highest shots per game, decade of 1980s

Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Trent Kaese took the most shots per game in a decade, with 5.00 taken in the 1980s.

Interpreted as:
highest shots per game by a player, decade of 1980s
NAMES/GPDECADEGPGAP+/-PIMPPGPPASHGSHAGWGOTGSS%FOWFOFOW%HITBKSTKAGVATOI/GP
1Trent Kaese
T. Kaese
5.00
1980s
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
0.0
2Wayne Gretzky
W. Gretzky
4.00
1980s
774
637
1,200
1,837
+568
349
136
356
60
63
66
1
3,095
20.6
3Mario Lemieux
M. Lemieux
3.93
1980s
368
300
415
715
+35
346
100
196
23
9
25
7
1,447
20.7
4Marcel Dionne
M. Dionne
3.83
1980s
729
404
576
980
+47
424
150
225
7
6
41
2
2,794
14.5
5Ray Bourque
R. Bourque
3.75
1980s
718
211
545
756
+347
578
75
243
7
13
31
3
2,694
7.8
6Mike Gartner
M. Gartner
3.73
1980s
771
404
399
803
+64
772
101
126
12
3
54
4
2,874
14.1
7Mike Bossy
M. Bossy
3.66
1980s
599
451
458
909
+286
179
128
160
8
1
67
4
2,195
20.5
8Brian Leetch
B. Leetch
3.62
1980s
85
25
60
85
+13
50
9
30
3
1
2
0
308
8.1
9Bill Barber
B. Barber
3.60
1980s
368
177
183
360
+66
235
44
77
10
4
17
0
1,326
13.3
10Dale Hawerchuk
D. Hawerchuk
3.60
1980s
634
353
495
848
-82
408
114
193
11
9
27
4
2,283
15.5
11Brett Hull
B. Hull
3.52
1980s
148
74
75
149
-4
49
22
36
0
0
10
1
521
14.2
12Bernie Nicholls
B. Nicholls
3.51
1980s
555
300
383
683
-36
699
92
136
25
8
21
3
1,947
15.4
13Doug Wilson
D. Wilson
3.39
1980s
684
172
434
606
+67
583
54
219
6
5
17
1
2,320
7.4
14Brian Propp
B. Propp
3.38
1980s
750
356
465
821
+296
633
98
156
20
24
55
0
2,537
14.0
15Reggie Leach
R. Leach
3.34
1980s
299
125
100
225
+65
118
27
23
5
3
14
1,000
12.5
16Paul Coffey
P. Coffey
3.31
1980s
653
254
595
849
+264
981
86
247
17
26
22
1
2,159
11.8
17Dino Ciccarelli
D. Ciccarelli
3.25
1980s
613
344
322
666
+8
654
133
104
1
2
30
1
1,995
17.2
18Reed Larson
R. Larson
3.25
1980s
735
185
372
557
-97
1,101
75
137
5
6
13
0
2,391
7.7
19Al MacInnis
A. MacInnis
3.24
1980s
449
98
318
416
+114
549
41
195
2
3
9
0
1,453
6.7
20Reijo Ruotsalainen
R. Ruotsalainen
3.21
1980s
405
104
225
329
+70
160
36
87
0
1
16
2
1,302
8.0
21Steve Yzerman
S. Yzerman
3.19
1980s
435
229
336
565
-13
255
61
135
10
7
23
3
1,387
16.5
22John Ogrodnick
J. Ogrodnick
3.19
1980s
695
305
352
657
-93
182
83
116
10
5
29
1
2,215
13.8
23Sylvain Turgeon
S. Turgeon
3.19
1980s
370
178
150
328
-39
366
68
61
0
0
19
1
1,179
15.1
24Michel Goulet
M. Goulet
3.18
1980s
756
440
461
901
+73
571
139
143
15
7
47
1
2,403
18.3
25Thomas Thornbury
T. Thornbury
3.14
1980s
14
1
8
9
-19
16
0
6
0
0
0
0
44
2.3
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