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Brent BurnsvsJohnny Bucyk

Regular-season careers from the StatVault encyclopedia — the same tables as each player's profile.

D · VAL group SKATER

Brent Burns

2004–2027 · 23 seasons

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L · VAL group SKATER

Johnny Bucyk

1956–1978 · 23 seasons

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At a glance

Brent Burns and Johnny Bucyk: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Brent Burns	Stat	Johnny Bucyk
23	Seasons	23
164.1	Career VAL	172.2
16.4 (2017)	Peak-season VAL	18.6 (1971)
—	Hall of Fame	Inducted 1981
0	Black ink (league-leading seasons)	0
2	Gray ink (top-10 finishes)	15

VAL is Value Above League — regular-season production measured against the league at the same position group (NHL VAL board). Black and gray ink count seasons from 1960 on.

Career regular season

Career regular-season statistics both Brent Burns and Johnny Bucyk have
Brent Burns	Stat	Johnny Bucyk
Career
1,585	Games	1,540
Skating
273	Goals	556
675	Assists	813
948	Points	1,369
88	Power-play goals	159
47	Game-winning goals	92
889

VAL by ageEach season plotted at the player's age that season, so careers line up by age rather than by calendar.

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Age	Brent Burns	Johnny Bucyk
18	0	—
20	0.9	0.3
21	4.5	0.6
22	8	5.1
23	3.4	9.5
24	1.7	6.2
25	7.4	1.8
26	6	5.4
27	3.7	7
28	11.3	6.5
29	10.2	5.7
30	14.1	8.7
31	16.4	5.5
32	9.7	10
33	16.3	7
34	7	10.3
35	3.5	18.6
36	8.3	11.6
37	12.6	15.1
38	8.4	9.8
39	4.4	10.2
40	6.3	12.1
41	—	5.2
42	—	0