Who carried the decade. Every season is scored against its own league with VAL, so a player is measured against the peers he actually faced, never against a different era's scoring environment.
C · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1971 (24.2)
C · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1976 (20.4)
C · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1972 (19)
R · 8 seasons in the decade · best 1977 (24.5)
C · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1978 (20)
C · 8 seasons in the decade · best 1979 (23.3)
C · 9 seasons in the decade · best 1976 (20.1)
C · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1970 (18.5)
C · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1976 (16.1)
C · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1975 (20.2)
C · 9 seasons in the decade · best 1978 (22.8)
D · 7 seasons in the decade · best 1975 (23.2)
G · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1974 (19.2)
R · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1976 (19.3)
L · 9 seasons in the decade · best 1971 (22.2)
R · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1972 (17.6)
L · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1974 (17.6)
R · 9 seasons in the decade · best 1972 (20.6)
D · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1972 (16.9)
C · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1973 (16.8)
C · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1970 (16.2)
R · 9 seasons in the decade · best 1971 (21.3)
L · 8 seasons in the decade · best 1975 (17.4)
C · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1977 (16.6)
C · 9 seasons in the decade · best 1976 (17.7)
Decade VAL is the sum of a player's VAL across the decade's seasons. How VAL works.
| # | Player | Season | VAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guy Lafleur | 1977 | 24.5 |
| 2 | Phil Esposito | 1971 | 24.2 |
| 3 | Guy Lafleur | 1979 | 24.1 |
| 4 | Guy Lafleur | 1978 | 23.9 |
| 5 | Phil Esposito | 1974 | 23.7 |
| 6 | Guy Lafleur | 1976 | 23.6 |
| 7 | Marcel Dionne | 1979 | 23.3 |
| 8 | Phil Esposito | 1972 | 23.2 |
| 9 | Bobby Orr | 1975 | 23.2 |
| 10 | Mike Bossy | 1979 | 23.1 |
VAL player-seasons in the corpus for each year of the decade.