1994​
84.0
1995​
44.0
1996​
86.0
1997​
63.0
1998​
67.0
1999​
67.0
2000​
56.0
2001​
69.0
2002​
55.0
2003​
65.0
2004​
56.0
2006​
71.0
2007​
74.0
2008​
66.0
2009​
70.0
2010​
69.0
2011​
68.0
2012​
65.0
2013​
41.0
2014​
65.0
2015​
59.0
2016​
63.0
2017​
63.0
201868.0
201975.0
202063.0
202153.0
202279.0
202383.0

I documented my calculation of the yearly benchmarks for assists - http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showpost.php?p=130868097&postcount=223
 
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[Mod] Gordie Howe looks supremely impressive to me. Gretzky has a huge gap over him in the Top 10 seasons for points metric, and even though Gretzky had another great decade in him, Howe overcomes him on the all time total points list.
 
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TABLE 12 - YEARLY BENCHMARK FOR ASSISTS

Year|Benchmark
1927 | 11.875
1928 | 14
1929 | 12
1930 | 26.875
1931 | 23
1932 | 25
1933 | 27
1934 | 26
1935 | 30.5
1936 | 26
1937 | 27
1938 | 27
1939 | 33
1940 | 24.5
1941 | 28
1942 | 32
1943 | 44
1944 | 48
1945 | 40
1946 | 30
1947 | 35
1948 | 36
1949 | 29
1950 | 36
1951 | 43
1952 | 42
1953 | 38
1954 | 37
1955 | 43
1956 | 47
1957 | 51
1958 | 48
1959 | 48
1960 | 48
1961 | 50
1962 | 48.1666666
1963 | 49
1964 | 50
1965 | 47
1966 | 48
1967 | 49
1968 | 48
1969 | 59
1970 | 52
1971 | 65
1972 | 63
1973 | 67
1974 | 62
1975 | 74
1976 | 71
1977 | 69
1978 | 72
1979 | 77
1980 | 72.33333333
1981 | 82
1982 | 93
1983 | 79.666666
1984 | 77
1985 | 72
1986 | 85
1987 | 72
1988 | 85.83333
1989 | 90
1990 | 84
1991 | 75
1992 | 87
1993 | 95
1994 | 84
1995 | 44
1996 | 86
1997 | 63
1998 | 67
1999 | 67
2000 | 56
2001 | 69
2002 | 55
2003 | 65
2004 | 56
2006 | 71
2007 | 74
2008 | 66
2009 | 70
2010 | 69
2011 | 68
2012 | 65
2013 | 41
2014 | 65
2015 | 59
2016 | 63
2017 | 63

I documented my calculation of the yearly benchmarks for assists - http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showpost.php?p=130868097&postcount=223

Ideas, theories, comments about the assist benchmark spike starting in 1971?
 

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[Mod] Gordie Howe looks supremely impressive to me. Gretzky has a huge gap over him in the Top 10 seasons for points metric, and even though Gretzky had another great decade in him, Howe overcomes him on the all time total points list.

All of those seasons where Howe finished 4th or 5th in scoring really add up according to this method. Here's one way to look at it:

- Best seven seasons (not consecutive): Gretzky has by far the highest result, Howe is third.

- Next best six: Gretzky's "middle six" seasons rank 7th all-time. That is, if you take the 8th through 13th best seasons of his career, and compare that to the top six seasons that anyone else ever had, Gretzky still finishes 7th all-time, basically matching Jagr's best six years. Howe's "middle six" seasons rank 22nd all-time, on par with Sakic or Bossy`s top six seasons.

- Last seven years: here's where Howe starts to pull away. Gretzky's last seven seasons rank around 115th all-time, on par with Doug Weight or Brad Richards. Howe's "last" seven seasons (ie the 14th through 20th best seasons of his career) rank around 36th all-time, on par with Peter Forsberg or Adam Oates. Then, on top of that, Howe adds on six more seasons.

Ideas, theories, comments about the assist benchmark spike starting in 1971?

