authentic
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Of the 7 players that are 30+, 3 of them are elite top-100 of all-time players. If we treat them as "the exception to the rule", and just make a top 12 list, 66% of that list is under-30.
I'd be curious to see lists for every year, and then from those lists, by decade and by "era".
To throw my hat into the ring... I do sorta feel like players have been getting better at younger ages, and players are also washing-up earlier. Primes feel a little sooner to me now. But again, that's just a sense or a feeling... I'd like to see the actual numbers.
Like always then? I don't believe there was ever a time where most of the elite players were over 30, except maybe...right now lol.
1983-84
Gretzky - 22/23
Coffey - 22
Goulet - 23
Stastny - 27
Pederson - 22
Kurri - 23
Trottier - 27
Federko - 27
Middleton - 29/30
Hawerchuk - 20
Messier - 22/23
Anderson - 23
Bourque - 22/23
Nicholls - 22
Honestly, I went over every season since 1980 a while back and I can tell you if anything we see more older players in the top 10-20 scorers in the recent era.