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Steve Yzerman

Position: C
Shoots: Right
Height: 5-11    Weight: 185 lbs.
Born: May 9, 1965 in Cranbrook, British Columbia

Inducted into Hockey Hall of Fame as Player in 2009

Drafted by the Detroit Red Wings in the 1st round (4th overall) of the 1983 NHL Entry Draft.

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 4, 2012, 8:55AM
All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #10. Jean Beliveau… #11. Marcel Dionne… #12. STEVE YZERMAN… #13. Phil Esposito… #14. Mike Bossy… 

NHL Standard

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1983-84 18 DET NHL 80 39 48 87 35 -17 33 26 13 0 2 177 22.0
1984-85 19 DET NHL 80 30 59 89 33 -17 58 21 9 0 3 231 13.0
1985-86 20 DET NHL 51 14 28 42 16 -24 16 11 3 0 3 132 10.6
1986-87 21 DET NHL 80 31 59 90 33 -1 43 21 9 1 2 217 14.3
1987-88 22 DET NHL 64 50 52 102 42 30 44 34 10 6 6 242 20.7
1988-89 23 DET NHL 80 65 90 155 60 17 61 45 17 3 7 388 16.8
1989-90 24 DET NHL 79 62 65 127 52 -6 79 39 16 7 8 332 18.7
1990-91 25 DET NHL 80 51 57 108 43 -2 34 33 12 6 4 326 15.6
1991-92 26 DET NHL 79 45 58 103 41 26 64 28 9 8 9 295 15.3
1992-93 27 DET NHL 84 58 79 137 52 33 44 38 13 7 6 307 18.9
1993-94 28 DET NHL 58 24 58 82 29 11 36 14 7 3 3 217 11.1
1994-95 29 DET NHL 47 12 26 38 13 6 40 8 4 0 1 134 9.0
1995-96 30 DET NHL 80 36 59 95 35 29 64 18 16 2 8 220 16.4
1996-97 31 DET NHL 81 22 63 85 29 22 78 14 8 0 3 232 9.5
1997-98 32 DET NHL 75 24 45 69 25 3 46 16 6 2 0 188 12.8
1998-99 33 DET NHL 80 29 45 74 27 8 42 14 13 2 4 231 12.6 1727 21:35
1999-00 34 DET NHL 78 35 44 79 31 28 34 18 15 2 6 234 15.0 1647 21:07
2000-01 35 DET NHL 54 18 34 52 19 4 18 13 5 0 7 155 11.6 1201 22:14
2001-02 36 DET NHL 52 13 35 48 16 11 18 7 5 1 5 104 12.5 1070 20:35
2002-03 37 DET NHL 16 2 6 8 3 6 8 1 1 0 1 13 15.4 249 15:35
2003-04 38 DET NHL 75 18 33 51 19 10 46 11 7 0 3 141 12.8 1315 17:32
2005-06 40 DET NHL 61 14 20 34 13 8 18 10 4 0 3 86 16.3 779 12:47
Career NHL 1514 692 1063 1755 666 185 924 440 202 50 94 4602 15.0 7988 19:12

