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Glenn Anderson

Position: RW
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-1    Weight: 190 lbs.
Born: October 2, 1960 in Vancouver, British Columbia

Inducted into Hockey Hall of Fame as Player in 2008

Drafted by the Edmonton Oilers in the 4th round (69th overall) of the 1979 NHL Entry Draft.

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 8, 2012, 8:08AM
All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #135. GLENN ANDERSON… #136. Reggie Leach… #137. Pierre Larouche… 

NHL Standard

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1980-81 20 EDM NHL 58 30 23 53 23 4 24 17 10 3 5 160 18.8
1981-82 21 EDM NHL 80 38 67 105 39 46 71 29 9 0 8 252 15.1
1982-83 22 EDM NHL 72 48 56 104 42 41 70 37 11 0 10 243 19.8
1983-84 23 EDM NHL 80 54 45 99 42 41 65 39 11 4 11 277 19.5
1984-85 24 EDM NHL 80 42 39 81 34 24 69 29 12 1 6 258 16.3
1985-86 25 EDM NHL 72 54 48 102 42 38 90 34 18 2 9 243 22.2
1986-87 26 EDM NHL 80 35 38 73 29 27 65 27 7 1 5 188 18.6
1987-88 27 EDM NHL 80 38 50 88 34 5 58 21 16 1 3 255 14.9
1988-89 28 EDM NHL 79 16 48 64 22 -16 93 9 7 0 3 212 7.5
1989-90 29 EDM NHL 73 34 38 72 29 -1 107 16 17 1 7 204 16.7
1990-91 30 EDM NHL 74 24 31 55 21 -7 59 16 8 0 4 193 12.4
1991-92 31 TOR NHL 72 24 33 57 22 -13 100 19 5 0 4 188 12.8
1992-93 32 TOR NHL 76 22 43 65 24 19 117 11 11 0 3 161 13.7
1993-94 33 TOT NHL 85 21 20 41 17 -5 62 14 7 0 3 149 14.1
1993-94 33 TOR NHL 73 17 18 35 14 -6 50 12 5 0 3 127 13.4
1993-94 33 NYR NHL 12 4 2 6 3 1 12 2 2 0 0 22 18.2
1994-95 34 STL NHL 36 12 14 26 10 9 37 12 0 0 3 54 22.2
1995-96 35 TOT NHL 32 6 8 14 5 -11 33 4 2 0 1 71 8.5
1995-96 35 EDM NHL 17 4 6 10 4 0 27 4 0 0 1 36 11.1
1995-96 35 STL NHL 15 2 2 4 2 -11 6 0 2 0 0 35 5.7
Career NHL 1129 498 601 1099 435 201 1120 334 151 13 85 3108 16.0

NHL Miscellaneous

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Per Game Adjusted Plus/Minus Point Shares
Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC PIM S G A PTS GC TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- OPS DPS PS
1980-81 20 EDM NHL 58 0.52 0.40 0.91 0.39 0.41 2.76 23 18 41 17 77 16 70 13 4 3.5 0.8 4.3
1981-82 21 EDM NHL 80 0.48 0.84 1.31 0.48 0.89 3.15 28 49 77 29 177 52 88 9 46 6.3 1.7 8.0
1982-83 22 EDM NHL 72 0.67 0.78 1.44 0.59 0.97 3.38 38 45 83 33 153 51 61 0 41 8.1 1.4 9.5
1983-84 23 EDM NHL 80 0.68 0.56 1.24 0.52 0.81 3.46 42 36 78 33 153 46 73 7 41 7.5 1.3 8.8
1984-85 24 EDM NHL 80 0.53 0.49 1.01 0.42 0.86 3.23 33 31 64 26 125 41 67 7 24 5.5 1.1 6.6
1985-86 25 EDM NHL 72 0.75 0.67 1.42 0.58 1.25 3.38 42 38 80 33 147 43 79 13 38 7.7 1.2 8.9
1986-87 26 EDM NHL 80 0.44 0.48 0.91 0.37 0.81 2.35 29 32 61 25 127 37 67 4 27 4.9 1.2 6.2
1987-88 27 EDM NHL 80 0.48 0.63 1.10 0.42 0.73 3.19 32 42 74 29 137 55 95 18 5 6.1 0.8 6.9
1988-89 28 EDM NHL 79 0.20 0.61 0.81 0.27 1.18 2.68 13 40 53 18 99 38 82 5 -16 2.7 0.5 3.2
1989-90 29 EDM NHL 73 0.47 0.52 0.99 0.39 1.47 2.79 29 32 61 25 105 42 75 11 -1 5.0 0.9 5.9
1990-91 30 EDM NHL 74 0.32 0.42 0.74 0.29 0.80 2.61 21 27 48 19 84 31 73 13 -7 3.4 0.7 4.0
1991-92 31 TOR NHL 72 0.33 0.46 0.79 0.31 1.39 2.61 21 29 50 19 76 23 88 22 -13 3.6 0.8 4.4
1992-93 32 TOR NHL 76 0.29 0.57 0.86 0.31 1.54 2.12 18 34 52 19 101 46 37 1 19 3.6 1.8 5.4
1993-94 33 TOT NHL 85 0.25 0.24 0.48 0.20 0.73 1.75 19 18 37 15 71 26 50 0 -5 2.0 0.9 2.9
1993-94 33 TOR NHL 73 0.23 0.25 0.48 0.20 0.68 1.74 15 16 31 13 60 22 44 0 -6 1.6 0.8 2.4
1993-94 33 NYR NHL 12 0.33 0.17 0.50 0.23 1.00 1.83 4 2 6 3 11 4 6 0 1 0.4 0.2 0.6
1994-95 34 STL NHL 36 0.33 0.39 0.72 0.29 1.03 1.50 21 24 45 18 34 4 25 4 9 2.1 0.5 2.6
1995-96 35 TOT NHL 32 0.19 0.25 0.44 0.17 1.03 2.22 6 8 14 5 21 5 31 4 -11 0.5 0.1 0.6
1995-96 35 EDM NHL 17 0.24 0.35 0.59 0.22 1.59 2.12 4 6 10 4 14 1 13 0 0 0.5 0.2 0.8
1995-96 35 STL NHL 15 0.13 0.13 0.27 0.11 0.40 2.33 2 2 4 2 7 4 18 4 -11 -0.1 -0.1 -0.2
Career NHL 1129 0.44 0.53 0.97 0.39 0.99 2.75 415 503 918 364 1687 556 1061 131 201 72.6 15.5 88.1

