You Are Here > Hockey-Reference.com > Players > L > Mario Lemieux

Mario Lemieux

Position: C
Shoots: Right
Height: 6-4    Weight: 230 lbs.
Born: October 5, 1965 in Montreal, Quebec

Inducted into Hockey Hall of Fame as Player in 1997

Drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 1st round (1st overall) of the 1984 NHL Entry Draft.

66

NHL/WHA Regular Season

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE ▪ Click column headers to sort
Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1984-85 19 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 73 43 57 100 1.37 39 0.53 125 46 114 0 -35 54 32 11 0 2 209 2.86 20.6
1985-86 20 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 79 48 93 141 1.78 52 0.66 173 81 100 2 -6 43 31 17 0 4 276 3.49 17.4
1986-87 21 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 63 54 53 107 1.70 43 0.68 133 51 72 3 13 57 35 19 0 4 267 4.24 20.2
1987-88 22 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 77 70 98 168 2.18 65 0.84 211 106 121 39 23 92 38 22 10 7 382 4.96 18.3
1988-89 23 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 76 85 114 199 2.62 76 1.01 254 110 163 60 41 100 41 31 13 8 313 4.12 27.2
1989-90 24 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 59 45 78 123 2.08 44 0.75 151 67 134 32 -18 78 28 14 3 4 226 3.83 19.9
1990-91 25 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 26 19 26 45 1.73 17 0.65 61 25 29 1 8 30 12 6 1 2 89 3.42 21.3
1991-92 26 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 64 44 87 131 2.05 47 0.74 182 70 99 14 27 94 28 12 4 5 249 3.89 17.7
1992-93 27 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 60 69 91 160 2.67 61 1.01 203 82 89 23 55 38 47 16 6 10 286 4.77 24.1
1993-94 28 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 22 17 20 37 1.68 14 0.65 42 19 31 6 -2 32 10 7 0 4 92 4.18 18.5
1995-96 30 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 70 69 92 161 2.30 60 0.86 197 102 113 28 10 54 30 31 8 8 338 4.83 20.4
1996-97 31 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 76 50 72 122 1.61 46 0.60 156 54 102 27 27 65 32 15 3 7 327 4.30 15.3
2000-01 35 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 43 35 41 76 1.77 29 0.67 99 40 57 13 15 18 18 16 1 5 171 3.98 20.5 1047 24:20
2001-02 36 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 24 6 25 31 1.29 10 0.43 35 15 22 2 0 14 4 2 0 0 75 3.13 8.0 534 22:16
2002-03 37 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 67 28 63 91 1.36 32 0.47 104 52 84 7 -25 43 14 14 0 4 235 3.51 11.9 1546 23:05
2003-04 38 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 10 1 8 9 0.90 3 0.28 9 4 7 0 -2 6 1 0 0 0 21 2.10 4.8 224 22:24
2005-06 40 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 26 7 15 22 0.85 8 0.30 30 20 27 1 -16 16 4 3 0 0 77 2.96 9.1 504 19:22
Career NHL 915 690 1033 1723 1.88 646 0.71 2165 944 1364 258 115 834 405 236 49 74 3633 3.97 19.0 3855 22:40

NHL/WHA Playoffs

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE ▪ Click column headers to sort
Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1988-89 23 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 11 12 7 19 1.73 -1 16 4 7 1 0 41 3.73 29.3
1990-91 25 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL SC 23 16 28 44 1.91 14 16 8 6 2 0 93 4.04 17.2
1991-92 26 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL SC 15 16 18 34 2.27 6 2 6 8 2 5 69 4.60 23.2
1992-93 27 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 11 8 10 18 1.64 2 10 4 3 1 1 40 3.64 20.0
1993-94 28 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 6 4 3 7 1.17 -4 2 3 1 0 0 23 3.83 17.4
1995-96 30 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 18 11 16 27 1.50 3 33 7 3 1 2 78 4.33 14.1
1996-97 31 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 5 3 3 6 1.20 -4 4 3 0 0 0 19 3.80 15.8
2000-01 35 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 18 6 11 17 0.94 4 4 5 1 0 3 39 2.17 15.4 443 24:35
Career NHL 2 107 76 96 172 1.61 20 87 40 29 7 11 402 3.76 18.9 443 24:35

Other Regular Season

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE ▪ Click column headers to sort
Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1980-81 15 Montreal-Concordia QAAA 47 62 62 124 2.64 127
1981-82 16 Laval Voisins QMJHL 64 30 66 96 1.50 22
1982-83 17 Laval Voisins QMJHL 66 84 100 184 2.79 76
1982-83 17 Canada WJC-A 7 5 5 10 1.43 12
1983-84 18 Laval Voisins QMJHL 70 133 149 282 4.03 92
1983-84 18 Laval Voisins M-Cup 3 1 2 3 1.00 0
1984-85 19 Canada WEC-A 9 4 6 10 1.11 2
1986-87 21 NHL All-Stars RV-87 2 0 3 3 1.50 0
1987-88 22 Canada Can-Cup 9 11 7 18 2.00 8
2001-02 36 Canada Olympics 5 2 4 6 1.20 0
2004-05 39 Canada W-Cup 6 1 4 5 0.83 4 2
Career Can-Cup 9 11 7 18 2.00 8
Career M-Cup 3 1 2 3 1.00 0
Career Olympics 5 2 4 6 1.20 0
Career QAAA 47 62 62 124 2.64 127
Career QMJHL 200 247 315 562 2.81 190
Career RV-87 2 0 3 3 1.50 0
Career W-Cup 6 1 4 5 0.83 4 2
Career WEC-A 9 4 6 10 1.11 2
Career WJC-A 7 5 5 10 1.43 12