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
1983-84 18 DET NHL 80 0.49 0.60 1.09 0.44 0.41 2.21 31 38 69 27 133 62 91 3 -17 5.8 0.7 6.5
1984-85 19 DET NHL 80 0.38 0.74 1.11 0.41 0.73 2.89 24 47 71 26 138 53 104 2 -17 5.3 0.5 5.8
1985-86 20 DET NHL 51 0.27 0.55 0.82 0.30 0.31 2.59 11 22 33 12 72 31 74 9 -24 1.9 0.2 2.1
1986-87 21 DET NHL 80 0.39 0.74 1.13 0.41 0.54 2.71 26 50 76 28 125 53 87 14 -1 5.9 1.2 7.1
1987-88 22 DET NHL 64 0.78 0.81 1.59 0.66 0.69 3.78 42 43 85 35 132 42 75 15 30 8.9 1.5 10.4
1988-89 23 DET NHL 80 0.81 1.13 1.94 0.75 0.76 4.85 54 74 128 50 189 65 152 45 17 13.0 1.4 14.4
1989-90 24 DET NHL 79 0.78 0.82 1.61 0.66 1.00 4.20 52 54 106 43 162 52 166 50 -6 11.1 0.7 11.8
1990-91 25 DET NHL 80 0.64 0.71 1.35 0.53 0.43 4.08 46 51 97 39 141 51 141 49 -2 9.4 0.8 10.1
1991-92 26 DET NHL 79 0.57 0.73 1.30 0.52 0.81 3.73 40 51 91 36 143 51 102 36 26 8.7 1.4 10.1
1992-93 27 DET NHL 84 0.69 0.94 1.63 0.62 0.52 3.65 47 64 111 43 174 61 114 34 33 11.1 1.8 13.0
1993-94 28 DET NHL 58 0.41 1.00 1.41 0.50 0.62 3.74 22 53 75 26 103 30 81 19 11 6.7 0.8 7.5
1994-95 29 DET NHL 47 0.26 0.55 0.81 0.29 0.85 2.85 21 45 66 24 67 34 36 9 6 2.7 0.7 3.4
1995-96 30 DET NHL 80 0.45 0.74 1.19 0.44 0.80 2.75 35 57 92 35 130 61 63 23 29 8.1 1.9 10.0
1996-97 31 DET NHL 81 0.27 0.78 1.05 0.36 0.96 2.86 23 66 89 31 123 49 72 20 22 6.7 2.0 8.7
1997-98 32 DET NHL 75 0.32 0.60 0.92 0.34 0.61 2.51 27 52 79 29 96 41 67 15 3 6.7 0.9 7.6
1998-99 33 DET NHL 80 0.36 0.56 0.93 0.34 0.53 2.89 33 51 84 32 105 39 78 20 8 5.8 2.0 7.8
1999-00 34 DET NHL 78 0.45 0.56 1.01 0.40 0.44 3.00 38 48 86 34 128 51 66 17 28 7.3 2.5 9.7
2000-01 35 DET NHL 54 0.33 0.63 0.96 0.35 0.33 2.87 20 36 56 21 85 43 50 12 4 3.9 1.5 5.4
2001-02 36 DET NHL 52 0.25 0.67 0.92 0.32 0.35 2.00 15 40 55 19 72 31 47 17 11 3.6 1.5 5.1
2002-03 37 DET NHL 16 0.13 0.38 0.50 0.17 0.50 0.81 2 7 9 3 18 5 9 2 6 0.4 0.5 0.8
2003-04 38 DET NHL 75 0.24 0.44 0.68 0.25 0.61 1.88 21 38 59 22 71 26 50 15 10 4.1 1.7 5.8
2005-06 40 DET NHL 61 0.23 0.33 0.56 0.21 0.30 1.41 14 19 33 13 50 15 29 2 8 2.5 1.1 3.6
Career NHL 1514 0.46 0.70 1.16 0.44 0.61 3.04 644 1006 1650 626 2457 946 1754 428 185 139.4 27.2 166.6

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1983-84 18 DET NHL 4 3 3 6 1 0 2 1 0 1 9 33.3
1984-85 19 DET NHL 3 2 1 3 -5 2 2 0 0 0 11 18.2
1986-87 21 DET NHL 16 5 13 18 -2 8 4 1 0 0 41 12.2
1987-88 22 DET NHL 3 1 3 4 -3 6 1 0 0 0 12 8.3
1988-89 23 DET NHL 6 5 5 10 -7 2 3 2 0 0 35 14.3
1990-91 25 DET NHL 7 3 3 6 -1 4 2 1 0 0 27 11.1
1991-92 26 DET NHL 11 3 5 8 -3 12 2 0 1 1 48 6.3
1992-93 27 DET NHL 7 4 3 7 -4 4 2 1 1 1 24 16.7
1993-94 28 DET NHL 3 1 3 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 8 12.5
1994-95 29 DET NHL 15 4 8 12 -2 0 2 2 0 1 37 10.8
1995-96 30 DET NHL 18 8 12 20 -1 4 4 4 0 1 52 15.4
1996-97 31 DET NHL SC 20 7 6 13 3 4 4 3 0 2 65 10.8
1997-98 32 DET NHL SC 22 6 18 24 10 22 2 3 1 0 65 9.2
1998-99 33 DET NHL 10 9 4 13 2 0 5 4 0 2 41 22.0 218 21:49
1999-00 34 DET NHL 8 0 4 4 -4 0 0 0 0 0 20 0.0 181 22:39
2000-01 35 DET NHL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 5:58
2001-02 36 DET NHL SC 23 6 17 23 4 10 2 4 0 2 52 11.5 491 21:22
2002-03 37 DET NHL 4 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 10 0.0 82 20:33
2003-04 38 DET NHL 11 3 2 5 -1 0 3 0 0 1 18 16.7 187 17:02
2005-06 40 DET NHL 4 0 4 4 -2 4 0 0 0 0 10 0.0 67 16:39
Career NHL 3 196 70 115 185 -11 84 41 26 3 12 585 12.0 1233 20:13