That's a good question. It largely reflects the trends in assists in the NHL as a whole. Prior to the 1968 expansion, Mikita held the single-season record for assists with 62. Five years later, that 10 players matched or exceeded that. I think it was a combination of 1) general increase in scoring league wide 2) concentration in talent among the "original six" teams and 3) an increase in number of powerplays. The latter two points explain why top players began recording a higher proportion of assists relative to other players.
 

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All of those seasons where Howe finished 4th or 5th in scoring really add up according to this method. Here's one way to look at it:

- Best seven seasons (not consecutive): Gretzky has by far the highest result, Howe is third.

- Next best six: Gretzky's "middle six" seasons rank 7th all-time. That is, if you take the 8th through 13th best seasons of his career, and compare that to the top six seasons that anyone else ever had, Gretzky still finishes 7th all-time, basically matching Jagr's best six years. Howe's "middle six" seasons rank 22nd all-time, on par with Sakic or Bossy`s top six seasons.

- Last seven years: here's where Howe starts to pull away. Gretzky's last seven seasons rank around 115th all-time, on par with Doug Weight or Brad Richards. Howe's "last" seven seasons (ie the 14th through 20th best seasons of his career) rank around 36th all-time, on par with Peter Forsberg or Adam Oates. Then, on top of that, Howe adds on six more seasons.



That's a good question. It largely reflects the trends in assists in the NHL as a whole. Prior to the 1968 expansion, Mikita held the single-season record for assists with 62. Five years later, that 10 players matched or exceeded that. I think it was a combination of 1) general increase in scoring league wide 2) concentration in talent among the "original six" teams and 3) an increase in number of powerplays. The latter two points explain why top players began recording a higher proportion of assists relative to other players.

Check the assist totals for defencemen - J.C. Tremblay more than doubled, Orr skyrocketed, Park and Guy Lapointe, entered the league and matured quickly. Just an informal observation.
 

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I had a request for points-per-game. This has been modified slightly from a version that I posted previously (so it's weighed for games played each season, rather than assuming each season is worth the same amount). On top of that, any season where a player appears in less than half of games played has been excluded.

