Reference - VsX comprehensive summary (1927 to 2023)

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The purpose of this thread is to summarize "Vs X", an adjusted scoring system commonly used by the History of Hockey sub-forum.

As far as I know, longtime poster BM67 developed the earliest version of the system, wherein each player's stats were compared to the 2nd highest scorer in a given year. The reasoning was sometimes the leading scorer would be an outlier, and other times they wouldn't separate themselves far from the pack - but the runner-up was likely to be more consistent from year to year. This method didn't work because the key assumption (the runner-up being a consistent benchmark each year) is false - but instead of fiddling around with a number of theoretical variables, BM67's system made everyone realize that comparing a player to the league's leaders was a surprisingly elegant and effective system.

Another longtime poster, Sturminator, refined the methodology. He proposed that our starting point should be using the runner-up as our benchmark - but this can be modified if certain conditions are met. I'm not going to re-post Sturm's analysis - it was a long, well-written post, and I have nothing substantial to add - but you can read about it at http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showpost.php?p=60570205&postcount=1.

The following posts outline the results, and the benchmarks for each year.

Benefits

• Ultimately, performance relative to an "adjusted" league leader is captured. Since offense in hockey is relative - a goal today is worth more than a goal in 1982 - the approach is appropriate. Those who have reviewed the results of other adjusted scoring metrics know that changes in league-wide scoring levels don't directly influence the output of the league's top scorers (1993 is a good example - it wasn't that much higher-scoring than 1992 or 1994, but the distribution of the scoring was unique that year). Since the benchmark is the league leader, rather than a theoretical set of variables, the actual results are smoothed out so that the leader boards, excluding any outliers, are relatively consistent from year to year.
• As a result of the previous point, each season counts equally. A dominant season in 1927 counts just as much as a dominant season in 2017. (Of course, there are far more players in the NHL in 2017 than in, say, 1967, so there are far more players with good and great seasons. But I don't see why an elite performance from 2017 would be inherently better than an elite performance from 1967, so the leaders of both seasons would have similar results).
• Performance, rather than a player's name, is what ultimately counts. Gretzky is obviously treated as an outlier throughout the 1980s - but in other seasons, like 1997 as an example, he`s not treated as an outlier just because his name is Gretzky, so other players aren`t given an artificial boost.
• Flexibility. We can look at the top scorers over X number of years. We can make those consecutive or not. We can look at actual results or per-game result. The data can be sliced and diced many different ways.

Drawbacks

• This metric focuses on regular season offense only. Performance in the playoffs, defensive acumen, physicality, etc., are all ignored.
• The actual process for calculating the benchmark each year can be complicated. I know Sturm's system can seem arbitrary or needlessly complex - but I also think it's the best system we have, and each adjustment exists for a reason.
• Time-consuming to calculate. I have everything set up in Excel so it's (relatively) easy for me to run the numbers. Anyone attempting to do this manually is probably in for hours (or days) of painful effort.
• The system isn't additive. That is, adding up goals and assists, either for a single season or over the course of a player's career, won't add to their total points. That's because the yearly benchmarks for goals, assists, and points are calculated separately. The majority of the time I think looking at points is ideal, but the system can be useful in isolating goal-scoring or playmaking if desired.

Notes

• Throughout this thread, I have data going back to 1926-27 only.
• Initially there were "weightings" for different seasons (ie a player's best season was given a weighting of A, second-best was given a weighting of B, etc). Ultimately the consensus emerged that this was unnecessary - it added needless complexity for minimal informational value. Throughout this thread, no weightings are used.
• I'll end this post the way Sturminator ended his - Comments, criticisms, fact-checking and personal attacks are all welcome.

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TABLE 1 - BEST SEVEN YEARS, POINTS (last updated: 2024)

Player	7 YEAR
Wayne Gretzky	155.6
Phil Esposito	130.4
Gordie Howe	125.5
Mario Lemieux	119.8
Connor McDavid	117.5
Bobby Orr	114.8
Jaromir Jagr	114.2
Bobby Hull	108.3
Stan Mikita	107.8
Jean Beliveau	105.7
Guy Lafleur	104.5
Ted Lindsay	104.4
Marcel Dionne	103.3
Sidney Crosby	102.4
Maurice Richard	102.4
Howie Morenz	102.2
Leon Draisaitl	101.3
Andy Bathgate	101.1
Alex Ovechkin	98.4
Nikita Kucherov	98.0
Joe Sakic	97.7
Bill Cowley	97.0
Patrick Kane	96.2
Charlie Conacher	96.2
Bill Cook	96.0
Joe Thornton	95.6
Frank Boucher	95.1
Mike Bossy	94.8
Nathan MacKinnon	94.6
Evgeni Malkin	93.7
Bryan Trottier	93.7
Steve Yzerman	93.2
Teemu Selanne	92.7
Martin St. Louis	92.4
Syl Apps Sr	92.4
Steven Stamkos	91.4
Sweeney Schriner	91.3
Bobby Clarke	90.4
Max Bentley	90.4
Peter Forsberg	90.3
Nels Stewart	90.3
Adam Oates	90.0
Bernie Geoffrion	89.9
Mark Messier	89.6
Jean Ratelle	89.6
Marty Barry	89.6
Norm Ullman	89.5
Busher Jackson	89.5
John Bucyk	88.7
Peter Stastny	88.4
Mark Recchi	88.4
Jari Kurri	88.1
Artemi Panarin	88.1
Paul Coffey	88.1
Brett Hull	88.0
Claude Giroux	88.0
Frank Mahovlich	87.8
Nicklas Backstrom	87.7
Ron Francis	87.4
Sid Abel	87.3
Milt Schmidt	86.9
Jarome Iginla	86.7
Gordie Drillon	86.7
Doug Bentley	86.6
Toe Blake	86.3
Elmer Lach	86.1
Dale Hawerchuk	86.0
Gilbert Perreault	85.7
Darryl Sittler	85.7
Denis Savard	85.5
Dickie Moore	85.4
Roy Conacher	85.2
Henri Richard	85.2
Pavel Bure	85.2
Eric Lindros	85.0
Paul Kariya	84.9
Alex Delvecchio	84.8
Brad Marchand	84.7
Henrik Sedin	84.5
Luc Robitaille	84.2
Ilya Kovalchuk	83.9
Syd Howe	83.9
Ryan Getzlaf	83.7
Ken Hodge	83.2
Rod Gilbert	83.1
Jamie Benn	83.0
Markus Naslund	82.9
John Tavares	82.7
Aurel Joliat	82.6
Phil Kessel	82.6
Paul Thompson	82.6
Pavel Datsyuk	82.5
Marian Hossa	82.4
Daniel Alfredsson	82.3
Auston Matthews	82.2
Pierre Turgeon	82.1
Mats Sundin	82.1
Doug Gilmour	82.0
Theoren Fleury	82.0
John LeClair	81.7
Mike Modano	81.5
Jeremy Roenick	81.2
Dany Heatley	81.0
Bryan Hextall	80.9
Sergei Fedorov	80.8
Erik Karlsson	80.6
Bernie Nicholls	80.6
Tyler Seguin	80.5
Eric Staal	80.2
Ziggy Palffy	80.1
Blake Wheeler	80.1
Daniel Sedin	79.9
Mitch Marner	79.8
Mikko Rantanen	79.5
Henrik Zetterberg	79.5
Lynn Patrick	79.4
Michel Goulet	79.3
Anze Kopitar	79.2
Jason Spezza	79.1
Keith Tkachuk	79.0
David Pastrnak	79.0
Brendan Shanahan	79.0
Cooney Weiland	78.9
Patrik Elias	78.9
Ted Kennedy	78.8
Pat LaFontaine	78.5
Joe Pavelski	78.4
Doug Weight	78.3
Cecil Dillon	78.1
Brad Richards	78.0
Hooley Smith	78.0
Jacques Lemaire	77.9
Jonathan Huberdeau	77.8
Alexander Mogilny	77.7
Bernie Federko	77.6
Alexei Yashin	77.1
Yvan Cournoyer	77.1
Vincent Lecavalier	76.9
Phil Watson	76.7
Bun Cook	76.3
Johnny Gaudreau	76.1
Bert Olmstead	75.9
Bobby Rousseau	75.5
Raymond Bourque	75.5
Red Kelly	75.4
Alex Kovalev	75.3
Bill Mosienko	75.2
Phil Goyette	75.2
Clint Smith	75.1
Corey Perry	75.0
Herbie Lewis	75.0
Denis Potvin	74.9
Johnny Gottselig	74.8
Joe Primeau	74.8
Jakub Voracek	74.6
Bobby Bauer	74.6
Aleksander Barkov	74.5
Pavol Demitra	74.5
Mark Scheifele	74.4
Lorne Carr	74.4
Dave Keon	74.3
Lanny McDonald	74.1
Rick Middleton	74.1
Mike Ribeiro	74.1
Vincent Damphousse	74.0
Pete Mahovlich	73.8
Dit Clapper	73.7
Brian Leetch	73.7
Jonathan Toews	73.7
Alex Tanguay	73.4
Marc Savard	73.3
Don McKenney	73.3
Rick MacLeish	73.3
Patrick Marleau	73.2
Milan Hejduk	73.1
Taylor Hall	73.1
Rick Martin	73.1
Tony Amonte	73.0
Ray Whitney	72.9
Bill Thoms	72.7
Woody Dumart	72.7
Rod Brind'Amour	72.6
Matthew Tkachuk	72.2
J.T. Miller	72.2
Neil Colville	72.1
Max Pacioretty	72.1
Glenn Anderson	72.0
Peter Bondra	72.0
Steve Larmer	71.9
Eddie Wiseman	71.8
Joe Mullen	71.6
Larry Aurie	71.6
Kent Nilsson	71.3
Dennis Maruk	71.3
Rene Robert	71.0
Vladimir Tarasenko	70.9
Zach Parise	70.9
Tod Sloan	70.9
Steve Shutt	70.6
Pit Martin	70.6
Al MacInnis	70.5
Johnny Gagnon	70.4
Joe Nieuwendyk	70.3
Dave Taylor	70.2
Garry Unger	70.1
Bill Barber	70.0
Sebastian Aho	70.0
Marian Gaborik	69.9
Brayden Point	69.9
Matt Duchene	69.8
Dino Ciccarelli	69.8
Kenny Wharram	69.8
Gaye Stewart	69.8
Ebbie Goodfellow	69.6
Dave Andreychuk	69.5
Nicklas Lidstrom	69.4
Brent Burns	69.4
Rick Nash	69.2
Patrice Bergeron	69.2
Syl Apps	69.1
Bobby Smith	68.9
Mika Zibanejad	68.8
Mike Gartner	68.8
Thomas Vanek	68.7
Mark Stone	68.7
Baldy Northcott	68.6
Todd Bertuzzi	68.5
Jimmy Ward	68.5
Miroslav Satan	68.4
William Nylander	68.3
Dennis Hull	68.3
Sid Smith	68.2
Olli Jokinen	68.2
Wayne Cashman	67.8
Fred Stanfield	67.8
Robert Lang	67.8
Butch Goring	67.8
Paul Ronty	67.8
Jeff Carter	67.8
Walt Tkaczuk	67.8
Filip Forsberg	67.7
Ryan O'Reilly	67.6
Scott Gomez	67.6
Steve Sullivan	67.6
Red Berenson	67.5
Ed Litzenberger	67.5
Martin Straka	67.4
Craig Janney	67.4
Brian Propp	67.2
Herb Cain	67.1

 

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TABLE 2 - BEST TEN YEARS, POINTS (last updated: 2024)

