Ray Bourque is considered to be one of the greatest ever defensemen in the history of Ice Hockey. During his 21 glorious seasons, the Canadian legend played 1612 matches, scored 410 goals,assisted 1169 goals and earned a fabulous 1579 points in NHL regular season career.

He is the current record holder for highest goals, highest assists and highest points by a defenseman in NHL.

In his illustrious career, Ray Bourque represented only two NHL teams: Boston Bruins and Colorado Avalanche. His scoring spree was instrumental behind many successes of Boston Bruins and Colorado Avalanche. He won the James Norris Memorial Trophy five times as the top defensemen in a season. During his career, Ray Bourque made it to the first all-star team on thirteen occasions and to the second all-star team on six occasions. In the list of the one hundred greatest hockey players of all time made by The Hockey News, Ray Bourque was ranked at 14. Ray Bourque is undoubtedly one of the greatest ever defensemen the game has ever seen.