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1980-81 15 Nepean Raiders CJHL 50 38 54 92 44
1981-82 16 Peterborough Petes OHL 58 21 43 64 65
1982-83 17 Peterborough Petes OHL 56 42 49 91 33
1982-83 17 Canada WJC-A 7 2 3 5 2
1984-85 19 Canada Can-Cup 4 0 0 0 0
1984-85 19 Canada WEC-A 10 3 4 7 6
1988-89 23 Canada WEC-A 8 5 7 12 2
1989-90 24 Canada WEC-A 10 10 10 20 8
1996-97 31 Canada W-Cup 6 2 1 3 0
1997-98 32 Canada Olympics 6 1 1 2 10
2001-02 36 Canada Olympics 6 2 4 6 4 2 2 0 0 1
Career 1 Season Can-Cup 4 0 0 0 0
Career 1 Season CJHL 50 38 54 92 44
Career 2 Seasons OHL 114 63 92 155 98
Career 2 Seasons Olympics 12 3 5 8 4 12 2 0 0 1
Career 1 Season W-Cup 6 2 1 3 0
Career 3 Seasons WEC-A 28 18 21 39 16
Career 1 Season WJC-A 7 2 3 5 2

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1981-82 16 Peterborough Petes OHL 6 0 1 1 16
1982-83 17 Peterborough Petes OHL 4 1 4 5 0
Career 2 Seasons OHL 10 1 5 6 16

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 22 Years 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 22
Steve Yzerman 14.4 13.0 11.8 10.4 10.1 10.1 10.0 9.7 8.7 7.8 7.6 7.5 7.1 6.5 5.8 5.8 5.4 5.1 3.6 3.4 2.1 0.8
Joe Sakic 93.9 15.8 12.8 11.6 10.8 10.8 10.1 9.8 9.3 9.2 8.9 8.1 7.6 7.6 7.5 6.9 6.7 6.1 3.9 3.5 0.8
Brett Hull 93.9 15.4 11.9 11.8 10.9 10.3 9.7 9.7 9.4 9.1 8.5 8.4 8.0 7.8 6.7 6.1 5.6 5.5 0.0 -0.1
Marcel Dionne 93.5 13.6 13.3 12.8 12.8 11.0 10.2 9.7 8.8 8.7 8.6 7.6 7.5 7.2 6.5 6.0 5.6 4.9 1.0
Jean Beliveau 90.8 13.0 11.0 10.2 10.0 9.3 8.7 8.7 8.7 8.4 7.7 7.7 6.8 5.9 4.6 4.3 4.3 4.3 3.0 1.1 0.3
Brendan Shanahan 89.3 11.6 10.7 10.5 10.5 10.3 9.5 8.9 8.9 7.9 7.2 6.9 6.7 6.7 5.9 5.7 5.6 5.2 4.4 3.4 1.1 0.3
Teemu Selanne 88.9 14.3 13.7 13.4 13.3 13.0 11.4 10.9 10.0 9.3 8.2 7.0 6.6 6.3 5.9 5.1 4.6 3.3 3.2
Gordie Howe 88.5 15.5 13.1 12.1 11.8 11.6 11.3 9.6 9.5 9.2 8.8 8.7 8.4 8.2 7.7 7.5 7.4 7.1 6.7 5.8 4.4 4.2 0.8
Mark Messier 88.3 11.3 11.3 9.9 9.6 9.0 8.9 8.8 8.1 8.0 7.1 7.0 6.8 6.7 6.0 5.4 5.2 5.0 4.3 3.9 3.8 3.7 0.9
Bobby Hull 88.0 12.2 12.0 11.8 10.9 10.6 10.3 10.0 9.8 9.2 9.0 8.5 6.5 6.0 4.3 3.6 0.9
Maurice Richard 87.6 10.3 10.2 10.1 9.7 9.5 9.4 9.2 8.3 8.1 6.7 6.2 5.7 4.9 4.8 4.1 4.0 3.6 0.6
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 22 23 24 25
Steve Yzerman 14.4 13.0 11.8 10.4 10.1 10.1 10.0 9.7 8.7 7.8 7.6 7.5 7.1 6.5 5.8 5.8 5.4 5.1 3.6 3.4 2.1 0.8
Joe Sakic 93.9 15.8 12.8 11.6 10.8 10.8 10.1 9.8 9.3 9.2 8.9 8.1 7.6 7.6 7.5 6.9 6.7 6.1 3.9 3.5 0.8
Brett Hull 93.9 15.4 11.9 11.8 10.9 10.3 9.7 9.7 9.4 9.1 8.5 8.4 8.0 7.8 6.7 6.1 5.6 5.5 0.0 -0.1
Marcel Dionne 93.5 13.6 13.3 12.8 12.8 11.0 10.2 9.7 8.8 8.7 8.6 7.6 7.5 7.2 6.5 6.0 5.6 4.9 1.0
Jean Beliveau 90.8 13.0 11.0 10.2 10.0 9.3 8.7 8.7 8.7 8.4 7.7 7.7 6.8 5.9 4.6 4.3 4.3 4.3 3.0 1.1 0.3
Brendan Shanahan 89.3 11.6 10.7 10.5 10.5 10.3 9.5 8.9 8.9 7.9 7.2 6.9 6.7 6.7 5.9 5.7 5.6 5.2 4.4 3.4 1.1 0.3
Teemu Selanne 88.9 14.3 13.7 13.4 13.3 13.0 11.4 10.9 10.0 9.3 8.2 7.0 6.6 6.3 5.9 5.1 4.6 3.3 3.2
Mark Messier 88.4 11.3 11.3 9.9 9.6 9.0 8.9 8.8 8.1 8.0 7.1 7.0 6.8 6.7 6.0 5.4 5.2 5.0 4.5 4.3 3.9 3.8 3.7 3.7 1.6 0.9
Bobby Hull 88.0 12.2 12.0 11.8 10.9 10.6 10.3 10.0 9.8 9.2 9.0 8.5 6.5 6.0 4.3 3.6 0.9
Maurice Richard 87.6 10.3 10.2 10.1 9.7 9.5 9.4 9.2 8.3 8.1 6.7 6.2 5.7 4.9 4.8 4.1 4.0 3.6 0.6
Luc Robitaille 87.0 11.8 10.3 9.8 9.7 9.4 9.2 9.2 9.0 8.2 8.1 6.8 6.4 6.1 5.9 5.3 4.6 4.4 2.7 1.8