TABLE 13 - BEST SEVEN YEARS, POINTS PER GAME

Player|GP|VsX|"PPG"
Wayne Gretzky | 862 | 555 | 1.55
Mario Lemieux | 632 | 472 | 1.34
Phil Esposito | 746 | 569 | 1.31
Gordie Howe | 691 | 567 | 1.22
Bobby Orr | 659 | 542 | 1.22
Guy Lafleur | 580 | 526 | 1.1
Jaromir Jagr | 596 | 552 | 1.08
Stan Mikita | 599 | 561 | 1.07
Bobby Hull | 593 | 559 | 1.06
Ted Lindsay | 586 | 559 | 1.05
Marcel Dionne | 595 | 570 | 1.04
Jean Beliveau | 561 | 538 | 1.04
Syl Apps Sr | 480 | 466 | 1.03
Bill Cowley | 528 | 515 | 1.02
Sidney Crosby | 536 | 525 | 1.02
Maurice Richard | 559 | 555 | 1.01
Evgeni Malkin | 488 | 487 | 1
Bernie Geoffrion | 483 | 483 | 1
Howie Morenz | 551 | 556 | 0.99
Charlie Conacher | 508 | 517 | 0.98
Mike Bossy | 539 | 555 | 0.97
Eric Lindros | 453 | 473 | 0.96
Alex Ovechkin | 539 | 563 | 0.96
Andy Bathgate | 548 | 573 | 0.96
Bryan Trottier | 524 | 561 | 0.94
Steve Yzerman | 500 | 537 | 0.93
Peter Forsberg | 468 | 505 | 0.93
Bill Cook | 526 | 570 | 0.92
Max Bentley | 478 | 519 | 0.92
Joe Thornton | 517 | 562 | 0.92
Peter Stastny | 498 | 541 | 0.92
Sweeney Schriner | 490 | 535 | 0.92
Busher Jackson | 496 | 547 | 0.91
Doug Bentley | 480 | 530 | 0.91
Joe Sakic | 508 | 561 | 0.91
Frank Boucher | 516 | 571 | 0.9
Mark Messier | 495 | 548 | 0.9
Jari Kurri | 503 | 558 | 0.9
Bobby Clarke | 508 | 564 | 0.9
Gordie Drillon | 474 | 528 | 0.9
Norm Ullman | 508 | 566 | 0.9
Elmer Lach | 440 | 491 | 0.9
John Bucyk | 495 | 554 | 0.89
Jean Ratelle | 500 | 559 | 0.89
Frank Mahovlich | 501 | 561 | 0.89
Nels Stewart | 497 | 558 | 0.89
Martin St. Louis | 506 | 569 | 0.89
Patrick Kane | 486 | 550 | 0.88
Teemu Selanne | 487 | 553 | 0.88
Marty Barry | 500 | 572 | 0.87
Paul Coffey | 469 | 540 | 0.87
Henri Richard | 456 | 527 | 0.87
Ken Hodge | 467 | 540 | 0.86
Darryl Sittler | 477 | 554 | 0.86
Toe Blake | 467 | 546 | 0.86
Nicklas Backstrom | 450 | 527 | 0.85
Gilbert Perreault | 462 | 543 | 0.85
Roy Conacher | 445 | 523 | 0.85
Dale Hawerchuk | 480 | 566 | 0.85
Ilya Kovalchuk | 453 | 535 | 0.85
Sid Abel | 476 | 562 | 0.85
Pavel Datsyuk | 443 | 523 | 0.85
Ryan Getzlaf | 452 | 534 | 0.85
Adam Oates | 474 | 560 | 0.85
Dickie Moore | 460 | 546 | 0.84
Daniel Alfredsson | 429 | 513 | 0.84
Yvan Cournoyer | 437 | 523 | 0.84
Alex Delvecchio | 475 | 569 | 0.84
Pavel Bure | 447 | 536 | 0.83
Jarome Iginla | 473 | 568 | 0.83
Bernie Nicholls | 458 | 556 | 0.82
Denis Savard | 454 | 550 | 0.82
Brett Hull | 452 | 549 | 0.82
Paul Thompson | 467 | 567 | 0.82
Jason Spezza | 425 | 517 | 0.82
Michel Goulet | 450 | 548 | 0.82
Rod Gilbert | 458 | 560 | 0.82
Ron Francis | 457 | 558 | 0.82
Henrik Sedin | 469 | 574 | 0.82
Milt Schmidt | 430 | 527 | 0.82
Alexander Mogilny | 408 | 501 | 0.81
Bernie Federko | 443 | 544 | 0.81