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1980-81 20 EDM NHL 9 5 7 12 12 2 3 0 0
1981-82 21 EDM NHL 5 2 5 7 8 2 0 0 1
1982-83 22 EDM NHL 16 10 10 20 32 9 1 0 2
1983-84 23 EDM NHL SC 19 6 11 17 6 33 5 1 0 1 68 8.8
1984-85 24 EDM NHL SC 18 10 16 26 11 38 8 2 0 1 47 21.3
1985-86 25 EDM NHL 10 8 3 11 2 14 7 1 0 2 38 21.1
1986-87 26 EDM NHL SC 21 14 13 27 13 59 10 4 0 2 62 22.6
1987-88 27 EDM NHL SC 19 9 16 25 5 49 5 4 0 1 43 20.9
1988-89 28 EDM NHL 7 1 2 3 -1 8 0 1 0 0 16 6.3
1989-90 29 EDM NHL SC 22 10 12 22 12 20 8 2 0 2 46 21.7
1990-91 30 EDM NHL 18 6 7 13 -2 41 3 3 0 0 31 19.4
1992-93 32 TOR NHL 21 7 11 18 7 31 7 0 0 2 46 15.2
1993-94 33 NYR NHL SC 23 3 3 6 5 42 2 0 1 2 31 9.7
1994-95 34 STL NHL 6 1 1 2 0 49 1 0 0 0 3 33.3
1995-96 35 STL NHL 11 1 4 5 5 6 1 0 0 1 20 5.0
Career NHL 6 225 93 121 214 63 442 70 22 1 17 451 16.9

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1977-78 17 Bellingham Blazers BCJHL 64 62 69 131 46
1977-78 17 New Westminster Bruins WCJHL 1 0 1 1 2
1978-79 18 Seattle Breakers WHL 2 0 1 1 0
1978-79 18 University of Denver WCHA 40 26 29 55 58
1979-80 19 Seattle Breakers WHL 7 5 5 10 4
1979-80 19 Canada Nat-Tm 49 21 21 42 46
1979-80 19 Canada Olympics 6 2 2 4 4
1984-85 24 Canada Can-Cup 8 1 4 5 16
1986-87 26 NHL All-Stars RV-87 2 1 0 1 2
1987-88 27 Canada Can-Cup 7 2 1 3 4
1988-89 28 Canada WEC-A 6 2 2 4 4
1991-92 31 Canada WC-A 6 2 1 3 16
1994-95 34 Augsburger Panther Germany 5 6 2 8 10
1994-95 34 Lukko Rauma Finland 4 1 1 2 0
1994-95 34 Canada Nat-Tm 26 11 8 19 40
1995-96 35 Canada Nat-Tm 11 4 4 8 39
1995-96 35 Augsburger Panther Germany 9 5 3 8 48
1996-97 36 HC Bolzano Alpenliga 2 0 1 1 0
1996-97 36 HC La Chaux-de-Fonds Swiss 23 14 15 29 103
Career 1 Season Alpenliga 2 0 1 1 0
Career 1 Season BCJHL 64 62 69 131 46
Career 2 Seasons Can-Cup 15 3 5 8 20
Career 1 Season Finland 4 1 1 2 0
Career 2 Seasons Germany 14 11 5 16 58
Career 3 Seasons Nat-Tm 86 36 33 69 125
Career 1 Season Olympics 6 2 2 4 4
Career 1 Season RV-87 2 1 0 1 2
Career 1 Season Swiss 23 14 15 29 103
Career 1 Season WC-A 6 2 1 3 16
Career 1 Season WCHA 40 26 29 55 58
Career 1 Season WCJHL 1 0 1 1 2
Career 1 Season WEC-A 6 2 2 4 4
Career 2 Seasons WHL 9 5 6 11 4