Other Playoffs

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE ▪ Click column headers to sort
Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1980-81 15 Montreal-Concordia QAAA 3 2 5 7 2.33 8
1981-82 16 Laval Voisins QMJHL 18 5 9 14 0.78 31
1982-83 17 Laval Voisins QMJHL 12 14 18 32 2.67 18
1983-84 18 Laval Voisins QMJHL 14 29 23 52 3.71 29
Career QAAA 3 2 5 7 2.33 8
Career QMJHL 44 48 50 98 2.23 78

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games

1985 NHL
1986 NHL
1988 NHL
1989 NHL
1990 NHL
1992 NHL
1996 NHL
1997 NHL
2001 NHL
2002 NHL

Awards

1984-85 NHL Calder Memorial Trophy
1985-86 NHL Lester B. Pearson Award
1987-88 NHL Art Ross Trophy
1987-88 NHL Hart Memorial Trophy
1987-88 NHL Lester B. Pearson Award
1988-89 NHL Art Ross Trophy
1990-91 NHL Conn Smythe Trophy
1991-92 NHL Art Ross Trophy
1991-92 NHL Conn Smythe Trophy
1992-93 NHL Art Ross Trophy
1992-93 NHL Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy
1992-93 NHL Hart Memorial Trophy
1992-93 NHL Lester B. Pearson Award
1995-96 NHL Art Ross Trophy
1995-96 NHL Hart Memorial Trophy
1995-96 NHL Lester B. Pearson Award
1996-97 NHL Art Ross Trophy

Honors

1984-85 NHL NHL All-Rookie Team (1st)
1985-86 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)
1986-87 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)
1987-88 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)
1988-89 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)
1991-92 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)
1992-93 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)
1995-96 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)
1996-97 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)
2000-01 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)

Goals

1985-86 NHL 48 (7)
1986-87 NHL 54 (3)
1987-88 NHL 70 (1)
 1988-89 NHL 85 (1)
 1989-90 NHL 45 (9)
1991-92 NHL 44 (7)
1992-93 NHL 69 (3)
1995-96 NHL 69 (1)
 1996-97 NHL 50 (3)
Career NHL 690 (9)

Goals Per Game

1984-85 NHL 0.59 (10)
1985-86 NHL 0.61 (9)
1986-87 NHL 0.86 (1)
 1987-88 NHL 0.91 (1)
 1988-89 NHL 1.12 (1)
 1989-90 NHL 0.76 (3)
1991-92 NHL 0.69 (4)
1992-93 NHL 1.15 (1)
 1995-96 NHL 0.99 (1)
 1996-97 NHL 0.66 (2)
2000-01 NHL 0.81 (1)
 Career NHL 0.75 (3)

Assists

1985-86 NHL 93 (2)
1987-88 NHL 98 (2)
1988-89 NHL 114 (1)
 1989-90 NHL 78 (4)
1991-92 NHL 87 (2)
1992-93 NHL 91 (4)
1995-96 NHL 92 (1)
 1996-97 NHL 72 (1)
 2002-03 NHL 63 (3)
Career NHL 1033 (10)

Assists Per Game

1985-86 NHL 1.18 (2)
1986-87 NHL 0.84 (5)
1987-88 NHL 1.27 (2)
1988-89 NHL 1.50 (1)
 1989-90 NHL 1.32 (2)
1991-92 NHL 1.36 (1)
 1992-93 NHL 1.52 (1)
 1995-96 NHL 1.31 (1)
 1996-97 NHL 0.95 (1)
 2000-01 NHL 0.95 (1)
 2002-03 NHL 0.94 (2)
Career NHL 1.13 (2)

Points

1985-86 NHL 141 (2)
1986-87 NHL 107 (3)
1987-88 NHL 168 (1)
 1988-89 NHL 199 (1)
 1989-90 NHL 123 (4)
1991-92 NHL 131 (1)
 1992-93 NHL 160 (1)
 1995-96 NHL 161 (1)
 1996-97 NHL 122 (1)
 2002-03 NHL 91 (8)
Career NHL 1723 (7)

Points Per Game

1984-85 NHL 1.37 (9)
1985-86 NHL 1.78 (2)
1986-87 NHL 1.70 (2)
1987-88 NHL 2.18 (2)
1988-89 NHL 2.62 (1)
 1989-90 NHL 2.08 (1)
 1991-92 NHL 2.05 (1)
 1992-93 NHL 2.67 (1)
 1995-96 NHL 2.30 (1)
 1996-97 NHL 1.61 (1)
 2000-01 NHL 1.77 (1)
 2002-03 NHL 1.36 (2)
Career NHL 1.88 (2)