Player	10 YEAR
Wayne Gretzky	144.7
Gordie Howe	118.1
Phil Esposito	117.6
Mario Lemieux	112.0
Jaromir Jagr	105.9
Stan Mikita	102.5
Bobby Hull	101.8
Jean Beliveau	100.0
Sidney Crosby	99.6
Maurice Richard	97.9
Connor McDavid	97.7
Marcel Dionne	97.5
Ted Lindsay	95.8
Andy Bathgate	95.6
Alex Ovechkin	94.1
Joe Sakic	94.0
Bobby Orr	92.1
Guy Lafleur	91.0
Joe Thornton	90.8
Patrick Kane	90.7
Mike Bossy	89.4
Howie Morenz	88.9
Frank Boucher	88.8
Steve Yzerman	88.8
Teemu Selanne	88.7
Evgeni Malkin	88.1
Bryan Trottier	87.2
Nels Stewart	87.1
Steven Stamkos	87.0
Bill Cowley	86.7
Martin St. Louis	86.3
Adam Oates	86.2
Jean Ratelle	85.3
Nathan MacKinnon	85.2
Mark Messier	85.0
Norm Ullman	84.7
Leon Draisaitl	84.6
Bill Cook	84.4
Mark Recchi	84.3
Ron Francis	84.2
Nikita Kucherov	84.1
Frank Mahovlich	84.1
John Bucyk	83.9
Syl Apps Sr	83.9
Brett Hull	83.6
Bobby Clarke	83.5
Bernie Geoffrion	83.4
Alex Delvecchio	82.9
Nicklas Backstrom	82.6
Charlie Conacher	82.5
Claude Giroux	82.4
Peter Forsberg	82.1
Paul Coffey	82.0
Marty Barry	81.8
Dale Hawerchuk	81.7
Gilbert Perreault	81.6
Jarome Iginla	81.5
Toe Blake	81.4
Jari Kurri	81.2
Luc Robitaille	80.9
Peter Stastny	80.8
Darryl Sittler	80.4
Busher Jackson	80.2
Max Bentley	80.0
Mats Sundin	79.9
Rod Gilbert	79.7
Sweeney Schriner	79.7
John Tavares	79.6
Henrik Sedin	79.5
Elmer Lach	79.2
Pierre Turgeon	78.9
Henri Richard	78.9
Milt Schmidt	78.8
Paul Kariya	78.6
Marian Hossa	78.1
Denis Savard	78.0
Ryan Getzlaf	78.0
Theoren Fleury	77.9
Mike Modano	77.7
Syd Howe	77.7
Brad Marchand	77.6
Daniel Alfredsson	77.4
Anze Kopitar	77.3
Artemi Panarin	77.2
Phil Kessel	77.1
Sergei Fedorov	77.1
Doug Gilmour	77.1
Pavel Datsyuk	77.1
Ilya Kovalchuk	76.9
Doug Bentley	76.7
Daniel Sedin	76.4
Eric Staal	76.4
Jeremy Roenick	76.1
Blake Wheeler	76.0
Eric Lindros	76.0
Sid Abel	75.8
Aurel Joliat	75.1
Henrik Zetterberg	74.7
Jamie Benn	74.6
Brendan Shanahan	74.4
Dickie Moore	74.3
Joe Pavelski	74.3
Roy Conacher	74.1
Jason Spezza	74.1
Bernie Federko	74.0
Ken Hodge	74.0
Keith Tkachuk	73.9
Ted Kennedy	73.8
Bernie Nicholls	73.7
Patrik Elias	73.6
Brad Richards	73.2
Markus Naslund	73.0
Alexander Mogilny	72.9
Pavel Bure	72.7
Dany Heatley	72.3
Doug Weight	72.2
Michel Goulet	71.8
Pat LaFontaine	71.8
Jacques Lemaire	71.7
Tyler Seguin	71.5
Raymond Bourque	71.5
Yvan Cournoyer	71.5
Bryan Hextall	71.3
John LeClair	71.2
Vincent Damphousse	71.1
Vincent Lecavalier	71.0
Alexei Yashin	70.8
Dave Keon	70.7
Red Kelly	70.5
Jonathan Toews	70.3
Bill Mosienko	69.8
Erik Karlsson	69.8
Corey Perry	69.8
Patrick Marleau	69.7
Mark Scheifele	69.6
Hooley Smith	69.5
Ziggy Palffy	69.4
Cooney Weiland	69.3
Bert Olmstead	69.2
Jonathan Huberdeau	69.1
Jakub Voracek	69.1
Bobby Rousseau	69.1
Lorne Carr	69.0
Dit Clapper	69.0
Paul Thompson	68.9
Brian Leetch	68.8
Alex Kovalev	68.7
Phil Watson	68.7
Bun Cook	68.7
Aleksander Barkov	68.6
Rod Brind'Amour	68.6
Ray Whitney	68.5
Johnny Gottselig	68.5
Denis Potvin	68.4
Steve Larmer	68.2
Mike Ribeiro	68.1
Lanny McDonald	68.0
Lynn Patrick	67.9
Pavol Demitra	67.7
Phil Goyette	67.6
Alex Tanguay	67.6
Woody Dumart	67.5
Pete Mahovlich	67.5
Tony Amonte	67.5
Rick Middleton	67.2
Cecil Dillon	67.1
Dino Ciccarelli	66.9
Clint Smith	66.8
Don McKenney	66.8
Patrice Bergeron	66.7
Joe Mullen	66.6
Peter Bondra	66.6
Milan Hejduk	66.5
Zach Parise	66.3
Bobby Smith	66.3
Joe Nieuwendyk	66.3
Dave Andreychuk	66.2
Bill Barber	66.2
Al MacInnis	66.1
Mike Gartner	66.0
Herbie Lewis	66.0
Glenn Anderson	65.7
Taylor Hall	65.7
Nicklas Lidstrom	65.6
Matt Duchene	65.1
Thomas Vanek	64.8
Bill Thoms	64.8
Ryan O'Reilly	64.7
Brian Propp	64.7
Rick Nash	64.6
Pit Martin	64.6
Max Pacioretty	64.2
Garry Unger	64.1
Dave Taylor	64.0
Marc Savard	64.0
Dean Prentice	63.9
Ebbie Goodfellow	63.7
Auston Matthews	63.7
David Krejci	63.6
Dennis Maruk	63.5
Marian Gaborik	63.5
Rick MacLeish	63.3
Rick Martin	63.2
Scott Gomez	63.2
Mitch Marner	62.6
Brent Burns	62.6
Shane Doan	62.5
Olli Jokinen	62.4
Phil Housley	62.4
Jason Pominville	62.4
Jeff Carter	62.4
Mika Zibanejad	62.3
Eddie Wiseman	62.3
Tom Lysiak	62.1
Owen Nolan	62.1
J.T. Miller	62.1
Tod Sloan	62.0
Vladimir Tarasenko	62.0
Miroslav Satan	62.0
Steve Shutt	61.6
Larry Aurie	61.5
Butch Goring	61.4
Alex Zhamnov	61.4
Logan Couture	61.4
David Pastrnak	61.4
Brian Bellows	61.3
Herb Cain	61.3
Kenny Wharram	61.1
Roman Josi	60.9
Victor Hedman	60.9
Wayne Cashman	60.8
Gordie Drillon	60.7
Steve Sullivan	60.7
Jordan Eberle	60.6
Dennis Hull	60.4
Craig Janney	60.3
Pat Verbeek	60.3
Filip Forsberg	60.1
Rene Robert	60.0
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins	59.9
Vic Hadfield	59.9
Todd Bertuzzi	59.9
Murray Oliver	59.9
Mikko Rantanen	59.9
Pierre Larouche	59.8
Petr Sykora	59.7
Robert Lang	59.7
Jimmy Ward	59.7
Jean Pronovost	59.6
Paul Stastny	59.5

 

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TABLE 3 - CAREER TOTAL, POINTS (last updated 2024)

Gordie Howe	2,444
Wayne Gretzky	2,327
Jaromir Jagr	1,921
Sidney Crosby	1,624
Mark Messier	1,620
Stan Mikita	1,610
Phil Esposito	1,609
Joe Thornton	1,589
Ron Francis	1,588
Alex Delvecchio	1,575
Alex Ovechkin	1,571
Joe Sakic	1,534
Steve Yzerman	1,529
Jean Beliveau	1,519
John Bucyk	1,519
Marcel Dionne	1,484
Mark Recchi	1,438
Norm Ullman	1,434
Teemu Selanne	1,415
Mario Lemieux	1,409
Maurice Richard	1,403
Bobby Hull	1,376
Patrick Kane	1,345
Jarome Iginla	1,343
Raymond Bourque	1,338
Evgeni Malkin	1,307
Mike Modano	1,286
Mats Sundin	1,284
Adam Oates	1,282
Brett Hull	1,271
Frank Mahovlich	1,260
Paul Coffey	1,258
Brendan Shanahan	1,257
Ted Lindsay	1,255
Henri Richard	1,254
Jean Ratelle	1,251
Luc Robitaille	1,250
Patrick Marleau	1,239
Doug Gilmour	1,227
Andy Bathgate	1,226
Pierre Turgeon	1,200
Anze Kopitar	1,185
Marian Hossa	1,178
Steven Stamkos	1,165
Dave Andreychuk	1,165
Daniel Alfredsson	1,162
Bryan Trottier	1,159
Guy Lafleur	1,158
Gilbert Perreault	1,145
Jeremy Roenick	1,128
Red Kelly	1,127
Eric Staal	1,124
Claude Giroux	1,119
Dale Hawerchuk	1,119
Henrik Sedin	1,115
Al MacInnis	1,114
Jari Kurri	1,113
Sergei Fedorov	1,113
Nels Stewart	1,106
Joe Pavelski	1,103
Nicklas Lidstrom	1,102
Rod Brind'Amour	1,100
Vincent Damphousse	1,096
John Tavares	1,095
Bernie Geoffrion	1,093
Bobby Clarke	1,087
Daniel Sedin	1,084
Nicklas Backstrom	1,083
Martin St. Louis	1,083
Patrice Bergeron	1,081
Mike Gartner	1,077
Ray Whitney	1,077
Rod Gilbert	1,072
Patrik Elias	1,070
Ryan Getzlaf	1,068
Phil Housley	1,066
Dave Keon	1,064
Denis Savard	1,060
Phil Kessel	1,053
Dean Prentice	1,045
Keith Tkachuk	1,038
Joe Nieuwendyk	1,031
Milt Schmidt	1,030
Larry Murphy	1,025
Jason Spezza	1,018
Theoren Fleury	1,011
Alex Kovalev	1,009
Syd Howe	1,006
Shane Doan	1,006
Henrik Zetterberg	1,005
Doug Weight	1,003
Blake Wheeler	999
Bernie Nicholls	994
Dino Ciccarelli	983
Bill Cowley	982
Busher Jackson	980
Brad Marchand	980
Connor McDavid	977
Darryl Sittler	973
Paul Kariya	970
Vincent Lecavalier	967
Brad Richards	967
Jamie Benn	960
Alexander Mogilny	958
Peter Stastny	957
Dit Clapper	956
Pavel Datsyuk	956
Brian Leetch	956
Frank Boucher	949
Corey Perry	944
Bobby Orr	940
Howie Morenz	934
Elmer Lach	930
Jeff Carter	930
Jonathan Toews	923
Jason Arnott	923
Pat Verbeek	923
Billy Harris	917
George Armstrong	914
Zach Parise	912
Toe Blake	911
Bryan Hextall	904
Brent Burns	904
Michel Goulet	903
Ken Hodge	898
Alex Tanguay	897
Nathan MacKinnon	897
Mike Bossy	894
Bernie Federko	892
Yvan Cournoyer	883
Peter Forsberg	882
Denis Potvin	880
Ilya Kovalchuk	880
Hooley Smith	879
Charlie Conacher	879
Max Bentley	876
Tony Amonte	875
Glenn Anderson	869
Jakub Voracek	868
Doug Mohns	864
Peter Bondra	864
Markus Naslund	862
Owen Nolan	859
Joe Mullen	858
Bill Cook	855
Marty Barry	853
Erik Karlsson	847
Ryan Smyth	846
Leon Draisaitl	846
Paul Stastny	845
Rick Nash	845
Mike Ribeiro	844
Dave Taylor	844
Marian Gaborik	843
Nikita Kucherov	841
Eric Lindros	840
Syl Apps Sr	839
Matt Duchene	838
Doug Bentley	838
Bill Guerin	838
Justin Williams	835
Chris Chelios	835
Saku Koivu	833
Bert Olmstead	833
Pit Martin	833
Murray Oliver	832
Pat LaFontaine	832
Lanny McDonald	831
Brian Bellows	831
Aurel Joliat	830
Sergei Gonchar	830
Sweeney Schriner	829
Ted Kennedy	828
Tyler Seguin	827
Taylor Hall	826
Steve Thomas	825
Dale Hunter	823
Steve Larmer	821
Gary Roberts	821
Thomas Vanek	819
Rick Tocchet	816
Greg Adams	815
Phil Goyette	814
Bobby Rousseau	813
Bobby Smith	812
John LeClair	810
Ryan O'Reilly	810
Kirk Muller	809
Milan Hejduk	808
Jacques Lemaire	808
Cliff Ronning	805
Bill Mosienko	805
Brad Park	804
David Perron	802
Rick Middleton	801
Johnny Gottselig	800
Ray Ferraro	799
Bob Nevin	798
Trevor Linden	794
Larry Robinson	791
Woody Dumart	789
Butch Goring	786
David Krejci	785
Brian Propp	785
Dany Heatley	784
Dickie Moore	781
Bill Gadsby	780
Alexei Yashin	780
Kris Letang	780
Sid Abel	779
Scott Stevens	777
Paul Thompson	777
Bob Pulford	775
Todd Bertuzzi	775
Scott Mellanby	774
Artemi Panarin	772
Scott Gomez	771
Mush March	767
Pavol Demitra	767
Steve Sullivan	761
Matt Cullen	761
Garry Unger	760
Lorne Carr	757
Brian Rolston	756
Vyacheslav Kozlov	756
Victor Hedman	755
Bill Barber	755
Jordan Eberle	754
Pavel Bure	753
Jason Pominville	753
Jonathan Huberdeau	753
Olli Jokinen	752
Sergei Zubov	750
Logan Couture	749
Roy Conacher	746
Mikko Koivu	745
Phil Watson	745
Rob Blake	744
Max Pacioretty	743
Neal Broten	743
Vic Hadfield	742
Doug Harvey	739
Ivan Boldirev	738
Ralph Backstrom	738
Wayne Cashman	737
T.J. Oshie	737
Mark Scheifele	737
Dustin Brown	736
Scott Hartnell	735
Don McKenney	734

 

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TABLE 4 - YEARLY BENCHMARK FOR POINTS (last updated: 2024)

