Joe Sakic vs Sidney Crosby
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Joe Sakic and Sidney Crosby compared on their NHL careers: Joe Sakic played 20 seasons, 1988-89 to 2008-09, Sidney Crosby 22 seasons, 2005-06 to 2026-27. They have faced each other 2 times: Joe Sakic's team won 1, Sidney Crosby's 1. Joe Sakic won 2 titles, Sidney Crosby won 3 titles.
Who has the better career numbers?
Sidney Crosby leads in 7 of the 10 lines, Joe Sakic in 3. Bold marks the better figure; playing time — games, minutes, at-bats, innings — is not scored.
Joe Sakic vs Sidney Crosby head to head
They have faced each other 2 times: Joe Sakic's team won 1, Sidney Crosby's 1.
Every game against each other
| Nov 1, 2007 |  PIT at  COL | W 3-2 | 0 G, 1 A, 1 PTS, 0 +/-, 7 S | 2 G, 0 A, 2 PTS, 0 +/-, 4 S |
| Dec 10, 2005 | COL at PIT | L 4-3 | 0 G, 1 A, 1 PTS, -2 +/-, 5 S | 0 G, 1 A, 1 PTS, -1 +/-, 3 S |
Games both played on opposite sides, from the game logs on file; the record is their teams’.
How do they compare in the playoffs?
Where each stands all time
Among the NHL players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.
Titles and awards
Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.
Season by season
Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.