Hart trophy (99.1% complete historical data)

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Introduction

I have nearly the complete Hart trophy voting results from the 1946-47 season until present (2022-23 season). The data is 99.1% complete (and I'll prove how I know this). Why start in 1947? From a practical standpoint, the complete voting results aren't available for most seasons prior to that year. Also, 1947 is probably the first season after WWII where the league returned to normal (a substantial number of players joined the Armed Forces, which meant the seasons were of much lower quality).

Standard disclaimers - the Hart trophy voting doesn't take into account the playoffs or international tournaments. The voters may or may not actually be intelligent, objective hockey fans.

Still, despite those issues, I think there's enough interesting information that it's worth reviewing the 76 years worth of data.

For the sake of not destroying HFBoards servers, I'm not posting all the data. I'd like to think I've posted everything that would be interesting to a passionate (but not insane) fan. If you want more information, ask me.

Note 1: there's a lot of data here. I've tried my best to ensure everything is consistent but let me know if you see any errors.

Note 2: I often refer to "Hart trophy share". This equals the number of votes a player earned, divided by the maximum number possible votes. So a player who wins a unanimous Hart trophy would have a 100% share, and it scales down from there.
 
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Hockey Outsider

Registered User
Jan 16, 2005
9,056
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Detailed results by player - 5% threshold

This table shows the following:

Column 1: year
Column 2: player name
Column 3: votes earned
Column 4: maximum possible number of votes that could have been earned that year
Column 5: Hart shares
Column 6: rank during the year