Year	Factor
1927	32​
1928	35​
1929	29​
1930	62​
1931	43​
1932	50​
1933	44​
1934	43​
1935	47​
1936	40​
1937	45​
1938	44​
1939	44​
1940	43​
1941	44​
1942	54​
1943	72​
1944	95​
1945	78​
1946	60​
1947	63​
1948	60​
1949	54​
1950	69​
1951	66​
1952	69​
1953	61​
1954	61​
1955	74​
1956	71​
1957	77​
1958	71​
1959	83​
1960	80​
1961	90​
1962	84​
1963	81​
1964	78​
1965	83​
1966	78​
1967	70​
1968	84​
1969	107​
1970	86​
1971	90​
1972	109​
1973	104​
1974	91​
1975	121​
1976	119​
1977	105​
1978	109​
1979	116​
1980	119​
1981	135​
1982	147​
1983	124​
1984	121​
1985	135​
1986	141​
1987	108​
1988	131​
1989	139​
1990	129​
1991	115​
1992	116​
1993	148​
1994	120​
1995	70​
1996	120​
1997	109​
1998	91​
1999	107​
2000	94​
2001	96​
2002	90​
2003	104​
2004	87​
2006	106​
2007	114​
2008	106​
2009	110​
2010	109​
2011	99​
2012	97​
2013	57​
2014	87​
2015	86​
2016	89​
2017	89​
2018	102​
2019	116​
2020	97​
2021	69​
2022	115​
2023	113​
2024	120​

Sturminator documented his calculation of the yearly benchmarks for points - http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showpost.php?p=60570205&postcount=1

 

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TABLE 5 - BEST SEVEN YEARS, GOALS (last updated: 2024)

Player	7 YEAR
Bobby Hull	70.2
Maurice Richard	67.2
Gordie Howe	65.5
Phil Esposito	62.1
Alex Ovechkin	59.5
Wayne Gretzky	59.0
Brett Hull	56.3
Mario Lemieux	54.5
Jean Beliveau	54.4
Charlie Conacher	54.3
Mike Bossy	52.9
Bill Cook	52.7
Steven Stamkos	52.6
Bernie Geoffrion	51.2
Frank Mahovlich	50.8
Nels Stewart	50.7
Jaromir Jagr	50.4
Pavel Bure	50.3
Auston Matthews	50.3
Stan Mikita	50.0
Roy Conacher	49.6
Ted Lindsay	48.4
Howie Morenz	48.3
Teemu Selanne	48.3
Guy Lafleur	47.2
Peter Bondra	47.2
Marcel Dionne	47.2
Steve Yzerman	47.0
Gordie Drillon	46.9
Norm Ullman	46.7
Ilya Kovalchuk	46.6
Jarome Iginla	46.5
Bryan Hextall	46.3
Marty Barry	45.6
Busher Jackson	45.6
Jari Kurri	45.4
John LeClair	45.2
Luc Robitaille	44.7
Leon Draisaitl	44.5
Sweeney Schriner	44.3
Andy Bathgate	44.2
Connor McDavid	44.1
Joe Sakic	43.8
Cecil Dillon	43.6
Keith Tkachuk	43.4
David Pastrnak	43.3
Camille Henry	43.2
Michel Goulet	43.1
Sidney Crosby	42.9
John Bucyk	42.8
Evgeni Malkin	42.7
Rick Martin	42.6
Brendan Shanahan	42.5
Dickie Moore	42.5
John Tavares	42.3
Max Bentley	42.3
Toe Blake	42.3
Dany Heatley	42.1
Rick Nash	41.7
Mike Gartner	41.6
Syl Apps Sr	41.6
Yvan Cournoyer	41.5
Corey Perry	41.4
Aurel Joliat	41.2
Pat LaFontaine	41.0
Marian Hossa	40.9
Syd Howe	40.9
Lorne Carr	40.7
Cam Neely	40.6
Markus Naslund	40.6
Kenny Wharram	40.4
Doug Bentley	40.3
Ziggy Palffy	40.3
Joe Pavelski	40.3
Gaye Stewart	40.3
Herb Cain	40.3
Paul Kariya	40.2
Patrick Kane	40.2
Eric Lindros	40.2
Alexander Mogilny	40.2
Theoren Fleury	40.0
Jeff Carter	40.0
Joe Nieuwendyk	39.8
Lanny McDonald	39.5
Brad Marchand	39.5
Bill Mosienko	39.5
Eric Staal	39.4
Steve Shutt	39.4
Tony Amonte	39.3
Mats Sundin	39.3
Max Pacioretty	39.2
Sid Smith	39.2
Ken Hodge	39.1
Nikita Kucherov	39.1
Rod Gilbert	39.1
Alex Delvecchio	39.0
Patrick Marleau	38.9
Phil Kessel	38.9
Tim Kerr	38.8
Sid Abel	38.8
Dave Keon	38.7
Dino Ciccarelli	38.6
Marian Gaborik	38.6
Milan Hejduk	38.5
Jean Ratelle	38.4
Tyler Seguin	38.3
Mike Modano	38.2
Jeremy Roenick	38.1
Ted Kennedy	38.0
Woody Dumart	38.0
Dave Andreychuk	38.0
Zach Parise	37.9
Dit Clapper	37.9
Joe Mullen	37.9
Dale Hawerchuk	37.7
Nathan MacKinnon	37.7
Paul Thompson	37.7
Mark Messier	37.4
Garry Unger	37.4
Sergei Fedorov	37.3
Vladimir Tarasenko	37.3
Bill Cowley	37.2
Henri Richard	37.2
Glenn Anderson	37.2
Bernie Nicholls	37.1
Jamie Benn	37.1
Bryan Trottier	37.1
Alexei Yashin	37.1
Martin St. Louis	37.0
Thomas Vanek	36.9
Pierre Turgeon	36.9
Milt Schmidt	36.9
Gilbert Perreault	36.8
Bill Guerin	36.8
Tod Sloan	36.8
Pat Verbeek	36.7
Darryl Sittler	36.7
Bill Barber	36.7
Owen Nolan	36.7
Patrik Elias	36.6
Reggie Leach	36.6
Vincent Lecavalier	36.6
Rick Middleton	36.5
Lynn Patrick	36.5
Mark Recchi	36.4
Cooney Weiland	36.4
Mikko Rantanen	36.3
Rick MacLeish	36.1
Jonathan Toews	36.1
Daniel Alfredsson	36.1
Miroslav Satan	36.0
Ray Sheppard	36.0
Don McKenney	36.0
Rick Vaive	36.0
Jeff Skinner	35.9
Brayden Point	35.8
Glen Murray	35.7
Jean Pronovost	35.7
Danny Gare	35.7
Kyle Connor	35.6
Peter Stastny	35.5
Harry Watson	35.4
Dean Prentice	35.3
John Ogrodnick	35.3
Jacques Lemaire	35.2
Steve Larmer	35.1
Stephane Richer	35.1
Bun Cook	35.0
Bobby Bauer	35.0
Bobby Orr	34.9
Brian Bellows	34.8
Kevin Stevens	34.8
Bill Goldsworthy	34.8
Charlie Simmer	34.8
Filip Forsberg	34.7
Logan Couture	34.6
Daniel Sedin	34.5
Simon Gagne	34.4
James Neal	34.4
Ron Ellis	34.4
Pierre Larouche	34.4
Gary Roberts	34.3
Clint Smith	34.3
Alex Kovalev	34.2
Dennis Hull	34.2
Baldy Northcott	34.2
Johnny Gottselig	34.2
Larry Aurie	34.2
Dick Duff	34.1
Elmer Lach	34.0
Ed Litzenberger	33.9
Grant Warwick	33.9
Sebastian Aho	33.8
Andy Hebenton	33.8
Mark Scheifele	33.7
Olli Jokinen	33.7
Herbie Lewis	33.6
Danny Grant	33.5
John MacLean	33.5
Denis Savard	33.3
Bob Nevin	33.3
Artemi Panarin	33.2
Jim Pappin	33.2
Chris Kreider	33.2
Jason Spezza	33.2
Patrice Bergeron	33.1
Claude Provost	33.0
James van Riemsdyk	33.0
Pavol Demitra	33.0
Dave Taylor	33.0
Bobby Rousseau	33.0
Hooley Smith	32.9
Wayne Simmonds	32.9
Rick Tocchet	32.8
Geoff Sanderson	32.8
Patrick Sharp	32.7
Dennis Maruk	32.7
Anze Kopitar	32.6
Alex Shibicky	32.6
Mike Bullard	32.6
Evander Kane	32.6
Ralph Backstrom	32.5
Butch Keeling	32.5
Ryan Smyth	32.4
Brian Propp	32.3
Johnny Peirson	32.2
Alex DeBrincat	32.2
Alexander Semin	32.2
Adam Graves	32.2
Mika Zibanejad	32.1
Mickey Redmond	32.1
John Sorrell	32.1
Jimmy Ward	32.0
Bob Pulford	32.0
Gilles Tremblay	31.9
Peter McNab	31.9
Matt Duchene	31.9
Don Marshall	31.9
Tomas Sandstrom	31.8
Sam Reinhart	31.8
Henrik Zetterberg	31.8
Paul MacLean	31.7
Greg Adams	31.7
Tony Tanti	31.6
Pete Mahovlich	31.6
Steve Thomas	31.6
Buzz Boll	31.5
Frank Boucher	31.5
Red Hamill	31.5
Mud Bruneteau	31.5

 

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TABLE 6 - BEST TEN YEARS, GOALS (last updated: 2024)

Player	10 YEAR
Bobby Hull	64.9
Maurice Richard	61.2
Gordie Howe	61.1
Alex Ovechkin	57.1
Phil Esposito	56.3
Wayne Gretzky	53.9
Brett Hull	51.1
Jean Beliveau	50.4
Mario Lemieux	49.9
Mike Bossy	49.4
Frank Mahovlich	47.3
Nels Stewart	47.3
Steven Stamkos	47.3
Jaromir Jagr	46.7
Bernie Geoffrion	45.9
Ted Lindsay	45.5
Stan Mikita	45.2
Bill Cook	45.0
Marcel Dionne	44.5
Teemu Selanne	44.4
Charlie Conacher	43.7
Ilya Kovalchuk	43.5
Norm Ullman	43.3
Jarome Iginla	43.1
Steve Yzerman	42.9
Luc Robitaille	42.7
Roy Conacher	42.7
Pavel Bure	42.6
Peter Bondra	42.1
Guy Lafleur	41.0
Sidney Crosby	40.8
Keith Tkachuk	40.6
Joe Sakic	40.5
Busher Jackson	40.4
Jari Kurri	40.2
Andy Bathgate	39.8
John Bucyk	39.6
Brendan Shanahan	39.6
Sweeney Schriner	39.6
Bryan Hextall	39.5
Toe Blake	39.4
Mike Gartner	39.1
Syl Apps Sr	39.0
Marty Barry	39.0
John Tavares	39.0
Howie Morenz	38.9
Auston Matthews	38.8
Marian Hossa	38.7
Rick Nash	38.6
Evgeni Malkin	38.5
John LeClair	38.4
Max Bentley	38.2
Syd Howe	38.1
Yvan Cournoyer	37.9
Michel Goulet	37.8
Mats Sundin	37.6
Dany Heatley	37.4
Patrick Kane	37.4
Camille Henry	37.2
Corey Perry	37.1
Joe Nieuwendyk	37.0
Aurel Joliat	37.0
Pat LaFontaine	36.9
Patrick Marleau	36.9
Rod Gilbert	36.8
Dino Ciccarelli	36.8
Dickie Moore	36.8
Alexander Mogilny	36.8
Theoren Fleury	36.7
Joe Pavelski	36.7
Lorne Carr	36.7
Eric Staal	36.6
Dave Keon	36.4
Brad Marchand	36.4
Leon Draisaitl	36.3
Rick Martin	36.2
Eric Lindros	36.2
David Pastrnak	36.2
Cecil Dillon	36.1
Phil Kessel	36.1
Jean Ratelle	36.0
Paul Kariya	36.0
Jeff Carter	36.0
Lanny McDonald	35.9
Markus Naslund	35.8
Bill Mosienko	35.8
Alex Delvecchio	35.7
Mike Modano	35.6
Joe Mullen	35.6
Dale Hawerchuk	35.5
Mark Messier	35.5
Connor McDavid	35.4
Darryl Sittler	35.4
Sergei Fedorov	35.4
Doug Bentley	35.3
Tony Amonte	35.2
Zach Parise	35.2
Herb Cain	35.1
Jeremy Roenick	35.0
Pierre Turgeon	34.9
Martin St. Louis	34.9
Dave Andreychuk	34.9
Henri Richard	34.8
Marian Gaborik	34.8
Garry Unger	34.7
Kenny Wharram	34.7
Woody Dumart	34.5
Max Pacioretty	34.5
Milan Hejduk	34.4
Ted Kennedy	34.4
Tyler Seguin	34.3
Steve Shutt	34.2
Ziggy Palffy	34.2
Dit Clapper	34.2
Mark Recchi	34.1
Bill Barber	34.1
Thomas Vanek	34.0
Cam Neely	34.0
Bryan Trottier	34.0
Milt Schmidt	34.0
Glenn Anderson	33.9
Gilbert Perreault	33.8
Pat Verbeek	33.7
Ken Hodge	33.7
Vincent Lecavalier	33.7
Jonathan Toews	33.6
Jamie Benn	33.5
Nathan MacKinnon	33.5
Bernie Nicholls	33.4
Owen Nolan	33.4
Nikita Kucherov	33.4
Jacques Lemaire	33.3
Alexei Yashin	33.0
Rick Vaive	33.0
Bill Guerin	32.9
Dean Prentice	32.9
Jeff Skinner	32.8
Gordie Drillon	32.8
Patrik Elias	32.8
Bill Cowley	32.8
Miroslav Satan	32.8
Sid Abel	32.8
Rick Middleton	32.7
Daniel Alfredsson	32.7
Peter Stastny	32.6
Steve Larmer	32.5
Don McKenney	32.3
Reggie Leach	32.0
Logan Couture	31.9
Jean Pronovost	31.9
Cooney Weiland	31.9
Harry Watson	31.9
Ray Sheppard	31.8
Brian Bellows	31.8
James Neal	31.8
Tod Sloan	31.7
Daniel Sedin	31.4
Ron Ellis	31.4
Vladimir Tarasenko	31.3
Rick MacLeish	31.2
Patrice Bergeron	31.1
Rick Tocchet	31.0
Gary Roberts	30.9
Denis Savard	30.9
Dick Duff	30.9
John Ogrodnick	30.8
Alex Kovalev	30.8
Gaye Stewart	30.8
Johnny Gottselig	30.8
Bun Cook	30.7
Tim Kerr	30.6
Paul Thompson	30.6
Elmer Lach	30.6
Stephane Richer	30.5
Pierre Larouche	30.5
Lynn Patrick	30.5
Ryan Smyth	30.4
Anze Kopitar	30.3
Glen Murray	30.2
John MacLean	30.2
Mark Scheifele	30.2
Brian Propp	30.2
Bob Nevin	30.1
Dennis Hull	30.1
Jason Spezza	30.0
Filip Forsberg	30.0
Larry Aurie	30.0
Chris Kreider	30.0
Herbie Lewis	29.8
Bobby Rousseau	29.8
Bob Pulford	29.7
Danny Gare	29.7
Pavol Demitra	29.6
James van Riemsdyk	29.6
Matt Duchene	29.6
Sid Smith	29.5
Ralph Backstrom	29.5
Vic Hadfield	29.5
Dave Taylor	29.5
Claude Provost	29.4
Clint Smith	29.3
Evander Kane	29.3
Rick Kehoe	29.3
Olli Jokinen	29.2
Hooley Smith	29.2
Adam Graves	29.1
Pavel Datsyuk	29.1
Jim Pappin	29.1
Claude Giroux	28.9
Rod Brind'Amour	28.9
Vincent Damphousse	28.9
Mika Zibanejad	28.9
Petr Sykora	28.9
Tomas Sandstrom	28.9
Shane Doan	28.8
Jimmy Ward	28.8
Henrik Zetterberg	28.8
Simon Gagne	28.8
Butch Keeling	28.7
Bill Goldsworthy	28.7
Geoff Sanderson	28.7
Don Marshall	28.6
Jason Arnott	28.6
Charlie Simmer	28.5
Kevin Stevens	28.5
Greg Adams	28.4
Bobby Orr	28.4
Ray Whitney	28.3
Joe Thornton	28.3
Claude Lemieux	28.3
George Armstrong	28.1
Peter McNab	28.1
Patrick Sharp	28.1
Steve Thomas	28.0
Wayne Simmonds	28.0
Mike Bullard	28.0
Frank Boucher	28.0
Red Kelly	27.9
Ray Ferraro	27.9
Artemi Panarin	27.8
Geoff Courtnall	27.8
Dennis Maruk	27.8
Aleksander Barkov	27.8
Petr Nedved	27.7
Jordan Eberle	27.7
Pit Martin	27.6
Blake Wheeler	27.6
Baldy Northcott	27.6
Scott Hartnell	27.5
Dave Gagner	27.5

