Hart Memorial Trophy

The Hart Trophy is given to the most valuable player of the National Hockey League every year. It was given to the NHL by Dr. David Hart, father of NHL coach and manager Cecil Hart. It was first awarded in 1924.

Wayne Gretzky has won the most Hart Trophies with nine, followed by Gordie Howe with six and Eddie Shore with four. Howie Morenz, Bobby Orr, Bobby Clarke, and Mario Lemieux have won the award three times each.

The closest vote for the trophy was in 2002, when Jose Theodore and Jarome Iginla tied; Theodore won because he had more first-place votes. In 1999, Chris Pronger won by one point over Jaromir Jagr; and in 1990, Mark Messier won by two points over Ray Bourque.

Winners

Nels Stewart, two-time winner

Bobby Clarke, three-time winner

Wayne Gretzky, nine-time winner

Mario Lemieux, three-time winner

Sergei Fedorov, first European trained player to win it, one-time winner

Taylor Hall, one-time winner

Alexander Ovechkin, three-time winner

Sidney Crosby, two-time winner

Joe Thornton, only player to switch clubs during his winning season, one-time winner

Positions key
C	Centre
LW	Left Wing
D	Defence
RW	Right Wing
G	Goaltender

Player is still active in the NHL Eligible player not yet elected to Hockey Hall of Fame Inactive player not yet eligible for Hockey Hall of Fame