YearPlayerPointsMaxShareRank
1993​
Adam Oates
28​
250​
11.2%​
4​
2003​
Al MacInnis
46​
620​
7.4%​
6​
1953​
Al Rollins
25​
90​
27.8%​
2​
1954​
Al Rollins
80​
180​
44.4%​
1​
2021​
Aleksander Barkov
125​
1000​
12.5%​
6​
2008​
Alex Kovalev
94​
1340​
7.0%​
8​
2006​
Alexander Ovechkin
109​
1290​
8.4%​
6​
2008​
Alexander Ovechkin
1313​
1340​
98.0%​
1​
2009​
Alexander Ovechkin
1264​
1340​
94.3%​
1​
2010​
Alexander Ovechkin
834​
1330​
62.7%​
2​
2013​
Alexander Ovechkin
1090​
1790​
60.9%​
1​
2015​
Alexander Ovechkin
888​
1570​
56.6%​
2​
2016​
Alexander Ovechkin
212​
1500​
14.1%​
6​
2019​
Alexander Ovechkin
213​
1710​
12.5%​
7​
1999​
Alexei Yashin
226​
560​
40.4%​
2​
2021​
Andrei Vasilevsky
57​
1000​
5.7%​
7​
1957​
Andy Bathgate
51​
180​
28.3%​
3​
1958​
Andy Bathgate
70​
180​
38.9%​
2​
1959​
Andy Bathgate
133​
180​
73.9%​
1​
1962​
Andy Bathgate
31​
180​
17.2%​
5​
2018​
Anze Kopitar
551​
1640​
33.6%​
3​
2020​
Artemi Panarin
889​
1700​
52.3%​
3​
2021​
Auston Matthews
600​
1000​
60.0%​
2​
2022​
Auston Matthews
1630​
1950​
83.6%​
1​
1955​
Bernie Geoffrion
16​
180​
8.9%​
7​
1961​
Bernie Geoffrion
84​
180​
46.7%​
1​
1974​
Bernie Parent
114​
240​
47.5%​
2​
1975​
Bernie Parent
54​
270​
20.0%​
4​
1951​
Bert Olmstead
6​
54​
11.1%​
6​
1960​
Bert Olmstead
27​
180​
15.0%​
5​
1949​
Bill Durnan
36​
54​
66.7%​
2​
1950​
Bill Durnan
6​
54​
11.1%​
5​
1958​
Bill Gadsby
9​
180​
5.0%​
6​
1966​
Bob Pulford
10​
180​
5.6%​
6​
1973​
Bobby Clarke
158​
240​
65.8%​
1​
1974​
Bobby Clarke
54​
240​
22.5%​
4​
1975​
Bobby Clarke
127​
270​
47.0%​
1​
1976​
Bobby Clarke
246​
270​
91.1%​
1​
1977​
Bobby Clarke
83​
270​
30.7%​
2​
1978​
Bobby Clarke
27​
270​
10.0%​
6​
1960​
Bobby Hull
55​
180​
30.6%​
2​
1962​
Bobby Hull
53​
180​
29.4%​
3​
1964​
Bobby Hull
58​
180​
32.2%​
2​
1965​
Bobby Hull
103​
180​
57.2%​
1​
1966​
Bobby Hull
145​
180​
80.6%​
1​
1967​
Bobby Hull
21​
180​
11.7%​
3​
1968​
Bobby Hull
32​
120​
26.7%​
3​
1969​
Bobby Hull
12​
180​
6.7%​
5​
1971​
Bobby Hull
28​
210​
13.3%​
3​
1967​
Bobby Orr
11​
180​
6.1%​
6​
1968​
Bobby Orr
29​
120​
24.2%​
4​
1969​
Bobby Orr
44​
180​
24.4%​
3​
1970​
Bobby Orr
156​
180​
86.7%​
1​
1971​
Bobby Orr
151​
210​
71.9%​
1​
1972​
Bobby Orr
126​
210​
60.0%​
1​
1973​
Bobby Orr
63​
240​
26.3%​
3​
1974​
Bobby Orr
73​
240​
30.4%​
3​
1975​
Bobby Orr
73​
270​
27.0%​
3​
1977​
Borje Salming
40​
270​
14.8%​
4​
2017​
Brad Marchand
184​
1670​
11.0%​
7​
2019​
Brad Marchand
322​
1710​
18.8%​
5​
2021​
Brad Marchand
134​
1000​
13.4%​
5​
1976​
Brad Park
15​
270​
5.6%​
5​
1978​
Brad Park
31​
270​
11.5%​
5​
2016​
Braden Holtby
292​
1500​
19.5%​
4​
2017​
Brent Burns
273​
1670​
16.3%​
4​
1990​
Brett Hull
80​
315​
25.4%​
3​
1991​
Brett Hull
277​
330​
83.9%​
1​
1992​
Brett Hull
49​
345​
14.2%​
3​
1960​
Brono Horvath
20​
180​
11.1%​
6​
1978​
Bryan Trottier
99​
270​
36.7%​
2​
1979​
Bryan Trottier
201​
255​
78.8%​
1​
1982​
Bryan Trottier
130​
315​
41.3%​
2​
1984​
Bryan Trottier