 

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TABLE 7 - CAREER TOTAL, GOALS (last updated: 2024)

Gordie Howe	1,181
Alex Ovechkin	936
Maurice Richard	863
Bobby Hull	829
Jaromir Jagr	821
Wayne Gretzky	784
Phil Esposito	775
Brett Hull	733
Jean Beliveau	726
Teemu Selanne	718
Jarome Iginla	697
Frank Mahovlich	689
John Bucyk	685
Stan Mikita	670
Norm Ullman	661
Brendan Shanahan	657
Steve Yzerman	652
Marcel Dionne	651
Luc Robitaille	651
Sidney Crosby	645
Alex Delvecchio	643
Patrick Marleau	638
Mark Messier	638
Joe Sakic	628
Mike Gartner	627
Steven Stamkos	625
Mario Lemieux	612
Ted Lindsay	609
Dave Andreychuk	608
Bernie Geoffrion	595
Nels Stewart	592
Marian Hossa	590
Mats Sundin	582
Mark Recchi	582
Mike Modano	568
Keith Tkachuk	562
Joe Nieuwendyk	556
Evgeni Malkin	545
Dean Prentice	540
Dino Ciccarelli	539
Joe Pavelski	535
Patrick Kane	532
Jeff Carter	531
Peter Bondra	529
Jean Ratelle	528
Ron Francis	521
John Tavares	521
Jari Kurri	520
Eric Staal	515
Guy Lafleur	510
Jeremy Roenick	509
Andy Bathgate	508
Pierre Turgeon	506
Rick Nash	500
Henri Richard	498
Sergei Fedorov	495
Mike Bossy	494
Pat Verbeek	492
Dave Keon	490
Busher Jackson	485
Ilya Kovalchuk	483
Corey Perry	482
Zach Parise	482
Daniel Alfredsson	482
Phil Kessel	480
Patrice Bergeron	476
Syd Howe	474
Joe Thornton	473
Yvan Cournoyer	472
Rod Gilbert	470
Gilbert Perreault	470
Bryan Hextall	469
Michel Goulet	467
Alexander Mogilny	465
Vincent Lecavalier	462
Patrik Elias	462
Theoren Fleury	461
Brad Marchand	460
Charlie Conacher	459
Bryan Trottier	458
Bill Guerin	455
Rod Brind'Amour	453
Marian Gaborik	453
Bill Cook	452
Alex Kovalev	452
Dale Hawerchuk	448
Shane Doan	448
Owen Nolan	447
Pavel Bure	446
Jason Arnott	444
Joe Mullen	443
Dit Clapper	442
Martin St. Louis	440
Daniel Sedin	439
Darryl Sittler	439
Red Kelly	436
Lanny McDonald	435
Anze Kopitar	435
Tony Amonte	434
Brian Bellows	434
Glenn Anderson	434
Toe Blake	434
George Armstrong	434
John LeClair	433
Roy Conacher	431
Jamie Benn	430
Paul Kariya	429
Ray Whitney	428
Gary Roberts	427
Bernie Nicholls	426
Jonathan Toews	425
Milt Schmidt	423
Pat LaFontaine	422
Doug Gilmour	422
Markus Naslund	421
Thomas Vanek	420
Vincent Damphousse	419
Bill Mosienko	418
Sweeney Schriner	417
Max Bentley	417
Rick Tocchet	416
Denis Savard	415
Ryan Smyth	413
Garry Unger	410
Camille Henry	409
Milan Hejduk	407
Aurel Joliat	406
Steve Thomas	404
Dany Heatley	404
Greg Adams	403
Stephane Richer	403
Dick Duff	403
Marty Barry	401
Jason Spezza	400
Ron Stewart	399
Woody Dumart	398
Howie Morenz	398
Jeff Skinner	395
Tyler Seguin	395
Harry Watson	395
Ray Ferraro	394
Bob Pulford	394
Claude Giroux	393
Lorne Carr	393
John MacLean	392
Billy Harris	391
Max Pacioretty	391
Syl Apps Sr	390
Steve Larmer	389
Herb Cain	389
Eric Lindros	389
Rick Middleton	388
Auston Matthews	388
Ken Hodge	388
Miroslav Satan	388
Ron Ellis	387
Bob Nevin	386
Peter Stastny	383
Dickie Moore	383
Logan Couture	379
Bill Barber	378
Don Marshall	378
Steve Shutt	378
Matt Duchene	377
Jean Pronovost	377
Raymond Bourque	377
Dave Taylor	376
Evander Kane	375
Rick Vaive	375
Doug Bentley	374
Jacques Lemaire	374
Ralph Backstrom	374
Ted Kennedy	373
Blake Wheeler	373
Dustin Brown	373
Vic Hadfield	372
Trevor Linden	372
Claude Provost	371
Henrik Zetterberg	371
Scott Hartnell	369
Cam Neely	368
Tomas Sandstrom	368
Brian Rolston	366
Claude Lemieux	365
Bill Cowley	365
Scott Mellanby	363
Brian Propp	363
Rick Martin	363
Pit Martin	363
Leon Draisaitl	363
Kenny Wharram	362
Alexei Yashin	362
David Pastrnak	362
James van Riemsdyk	361
Eric Nesterenko	361
Cecil Dillon	361
Glen Murray	360
Hooley Smith	359
Justin Williams	359
Murray Oliver	357
Johnny Gottselig	356
Doug Mohns	355
James Neal	354
Pavel Datsyuk	354
Connor McDavid	354
Geoff Sanderson	353
Paul Coffey	353
Ziggy Palffy	352
Elmer Lach	351
Nathan MacKinnon	351
Ray Sheppard	351
Olli Jokinen	350
Butch Goring	348
Petr Sykora	348
Reggie Leach	347
Don McKenney	347
John Ogrodnick	347
David Perron	346
Pierre Larouche	346
Scott Young	346
Jordan Eberle	346
T.J. Oshie	344
Vyacheslav Kozlov	343
Bobby Holik	342
Geoff Courtnall	342
Bobby Clarke	341
Todd Bertuzzi	340
Tod Sloan	338
Dennis Hull	336
Brad Richards	335
Rick Kehoe	334
Nikita Kucherov	334
Paul Thompson	334
Cooney Weiland	333
Sid Abel	332
Taylor Hall	332
Adam Graves	331
Jason Pominville	331
Pavol Demitra	330
Paul Stastny	329
Kirk Muller	329
Gordie Drillon	328
Al MacInnis	328
Radim Vrbata	327
Adam Oates	327
Ivan Boldirev	325
Brian Gionta	325
Rick MacLeish	324
Bobby Rousseau	324
Vladimir Tarasenko	322
Chris Kreider	322

 

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TABLE 8 - YEARLY BENCHMARK FOR GOALS (last updated: 2024)

Year	Factor
1927	23.0​
1928	25.5​
1929	18.0​
1930	41.0​
1931	27.3​
1932	28.0​
1933	24.0​
1934	22.0​
1935	22.0​
1936	21.0​
1937	22.0​
1938	23.0​
1939	22.3​
1940	22.0​
1941	21.9​
1942	24.0​
1943	30.0​
1944	36.0​
1945	32.0​
1946	31.0​
1947	30.0​
1948	30.0​
1949	26.0​
1950	32.2​
1951	30.3​
1952	31.0​
1953	32.0​
1954	29.0​
1955	31.6​
1956	33.1​
1957	33.0​
1958	33.0​
1959	37.3​
1960	34.0​
1961	35.0​
1962	33.0​
1963	37.0​
1964	34.0​
1965	29.0​
1966	32.0​
1967	31.0​
1968	38.0​
1969	49.0​
1970	42.0​
1971	44.0​
1972	50.0​
1973	47.5​
1974	52.0​
1975	53.0​
1976	56.0​
1977	56.0​
1978	53.0​
1979	52.0​
1980	56.0​
1981	58.0​
1982	64.0​
1983	66.0​
1984	56.0​
1985	58.0​
1986	61.0​
1987	58.0​
1988	56.0​
1989	62.7​
1990	55.0​
1991	51.0​
1992	51.1​
1993	69.0​
1994	57.0​
1995	32.0​
1996	55.0​
1997	51.0​
1998	45.8​
1999	44.0​
2000	44.0​
2001	49.5​
2002	41.0​
2003	48.0​
2004	41.0​
2006	54.0​
2007	50.0​
2008	52.0​
2009	46.0​
2010	46.5​
2011	45.0​
2012	41.0​
2013	25.8​
2014	43.0​
2015	43.0​
2016	46.0​
2017	40.0​
2018	44.0​
2019	50.0​
2020	48.0​
2021	33.0​
2022	55.0​
2023	55.0​
2024	57.0​

Crease documented his calculation of the yearly benchmarks for goals- http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showpost.php?p=78353155&postcount=122

 

[Hockey Outsider]

TABLE 9 - BEST SEVEN YEARS, ASSISTS (last updated: 2024)

