Darryl Sittler

Position: C ▪ Shoots: Left
Height: 6-0 ▪ Weight: 190 lbs.
Born: September 18, 1950 in Kitchener, Ontario
Draft: Toronto, 1st round (8th overall), 1970 NHL Amateur
Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1989 (Full List)

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Skater Rank: #39. Brad Park… #40. Denis Savard… #41. Alex Ovechkin… #42. DARRYL SITTLER… #43. Michel Goulet… #44. Peter Stastny… #45. Henri Richard…

Skater Rank: #39. Brad Park… #40. Denis Savard… #41. Alex Ovechkin… #42. DARRYL SITTLER… #43. Michel Goulet… #44. Peter Stastny… #45. Henri Richard…

NHL Standard

					Scoring Stats						Goals				Assists					Ice Time
Season	Age	Tm	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	SH	PP	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1970-71	20	TOR	NHL	49	10	8	18	8	3	37	7	3	0	3	7	0	1	131	7.6
1971-72	21	TOR	NHL	74	15	17	32	13	-4	44	14	1	0	4	15	0	2	174	8.6
1972-73	22	TOR	NHL	78	29	48	77	30	-11	69	21	8	0	1	38	0	10	331	8.8
1973-74	23	TOR	NHL	78	38	46	84	34	12	55	27	11	0	6	36	0	10	270	14.1
1974-75	24	TOR	NHL	72	36	44	80	32	-10	47	23	12	1	2	33	1	10	273	13.2
1975-76	25	TOR	NHL	79	41	59	100	39	12	90	29	11	1	2	43	3	13	346	11.8
1976-77	26	TOR	NHL	73	38	52	90	35	8	89	25	12	1	5	38	2	12	307	12.4
1977-78	27	TOR	NHL	80	45	72	117	44	34	100	31	14	0	8	49	0	23	311	14.5
1978-79	28	TOR	NHL	70	36	51	87	34	9	69	24	12	0	4	36	0	15	290	12.4
1979-80	29	TOR	NHL	73	40	57	97	38	3	62	22	17	1	5	40	0	17	315	12.7
1980-81	30	TOR	NHL	80	43	53	96	39	-8	77	27	14	2	2	35	0	18	267	16.1
1981-82	31	TOT	NHL	73	32	38	70	28	-15	74	19	10	3	2	31	0	7	241	13.3
1981-82	31	TOR	NHL	38	18	20	38	16	-14	24	11	5	2	0	15	0	5	127	14.2
1981-82	31	PHI	NHL	35	14	18	32	12	-1	50	8	5	1	2	16	0	2	114	12.3
1982-83	32	PHI	NHL	80	43	40	83	34	17	60	33	10	0	8	32	0	8	231	18.6
1983-84	33	PHI	NHL	76	27	36	63	25	13	38	15	11	1	3	24	3	9	212	12.7
1984-85	34	DET	NHL	61	11	16	27	10	-10	37	7	4	0	2	14	0	2	113	9.7
Career			NHL	1096	484	637	1121	443	53	948	324	150	10	57	471	9	157	3812	12.7