54​
310​
17.4%​
3​
1948​
Buddy O'Connor
36​
54​
66.7%​
1​
1999​
Byron Dafoe
40​
560​
7.1%​
9​
2011​
Carey Price
90​
1330​
6.8%​
7​
2015​
Carey Price
1498​
1570​
95.4%​
1​
1964​
Charlie Hodge
43​
180​
23.9%​
4​
1965​
Charlie Hodge
16​
180​
8.9%​
5​
1947​
Charlie Rayner
7​
54​
13.0%​
4​
2000​
Chris Pronger
396​
580​
68.3%​
1​
1949​
Chuck Rayner
3​
54​
5.6%​
7​
1950​
Chuck Rayner
36​
54​
66.7%​
1​
2012​
Claude Giroux
458​
1490​
30.7%​
4​
2014​
Claude Giroux
435​
1370​
31.8%​
3​
2018​
Claude Giroux
546​
1640​
33.3%​
4​
2020​
Connor Hellebuyck
283​
1700​
16.6%​
6​
2017​
Connor McDavid
1604​
1670​
96.0%​
1​
2018​
Connor McDavid
270​
1640​
16.5%​
5​
2019​
Connor McDavid
465​
1710​
27.2%​
3​
2020​
Connor McDavid
309​
1700​
18.2%​
5​
2021​
Connor McDavid
1000​
1000​
100.0%​
1​
2022​
Connor McDavid
1111​
1950​
57.0%​
2​
2023​
Connor McDavid
1951​
1960​
99.5%​
1​
2011​
Corey Perry
1043​
1330​
78.4%​
1​
1999​
Curtis Joseph
118​
560​
21.1%​
4​
1985​
Dale Hawerchuk
91​
315​
28.9%​
2​
2006​
Daniel Alfredsson
119​
1290​
9.2%​
5​
2011​
Daniel Sedin
960​
1330​
72.2%​
2​
1980​
Danny Gare
20​
315​
6.3%​
5​
1955​
Danny Lewicki
10​
180​
5.6%​
9​
1978​
Darryl Sittler
67​
270​
24.8%​
3​
1963​
Dave Keon
11​
180​
6.1%​
6​
1971​
Dave Keon
20​
210​
9.5%​
4​
2020​
David Pastrnak
369​
1700​
21.7%​
4​
2023​
David Pastrnak
1053​
1960​
53.7%​
2​
1975​
Denis Potvin
16​
270​
5.9%​
7​
1976​
Denis Potvin
75​
270​
27.8%​
2​
1978​
Denis Potvin
24​
270​
8.9%​
7​
1979​
Denis Potvin
46​
255​
18.0%​
4​
1983​
Denis Savard
67​
315​
21.3%​
3​
1988​
Denis Savard
21​
315​
6.7%​
5​
2015​
Devan Dubnyk
410​
1570​
26.1%​
4​
1959​
Dickie Moore
11​
180​
6.1%​
5​
1994​
Dominik Hasek
86​
270​
31.9%​
2​
1995​
Dominik Hasek
23​
75​
30.7%​
3​
1997​
Dominik Hasek
519​
540​
96.1%​
1​
1998​
Dominik Hasek
499​
540​
92.4%​
1​
1999​
Dominik Hasek
172​
560​
30.7%​
3​
2001​
Dominik Hasek
42​
620​
6.8%​
8​
1978​
Don Edwards
34​
270​
12.6%​
4​
1949​
Doug Bentley
4​
54​
7.4%​
4​
1987​
Doug Gilmour
30​
270​
11.1%​
5​
1993​
Doug Gilmour
99​
250​
39.6%​
2​
1994​
Doug Gilmour
50​
270​
18.5%​
4​
1955​
Doug Harvey
18​
180​
10.0%​
5​
1956​
Doug Harvey
11​
180​
6.1%​
5​
1957​
Doug Harvey
17​
180​
9.4%​
5​
1958​
Doug Harvey
41​
180​
22.8%​
3​
1962​
Doug Harvey
60​
180​
33.3%​
2​
2001​
Doug Weight
61​
620​
9.8%​
6​
1991​
Ed Belfour
63​
330​
19.1%​
3​
2004​
Ed Belfour
59​
1050​
5.6%​
10​
1968​
Ed Giacomin
8​
120​
6.7%​
7​
1957​
Ed Litzenberger
13​
180​
7.2%​
6​
1967​
Eddie Giacomin
57​
180​
31.7%​
2​
1969​
Eddie Giacomin
9​
180​
5.0%​
7​
1950​
Edgar Laprade
3​
54​
5.6%​
7​
1948​
Elmer Lach
13​
54​
24.1%​
3​
1952​
Elmer Lach
46​
90​
51.1%​
2​
1995​
Eric Lindros
63​
75​
84.0%​
1​
1996​
Eric Lindros
213​
540​
39.4%​
3​
1997​
Eric Lindros
30​
540​
5.6%​
9​
1999​
Eric Lindros
77​
560​
13.8%​
6​
2006​
Eric Staal
121​
1290​
9.4%​
4​
2017​
Erik Karlsson
258​
1670​
15.4%​
5​
2008​
Evgeni Malkin
659​
1340​
49.2%​
2​