John Tavares | 438 | 539 | 0.81
Jacques Lemaire | 439 | 543 | 0.81
Steven Stamkos | 458 | 566 | 0.81
Kent Nilsson | 402 | 498 | 0.81
Jamie Benn | 427 | 532 | 0.8
Ziggy Palffy | 385 | 480 | 0.8
Dany Heatley | 447 | 558 | 0.8
Doug Gilmour | 437 | 546 | 0.8
Luc Robitaille | 450 | 562 | 0.8
Claude Giroux | 452 | 564 | 0.8
Paul Kariya | 439 | 550 | 0.8
Pierre Turgeon | 435 | 549 | 0.79
Marian Hossa | 442 | 558 | 0.79
Mark Recchi | 455 | 575 | 0.79
Pat LaFontaine | 424 | 536 | 0.79
Pavol Demitra | 382 | 483 | 0.79
Aurel Joliat | 451 | 570 | 0.79
Sergei Fedorov | 428 | 542 | 0.79
Lynn Patrick | 431 | 547 | 0.79
Syd Howe | 446 | 567 | 0.79
Herbie Lewis | 422 | 538 | 0.78
Keith Tkachuk | 397 | 508 | 0.78
Daniel Sedin | 445 | 571 | 0.78
Phil Goyette | 411 | 529 | 0.78
Mike Modano | 423 | 546 | 0.77
Henrik Zetterberg | 416 | 540 | 0.77
Rick Martin | 416 | 539 | 0.77
Bert Olmstead | 421 | 547 | 0.77
Markus Naslund | 434 | 565 | 0.77
Patrik Elias | 410 | 535 | 0.77
Cecil Dillon | 440 | 574 | 0.77
Mats Sundin | 428 | 559 | 0.77
Dave Taylor | 393 | 514 | 0.76
Bryan Hextall | 437 | 572 | 0.76
Joe Primeau | 403 | 528 | 0.76
Marian Gaborik | 378 | 495 | 0.76
John LeClair | 425 | 558 | 0.76
Hooley Smith | 422 | 555 | 0.76
Brad Richards | 426 | 560 | 0.76
Eric Staal | 431 | 567 | 0.76
Jeremy Roenick | 405 | 533 | 0.76
Pete Mahovlich | 415 | 547 | 0.76
Ted Kennedy | 429 | 566 | 0.76
Phil Watson | 418 | 554 | 0.76
Rick Middleton | 419 | 556 | 0.75
Theoren Fleury | 428 | 569 | 0.75
Dave Keon | 416 | 554 | 0.75
Vincent Lecavalier | 402 | 536 | 0.75
Anze Kopitar | 422 | 562 | 0.75
Bobby Rousseau | 419 | 559 | 0.75
Denis Potvin | 422 | 562 | 0.75
Brendan Shanahan | 413 | 550 | 0.75
Marc Savard | 379 | 505 | 0.75
Rene Robert | 397 | 530 | 0.75
Cooney Weiland | 427 | 570 | 0.75
Corey Perry | 410 | 549 | 0.75
Raymond Bourque | 405 | 542 | 0.75
Phil Kessel | 418 | 562 | 0.74
Clint Smith | 416 | 560 | 0.74
Jonathan Toews | 392 | 530 | 0.74
Lanny McDonald | 402 | 544 | 0.74
Rick MacLeish | 397 | 537 | 0.74
Johnny Gottselig | 409 | 555 | 0.74
Bill Mosienko | 417 | 566 | 0.74
Charlie Simmer | 371 | 503 | 0.74
Bobby Bauer | 392 | 533 | 0.74
Red Kelly | 415 | 563 | 0.74
Doug Weight | 387 | 526 | 0.74
Tim Kerr | 356 | 486 | 0.73
Glenn Anderson | 409 | 559 | 0.73
Lorne Carr | 415 | 567 | 0.73
Alex Kovalev | 396 | 542 | 0.73
Joe Mullen | 385 | 530 | 0.73
Mike Ribeiro | 406 | 559 | 0.73
Joe Pavelski | 399 | 550 | 0.73
Bun Cook | 412 | 569 | 0.72
Taylor Hall | 351 | 485 | 0.72
Don McKenney | 383 | 531 | 0.72
Pierre Larouche | 368 | 510 | 0.72
Pit Martin | 400 | 554 | 0.72
Tod Sloan | 378 | 526 | 0.72
Alexei Yashin | 382 | 532 | 0.72
Alex Tanguay | 386 | 539 | 0.72
Larry Aurie | 401 | 560 | 0.72
