Wayne Gretzky Career & Net Worth

Wayne Gretzky is a former professional ice hockey player and head coach, who is considered the greatest ice hockey player ever. He played 20 seasons in the NHL and is the leading career goal scorer, assist producer, and point scorer in NHL history. Gretzky also holds 61 NHL records, including 40 regular season records, 15 playoff records, and 6 All-Star records.

Wayne Gretzky Career

Wayne Gretzky is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and former head coach. He played 20 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for four teams from 1979 to 1999.

Gretzky is the leading career goal scorer, assist producer, and point scorer in NHL history, with more career assists than any other player has total points. He is the only NHL player to total over 200 points in one season, a feat he accomplished four times.

Gretzky tallied over 100 points in 15 professional seasons, 13 of them consecutive. At the time of his retirement in 1999, he held 61 NHL records: 40 regular season records, 15 playoff records, and 6 All-Star records.

He was the top scorer in the 1978 World Junior Championships and signed with the Indianapolis Racers of the World Hockey Association (WHA). He briefly played before being traded to the Edmonton Oilers, where he established many scoring records and led his team to four Stanley Cup championships.

Wayne Gretzky's trade to the Los Angeles Kings in 1988 had an immediate impact on their performance, leading them to the 1993 Stanley Cup Finals.

After retiring in 1999, Gretzky was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame, making him the most recent player to have the waiting period waived. He was one of six players voted to the International Ice Hockey Federation's (IIHF) Centennial All-Star Team. In 2000, he was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame and received the Order of Hockey in Canada in 2012.

In 2000, Gretzky became executive director for the Canadian national men's hockey team during the 2002 Winter Olympics. In 2004, he was inducted into the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame. In 2009, following the Phoenix Coyotes' bankruptcy, he resigned as head coach and relinquished his ownership share. In 2016, he returned to the Oilers as a minority partner and vice-chairman of their parent company, Oilers Entertainment Group.

Wayne Gretzky Net Worth

Wayne Gretzky's estimated net worth is around US$250 million. He is believed to have amassed a significant wealth from his career.

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