2009​
Evgeni Malkin
787​
1340​
58.7%​
2​
2012​
Evgeni Malkin
1473​
1490​
98.9%​
1​
2018​
Evgeni Malkin
97​
1640​
5.9%​
7​
2008​
Evgeni Nabokov
109​
1340​
8.1%​
7​
1948​
Frank Brimsek
18​
54​
33.3%​
2​
1961​
Frank Mahovlich
41​
180​
22.8%​
4​
1963​
Frank Mahovlich
23​
180​
12.8%​
5​
1975​
Gary Smith
20​
270​
7.4%​
6​
1948​
Gaye Stewart
3​
54​
5.6%​
8​
1953​
Gerry McNeil
16​
90​
17.8%​
4​
1973​
Gilbert Perreault
25​
240​
10.4%​
5​
1977​
Gilbert Perreault
26​
270​
9.6%​
7​
1958​
Glenn Hall
37​
180​
20.6%​
5​
1960​
Glenn Hall
44​
180​
24.4%​
3​
1961​
Glenn Hall
25​
180​
13.9%​
5​
1962​
Glenn Hall
25​
180​
13.9%​
6​
1963​
Glenn Hall
42​
180​
23.3%​
4​
1964​
Glenn Hall
25​
180​
13.9%​
6​
1966​
Glenn Hall
21​
180​
11.7%​
4​
1951​
Gordie Howe
11​
54​
20.4%​
3​
1952​
Gordie Howe
62​
90​
68.9%​
1​
1953​
Gordie Howe
58​
90​
64.4%​
1​
1954​
Gordie Howe
33​
180​
18.3%​
4​
1955​
Gordie Howe
18​
180​
10.0%​
5​
1957​
Gordie Howe
111​
180​
61.7%​
1​
1958​
Gordie Howe
105​
180​
58.3%​
1​
1959​
Gordie Howe
60​
180​
33.3%​
2​
1960​
Gordie Howe
118​
180​
65.6%​
1​
1961​
Gordie Howe
66​
180​
36.7%​
3​
1962​
Gordie Howe
40​
180​
22.2%​
4​
1963​
Gordie Howe
111​
180​
61.7%​
1​
1964​
Gordie Howe
50​
180​
27.8%​
3​
1965​
Gordie Howe
35​
180​
19.4%​
3​
1966​
Gordie Howe
24​
180​
13.3%​
3​
1967​
Gordie Howe
10​
180​
5.6%​
7​
1968​
Gordie Howe
16​
120​
13.3%​
5​
1969​
Gordie Howe
12​
180​
6.7%​
5​
1988​
Grant Fuhr
106​
315​
33.7%​
2​
1996​
Grant Fuhr
52​
540​
9.6%​
6​
1956​
Gump Worsley
72​
180​
40.0%​
3​
1963​
Gump Worsley
9​
180​
5.0%​
7​
1975​
Guy Lafleur
43​
270​
15.9%​
5​
1976​
Guy Lafleur
62​
270​
23.0%​
3​
1977​
Guy Lafleur
177​
270​
65.6%​
1​
1978​
Guy Lafleur
145​
270​
53.7%​
1​
1979​
Guy Lafleur
84​
255​
32.9%​
2​
1980​
Guy Lafleur
44​
315​
14.0%​
4​
1967​
Harry Howell
14​
180​
7.8%​
5​
1954​
Harry Lumley
31​
180​
17.2%​
5​
1955​
Harry Lumley
61​
180​
33.9%​
2​
1958​
Henri Richard
40​
180​
22.2%​
4​
1963​
Henri Richard
9​
180​
5.0%​
7​
1965​
Henri Richard
15​
180​
8.3%​
6​
1967​
Henri Richard
16​
180​
8.9%​
4​
2012​
Henrik Lundqvist
556​
1490​
37.3%​
3​
2010​
Henrik Sedin
894​
1330​
67.2%​
1​
2022​
Igor Shesterkin
738​
1950​
37.8%​
3​
2010​
Ilya Bryzgalov
354​
1330​
26.6%​
5​
2004​
Ilya Kovalchuk
59​
1050​
5.6%​
10​
2023​
Ilya Sorokin
127​
1960​
6.5%​
9​
2023​
Jack Hughes
138​
1960​
7.0%​
8​
1962​
Jacques Plante
94​
180​
52.2%​
1​
1971​
Jacques Plante
16​
210​
7.6%​
5​
2016​
Jamie Benn
637​
1500​
42.5%​
3​
2002​
Jarome Iginla
434​
620​
70.0%​
1​
2004​
Jarome Iginla
253​
1050​
24.1%​
2​
2008​
Jarome Iginla
565​
1340​
42.2%​
3​
1995​
Jaromir Jagr
27​
75​
36.0%​
2​
1996​
Jaromir Jagr
156​
540​
28.9%​
4​
1998​
Jaromir Jagr
308​
540​
57.0%​
2​
1999​
Jaromir Jagr
543​
560​
97.0%​
1​
2000​
Jaromir Jagr
395​
580​
68.1%​
2​
2001​
Jaromir Jagr
210​
620​
33.9%​
3​
2006​
Jaromir Jagr
974​
1290​
75.5%​
2​
2023​
Jason Robertson
356​
1960​
18.2%​
4​
2012​
Jason Spezza