Season	Winner	Team	Position	Win #
1923–24	Nighbor, FrankFrank Nighbor	Ottawa Senators	C	1
1924–25	Burch, BillyBilly Burch	Hamilton Tigers	C	1
1925–26	Stewart, NelsNels Stewart	Montreal Maroons	C	1
1926–27	Gardiner, HerbHerb Gardiner	Montreal Canadiens	D	1
1927–28	Morenz, HowieHowie Morenz	Montreal Canadiens	C	1
1928–29	Worters, RoyRoy Worters	New York Americans	G	1
1929–30	Stewart, NelsNels Stewart	Montreal Maroons	C	2
1930–31	Morenz, HowieHowie Morenz	Montreal Canadiens	C	2
1931–32	Morenz, HowieHowie Morenz	Montreal Canadiens	C	3
1932–33	Shore, EddieEddie Shore	Boston Bruins	D	1
1933–34	Joliat, AureleAurele Joliat	Montreal Canadiens	LW	1
1934–35	Shore, EddieEddie Shore	Boston Bruins	D	2
1935–36	Shore, EddieEddie Shore	Boston Bruins	D	3
1936–37	Siebert, BabeBabe Siebert	Montreal Canadiens	D	1
1937–38	Shore, EddieEddie Shore	Boston Bruins	D	4
1938–39	Blake, ToeToe Blake	Montreal Canadiens	LW	1
1939–40	Goodfellow, EbbieEbbie Goodfellow	Detroit Red Wings	D	1
1940–41	Cowley, BillBill Cowley	Boston Bruins	C	1
1941–42	Anderson, TommyTommy Anderson	Brooklyn Americans	D	1
1942–43	Cowley, BillBill Cowley	Boston Bruins	C	2
1943–44	Pratt, BabeBabe Pratt	Toronto Maple Leafs	D	1
1944–45	Lach, ElmerElmer Lach	Montreal Canadiens	C	1
1945–46	Bentley, MaxMax Bentley	Chicago Black Hawks	C	1
1946–47	Richard, MauriceMaurice Richard	Montreal Canadiens	RW	1
1947–48	O'Connor, BuddyBuddy O'Connor	New York Rangers	C	1
1948–49	Abel, SidSid Abel	Detroit Red Wings	C	1
1949–50	Rayner, ChuckChuck Rayner	New York Rangers	G	1
1950–51	Schmidt, MiltMilt Schmidt	Boston Bruins	C	1
1951–52	Howe, GordieGordie Howe	Detroit Red Wings	RW	1
1952–53	Howe, GordieGordie Howe	Detroit Red Wings	RW	2
1953–54	Rollins, AlAl Rollins	Chicago Black Hawks	G	1
1954–55	Kennedy, TedTed Kennedy	Toronto Maple Leafs	C	1
1955–56	Beliveau, JeanJean Beliveau	Montreal Canadiens	C	1
1956–57	Howe, GordieGordie Howe	Detroit Red Wings	RW	3
1957–58	Howe, GordieGordie Howe	Detroit Red Wings	RW	4
1958–59	Bathgate, AndyAndy Bathgate	New York Rangers	RW	1
1959–60	Howe, GordieGordie Howe	Detroit Red Wings	RW	5
1960–61	Geoffrion, BernieBernie Geoffrion	Montreal Canadiens	RW	1
1961–62	Plante, JacquesJacques Plante	Montreal Canadiens	G	1
1962–63	Howe, GordieGordie Howe	Detroit Red Wings	RW	6
1963–64	Beliveau, JeanJean Beliveau	Montreal Canadiens	C	2
1964–65	Hull, BobbyBobby Hull	Chicago Black Hawks	LW	1
1965–66	Hull, BobbyBobby Hull	Chicago Black Hawks	LW	2
1966–67	Mikita, StanStan Mikita	Chicago Black Hawks	C	1
1967–68	Mikita, StanStan Mikita	Chicago Black Hawks	C	2
1968–69	Esposito, PhilPhil Esposito	Boston Bruins	C	1
1969–70	Orr, BobbyBobby Orr	Boston Bruins	D	1
1970–71	Orr, BobbyBobby Orr	Boston Bruins	D	2
1971–72	Orr, BobbyBobby Orr	Boston Bruins	D	3
1972–73	Clarke, BobbyBobby Clarke	Philadelphia Flyers	C	1
1973–74	Esposito, PhilPhil Esposito	Boston Bruins	C	2
1974–75	Clarke, BobbyBobby Clarke	Philadelphia Flyers	C	2
1975–76	Clarke, BobbyBobby Clarke	Philadelphia Flyers	C	3
1976–77	Lafleur, GuyGuy Lafleur	Montreal Canadiens	RW	1
1977–78	Lafleur, GuyGuy Lafleur	Montreal Canadiens	RW	2
1978–79	Trottier, BryanBryan Trottier	New York Islanders	C	1
1979–80	Gretzky, WayneWayne Gretzky	Edmonton Oilers	C	1
1980–81	Gretzky, WayneWayne Gretzky	Edmonton Oilers	C	2
1981–82	Gretzky, WayneWayne Gretzky	Edmonton Oilers	C	3
1982–83	Gretzky, WayneWayne Gretzky	Edmonton Oilers	C	4
1983–84	Gretzky, WayneWayne Gretzky	Edmonton Oilers	C	5
1984–85	Gretzky, WayneWayne Gretzky	Edmonton Oilers	C	6
1985–86	Gretzky, WayneWayne Gretzky	Edmonton Oilers	C	7
1986–87	Gretzky, WayneWayne Gretzky	Edmonton Oilers	C	8
1987–88	Lemieux, MarioMario Lemieux	Pittsburgh Penguins	C	1
1988–89	Gretzky, WayneWayne Gretzky	Los Angeles Kings	C	9
1989–90	Messier, MarkMark Messier	Edmonton Oilers	C	1
1990–91	Hull, BrettBrett Hull	St. Louis Blues	RW	1
1991–92	Messier, MarkMark Messier	New York Rangers	C	2
1992–93	Lemieux, MarioMario Lemieux	Pittsburgh Penguins	C	2
1993–94	Fedorov, SergeiSergei Fedorov	Detroit Red Wings	C	1
1994–95	Lindros, EricEric Lindros	Philadelphia Flyers	C	1
1995–96	Lemieux, MarioMario Lemieux	Pittsburgh Penguins	C	3
1996–97	Hasek, DominikDominik Hasek	Buffalo Sabres	G	1
1997–98	Hasek, DominikDominik Hasek	Buffalo Sabres	G	2
1998–99	Jagr, JaromirJaromir Jagr	Pittsburgh Penguins	RW	1
1999–2000	Pronger, ChrisChris Pronger	St. Louis Blues	D	1
2000–01	Sakic, JoeJoe Sakic	Colorado Avalanche	C	1
2001–02	Theodore, JoseJose Theodore	Montreal Canadiens	G	1
2002–03	Forsberg, PeterPeter Forsberg	Colorado Avalanche	C	1
2003–04	St. Louis, MartinMartin St. Louis	Tampa Bay Lightning	RW	1
2004–05^[a]	& —	& —	& —	& —
2005–06	Thornton, JoeJoe Thornton	Boston Bruins/San Jose Sharks	C	1
2006–07	Crosby, SidneySidney Crosby	Pittsburgh Penguins	C	1
2007–08	Ovechkin, AlexanderAlexander Ovechkin	Washington Capitals	LW	1
2008–09	Ovechkin, AlexanderAlexander Ovechkin	Washington Capitals	LW	2
2009–10	Sedin, HenrikHenrik Sedin	Vancouver Canucks	C	1
2010–11	Perry, CoreyCorey Perry	Anaheim Ducks	RW	1
2011–12	Malkin, EvgeniEvgeni Malkin	Pittsburgh Penguins	C	1
2012–13	Ovechkin, AlexanderAlexander Ovechkin	Washington Capitals	RW	3
2013–14	Crosby, SidneySidney Crosby	Pittsburgh Penguins	C	2
2014–15	Price, CareyCarey Price	Montreal Canadiens	G	1
2015–16	Kane, PatrickPatrick Kane	Chicago Blackhawks	RW	1
2016–17	McDavid, ConnorConnor McDavid	Edmonton Oilers	C	1
2017–18	Hall, TaylorTaylor Hall	New Jersey Devils	LW	1
2018–19	Kucherov, NikitaNikita Kucherov	Tampa Bay Lightning	RW	1

↑ The trophy was not awarded in the 2004–05 season due to the league's lockout.

Hart Memorial Trophy Media

The first winner of the original trophy, Frank Nighbor
Elmer Lach with the original trophy in 1945

Related pages

[1] The trophy was not awarded in the 2004–05 season due to the league's lockout.

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