<Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> This is a list of career achievements by Wayne Gretzky in the National Hockey League (NHL). Upon his retirement on 18 April 1999, Gretzky held or shared 61 NHL records . These records include 40 regular season, 15 playoff and 6 All - Star records . </P> <P> Gretzky set records in both regular season and post-season play, holding the record for most career regular season goals (894), assists (1,963), points (2,857) and hat - tricks (50). The next closest player in total points for the regular season is Jaromir Jagr at 1,921, thus Gretzky had more career assists than any other player has total points . Gretzky scored his first 1,000 points faster (424 games) than any other player in NHL history, and scored a second 1,000 points (point number 1,001 through 2,000) faster (433 games) than any player other than himself . Gretzky's point total including regular season and playoffs stands at an imposing 3,239 (1,016 goals, 2,223 assists). </P> <P> His 47 playoff points in 1985 and 31 assists in 1988 are still records for a single post-season round, and he holds the record for career playoff goals (122), assists (260), points (382), hat - tricks (10) and game - winning goals (24). </P>

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