RNHL🏛 Hall of Fame · 1972 📈 Late Developer · 1969

Gordie Howe

6'0" · 205 lbsBorn March 31, 19281947–1980NHL.com ↗

NHL Stats

Career Snapshot

Sport-specific career totals from the active profile tables, with VAL shown whenever the sport has a value file.

NHL profile

Peak 3Y VAL

16.4

1952, 1953, 1969 avg

Career VAL

280.1

Value Above League

Games

1,767

Goals

801

Assists

1,049

Points

1,850

Playoff VAL

164.5

postseason

Career Shape

Compiler

18% in peak 3y

All-time standings

Career boards only, within NHL

On the NHL Career Dominance board — top-25 in more than one all-time category at once.

Cross-sport prominence: 99.9th percentile among NHL careers — a within-sport percentile, because career value is not comparable across sports.

Franchise face

Etched into the franchise monument

#2 · Detroit Red Wings301.6 legacy · 96% attributed career shareVAL × verified franchise tenure, with bounded honors evidence

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On the boards· Appears on 7 boards

Similar careers

Players whose careers had the same shape — total value, peak, best three-season stretch, length and when the value came — measured with VAL against their own leagues.

Where this data comes from

Rosters, bio, draft details, and season/career totals come directly from the NHL's own official public API.

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Methodology · Trust Center

Season	Age	Team	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG	SOG	S%	VAL
1947	18–19	Detroit Red Wings	58	7	15	22	—	52	0	0	0	—	—	1.6
1948	19–20	Detroit Red Wings	60	16	28	44	—	63	1	1	2	—	—	5.6
1949	20–21	Detroit Red Wings	40	12	25	37	—	57	2	0	2	—	—	5.3
1950	21–22	Detroit Red Wings	70	35	33	68	—	69	5	0	4	—	—	9.8
1951	22–23	Detroit Red Wings	70	43	43	86	—	74	5	0	9	—	—	14.3
1952	23–24	Detroit Red Wings	70	47	39	86	—	78	5	1	10	—	—	14.3
1953	24–25	Detroit Red Wings	70	49	46	95	—	57	11	1	6	—	—	16.3
1954	25–26	Detroit Red Wings	70	33	48	81	—	109	15	0	8	—	—	11.8
1955	26–27	Detroit Red Wings	64	29	33	62	—	68	7	2	5	—	—	9.9
1956	27–28	Detroit Red Wings	70	38	41	79	—	100	14	0	8	—	—	13.3
1957	28–29	Detroit Red Wings	70	44	45	89	—	74	15	0	6	—	—	13.8
1958	29–30	Detroit Red Wings	64	33	44	77	—	38	10	3	7	—	—	10.3
1959	30–31	Detroit Red Wings	70	32	46	78	—	57	8	0	5	—	—	12.9
1960	31–32	Detroit Red Wings	70	28	45	73	+16	46	5	2	5	354	7.9%	11.8
1961	32–33	Detroit Red Wings	64	23	49	72	-5	30	6	2	4	357	6.4%	8.8
1962	33–34	Detroit Red Wings	70	33	44	77	+12	54	10	2	7	346	9.5%	11.6
1963	34–35	Detroit Red Wings	70	38	48	86	+23	100	13	0	6	351	10.8%	13.9
1964	35–36	Detroit Red Wings	69	26	47	73	-10	70	12	1	3	345	7.5%	10.2
1965	36–37	Detroit Red Wings	70	29	47	76	+22	104	13	3	2	341	8.5%	10.9
1966	37–38	Detroit Red Wings	70	29	46	75	+19	83	7	0	3	274	10.6%	10.7
1967	38–39	Detroit Red Wings	69	25	40	65	-3	53	8	1	1	293	8.5%	8.1
1968	39–40	Detroit Red Wings	74	39	43	82	+12	53	10	0	4	301	13.0%	13.2
1969	40–41	Detroit Red Wings	76	44	59	103	+45	58	9	0	6	284	15.5%	18.7
1970	41–42	Detroit Red Wings	76	31	40	71	+23	58	11	4	5	268	11.6%	11.5
1971	42–43	Detroit Red Wings	63	23	29	52	-3	38	7	1	3	195	11.8%	8.8
1980	51–52	Hartford Whalers	80	15	26	41	+9	42	2	0	0	94	16.0%	2.7

Gordie Howe

NHL Stats

Career Snapshot

All-time standings

Etched into the franchise monument

On the boards· Appears on 7 boards

Similar careers

Where this data comes from

Career arc · VAL by season

What he added · wins above replacement

Only Club — Statistical Exclusivity

Intelligence

Rarest-Season Standing

Era-Adjusted Standing

Cross-Sport Era-Adjusted Standing

Cross-Sport Career Standing

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Career Geography