Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby just finished his ninth 90-point campaign in the NHL, finishing as the league's 10th highest scorer, the 13th time he's accomplished that feat in 20 seasons.
Currently, Crosby is the only skater in the salary cap era, which began in 2005-06, to finish as a top-10 scorer more than ten times, with Connor McDavid the closest to joining Crosby in this group, with nine finishes.
Unsurprisingly, Crosby leads all scorers in the past 20 years with 1,687 points in 1,352 games. He's only trailing Alex Ovechkin in the goals category, with The Great 8 at 897, while leading all skaters with 1,062 assists, the only active player with more than a thousand.
Here's a rundown of Crosby's top-10 finishes in his career:
- 2005-06: Sixth (102 points) NHL Leader - Joe Thornton 125 points
- 2006-07: First (120 points)
- 2008-09: Third (103 points) NHL Leader - Evgeni Malkin 113 points
- 2009-10: Second (109 points) NHL Leader - Henrik Sedin 112 points
- 2012-13: Third (56 points) NHL Leader - Martin St. Louis 60 points
- 2013-14: First (104 points)
- 2014-15: Third (84 points) NHL Leader - Jamie Benn 87 points
- 2015-16: Third (85 points) NHL Leader - Patrick Kane 106 points
- 2016-17: Second (89 points) NHL Leader - Connor McDavid 100 points
- 2017-18: Tenth (89 points) NHL Leader - Connor McDavid 108 points
- 2018-19: Fifth (100 points) NHL Leader - Nikita Kucherov 128 points
- 2020-21: Tenth (62 points) NHL Leader - Connor McDavid 105 points
- 2024-25: Tenth (91 points) NHL Leader - Nikita Kucherov 121 points
Crosby owns the Penguins' record for most top-10 scoring finishes, surpassing franchise icon Mario Lemieux in 2019 with his 11th appearance.
During Le Magnifique's 17-year career, he won the Art Ross six times and finished within the top 10 ten times, 1986-1990, 1992-1993, 1996-97, and 2003, which was two more than Jaromir Jagr, a five-time Art Ross winner with Pittsburgh, and an eight-time (1995-2001) top 10 finisher.
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