Connor McDavid is already among the greatest NHL players of all time, and the Oilers captain hasn\u2019t even turned 30 yet.<\/p>\n
Wednesday night\u2019s five-point effort against the San Jose Sharks put the Edmonton Oilers captain\u2019s career point total to an incredible 1,215 through 791 games. It was the 14th five-plus point of his career and helped him pull away in this year\u2019s Art Ross Trophy race, giving him 133 points this season in just 79 games.<\/p>\n
That is already the second-best total of McDavid\u2019s career, and he still has three more games left on the regular-season schedule. Yet, that all pales in comparison to another accomplishment that the outburst in San Jose resulted in.<\/p>\n
McDavid now sits second in NHL history with the most points scored before turning 30 years old, passing Mario Lemieux\u2019s mark of 1,211. The Oilers captain now sits behind only Wayne Gretzky, who tallied an unthinkable 2,072 points before reaching 30.<\/p>\n
McDavid passes Mario \ud83e\udd2f\ud83d\udc10@Sportsnet<\/a> | #LetsGoOilers<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/ZBDwJjp0Aj<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Edmonton Oilers (@EdmontonOilers) April 9, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n Not only has he surpassed Lemieux, but he now has a chance to completely obliterate the Pittsburgh Penguins legend\u2019s mark. McDavid doesn\u2019t turn 30 until next January, meaning he will have another half a season at least to continue pulling away from the rest of the pack.<\/p>\n This season, McDavid managed to tally 80 points before his birthday. If we assume he gets a few more points over the last three games of this season and replicates that production next year, the Oilers captain could hover around the 1,300-point mark. That would make Lemieux a distant third.<\/p>\n In the wider scope, the Oilers captain now sits 50th all-time in NHL points<\/a> scored. Once McDavid notches point 1,301, presumably next season, he will enter the top 40 in the NHL record books. He is second in Edmonton\u2019s franchise history, behind only Gretzky (1,669), once again.<\/p>\n The mind-boggling accomplishments never seem to end with McDavid, but this one is uniquely impressive and knocks off one of the NHL\u2019s biggest legends.<\/p>\n