Bradman - The single most dominant sportsman of all time. No-one has ever put such a gap between the best in a sport and second best statistically.
the National Hockey League ranks players with "points," meaning goals scored & assists combined.
Wayne Gretzky has 894 career goals, 1,963 career assists for 2,857 career points... #1 in all three cateogries all time.
Mark Messier is second all time in career points with 1,887.
If Wayne Gretzky had never scored a single goal in his NHL career he would still be the all time point leader by 76 points based on his assists alone.
Only one player in NHL history has scored 200 points in a season... Wayne Gretzky... and he did it 4 times.
The record for points in a season prior to Wayne Gretzky was 152 by Phil Esposito, one of the greats of the sports. Gretzky had more than 152 points in a single season NINE times.
Only three players have had 100 assists in a single season... Bobby Orr, Mario Lemieux and Wayne Gretzky. Orr and Lemieux did it once each. Gretzky did it eleven times.
7 of the 8 greatest statistical seasons in the history of the NHL belong to Wayne Gretzky, 9 of the top 11.
i could go on, but i won't. if you want to read more, here's more.
List of career achievements by Wayne Gretzky - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
and i'd also like to add that i am not a hockey fan.