NHL: 1922-1938; 16 seasons, 12 quality (by modern standards of PPG)
Totals:
270G (3rd All Time at his retirement),
190A (4th) for
460P (3rd) in
655 games (1st);
87.6 PS (5th)
Per Game:
Few players qualified for the PG leaderboards when Joliat retired. (He was 7th of 7 qualifying players in GPG at his retirement and didn’t qualify for the other two.) However, if the qualifier is set at 300 Games Played instead, at his retirement, Joliat was
9th in GPG,
22nd in APG and
11th in PPG
If the qualifier is raised to 500 games, he was
3rd in GPG
5th in APG and
4th in PPG
Joliat held the record for career games played from the 1936-37 season until the 1939-40 season
At his retirement, Joliat was 3rd All Time in Offensive Point Shares
Era: Of the 16 players to play in at least 500 games between 1922 and 1938, Joliat is
3rd in Goals, GPG, Points and OPS,
4th in Assists, PPG and PS,
5th in APG and
1st in Games
82-game average: 34G, 24A for 57P
3-year peak (1922-25): 30-game average of 23G, 10A for 34P
Playoffs: 9G, 13A for 22P in 25 games
Adjusted:
Hockey-Reference:
489G, 694A for 1183P
Adjusted 82-game average: 61G, 87A for 148P
Joliat is 7th All Time in GPG but does not qualify for APG or PPG
However, if the qualifier is set at 82 games, Joliat is 21st All Time in Adjusted PPG and if the qualifier is raised to300 games, he is 8th All Time; when it is raised to 500 games he is 3rd All Time
VsX:
406G, 508A for 830P [Numbers are adjusted separately)
82-game average*: 51G, 64A for 104P
Per Game: Crazy as it may seem, Joliat is not in the Top 25 of any PG leader-board
Top 5 Offensive Player (by Offensive Point Shares) three times (’25, ’28, ’34),
Top 10 six times (’24, ’26, ’33)
Top 10 Defensive Player (by Defensive Point Shares) once (’23)
Goals:
Leader-boards:
Top 5 in Goals four times,
Top 10 seven times
GPG Leader-boards :
Top 5 in GPG three times, Top 10 six times
Single-season totals:
Scored 30 goals once,
25 goals twice,
20 goals three times
Assists:
Leader-boards:
Top 5 in Assists four times,
Top 10 eight times
APG leader-boards:
Top 5 in APG twice,
Top 10 four times
Points:
Leader-boards:
Top 5 in Points four times,
Top 10 nine times
PPG leader-boards:
Led the league in PPG once,
Top 5 twice,
Top 10 nine times
All Star:
1st Team All Star once,
2nd Team three times.
VsX:
Best 7 Seasons:
Goals: 60th All Time
Assists: 130th All Time
Points: 83rd All Time
Best 10 Seasons:
Goals: 60th All Time
Assists: 159th All Time
Points: 90th All Time
Aurele Joliat’s Great Teams
NHL:
Best Skater (by Points) on one NHL/Stanley Cup Final Four (’29 Canadiens),
Best Forward? (by points) on one NHL/Stanley Cup Final Four (’27 Canadiens),
Top 3 Forward (led the NHL playoffs in assists) on one Stanley Cup Champion (’24 Canadiens),
Top 3 Forward (by points) on one Stanley Cup Runner Up (’25 Canadiens), one NHL Runner Up (’23 Canadiens) and three NHL/Stanley Cup Final Fours (’28, ’32, ’37 Canadiens),
Top 6 Forward (led the the playoffs in assists) on one NHL/Stanley Cup Champion (’31 Canadiens),
Top 6 Forward (by points) on one NHL/Stanley Cup Champion (’30 Canadiens)