Wayne Gretzky had 449 goals, 725 assists and a plus-minus of +402 in 500 games in his first 500 games in his career. Mario Lemieux had 393 goals, 567 assists and a plus-minus of +38 in 500 games in his first 500 games in his career.

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Wayne's teammates during his first 500 games: Mark Messier, Paul Coffey, Jari Kurri, Glenn Anderson. Mario's teammates during his first 500 games: Mike Bullard, Moe Mantha, Randy Cunneyworth, Dan Quinn.

Alot try to make a 'what-if' case for The Wonderful Mario. Indeed if Cancer and Injury didn't derail him he'd be That Much Better for Points, Accolades. But The Great Wayne Gretzky in the Unachievable Glass-Ceiling of Greatness, One-Of-A-Kind! -B.W. / -OAD.

I messed that all up.. lol. Mario had a stunning career. With all the Injuries and being sick an all is short career is off the charts. But Wayne Gretzky is still ahead of Mario. He is The Great One !!

Wayne Gretzky is a better Hockey player than Mario. Had a better Career. Not saying Mario is not a Top 5 hockey. He most Deservesing

To all the bozos, who you play with matters. In Mario’s first nine years in the league, he only played with two 100 point players, look at who Gretzky played with in Edmonton, are we going to act like that has no bearing or factor on the numbers? Give me a break. Mario was playing with guys nobody has ever heard of until they traded for coffey, they drafted Jagr in 1990, but Mario miss more than half of that season, Mario also missed time during the 9293 year with cancer, missed all of the 94-95 season, so even when Mario had talent around him, he didn’t even play that many games with that talent.imagine putting Mario Lemieux on those Edmonton Oilers teams, are you kidding me? The dude would have 1200 goals and 3500 points

All of you Gretzky fans are in denial. You're just all fearful and embarrassed to admit it. Lemieux would have scored 100 goals a season if he had the Edmonton Oilers' supporting cast during this period of time. I think I'll listen to the GOAT of hockey coaches instead of any you Gretzky homers. Scotty Bowman, the greatest coach in NHL history in a recent podcast interview with ‘The Athletic.’ Question: You had some great ones in your career, no? “Well, Mario is the best player I’ve ever coached. He’s the greatest player I’ve ever seen. He was never healthy and he was way ahead of everybody else when I was in Pittsburgh. To this day, I still think what he did in the 1992 playoffs - you have to remember he played the last two series with one healthy hand - is the greatest playoff performance ever. Nobody was ever better than Mario." 66 > 99

Lemieux is simply the best ever!!!! Over coming Hodgkin’s disease and all the back issues. He had someone tie his skates for him. Unreal!!!! I like Gretzky but he’s no Lemieux!!!