15 Interesting Facts About Jaromír Jágr

He was the youngest player in the NHL at age 18 in 1990.

He has won the Art Ross Trophy five times, more than any other non-Canadian player.

His jersey number 68 honors the Prague Spring of 1968 and his grandfather.

He holds the record for the longest playing career in professional ice hockey history, with 37 professional seasons as of 2024.

He became the oldest player ever to score a goal in a professional competition at 52 years and 63 days, breaking Gordie Howe's record.

He is one of only two Czech players to achieve membership in the Triple Gold Club.

He is the oldest player to record a hat-trick in NHL history, achieving it at 42 years and 322 days old.

He once scored three goals and four assists for a career-high seven-point night twice in his career.

He was the first Czechoslovak player to be drafted by the NHL without having to defect to the West, immediately relocating after the Iron Curtain fell.

He played Scrabble to increase his English vocabulary as a young player.

He once read the daily weather forecast on a Pittsburgh radio station in his broken, thickly-accented English.

He became the first player to score a goal in 53 different NHL arenas.