NHL Miscellaneous

					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
1970-71	20	TOR	NHL	49	0.20	0.16	0.37	0.16	0.76	2.67	9	7	16	7	31	7	23	2	3	0.4	0.8	1.2
1971-72	21	TOR	NHL	74	0.20	0.23	0.43	0.18	0.59	2.35	15	17	32	13	46	5	48	3	-4	1.1	1.0	2.1
1972-73	22	TOR	NHL	78	0.37	0.62	0.99	0.38	0.88	4.24	27	45	72	27	102	26	102	15	-11	5.6	0.9	6.5
1973-74	23	TOR	NHL	78	0.49	0.59	1.08	0.43	0.71	3.46	36	44	80	32	112	28	72	0	12	7.3	1.2	8.5
1974-75	24	TOR	NHL	72	0.50	0.61	1.11	0.45	0.65	3.79	31	38	69	27	107	39	93	15	-10	6.3	0.6	6.9
1975-76	25	TOR	NHL	79	0.52	0.75	1.27	0.49	1.14	4.38	35	52	87	33	129	35	111	29	12	7.9	1.1	9.0
1976-77	26	TOR	NHL	73	0.52	0.71	1.23	0.48	1.22	4.21	33	47	80	31	124	42	92	18	8	7.6	1.1	8.7
1977-78	27	TOR	NHL	80	0.56	0.90	1.46	0.55	1.25	3.89	40	65	105	40	141	41	69	3	34	10.1	2.1	12.2
1978-79	28	TOR	NHL	70	0.51	0.73	1.24	0.49	0.99	4.14	30	43	73	28	122	41	80	8	9	6.9	1.2	8.1
1979-80	29	TOR	NHL	73	0.55	0.78	1.33	0.52	0.85	4.32	33	49	82	31	130	43	97	13	3	7.7	0.9	8.7
1980-81	30	TOR	NHL	80	0.54	0.66	1.20	0.48	0.96	3.34	33	41	74	29	142	52	120	22	-8	6.8	0.8	7.5
1981-82	31	TOT	NHL	73	0.44	0.52	0.96	0.39	1.01	3.30	23	28	51	20	96	28	118	35	-15	4.0	0.5	4.5
1981-82	31	TOR	NHL	38	0.47	0.53	1.00	0.42	0.63	3.34	13	15	28	11	52	19	59	12	-14	2.3	0.1	2.5
1981-82	31	PHI	NHL	35	0.40	0.51	0.91	0.36	1.43	3.26	10	13	23	9	44	9	59	23	-1	1.6	0.4	2.0
1982-83	32	PHI	NHL	80	0.54	0.50	1.04	0.42	0.75	2.89	34	32	66	27	111	30	66	2	17	5.6	1.2	6.8
1983-84	33	PHI	NHL	76	0.36	0.47	0.83	0.33	0.50	2.79	21	29	50	19	90	26	64	13	13	3.3	0.9	4.3
1984-85	34	DET	NHL	61	0.18	0.26	0.44	0.17	0.61	1.85	9	13	22	8	49	11	57	9	-10	0.3	0.4	0.8
Career			NHL	1096	0.44	0.58	1.02	0.40	0.86	3.48	409	550	959	373	1532	454	1212	187	53	81.0	14.8	95.8

NHL Playoffs

					Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
Season	Age	Tm	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1970-71	20	TOR	NHL	6	2	1	3	1		31	1	1	0	0
1971-72	21	TOR	NHL	3	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0
1973-74	23	TOR	NHL	4	2	1	3	1		6	1	1	0	0
1974-75	24	TOR	NHL	7	2	1	3	1		15	1	1	0	0
1975-76	25	TOR	NHL	10	5	7	12	5		19	3	2	0	1
1976-77	26	TOR	NHL	9	5	16	21	7		4	2	3	0	0
1977-78	27	TOR	NHL	13	3	8	11	4		12	1	2	0	0
1978-79	28	TOR	NHL	6	5	4	9	4		17	3	2	0	0
1979-80	29	TOR	NHL	3	1	2	3	1		10	0	1	0	0
1980-81	30	TOR	NHL	3	0	0	0	0		4	0	0	0	0
1981-82	31	PHI	NHL	4	3	1	4	2		6	2	1	0	0
1982-83	32	PHI	NHL	3	1	0	1	1		4	1	0	0	0
1983-84	33	PHI	NHL	3	0	2	2	1	-1	7	0	0	0	0	6	0.0
1984-85	34	DET	NHL	2	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Career			NHL	76	29	45	74	28	-1	137	15	14	0	1	8	0.0

Other Standard

					Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
Season	Age	Team	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1967-68	17	London Nationals	OHA-Jr.	54	22	41	63			84
1968-69	18	London Knights	OHA-Jr.	53	34	65	99			90
1969-70	19	London Knights	OHA-Jr.	54	42	48	90			126
1976-77	26	Canada	Can-Cup	7	4	2	6			4
1978-79	28	NHL All-Stars	Ch-Cup	3	0	1	1			0
1981-82	31	Canada	WEC-A	10	4	3	7			2
1982-83	32	Canada	WEC-A	10	3	1	4			12
Career		1 Season	Can-Cup	7	4	2	6			4
Career		1 Season	Ch-Cup	3	0	1	1			0
Career		3 Seasons	OHA-Jr.	161	98	154	252			300
Career		2 Seasons	WEC-A	20	7	4	11			14

