Wayne Gretzky's 1983-1984 Season Versus Mario Lemieux's 1992-1993 Season

[GlitchMarner]

Who was better on a per-game basis?


Gretzky's 1984 season:


74 games played
87 goals, 118 assists, 205 points, +78
Adjusted stats: 69 goals, 94 assists, 163 points

Won the Art Ross, Pearson and Hart


NHL scoring leaders:

1. Gretzky: 205 points
2. Coffey: 126 points
3. Goulet: 122 points
4. Stastny: 119 points
5. Bossy: 118 points

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Edmonton Oilers' scoring leaders:

1. Gretzky: 205 points
2. Coffey: 126 points
3. Kurri: 113 points
4. Messier: 101 points
5. Anderson: 99 points

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NHL goal scoring leaders:

1. Gretzky: 87 goals
2. Goulet: 56 points
3. Kerr: 54 points
4. Anderson: 54 goals
5. Kurri: 52 goals

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Lemieux's 1993 season:


6o games played
69 goals, 91 assists, 160 points, +55
Adjusted stats: 56 goals, 73 assists, 129 points

Won the Art Ross, Hart, Pearson and Masterton


NHL scoring leaders:

1. Lemieux: 160 points
2. LaFontaine: 148 points
3. Oates: 142 points
4. Yzerman: 137 points
5. Selanne: 132 points

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Pittsburgh Penguins' scoring leaders:

1. Lemieux: 160 points
2. Stevens: 111 points
3. Tocchet: 109 points
4. Francis: 100 points
5. Jagr: 94 points

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NHL goal scoring leaders:

1. Mogilny: 76 goals
2. Selanne: 76 goals
3. Lemieux: 69 goals
4. Robitaille: 63 goals
5. Bure: 60 goals

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[McFlash97]

Gretzky.

 

[Uncle Rotter]

Gretzky was still at a 3 points per game average 51 games into the season.

 

[Plural]

The Great One

 

[Wewillrise]

The one who was fastest to 1000 pts twice

 

[DDRhockey]

Lemiuex. Only 60 games and 160p. Crazy. The league was better in 1993 than in 1983.

 

[Lights911]

Gretzky

 

[snipes]

Gretzky by a fairly significant margin

 

[McFlash97]

205 points in 74 games is absolutely asinine, to lead the next scorer by close to 80 points is godly. To put it in perspective I believe Gretzky would have won the scoring race that season in his 41st game.....

He had over 151 points in his first 51 games of that season. That's basically 3 ppg. He slowed down bcz of a nagging injury I believe, missed 6 games. I truly believe he would have hit 230 points that season.

This was him at his absolute prime. Basically a hockey diety. No single player in any era could stack up against Gretzky that season. Prime Orr, Prime Lemieux. Doesnt matter.

99 had no target that season. He was in cruise control In the second half. If someone like Mario was on his heels I believe Wayne would have put up ~ 3 ppg the entire year and blow him out too.