Mario Lemieux vs Mark Messier
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6of 8 lines
Mario Lemieux and Mark Messier compared on their NHL careers: Mario Lemieux played 17 seasons, 1984-85 to 2005-06, Mark Messier 25 seasons, 1979-80 to 2003-04. They have faced each other 18 times: Mario Lemieux's team won 9, Mark Messier's 8. In the playoffs Mario Lemieux leads 4-1. Mario Lemieux won 2 titles, Mark Messier won 6 titles.
Who has the better career numbers?
Mark Messier leads in 6 of the 8 lines, Mario Lemieux in 2. Bold marks the better figure; playing time — games, minutes, at-bats, innings — is not scored.
Mario Lemieux vs Mark Messier head to head
They have faced each other 18 times: Mario Lemieux's team won 9, Mark Messier's 8. In the playoffs Mario Lemieux leads 4-1.
Every game against each other
| Feb 14, 2003 |  PIT at  NYR | L 1-0 | 0 G, 0 A, 0 PTS, 0 +/-, 5 S | 0 G, 0 A, 0 PTS, 0 +/-, 1 S |
| Dec 26, 2002 | PIT at NYR | W 6-1 | 1 G, 2 A, 3 PTS, 2 +/-, 3 S | 1 G, 0 A, 1 PTS, -1 +/-, 3 S |
| Oct 12, 2002 | NYR at PIT | W 6-0 | 2 G, 1 A, 3 PTS, 3 +/-, 2 S | 0 G, 0 A, 0 PTS, 0 +/-, 0 S |
| Mar 12, 2001 | PIT at NYR | T 3-3 OT | 1 G, 0 A, 1 PTS, 0 +/-, 6 S | 0 G, 1 A, 1 PTS, 0 +/-, 5 S |
| Mar 2, 2001 | PIT at NYR | W 7-5 | 2 G, 2 A, 4 PTS, 3 +/-, 5 S | 2 G, 0 A, 2 PTS, 0 +/-, 3 S |
| Feb 23, 2001 | NYR at PIT | W 6-4 | 1 G, 0 A, 1 PTS, -1 +/-, 3 S | 1 G, 1 A, 2 PTS, 1 +/-, 4 S |
| Mar 24, 1997 | PIT at NYR | L 3-0 | 0 G, 0 A, 0 PTS, -1 +/-, 5 S | 0 G, 0 A, 0 PTS, 0 +/-, 0 S |
| Jan 25, 1997 | NYR at PIT | L 7-4 | 0 G, 0 A, 0 PTS, -2 +/-, 4 S | 1 G, 3 A, 4 PTS, 2 +/-, 5 S |
| Nov 16, 1996 | NYR at PIT | L 8-3 | 0 G, 1 A, 1 PTS, -1 +/-, 3 S | 2 G, 0 A, 2 PTS, 1 +/-, 8 S |
| Oct 16, 1996 | PIT at NYR | L 8-1 | 0 G, 0 A, 0 PTS, -2 +/-, 4 S | 0 G, 2 A, 2 PTS, 2 +/-, 3 S |
| May 11, 1996 | NYR at PIT (playoffs) | W 7-3 | 3 G, 1 A, 4 PTS, 2 +/-, 5 S | 1 G, 0 A, 1 PTS, -3 +/-, 2 S |
| May 9, 1996 | PIT at NYR (playoffs) | W 4-1 | 1 G, 0 A, 1 PTS, 1 +/-, 6 S | 0 G, 0 A, 0 PTS, -3 +/-, 3 S |
| May 7, 1996 | PIT at NYR (playoffs) | W 3-2 | 2 G, 0 A, 2 PTS, 1 +/-, 7 S | 0 G, 0 A, 0 PTS, -1 +/-, 5 S |
| May 5, 1996 | NYR at PIT (playoffs) | L 6-3 | 1 G, 0 A, 1 PTS, -3 +/-, 2 S | 1 G, 1 A, 2 PTS, 1 +/-, 2 S |
| May 3, 1996 | NYR at PIT (playoffs) | W 4-3 | 1 G, 1 A, 2 PTS, 1 +/-, 5 S | 1 G, 1 A, 2 PTS, 1 +/-, 1 S |
| Feb 18, 1996 | NYR at PIT | W 4-3 OT | 1 G, 0 A, 1 PTS, 0 +/-, 5 S | 0 G, 0 A, 0 PTS, 0 +/-, 4 S |
| Nov 22, 1995 | NYR at PIT | L 4-3 | 1 G, 1 A, 2 PTS, -2 +/-, 6 S | 1 G, 0 A, 1 PTS, 0 +/-, 1 S |
| Nov 21, 1995 | PIT at NYR | L 9-4 | 0 G, 1 A, 1 PTS, -3 +/-, 5 S | 1 G, 2 A, 3 PTS, 2 +/-, 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.