Cam Neely | 352 | 493 | 0.71
Steve Shutt | 397 | 557 | 0.71
Alexander Semin | 353 | 495 | 0.71
Dennis Maruk | 398 | 559 | 0.71
Zach Parise | 390 | 547 | 0.71
Buddy O'Connor | 361 | 507 | 0.71
Tyler Seguin | 385 | 542 | 0.71
Dino Ciccarelli | 395 | 557 | 0.71
Eddie Wiseman | 389 | 548 | 0.71
Ray Whitney | 372 | 525 | 0.71
Bill Thoms | 399 | 564 | 0.71
Dit Clapper | 392 | 555 | 0.71
Patrick Marleau | 401 | 569 | 0.7
Milan Hejduk | 380 | 539 | 0.7
Joe Nieuwendyk | 369 | 525 | 0.7
Syl Apps | 388 | 553 | 0.7
Johnny Gagnon | 393 | 562 | 0.7
Red Berenson | 388 | 554 | 0.7
Erik Karlsson | 377 | 539 | 0.7
Fred Stanfield | 384 | 550 | 0.7
Wayne Cashman | 381 | 546 | 0.7
Rick Nash | 370 | 531 | 0.7
Thomas Vanek | 376 | 539 | 0.7
Steve Larmer | 400 | 574 | 0.7
Bill Barber | 390 | 561 | 0.7
Al MacInnis | 368 | 530 | 0.7
Jim Pappin | 358 | 515 | 0.7
Vic Hadfield | 368 | 531 | 0.69
Billy Taylor | 354 | 511 | 0.69
Kenny Wharram | 382 | 551 | 0.69
Rod Brind'Amour | 377 | 544 | 0.69
Garry Unger | 398 | 575 | 0.69
Craig Janney | 357 | 517 | 0.69
Gaye Stewart | 389 | 563 | 0.69
John McKenzie | 370 | 536 | 0.69
Butch Goring | 372 | 539 | 0.69
Neil Colville | 386 | 560 | 0.69
Dave Andreychuk | 387 | 561 | 0.69
Bobby Smith | 392 | 569 | 0.69
Mike Gartner | 386 | 560 | 0.69
Blake Wheeler | 391 | 568 | 0.69
Walt Tkaczuk | 385 | 561 | 0.69
Kevin Stevens | 347 | 506 | 0.69
Peter Bondra | 370 | 539 | 0.69
Jimmy Ward | 388 | 567 | 0.69
Baldy Northcott | 386 | 564 | 0.69
Rick Tocchet | 332 | 485 | 0.68
Tom Lysiak | 367 | 537 | 0.68
Sid Smith | 364 | 532 | 0.68
Doc Romnes | 347 | 507 | 0.68
Patrick Sharp | 344 | 504 | 0.68
Dennis Hull | 387 | 570 | 0.68
Herb Cain | 373 | 549 | 0.68
Johnny Peirson | 356 | 526 | 0.68
Paul Stastny | 332 | 491 | 0.68
Art Chapman | 351 | 519 | 0.68
Brian Propp | 380 | 563 | 0.67
Tomas Sandstrom | 346 | 514 | 0.67
Brad Park | 344 | 510 | 0.67
Paul Ronty | 373 | 555 | 0.67
Todd Bertuzzi | 358 | 532 | 0.67
Alex Zhamnov | 332 | 494 | 0.67
Jeff Carter | 369 | 549 | 0.67
Wilf Paiement | 367 | 547 | 0.67
Peter McNab | 358 | 534 | 0.67
Robert Lang | 342 | 511 | 0.67
Vincent Damphousse | 380 | 568 | 0.67
Barry Pederson | 366 | 546 | 0.67
Dean Prentice | 368 | 553 | 0.67
Brian Leetch | 374 | 562 | 0.66
Woody Dumart | 377 | 567 | 0.66
Bill Goldsworthy | 361 | 543 | 0.66
Ace Bailey | 362 | 545 | 0.66
Patrice Bergeron | 366 | 552 | 0.66
Jean Pronovost | 368 | 556 | 0.66
Camille Henry | 351 | 531 | 0.66
Martin Havlat | 330 | 500 | 0.66
Martin Straka | 352 | 534 | 0.66
Olli Jokinen | 374 | 567 | 0.66
Max Pacioretty | 344 | 522 | 0.66
Jakub Voracek | 368 | 559 | 0.66
Ed Litzenberger | 365 | 555 | 0.66
John Ogrodnick | 333 | 507 | 0.66
Glen Murray | 346 | 527 | 0.66
 

