The Edmonton Oilers used 40 players in the 1987-88 season, with a 51-23-6 record. Wayne Gretzky led the team with 149 points (40 goals, 109 assists) in 64 games. Grant Fuhr played the most games in goal (75).
| # | Player — sort by name ⇅ | GP — sort by games played ⇅ | Streak | G — sort by goals ⇅ | A — sort by assists ⇅ | PTS — sort by points ▼ | P/GP — sort by points per game ⇅ | PPG — sort by power-play goals ⇅ | SOG — sort by shots on goal ⇅ | HIT — sort by hits ⇅ | BLK — sort by blocked shots ⇅ | PIM — sort by penalty minutes ⇅ | TOI — sort by average ice time ⇅ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wayne Gretzky 🇨🇦 C 27 | 64 | 🔥 5 | 40 | 109 | 149 | 2.33 | 9 | 211 | 0 | 0 | 24 | — |
| 2 | Mark Messier 🇨🇦 C 27 | 77 | 🔥 1 | 37 | 74 | 111 | 1.44 | 12 | 182 | 0 | 0 | 103 | — |
| 3 | Jari Kurri 🇫🇮 RW 27 | 80 | 🧊 1 | 43 | 53 | 96 | 1.20 | 10 | 207 | 0 | 0 | 30 | — |
| 4 | Glenn Anderson 🇨🇦 RW 27 | 80 | 🧊 1 | 38 | 50 | 88 | 1.10 | 16 | 255 | 0 | 0 | 58 | — |
| 5 | Esa Tikkanen 🇫🇮 LW 23 | 80 | 🔥 1 | 23 | 51 | 74 | 0.93 | 6 | 142 | 0 | 0 | 153 | — |
| 6 | Craig Simpson 🇨🇦 LW 21 | 59 | 🔥 2 | 43 | 21 | 64 | 1.08 | 18 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 43 | — |
| 7 | Mike Krushelnyski 🇨🇦 C 27 | 76 | 🔥 1 | 20 | 27 | 47 | 0.62 | 4 | 124 | 0 | 0 | 64 | — |
| 8 | Craig MacTavish 🇨🇦 C 29 | 80 | 🧊 6 | 15 | 17 | 32 | 0.40 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 47 | — |
| 9 | Dave Hannan 🇨🇦 C 26 | 51 | 🔥 1 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 0.39 | 0 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 43 | — |
| 10 | Normand Lacombe 🇨🇦 RW 23 | 53 | 🔥 1 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 0.32 | 1 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 36 | — |
| 11 | Kevin McClelland 🇨🇦 RW 25 | 74 | 🔥 1 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 0.22 | 0 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 281 | — |
| 12 | Keith Acton 🇨🇦 C 29 | 26 | 🧊 12 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0.35 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 21 | — |
| 13 | Geoff Courtnall 🇨🇦 LW 25 | 12 | 🔥 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0.67 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 15 | — |
| 14 | Steve Graves 🇨🇦 LW 23 | 21 | 🔥 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0.33 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 10 | — |
| 15 | Dave Hunter 🇨🇦 LW 30 | 21 | 🧊 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0.29 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — |
| 16 | Thomas Mcmurchy 🇨🇦 RW 24 | 9 | 🧊 6 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.56 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 8 | — |
| 17 | Steve Dykstra 🇨🇦 LW 25 | 15 | 🔥 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.33 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 39 | — |
| 18 | Kelly Buchberger 🇨🇦 RW 21 | 19 | 🧊 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.05 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 81 | — |
| 19 | Mark Lamb 🇨🇦 C 23 | 2 | 🧊 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 20 | Dave Donnelly 🇨🇦 C 26 | 4 | 🧊 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 21 | Moe Lemay 🇨🇦 LW 26 | 4 | 🧊 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 22 | Scott Metcalfe 🇨🇦 LW 21 | 2 | 🧊 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Team totals · 22 skaters | 80 | 306 | 449 | 755 | 9.44 | 77 | 1637 | 0 | 0 | 1068 |
| # | Goalie — sort by name ⇅ | GP — sort by games played ⇅ | Share of games | W — sort by wins ⇅ | GAA — sort by goals against average ⇅ | SV% — sort by save percentage ⇅ | SV — sort by saves ⇅ | GA — sort by goals against ▼ | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grant Fuhr 🇨🇦 G 25 | 75 | 47 | 3.28 | 0.000 | 0 | 246 | 57:20 | |
| 2 | Bill Ranford 🇨🇦 G 21 | 6 | 5 | 2.67 | 0.000 | 0 | 16 | 54:10 | |
| 3 | Daryl Reaugh 🇨🇦 G 23 | 6 | 4 | 2.33 | 0.000 | 0 | 14 | 29:12 | |
| 4 | Warren Skorodenski 🇨🇦 G 28 | 3 | 1 | 2.33 | 0.000 | 0 | 7 | 20:03 |
90% of this roster was born in Canada, against 76% across the league. Canadian-born players scored 76% of the team's points.
| Country | Players | Share of roster | vs NHL | Points | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 36 |
|
+14 | 743 (76%) | Gretzky, Messier, Anderson, Simpson +32 |
| Finland | 2 |
|
+3 | 170 (17%) | Kurri, Tikkanen |
| United Kingdom | 1 |
|
+2 | 55 (6%) | Smith |
| United States | 1 |
|
-13 | 6 (1%) | Mantha |
Wayne Gretzky led the Edmonton Oilers in scoring in 1987-88 with 149 points — 40 goals and 109 assists in 64 games. Next came Mark Messier (111) and Jari Kurri (96).
Craig Simpson scored 43 goals for the Edmonton Oilers in 1987-88, 18 of them on the power play.
The Edmonton Oilers dressed 40 players in 1987-88: 36 skaters and 4 goalies. Together the skaters scored 363 goals.
Grant Fuhr played the most games in goal for the Edmonton Oilers in 1987-88: 75 games, 47 wins, a 0.000 save percentage and a 3.28 goals against average. Daryl Reaugh was the backup, in 6 games.
The average age was 24.8 years. Chris Joseph was the youngest at 18, and Randy Gregg the oldest at 32.
The Edmonton Oilers used 40 players in 1987-88 with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 36 in Canada, 2 in Finland and 1 in the United Kingdom. The other 1 came from United States. League-wide that season, 76% of players were born in Canada, against 90% on this roster.