If you are an avid hockey fan, chances are you already know. Rate 5 stars rate 4 stars rate 3 stars rate 2 stars rate 1 star. Wayne gretzky is known as the greatest goal scorer in nhl history simply by scoring the most career goals and having the single greatest goal scoring season. Excluding the six splitteam situations above, and excluding franchises that have simply changed cities, 16 players have achieved complete 100pointormore seasons with two teams. Yearbyyear leading scorers bottom of page 19171918 player club gp g a pts. To mark the fiftieth anniversary of the hockey news, a committee of fifty of the most respected observers of the game including dick irvin. This beats or equals % of test takers also scored 100 %. The nhl may not consider evgeni malkin to be among the 100 greatest players of alltime, but he is certainly one of the 10 best european forwards to play. A website for all your hockey needs, history, records and everything in between.
Ovechkin joins wayne gretzky and mike bossy as only the third nhl player to record eight 50 goal seasons. For ice hockey players in the national hockey league nhl, scoring 500 regular season goals is considered a highly significant achievement. I used a statistic i created called goal share per game and it provided some worthy insight. Every nhl teams top goal scorer in a single season self. All time 2010s 2000s 1990s 1980s 1970s 1960s 1950s 1940s 1930s 1920s 1910s. Will connor mcdavid lead the nhl in scoring for the 2nd year in a row or can sidney crosby win the art ross trophy once again. Bruins get big win boston dealt a blow to florida, while other eastern playoff contenders looked to keep pace. List of 500 nhl goal scorers and how many games it took them to get there. Bobby hull, who finished with 107 points, and gordie howe, who finished with 103 points. His 76 goals for the buffalo sabres tied him with phil esposito on the alltime list and put him. Most goal scorers dont net their goals on a breakaway. Who are the top 100 nba leading scorers of alltime.
Every nhl teams top goal scorer in a single season. Below are the top 45 goal scorers in nhl history presented in reverse chronological order by date when they scored their 500th goal. Mar 02, 2016 alex ovechkin notches eighth 50 goal season. Using goal share to adjust eras and determine the best goal. If a virtual private party is more your thing, go here for details. Top 20 greatest goals in hockey history thesportster. Youngest 100 goal scorers through nhl history quiz by. Ranking the 10 best nhl goalscorers of the 1990s bleacher.
Using goal share to adjust eras and determine the best. Next nhl players to score 500 goals sports illustrated. Members of the hockey hall of fame are marked with an asterisk. He finished with 22 goals and 51 points in 55 games with the blues. Great defenders ray bourque he played in the immediate shadows of bobby orr, yet ranks forever as one of the games greatest defensemen. Nhl goals leaders alltime national hockey league espn. Dec 31, 2016 mike gartner fastest skater and great goal scorer. Nhl players who hold the alltime record for the most goals in nhl. List of nhl players with 100point seasons wikipedia. Anytime you make a list of the best, there are going to be debates.
The player who scores during this extra time is given the overtime goal. Search the history of over 431 billion web pages on the internet. Poster of the top 100 bestselling hockey books of the last five years. The hockey fanatic selects the top 100 nhl players of alltime based on all around play, longevity, championships won and contributions to the game of hockey. There have been 56 players in 100 seasons that have reached the 100 regular season goal total. Can you name the youngest 100 goal scorers nhl history.
What nhl team has the most 50 goal scorers answers. And they dont walk in uncontested and beat the goalie clean. Since there is no official minor league record keeping association presents these numbers as the most comprehensive ever compiled. Scott stevens scott stevens may have been the most feared physical force in the history of hockey. In 1997, to celebrate their 50th year as the worlds leading magazine devoted to professional hockey, the hockey news conducted a poll of eminent hockey people to identify the 50 greatest hockey players of all time.
The first nhl season in which a player scored 100 points was the 196869 season. Its also available for football, basketball and baseball. They score by getting the puck and shooting it quickly and accurately. This list is included in the book the top 100 nhl players of alltime isbn 9780771041754 judges. But this doesnt excuse the omission of one of the most underrated and consistent players in league history. Jan 31, 2016 among the highest single season goal shares per game, mario lemieux had a goal share per game of 15. Two of the players on your list, michael ryder 99 and richard zednik 98 fell just shy.
So without further ado, here are your top goal scorers. He also won two rocket richard trophies as top goal scorer later in his career, with 58 goals in 199900 and 59 goals in 200001. It comes with practice, not only to work on your shot but also on putting yourself in a position to score. List of 100 greatest nhl players by the hockey news. Remember back to the 80s and early to mid 90s when nhl games were averaging 67 goals a game. Ovechkin gets nearly a 100 goal bump due to the sheer difficulty of the scoring environment he plays in, placing him inside of the top20 goal scorers in the history of the game. But the single game goal record is held by a man most hockey fans wouldnt recognize. From ostentatious scoring totals to unstoppable teams destined for championships, the nhl.
