The Edmonton Oilers used 40 players in the 1988-89 season, with a 43-31-6 record. Jari Kurri led the team with 102 points (44 goals, 58 assists) in 76 games. Grant Fuhr played the most games in goal (59).
| # | 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 | Jari Kurri 🇫🇮 RW 28 | 76 | 🧊 1 | 44 | 58 | 102 | 1.34 | 10 | 214 | 0 | 0 | 69 | — |
| 2 | Jimmy Carson 🇺🇸 C 20 | 80 | 🔥 2 | 49 | 51 | 100 | 1.25 | 19 | 240 | 0 | 0 | 36 | — |
| 3 | Mark Messier 🇨🇦 C 28 | 72 | 🧊 1 | 33 | 61 | 94 | 1.31 | 6 | 164 | 0 | 0 | 130 | — |
| 4 | Esa Tikkanen 🇫🇮 LW 24 | 67 | 🔥 1 | 31 | 47 | 78 | 1.16 | 6 | 151 | 0 | 0 | 92 | — |
| 5 | Craig Simpson 🇨🇦 LW 22 | 66 | 🧊 1 | 35 | 41 | 76 | 1.15 | 17 | 121 | 0 | 0 | 80 | — |
| 6 | Glenn Anderson 🇨🇦 RW 28 | 79 | 🧊 1 | 16 | 48 | 64 | 0.81 | 7 | 212 | 0 | 0 | 93 | — |
| 7 | Craig MacTavish 🇨🇦 C 30 | 80 | 🧊 3 | 21 | 31 | 52 | 0.65 | 2 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 55 | — |
| 8 | Charlie Huddy 🇨🇦 D 29 | 76 | 🔥 1 | 11 | 33 | 44 | 0.58 | 5 | 178 | 0 | 0 | 52 | — |
| 9 | Normand Lacombe 🇨🇦 RW 24 | 64 | 🔥 2 | 17 | 11 | 28 | 0.44 | 2 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 57 | — |
| 10 | Keith Acton 🇨🇦 C 30 | 46 | 🔥 1 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 0.57 | 0 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 47 | — |
| 11 | Kevin Lowe 🇨🇦 D 29 | 76 | 🧊 6 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 0.33 | 0 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 98 | — |
| 12 | Steve Smith 🇬🇧 D 25 | 35 | 🧊 1 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 0.63 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 97 | — |
| 13 | Kevin McClelland 🇨🇦 RW 26 | 79 | 🔥 2 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 0.25 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 161 | — |
| 14 | Craig Muni 🇨🇦 D 26 | 69 | 🧊 5 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 0.26 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 71 | — |
| 15 | Randy Gregg 🇨🇦 D 33 | 57 | 🧊 1 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 0.32 | 1 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 28 | — |
| 16 | Kelly Buchberger 🇨🇦 RW 22 | 66 | 🧊 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 0.21 | 1 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 234 | — |
| 17 | Craig Redmond 🇨🇦 D 23 | 21 | 🔥 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 0.62 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 12 | — |
| 18 | Tomas Jonsson 🇸🇪 D 28 | 20 | 🧊 1 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 0.55 | 1 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 22 | — |
| 19 | Miroslav Frycer 🇨🇿 C 29 | 14 | 🧊 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0.71 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 18 | — |
| 20 | Mark Lamb 🇨🇦 C 24 | 20 | 🔥 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 0.50 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 14 | — |
| 21 | Greg Adams 🇨🇦 LW 28 | 50 | 🧊 16 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0.18 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 82 | — |
| 22 | Chris Joseph 🇨🇦 D 19 | 44 | 🧊 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0.20 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 54 | — |
| 23 | Reed Larson 🇺🇸 D 32 | 10 | 🧊 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0.90 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 15 | — |
| 24 | Dave Hunter 🇨🇦 LW 31 | 32 | 🧊 9 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0.25 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 22 | — |
| 25 | Doug Halward 🇨🇦 D 33 | 24 | 🧊 6 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0.29 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 25 | — |
| 26 | Jeff Beukeboom 🇨🇦 D 24 | 36 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0.14 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 94 | — |
| 27 | Martin Gelinas 🇨🇦 LW 18 | 6 | 🧊 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.50 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 28 | Doug Smith 🇨🇦 C 25 | 19 | 🧊 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.11 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 9 | — |
| 29 | Dave Brown 🇨🇦 RW 26 | 22 | 🧊 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.09 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 56 | — |
| 30 | Alan May 🇨🇦 LW 22 | 3 | 🧊 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.33 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | — |
| 31 | John Leblanc 🇨🇦 RW 25 | 2 | 🔥 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 32 | Ken Hammond 🇨🇦 D 25 | 5 | 🧊 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | — |
| 33 | Mike Ware 🇨🇦 RW 22 | 2 | 🔥 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | — |
| 34 | Nick Fotiu 🇺🇸 LW 36 | 1 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 35 | Glen Cochrane 🇨🇦 D 31 | 12 | 🧊 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 52 | — |
| 36 | Kim Issel 🇨🇦 RW 21 | 5 | 🧊 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 37 | Francois Leroux 🇨🇦 D 18 | 2 | 🧊 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 38 | Selmar Odelein 🇨🇦 D 22 | 2 | 🧊 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| Team totals · 38 skaters | 80 | 325 | 558 | 883 | 11.04 | 83 | 2225 | 0 | 0 | 1903 |
| # | 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 | Bill Ranford 🇨🇦 G 22 | 29 | 17 | 3.03 | 0.000 | 0 | 88 | 52:02 | |
| 2 | Grant Fuhr 🇨🇦 G 26 | 59 | 28 | 3.61 | 0.000 | 0 | 213 | 56:37 |
80% of this roster was born in Canada, against 76% across the league. Canadian-born players scored 62% of the team's points.
| Country | Players | Share of roster | vs NHL | Points | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 32 |
|
+4 | 551 (62%) | Messier, Simpson, Anderson, MacTavish +28 |
| United States | 3 |
|
-7 | 109 (12%) | Carson, Larson, Fotiu |
| Finland | 2 |
|
+2 | 180 (20%) | Kurri, Tikkanen |
| Czechia | 1 |
|
even | 10 (1%) | Frycer |
| United Kingdom | 1 |
|
+2 | 22 (2%) | Smith |
| Sweden | 1 |
|
-1 | 11 (1%) | Jonsson |
Jari Kurri led the Edmonton Oilers in scoring in 1988-89 with 102 points — 44 goals and 58 assists in 76 games. Next came Jimmy Carson (100) and Mark Messier (94).
Jimmy Carson scored 49 goals for the Edmonton Oilers in 1988-89, 19 of them on the power play.
The Edmonton Oilers dressed 40 players in 1988-89: 38 skaters and 2 goalies. Together the skaters scored 325 goals.
Grant Fuhr played the most games in goal for the Edmonton Oilers in 1988-89: 59 games, 28 wins, a 0.000 save percentage and a 3.61 goals against average. Bill Ranford was the backup, in 29 games.
The average age was 25.9 years. Martin Gelinas was the youngest at 18, and Nick Fotiu the oldest at 36.
The Edmonton Oilers used 40 players in 1988-89 with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 32 in Canada, 3 in the United States and 2 in Finland. The other 3 came from Czechia, United Kingdom and Sweden. League-wide that season, 76% of players were born in Canada, against 80% on this roster.