Now, his name is listed among the best players of all time.
The Edmonton Oilers star picked up his 1,000th career point on Thursday night, becoming the fourth-fastest NHL player to reach that milestone.
The 2015 No. 1 overall pick did it in 659 games. Wayne Gretzky got it in 424 games, Mario Lemieux took 516 and Mike Bossy needed 656. Peter Stastny was fifth at 682. Those four players are in the Hockey Hall of Fame.
McDavid, 27, is also the fourth-youngest NHL player to reach 1,000 points, which has been achieved by 98 other players.
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He picked up the milestone point with a goal in Thursday’s home game against the Nashville Predators. McDavid added an assist on the overtime winner. He now has 341 goals and 660 assists.
It continues his hot streak since he returned from a three-game absence for an ankle injury. He was shut out in his return but had three points against the Vancouver Canucks and four against the New York Islanders.
Connor McDavid’s achievements
He’s a three-time Hart Trophy winner as MVP to his team.
He has led the league in scoring five times, most recently in 2022-23.
He scored 105 points in 56 games in the COVID-shortened 2020-21 season, hitting 100 points in his 53rd game, the first to do that in fewer than 56 games since Lemieux and Jaromir Jagr in 1995-96.
He scored 153 points in 2022-23, the league’s first 150-point scorer since Lemieux in 1995-96.
Last season, he and Tampa Bay’s Nikita Kucherov became the fourth and fifth players to record 100 assists in a season.
He won the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP last season after the Oilers fell in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final. He had 42 points, including a playoff-record 34 assists, during the 2024 postseason.