Joe Sakic vs Wayne Gretzky

Who has the better career numbers?

Wayne Gretzky leads in 6 of the 8 lines, Joe Sakic in 2. Bold marks the better figure; playing time — games, minutes, at-bats, innings — is not scored.

Joe Sakic vs Wayne Gretzky head to head

They have faced each other 8 times: Joe Sakic's team won 2, Wayne Gretzky's 5.

Every game against each other

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Joe Sakic vs Wayne Gretzky, every game

Date↓	Game↓	Sakic's team↓	Joe Sakic↓	Wayne Gretzky↓
Dec 9, 1998	COL at NYR	W 2-1	1 G, 0 A, 1 PTS, 2 +/-, 3 S	0 G, 1 A, 1 PTS, 0 +/-, 4 S
Nov 16, 1997	COL at NYR	L 4-1	0 G, 1 A, 1 PTS, 0 +/-, 3 S	0 G, 0 A, 0 PTS, 0 +/-, 2 S
Nov 5, 1997	NYR at COL	L 4-2	0 G, 0 A, 0 PTS, -2 +/-, 3 S	1 G, 2 A, 3 PTS, 1 +/-, 4 S
Nov 27, 1996	NYR at COL	L 5-2	0 G, 0 A, 0 PTS, -3 +/-, 3 S	0 G, 1 A, 1 PTS, 2 +/-, 2 S
Apr 3, 1996	STL at COL	L 6-3	0 G, 2 A, 2 PTS, 0 +/-, 6 S	1 G, 1 A, 2 PTS, -1 +/-, 3 S
Feb 23, 1996	LA at COL	W 6-2	0 G, 1 A, 1 PTS, 1 +/-, 5 S	0 G, 1 A, 1 PTS, -1 +/-, 1 S
Dec 23, 1995	COL at LA	T 2-2 OT	2 G, 0 A, 2 PTS, 0 +/-, 4 S	0 G, 0 A, 0 PTS, 0 +/-, 3 S
Oct 7, 1995	COL at LA	L 4-2	2 G, 0 A, 2 PTS, 0 +/-, 2 S	0 G, 2 A, 2 PTS, 0 +/-, 2 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.