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1979-80 19 Seattle Breakers WHL 2 0 1 1 0
Career 1 Season WHL 2 0 1 1 0

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 16 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Glenn Anderson 9.5 8.9 8.8 8.0 6.9 6.6 6.2 5.9 5.4 4.4 4.3 4.0 3.2 2.9 2.6 0.6
Bill Guerin 93.8 9.9 9.8 8.8 7.5 7.2 6.2 5.2 5.2 5.0 4.6 4.5 3.8 3.2 2.4 2.3 0.0
Doug Weight 93.1 9.0 8.5 8.3 7.8 7.2 6.6 5.9 5.7 5.4 5.3 4.1 3.0 2.6 2.5 2.4 1.4
Dave Taylor 92.1 10.4 9.3 9.2 7.5 7.5 5.0 4.9 4.6 4.5 4.5 4.4 4.2 4.1 2.8 1.3 0.2
Miroslav Satan 92.1 10.0 9.1 8.3 8.3 7.1 6.8 6.3 5.3 5.0 3.9 3.7 3.5 3.1 1.9
Rod Brind'Amour 91.2 9.0 8.2 8.2 7.3 6.8 6.8 6.5 5.8 5.6 5.2 5.1 3.5 3.3 3.2 3.1 1.4
Pat Verbeek 91.1 9.5 8.1 8.0 7.9 7.7 6.9 6.7 4.5 4.3 3.9 3.4 2.7 2.6 2.5 1.0 0.4
Yvan Cournoyer 90.8 10.4 10.0 9.3 8.6 8.3 7.2 6.7 6.5 6.0 5.3 5.1 3.9 2.4 0.7 0.7 0.4
Vincent Damphousse 90.7 9.6 8.8 7.9 7.9 7.4 7.2 6.8 6.3 5.8 5.2 4.8 4.7 4.6 3.9 3.0 2.5
Alex Kovalev 90.4 10.8 10.5 9.1 9.1 6.8 6.3 5.7 5.3 5.3 5.2 4.9 3.8 3.6 3.4 2.5 2.5
Dino Ciccarelli 90.1 9.8 9.2 8.2 7.4 7.0 6.8 6.7 6.4 6.4 5.4 5.4 4.5 4.3 3.0 2.7 1.8
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
Glenn Anderson 9.5 8.9 8.8 8.0 6.9 6.6 6.2 5.9 5.4 4.4 4.3 4.0 3.2 2.9 2.6 0.6
Pat Verbeek 92.8 9.5 8.1 8.0 7.9 7.7 6.9 6.7 6.0 4.5 4.3 4.1 3.9 3.4 3.1 2.7 2.6 2.5 1.5 1.0 0.4
Ray Whitney 92.6 9.0 8.7 8.3 8.2 7.0 6.7 6.6 6.2 5.7 5.6 5.1 4.7 3.1 2.8 2.5 2.2 0.2 0.1 -0.3
Doug Weight 92.3 9.0 8.5 8.3 7.8 7.2 6.6 5.9 5.7 5.4 5.3 4.1 3.0 2.8 2.6 2.5 2.4 1.4 0.9 0.5
Dave Taylor 92.1 10.4 9.3 9.2 7.5 7.5 5.0 4.9 4.6 4.5 4.5 4.4 4.2 4.1 2.8 1.3 0.2 0.0
Miroslav Satan 92.1 10.0 9.1 8.3 8.3 7.1 6.8 6.3 5.3 5.0 3.9 3.7 3.5 3.1 1.9
Bill Guerin 92.1 9.9 9.8 8.8 7.5 7.2 6.2 5.2 5.2 5.0 4.6 4.5 4.5 4.2 3.8 3.2 2.4 2.3 0.0
Gary Roberts 91.8 10.0 9.7 8.1 6.9 6.5 6.4 5.8 5.6 5.3 5.0 4.1 4.0 3.6 3.4 3.3 1.3 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.3 0.1
Yvan Cournoyer 90.8 10.4 10.0 9.3 8.6 8.3 7.2 6.7 6.5 6.0 5.3 5.1 3.9 2.4 0.7 0.7 0.4
Vyacheslav Kozlov 90.2 8.6 8.2 7.5 7.4 7.1 7.1 6.8 6.2 5.2 4.9 4.6 3.9 3.7 3.3 2.5 1.4 0.2 -0.1
Rick Tocchet 90.0 10.2 7.9 7.5 7.0 6.2 6.2 5.5 5.5 5.4 4.3 4.0 3.7 3.5 2.9 2.6 1.8 1.7 -0.1