Player	7 YR
Wayne Gretzky	123.5
Bobby Orr	96.1
Frank Boucher	89.5
Phil Esposito	85.7
Stan Mikita	82.7
Mario Lemieux	82.3
Connor McDavid	82.1
Joe Thornton	81.5
Gordie Howe	80.0
Bill Cowley	79.6
Elmer Lach	78.9
Ted Lindsay	78.4
Andy Bathgate	78.2
Adam Oates	78.1
Jaromir Jagr	75.8
Paul Coffey	75.7
Henrik Sedin	75.1
Marcel Dionne	75.0
Jean Beliveau	74.9
Bobby Clarke	74.4
Sidney Crosby	73.9
Doug Bentley	73.2
Joe Primeau	73.0
Peter Forsberg	72.7
Ron Francis	72.5
Alex Delvecchio	71.8
Nicklas Backstrom	71.7
Guy Lafleur	71.5
Bryan Trottier	71.1
Joe Sakic	69.3
Peter Stastny	68.8
Martin St. Louis	68.8
Howie Morenz	67.9
Nikita Kucherov	67.8
Doug Gilmour	67.5
Max Bentley	67.0
Sid Abel	66.9
Jean Ratelle	66.8
Doug Weight	66.4
Bert Olmstead	66.4
Denis Savard	66.4
Henri Richard	66.2
Patrick Kane	65.9
Claude Giroux	65.9
Mark Messier	65.8
Milt Schmidt	65.7
Raymond Bourque	65.4
Erik Karlsson	65.4
Phil Watson	65.2
Ryan Getzlaf	65.0
Steve Yzerman	64.6
Dale Hawerchuk	64.5
Mark Recchi	64.3
Brian Leetch	64.3
Evgeni Malkin	64.1
Bernie Federko	64.0
Rod Gilbert	63.8
Nathan MacKinnon	63.6
Syl Apps Sr	63.5
Leon Draisaitl	63.2
Gilbert Perreault	63.1
Brad Richards	62.9
Artemi Panarin	62.8
Norm Ullman	62.7
Nicklas Lidstrom	62.5
Pavel Datsyuk	62.3
Denis Potvin	62.2
Phil Goyette	62.1
Pierre Pilote	62.1
John Bucyk	62.0
Red Kelly	61.5
Bobby Hull	61.0
Ted Kennedy	61.0
Toe Blake	60.7
Bernie Geoffrion	60.6
Paul Kariya	60.5
Doug Harvey	60.5
Hooley Smith	60.4
Dickie Moore	60.3
Syd Howe	60.2
Bobby Rousseau	59.9
Mike Ribeiro	59.8
Teemu Selanne	59.8
Marc Savard	59.8
Mitch Marner	59.8
Blake Wheeler	59.7
Art Chapman	59.6
Scott Gomez	59.2
Henrik Zetterberg	59.1
Daniel Alfredsson	58.9
Darryl Sittler	58.9
Daniel Sedin	58.6
Clint Smith	58.5
Paul Ronty	58.4
Jonathan Huberdeau	58.4
Buddy O'Connor	58.3
Gus Bodnar	57.9
Mike Bossy	57.9
Anze Kopitar	57.8
Al MacInnis	57.7
Bill Mosienko	57.6
Jason Spezza	57.6
Frank Mahovlich	57.5
Maurice Richard	57.4
Jakub Voracek	57.4
Bill Gadsby	57.3
Bill Hay	57.2
Mike Modano	57.1
Pierre Turgeon	57.1
Sweeney Schriner	57.1
Craig Janney	56.9
Billy Taylor	56.8
Phil Housley	56.7
Roy Conacher	56.7
Syl Apps	56.6
Jari Kurri	56.5
Bernie Nicholls	56.3
Brad Park	56.3
Mats Sundin	56.2
Bun Cook	56.1
Pete Mahovlich	55.9
Marty Barry	55.9
Theoren Fleury	55.7
Johnny Gaudreau	55.6
Brad Marchand	55.6
Fred Stanfield	55.3
Eric Lindros	55.3
Ken Hodge	55.0
Alex Tanguay	55.0
Ray Whitney	54.9
Victor Hedman	54.9
Vincent Damphousse	54.7
Borje Salming	54.7
Kent Nilsson	54.7
Larry Robinson	54.6
Alex Ovechkin	54.5
Phil Kessel	54.4
Jeremy Roenick	54.4
Paul Thompson	54.2
Aurel Joliat	54.2
Ebbie Goodfellow	54.1
Bobby Smith	54.1
John Carlson	54.0
Jozef Stumpel	54.0
Kris Letang	53.9
Brent Burns	53.8
Busher Jackson	53.8
Pavol Demitra	53.8
Lynn Patrick	53.8
Sergei Gonchar	53.7
Marian Hossa	53.5
Sergei Zubov	53.4
Steven Stamkos	53.4
Roman Josi	53.4
Eddie Shore	53.3
Markus Naslund	53.2
Patrik Elias	53.2
Neil Colville	53.1
Murray Oliver	53.0
Don McKenney	53.0
Andrew Cassels	53.0
Bill Thoms	52.9
David Krejci	52.9
Neal Broten	52.8
Jacques Lemaire	52.8
Sergei Fedorov	52.4
Keith Yandle	52.4
Dave Keon	52.2
Jarome Iginla	52.1
Don Raleigh	52.1
Eric Staal	51.9
Larry Murphy	51.7
Pit Martin	51.7
Dave Taylor	51.7
Pat Stapleton	51.7
Vincent Lecavalier	51.7
Dean Prentice	51.6
Cooney Weiland	51.4
Dany Heatley	51.2
Evgeny Kuznetsov	51.1
Jamie Benn	51.0
Alex Kovalev	51.0
Herbie Lewis	51.0
Chris Pronger	51.0
Aleksander Barkov	51.0
Eddie Wiseman	51.0
Alex Zhamnov	50.9
Jason Allison	50.9
Walt Tkaczuk	50.9
Chris Chelios	50.8
Tom Lysiak	50.7
John Tavares	50.7
Andre Boudrias	50.6
Saku Koivu	50.6
Robert Lang	50.5
Rod Brind'Amour	50.5
Duncan Keith	50.1
Lorne Carr	50.1
Taylor Hall	50.1
Bill Cook	50.0
Gary Suter	50.0
Vaclav Prospal	50.0
Luc Robitaille	50.0
Gordie Drillon	50.0
Rene Robert	49.9
Michael Nylander	49.9
Bryan Hextall	49.9
Claude Provost	49.8
Dennis Maruk	49.7
Paul Haynes	49.6
Alexei Yashin	49.5
Babe Pratt	49.5
Bobby Bauer	49.5
Wayne Cashman	49.4
Doc Romnes	49.4
Red Sullivan	49.4
Charlie Conacher	49.3
Mikko Koivu	49.2
Mikko Rantanen	49.2
Brian Rafalski	49.0
Ken Linseman	49.0
Dit Clapper	48.9
Dennis Hextall	48.9
Johnny Gottselig	48.8
Rick Middleton	48.8
Matthew Tkachuk	48.8
Martin Straka	48.8
Andrew Brunette	48.8
Mark Scheifele	48.7
J.T. Miller	48.7
Scott Niedermayer	48.6
Tyler Seguin	48.6
Red Berenson	48.6
Tomas Kaberle	48.5
Mush March	48.5
Steve Sullivan	48.4
Ilya Kovalchuk	48.4
Brett Hull	48.2
Art Jackson	48.1
Scott Stevens	48.0
Steve Larmer	47.9
Ziggy Palffy	47.9
Barry Pederson	47.8
Paul Stastny	47.8
Joe Pavelski	47.5
Pat LaFontaine	47.5
King Clancy	47.5
Michel Goulet	47.4
Yvan Cournoyer	47.4
Jonathan Toews	47.4

This is, to my knowledge, the first time anybody has presented the VsX results for assists. I've normalized everything to a 75 assist environment. A few stray observations:

• Gretzky, as usual, defies description in the playmaking category. He has the top three seasons, four of the top five, and six of the top nine. Over seven years, Gretzky averaged 123.5 VsX per season - an amount that another player has only achieved once (Orr in 1970).
• Karlsson is ranked 114th but he should ascend quickly. He currently only has five full seasons as an elite playmaking defenseman. Over his last five healthy years, he's averaged 66 VsX per season. He could be as little as two years away from passing Bourque for third place amongst blueliners.
• Boucher recorded an enormous number of assists relative to his era; I knew he was great, but I didn`t expect him to finish quite as high as he did.
• Howe, Bathgate and Jagr are the only wingers in the top twenty, while Orr and Coffey are the only defensemen.
• Backstrom is quietly having an excellent career and has moved into 26th place with another strong season in 2017.
• Paul Ronty is a player I know fairly little about. He had fantastic numbers for his best five years (69.4) but trailed quickly after that. Doug Weight and Phil Watson also have great scores.
• NOTE - the above commentary was from 2017; it hasn't been updated since.

 

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TABLE 10 - BEST TEN YEARS, ASSISTS (last updated: 2024)

Player	10 YR
Wayne Gretzky	115.2
Frank Boucher	81.1
Phil Esposito	77.9
Stan Mikita	77.8
Mario Lemieux	77.7
Gordie Howe	77.4
Joe Thornton	77.1
Bobby Orr	76.8
Adam Oates	75.5
Andy Bathgate	75.1
Bill Cowley	72.6
Jaromir Jagr	72.1
Jean Beliveau	71.2
Paul Coffey	70.8
Sidney Crosby	70.4
Henrik Sedin	70.1
Marcel Dionne	69.9
Ron Francis	69.3
Elmer Lach	69.0
Bobby Clarke	68.9
Connor McDavid	68.7
Ted Lindsay	68.2
Alex Delvecchio	68.1
Nicklas Backstrom	67.0
Joe Sakic	66.8
Peter Forsberg	66.7
Bryan Trottier	66.5
Doug Bentley	63.8
Jean Ratelle	63.5
Patrick Kane	63.2
Guy Lafleur	63.1
Martin St. Louis	62.3
Ryan Getzlaf	62.2
Raymond Bourque	62.1
Peter Stastny	62.1
Mark Messier	61.9
Doug Gilmour	61.9
Henri Richard	61.4
Norm Ullman	61.3
Steve Yzerman	61.2
Claude Giroux	60.9
Bernie Federko	60.8
Mark Recchi	60.6
Evgeni Malkin	60.6
Bert Olmstead	60.5
Doug Weight	60.5
Rod Gilbert	60.5
Denis Savard	60.4
Gilbert Perreault	60.3
Dale Hawerchuk	60.1
Howie Morenz	60.1
John Bucyk	59.9
Milt Schmidt	59.6
Brian Leetch	59.5
Red Kelly	58.6
Nicklas Lidstrom	58.5
Sid Abel	58.3
Denis Potvin	58.2
Bobby Hull	57.9
Erik Karlsson	57.8
Brad Richards	57.8
Pavel Datsyuk	57.8
Max Bentley	57.3
Toe Blake	57.3
Nathan MacKinnon	57.1
Phil Watson	57.0
Nikita Kucherov	57.0
Daniel Alfredsson	56.7
Phil Goyette	56.6
Syl Apps Sr	56.5
Ted Kennedy	56.3
Pierre Pilote	56.2
Henrik Zetterberg	55.7
Doug Harvey	55.7
Anze Kopitar	55.6
Scott Gomez	55.6
Teemu Selanne	55.3
Bobby Rousseau	55.0
Syd Howe	55.0
Daniel Sedin	55.0
Al MacInnis	55.0
Mike Ribeiro	54.8
Paul Kariya	54.7
Blake Wheeler	54.7
Artemi Panarin	54.7
Pierre Turgeon	54.4
Mats Sundin	54.3
Darryl Sittler	54.3
Bernie Geoffrion	54.1
Leon Draisaitl	53.9
Phil Housley	53.8
Maurice Richard	53.7
Frank Mahovlich	53.7
Jakub Voracek	53.6
Jari Kurri	53.3
Mike Modano	53.1
Jason Spezza	52.9
Theoren Fleury	52.6
Mike Bossy	52.6
Brad Park	52.4
Marc Savard	52.3
Bernie Nicholls	52.1
Vincent Damphousse	52.0
Dickie Moore	51.8
Alex Tanguay	51.8
Joe Primeau	51.8
Hooley Smith	51.6
Bill Gadsby	51.6
Clint Smith	51.1
Jeremy Roenick	50.9
Jonathan Huberdeau	50.9
Ken Hodge	50.9
Ray Whitney	50.8
Buddy O'Connor	50.8
Bill Mosienko	50.7
Sergei Zubov	50.7
Victor Hedman	50.6
Bobby Smith	50.6
Craig Janney	50.5
Alex Ovechkin	50.4
Sergei Gonchar	50.4
Sergei Fedorov	50.1
Larry Murphy	50.0
Eric Lindros	49.8
Marty Barry	49.8
Steven Stamkos	49.7
Pete Mahovlich	49.7
Phil Kessel	49.7
Patrik Elias	49.7
Dave Keon	49.6
Sweeney Schriner	49.4
Larry Robinson	49.4
Marian Hossa	49.3
Borje Salming	49.1
Busher Jackson	49.0
Kris Letang	48.9
Gus Bodnar	48.8
Jarome Iginla	48.8
Eric Staal	48.7
Roman Josi	48.7
David Krejci	48.7
Brad Marchand	48.6
Chris Chelios	48.6
Pavol Demitra	48.4
Keith Yandle	48.3
Ebbie Goodfellow	48.3
Jozef Stumpel	48.2
Eddie Shore	48.2
John Tavares	48.2
Bun Cook	48.0
John Carlson	48.0
Brent Burns	47.9
Paul Thompson	47.8
Murray Oliver	47.7
Neal Broten	47.6
Jacques Lemaire	47.6
Andrew Cassels	47.6
Art Chapman	47.5
Tom Lysiak	47.5
Don McKenney	47.5
Vincent Lecavalier	47.5
Luc Robitaille	47.4
Rod Brind'Amour	47.2
Gary Suter	47.0
Markus Naslund	46.9
Fred Stanfield	46.9
Chris Pronger	46.9
Mitch Marner	46.8
Pit Martin	46.7
Jamie Benn	46.7
Dave Taylor	46.6
Alex Zhamnov	46.6
Alex Kovalev	46.6
Aurel Joliat	46.5
Dean Prentice	46.5
Duncan Keith	46.4
Lynn Patrick	46.4
Syl Apps	46.3
Brian Rafalski	46.3
Bill Thoms	46.2
Saku Koivu	46.1
Mikko Koivu	46.0
Alexei Yashin	45.9
Tomas Kaberle	45.8
Aleksander Barkov	45.6
Roy Conacher	45.5
Nels Stewart	45.5
Brett Hull	45.5
Lorne Carr	45.4
Johnny Gottselig	45.2
Dennis Maruk	45.1
Wayne Cashman	45.0
Ryan Suter	45.0
Steve Larmer	45.0
Jonathan Toews	44.9
Cooney Weiland	44.9
Joe Pavelski	44.8
Scott Niedermayer	44.7
Ryan O'Reilly	44.6
Dany Heatley	44.6
Dit Clapper	44.5
Babe Pratt	44.5
Ken Linseman	44.5
Charlie Conacher	44.4
Taylor Hall	44.3
Brendan Shanahan	44.3
Brian Propp	44.3
Walt Tkaczuk	44.2
Mark Scheifele	44.2
Herbie Lewis	44.2
Steve Sullivan	44.1
Bryan Hextall	44.1
Andrew Brunette	44.1
Rick Middleton	44.0
Alexander Mogilny	44.0
Yvan Cournoyer	44.0
Scott Stevens	43.9
Ilya Kovalchuk	43.9
Paul Stastny	43.8
Pat LaFontaine	43.8
Michael Nylander	43.8
Mush March	43.7
Cliff Ronning	43.7
Eddie Wiseman	43.7
Michel Goulet	43.7
Bill Cook	43.7
Robert Lang	43.5
Shane Doan	43.5
Tyler Seguin	43.5
Claude Provost	43.4
Vaclav Prospal	43.3
Ziggy Palffy	43.3
Evgeny Kuznetsov	43.2
Dale Hunter	43.2
Igor Larionov	43.2
Doug Wilson	43.0
Johnny Gaudreau	43.0
Paul Ronty	42.8
Patrice Bergeron	42.7
Andrei Markov	42.7
Woody Dumart	42.6
Jason Pominville	42.5
Kirk Muller	42.5
Red Berenson	42.5
Glenn Anderson	42.5
Martin Straka	42.4
Bob Nevin	42.4
Cal Gardner	42.3
Doug Mohns	42.3
Don Raleigh	42.2

