NHL: 766 GP - 472 G - 377 A - 849 PTS
50.53 goals per 82 games
Olympics: 12 GP - 11 G - 1 A - 12 PTS
I threw in the Olympic numbers since those totals came in Winter Games that NHLers were permitted to participate.
So, who's ahead of him?
Not to be picky or anything but the stats are a little off. I mean you have combined his regular season and playoff stats
NHL Regular season 702gp 437g 342a 779pts
NHL Playoffs 64gp 35g 35a 70pts
It is important to me anyway to seperate regular season and playoff stats
I loved watching Bure and he became my favourite players after the Stanley Cup run of 1994. Especially when he threw the elbow on I believe it was Shane Churla against the Stars. He was the the first skilled Russian playerthat I saw really to show that he would not take cheap shots from others and would give it back he was tough and gritty
As much as I liked him and want to put him in the top 10 of all time for goal scoring or even maybe the top 20. I find it hard to do this. WIthout making a list of the top scorers ever it is just that as great as he was and we all pretty much know he would have been even better without the injuries. He just didn't have that great of a career when compared to others because of his injuries
However I will make slight case for Bure. Only because I like him so much. Here are the top 10 goal scorers from 1991-92 Bure rookie year and 2002-03 his last
Hull 877gp 484g
Jagr 870gp 479
Shanahan 905 445gp
Bondra 853gp 439g
Bure 702gp 437g
Selanne 801gp 436g
Sundin 925gp 411
Mogilny 792gp 408g
Sakic 844gp 399g
Tkachuk 781gp 398g
Every player ahead of him played at least an extra 152 games compared to Bure. This is just a sample size for a lot of the players went on to continue scoring after this 12yr span
Now if you take the players ahead of him during this period and see how they performed in their first 702gp. Or the best I could figure out anyway here is what they look like
Hull 735gp 527g
Jagr 725gp 387g
Shanahan 713gp 288g
Bondra 754gp 382g
Selanne 719gp 375g
Only Brett Hull scored more then Bure of those guys in 702 games.
During the years Bure played he was one of the best goal scorers in the game. He was also one of the top skilled goal scorers in the game as well. Alot of his goals were amazing
So the problem is for example let's compare him to Selanne for a sec. It could be argued that Bure was better then Selanne during this time period when it comes to goal scoring. However Selanne continued to keep scoring at a very decent pace. So who is the better goal scorer the one who was great for a short period of time or one that was great for a short period of time but also good for a very long time.
I guess it depends on the person and what is more important.
Playoffs wise Pavel Bure put up some really good numbers and his goals per game didn't drop by much really. I think if you take what Bure did in the playoffs it shows that he was able to play at the same level all the time and when it mattered the most he performed realy well despite never winning the cup. However in 1994 he did score 16 goals
As for the Olympics He scored 9 goals in the 1997-98 Olympics. That is also pretty impressive
No matter what anyone might say or where they rank him. One thing is for sure. When Pavel Bure was healthy he was one of the few players that was unstoppable. I rank him higher then probably most on here but would still find it hard to say for sure he is a top 10 or top 20 for the greatest all time goal scorers ever. Of course I say this without making a list