13th
1. Gretzky
2. Howe
3. Orr
4. Lemieux
5. Beliveau
6. Harvey
7. Crosby
8. McDavid
9. Hull
10. Bourque
11. Hasek
12. Jagr
13. Ovechkin
I know that we have been over this territory before but really is the argument for Beliveau and Harvey really past the smell test here over Crosby?
Harvey took till his later 20s to get going at his insane level and Beliveau had some down years.
Heck both crosby and Beliveau have 12 seasons in top 10 scoring but the huge difference being the size of the league and competition.
If one were to take out all non Canadians to make it an apples to apples comparison this is how it would shake out.
But before we do that let's look at their top 10 scoring finishes straight up.
Beliveau 1,2,2,3,3,3,3,4,6,8,8,9
Crosby 1,1,2,2,3,3,3,3,5,6,10,10
Taking out same finishes we end up with this.
Jean 4,8,8,9
Sid 1,5,10,10
Here is Crosby in a Canadian to Canadian apples to apples finishes
05-06 goes from 6 to 3rd
06-07 stays the same
07-08 goes from 29th to 18th with 72 points in 32 games played (just for comparative purposes Jean played in 55 of 70 games in 57-58 and still finishes 8th in scoring that what 18 first line players compared to 90 will do).
08-09 3rd to 1st
09-10 2nd to 1st
10-11 30th to 20th in only 41 GP
11-12 37 points in 22 G
12-13 stays in 3rd place with 56 points in 36 games (48 game season)
13-14 stays in first place
14-15 stays in 3rd place 3 points being the leader with 5 games missed
15-16 3rd to 2nd
16-17 stays in 2nd place
17-18 10th to 5th place
18-19 5th to 2nd
19-20 41 game season
20-21 10th to 6th
21-22 24th to 9th in 69 of 82 GP
22-23 16th to 6th
23-24 12th to 3rd
Now why exactly would you have Crosby behind Jean here?