Some more stray observations:

• Gretzky's 10th best season is the 31st best season on the all-time list. That might not sound overly impressive until you realize that nine of those thirty-one seasons ahead of him are his own.
• Orr hangs onto a spot in the top ten almost entirely on the strength of his six best seasons.
• The most consistent players in the top fifty are Ullman, Sakic, Getzlaf, Oates and, surprisingly, Bucyk. (These are the only players whose standard error is less than 10%).
• Ryan Getzlaf has the second lowest peak out of anyone in the top fifty (only Norm Ullman's is lower) but he's slowly putting together a fantastic playmaking resume.
• Consistent with the previous list, the top wingers are still Howe, Bathgate and Jagr, though Lindsay sneaks into the top twenty.
• Connor McDavid is currently ranked 1,636th. Think he'll be moving up soon?
• NOTE - the above commentary was from 2017; it hasn't been updated since.

 

[Hockey Outsider]

TABLE 11 - CAREER TOTAL, ASSISTS (last updated: 2024)

Wayne Gretzky	1,882
Gordie Howe	1,711
Jaromir Jagr	1,296
Joe Thornton	1,296
Ron Francis	1,284
Alex Delvecchio	1,241
Stan Mikita	1,231
Mark Messier	1,191
Raymond Bourque	1,147
Sidney Crosby	1,122
Adam Oates	1,118
Paul Coffey	1,094
John Bucyk	1,093
Joe Sakic	1,092
Steve Yzerman	1,081
Jean Beliveau	1,078
Phil Esposito	1,061
Marcel Dionne	1,048
Norm Ullman	1,043
Mark Recchi	1,035
Henri Richard	990
Mario Lemieux	981
Doug Gilmour	969
Nicklas Lidstrom	967
Henrik Sedin	967
Andy Bathgate	957
Al MacInnis	942
Patrick Kane	929
Jean Ratelle	922
Red Kelly	916
Phil Housley	905
Larry Murphy	905
Bobby Clarke	896
Evgeni Malkin	891
Nicklas Backstrom	883
Mike Modano	877
Ted Lindsay	872
Frank Boucher	866
Bryan Trottier	866
Teemu Selanne	864
Mats Sundin	854
Ryan Getzlaf	852
Doug Weight	844
Pierre Turgeon	837
Gilbert Perreault	837
Dale Hawerchuk	822
Brian Leetch	821
Daniel Alfredsson	820
Anze Kopitar	818
Claude Giroux	814
Vincent Damphousse	813
Bobby Hull	809
Elmer Lach	804
Bill Cowley	802
Denis Savard	801
Guy Lafleur	800
Frank Mahovlich	794
Jarome Iginla	794
Chris Chelios	788
Maurice Richard	784
Bobby Orr	783
Ray Whitney	783
Milt Schmidt	782
Rod Gilbert	781
Rod Brind'Amour	775
Alex Ovechkin	773
Dave Keon	770
Martin St. Louis	765
Doug Harvey	763
Daniel Sedin	761
Jeremy Roenick	756
Sergei Fedorov	750
Jari Kurri	746
Brendan Shanahan	744
Brad Richards	743
Bill Gadsby	742
Denis Potvin	739
Luc Robitaille	737
Henrik Zetterberg	736
Patrick Marleau	733
Larry Robinson	732
Brad Park	728
Patrik Elias	728
Peter Forsberg	724
Peter Stastny	722
Jason Spezza	721
Eric Staal	720
Bert Olmstead	719
Bernie Federko	716
Marian Hossa	716
Pavel Datsyuk	712
Blake Wheeler	709
Scott Stevens	708
Bernie Nicholls	705
Dean Prentice	703
Dave Andreychuk	698
Patrice Bergeron	698
Sergei Gonchar	697
Bernie Geoffrion	696
Brent Burns	695
Erik Karlsson	694
Brett Hull	689
Syd Howe	688
Connor McDavid	687
Sergei Zubov	687
Alex Tanguay	685
Doug Bentley	685
Doug Mohns	683
Phil Goyette	682
Scott Gomez	680
Alex Kovalev	679
Jakub Voracek	676
Mike Ribeiro	675
Theoren Fleury	673
Billy Harris	672
Paul Kariya	672
Phil Kessel	670
Shane Doan	667
Ryan Suter	661
Saku Koivu	661
Kris Letang	660
John Tavares	660
Dale Hunter	658
Joe Pavelski	656
Darryl Sittler	655
George Armstrong	649
Steven Stamkos	644
Bobby Rousseau	643
Toe Blake	643
Pierre Pilote	641
Murray Oliver	640
Gary Suter	637
Hooley Smith	637
Victor Hedman	635
Scott Niedermayer	632
Borje Salming	631
Ted Kennedy	629
Bobby Smith	629
Howie Morenz	629
Dit Clapper	628
Duncan Keith	625
Ken Hodge	622
Max Bentley	622
Vincent Lecavalier	621
Chris Pronger	620
Phil Watson	617
Tim Horton	612
David Krejci	607
Busher Jackson	605
Keith Yandle	604
Nathan MacKinnon	602
Paul Stastny	601
Neal Broten	601
Alexander Mogilny	600
Sid Abel	598
Dave Taylor	598
Jamie Benn	597
Cliff Ronning	597
Jason Arnott	597
Keith Tkachuk	595
Joe Nieuwendyk	595
Mike Gartner	594
Rob Blake	593
Brad Marchand	592
Kirk Muller	590
John Carlson	590
Pit Martin	590
Jonathan Toews	589
Mikko Koivu	587
Andrew Cassels	584
Drew Doughty	577
Bill Mosienko	571
Mush March	570
Nikita Kucherov	570
Nels Stewart	568
Wayne Cashman	565
Mathieu Schneider	565
Syl Apps Sr	565
Bryan Hextall	564
Dino Ciccarelli	564
Bob Nevin	563
Marc Savard	562
Justin Williams	560
Teppo Numminen	559
Jozef Stumpel	559
Eric Lindros	558
Eddie Shore	558
Michel Goulet	558
Roman Josi	555
Glenn Anderson	554
Ryan O'Reilly	554
Taylor Hall	552
Tom Lysiak	552
Doug Wilson	551
Jonathan Huberdeau	550
Matt Cullen	549
Dickie Moore	549
Markus Naslund	548
Artemi Panarin	547
Dave Babych	547
Zdeno Chara	546
Tomas Kaberle	545
Corey Perry	545
Paul Thompson	544
Butch Goring	543
Roman Hamrlik	542
Tony Amonte	542
Steve Sullivan	541
Pat Verbeek	541
Pavol Demitra	540
Leon Draisaitl	539
Alex Zhamnov	539
Steve Larmer	539
Kimmo Timonen	538
Brian Propp	538
Jacques Lemaire	537
Craig Janney	537
Don McKenney	536
Allan Stanley	536
Andrew Brunette	535
Steve Duchesne	534
Andrei Markov	534
Ryan Smyth	533
Ebbie Goodfellow	532
Bob Pulford	532
Yvan Cournoyer	531
Joe Mullen	530
Todd Bertuzzi	530
Marty Barry	528
Pete Mahovlich	527
Johnny Gottselig	526
Mike Bossy	526
Rick Middleton	526
Matt Duchene	525
Igor Larionov	524
Alex Pietrangelo	522
Owen Nolan	522
Greg Adams	520
David Perron	520
Steve Thomas	519
Zach Parise	519
Ralph Backstrom	518
Joe Primeau	518
Trevor Linden	517
Claude Provost	515
Ivan Boldirev	514
Ken Linseman	514
Walt Tkaczuk	514
Cory Stillman	513
Robert Lang	512

 

[Hockey Outsider]

TABLE 12 - YEARLY BENCHMARK FOR ASSISTS (last updated: 2024)

Year	Factor
1927​	11.9
1928​	14.0
1929​	12.0
1930​	26.9
1931​	23.0
1932​	25.0
1933​	27.0
1934​	26.0
1935​	30.5
1936​	26.0
1937​	27.0
1938​	27.0
1939​	33.0
1940​	24.5
1941​	28.0
1942​	32.0
1943​	44.0
1944​	48.0
1945​	40.0
1946​	30.0
1947​	35.0
1948​	36.0
1949​	29.0
1950​	36.0
1951​	43.0
1952​	42.0
1953​	38.0
1954​	37.0
1955​	43.0
1956​	47.0
1957​	51.0
1958​	48.0
1959​	48.0
1960​	48.0
1961​	50.0
1962​	48.2
1963​	49.0
1964​	50.0
1965​	47.0
1966​	48.0
1967​	49.0
1968​	48.0
1969​	59.0
1970​	52.0
1971​	65.0
1972​	63.0
1973​	67.0
1974​	62.0
1975​	74.0
1976​	71.0
1977​	69.0
1978​	72.0
1979​	77.0
1980​	72.3
1981​	82.0
1982​	93.0
1983​	79.7
1984​	77.0
1985​	72.0
1986​	85.0
1987​	72.0
1988​	85.8
1989​	90.0
1990​	84.0
1991​	75.0
1992​	87.0
1993​	95.0
1994​	84.0
1995​	44.0
1996​	86.0
1997​	63.0
1998​	67.0
1999​	67.0
2000​	56.0
2001​	69.0
2002​	55.0
2003​	65.0
2004​	56.0
2006​	71.0
2007​	74.0
2008​	66.0
2009​	70.0
2010​	69.0
2011​	68.0
2012​	65.0
2013​	41.0
2014​	65.0
2015​	59.0
2016​	63.0
2017​	63.0
2018	68.0
2019	75.0
2020	63.0
2021	53.0
2022	79.0
2023	83.0
2024	89.0

I documented my calculation of the yearly benchmarks for assists - http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showpost.php?p=130868097&postcount=223

 

[Sprague Cleghorn]

I have calculations for the assists benchmarks and I think around 100 player scores. I'll share them later.

 

[Kyle McMahon]

[Mod] Gordie Howe looks supremely impressive to me. Gretzky has a huge gap over him in the Top 10 seasons for points metric, and even though Gretzky had another great decade in him, Howe overcomes him on the all time total points list.

