REGULAR SEASON RECORDS (40)
GOALS (6)
MOST GOALS: 894 (1,485 games)
MOST GOALS, INCLUDING PLAYOFFS: 1,016 -- 894 regular season and 122 playoff
MOST GOALS, ONE SEASON: 92 – 1981-82, 80-game schedule
MOST GOALS, ONE SEASON, INCLUDING PLAYOFFS: 100 – 1983-84, 87 goals in 74 regular season games and 13 goals in 19 playoff games.
MOST GOALS, 50 GAMES FROM START OF SEASON: 61 – 1981-82 (Oct. 7, 1981 to Jan. 22, 1982, 80-game schedule); 1983-84 (Oct. 5, 1983 to Jan. 25,1984, 80-game schedule
MOST GOALS, ONE PERIOD: 4 – (Tied with 10 other players) Feb. 18, 1981, at Edmonton, third period (Edmonton 9, St. Louis 2)
ASSISTS (6)
MOST ASSISTS: 1,962 (1,485 games)
MOST ASSISTS, INCLUDING PLAYOFFS: 2,222 – 1,962 regular season and 260 playoff
MOST ASSISTS, ONE SEASON: 163 – 1985-86, 80-game schedule
MOST ASSISTS, ONE SEASON, INCLUDING PLAYOFFS: 174 – 1985-86, 163 assists in 80 regular season games and 11 assists in 10 playoff games
MOST ASSISTS, ONE GAME: 7 – (tied with Billy Taylor) done three times – Feb. 15, 1980 at Edmonton (Edmonton 8, Washington 2); Dec. 11, 1985 at Chicago (Edmonton 12, Chicago 9); Feb. 14, 1986 at Edmonton (Edmonton 8, Quebec 2)
MOST ASSISTS, ONE ROAD GAME: 7 (tied with Billy Taylor) – Dec. 11, 1985 at Chicago (Edmonton 12, Chicago 9)
POINTS (4)
MOST POINTS: 2,856 –1,485 games (894 goals, 1,962 assists)
MOST POINTS, INCLUDING PLAYOFFS: 3,238 – 2,856 regular season and 382 playoff
MOST POINTS, ONE SEASON: 215 – 1985-86, 80-game schedule
MOST POINTS, ONE SEASON, INCLUDING PLAYOFFS: 255 – 1984-85; 208 points in 80 regular season games and 47 points in 18 playoff games
OVERTIME SCORING (1)
MOST OVERTIME ASSISTS, CAREER: 15
SCORING BY A CENTER (6)
MOST GOALS BY A CENTER, CAREER: 894
MOST GOALS BY A CENTER, ONE SEASON: 92 – 1981-82, 80-game schedule
MOST ASSISTS BY A CENTER, CAREER: 1,962
MOST ASSISTS BY A CENTER, ONE SEASON: 163 – 1985-86, 80-game schedule
MOST POINTS BY A CENTER, CAREER: 2,856
MOST POINTS BY A CENTER, ONE SEASON: 215 – 1985-86, 80-game schedule
SCORING BY A ROOKIE (1)
MOST ASSISTS BY A PLAYER IN HIS FIRST NHL SEASON: 7 – Feb. 15, 1980, at Edmonton (Edmonton 8, Washington 2)
PER-GAME SCORING AVERAGES (4)
HIGHEST GOALS-PER-GAME AVERAGE, ONE SEASON: 1.18 – 1983-84, 87 goals in 74 games
HIGHEST ASSISTS-PER-GAME AVERAGE, CAREER (300 MIN.): 1.321 – 1,962 assists in 1,485 games
HIGHEST ASSISTS-PER-GAME AVERAGE, ONE SEASON: 2.04 – 1985-86, 163 assists in 80 games
HIGHEST POINTS-PER-GAME AVERAGE, ONE SEASON (AMONG PLAYERS WITH 50-OR-MORE POINTS): 2.77 – 1983-84, 205 points in 74 games
SCORING PLATEAUS (12)
MOST 40-OR-MORE GOAL SEASONS: 12 in 20 seasons
MOST CONSECUTIVE 40-OR-MORE GOAL SEASONS: 12 – 1979-80 to 1990-91
MOST 50-OR-MORE GOAL SEASONS: 9 (tied with Mike Bossy) – Gretzky in 20 seasons and Bossy in 10 seasons
MOST 60-OR-MORE GOAL SEASONS: 5 (tied with Mike Bossy) – Gretzky in 20 seasons and Mike Bossy in 10 seasons
MOST CONSECUTIVE 60-OR-MORE GOAL SEASONS: 4 – 1981-82 to 1984-85
MOST 100-OR-MORE POINT SEASONS: 15
MOST CONSECUTIVE 100-OR-MORE POINT SEASONS: 13 – 1979-80 to 1991-92