134​
1490​
9.0%​
6​
1955​
Jean Beliveau
21​
180​
11.7%​
4​
1956​
Jean Beliveau
94​
180​
52.2%​
1​
1957​
Jean Beliveau
58​
180​
32.2%​
2​
1959​
Jean Beliveau
36​
180​
20.0%​
3​
1960​
Jean Beliveau
28​
180​
15.6%​
4​
1964​
Jean Beliveau
102​
180​
56.7%​
1​
1966​
Jean Beliveau
59​
180​
32.8%​
2​
1968​
Jean Beliveau
43​
120​
35.8%​
2​
1969​
Jean Beliveau
47​
180​
26.1%​
2​
1972​
Jean Ratelle
55​
210​
26.2%​
4​
1977​
Jean Ratelle
16​
270​
5.9%​
8​
1992​
Jeremy Roenick
29​
345​
8.4%​
5​
1996​
Jim Carey
32​
540​
5.9%​
8​
1952​
Jim Henry
14​
90​
15.6%​
3​
2014​
Joe Pavelski
71​
1370​
5.2%​
7​
1996​
Joe Sakic
52​
540​
9.6%​
6​
2001​
Joe Sakic
585​
620​
94.4%​
1​
2002​
Joe Sakic
41​
620​
6.6%​
7​
2004​
Joe Sakic
144​
1050​
13.7%​
7​
2003​
Joe Thornton
131​
620​
21.1%​
4​
2006​
Joe Thornton
1058​
1290​
82.0%​
1​
2007​
Joe Thornton
230​
1430​
16.1%​
5​
2008​
Joe Thornton
157​
1340​
11.7%​
6​
2016​
Joe Thornton
267​
1500​
17.8%​
5​
1997​
John LeClair
66​
540​
12.2%​
6​
1998​
John LeClair
34​
540​
6.3%​
7​
2013​
John Tavares
916​
1790​
51.2%​
3​
2015​
John Tavares
739​
1570​
47.1%​
3​
1986​
John Vanbiesbrouck
16​
300​
5.3%​
5​
1994​
John Vanbiesbrouck
74​
270​
27.4%​
3​
1961​
Johnny Bower
71​
180​
39.4%​
2​
1962​
Johnny Bower
16​
180​
8.9%​
7​
2019​
Johnny Gaudreau
442​
1710​
25.8%​
4​
2022​
Johnny Gaudreau
617​
1950​
31.6%​
4​
1956​
Johnny Wilson
10​
180​
5.6%​
6​
2022​
Jonathan Huberdeau
506​
1950​
25.9%​
5​
2012​
Jonathan Quick
357​
1490​
24.0%​
5​
2011​
Jonathan Toews
107​
1330​
8.0%​
6​
2013​
Jonathan Toews
886​
1790​
49.5%​
4​
2002​
Jose Theodore
434​
620​
70.0%​
1​
1972​
Ken Dryden
89​
210​
42.4%​
2​
1973​
Ken Dryden
53​
240​
22.1%​
4​
1976​
Ken Dryden
29​
270​
10.7%​
4​
2022​
Kirill Kaprizov
126​
1950​
6.5%​
7​
1992​
Kirk McLean
37​
345​
10.7%​
4​
1977​
Larry Robinson
28​
270​
10.4%​
5​
1955​
Leo Labine
10​
180​
5.6%​
9​
2020​
Leon Draisaitl
1309​
1700​
77.0%​
1​
2023​
Leon Draisaitl
139​
1960​
7.1%​
7​
1977​
Marcel Dionne
28​
270​
10.4%​
5​
1979​
Marcel Dionne
47​
255​
18.4%​
3​
1980​
Marcel Dionne
166​
315​
52.7%​
2​
1981​
Marcel Dionne
24​
315​
7.6%​
3​
1986​
Mario Lemieux
163​
300​
54.3%​
2​
1987​
Mario Lemieux
34​
270​
12.6%​
4​
1988​
Mario Lemieux
292​
315​
92.7%​
1​
1989​
Mario Lemieux
187​
315​
59.4%​
2​
1992​
Mario Lemieux
29​
345​
8.4%​
5​
1993​
Mario Lemieux
248​
250​
99.2%​
1​
1996​
Mario Lemieux
439​
540​
81.3%​
1​
1997​
Mario Lemieux
181​
540​
33.5%​
3​
2001​
Mario Lemieux
272​
620​
43.9%​
2​
1983​
Mark Howe
20​
315​
6.3%​
5​
1986​
Mark Howe
32​
300​
10.7%​
3​
1990​
Mark Messier
227​
315​
72.1%​
1​
1992​
Mark Messier
341​
345​
98.8%​
1​
1996​
Mark Messier
275​
540​
50.9%​
2​
2000​
Mark Recchi
30​
580​
5.2%​
6​
2002​
Markus Naslund
64​
620​
10.3%​
5​
2003​
Markus Naslund
342​
620​
55.2%​
2​
2004​
Markus Naslund
176​
1050​
16.8%​
5​
1997​
Martin Brodeur
115​
540​
21.3%​
4​
1998​
Martin Brodeur
115​
540​
21.3%​
4​
2001​