 

[Canadiens1958]

Assist Spike

TABLE 12 - YEARLY BENCHMARK FOR ASSISTS

Year|Benchmark
1927 | 11.875
1928 | 14
1929 | 12
1930 | 26.875
1931 | 23
1932 | 25
1933 | 27
1934 | 26
1935 | 30.5
1936 | 26
1937 | 27
1938 | 27
1939 | 33
1940 | 24.5
1941 | 28
1942 | 32
1943 | 44
1944 | 48
1945 | 40
1946 | 30
1947 | 35
1948 | 36
1949 | 29
1950 | 36
1951 | 43
1952 | 42
1953 | 38
1954 | 37
1955 | 43
1956 | 47
1957 | 51
1958 | 48
1959 | 48
1960 | 48
1961 | 50
1962 | 48.1666666
1963 | 49
1964 | 50
1965 | 47
1966 | 48
1967 | 49
1968 | 48
1969 | 59
1970 | 52
1971 | 65
1972 | 63
1973 | 67
1974 | 62
1975 | 74
1976 | 71
1977 | 69
1978 | 72
1979 | 77
1980 | 72.33333333
1981 | 82
1982 | 93
1983 | 79.666666
1984 | 77
1985 | 72
1986 | 85
1987 | 72
1988 | 85.83333
1989 | 90
1990 | 84
1991 | 75
1992 | 87
1993 | 95
1994 | 84
1995 | 44
1996 | 86
1997 | 63
1998 | 67
1999 | 67
2000 | 56
2001 | 69
2002 | 55
2003 | 65
2004 | 56
2006 | 71
2007 | 74
2008 | 66
2009 | 70
2010 | 69
2011 | 68
2012 | 65
2013 | 41
2014 | 65
2015 | 59
2016 | 63
2017 | 63

I documented my calculation of the yearly benchmarks for assists - http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showpost.php?p=130868097&postcount=223

Ideas, theories, comments about the assist benchmark spike starting in 1971?

 

[Hockey Outsider]

[Mod] Gordie Howe looks supremely impressive to me. Gretzky has a huge gap over him in the Top 10 seasons for points metric, and even though Gretzky had another great decade in him, Howe overcomes him on the all time total points list.

All of those seasons where Howe finished 4th or 5th in scoring really add up according to this method. Here's one way to look at it:

- Best seven seasons (not consecutive): Gretzky has by far the highest result, Howe is third.

- Next best six: Gretzky's "middle six" seasons rank 7th all-time. That is, if you take the 8th through 13th best seasons of his career, and compare that to the top six seasons that anyone else ever had, Gretzky still finishes 7th all-time, basically matching Jagr's best six years. Howe's "middle six" seasons rank 22nd all-time, on par with Sakic or Bossy`s top six seasons.

- Last seven years: here's where Howe starts to pull away. Gretzky's last seven seasons rank around 115th all-time, on par with Doug Weight or Brad Richards. Howe's "last" seven seasons (ie the 14th through 20th best seasons of his career) rank around 36th all-time, on par with Peter Forsberg or Adam Oates. Then, on top of that, Howe adds on six more seasons.

Ideas, theories, comments about the assist benchmark spike starting in 1971?

That's a good question. It largely reflects the trends in assists in the NHL as a whole. Prior to the 1968 expansion, Mikita held the single-season record for assists with 62. Five years later, that 10 players matched or exceeded that. I think it was a combination of 1) general increase in scoring league wide 2) concentration in talent among the "original six" teams and 3) an increase in number of powerplays. The latter two points explain why top players began recording a higher proportion of assists relative to other players.

 

[Canadiens1958]

Defencemen

All of those seasons where Howe finished 4th or 5th in scoring really add up according to this method. Here's one way to look at it:

- Best seven seasons (not consecutive): Gretzky has by far the highest result, Howe is third.

- Next best six: Gretzky's "middle six" seasons rank 7th all-time. That is, if you take the 8th through 13th best seasons of his career, and compare that to the top six seasons that anyone else ever had, Gretzky still finishes 7th all-time, basically matching Jagr's best six years. Howe's "middle six" seasons rank 22nd all-time, on par with Sakic or Bossy`s top six seasons.

- Last seven years: here's where Howe starts to pull away. Gretzky's last seven seasons rank around 115th all-time, on par with Doug Weight or Brad Richards. Howe's "last" seven seasons (ie the 14th through 20th best seasons of his career) rank around 36th all-time, on par with Peter Forsberg or Adam Oates. Then, on top of that, Howe adds on six more seasons.



That's a good question. It largely reflects the trends in assists in the NHL as a whole. Prior to the 1968 expansion, Mikita held the single-season record for assists with 62. Five years later, that 10 players matched or exceeded that. I think it was a combination of 1) general increase in scoring league wide 2) concentration in talent among the "original six" teams and 3) an increase in number of powerplays. The latter two points explain why top players began recording a higher proportion of assists relative to other players.

Check the assist totals for defencemen - J.C. Tremblay more than doubled, Orr skyrocketed, Park and Guy Lapointe, entered the league and matured quickly. Just an informal observation.

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

Seeing a lot of Phil (garbage man) Esposito at the top of all these categories.

 

[Johnny Engine]

Seeing a lot of Phil (garbage man) Esposito at the top of all these categories.

Well he scored a lot, didn't he?

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

Well he scored a lot, didn't he?

Apparently.

But he doesn't seem to get the same accolades as those he's keeping company with on these lists.

 

[Hockey Outsider]

I had a request for points-per-game. This has been modified slightly from a version that I posted previously (so it's weighed for games played each season, rather than assuming each season is worth the same amount). On top of that, any season where a player appears in less than half of games played has been excluded.

TABLE 13 - BEST SEVEN YEARS, POINTS PER GAME

Player|GP|VsX|"PPG"
Wayne Gretzky | 862 | 555 | 1.55
Mario Lemieux | 632 | 472 | 1.34
Phil Esposito | 746 | 569 | 1.31
Gordie Howe | 691 | 567 | 1.22
Bobby Orr | 659 | 542 | 1.22
Guy Lafleur | 580 | 526 | 1.1
Jaromir Jagr | 596 | 552 | 1.08
Stan Mikita | 599 | 561 | 1.07
Bobby Hull | 593 | 559 | 1.06
Ted Lindsay | 586 | 559 | 1.05
Marcel Dionne | 595 | 570 | 1.04
Jean Beliveau | 561 | 538 | 1.04
Syl Apps Sr | 480 | 466 | 1.03
Bill Cowley | 528 | 515 | 1.02
Sidney Crosby | 536 | 525 | 1.02
Maurice Richard | 559 | 555 | 1.01
Evgeni Malkin | 488 | 487 | 1
Bernie Geoffrion | 483 | 483 | 1
Howie Morenz | 551 | 556 | 0.99
Charlie Conacher | 508 | 517 | 0.98
Mike Bossy | 539 | 555 | 0.97
Eric Lindros | 453 | 473 | 0.96
Alex Ovechkin | 539 | 563 | 0.96
Andy Bathgate | 548 | 573 | 0.96
Bryan Trottier | 524 | 561 | 0.94
Steve Yzerman | 500 | 537 | 0.93
Peter Forsberg | 468 | 505 | 0.93
Bill Cook | 526 | 570 | 0.92
Max Bentley | 478 | 519 | 0.92
Joe Thornton | 517 | 562 | 0.92
Peter Stastny | 498 | 541 | 0.92
Sweeney Schriner | 490 | 535 | 0.92
Busher Jackson | 496 | 547 | 0.91
Doug Bentley | 480 | 530 | 0.91
Joe Sakic | 508 | 561 | 0.91
Frank Boucher | 516 | 571 | 0.9
Mark Messier | 495 | 548 | 0.9
Jari Kurri | 503 | 558 | 0.9
Bobby Clarke | 508 | 564 | 0.9
Gordie Drillon | 474 | 528 | 0.9
Norm Ullman | 508 | 566 | 0.9
Elmer Lach | 440 | 491 | 0.9
John Bucyk | 495 | 554 | 0.89
Jean Ratelle | 500 | 559 | 0.89
Frank Mahovlich | 501 | 561 | 0.89
Nels Stewart | 497 | 558 | 0.89
Martin St. Louis | 506 | 569 | 0.89
Patrick Kane | 486 | 550 | 0.88
Teemu Selanne | 487 | 553 | 0.88
Marty Barry | 500 | 572 | 0.87
Paul Coffey | 469 | 540 | 0.87
Henri Richard | 456 | 527 | 0.87
Ken Hodge | 467 | 540 | 0.86
Darryl Sittler | 477 | 554 | 0.86
Toe Blake | 467 | 546 | 0.86
Nicklas Backstrom | 450 | 527 | 0.85
Gilbert Perreault | 462 | 543 | 0.85
Roy Conacher | 445 | 523 | 0.85
Dale Hawerchuk | 480 | 566 | 0.85
Ilya Kovalchuk | 453 | 535 | 0.85
Sid Abel | 476 | 562 | 0.85
Pavel Datsyuk | 443 | 523 | 0.85
Ryan Getzlaf | 452 | 534 | 0.85
Adam Oates | 474 | 560 | 0.85
Dickie Moore | 460 | 546 | 0.84
Daniel Alfredsson | 429 | 513 | 0.84
Yvan Cournoyer | 437 | 523 | 0.84
Alex Delvecchio | 475 | 569 | 0.84
Pavel Bure | 447 | 536 | 0.83
Jarome Iginla | 473 | 568 | 0.83
Bernie Nicholls | 458 | 556 | 0.82
Denis Savard | 454 | 550 | 0.82
Brett Hull | 452 | 549 | 0.82
Paul Thompson | 467 | 567 | 0.82
Jason Spezza | 425 | 517 | 0.82
Michel Goulet | 450 | 548 | 0.82
Rod Gilbert | 458 | 560 | 0.82
Ron Francis | 457 | 558 | 0.82
Henrik Sedin | 469 | 574 | 0.82
Milt Schmidt | 430 | 527 | 0.82
Alexander Mogilny | 408 | 501 | 0.81
Bernie Federko | 443 | 544 | 0.81
John Tavares | 438 | 539 | 0.81
Jacques Lemaire | 439 | 543 | 0.81
Steven Stamkos | 458 | 566 | 0.81
Kent Nilsson | 402 | 498 | 0.81
Jamie Benn | 427 | 532 | 0.8
Ziggy Palffy | 385 | 480 | 0.8
Dany Heatley | 447 | 558 | 0.8
Doug Gilmour | 437 | 546 | 0.8
Luc Robitaille | 450 | 562 | 0.8
Claude Giroux | 452 | 564 | 0.8
Paul Kariya | 439 | 550 | 0.8
Pierre Turgeon | 435 | 549 | 0.79
Marian Hossa | 442 | 558 | 0.79
Mark Recchi | 455 | 575 | 0.79
Pat LaFontaine | 424 | 536 | 0.79
Pavol Demitra | 382 | 483 | 0.79
Aurel Joliat | 451 | 570 | 0.79
Sergei Fedorov | 428 | 542 | 0.79
Lynn Patrick | 431 | 547 | 0.79
Syd Howe | 446 | 567 | 0.79
Herbie Lewis | 422 | 538 | 0.78
Keith Tkachuk | 397 | 508 | 0.78
Daniel Sedin | 445 | 571 | 0.78
Phil Goyette | 411 | 529 | 0.78
Mike Modano | 423 | 546 | 0.77
Henrik Zetterberg | 416 | 540 | 0.77
Rick Martin | 416 | 539 | 0.77
Bert Olmstead | 421 | 547 | 0.77
Markus Naslund | 434 | 565 | 0.77
Patrik Elias | 410 | 535 | 0.77
Cecil Dillon | 440 | 574 | 0.77
Mats Sundin | 428 | 559 | 0.77
Dave Taylor | 393 | 514 | 0.76
Bryan Hextall | 437 | 572 | 0.76
Joe Primeau | 403 | 528 | 0.76
Marian Gaborik | 378 | 495 | 0.76
John LeClair | 425 | 558 | 0.76
Hooley Smith | 422 | 555 | 0.76
Brad Richards | 426 | 560 | 0.76
Eric Staal | 431 | 567 | 0.76
Jeremy Roenick | 405 | 533 | 0.76
Pete Mahovlich | 415 | 547 | 0.76
Ted Kennedy | 429 | 566 | 0.76
Phil Watson | 418 | 554 | 0.76
Rick Middleton | 419 | 556 | 0.75
Theoren Fleury | 428 | 569 | 0.75
Dave Keon | 416 | 554 | 0.75
Vincent Lecavalier | 402 | 536 | 0.75
Anze Kopitar | 422 | 562 | 0.75
Bobby Rousseau | 419 | 559 | 0.75
Denis Potvin | 422 | 562 | 0.75
Brendan Shanahan | 413 | 550 | 0.75
Marc Savard | 379 | 505 | 0.75
Rene Robert | 397 | 530 | 0.75
Cooney Weiland | 427 | 570 | 0.75
Corey Perry | 410 | 549 | 0.75
Raymond Bourque | 405 | 542 | 0.75
Phil Kessel | 418 | 562 | 0.74
Clint Smith | 416 | 560 | 0.74
Jonathan Toews | 392 | 530 | 0.74
Lanny McDonald | 402 | 544 | 0.74
Rick MacLeish | 397 | 537 | 0.74
Johnny Gottselig | 409 | 555 | 0.74
Bill Mosienko | 417 | 566 | 0.74
Charlie Simmer | 371 | 503 | 0.74
Bobby Bauer | 392 | 533 | 0.74
Red Kelly | 415 | 563 | 0.74
Doug Weight | 387 | 526 | 0.74
Tim Kerr | 356 | 486 | 0.73
Glenn Anderson | 409 | 559 | 0.73
Lorne Carr | 415 | 567 | 0.73
Alex Kovalev | 396 | 542 | 0.73
Joe Mullen | 385 | 530 | 0.73
Mike Ribeiro | 406 | 559 | 0.73
Joe Pavelski | 399 | 550 | 0.73
Bun Cook | 412 | 569 | 0.72
Taylor Hall | 351 | 485 | 0.72
Don McKenney | 383 | 531 | 0.72
Pierre Larouche | 368 | 510 | 0.72
Pit Martin | 400 | 554 | 0.72
Tod Sloan | 378 | 526 | 0.72
Alexei Yashin | 382 | 532 | 0.72
Alex Tanguay | 386 | 539 | 0.72
Larry Aurie | 401 | 560 | 0.72
Cam Neely | 352 | 493 | 0.71
Steve Shutt | 397 | 557 | 0.71
Alexander Semin | 353 | 495 | 0.71
Dennis Maruk | 398 | 559 | 0.71
Zach Parise | 390 | 547 | 0.71
Buddy O'Connor | 361 | 507 | 0.71
Tyler Seguin | 385 | 542 | 0.71
Dino Ciccarelli | 395 | 557 | 0.71
Eddie Wiseman | 389 | 548 | 0.71
Ray Whitney | 372 | 525 | 0.71
Bill Thoms | 399 | 564 | 0.71
Dit Clapper | 392 | 555 | 0.71
Patrick Marleau | 401 | 569 | 0.7
Milan Hejduk | 380 | 539 | 0.7
Joe Nieuwendyk | 369 | 525 | 0.7
Syl Apps | 388 | 553 | 0.7
Johnny Gagnon | 393 | 562 | 0.7
Red Berenson | 388 | 554 | 0.7
Erik Karlsson | 377 | 539 | 0.7
Fred Stanfield | 384 | 550 | 0.7
Wayne Cashman | 381 | 546 | 0.7
Rick Nash | 370 | 531 | 0.7
Thomas Vanek | 376 | 539 | 0.7
Steve Larmer | 400 | 574 | 0.7
Bill Barber | 390 | 561 | 0.7
Al MacInnis | 368 | 530 | 0.7
Jim Pappin | 358 | 515 | 0.7
Vic Hadfield | 368 | 531 | 0.69
Billy Taylor | 354 | 511 | 0.69
Kenny Wharram | 382 | 551 | 0.69
Rod Brind'Amour | 377 | 544 | 0.69
Garry Unger | 398 | 575 | 0.69
Craig Janney | 357 | 517 | 0.69
Gaye Stewart | 389 | 563 | 0.69
John McKenzie | 370 | 536 | 0.69
Butch Goring | 372 | 539 | 0.69
Neil Colville | 386 | 560 | 0.69
Dave Andreychuk | 387 | 561 | 0.69
Bobby Smith | 392 | 569 | 0.69
Mike Gartner | 386 | 560 | 0.69
Blake Wheeler | 391 | 568 | 0.69
Walt Tkaczuk | 385 | 561 | 0.69
Kevin Stevens | 347 | 506 | 0.69
Peter Bondra | 370 | 539 | 0.69
Jimmy Ward | 388 | 567 | 0.69
Baldy Northcott | 386 | 564 | 0.69
Rick Tocchet | 332 | 485 | 0.68
Tom Lysiak | 367 | 537 | 0.68
Sid Smith | 364 | 532 | 0.68
Doc Romnes | 347 | 507 | 0.68
Patrick Sharp | 344 | 504 | 0.68
Dennis Hull | 387 | 570 | 0.68
Herb Cain | 373 | 549 | 0.68
Johnny Peirson | 356 | 526 | 0.68
Paul Stastny | 332 | 491 | 0.68
Art Chapman | 351 | 519 | 0.68
Brian Propp | 380 | 563 | 0.67
Tomas Sandstrom | 346 | 514 | 0.67
Brad Park | 344 | 510 | 0.67
Paul Ronty | 373 | 555 | 0.67
Todd Bertuzzi | 358 | 532 | 0.67
Alex Zhamnov | 332 | 494 | 0.67
Jeff Carter | 369 | 549 | 0.67
Wilf Paiement | 367 | 547 | 0.67
Peter McNab | 358 | 534 | 0.67
Robert Lang | 342 | 511 | 0.67
Vincent Damphousse | 380 | 568 | 0.67
Barry Pederson | 366 | 546 | 0.67
Dean Prentice | 368 | 553 | 0.67
Brian Leetch | 374 | 562 | 0.66
Woody Dumart | 377 | 567 | 0.66
Bill Goldsworthy | 361 | 543 | 0.66
Ace Bailey | 362 | 545 | 0.66
Patrice Bergeron | 366 | 552 | 0.66
Jean Pronovost | 368 | 556 | 0.66
Camille Henry | 351 | 531 | 0.66
Martin Havlat | 330 | 500 | 0.66
Martin Straka | 352 | 534 | 0.66
Olli Jokinen | 374 | 567 | 0.66
Max Pacioretty | 344 | 522 | 0.66
Jakub Voracek | 368 | 559 | 0.66
Ed Litzenberger | 365 | 555 | 0.66
John Ogrodnick | 333 | 507 | 0.66
Glen Murray | 346 | 527 | 0.66