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Let's look at the pre-modern era, before NHL expansion, at the early NHL and Original Six eras.

BEST SEVEN YEARS, POINTS PER GAME - Players before the 1970's

Player|GP|VsX|"PPG"
Gordie Howe | 691 | 567 | 1.22
Stan Mikita | 599 | 561 | 1.07
Bobby Hull | 593 | 559 | 1.06
Ted Lindsay | 586 | 559 | 1.05
Jean Beliveau | 561 | 538 | 1.04
Syl Apps Sr | 480 | 466 | 1.03
Bill Cowley | 528 | 515 | 1.02
Maurice Richard | 559 | 555 | 1.01
Bernie Geoffrion | 483 | 483 | 1
Howie Morenz | 551 | 556 | 0.99
Charlie Conacher | 508 | 517 | 0.98
Andy Bathgate | 548 | 573 | 0.96
Bill Cook | 526 | 570 | 0.92
Max Bentley | 478 | 519 | 0.92
Sweeney Schriner | 490 | 535 | 0.92
Busher Jackson | 496 | 547 | 0.91
Doug Bentley | 480 | 530 | 0.91
Frank Boucher | 516 | 571 | 0.9
Gordie Drillon | 474 | 528 | 0.9
Norm Ullman | 508 | 566 | 0.9
Elmer Lach | 440 | 491 | 0.9
John Bucyk | 495 | 554 | 0.89
Frank Mahovlich | 501 | 561 | 0.89
Nels Stewart | 497 | 558 | 0.89
Marty Barry | 500 | 572 | 0.87
Henri Richard | 456 | 527 | 0.87
Toe Blake | 467 | 546 | 0.86
Roy Conacher | 445 | 523 | 0.85
Sid Abel | 476 | 562 | 0.85
Dickie Moore | 460 | 546 | 0.84
Alex Delvecchio | 475 | 569 | 0.84
Paul Thompson | 467 | 567 | 0.82
Milt Schmidt | 430 | 527 | 0.82
Aurel Joliat | 451 | 570 | 0.79
Lynn Patrick | 431 | 547 | 0.79
Syd Howe | 446 | 567 | 0.79
Herbie Lewis | 422 | 538 | 0.78
Bert Olmstead | 421 | 547 | 0.77
Cecil Dillon | 440 | 574 | 0.77
Bryan Hextall | 437 | 572 | 0.76
Joe Primeau | 403 | 528 | 0.76
Hooley Smith | 422 | 555 | 0.76
Ted Kennedy | 429 | 566 | 0.76
Phil Watson | 418 | 554 | 0.76
Dave Keon | 416 | 554 | 0.75
Bobby Rousseau | 419 | 559 | 0.75
Cooney Weiland | 427 | 570 | 0.75
Clint Smith | 416 | 560 | 0.74
Johnny Gottselig | 409 | 555 | 0.74
Bill Mosienko | 417 | 566 | 0.74
Bobby Bauer | 392 | 533 | 0.74
Red Kelly | 415 | 563 | 0.74
Lorne Carr | 415 | 567 | 0.73
Bun Cook | 412 | 569 | 0.72
Don McKenney | 383 | 531 | 0.72
Tod Sloan | 378 | 526 | 0.72
Larry Aurie | 401 | 560 | 0.72
Buddy O'Connor | 361 | 507 | 0.71
Eddie Wiseman | 389 | 548 | 0.71
Bill Thoms | 399 | 564 | 0.71
Dit Clapper | 392 | 555 | 0.71
Syl Apps | 388 | 553 | 0.7
Johnny Gagnon | 393 | 562 | 0.7
Fred Stanfield | 384 | 550 | 0.7
Kenny Wharram | 382 | 551 | 0.69
Gaye Stewart | 389 | 563 | 0.69
John McKenzie | 370 | 536 | 0.69
Neil Colville | 386 | 560 | 0.69
Walt Tkaczuk | 385 | 561 | 0.69
Jimmy Ward | 388 | 567 | 0.69
Baldy Northcott | 386 | 564 | 0.69
Sid Smith | 364 | 532 | 0.68
Doc Romnes | 347 | 507 | 0.68
Herb Cain | 373 | 549 | 0.68
Johnny Peirson | 356 | 526 | 0.68
Art Chapman | 351 | 519 | 0.68
Paul Ronty | 373 | 555 | 0.67
Dean Prentice | 368 | 553 | 0.67
Woody Dumart | 377 | 567 | 0.66
Ace Bailey | 362 | 545 | 0.66
Jean Pronovost | 368 | 556 | 0.66
I'm impressed by the bolded.

