Top 5 Players in P/G Each Decade

[PenguinSpeed]

2010s

1) Sidney Crosby- 1.237 points per game
2) Connor Mcdavid- 1.225 points per game
3) Evgeni Malkin- 1.15 points per game
4) Steven Stamkos- 1.04 points per game
5) Patrick Kane- 1.03 points per game

2000s

1) Sidney Crosby- 1.364 points per game
2) Mario Lemieux- 1.34 points per game (39 years old)
3) Alex Ovechkin- 1.33 points per game
4) Peter Foresberg- 1.25 points per game
5) Evgeni Malkin- 1.23 points per game

1990s

1) Mario Lemieux- 2.063 points per game
2) Wayne Gretzky- 1.37 points per game
3) Eric Lindros- 1.35 points per game
4) Jaromir Jagr- 1.33 points per game
5) Pat Lafontaine- 1.29 points per game

1980s

1) Wayne Gretzky- 2.398 points per game
2) Mario Lemieux- 1.96 points per game
3) Mike Bossy- 1.55 points per game
4) Peter Stastny- 1.41 points per game
5) Jari Kurri- 1.38 points per game


-Interesting trends

-Really shows who is the best player in the league on a consistent basis over time. Really shows how dominant Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux really are. A broken down old Lemieux still put up better stats then a rookie made Ovechkin in his prime in the 2000s. Sidney Crosby the only player to hold the top spot, and, still holding the top spot in points per game over Mcdavid. Mario Lemieux had the biggest stretch of dominance over anyone in the 1990s over any other #1 player in any other decade, beating every other player by an insane 1.26 points per game for an entire decade. Not even Wayne did that in the 80s.

-Cream always rises to the top to win the Cup. Easy to see who the stars really are without the homer glasses on.

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[jetsforever]

PPG isn't the only way to measure performance, but Gretzky/Lemieux/Crosby have all definitely been the best of their times

 

[Oneiro]

All I know is that Malkin is still somehow underrated by everyone. Media. Fans. Even people in Pittsburgh. Imagine if he was healthy all the time.

 

[MrSnrub]

Top scoring players of the 2010s named "Sidney" and "Evgeni"

Sidney Crosby
Evgeni Malkin

Wow! Is there anything they can't do?

 

[JeremyTB]

Didn't Thornton lead all players in points from 2000-2010? maybe I am wrong.

 

[24 others]

Take an arbitrary statistics, present it in an arbitrary way (by decades) and....

TRUTH!!!

 

[BeastoftheEast85]

Interesting to see in the 2000s Ovechkin was barely behind Crosby in PPG, yet scores many more goals and barely missed any games. You really show well how he is the true best player of the decade.

Considering how Ovechkin is closing out this decade, could make a strong case he will go down as the greatest player of his era and one of the greatest all time.

 

[Alwalys]

Didn't Thornton lead all players in points from 2000-2010? maybe I am wrong.

this comparison lumps players that only played half the decade in with him

 

[gtrower]

Crosby is truly a god amongst a league of mortals. Just needs to pace himself a little better because his production really fell off towards the end of May.

 

[BigBadBruins7708]

2010s

1) Sidney Crosby- 1.237 points per game
2) Connor Mcdavid- 1.225 points per game
3) Evgeni Malkin- 1.15 points per game
4) Steven Stamkos- 1.04 points per game
5) Patrick Kane- 1.03 points per game

2000s

1) Sidney Crosby- 1.364 points per game
2) Mario Lemieux- 1.34 points per game (39 years old)
3) Alex Ovechkin- 1.33 points per game
4) Peter Foresberg- 1.25 points per game
5) Evgeni Malkin- 1.23 points per game

1990s

1) Mario Lemieux- 2.063 points per game
2) Wayne Gretzky- 1.37 points per game
3) Eric Lindros- 1.35 points per game
4) Jaromir Jagr- 1.33 points per game
5) Pat Lafontaine- 1.29 points per game

1980s

1) Wayne Gretzky- 2.398 points per game
2) Mario Lemieux- 1.96 points per game
3) Mike Bossy- 1.55 points per game
4) Peter Stastny- 1.41 points per game
5) Jari Kurri- 1.38 points per game


-Interesting trends

-Really shows who is the best player in the league on a consistent basis over time. Really shows how dominant Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux really are. A broken down old Lemieux still put up better stats then a rookie made Ovechkin in his prime in the 2000s. Sidney Crosby the only player to hold the top spot, and, still holding the top spot in points per game over Mcdavid. Mario Lemieux had the biggest stretch of dominance over anyone in the 1990s over any other #1 player in any other decade, beating every other player by an insane 1.26 points per game for an entire decade. Not even Wayne did that in the 80s.

-Cream always rises to the top to win the Cup. Easy to see who the stars really are without the homer glasses on.

I can go to hockey reference and sort by ppg too...

if this was an actual player ranking...you're missing some guys like Bourque, Hasek, Roy, Brodeur, Lidstrom, Pronger, Coffey

 

[Cygnusx1018]

Trottier was better than Stastny

 

[PenguinSpeed]

Interesting to see in the 2000s Ovechkin was barely behind Crosby in PPG, yet scores many more goals and barely missed any games. You really show well how he is the true best player of the decade.