Other Playoffs

					Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
Season	Age	Team	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1967-68	17	London Nationals	OHA-Jr.	5	5	2	7			6
1968-69	18	London Knights	OHA-Jr.	6	2	5	7			11
1969-70	19	London Knights	OHA-Jr.	12	4	12	16			32
Career		3 Seasons	OHA-Jr.	23	11	19	30			49

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2012-13)

Thru 15 Years		Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Darryl Sittler		12.2	9.0	8.7	8.7	8.5	8.1	7.5	6.9	6.8	6.5	4.5	4.3	2.1	1.2	0.8
Andy Bathgate	91.5	9.9	8.8	8.4	8.1	7.9	7.2	7.0	6.9	6.7	4.3	4.1	3.4	1.4	0.1	-0.6
Patrick Marleau	91.2	11.4	9.4	9.2	8.8	8.5	8.0	6.8	6.1	6.0	5.4	5.3	4.5	4.1	3.6	3.1
Joe Mullen	91.1	11.0	8.3	8.0	7.4	7.3	7.0	6.9	6.4	6.2	5.7	4.8	3.8	3.2	3.2	0.9
Adam Oates	90.5	12.2	10.5	9.6	8.9	7.9	7.6	7.6	6.9	6.3	5.2	5.0	4.5	3.8	2.9	0.5
Denis Savard	90.4	11.0	9.6	9.2	8.2	7.9	7.9	6.9	6.5	6.1	6.1	5.8	5.2	3.9	3.2	2.2
Dino Ciccarelli	90.4	9.8	9.2	8.2	7.4	7.0	6.8	6.7	6.4	6.4	5.4	5.4	4.5	3.0	2.7	1.8
Joe Nieuwendyk	90.3	10.0	9.0	8.7	8.4	8.3	8.2	7.5	6.8	6.5	5.5	5.5	4.1	3.9	2.2	0.6
Pat LaFontaine	89.8	13.2	9.9	9.5	9.1	8.6	8.1	7.6	6.4	5.8	4.2	3.4	3.2	2.0	1.5	0.3
Michel Goulet	89.8	11.6	9.7	9.0	8.7	8.7	8.3	7.0	6.3	5.5	5.2	4.3	3.8	3.6	2.8	2.5
Mark Messier	89.7	11.3	9.9	9.0	8.9	8.8	8.1	8.0	7.1	7.0	6.8	6.7	5.0	3.8	3.7	0.9

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
Darryl Sittler		12.2	9.0	8.7	8.7	8.5	8.1	7.5	6.9	6.8	6.5	4.5	4.3	2.1	1.2	0.8
Andy Bathgate	92.0	9.9	8.8	8.4	8.1	7.9	7.2	7.0	6.9	6.7	5.2	4.3	4.1	3.4	2.9	1.4	0.1	-0.6
Patrick Marleau	91.2	11.4	9.4	9.2	8.8	8.5	8.0	6.8	6.1	6.0	5.4	5.3	4.5	4.1	3.6	3.1
Rod Gilbert	90.8	11.6	8.5	8.4	8.1	7.7	7.6	6.8	6.5	5.9	5.6	5.6	5.1	4.3	1.8	1.5	0.1	0.1	0.0
Joe Mullen	90.7	11.0	8.3	8.0	7.4	7.3	7.0	6.9	6.4	6.2	5.7	4.8	3.8	3.2	3.2	1.1	0.9
Pat LaFontaine	89.8	13.2	9.9	9.5	9.1	8.6	8.1	7.6	6.4	5.8	4.2	3.4	3.2	2.0	1.5	0.3
Michel Goulet	89.8	11.6	9.7	9.0	8.7	8.7	8.3	7.0	6.3	5.5	5.2	4.3	3.8	3.6	2.8	2.5
Steve Larmer	89.4	10.6	8.4	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	6.6	6.5	6.5	5.7	5.6	5.3	3.2	0.0	-0.1
Yvan Cournoyer	89.4	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
Denis Savard	88.8	11.0	9.6	9.2	8.2	7.9	7.9	6.9	6.5	6.1	6.1	5.8	5.2	3.9	3.9	3.2	2.2	1.3
Bernie Geoffrion	88.6	11.5	10.3	8.5	8.1	7.8	7.0	6.7	6.3	5.9	5.2	5.0	4.5	4.5	3.8	1.8	0.6