 

[ImporterExporter]

Awesome, thanks for that HO!

 

[VanIslander]

Let's look at the pre-modern era, before NHL expansion, at the early NHL and Original Six eras.

BEST SEVEN YEARS, POINTS PER GAME - Players before the 1970's

Player|GP|VsX|"PPG"
Gordie Howe | 691 | 567 | 1.22
Stan Mikita | 599 | 561 | 1.07
Bobby Hull | 593 | 559 | 1.06
Ted Lindsay | 586 | 559 | 1.05
Jean Beliveau | 561 | 538 | 1.04
Syl Apps Sr | 480 | 466 | 1.03
Bill Cowley | 528 | 515 | 1.02
Maurice Richard | 559 | 555 | 1.01
Bernie Geoffrion | 483 | 483 | 1
Howie Morenz | 551 | 556 | 0.99
Charlie Conacher | 508 | 517 | 0.98
Andy Bathgate | 548 | 573 | 0.96
Bill Cook | 526 | 570 | 0.92
Max Bentley | 478 | 519 | 0.92
Sweeney Schriner | 490 | 535 | 0.92
Busher Jackson | 496 | 547 | 0.91
Doug Bentley | 480 | 530 | 0.91
Frank Boucher | 516 | 571 | 0.9
Gordie Drillon | 474 | 528 | 0.9
Norm Ullman | 508 | 566 | 0.9
Elmer Lach | 440 | 491 | 0.9
John Bucyk | 495 | 554 | 0.89
Frank Mahovlich | 501 | 561 | 0.89
Nels Stewart | 497 | 558 | 0.89
Marty Barry | 500 | 572 | 0.87
Henri Richard | 456 | 527 | 0.87
Toe Blake | 467 | 546 | 0.86
Roy Conacher | 445 | 523 | 0.85
Sid Abel | 476 | 562 | 0.85
Dickie Moore | 460 | 546 | 0.84
Alex Delvecchio | 475 | 569 | 0.84
Paul Thompson | 467 | 567 | 0.82
Milt Schmidt | 430 | 527 | 0.82
Aurel Joliat | 451 | 570 | 0.79
Lynn Patrick | 431 | 547 | 0.79
Syd Howe | 446 | 567 | 0.79
Herbie Lewis | 422 | 538 | 0.78
Bert Olmstead | 421 | 547 | 0.77
Cecil Dillon | 440 | 574 | 0.77
Bryan Hextall | 437 | 572 | 0.76
Joe Primeau | 403 | 528 | 0.76
Hooley Smith | 422 | 555 | 0.76
Ted Kennedy | 429 | 566 | 0.76
Phil Watson | 418 | 554 | 0.76
Dave Keon | 416 | 554 | 0.75
Bobby Rousseau | 419 | 559 | 0.75
Cooney Weiland | 427 | 570 | 0.75
Clint Smith | 416 | 560 | 0.74
Johnny Gottselig | 409 | 555 | 0.74
Bill Mosienko | 417 | 566 | 0.74
Bobby Bauer | 392 | 533 | 0.74
Red Kelly | 415 | 563 | 0.74
Lorne Carr | 415 | 567 | 0.73
Bun Cook | 412 | 569 | 0.72
Don McKenney | 383 | 531 | 0.72
Tod Sloan | 378 | 526 | 0.72
Larry Aurie | 401 | 560 | 0.72
Buddy O'Connor | 361 | 507 | 0.71
Eddie Wiseman | 389 | 548 | 0.71
Bill Thoms | 399 | 564 | 0.71
Dit Clapper | 392 | 555 | 0.71
Syl Apps | 388 | 553 | 0.7
Johnny Gagnon | 393 | 562 | 0.7
Fred Stanfield | 384 | 550 | 0.7
Kenny Wharram | 382 | 551 | 0.69
Gaye Stewart | 389 | 563 | 0.69
John McKenzie | 370 | 536 | 0.69
Neil Colville | 386 | 560 | 0.69
Walt Tkaczuk | 385 | 561 | 0.69
Jimmy Ward | 388 | 567 | 0.69
Baldy Northcott | 386 | 564 | 0.69
Sid Smith | 364 | 532 | 0.68
Doc Romnes | 347 | 507 | 0.68
Herb Cain | 373 | 549 | 0.68
Johnny Peirson | 356 | 526 | 0.68
Art Chapman | 351 | 519 | 0.68
Paul Ronty | 373 | 555 | 0.67
Dean Prentice | 368 | 553 | 0.67
Woody Dumart | 377 | 567 | 0.66
Ace Bailey | 362 | 545 | 0.66
Jean Pronovost | 368 | 556 | 0.66

I'm impressed by the bolded.

Both Hull and Mikita had their 7-year peaks right at the end of the 1960's as NHL expansion was heralding in a new era of high scoring. That means, besides Howe of course, Ted Lindsay is next at the tops of the list! His scoring relative to other Original-Six Era greats like Beliveau, Richard, Bathgate, Boom Boom isn't so often emphasized. And yet there Ted is, above them.

Gordie Drillon is top-10 in pre-O6 era scoring over his 7-year peak according to this list. Of course, for Drillon, that was his entire career. Still, it's impressive.

Norm Ullman is higher on the list than more talked about Mahovlich and Delvecchio, yet Ullman's two-way game makes him even more impressive, though having no cups partly explains his relative obscurity in hockey history discussions.

Johnny Gagnon was Morenz's wing man for years and stands out as the only guy on the pre-1970's list not to have been drafted in the all-time drafts this year (ATD 2017, MLD 2017) where he probably should have been.

 

[VanIslander]

Let's look at ACTIVE NHLers:

TABLE 13 - BEST SEVEN YEARS, POINTS PER GAME - ACTIVE players

Player|GP|VsX|"PPG"
Jaromir Jagr | 596 | 552 | 1.08
Sidney Crosby | 536 | 525 | 1.02
Evgeni Malkin | 488 | 487 | 1
Alex Ovechkin | 539 | 563 | 0.96
Joe Thornton | 517 | 562 | 0.92
Patrick Kane | 486 | 550 | 0.88
Nicklas Backstrom | 450 | 527 | 0.85
Pavel Datsyuk | 443 | 523 | 0.85
Ryan Getzlaf | 452 | 534 | 0.85
Jarome Iginla | 473 | 568 | 0.83
Henrik Sedin | 469 | 574 | 0.82
John Tavares | 438 | 539 | 0.81
Steven Stamkos | 458 | 566 | 0.81
Jamie Benn | 427 | 532 | 0.8
Claude Giroux | 452 | 564 | 0.8
Marian Hossa | 442 | 558 | 0.79
Daniel Sedin | 445 | 571 | 0.78
Henrik Zetterberg | 416 | 540 | 0.77
Eric Staal | 431 | 567 | 0.76
Anze Kopitar | 422 | 562 | 0.75
Corey Perry | 410 | 549 | 0.75
Phil Kessel | 418 | 562 | 0.74
Jonathan Toews | 392 | 530 | 0.74
Joe Pavelski | 399 | 550 | 0.73
Zach Parise | 390 | 547 | 0.71
Tyler Seguin | 385 | 542 | 0.71
Patrick Marleau | 401 | 569 | 0.7
Erik Karlsson | 377 | 539 | 0.7
Rick Nash | 370 | 531 | 0.7
Thomas Vanek | 376 | 539 | 0.7
Blake Wheeler | 391 | 568 | 0.69
Patrick Sharp | 344 | 504 | 0.68
Paul Stastny | 332 | 491 | 0.68
Jeff Carter | 369 | 549 | 0.67
Patrice Bergeron | 366 | 552 | 0.66
Max Pacioretty | 344 | 522 | 0.66
Jakub Voracek | 368 | 559 | 0.66

• The difference between Crosby and Malkin is .02? That's basically no difference.
• Defenseman Karlsson is the same as Rick Nash.
• Bergeron is usually given less credit for his offense than this list shows, him pretty close to several oft-noted "scorers".
• Patrick Kane is clearly the leader of the under-30 crowd, significantly ahead of Stamkos, Tavares and Benn.
• Pacioretty is building an offensive resume, avergaing over 30 goals a season for the last six years.