2668445, fringe sport i guess because statistically he was the most dominant Posted by ConcreteCharlie, Sun Jul-15-18 02:37 PM
i think he is getting about the number of mentions i expected all things considered. surprised so few track athletes mentioned. bolt, lewis, jjk, moses, et al.
gretzky statistically is insane, maybe not as insane as wilt in terms of his peak but pretty close and in terms of a career, no one touches him. he is the all-time leader in goals yet he would not have needed *one* goal to be the all-time leader in points. he owns just about every conceivable career and single-season scoring record along with tons of playoff records and single-game records.
part of it was a function of era, i suppose, but not that much of it. the crazy thing is that in terms of physical talent, he wasn't all that remarkable. i would almost liken it to greg maddux putting up cy young's numbers
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