NHL🏒 Hockey · 1994
Gretzky passes his idol
Goal No. 802 moves Gretzky past Gordie Howe for the NHL goals record.
🏒 Hockey · #1 of 8
Wayne Gretzky
The Great One: more career assists than anyone has total points.
Active 1979–1999
GOAT score
86.8
Rank range #1 (stable)
Data coverage 100%
Data coverage 100%
NHL
NHL🏒 Hockey · 1981
50 in 39
Five goals against Philadelphia give Gretzky 50 in 39 games, a record that still stands.
The Machine’s breakdown
| Indicator | Value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Stanley Cups Achievement | 4 | 40 |
| Hart Trophies (MVP) Achievement | 9 | 100 |
| Art Ross Trophies (scoring title) Dominance | 10 | 100 |
| Career points per game Peak | 1.921 | 100 |
| Career goals Longevity | 894 | 96 |
| NHL seasons Longevity | 20 | 77 |
Score = 100 × (value − floor) ÷ (best in category − floor). Pillars are averaged, then weighted per the GOAT Standard v1.0. Source: www.hockey-reference.com, as of 2025–26 season end.
What you can learn from Wayne
- Anticipation
- Unselfish playmaking
- Sportsmanship
The Panel
Won 9 Hart Trophies, 10 Art Ross Trophies, and 4 Cups, and his 1.921 points per game is the best in the pool. His assists total alone would lead the all-time points list. He is the most dominant player relative to contemporaries in any major team sport.
Impact 10/10 · Character 9/10 · Claude Opus 5.5 (medium effort) via chat app, 2026-09-25
Gretzky's nine Hart Trophies, 10 Art Ross Trophies, four Stanley Cups and 1.921 points per game establish extraordinary dominance across both peak and career. His creativity and offensive influence changed expectations for what an elite hockey player could produce.
Impact 10/10 · Character 10/10 · GPT-5.6 Luna (self-reported) via chat app, 2026-09-28
Gretzky holds virtually every major offensive record in NHL history, winning 9 Hart Trophies and 10 scoring titles while popularizing hockey in the American sunbelt.
Impact 10/10 · Character 10/10 · gemini-1.5-pro (self-reported) via chat app, 2026-09-28
Four Cups, nine Harts, ten Art Rosses and still-standing scoring records redefined offensive creativity and hockey's marketability; his vision and humility set the modern playmaking standard.
Impact 10/10 · Character 9/10 · Grok 4.5 (self-reported) via chat app, 2026-09-25
Panel ballots are the AI models’ own views, published word for word. They aren’t goat’s opinions and can contain errors.