Was Lemieux better than Gretzky?
Rasheed Beier
2025-05-29 19:37:35
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I strongly support Mario Lemieux as the GOAT in hockey. Others will just point to career totals, but those don't tell the story. If instead you look at seasons where Lemieux and Gretzky overlapped (1984-1994 and 1995-1997, a total of 12 seasons), you get a different story. Over those 12 overlapping seasons, Lemieux scored 0.27 goals per game more than Gretzky and 0.06 points per game more than Gretzky.
Now, if you rank longevity as a thing, then the post above is irrelevant to you. But if you consider Mario’s career “long enough” to count as a career, and you ask yourself which hockey player was capable of playing the best hockey for their career, you can build a very strong case for Lemieux.
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