Thirty years ago in 1985-86, Wayne Gretzky scored 215 points to set the all-time NHL single-season points record. That same year, 20 players scored more than the 87 points that earned Jamie Benn the Art Ross Trophy as the league's leading scorer last season, according to Hockey Reference.
Similarly, Alex Ovechkin's now-dominant 53-goal season would only have tied him for fifth place in the goal-scoring race back in the mid-80s, alongside Michel Goulet. Gretzky actually had "just" 52 goals for the Edmonton Oilers in 1985-86—he barely made the top three in goal-scoring on his own team!