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Is Maurice Richard the Greatest Goal Scorer of All Time?

Career

NHL: 1942-60; 18 seasons, 16 quality
Totals:
- 544G (1st All Time at his retirement[1. The career record holder until 1963]),
- 421A (3rd) for
- 965P (2nd[2. Richard was the NHL’s career leader in points from 1953-54 until 1959-60]) in 9
- 78 games (2nd);
- 125.3 PS (2nd)
Richard is 13th All Time in GPG[3. At his retirement he was 12th – minimum 500 games] and, at his retirement, he was 19th in PPG[4. Minimum 500 games and also he was 1st All Time briefly during the 1951-52 season]
At his retirement, Richard was 2nd All Time in Offensive Point Shares[5. Richard was the career leader in Offensive Point Shares from the 1956-57 season to the next season]
Era: Richard is 1st in Goals, GPG, Points, PPG, OPS, PS and Games, 3rd in Assists and APG[6. Of the 5 players to play in at least 850 games between 1942 and 1960, as only two players played 950 games and only three played in 900 games during that span]
82-game average: 46G, 35A for 81P
3-year peak (1943-46): 50-game average of 37G, 23A for 60P
Playoffs:
- 82G (8th All Time),[7. Richard held the career record in playoff goals from 1947 until 1986]
- 44A for
- 126P[8. Richard held the career record in playoff points from 1951 until 1964] in
- 133 games
- Richard is currently 4th All Time in playoff GPG[9. Richard held the career playoff GPG record from 1946 until 1956 and again from 1957 until 1981][10. Richard held the career playoff PPG record from 1949 until 1952]
Adjusted:
- Hockey Reference:
  - 653G (9th All Time), 576A for 1229P (25th)
  - Adjusted 82-game average: 55G, 48A for 103P
  - If the qualifier is set at 500 games, Richard is 24th All Time in Adjusted PPG[11. If the qualifier is set to 750 games, Richard is 4th All Time]
- VsX:
Never traded.

Doug Bentley

Doug Bentley’s Career

NHL: 1939-44; 1945-52; 1953-54; 13 seasons, 10 quality
Totals:
- 219G (18th All Time at his retirement),
- 324A (4th) for
- 543P (6th) in
- 566 games;
- 48.9 PS
At his retirement, Bentley was 8th All Time in GPG, 3rd in APG, and 4th in PPG
Era: Bentley is 5th in Goals, 3rd in GPG, 2nd in Assists, APG and PPG, 4th in Points, 6th in OPS, 10th in PS and 16th in Games[2. Of the 18 players to play in at least 550 games between 1939 and 1954]
82-game average: 32G, 47A for 79P
3-year peak (1942-46): 48-game average of 31G, 35A for 66P
Playoffs: 9G, 8A for 17P in 23 games
Adjusted:
- Hockey Reference:
  - 260G, 468A for 728P
  - Adjusted 82-game average: 38G, 68A for 105P
  - If the qualifier is set to 500 games, Bentley is 21st All Time in Adjusted PPG
- VsX:
Traded once at the very end of his career.

Alexander Ovechkin

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Eddie Shore

Career

NHL: 1926-40; 14 seasons, 11 quality[1. By Defensive Point Shares]
Totals:
- 105G,
- 179A (7th All Time at his retirement) for
- 284P (21st) in
- 550 Games (13th),
- 51.4 PS (4th)
At his retirement, Shore was 21st in GPG, 4th in APG and 12th in PPG[2. Minimum 500 games – 25 qualifying players]
At his retirement, Shore was 10th All Time in Offensive Point Shares and 3rd in Defensive Point Shares
Era: Shore is 8th in Goals, GPG and Points, 3rd in Assists, 1st in APG and DPS,[3. Ahead by over 17 DPS] 6th in PPG, 5th in OPS, 2nd in PS and 10th in Games[4. Of the 10 skaters to play in at least 550 games between 1926 and 1940]
82-game average: 16G, 27A for 43P
3-year peak (1928-31): 44-game average of 14G, 15A for 28P
Playoffs: 7G, 12A for 19P in 55 games
Adjusted:
- Hockey-Reference:
  - 196G, 525A for 721P
  - Adjusted 82-game average: 29G, 78A for 107P
  - Per game: Shore is 18th All Time in Adjusted PPG if the requirement is set at 500 games
- VsX:
Traded once in the NHL at the end of his career.

