I love being early enough to finish the quiz with less than 100% of the answers but still beating 100% of quiz-takers. 14 was good enough... at least while there have only been 6 people to take the quiz. :)
21 straight years (22 if you count the year Gretzky tied Dionne) that either Gretzky, Lemieux, or Jagr won the scoring title. 3 (Esposito, Orr, Lafleur) in a 10-year period '69-'78. 13 different players have won it in the last 17 seasons. What to make of this?
Well the first 3 names I typed in got me everything from 1981 to 2001... then I picked up Ovechkin because dad and cousin were big Caps fans... and Orr because he was legendary... I thought I typed in Lafleur but I guess I only typed Fleur or maybe spelled it wrong. Anyway then I was done. Should have also known Esposito. Most of the new ones I have no idea about.
another interesting stat is that the highest scoring brothers in NHL history (combined point totals) is Wayne and his brother Brent Gretzky. (Wayne with 2,857 and Brent with 4) Second place goes to Maurice and Henri Richard, with a combined total of 2011, although they had a more even spread of Maurice: 965 Henri: 1046
They were the highest pair of scoring brothers in the NHL (second place now goes to the Sedins, although like the Richard brothers, they are also way behind - and retired). The 6 Sutter brothers had 75 more points than the Gretzky brothers.
Wayne Gretzky had 208 points in 1985 (and had more than that twice). Connor McDavid led the league in scoring in both 2017 and 2018 and scored 208 total points in those two years combined. Gretzky's dominance is almost incomprehensible.
As a Bruins fan growing up watching Orr and Espo and those teams, I am still amazed that a defenseman won the scoring title not once, but twice. And not with mediocre point totals. And while being fine on defense. Gretzky was great, but Orr was just a phenomenon. I still occasionally rewatch videos of some of his rushes up ice that I remember seeing live back in the early 70s.
https://www.nhl.com/news/leon-draisaitl-art-ross-trophy-winner/c-317041340