To mark LeBron's accomplishment, The Athletic looked at other scoring leaders across the major sports leagues. MLB: Bonds, Rose WNBA: Taurasi NFL: Vinatieri, Brady NHL: Gretzky NWSL: Kerr MLS: Wondolowski Will these records ever be broken? 🤔
Gretzky’s primary asset was his anticipation and the ability to find open ice. Early on, his father/coach Walter famously drove home a teaching point — he should skate to where the puck was heading, not to where it had been. Gretzky put that philosophy into practice like no other.
Like a chess grandmaster, he was always two or more moves ahead of everybody else on the ice. In fact, the most bizarre part of Gretzky holding the all-time goals record is that he was known primarily for his playmaking, not his goalscoring ability. He also holds the NHL assists record . Second on the all-time list is Ron Francis, miles behind at 1,249.The answer is “probably.
In July 2021, Ovechkin signed a five-year contract extension that will carry him through the end of the 2025-26 seasonUnless an injury derails his career — and he has been incredibly sturdy throughout his NHL career — at his current pace, he could conceivably reel in Gretzky by the end of next season or early in the season after that.Bonds’ record 756th home run, passing Hank Aaron’s total, came in August 2007.
With Pujols retiring at the end of 2022, fresh off his 703rd home run, the nearest active player to Bonds’s record is 39-year-oldstalwart Miguel Cabrera — who resides at 507. Outside of Nelson Cruz, a 42-year-old designated hitter, no other current player has even hit 400 homers. For a while, it looked like Mike Trout or Bryce Harper might have a chance, but both have been waylaid by injuries in recent years. Even after hitting 62 last season,wunderkind.
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