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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All-Star Games

1984 NHL
1988 NHL
1989 NHL
1990 NHL
1991 NHL
1992 NHL
1993 NHL
1997 NHL
2000 NHL

Awards

1988-89 NHL Ted Lindsay Award
1997-98 NHL Conn Smythe Trophy
1999-00 NHL Frank J. Selke Trophy
2002-03 NHL Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy

Honors

1983-84 NHL NHL All-Rookie Team (1st)
1999-00 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)

Championships

(Minimum 1 playoff game)

1997 Detroit Red Wings (NHL)
1998 Detroit Red Wings (NHL)
2002 Detroit Red Wings (NHL)

Games Played

1983-84 NHL 80 (1)
 1984-85 NHL 80 (1)
 1986-87 NHL 80 (3)
1988-89 NHL 80 (1)
 1990-91 NHL 80 (3)
1992-93 NHL 84 (2)
Career NHL 1514 (14)

Goals

1987-88 NHL 50 (6)
1988-89 NHL 65 (3)
1989-90 NHL 62 (2)
1990-91 NHL 51 (2)
1991-92 NHL 45 (6)
1992-93 NHL 58 (6)
Career NHL 692 (8)

Assists

1986-87 NHL 59 (7)
1988-89 NHL 90 (3)
1989-90 NHL 65 (10)
1992-93 NHL 79 (7)
1996-97 NHL 63 (3)
Career NHL 1063 (7)

Points

1988-89 NHL 155 (3)
1989-90 NHL 127 (3)
1990-91 NHL 108 (7)
1991-92 NHL 103 (7)
1992-93 NHL 137 (4)
1999-00 NHL 79 (10)
Career NHL 1755 (6)

Goals Created

1987-88 NHL 42.0 (8)
1988-89 NHL 60.2 (4)
1989-90 NHL 52.0 (1)
 1990-91 NHL 42.8 (4)
1991-92 NHL 40.8 (5)
1992-93 NHL 52.1 (5)
Career NHL 665.8 (5)

Plus/Minus

1987-88 NHL 30 (10)
1992-93 NHL 33 (10)
1999-00 NHL 28 (7)
Career NHL 185 (68)

Even Strength Goals

1987-88 NHL 34 (3)
1988-89 NHL 45 (1)
 1989-90 NHL 39 (3)
1990-91 NHL 33 (4)
1991-92 NHL 28 (6)
1992-93 NHL 38 (5)
Career NHL 440 (8)

