The Edmonton Oilers used 40 players in the 1979-80 season, with a 32-48-0 record. Wayne Gretzky led the team with 137 points (51 goals, 86 assists) in 79 games. Eddie Mio played the most games in goal (34).
| # | 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 19 | 79 | 🔥 2 | 51 | 86 | 137 | 1.73 | 13 | 284 | 0 | 0 | 21 | — |
| 2 | Blair MacDonald 🇨🇦 RW 26 | 80 | 🔥 1 | 46 | 48 | 94 | 1.18 | 13 | 266 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — |
| 3 | Stan Weir 🇨🇦 C 28 | 79 | 🔥 1 | 33 | 33 | 66 | 0.84 | 3 | 129 | 0 | 0 | 40 | — |
| 4 | Brett Callighen 🇨🇦 C 26 | 59 | 🔥 3 | 23 | 35 | 58 | 0.98 | 8 | 159 | 0 | 0 | 72 | — |
| 5 | Dave Lumley 🇨🇦 RW 25 | 80 | 🔥 1 | 20 | 38 | 58 | 0.72 | 1 | 145 | 0 | 0 | 138 | — |
| 6 | Dave Hunter 🇨🇦 LW 22 | 80 | 🔥 2 | 12 | 31 | 43 | 0.54 | 1 | 109 | 0 | 0 | 103 | — |
| 7 | Ron Chipperfield 🇨🇦 C 26 | 67 | 🔥 2 | 18 | 19 | 37 | 0.55 | 2 | 129 | 0 | 0 | 24 | — |
| 8 | Mark Messier 🇨🇦 C 19 | 75 | 🔥 1 | 12 | 21 | 33 | 0.44 | 1 | 113 | 0 | 0 | 120 | — |
| 9 | Cam Connor 🇨🇦 RW 25 | 38 | 🔥 1 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 0.53 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 136 | — |
| 10 | Don Ashby 🇨🇦 C 25 | 18 | 🧊 3 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 1.06 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 11 | Bobby Schmautz 🇨🇦 RW 35 | 29 | 🧊 3 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 0.55 | 2 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 20 | — |
| 12 | Dave Semenko 🇨🇦 LW 22 | 75 | 🧊 6 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 0.17 | 1 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 135 | — |
| 13 | Bill Flett 🇨🇦 RW 36 | 20 | 🧊 5 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0.35 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 14 | Don Murdoch 🇨🇦 RW 23 | 10 | 🔥 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0.70 | 1 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 15 | Peter Driscoll 🇨🇦 LW 25 | 42 | 🧊 20 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0.14 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 54 | — |
| 16 | Dan Newman 🇨🇦 RW 28 | 10 | 🧊 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.40 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 17 | Kari Makkonen 🇫🇮 RW 24 | 9 | 🧊 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.44 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 18 | Jim Harrison 🇨🇦 C 32 | 3 | 🧊 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 19 | Ron Areshenkoff 🇨🇦 C 22 | 4 | 🧊 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 20 | Wayne Bianchin 🇨🇦 RW 26 | 11 | 🧊 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | — |
| 21 | Michael Toal 🇨🇦 C 21 | 4 | 🧊 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 22 | Alex Tidey 🇨🇦 RW 25 | 5 | 🧊 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | — |
| 23 | Ron Carter 🇨🇦 RW 22 | 2 | 🧊 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Team totals · 23 skaters | 80 | 262 | 360 | 622 | 7.78 | 50 | 1627 | 0 | 0 | 890 |
| # | 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 | Eddie Mio 🇨🇦 G 26 | 34 | 13 | 3.53 | 0.000 | 0 | 120 | 50:10 | |
| 2 | Jim Corsi 🇨🇦 G 25 | 26 | 9 | 3.19 | 0.000 | 0 | 83 | 52:17 | |
| 3 | Dave Dryden 🇨🇦 G 38 | 14 | 3 | 3.79 | 0.000 | 0 | 53 | 52:54 | |
| 4 | Ron Low 🇨🇦 G 29 | 11 | 8 | 3.36 | 0.000 | 0 | 37 | 59:02 | |
| 5 | Donald Cutts 🇨🇦 G 27 | 6 | 3 | 2.67 | 0.000 | 0 | 16 | 44:46 | |
| 6 | Robert Dupuis 🇨🇦 G 27 | 1 | 0 | 4.00 | 0.000 | 0 | 4 | 59:17 |
90% of this roster was born in Canada, against 84% across the league. The team leans on Finland: 5% of its players, against 1% league-wide. Canadian-born players scored 93% of the team's points.
| Country | Players | Share of roster | vs NHL | Points | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 36 |
|
+6 | 743 (93%) | Gretzky, MacDonald, Weir, Callighen +32 |
| Finland | 2 |
|
+4 | 39 (5%) | Siltanen, Makkonen |
| Denmark | 1 |
|
+2 | 0 | Popiel |
| United States | 1 |
|
-8 | 15 (2%) | Fogolin |
Wayne Gretzky led the Edmonton Oilers in scoring in 1979-80 with 137 points — 51 goals and 86 assists in 79 games. Next came Blair MacDonald (94) and Stan Weir (66).
Wayne Gretzky scored 51 goals for the Edmonton Oilers in 1979-80, 13 of them on the power play.
The Edmonton Oilers dressed 40 players in 1979-80: 34 skaters and 6 goalies. Together the skaters scored 301 goals.
Eddie Mio played the most games in goal for the Edmonton Oilers in 1979-80: 34 games, 13 wins, a 0.000 save percentage and a 3.53 goals against average. Jim Corsi was the backup, in 26 games.
The average age was 26.1 years. Mark Messier was the youngest at 19, and Dave Dryden the oldest at 38.
The Edmonton Oilers used 40 players in 1979-80 with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 36 in Canada, 2 in Finland and 1 in Denmark. The other 1 came from United States. League-wide that season, 84% of players were born in Canada, against 90% on this roster.