CNHL🏛 Hall of Fame · 2009 ⛰️ Mountain Arc · 1993

Steve Yzerman

5'10" · 187 lbsBorn May 9, 19651984–2006Draft: 1983 · Rd 1, Pick 4 · DETNHL.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

24.0

1989, 1990, 1993 avg

Career VAL

278.1

Value Above League

Games

1,514

Goals

692

Assists

1,063

Points

1,755

Playoff VAL

165.7

postseason

Career Shape

Compiler

26% 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

#1 · Detroit Red Wings311.5 legacy · 100% attributed career shareVAL × verified franchise tenure, with bounded honors evidence

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On the boards· Appears on 2 boards

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

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
1984	18–19	Detroit Red Wings	80	39	48	87	-19	33	13	0	2	177	22.0%	10.7
1985	19–20	Detroit Red Wings	80	30	59	89	-17	58	9	0	3	231	13.0%	9.8
1986	20–21	Detroit Red Wings	51	14	28	42	-22	16	3	0	3	132	10.6%	4.7
1987	21–22	Detroit Red Wings	80	31	59	90	-2	43	9	1	2	217	14.3%	12
1988	22–23	Detroit Red Wings	64	50	52	102	+30	44	10	6	6	242	20.7%	16.6
1989	23–24	Detroit Red Wings	80	65	90	155	+17	61	17	3	7	388	16.8%	25
1990	24–25	Detroit Red Wings	79	62	65	127	-6	79	16	7	8	332	18.7%	19.7
1991	25–26	Detroit Red Wings	80	51	57	108	-2	34	12	6	4	326	15.6%	16.3
1992	26–27	Detroit Red Wings	79	45	58	103	+26	64	9	8	9	295	15.3%	15.3
1993	27–28	Detroit Red Wings	84	58	79	137	+33	44	13	7	6	307	18.9%	27.3
1994	28–29	Detroit Red Wings	58	24	58	82	+11	36	7	3	3	217	11.1%	13.4
1995	29–30	Detroit Red Wings	47	12	26	38	+6	40	4	0	1	134	9.0%	5.3
1996	30–31	Detroit Red Wings	80	36	59	95	+29	64	16	2	8	220	16.4%	17.6
1997	31–32	Detroit Red Wings	81	22	63	85	+22	78	8	0	3	232	9.5%	15.2
1998	32–33	Detroit Red Wings	75	24	45	69	+3	46	6	2	0	188	12.8%	10.4
1999	33–34	Detroit Red Wings	80	29	45	74	+8	42	13	2	4	231	12.6%	13.5
2000	34–35	Detroit Red Wings	78	35	44	79	+28	34	15	2	6	234	15.0%	15.4
2001	35–36	Detroit Red Wings	54	18	34	52	+4	18	5	0	7	155	11.6%	8.7
2002	36–37	Detroit Red Wings	52	13	35	48	+11	18	5	1	5	104	12.5%	8
2003	37–38	Detroit Red Wings	16	2	6	8	+6	8	1	0	1	13	15.4%	1
2004	38–39	Detroit Red Wings	75	18	33	51	+10	46	7	0	3	141	12.8%	7.5
2006	40–41	Detroit Red Wings	61	14	20	34	+8	18	4	0	3	86	16.3%	4.7

Steve Yzerman

NHL Stats

Career Snapshot

All-time standings

Etched into the franchise monument

On the boards· Appears on 2 boards

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Where this data comes from

Career arc · VAL by season

What he added · wins above replacement

Intelligence

Cross-Sport Career Standing

Career Geography