List of career achievements by Gordie Howe

Howe's star on Canada's Walk of Fame in 2009

This is a list of career achievements by Gordie Howe in the National Hockey League and World Hockey Association. Gordie Howe held many records upon his retirement in 1980.

Records

Most NHL regular season games played: 1,767^[1]
Most NHL regular season games played with a single team: 1,687^[1]
Most NHL and WHA regular season games played: 2,186
Most NHL and WHA regular season and playoff games played: 2,421
Most NHL seasons played: 26 (tied with Chris Chelios)^[1]
Most NHL and WHA seasons played: 32
Most NHL regular season goals by a right winger: 801
Most NHL regular season points by a right winger: 1,850
Most NHL regular season points by a father/son combo (with son Mark): 2,592
Most consecutive NHL 20-goal seasons: 22 (1949–1971)
First player to score over 1000 goals (WHA and NHL, regular season and playoff combined)
First player to reach 1,500 games played in NHL history.
Most times leading NHL playoffs in scoring (six times)
Oldest player to play in NHL: 52 years, 11 days (no other player has played past the age of 48)
First in Red Wings history in points, goals and games played, second in assists
Most NHL All-Star Game appearances: 23

Career statistics

			Regular season					Playoffs
Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1945–46	Omaha Knights	USHL	51	22	26	48	53	6	2	1	3	15
1946–47	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	58	7	15	22	52	5	0	0	0	18
1947–48	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	60	16	28	44	63	10	1	1	2	11
1948–49	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	40	12	25	37	57	11	8	3	11	19
1949–50	Detroit Red Wings*	NHL	70	35	33	68	69	1	0	0	0	7
1950–51	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	70	43	43	86	74	6	4	3	7	4
1951–52	Detroit Red Wings*	NHL	70	47	39	86	78	8	2	5	7	2
1952–53	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	70	49	46	95	57	6	2	5	7	2
1953–54	Detroit Red Wings*	NHL	70	33	48	81	109	12	4	5	9	31
1954–55	Detroit Red Wings*	NHL	64	29	33	62	68	11	9	11	20	24
1955–56	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	70	38	41	79	100	10	3	9	12	8
1956–57	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	70	44	45	89	72	5	2	5	7	6
1957–58	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	64	33	44	77	40	4	1	1	2	0
1958–59	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	70	32	46	78	57	—	—	—	—	—
1959–60	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	70	28	45	73	46	6	1	5	6	4
1960–61	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	64	23	49	72	30	11	4	11	15	10
1961–62	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	70	33	44	77	54	—	—	—	—	—
1962–63	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	70	38	48	86	100	11	7	9	16	22
1963–64	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	69	26	47	73	70	14	9	10	19	16
1964–65	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	70	29	47	76	104	7	4	2	6	20
1965–66	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	70	29	46	75	83	12	4	6	10	12
1966–67	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	69	25	40	65	53	—	—	—	—	—
1967–68	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	74	39	43	82	53	—	—	—	—	—
1968–69	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	76	44	59	103	58	—	—	—	—	—
1969–70	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	76	31	40	71	58	4	2	0	2	2
1970–71	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	63	23	29	52	38	—	—	—	—	—
1973–74	Houston Aeros	WHA	70	31	69	100	46	13	3	14	17	34
1974–75	Houston Aeros	WHA	75	34	65	99	84	13	8	12	20	20
1975–76	Houston Aeros	WHA	78	32	70	102	76	17	4	8	12	31
1976–77	Houston Aeros	WHA	62	24	44	68	57	11	5	3	8	11
1977–78	New England Whalers	WHA	76	34	62	96	85	14	5	5	10	15
1978–79	New England Whalers	WHA	58	19	24	43	51	10	3	1	4	4
1979–80	Hartford Whalers	NHL	80	15	26	41	42	3	1	1	2	2
1997–98	Detroit Vipers	IHL	1	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
NHL totals			1767	801	1049	1850	1685	157	68	92	160	220
WHA totals			419	174	334	508	399	78	28	43	71	115
Minor league totals			52	22	26	48	53	6	2	1	3	15

* Stanley Cup Champion

Bolded means led league

Awards

23-time NHL All-Star^[2]
12-time NHL First All-Star Team
9-time NHL Second All-Star Team
4-time Stanley Cup champion (1950, 1952, 1954, 1955)
6-time Art Ross Trophy winner (1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1957, 1963)
6-time Hart Memorial Trophy – 1952, 1953, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1963
Lester B. Patrick Award winner (1967)
Lionel Conacher Award (1963)
Hockey Hall of Fame (1972)
2-time Avco World Trophy winner (1974, 1975)
Gary L. Davidson Trophy winner (1974)
2-time WHA All-Star.
Top 5 in NHL scoring for 20 consecutive seasons^[3]
Most games played for a single franchise (1,967, Detroit Red Wings)
Most goals and points with a single franchise (786 and 1,809, respectively, Detroit)
Most NHL games played (1767)
Oldest NHL player at time of retirement (52), and oldest player to play in an NHL game, also only player to play in the NHL after age 50
Only player to play in the NHL in five different decades (1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s)
Upon his retirement in 1980, the last NHL player to have played in the league in both the 1940s & 1950s (the latter shared with teammate Bobby Hull)
NHL Lifetime Achievement Award winner (2008)
His #9 has been honoured or retired by these teams:
- Detroit Red Wings #9 (retired; played from 1946–1971)
- New England/Hartford Whalers/Carolina Hurricanes (retired, played from 1977–1980 while franchise was in Hartford; Hurricanes honour his number but no banner hangs in the PNC Arena, as Howe never played there)
- Houston Aeros (AHL) (retired; Howe played for the Houston Aeros (WHA) from 1973–1977)
In 1998, he was ranked #3 on The Hockey News' list of the 100 Greatest Hockey Players, the highest-ranking right wing on the list.
In 2010, he was inducted into the World Hockey Association Hall of Fame as a member of “The Howe Family” (including Gordie, Mark, Marty, and Colleen Howe).

Honors

Order of Canada (1971)^[4]
Canada's Sports Hall of Fame (1975)
Canada's Walk of Fame (2000)
Honorary Doctor of Laws, University of Saskatchewan (2010)

References

1 2 3 Frederick, Shane (2013). The Ultimate Collection of Pro Hockey Records. Capstone Press. pp. 24–25.
↑ "All-Star Game individual records". USA TODAY. Gannett Co. Inc. 2002-01-31. Retrieved 2008-05-12.
↑ MacSkimming, Roy (2003) [1994]. "1". Gordie: a hockey legend (2nd ed.). Canada: Greystone Books. p. 14. ISBN 1-55054-719-4.
↑ "37 Canadians Feted, Including Gordie Howe". Windsor Star. 30 October 1971. p. 2. Retrieved 9 July 2012.

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