The most dominant Los Angeles King, season by season
I decided to take a look at who the most dominant player for the Los Angeles Kings was by season. Each season's highest PPG total is shown at an 82 game pace. Here are the results.
Obviously this doesn't take most defenseman and goalies into account. Not sure how to account for that properly.
1967-68 - Eddie Joyal (63.16pts): 11.49 point lead over Bill Flett
1968-69 - Eddie Joyal (58.41pts): 2.6 point lead over Bill Flett
1969-70 - Eddie Joyal (55.59pts): 5.56 point lead over Butch Goring
1970-71 - Juha Widing (68.33pts): 1.24 point lead over Bob Berry
1971-72 - Juha Widing (57.82pts): 1.71 point lead over Ralph Backstrom
1972-73 - Juha Widing (74.55pts): 0.2 point lead over Serge Bernier
1973-74 - Butch Goring (71.46pts): 5.63 point lead over Juha Widing
1974-75 - Butch Goring (82pts): 8.2 point lead over Bob Nevin
1975-76 - Marcel Dionne (96.35pts): 21.52 point lead over Butch Goring
1976-77 - Marcel Dionne (125.05pts): 35.69 point lead over Butch Goring
1977-78 - Marcel Dionne (92.54pts): 17.71 point lead over Butch Goring
1978-79 - Marcel Dionne (133.25pts): 37.58 point lead over Dave Taylor
1979-80 - Marcel Dionne (140.43pts): 11.02 point lead over Charlie Simmer
1980-81 - Marcel Dionne (138.38pts): 5.92 point lead over Charlie Simmer
1981-82 - Marcel Dionne (123pts): 11.56 point lead over Dave Taylor
1982-83 - Marcel Dionne (109.68pts): 6.29 point lead over Dave Taylor
1983-84 - Marcel Dionne (114.3pts): 14.43 point lead over Dave Taylor
1984-85 - Marcel Dionne (129.15pts): 26.65 point lead over Bernie Nicholls
1985-86 - Bernie Nicholls (99.43pts): 3.08 point lead over Marcel Dionne
1986-87 - Marcel Dionne (90.57pts): 3.38 point lead over Luc Robitaille
1987-88 - Luc Robitaille (113.78pts): 4.1 point lead over Jimmy Carson
1988-89 - Wayne Gretzky (176.62pts): 20.92 point lead over Bernie Nicholls
1989-90 - Wayne Gretzky (159.51pts): 28.66 point lead over Bernie Nicholls
1990-91 - Wayne Gretzky (171.36pts): 64.04 point lead over Tomas Sandstrom
1991-92 - Wayne Gretzky (134.08pts): 24.4 point lead over Luc Robitaille
1992-93 - Luc Robitaille (122.02pts): 3.58 point lead over Wayne Gretzky
1993-94 - Wayne Gretzky (131.6pts): 46.64 point lead over Luc Robitaille
1994-95 - Wayne Gretzky (82pts): 2.28 point lead over Rick Tocchet
1995-96 - Wayne Gretzky (107.13pts): 38.08 point lead over Dmitri Khristich
1996-97 - Dmitri Khristich (61.23pts): 7.38 point lead over Ed Olczyk
1997-98 - Jozef Stumpel (84.13pts): 23.39 point lead over Glen Murray
1998-99 - Luc Robitaille (74pts): 13.76 point lead over Donald Audette
1999-00 - Luc Robitaille (85.46pts): 0.9 point lead over Zigmund Palffy
2000-01 - Zigmund Palffy (99.97pts): 11.97 point lead over Luc Robitaille
2001-02 - Jason Allison (83.12pts): 6.33 point lead over Zigmund Palffy
2002-03 - Zigmund Palffy (91.71pts): 37.46 point lead over Mathieu Schneider
2003-04 - Luc Robitaille (52.28pts): 1.16 point lead over Alexander Frolov
2005-06 - Pavol Demitra (87.66pts): 18.28 point lead over Craig Conroy
2006-07 - Michael Cammalleri (80.99pts): 9.99 point lead over Alexander Frolov
2007-08 - Alexander Frolov (77.38pts): 0.38 point lead over Anze Kopitar
2008-09 - Anze Kopitar (66pts): 3.17 point lead over Alexander Frolov
2009-10 - Anze Kopitar (81pts): 16.13 point lead over Ryan Smyth
2010-11 - Anze Kopitar (79.81pts): 15.78 point lead over Justin Williams
2011-12 - Anze Kopitar (76pts): 17 point lead over Justin Williams
2012-13 - Anze Kopitar (73.28pts): 19.9 point lead over Jeff Carter and Justin Williams
2013-14 - Anze Kopitar (70pts): 13.06 point lead over Jeff Carter
2014-15 - Anze Kopitar (66.43pts): 4.43 point lead over Jeff Carter
2015-16 - Anze Kopitar (74.91pts): 8.88 point lead over Jeff Carter
2016-17 - Jeff Carter (66pts): 9.89 point lead over Anze Kopitar
#Top Five Most Dominant Seasons
- 1990-91 - Wayne Gretzky: 64.04 point lead over next highest scorer
- 1993-94 - Wayne Gretzky: 46.64 point lead over next highest scorer
- 1995-96 - Wayne Gretzky: 38.08 point lead over next highest scorer
- 1978-79 - Marcel Dionne: 37.58 point lead over next highest scorer
- 2002-03 - Zigmund Palffy: 37.46 point lead over next highest scorer
#Players With Most Dominant Seasons
- Marcel Dionne: 11
- Anze Kopitar: 8
- Wayne Gretzky: 7
- Luc Robitaille: 5
- Eddie Joyal/Juha Widing: 3
Posted Aug 18, 2017, 6:04 PM UTC