Top 20 NHL players of all time according to Hockey-Reference's Career Point Shares metric:
| Rank |
Player |
Career Point Shares |
| 1 |
Wayne Gretzky |
341.8 |
| 2 |
Gordie Howe |
220.6 |
| 3 |
Mark Messier |
187.8 |
| 4 |
Jaromir Jagr |
184.5 |
| 5 |
Mario Lemieux |
181.2 |
| 6 |
Ray Bourque |
179.8 |
| 7 |
Steve Yzerman |
173.3 |
| 8 |
Joe Sakic |
168.5 |
| 9 |
Bobby Orr |
166.9 |
| 10 |
Niklas Lidstrom |
163.5 |
| 11 |
Phil Esposito |
158.5 |
| 12 |
Marcel Dionne |
148.7 |
| 13 |
Doug Gilmour |
144.9 |
| 14 |
Stan Mikita |
142.5 |
| 15 |
Brett Hull |
140.1 |
| 16 |
Ron Francis |
139.3 |
| 17 |
Paul Coffey |
138.9 |
| 18 |
Jari Kurri |
136.8 |
| 19 |
Peter Forsberg |
134.9 |
| 20 |
Sergei Fedorov |
133.8 |
