The most dominant Pittsburgh Penguin, season by season
I decided to take a look at who the most dominant player for the Pittsburgh Penguins was by season. Each season's highest PPG total (with a minimum GP threshold of half a season) 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 - Andy Bathgate (65.38pts): 4.7 point lead over Earl Ingarfield
1968-69 - Keith McCreary (56.23pts): 0.12 point lead over Ken Schinkel
1969-70 - Dean Prentice (55.76pts): 4.51 point lead over Ken Schinkel
1970-71 - Bryan Hextall (51.79pts): 2.35 point lead over Wally Boyer
1971-72 - Syl Apps (67.19pts): 3.28 point lead over Jean Pronovost
1972-73 - Syl Apps (90.52pts): 10.62 point lead over Al McDonough
1973-74 - Syl Apps (92.93pts): 6.72 point lead over Lowell MacDonald
1974-75 - Ron Schock (88.15pts): 6.15 point lead over Syl Apps
1975-76 - Pierre Larouche (119.76pts): 13.16 point lead over Jean Pronovost
1976-77 - Pierre Larouche (79.48pts): 10.01 point lead over Syl Apps
1977-78 - Pete Mahovlich (87.75pts): 20.28 point lead over Jean Pronovost
1978-79 - Pete Mahovlich (72.43pts): 5.8 point lead over Greg Malone
1979-80 - Greg Malone (82pts): 9.46 point lead over Orest Kindrachuk
1980-81 - Paul Gardner (97.87pts): 8.32 point lead over Randy Carlyle
1981-82 - Rick Kehoe (98.17pts): 2.27 point lead over Paul Gardner
1982-83 - Randy Carlyle (75.28pts): 4.21 point lead over Rick Kehoe
1983-84 - Mike Bullard (99.26pts): 22.82 point lead over Mark Taylor
1984-85 - Mario Lemieux (112.33pts): 36.36 point lead over Mike Bullard
1985-86 - Mario Lemieux (146.35pts): 57.96 point lead over Mike Bullard
1986-87 - Mario Lemieux (139.27pts): 48.3 point lead over Dan Quinn
1987-88 - Mario Lemieux (178.91pts): 59.48 point lead over Paul Coffey
1988-89 - Mario Lemieux (214.71pts): 76.03 point lead over Rob Brown
1989-90 - Mario Lemieux (170.95pts): 65.37 point lead over Paul Coffey
1990-91 - Mark Recchi (118.79pts): 0.21 point lead over John Cullen
1991-92 - Mario Lemieux (167.84pts): 41.76 point lead over Kevin Stevens
1992-93 - Mario Lemieux (218.67pts): 92.25 point lead over Kevin Stevens
1993-94 - Jaromir Jagr (101.48pts): 8.48 point lead over Ron Francis
1994-95 - Jaromir Jagr (119.58pts): 9.63 point lead over Ron Francis
1995-96 - Mario Lemieux (188.6pts): 39.6 point lead over Jaromir Jagr
1996-97 - Mario Lemieux (131.63pts): 7.98 point lead over Jaromir Jagr
1997-98 - Jaromir Jagr (108.62pts): 20.55 point lead over Ron Francis
1998-99 - Jaromir Jagr (128.57pts): 43.49 point lead over Martin Straka
1999-00 - Jaromir Jagr (124.95pts): 56.62 point lead over Robert Lang
2000-01 - Mario Lemieux (144.93pts): 22.44 point lead over Jaromir Jagr
2001-02 - Alexei Kovalev (93.01pts): 26.88 point lead over Robert Lang
2002-03 - Mario Lemieux (111.37pts): 14.18 point lead over Alexei Kovalev
2003-04 - Aleksey Morozov (54.67pts): 1.37 point lead over Dick Tarnstrom
2005-06 - Sidney Crosby (103.26pts): 21.26 point lead over Zigmund Palffy
2006-07 - Sidney Crosby (124.56pts): 35.2 point lead over Evgeni Malkin
2007-08 - Sidney Crosby (111.4pts): 5.4 point lead over Evgeni Malkin
2008-09 - Evgeni Malkin (113pts): 3.31 point lead over Sidney Crosby
2009-10 - Sidney Crosby (110.35pts): 16.11 point lead over Evgeni Malkin
2010-11 - Sidney Crosby (132pts): 61.44 point lead over Evgeni Malkin
2011-12 - Evgeni Malkin (119.17pts): 36.14 point lead over James Neal
2012-13 - Sidney Crosby (127.56pts): 38.53 point lead over Kris Letang
2013-14 - Sidney Crosby (106.6pts): 8.2 point lead over Evgeni Malkin
2014-15 - Sidney Crosby (89.45pts): 6.26 point lead over Evgeni Malkin
2015-16 - Sidney Crosby (87.13pts): 3.69 point lead over Evgeni Malkin
2016-17 - Sidney Crosby (97.31pts): 2.08 point lead over Evgeni Malkin
#Top Five Most Dominant Seasons
- 1992-93 - Mario Lemieux: 92.25 point lead over next highest scorer
- 1988-89 - Mario Lemieux: 76.03 point lead over next highest scorer
- 1989-90 - Mario Lemieux: 65.37 point lead over next highest scorer
- 2010-11 - Sidney Crosby: 61.44 point lead over next highest scorer
- 1987-88 - Mario Lemieux: 59.48 point lead over next highest scorer
#Players With Most Dominant Seasons
- Mario Lemieux: 12
- Sidney Crosby: 10
- Jaromir Jagr: 5
- Syl Apps: 3
- Pierre Larouche/Pete Mahovlich/Evgeni Malkin: 2
Posted Aug 20, 2017, 10:07 PM UTC · edited