Considering how Ovechkin is closing out this decade, could make a strong case he will go down as the greatest player of his era and one of the greatest all time.

-Ovi is 9th this decade and under 1 point per game

 

[tony d]

Shows just how good Crosby has been, one of the best players of not just this generation but all time.

 

[WingsMJN2965]

-Ovi is 9th this decade and under 1 point per game

And is likely going to finish his career as the GOAT of goal scoring...

 

[PenguinSpeed]

And is likely going to finish his career as the GOAT of goal scoring...

-This thread is all about points and points only, and who has the most points as in the best team player It has nothing to do with goals only.

 

[WingsMJN2965]

-This thread is all about points and points only, and who has the most points as in the best team player It has nothing to do with goals only.

Yes, I'm aware of the parameters you set specifically to serve your narrative.

 

[Anglesmith]

-This thread is all about points and points only, and who has the most points as in the best team player It has nothing to do with goals only.

Your OP title says "top 5 players," which then implies that you think the top PPG means the best player.

 

[DannyGallivan]

I'll do my own list off the top of my head (so sorry if I forget anybody) and without yer big-city college-boy stats.

2010's

1. Crosby
2. McDavid
3. Ovechkin
4. Toews
5. Kane

2000

1. Crosby
2. Ovechkin
3. Malkin
4. Lemieux
5. Thornton

1990's

1. Lemieux
2. Jagr
3. Sakic
4. Forsberg
5. Bourque

1980's
1. Gretzky
2. Lemieux
3. Bossy
4. Hawerchuk
5. Coffey

1970's

1. Orr
2. Lafleur
3. Esposito
4. Clarke
5. Dionne

1960's

1. Hull
2. Beliveau
3. Mikita
4. Howe
5. Mahovlich

1950's

1. Howe
2. Beliveau
3. Richard
4. Harvey
5. Lindsay

1940's

1. Richard
2. Hextall
3. Lach
4. M. Bentley
5. D. Bentley

 

[StoneHands]

2010s

1) Sidney Crosby- 1.237 points per game
2) Connor Mcdavid- 1.225 points per game
3) Evgeni Malkin- 1.15 points per game
4) Steven Stamkos- 1.04 points per game
5) Patrick Kane- 1.03 points per game

2000s

1) Sidney Crosby- 1.364 points per game
2) Mario Lemieux- 1.34 points per game (39 years old)
3) Alex Ovechkin- 1.33 points per game
4) Peter Foresberg- 1.25 points per game
5) Evgeni Malkin- 1.23 points per game

1990s

1) Mario Lemieux- 2.063 points per game
2) Wayne Gretzky- 1.37 points per game
3) Eric Lindros- 1.35 points per game
4) Jaromir Jagr- 1.33 points per game
5) Pat Lafontaine- 1.29 points per game

1980s

1) Wayne Gretzky- 2.398 points per game
2) Mario Lemieux- 1.96 points per game
3) Mike Bossy- 1.55 points per game
4) Peter Stastny- 1.41 points per game
5) Jari Kurri- 1.38 points per game


-Interesting trends

-Really shows who is the best player in the league on a consistent basis over time. Really shows how dominant Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux really are. A broken down old Lemieux still put up better stats then a rookie made Ovechkin in his prime in the 2000s. Sidney Crosby the only player to hold the top spot, and, still holding the top spot in points per game over Mcdavid. Mario Lemieux had the biggest stretch of dominance over anyone in the 1990s over any other #1 player in any other decade, beating every other player by an insane 1.26 points per game for an entire decade. Not even Wayne did that in the 80s.

-Cream always rises to the top to win the Cup. Easy to see who the stars really are without the homer glasses on.

The bolded is just a 100% lie. Where the hell are you getting that Mario scored 1.26 ppg more than anyone else during the 90s?

I get it, you're a Pens fan so this entire thing is just to show how great your favorite players are and the best way to do this is by ignore the insane amount of games Crosby, Malkin, and Lemieux missed during their careers.

Also, don't you think it's just a tad disingenuous to say Lemieux was better than Ovechkin in the 2000's when Mario only played 170 games during that decade and only once did he even play more than 30 games in a season?

 

[Laineux]

There is a glaring omission on this list. The all-time points per game leader, Louie Belpedio should be the leading player of 2010s with points per game average of 2.0.

 

[Shakey Rustie]

Your comparison of the 2000s is very screwed. The game pre and post lockout were extremely different.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

2000's OV was crazy. Only .02 behind in points-per-game (less than 2 points per 82 games), but .19 ahead in goals-per-game (a touch over 15 goals per 82 games).

 

[Pengwins]

great post OP

shows how much better Crosby is than Ovechkin

 

[The Hanging Jowl]

Even if you accept ppg as the end all, be all stat, shouldn't this at least have been presented as top forward only?

 

[pezpunk]

points are half noise. counting secondary assists as equal to primary and goals ruins the meaningfulness of the stat.

goals are far more important.