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Edmonton Oilers Era-Adjusted Leading Scorers

Through 33 years of Oilers hockey in the NHL, how do the Oilers' leading scorers stack up?

By Derek Zona
Photo by Kmf164, via Wikimedia Commons

While walking through some comparables during our Top 25 Under 25 Countdown, a couple of commenters asked about other historical seasons and how they compared after being adjusted.  We'll kick it off with 33 years of Oilers' history, comparing each of their leading scorers to see how they stack up.

The gist is this: adjust each season as if there were an average of 6 goals scored per game and each team played 82 games each season.  Unlike the comparables I did with Gagner, Hall and Eberle, I did not adjust each player's output to 82 games played, but kept it proportional the actual number of games played each season.

Yeah Player Adj. GP Adj. Points
1979-80 Wayne Gretzky 81 120
1980-81 Wayne Gretzky 82 131
1981-82 Wayne Gretzky 82 162
1982-83 Wayne Gretzky 82 156
1983-84 Wayne Gretzky 76 160
1984-85 Wayne Gretzky 82 165
1985-86 Wayne Gretzky 82 167
1986-87 Wayne Gretzky 81 153
1987-88 Wayne Gretzky 66 123
1988-89 Jari Kurri 78 84
1989-90 Mark Messier 81 108
1990-91 Esa Tikkanen 81 61
1991-92 Vincent Damphousse 82 79
1992-93 Petr Klima 66 39
1993-94 Doug Weight 82 67
1994-95 Doug Weight 82 69
1995-96 Doug Weight 82 99
1996-97 Doug Weight 80 84
1997-98 Doug Weight 79 80
1998-99 Bill Guerin 80 73
1999-00 Doug Weight 77 79
2000-01 Doug Weight 82 98
2001-02 Mike Comrie 82 69
2002-03 Ryan Smyth 66 69
2003-04 Ryan Smyth 82 69
2005-06 Ales Hemsky 81 76
2006-07 Ryan Smyth 53 55

Ales Hemsky 64 55

Petr Sykota 82 55
2007-08 Ales Hemsky 74 78
2008-09 Ales Hemsky 72 70
2009-10 Dustin Penner 82 68
2010-11 Jordan Eberle 69 47
2011-12 Jordan Eberle 78 86
2012-13 Taylor Hall 77 97

More: Gagner's Era-Adjusted Comparables Hall's Era-Adjusted Comparables Eberle's Era-Adjusted Comparables