Martin Brodeur
64​
620​
10.3%​
5​
2003​
Martin Brodeur
311​
620​
50.2%​
3​
2004​
Martin Brodeur
213​
1050​
20.3%​
3​
2007​
Martin Brodeur
763​
1430​
53.4%​
3​
2008​
Martin Brodeur
239​
1340​
17.8%​
5​
2004​
Martin St. Louis
1016​
1050​
96.8%​
1​
2011​
Martin St. Louis
332​
1330​
25.0%​
3​
2004​
Marty Turco
87​
1050​
8.3%​
8​
2002​
Mats Sundin
35​
620​
5.6%​
8​
2004​
Mats Sundin
55​
1050​
5.2%​
12​
2023​
Matthew Tkachuk
741​
1960​
37.8%​
3​
1947​
Maurice Richard
48​
54​
88.9%​
1​
1950​
Maurice Richard
18​
54​
33.3%​
3​
1951​
Maurice Richard
28​
54​
51.9%​
2​
1954​
Maurice Richard
44​
180​
24.4%​
3​
1955​
Maurice Richard
36​
180​
20.0%​
3​
1947​
Max Bentley
12​
54​
22.2%​
3​
1948​
Max Bentley
10​
54​
18.5%​
4​
2004​
Miikka Kiprusoff
193​
1050​
18.4%​
4​
2006​
Miikka Kiprusoff
561​
1290​
43.5%​
3​
1981​
Mike Bossy
20​
315​
6.3%​
4​
1982​
Mike Bossy
34​
315​
10.8%​
3​
1981​
Mike Liut
237​
315​
75.2%​
2​
1987​
Mike Liut
39​
270​
14.4%​
3​
1997​
Mike Modano
44​
540​
8.1%​
7​
2003​
Mike Modano
43​
620​
6.9%​
7​
1979​
Mike Palmateer
18​
255​
7.1%​
5​
2023​
Mikko Rantanen
142​
1960​
7.2%​
6​
1947​
Milt Schmidt
28​
54​
51.9%​
2​
1948​
Milt Schmidt
3​
54​
5.6%​
8​
1950​
Milt Schmidt
6​
54​
11.1%​
5​
1951​
Milt Schmidt
40​
54​
74.1%​
1​
1952​
Milt Schmidt
13​
90​
14.4%​
4​
2018​
Nathan MacKinnon
1194​
1640​
72.8%​
2​
2019​
Nathan MacKinnon
265​
1710​
15.5%​
6​
2020​
Nathan MacKinnon
1162​
1700​
68.4%​
2​
2021​
Nathan MacKinnon
313​
1000​
31.3%​
3​
2023​
Nathan MacKinnon
275​
1960​
14.0%​
5​
2001​
Nicklas Lidstrom
38​
620​
6.1%​
10​
2003​
Nicklas Lidstrom
41​
620​
6.6%​
8​
2006​
Nicklas Lidstrom
106​
1290​
8.2%​
7​
2008​
Nicklas Lidstrom
246​
1340​
18.4%​
4​
2017​
Nikita Kucherov
119​
1670​
7.1%​
8​
2018​
Nikita Kucherov
166​
1640​
10.1%​
6​
2019​
Nikita Kucherov
1677​
1710​
98.1%​
1​
1965​
Norm Ullman
96​
180​
53.3%​
2​
1966​
Norm Ullman
14​
180​
7.8%​
5​
2000​
Olaf Kolzig
139​
580​
24.0%​
4​
2000​
Owen Nolan
62​
580​
10.7%​
5​
1993​
Pat Lafontaine
52​
250​
20.8%​
3​
2014​
Patrice Bergeron
137​
1370​
10.0%​
5​
2013​
Patrick Kane
157​
1790​
8.8%​
6​
2016​
Patrick Kane
1395​
1500​
93.0%​
1​
2017​
Patrick Kane
206​
1670​
12.3%​
6​
2019​
Patrick Kane
125​
1710​
7.3%​
8​
1992​
Patrick Roy
105​
345​
30.4%​
2​
1994​
Patrick Roy
26​
270​
9.6%​
5​
1997​
Patrick Roy
31​
540​
5.7%​
8​
2002​
Patrick Roy
283​
620​
45.6%​
3​
2001​
Patrik Elias
61​
620​
9.8%​
6​
1986​
Paul Coffey
29​
300​
9.7%​
4​
1995​
Paul Coffey
15​
75​
20.0%​
4​
1996​
Paul Kariya
28​
540​
5.2%​
9​
1997​
Paul Kariya
239​
540​
44.3%​
2​
1999​
Paul Kariya
48​
560​
8.6%​
8​
1949​
Paul Ronty
4​
54​
7.4%​
4​
2000​
Pavel Bure
346​
580​
59.7%​
3​
2001​
Pavel Bure
41​
620​
6.6%​
9​
2009​
Pavel Datsyuk
404​
1340​
30.1%​
3​
2011​
Pekka Rinne
175​
1330​
13.2%​
4​
1985​
Pelle Lindbergh
56​
315​
17.8%​
3​
1983​
Pete Peeters
159​
315​
50.5%​
2​
1998​
Peter Bondra
40​
540​
7.4%​
6​
1999​
Peter Forsberg
61​