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary ▪ Rate Statistic Requirements

All-Star Games

1984 NHL
1985 NHL
1986 NHL
1988 NHL

Championships

(Minimum 1 playoff game)

1984 Edmonton Oilers (NHL)
1985 Edmonton Oilers (NHL)
1987 Edmonton Oilers (NHL)
1988 Edmonton Oilers (NHL)
1990 Edmonton Oilers (NHL)
1994 New York Rangers (NHL)

Games Played

1981-82 NHL 80 (4)
1983-84 NHL 80 (1)
 1984-85 NHL 80 (1)
 1986-87 NHL 80 (3)
1987-88 NHL 80 (1)
 1993-94 NHL 85 (2)

Goals

1982-83 NHL 48 (9)
1983-84 NHL 54 (3)
1985-86 NHL 54 (4)
Career NHL 498 (43)

Assists

1981-82 NHL 67 (9)
Career NHL 601 (75)

Points

1982-83 NHL 104 (9)
Career NHL 1099 (56)

Goals Created

1982-83 NHL 42.2 (10)
1983-84 NHL 41.9 (9)
1985-86 NHL 41.8 (10)
Career NHL 434.7 (51)

Plus/Minus

1982-83 NHL 41 (10)
1985-86 NHL 38 (7)
Career NHL 201 (59)

Even Strength Goals

1982-83 NHL 37 (8)
1983-84 NHL 39 (5)
1985-86 NHL 34 (4)
Career NHL 334 (30)

Power Play Goals

1985-86 NHL 18 (9)
1989-90 NHL 17 (9)
Career NHL 151 (42)

Short-Handed Goals

1983-84 NHL 4 (8)

Game-Winning Goals

1981-82 NHL 8 (5)
1982-83 NHL 10 (2)
1983-84 NHL 11 (2)
1985-86 NHL 9 (1)
 1989-90 NHL 7 (10)
Career NHL 85 (20)

Shots

1983-84 NHL 277 (8)
Career NHL 3108 (70)

Shooting Percentage

1985-86 NHL 22.2 (10)
1994-95 NHL 22.2 (5)
Career NHL 16.0 (92)

Goals Per Game

1982-83 NHL 0.67 (7)
1983-84 NHL 0.68 (7)
1985-86 NHL 0.75 (4)
Career NHL 0.44 (63)

Assists Per Game

1982-83 NHL 0.78 (10)

Points Per Game

1982-83 NHL 1.44 (5)
1985-86 NHL 1.42 (9)
Career NHL 0.97 (73)

Goals Created Per Game

1982-83 NHL 0.59 (4)
1985-86 NHL 0.58 (6)
Career NHL 0.39 (66)

Adjusted Goals

1982-83 NHL 38 (9)
1983-84 NHL 42 (3)
1985-86 NHL 42 (4)
Career NHL 415 (75)

Adjusted Assists

1981-82 NHL 49 (9)

Adjusted Points

1981-82 NHL 77 (9)
Career NHL 918 (92)

Adjusted Goals Created

1982-83 NHL 33.0 (10)
1983-84 NHL 32.7 (8)
1985-86 NHL 33.3 (8)
Career NHL 363.6 (91)

Total Goals On-Ice For

1981-82 NHL 177 (5)
1982-83 NHL 153 (8)
Career NHL 1687 (56)

Power Play Goals On-Ice For

Career NHL 556 (75)

Offensive Point Shares

1982-83 NHL 8.1 (7)
1983-84 NHL 7.5 (10)
1985-86 NHL 7.7 (9)
Career NHL 72.6 (93)
      

Transactions

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September 19, 1991: Traded to Toronto by Edmonton with Grant Fuhr and Craig Berube for Vincent Damphousse, Peter Ing, Scott Thornton and Luke Richardson, September 19, 1991.

March 21, 1994: Traded to NY Rangers by Toronto with Toronto's 4th round choice (Alexander Korobolin) in 1994 Entry Draft and the rights to Scott Malone for Mike Gartner, March 21, 1994.

February 13, 1995: Signed as a free agent by St. Louis, February 13, 1995.

January 22, 1996: Signed as a free agent by Vancouver, January 22, 1996.

January 25, 1996: Claimed on waivers by Edmonton from Vancouver, January 25, 1996.

March 12, 1996: Claimed on waivers by St. Louis from Edmonton, March 12, 1996.

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