Power Play Goals

1999-00 NHL 15 (3)
Career NHL 202 (15)

Short-Handed Goals

1987-88 NHL 6 (6)
1989-90 NHL 7 (1)
 1990-91 NHL 6 (3)
1991-92 NHL 8 (1)
 1992-93 NHL 7 (1)
 Career NHL 50 (3)

Game-Winning Goals

1988-89 NHL 7 (8)
1989-90 NHL 8 (6)
1991-92 NHL 9 (2)
1995-96 NHL 8 (6)
Career NHL 94 (8)

Shots

1988-89 NHL 388 (1)
 1989-90 NHL 332 (2)
1990-91 NHL 326 (2)
1991-92 NHL 295 (7)
Career NHL 4602 (10)

Goals Per Game

1987-88 NHL 0.78 (2)
1988-89 NHL 0.81 (3)
1989-90 NHL 0.78 (2)
1990-91 NHL 0.64 (5)
1991-92 NHL 0.57 (8)
1992-93 NHL 0.69 (9)
Career NHL 0.46 (46)

Assists Per Game

1988-89 NHL 1.12 (3)
1992-93 NHL 0.94 (9)
1993-94 NHL 1.00 (4)
1996-97 NHL 0.78 (8)
2001-02 NHL 0.67 (7)
Career NHL 0.70 (23)

Points Per Game

1987-88 NHL 1.59 (4)
1988-89 NHL 1.94 (3)
1989-90 NHL 1.61 (4)
1990-91 NHL 1.35 (7)
1991-92 NHL 1.30 (9)
1992-93 NHL 1.63 (5)
1993-94 NHL 1.41 (6)
Career NHL 1.16 (17)

Goals Created Per Game

1987-88 NHL 0.66 (3)
1988-89 NHL 0.75 (4)
1989-90 NHL 0.66 (3)
1990-91 NHL 0.53 (6)
1991-92 NHL 0.52 (7)
1992-93 NHL 0.62 (6)
Career NHL 0.44 (25)

Adjusted Goals

1987-88 NHL 42 (6)
1988-89 NHL 54 (3)
1989-90 NHL 52 (2)
1990-91 NHL 46 (2)
1991-92 NHL 40 (6)
1992-93 NHL 47 (6)
Career NHL 644 (10)

Adjusted Assists

1986-87 NHL 50 (7)
1988-89 NHL 74 (3)
1989-90 NHL 54 (10)
1992-93 NHL 64 (6)
1996-97 NHL 66 (3)
Career NHL 1006 (10)

Adjusted Points

1988-89 NHL 128 (3)
1989-90 NHL 106 (3)
1990-91 NHL 97 (6)
1991-92 NHL 91 (7)
1992-93 NHL 111 (4)
1999-00 NHL 86 (10)
Career NHL 1650 (7)

Adjusted Goals Created

1987-88 NHL 34.6 (10)
1988-89 NHL 49.6 (3)
1989-90 NHL 43.1 (1)
 1990-91 NHL 39.0 (3)
1991-92 NHL 35.7 (7)
1992-93 NHL 43.1 (5)
Career NHL 625.7 (6)

Total Goals On-Ice For

1988-89 NHL 189 (5)
1989-90 NHL 162 (6)
1992-93 NHL 174 (8)
1999-00 NHL 128 (4)
Career NHL 2457 (10)

Power Play Goals On-Ice For

1983-84 NHL 62 (7)
1996-97 NHL 49 (7)
1999-00 NHL 51 (4)
Career NHL 946 (11)

Total Goals On-Ice Against

1988-89 NHL 152 (4)
1989-90 NHL 166 (2)
1990-91 NHL 141 (2)
Career NHL 1754 (10)

Power Play Goals On-Ice Against

1989-90 NHL 50 (3)
1990-91 NHL 49 (3)
Career NHL 428 (28)

Offensive Point Shares

1987-88 NHL 8.9 (7)
1988-89 NHL 13.0 (4)
1989-90 NHL 11.1 (1)
 1990-91 NHL 9.4 (4)
1991-92 NHL 8.7 (7)
1992-93 NHL 11.1 (5)
Career NHL 139.4 (7)

Point Shares

1987-88 NHL 10.4 (10)
1988-89 NHL 14.4 (3)
1989-90 NHL 11.8 (5)
1992-93 NHL 13.0 (7)
Career NHL 166.6 (22)
      

Transactions

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August 2, 2002: Missed majority of 2002-03 due to off-season knee surgery, August 2, 2002.

July 3, 2006: Officially announced his retirement, July 3, 2006.

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