The most dominant New York Islander, season by season
I decided to take a look at who the most dominant player for the New York Islanders 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.
1972-73 - Ed Westfall (56.3pts): 2.93 point lead over Germain Gagnon
1973-74 - Denis Potvin (57.51pts): 4.88 point lead over Ralph Stewart
1974-75 - Denis Potvin (78.89pts): 13.29 point lead over Jude Drouin
1975-76 - Denis Potvin (103.03pts): 5.65 point lead over Bryan Trottier
1976-77 - Denis Potvin (82pts): 4.32 point lead over Bryan Trottier
1977-78 - Bryan Trottier (130.99pts): 28.77 point lead over Mike Bossy
1978-79 - Bryan Trottier (144.58pts): 15.43 point lead over Mike Bossy
1979-80 - Bryan Trottier (109.33pts): 8.74 point lead over Mike Bossy
1980-81 - Mike Bossy (123.52pts): 7.82 point lead over Bryan Trottier
1981-82 - Mike Bossy (150.68pts): 18.45 point lead over Bryan Trottier
1982-83 - Mike Bossy (122.48pts): 31.25 point lead over Bryan Trottier
1983-84 - Mike Bossy (144.42pts): 10.57 point lead over Bryan Trottier
1984-85 - Mike Bossy (126.24pts): 10.07 point lead over Brent Sutter
1985-86 - Mike Bossy (126.08pts): 25.16 point lead over Bryan Trottier
1986-87 - Mike Bossy (97.62pts): 8.44 point lead over Bryan Trottier
1987-88 - Pat LaFontaine (100.59pts): 13.27 point lead over Bryan Trottier
1988-89 - Pat LaFontaine (91.34pts): 24.25 point lead over Brent Sutter
1989-90 - Pat LaFontaine (116.35pts): 33.13 point lead over Brent Sutter
1990-91 - Pat LaFontaine (92.93pts): 27.04 point lead over Pat Flatley
1991-92 - Pierre Turgeon (103.39pts): 17.97 point lead over Benoit Hoque
1992-93 - Pierre Turgeon (130.41pts): 40.11 point lead over Benoit Hoque
1993-94 - Pierre Turgeon (111.71pts): 32.86 point lead over Steve Thomas
1994-95 - Ray Ferraro (75.02pts): 9.9 point lead over Pierre Turgeon
1995-96 - Zigmund Palffy (88.07pts): 4.88 point lead over Travis Green
1996-97 - Zigmund Palffy (92.25pts): 20.5 point lead over Bryan Smolinski
1997-98 - Zigmund Palffy (87pts): 22 point lead over Robert Reichel
1998-99 - Zigmund Palffy (82pts): 16.4 point lead over Robert Reichel
1999-00 - Mariusz Czerkawski (72.66pts): 18.85 point lead over Brad Isbister
2000-01 - Mariusz Czerkawski (62pts): 10.55 point lead over Brad Isbister
2001-02 - Alexei Yashin (78.85pts): 15.77 point lead over Mark Parrish
2002-03 - Alexei Yashin (65.8pts): 10.12 point lead over Jason Blake
2003-04 - Alexei Yashin (59.32pts): 5.01 point lead over Trent Hunter
2005-06 - Miroslav Satan and Alexei Yashin (66pts): 4.5 point lead over Jason Blake
2006-07 - Alexei Yashin (70.69pts): 1.69 point lead over Jason Blake
2007-08 - Mike Comrie (52.87pts): 8.33 point lead over Bill Guerin
2008-09 - Mark Streit (62.05pts): 3.26 point lead over Doug Weight
2009-10 - John Tavares (54pts): 0.7 point lead over Kyle Okposo
2010-11 - John Tavares (69.54pts): 13.43 point lead over Michael Grabner
2011-12 - John Tavares (81pts): 12 point lead over Matt Moulson
2012-13 - John Tavares (80.29pts): 3.52 point lead over Matt Moulson
2013-14 - John Tavares (91.73pts): 12.04 point lead over Kyle Okposo
2014-15 - John Tavares (86pts): 16.3 point lead over Kyle Okposo
2015-16 - John Tavares (73.59pts): 7.16 point lead over Kyle Okposo
2016-17 - John Tavares (70.29pts): 14.29 point lead over Josh Bailey
#Top Five Most Dominant Seasons
- 1992-93 - Pierre Turgeon: 40.11 point lead over next highest scorer
- 1989-90 - Pat LaFontaine: 33.13 point lead over next highest scorer
- 1993-94 - Pierre Turgeon: 32.86 point lead over next highest scorer
- 1982-83 - Mike Bossy: 31.25 point lead over next highest scorer
- 1977-78 - Bryan Trottier: 28.77 point lead over next highest scorer
#Players With Most Dominant Seasons
- John Tavares: 8
- Mike Bossy: 7
- Alexei Yashin: 5
- Denis Potvin/Pat LaFontaine/Zigmund Palffy: 4
- Bryan Trottier/Pierre Turgeon: 3
Posted Aug 19, 2017, 10:45 PM UTC · edited