Francis King Clancy

King Clancy’s Career

NHL: 1921-37; 16 seasons, 15 quality
Totals:
- 136G (23rd All Time at his retirement),
- 147A (7th) for
- 283P (13th) in
- 592 games (2nd – Clancy was the career leader in Games Played from the 1934-35 season to the next season);
- 104. 3 PS (1st)
Clancy was 10th All Time in GPG, 8th in APG and 10th in PPG at his retirement (if the qualifier is set to 500 games, 15 qualifying players, as Clancy doesn’t qualify for the leaderboards)
At his retirement, Clancy was 1st All Time in Defensive Point Shares
Era: Of the 14 skaters to play in at least 500 games between 1921 and 1937, Clancy is
- 7th in Goals,
- 9th in GPG and PPG,
- 6th in Assists and OPS,
- 8th in APG and Points,
- 1st in DPS and PS,
- 2nd in Games
82-game average: 19G, 21A for 40P
3-year peak (1927-30): 44-game average of 13G, 11A for 24P
Playoffs: 8G, 8A for 16P in 55 games
Adjusted: 247G, 550A for 797P
Adjusted 82-game average: 34G, 76A for 110P
Trades:
- Traded at 27 to the Leafs for Eric Pettinger (26), Art Smith (23) and $35,000 – our 11th Best Maple Leafs Trade of All Time

Sidney Crosby

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Marty Barry

Marty Barry’s Career

NHL: 1927-28; 1929-40; 12 seasons, 10 quality[1. By modern PPG standards)]
Totals:
- 195G (11th All Time at his retirement),
- 192A (4th) for
- 387P (6th) in
- 509 games (22nd);
- 57.6 PS (15th)
At his retirement, Barry was 10th All Time in GPG, 4th in APG and 8th in PPG[2. Minimum 300 games]
At his retirement, Barry was 8th All Time in Offensive Point Shares
Era: Barry is 3rd in Goals and OPS, 2nd in GPG, Points and PPG, 1st in Assists and APG, 5th in PS and 12th in Games[3. Of the 14 players to play in at least 500 games between 1927 and 1940]
82-game average: 31G, 31A for 62P
3-year peak (1934-37): 44 game average of 18G, 20A for 38P
Playoffs: 15G, 18A for 33P in 43 games
Adjusted:
- Hockey-Reference:
  - 339G, 445A for 784P
  - Adjusted 82-game average: 55G, 72A for 126P
  - Per Game:
- VsX:
Traded once, left unprotected once.

Charlie Conacher

Career

NHL: 1929-1941; 12 seasons, 10 quality
Totals:
- 225G (6th All Time at his retirement),
- 173A (15th) for
- 398P (6th) in
- 459 games;
- 66.6 PS (10th)
At his retirement, Conacher was 3rd in GPG, 7th in APG and 2nd in PPG[1. Minimum 300 games]
At his retirement, Conacher was 5th All Time in Offensive Point Shares
Era: Conacher is 1st in Goals, GPG, Points, PPG and OPS, 6th in Assists, 3rd in APG and PS, and 16th in Games[2. Of the 37 players to play in 400 games between 1929 and 1941]
82-game average: 40G, 31A for 71P
3-year peak (1933-36): 48-game average of 33G, 20A for 53P
Playoffs: 17G, 18A for 35P in 49 games
Conacher briefly shared the record for career playoff goals at the end of the 1939-40 season
Conacher held the record for career playoff APG from 1939 until the 1944 playoffs
Adjusted: 393G, 399A for 792P
Adjusted 82-game average: 70G, 71A for 141P
If the qualifier is set at 300 games, Conacher is 10th All Time in Adjusted PPG
Traded twice at the end of his career.

Aurele Joliat

Aurele Joliat’s Career

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
Traded into the NHL.

Bill Cook

Bill Cook’s Career

1926-1937; 11 seasons, 9 quality (by modern PPG standards)
Totals:
- 229G (5th All Time at his retirement),
- 138A (12th) for
- 367P (5th) in
- 474 games (19th);
- 72.5 PS (7th)
At his retirement, Cook was 5th All Time in GPG, 15th in APG and 9th in PPG
At his retirement, Cook was 4th in OPS
Era: For players to play at least 300 games between 1926 and 1937 Cook is
- 2nd in Goals,
- 3rd in GPG,
- 11th in Assists,
- 15th in APG,
- 4th in Points,
- 8th in PPG,
- 3rd in Offensive Point Shares,
- 5th in Point Shares and
- 11th in Games
82-game average: 40G, 24A for 63P
3-year peak (1929-32): 44-game average of 30G, 18A for 49P
Playoffs: 13G, 11A for 24P in 46 games
Adjusted:
- Hockey-Reference:
  - 422G, 450A for 872P
  - Adjusted 82-game average: 73G, 78A for 151P
  - Per Game:
    - Cook is 5th All Time in Adjusted GPG
    - Cook doesn’t meet the qualifiers for APG or PPG but if the qualifier is set to 82-games, Cook is 18th All Time in Adjusted PPG (If the qualifier is raised to 300 he is 6th All Time)
VsX:
- Goals: 452
- Assists: Doesn’t qualify (855-452=403)
- Points: 855
- Per Game:
  - 4th All Time in GPG
  - Doesn’t qualify for APG
  - 3rd All Time in PPG
Traded into the NHL for money.