MOST THREE-OR-MORE GOAL GAMES, CAREER: 50 – 37 three-goal games; nine four-goal games; four five-goal games
MOST THREE-GOALGAMES, ONE SEASON: 10 (done twice) – 1981-82 (six three-goal games; three four-goal games; one five-goal game) and 1983-84 (six three-goal games, four four-goal games)
LONGEST CONSECUTIVE ASSIST-SCORING STREAK: 23 games – 1990-91, 48 assists
LONGEST CONSECUTIVE POINT-SCORING STREAK: 51 Games – 1983-84 (Oct. 5, 1983 to Jan. 28, 1984, 61goals, 92 assists for 153 points)
LONGEST CONSECUTIVE POINT-SCORING STREAK FROM START OF SEASON: 51 – 1983-84; 61 goals, 92 assists for 153 points (Oct. 5, 1983 to Jan. 28, 1984)
INDIVIDUAL PLAYOFF RECORDS (7)
MOST PLAYOFF GOALS, CAREER: 122
MOST ASSISTS IN PLAYOFFS, CAREER: 260
MOST ASSISTS, ONE PLAYOFF YEAR: 31 – 1988 (19 games)
MOST ASSISTS IN ONE SERIES (OTHER THAN FINAL): 14 – (tied with Rick Middleton) 1985 Conference Finals (six games vs. Chicago)
MOST ASSISTS IN FINAL SERIES: 10 – 1988 (four games, plus suspended game vs. Boston)
MOST ASSISTS, ONE PLAYOFF GAME: 6 – (tied with Mikko Leinonen) April 9, 1987 at Edmonton (Edmonton 13, Los Angeles 3)
MOST ASSISTS, ONE PLAYOFF PERIOD: 3 -- Three assists by one player in one period of a playoff game has been recorded on 70 occasions. Gretzky has had three assists in one period five times. (Ray Bourque, three times; Toe Blake, Jean Beliveau, Doug Harvey and Bobby Orr, twice.)
PLAYOFF POINTS (4)
MOST POINTS, CAREER: 382 – 122 goals and 260 assists
MOST POINTS, ONE PLAYOFF YEAR: 47 – 1985 (17 goals and 30 assists in 18 games)
MOST POINTS IN FINAL SERIES: 13 – 1988 three goals and 10 assists (four games plus suspended game vs. Boston, three goals)
MOST POINTS, ONE PLAYOFF PERIOD: 4 – (tied with nine other players) April 12, 1987 at Los Angeles, third period, one goal, three assists (Edmonton 6, Los Angeles 3)
PLAYOFF SHORTHAND GOALS (2)
MOST SHORTHANDED GOALS, ONE PLAYOFF YEAR: 3 – (tied with five other players) 1983 (two vs. Winnipeg in Division Semi-Finals, won by Edmonton, 3-0; one vs. Calgary in Division Finals, won by Edmonton 4-1)
MOST SHORT-HANDED GOALS, ONE PLAYOFF GAME: 2 – (tied with eight other players) April 6, 1983 at Edmonton (Edmonton 6, Winnipeg 3)
PLAYOFF GAME-WINNING GOALS (1)
MOST GAME-WINNING GOALS IN PLAYOFFS, CAREER: 24
PLAYOFF THREE-OR-MORE GOAL GAMES (1)
MOST THREE-OR-MORE GOAL GAMES: 10 (eight three-goal games, two four-goal games)
NHL ALL-STAR GAME GOALS (3)
MOST ALL-STAR GAME GOALS: 13 (in 18 games played)
MOST ALL-STAR GAME GOALS, ONE GAME: 4 – (tied with three players) 1983 Campbell Conference
MOST ALL-STAR GAME GOALS, ONE PERIOD: 4 – 1983 Campbell Conference, third period
NHL ALL-STAR GAME ASSISTS (1)
MOST ALL-STAR GAME ASSISTS, CAREER: 12 – (tied with four players)
NHL ALL-STAR GAME POINTS (2)
MOST ALL-STAR GAME POINTS, CAREER: 25 – (13 goals, 12 assists in 18 games)
MOST ALL-STAR GAME POINTS, ONE PERIOD: 4 – (tied with Mike Gartner and Adam Oates) 1983 Campbell Conference, third period (four goals)
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