LNHL🏛 Hall of Fame · 1981 📈 Late Developer · 1971

Johnny Bucyk

6'0" · 215 lbsBorn May 12, 19351956–1978NHL.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

15.3

1971, 1973, 1976 avg

Career VAL

172.2

Value Above League

Games

1,540

Goals

556

Assists

813

Points

1,369

Playoff VAL

110.2

postseason

Career Shape

Compiler

27% in peak 3y

All-time standings

Career boards only, within NHL

Cross-sport prominence: 98.7th percentile among NHL careers — a within-sport percentile, because career value is not comparable across sports.

On the boards· Appears on 1 board

#87Career VALof 6528

Boards that rank NHL careers

NHL Age Milestones — Youngest to 100 Goals, 500 Points, 50 Goals and 100 Points NHL Breakout Seasons — Biggest Career-High Leaps NHL Career Arc Types NHL Career Dominance — top-25 in multiple all-time categories NHL Clutch Delta — Who Rises in the Stanley Cup Playoffs NHL Compilers vs Comets — Career Shape NHL Consistency Index — Mr. Reliable vs Boom-Bust NHL Era-Adjusted Careers — Greatest Careers on One Scale NHL Era-Adjusted Seasons — Greatest Seasons in Modern Terms NHL Franchise Mt. Rushmores — Four Faces of Every Team NHL Greatest Single Seasons by VAL (Skaters and Goalies)

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.

NHL API — Official public API, keyless — no stated open licence

Methodology · Trust Center

Season	Age	Team	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG	SOG	S%	VAL
1956	20–21	Detroit Red Wings	38	1	8	9	—	18	1	0	1	—	—	0.3
1957	21–22	Detroit Red Wings	66	10	11	21	—	39	1	0	3	—	—	0.6
1958	22–23	Boston Bruins	68	21	31	52	—	57	1	0	4	—	—	5.1
1959	23–24	Boston Bruins	69	24	36	60	—	36	2	0	6	—	—	9.5
1960	24–25	Boston Bruins	56	16	36	52	-14	26	5	0	1	149	10.7%	6.2
1961	25–26	Boston Bruins	70	19	20	39	-31	48	3	1	3	173	11.0%	1.8
1962	26–27	Boston Bruins	67	20	40	60	-43	32	6	0	2	202	9.9%	5.4
1963	27–28	Boston Bruins	69	27	39	66	-22	36	4	1	3	162	16.7%	7
1964	28–29	Boston Bruins	62	18	36	54	-12	36	1	0	2	142	12.7%	6.5
1965	29–30	Boston Bruins	68	26	29	55	-25	24	7	0	2	196	13.3%	5.7
1966	30–31	Boston Bruins	63	27	30	57	-1	12	3	0	5	186	14.5%	8.7
1967	31–32	Boston Bruins	59	18	30	48	-5	12	4	1	1	150	12.0%	5.5
1968	32–33	Boston Bruins	72	30	39	69	+18	8	6	1	4	175	17.1%	10
1969	33–34	Boston Bruins	70	24	42	66	-4	18	11	0	3	192	12.5%	7
1970	34–35	Boston Bruins	76	31	38	69	+19	13	14	0	6	190	16.3%	10.3
1971	35–36	Boston Bruins	78	51	65	116	+37	8	22	0	5	225	22.7%	18.6
1972	36–37	Boston Bruins	78	32	51	83	+15	4	13	0	7	174	18.4%	11.6
1973	37–38	Boston Bruins	78	40	53	93	+17	12	10	0	10	168	23.8%	15.1
1974	38–39	Boston Bruins	76	31	44	75	+13	8	12	0	9	139	22.3%	9.8
1975	39–40	Boston Bruins	78	29	52	81	+11	10	9	0	4	167	17.4%	10.2
1976	40–41	Boston Bruins	77	36	47	83	+22	20	13	0	9	151	23.8%	12.1
1977	41–42	Boston Bruins	49	20	23	43	-1	12	6	0	2	98	20.4%	5.2
1978	42–43	Boston Bruins	53	5	13	18	-1	4	5	0	0	48	10.4%	0

Johnny Bucyk

NHL Stats

Career Snapshot

All-time standings

On the boards· Appears on 1 board

Boards that rank NHL careers

Similar careers

Where this data comes from

Career arc · VAL by season

What he added · wins above replacement

Intelligence

Cross-Sport Career Standing