560​
10.9%​
7​
2003​
Peter Forsberg
508​
620​
81.9%​
1​
1968​
Phil Esposito
11​
120​
9.2%​
6​
1969​
Phil Esposito
133​
180​
73.9%​
1​
1971​
Phil Esposito
127​
210​
60.5%​
2​
1972​
Phil Esposito
57​
210​
27.1%​
3​
1973​
Phil Esposito
96​
240​
40.0%​
2​
1974​
Phil Esposito
149​
240​
62.1%​
1​
1984​
Ray Bourque
17​
310​
5.5%​
5​
1985​
Ray Bourque
21​
315​
6.7%​
5​
1987​
Ray Bourque
95​
270​
35.2%​
2​
1990​
Ray Bourque
225​
315​
71.4%​
2​
1994​
Ray Bourque
18​
270​
6.7%​
6​
1969​
Red Berenson
38​
180​
21.1%​
4​
1970​
Red Berenson
12​
180​
6.7%​
3​
1951​
Red Kelly
11​
54​
20.4%​
3​
1952​
Red Kelly
6​
90​
6.7%​
6​
1953​
Red Kelly
25​
90​
27.8%​
2​
1954​
Red Kelly
74​
180​
41.1%​
2​
1955​
Red Kelly
15​
180​
8.3%​
8​
1956​
Red Kelly
25​
180​
13.9%​
4​
1961​
Red Kelly
18​
180​
10.0%​
6​
1955​
Red Sullivan
10​
180​
5.6%​
9​
1984​
Rick Middleton
31​
310​
10.0%​
4​
2004​
Roberto Luongo
167​
1050​
15.9%​
6​
2007​
Roberto Luongo
801​
1430​
56.0%​
2​
1967​
Rod Gilbert
10​
180​
5.6%​
7​
1983​
Rod Langway
30​
315​
9.5%​
4​
1984​
Rod Langway
102​
310​
32.9%​
2​
1985​
Rod Langway
28​
315​
8.9%​
4​
1965​
Roger Crozier
24​
180​
13.3%​
4​
1975​
Rogie Vachon
113​
270​
41.9%​
2​
1977​
Rogie Vachon
45​
270​
16.7%​
3​
2001​
Roman Cechmanek
89​
620​
14.4%​
4​
2022​
Roman Josi
241​
1950​
12.4%​
6​
2000​
Roman Turek
30​
580​
5.2%​
6​
2002​
Ron Francis
48​
620​
7.7%​
6​
1949​
Roy Conacher
5​
54​
9.3%​
3​
2013​
Ryan Getzlaf
96​
1790​
5.4%​
7​
2014​
Ryan Getzlaf
877​
1370​
64.0%​
2​
2015​
Ryan Getzlaf
124​
1570​
7.9%​
6​
2011​
Ryan Kesler
69​
1330​
5.2%​
8​
2010​
Ryan Miller
505​
1330​
38.0%​
4​
2004​
Scott Niedermayer
70​
1050​
6.7%​
9​
2006​
Scott Niedermayer
66​
1290​
5.1%​
8​
2002​
Sean Burke
172​
620​
27.7%​
4​
2014​
Semyon Varlamov
256​
1370​
18.7%​
4​
1979​
Serge Savard
13​
255​
5.1%​
6​
2013​
Sergei Boborvsky
311​
1790​
17.4%​
5​
2017​
Sergei Boborvsky
469​
1670​
28.1%​
3​
1994​
Sergei Fedorov
194​
270​
71.9%​
1​
1996​
Sergei Fedorov
68​
540​
12.6%​
5​
1949​
Sid Abel
43​
54​
79.6%​
1​
1950​
Sid Abel
10​
54​
18.5%​
4​
2007​
Sidney Crosby
1225​
1430​
85.7%​
1​
2009​
Sidney Crosby
103​
1340​
7.7%​
6​
2010​
Sidney Crosby
729​
1330​
54.8%​
3​
2013​
Sidney Crosby
1058​
1790​
59.1%​
2​
2014​
Sidney Crosby
1341​
1370​
97.9%​
1​
2015​
Sidney Crosby
138​
1570​
8.8%​
5​
2016​
Sidney Crosby
800​
1500​
53.3%​
2​
2017​
Sidney Crosby
1104​
1670​
66.1%​
2​
2019​
Sidney Crosby
739​
1710​
43.2%​
2​
2021​
Sidney Crosby
223​
1000​
22.3%​
4​
1963​
Stan Mikita
54​
180​
30.0%​
2​
1964​
Stan Mikita
30​
180​
16.7%​
5​
1965​
Stan Mikita
14​
180​
7.8%​
7​
1967​
Stan Mikita
168​
180​
93.3%​
1​
1968​
Stan Mikita
52​
120​
43.3%​
1​
1970​
Stan Mikita
11​
180​
6.1%​
4​
2009​
Steve Mason
266​
1340​
19.9%​
4​
1988​
Steve Yzerman
64​
315​
20.3%​
4​
1989​
Steve Yzerman
109​
315​
34.6%​
3​
2012​
Steven Stamkos
598​
1490​
40.1%​
2​
1948​
Syl Apps
7​
54​
13.0%​
5​
2018​
Taylor Hall
1264​
1640​