Goals Created

1985-86 NHL 52.0 (3)
1986-87 NHL 42.8 (3)
1987-88 NHL 65.1 (1)
 1988-89 NHL 76.4 (1)
 1989-90 NHL 44.5 (5)
1991-92 NHL 47.1 (1)
 1992-93 NHL 60.9 (1)
 1995-96 NHL 60.4 (1)
 1996-97 NHL 45.7 (1)
 Career NHL 646.3 (6)

Goals Created Per Game

1985-86 NHL 0.66 (3)
1986-87 NHL 0.68 (2)
1987-88 NHL 0.84 (1)
 1988-89 NHL 1.01 (1)
 1989-90 NHL 0.75 (1)
 1991-92 NHL 0.74 (1)
 1992-93 NHL 1.01 (1)
 1995-96 NHL 0.86 (1)
 1996-97 NHL 0.60 (1)
 2000-01 NHL 0.67 (1)
 2002-03 NHL 0.47 (4)
Career NHL 0.71 (1)

Total Goals For

1985-86 NHL 173 (7)
1987-88 NHL 211 (1)
 1988-89 NHL 254 (1)
 1991-92 NHL 182 (2)
1992-93 NHL 203 (2)
1995-96 NHL 197 (2)
1996-97 NHL 156 (2)
Career NHL 2165 (19)

Power Play Goals For

1985-86 NHL 81 (1)
 1987-88 NHL 106 (1)
 1988-89 NHL 110 (1)
 1989-90 NHL 67 (9)
1991-92 NHL 70 (8)
1992-93 NHL 82 (8)
1995-96 NHL 102 (1)
 1996-97 NHL 54 (5)
Career NHL 944 (12)

Total Goals Against

1988-89 NHL 163 (2)
1989-90 NHL 134 (6)
Career NHL 1364 (47)

Power Play Goals Against

1988-89 NHL 60 (4)

Plus/Minus

1988-89 NHL 41 (6)
1992-93 NHL 55 (1)

Even Strength Goals

1985-86 NHL 31 (8)
1986-87 NHL 35 (4)
1987-88 NHL 38 (1)
 1988-89 NHL 41 (2)
1991-92 NHL 28 (6)
1992-93 NHL 47 (3)
1995-96 NHL 30 (8)
1996-97 NHL 32 (6)
Career NHL 405 (11)

Power Play Goals

1986-87 NHL 19 (3)
1987-88 NHL 22 (3)
1988-89 NHL 31 (1)
 1995-96 NHL 31 (1)
 1996-97 NHL 15 (3)
2000-01 NHL 16 (9)
2002-03 NHL 14 (10)
Career NHL 236 (5)

Short-Handed Goals

1987-88 NHL 10 (1)
 1988-89 NHL 13 (1)
 1989-90 NHL 3 (10)
1991-92 NHL 4 (4)
1992-93 NHL 6 (3)
1995-96 NHL 8 (1)
 Career NHL 49 (4)

Game-Winning Goals

1987-88 NHL 7 (6)
1988-89 NHL 8 (4)
1992-93 NHL 10 (4)
1995-96 NHL 8 (6)
1996-97 NHL 7 (7)
Career NHL 74 (28)

Shots on Goal

1986-87 NHL 267 (7)
1987-88 NHL 382 (1)
 1988-89 NHL 313 (4)
1995-96 NHL 338 (6)
1996-97 NHL 327 (4)
Career NHL 3633 (25)

Shooting Percentage

1988-89 NHL 27.2 (3)
1990-91 NHL 21.3 (6)
1992-93 NHL 24.1 (4)
1995-96 NHL 20.4 (8)
2000-01 NHL 20.5 (3)
Career NHL 19.0 (17)
    

Transactions

Glossary ▪ Transaction information may be incomplete.

February 14, 1989: Missed remainder of 1989-90 and majority of 1990-91 seasons recovering from back injury suffered in game vs. NY Rangers, February 14, 1989.

January 12, 1993: Missed remainder of 1992-93 season after being diagnosed with Hodgkin's Disease, January 12, 1993.

November 11, 1993: Missed majority of 1993-94 season recovering from back injury suffered in game vs. Chicago, November 11, 1993.

March 12, 1994: Missed entire 1994-95 season recovering from effects of treatment for Hodgkin's Disease and back injury suffered in game vs. NY Rangers, March 12, 1994.

December 27, 2000: Became third player (Gordie Howe, Guy Lafleur) to appear in NHL game after being inducted into Hockey Hall of Fame, December 27, 2000.

October 6, 2001: Missed majority of 2001-02 season recovering from hip injury suffered in game vs. Anaheim, October 6, 2001.

November 1, 2003: Missed majority of 2003-04 season recovering from hip injury suffered in game vs. Boston, November 1, 2003.

January 24, 2006: Officially announced retirement, January 24, 2006.