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Rate Statistic Requirements

All-Star Games 1975 NHL 1978 NHL 1980 NHL 1983 NHL	Honors 1977-78 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)	Games Played 1972-73 NHL 78 (3) 1973-74 NHL 78 (1) 1977-78 NHL 80 (3) 1980-81 NHL 80 (2) 1982-83 NHL 80 (1)	Goals 1973-74 NHL 38 (9) 1976-77 NHL 38 (8) 1977-78 NHL 45 (6) Career NHL 484 (47)
Assists 1977-78 NHL 72 (2) 1979-80 NHL 57 (8) Career NHL 637 (64)	Points 1973-74 NHL 84 (8) 1975-76 NHL 100 (9) 1976-77 NHL 90 (8) 1977-78 NHL 117 (3) 1979-80 NHL 97 (9) Career NHL 1121 (54)	Goals Created 1973-74 NHL 33.9 (7) 1975-76 NHL 38.6 (9) 1976-77 NHL 35.2 (7) 1977-78 NHL 44.2 (3) 1978-79 NHL 34.2 (10) Career NHL 442.7 (48)	Even Strength Goals 1973-74 NHL 27 (10) 1977-78 NHL 31 (7) Career NHL 324 (35)
Power Play Goals 1973-74 NHL 11 (10) 1976-77 NHL 12 (7) 1977-78 NHL 14 (5) 1979-80 NHL 17 (2) Career NHL 150 (43)	Short-Handed Goals 1981-82 NHL 3 (10)	Game-Winning Goals 1977-78 NHL 8 (3) 1982-83 NHL 8 (6) Career NHL 57 (81)	Shots 1972-73 NHL 331 (4) 1973-74 NHL 270 (10) 1975-76 NHL 346 (3) 1976-77 NHL 307 (4) 1977-78 NHL 311 (1) 1978-79 NHL 290 (4) 1979-80 NHL 315 (5) Career NHL 3812 (25)
Goals Per Game 1973-74 NHL 0.49 (9) 1976-77 NHL 0.52 (9) 1977-78 NHL 0.56 (8) Career NHL 0.44 (63)	Assists Per Game 1976-77 NHL 0.71 (10) 1977-78 NHL 0.90 (4) Career NHL 0.58 (76)	Points Per Game 1973-74 NHL 1.08 (10) 1975-76 NHL 1.27 (9) 1976-77 NHL 1.23 (4) 1977-78 NHL 1.46 (3) 1978-79 NHL 1.24 (9) 1979-80 NHL 1.33 (8) Career NHL 1.02 (45)	Goals Created Per Game 1973-74 NHL 0.43 (10) 1975-76 NHL 0.49 (9) 1976-77 NHL 0.48 (5) 1977-78 NHL 0.55 (3) 1978-79 NHL 0.49 (7) Career NHL 0.40 (46)
Adjusted Goals 1973-74 NHL 36 (9) 1976-77 NHL 33 (8) 1977-78 NHL 40 (6) Career NHL 409 (80)	Adjusted Assists 1977-78 NHL 65 (2) 1979-80 NHL 49 (8) Career NHL 550 (100)	Adjusted Points 1973-74 NHL 80 (8) 1975-76 NHL 87 (9) 1976-77 NHL 80 (10) 1977-78 NHL 105 (3) 1979-80 NHL 82 (9) Career NHL 959 (81)	Adjusted Goals Created 1973-74 NHL 31.6 (7) 1975-76 NHL 33.3 (9) 1976-77 NHL 30.8 (7) 1977-78 NHL 39.5 (3) Career NHL 373.1 (81)
Total Goals On-Ice For Career NHL 1532 (83)	Total Goals On-Ice Against Career NHL 1212 (97)	Offensive Point Shares 1973-74 NHL 7.3 (8) 1975-76 NHL 7.9 (10) 1976-77 NHL 7.6 (7) 1977-78 NHL 10.1 (3) 1978-79 NHL 6.9 (10) Career NHL 81.0 (73)

Transactions

Transaction information may be incomplete.

January 20, 1982: Traded to Philadelphia by Toronto for the rights to Rich Costello, Hartford's 2nd round choice (previously acquired, Toronto selected Peter Ihnacak) in 1982 Entry Draft and future considerations (Ken Strong, May, 1982), January 20, 1982.

October 10, 1984: Traded to Detroit by Philadelphia for Murray Craven and Joe Paterson, October 10, 1984.

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