Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Wayne Gretzky recorded the most points, with 1,837 points.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player NHL 1980s

	NAME	P	GP	G	A	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%
1	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	1,837	774	637	1,200	+568	349	136	356	60	63	66	1	3,095	20.6
2	Peter Stastny P. Stastny	986	675	356	630	+31	663	110	246	6	6	43	1	1,814	19.6
3	Marcel Dionne M. Dionne	980	729	404	576	+47	424	150	225	7	6	41	2	2,794	14.5
4	Jari Kurri J. Kurri	950	676	441	509	+355	300	97	127	29	27	58	6	1,961	22.5
5	Denis Savard D. Savard	933	676	324	609	+83	779	86	265	13	8	39	1	2,046	15.8
6	Bernie Federko B. Federko	914	750	290	624	-68	407	100	250	2	0	35	0	1,615	18.0
7	Mike Bossy M. Bossy	909	599	451	458	+286	179	128	160	8	1	67	4	2,195	20.5
8	Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	905	755	332	573	+295	618	104	165	13	18	44	1	1,809	18.4
9	Michel Goulet M. Goulet	901	756	440	461	+73	571	139	143	15	7	47	1	2,403	18.3
10	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	849	653	254	595	+264	981	86	247	17	26	22	1	2,159	11.8
11	Dale Hawerchuk D. Hawerchuk	848	634	353	495	-82	408	114	193	11	9	27	4	2,283	15.5
12	Mark Messier M. Messier	841	719	335	506	+140	1,011	73	142	29	40	38	1	1,876	17.9
13	Bobby Smith B. Smith	832	758	286	546	+46	666	99	206	1	2	42	3	2,057	13.9
14	Brian Propp B. Propp	821	750	356	465	+296	633	98	156	20	24	55	0	2,537	14.0
15	Mike Gartner M. Gartner	803	771	404	399	+64	772	101	126	12	3	54	4	2,874	14.1
16	Dave Taylor D. Taylor	790	680	308	482	+91	1,034	97	170	3	2	32	3	1,656	18.6
17	Glenn Anderson G. Anderson	769	681	355	414	+210	605	101	105	12	6	60	3	2,089	17.0
18	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	756	718	211	545	+347	578	75	243	7	13	31	3	2,694	7.8
19	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	715	368	300	415	+35	346	100	196	23	9	25	7	1,447	20.7
20	Ken Linseman K. Linseman	710	711	233	477	+187	1,510	56	140	11	9	28	3	1,450	16.1
21	Rick Middleton R. Middleton	710	659	319	391	+145	107	88	126	24	15	40	1	1,556	20.5
22	Kent Nilsson K. Nilsson	685	547	263	422	-20	116	96	179	16	8	28	1	1,372	19.2
23	Rick Vaive R. Vaive	684	715	386	298	-97	1,283	126	86	11	3	45	3	2,228	17.3
24	Bernie Nicholls B. Nicholls	683	555	300	383	-36	699	92	136	25	8	21	3	1,947	15.4
25	John Tonelli J. Tonelli	668	759	260	408	+202	705	52	96	4	3	33	1	1,448	18.0