Join a live hosted trivia game for your favorite pub trivia experience done virtually. Scoring 50 goals in the nhl is a feat typically reserved for the games alltime great players. The top 100 nhl players of alltime hockey news, steve dryden on. Name every player who scored 50 goals in one nhl season. Dec 14, 2016 remember back to the 80s and early to mid 90s when nhl games were averaging 67 goals a game. All overtime in the nhl is sudden deathmeaning the first team to score is the winnerso the player who scores in overtime also has the gamewinning goal. Alex ovechkin is nhls greatest goal scorer of all time. Full text of the muhlenberg weekly 1986 1987 see other formats. Every day, well send you an email to your inbox with scores, todays schedule, top performers, new debuts and interesting tidbits. Find the top 100 nhl alltime goals leaders including past and present players. In honor of the nhls 100th year, the league compiled a list of the top100 players in its history, and ovechkin was one of six current nhlers to make the list, joining pittsburghs sidney. Of the top 20 goal scorers in the history of the nhl, only two played in fewer than 1,000 games.
Including the complete histroy and records for the pittsburgh penguins. For ice hockey players in the national hockey league nhl, scoring 500 regular season goals is considered a highly significant achievement as of the completion of the 201819 nhl season the 101st regular season of play of the national hockey league a total of 45 players have scored at least 500 regular season goals in their nhl career a 500 goal career was first achieved in 1957. The judges who helped make the selections for this list included writers, journalists, and broadcasters don cherry, john davidson, milt dunnell, stan. Most goals scored game fewest goals scored game most goals allowedgame fewest goals allowedgame. There has been 186 50 goal seasons in the nhl s 100 year history and wayne gretzky has nine of them. Nhl history attendance halls of fame playoff formats yearly playoff results rule book historical rule changes. Oct 14, 2019 can you name the players who have scored the most goals in nhl history. What brett hulls 86 goal season teaches us about todays nhl game. Top ten nhl goal scorers from 80s and 90s you forgot about.
Laine hit 100 goals in what is his 179th career regularseason game also adding 57 assists for 157 points, and eventually added another in. Patrick marleau, 4 corey perry, 4 nicklas backstrom, 4. Paul coffey aside from bobby orr, paul coffey is the most prolific offensive defenseman in nhl history. Aside from bobby orr, paul coffey is the most prolific offensive defenseman in nhl history. So many players during that period became great goal scorers. Recchi is among the leading scorers of all time, ranking 20th in goals 577, 15th in. The game finished 80, the biggest win in team history to that point. Alex ovechkin named one of nhls top100 players of all time.
Laine hits 100 goals before he can legally drink alcohol. Youngest 100 goal scorers through nhl history quiz by paul316. Bossy, a guy who has long been cited as the best pure goal scorer the world has seen, broke. Dec 08, 2016 can you name the nhl top 100 goal scorers from the 200001 to 200910 seasons. Mar 07, 2019 top 20 greatest scorers of all time 1. Top 100 point predictions for 2017 2018 nhl season. This is the hockey news top 100 national hockey league players of alltime. Esposito finished the season with 126 points, and two other players achieved 100 points that season. Now lists are never easy to compile, there will always be an argument for who is better than whom. Thornton is also the only nhl player in history to be traded in the same year as he won the art ross trophy as the nhls leading scorer.
Celebrate the nhl centennial with the top 100 hockey books. So we looked at the list of leading active goal scorers to see who might. For the nhls 100th season, a fanfriendly, argument starter of a book, compiling. Can you name the players who have scored the most goals in nhl history. Some believe, had he remained healthy, mario lemieux could have broken at least some of gretzkys records. Ovechkin scored 100 goals over the previous two seasons, and is on a pace for 57 this season. A 500goal career was first achieved in 195758, the 41st season of the nhl, when maurice richard scored his 500th goal in his 863rd game played. To the best of our knowledge there has never been an attempt to create an alltime record book that crosses all minor professional leagues. Sports quiz youngest 100 goal scorers through nhl history. Jan 11, 2016 capitals alex ovechkin makes history moment in scoring 500th goal. Highest shootout scoring percentage, season minimum. The most recent player to score 500 goals is patrick marleau who achieved it on february 2, 2017. Why the 1920s single game scoring record will stand.
The 25 most natural goal scorers in nhl history bleacher. The nhl has seen its fair share of prolific scorers. Dec 19, 20 in 199293, alexander mogilny had one of the most prolific goal scoring seasons in nhl history. Mike bossy is considered by many as the best pure goal scorer the nhl has ever seen. Three weeks ago i adjusted alex ovechkins goals to see how many he would have hypothetically had through the first 800 games of his career if he had played from 197989 a highscoring nhl era. It looks, briefly, at the top 100 moments in the leagues history. The nhl team with the most losses in one season is the 19921993 san jose sharks, with a record of 11712. Nhl, the nhl shield, the word mark and image of the stanley cup, the stanley cup playoffs logo, the stanley cup final logo, center. Michael jordan number of scoring seasons of 25 points or greater. There were some questionable omissions from the nhls top 100 players list. The hockey news is a newspaper that write about ice hockey. Test your knowledge on this sports quiz to see how you do and compare your score to others. Bill durnans nhl career spanned just seven seasons all with the canadiens between 1944 and 1950, but the toronto native certainly made his mark in nhl history.