Both Hull and Mikita had their 7-year peaks right at the end of the 1960's as NHL expansion was heralding in a new era of high scoring. That means, besides Howe of course, Ted Lindsay is next at the tops of the list! :amazed: His scoring relative to other Original-Six Era greats like Beliveau, Richard, Bathgate, Boom Boom isn't so often emphasized. And yet there Ted is, above them.:naughty:

Gordie Drillon is top-10 in pre-O6 era scoring over his 7-year peak according to this list. Of course, for Drillon, that was his entire career. Still, it's impressive.

Norm Ullman is higher on the list than more talked about Mahovlich and Delvecchio, yet Ullman's two-way game makes him even more impressive, though having no cups partly explains his relative obscurity in hockey history discussions.

Johnny Gagnon was Morenz's wing man for years and stands out as the only guy on the pre-1970's list not to have been drafted in the all-time drafts this year (ATD 2017, MLD 2017) where he probably should have been.
 
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Let's look at ACTIVE NHLers:
TABLE 13 - BEST SEVEN YEARS, POINTS PER GAME - ACTIVE players

Player|GP|VsX|"PPG"
Jaromir Jagr | 596 | 552 | 1.08
Sidney Crosby | 536 | 525 | 1.02
Evgeni Malkin | 488 | 487 | 1
Alex Ovechkin | 539 | 563 | 0.96
Joe Thornton | 517 | 562 | 0.92
Patrick Kane | 486 | 550 | 0.88
Nicklas Backstrom | 450 | 527 | 0.85
Pavel Datsyuk | 443 | 523 | 0.85
Ryan Getzlaf | 452 | 534 | 0.85
Jarome Iginla | 473 | 568 | 0.83
Henrik Sedin | 469 | 574 | 0.82
John Tavares | 438 | 539 | 0.81
Steven Stamkos | 458 | 566 | 0.81
Jamie Benn | 427 | 532 | 0.8
Claude Giroux | 452 | 564 | 0.8
Marian Hossa | 442 | 558 | 0.79
Daniel Sedin | 445 | 571 | 0.78
Henrik Zetterberg | 416 | 540 | 0.77
Eric Staal | 431 | 567 | 0.76
Anze Kopitar | 422 | 562 | 0.75
Corey Perry | 410 | 549 | 0.75
Phil Kessel | 418 | 562 | 0.74
Jonathan Toews | 392 | 530 | 0.74
Joe Pavelski | 399 | 550 | 0.73
Zach Parise | 390 | 547 | 0.71
Tyler Seguin | 385 | 542 | 0.71
Patrick Marleau | 401 | 569 | 0.7
Erik Karlsson | 377 | 539 | 0.7
Rick Nash | 370 | 531 | 0.7
Thomas Vanek | 376 | 539 | 0.7
Blake Wheeler | 391 | 568 | 0.69
Patrick Sharp | 344 | 504 | 0.68
Paul Stastny | 332 | 491 | 0.68
Jeff Carter | 369 | 549 | 0.67
Patrice Bergeron | 366 | 552 | 0.66
Max Pacioretty | 344 | 522 | 0.66
Jakub Voracek | 368 | 559 | 0.66
  • The difference between Crosby and Malkin is .02? That's basically no difference.
  • Defenseman Karlsson is the same as Rick Nash. :laugh:
  • Bergeron is usually given less credit for his offense than this list shows, him pretty close to several oft-noted "scorers".
  • Patrick Kane is clearly the leader of the under-30 crowd, significantly ahead of Stamkos, Tavares and Benn.
  • Pacioretty is building an offensive resume, avergaing over 30 goals a season for the last six years.
 

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