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E61 Episode 61: Class of 1999: Wayne Gretzky
An entire episode on just Wayne Gretzky. Because it's Wayne Gretzky.
Episode Notes
- NHL: 1979-99; 20 seasons, all quality
- Totals:
- 894G (1st All Time - Gretzky is ahead by 93 goals),
- 1963A (1st - Gretzky is ahead by over 700 assists) for
- 2857P (1st - Gretzky is head by nearly 1000 points),
- +518 (4th) in
- 1487 games (18th);
- 251 PS (1st)
- Gretzky is the career leader in Offensive Point Shares (he’s ahead by nearly 40 OPS, which is a decent NHL career)
- Per Game:
- 7th All Time in GPG (Gretzky held the career record for GPG from the 1982-83 season till the 1989-90 season) and
- 1st in APG (Gretzky is ahead of Lemieux by nearly .2 assists per game) and
- 1st in PPG
- 21:04 ATOI (minutes were tracked for only the final season of Gretzky's career)
- Draft: undrafted; there’s nothing really to talk about here
- Era: Come on...it's Gretzky, we don't need to know how he compares to his era
- 82-game average: 50G, 108A for 145P, +29
- 3-year peak (1983-86): 82-game average of 75G, 145A for 220P
- Playoffs:
- Totals:
- 122G (1st All Time),
- 260A (1st - Gretzky is ahead by nearly 80 assists) for
- 382P (1st - Gretzky is ahead by nearly 100 points) in
- 208 games (16th)
- Per Game: Gretzky is
- 6th All time in playoff GPG (He held the career playoff GPG record from 1987 until 1991)
- 1st in APG (Gretzky is ahead by over .3 APG) and
- 1st in PPG (Gretzky is ahead by over .2 PPG)
- Era: Be serious!