Awards

• First All-Star team: 1981-82-83-84.
• Second All-Star team: 1980.
• Hart Memorial Trophy (NHL most-valuable player to his team): 1980-81-82-83-84.
• Art Ross Trophy (Leading scorer, regular season): 1981-82-83-84. (Tied Marcel Dionne for scoring title in 1980. Dionne awarded trophy on basis of most goals scored.)
• Lady Byng Trophy (Sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct combined with a high standard of playing ability): 1980.
• Lester B. Pearson Award (NHL's most-valuable player as voted by players): 1982,1983,1984.
• Emery Edge Trophy (Player who appears in minimum 60 games and leads NHL in plus-minus statistics, in which player gets a plus when on ice for an even-strength or shorthanded goal by his team, and a minus when on ice for even-strength or shorthanded goal by opposing team): 1984, plus 76.
• Officer of the Order of Canada, 1984.
• Sports Illusctrated Sportman of the Year, 1982.
• ABC's Wide World of Sports Athelte of the Year, 1982.
• Associated Press Athlete of the Year, 1982.
• Chicago Tribune Athlete of the Year, 1982.
• Sporting News Man of the Year, 1981.
• Sporting News Player of the Year, 1980-81-82-83-84.
• Hockey News Player of the Year, 1979-80, 1980-81 (with Mike Luit), 1981-82, 1982-83, 1983-84.
• Victor Award (excellence in your sport in North America) 1980-81-82-83.
• American Academy of Achievement Award (honouring world-wide excellence in your chosen field) 1982.
• Canadian male athlete of the ear, 1980-81-82-83.
• Charlie Conacher Award (humanitarianism and community service), 1981.
• Seagram Seven Crowns of Sport Award (dominance in your chosen sport), 1981-82-83-84.
• Vanier Award (awarded annually to 5 outstanding young Canadians by Canadian Junior Chamber of Commerce), 1982.
• Dunlop Award (North American professional athlete of the year), 1983.