Honors
- 8-Time All-NHL First Team (1981–87, 1991)
- 7-Time All-NHL Second Team (1980, 1988–90, 1994, 1997, 1998)
- In 1998, he was ranked number 1 on The Hockey News' list of the 100 Greatest Hockey Players
- Hockey Hall Of Fame 1999 Inductee
- Officer of the Order of Canada
- First international recipient of the Horatio Alger Award
- Received star on Canada's Walk of Fame
- AP-Athlete Of The Decade, 1980s
- Ranked #1 Canadian Athlete of the Century
- Sports Illustrated's Hockey Player of the Century
- Ranked #5 in both ESPN SportsCentury's and the Associated Press's Top 100 Athletes of the 20th Century (Behind Muhammad Ali, Michael Jordan, Babe Ruth, Jim Brown (ESPN) and Jim Thorpe (AP))
- In 2007, he was ranked number 1 in The Hockey News' book The Top 60 Since 1967
- IIHF Centennial All-Star Team
- Jersey number 99 retired league-wide by NHL
Read more about this topic: List Of Career Achievements By Wayne Gretzky
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