77.1%​
1​
1948​
Ted Kennedy
7​
54​
13.0%​
5​
1950​
Ted Kennedy
23​
54​
42.6%​
2​
1951​
Ted Kennedy
8​
54​
14.8%​
5​
1952​
Ted Kennedy
5​
90​
5.6%​
7​
1953​
Ted Kennedy
12​
90​
13.3%​
5​
1955​
Ted Kennedy
86​
180​
47.8%​
1​
1948​
Ted Lindsay
7​
54​
13.0%​
5​
1949​
Ted Lindsay
4​
54​
7.4%​
4​
1950​
Ted Lindsay
3​
54​
5.6%​
7​
1997​
Teemu Selanne
70​
540​
13.0%​
5​
1998​
Teemu Selanne
247​
540​
45.7%​
3​
1999​
Teemu Selanne
111​
560​
19.8%​
5​
1978​
Terry O'Reilly
19​
270​
7.0%​
8​
1952​
Terry Sawchuk
13​
90​
14.4%​
4​
1957​
Terry Sawchuk
35​
180​
19.4%​
4​
1959​
Terry Sawchuk
34​
180​
18.9%​
4​
1963​
Terry Sawchuk
44​
180​
24.4%​
3​
1995​
Theo Fleury
7​
75​
9.3%​
5​
2009​
Tim Thomas
100​
1340​
7.5%​
7​
2011​
Tim Thomas
171​
1330​
12.9%​
5​
1956​
Tod Sloan
86​
180​
47.8%​
2​
1959​
Tod Sloan
10​
180​
5.6%​
6​
2003​
Todd Bertuzzi
100​
620​
16.1%​
5​
1970​
Tony Esposito
110​
180​
61.1%​
2​
1972​
Tony Esposito
12​
210​
5.7%​
6​
1974​
Tony Esposito
16​
240​
6.7%​
5​
1980​
Tony Esposito
64​
315​
20.3%​
3​
1947​
Turk Broda
7​
54​
13.0%​
4​
2014​
Tyler Seguin
84​
1370​
6.1%​
6​
1972​
Vic Hadfield
18​
210​
8.6%​
5​
2007​
Vincent Lecavalier
362​
1430​
25.3%​
4​
1980​
Wayne Gretzky
211​
315​
67.0%​
1​
1981​
Wayne Gretzky
242​
315​
76.8%​
1​
1982​
Wayne Gretzky
315​
315​
100.0%​
1​
1983​
Wayne Gretzky
266​
315​
84.4%​
1​
1984​
Wayne Gretzky
306​
310​
98.7%​
1​
1985​
Wayne Gretzky
303​
315​
96.2%​
1​
1986​
Wayne Gretzky
281​
300​
93.7%​
1​
1987​
Wayne Gretzky
255​
270​
94.4%​
1​
1988​
Wayne Gretzky
73​
315​
23.2%​
3​
1989​
Wayne Gretzky
267​
315​
84.8%​
1​
1990​
Wayne Gretzky
16​
315​
5.1%​
4​
1991​
Wayne Gretzky
220​
330​
66.7%​
2​
1998​
Wayne Gretzky
46​
540​
8.5%​
5​
2009​
Zach Parise
257​
1340​
19.2%​
5​
2009​
Zdeno Chara
79​
1340​
5.9%​
8​

Note that I'm only showing years where a player earned at least 5.0% percent of the maximum possible votes. This weeds out years where a player only receives a few throwaway votes.

A note on ties - I'm treating players as having the same rank as long as they have the same number of voting points. In reality, the NHL uses the number of first-place votes (then second-place, etc) as the tie-breaker. I only have data regarding the total number of votes. It would be very time-consuming to input all the detailed results, so I'm not going to do that. The most obvious distortion this causes is I've treated Iginla as co-winning the 2002 Hart trophy (he earned the same number of voting points as Jose Theodore, the actual winner, but Iginla had fewer first-place votes). I'm presenting the data as is, with this note, to be consistent and transparent about what I've done.
 
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All-time Hart trophy rankings - 5% threshold

This table shows the number of times each player finished 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc. in Hart voting. Once again I'm cutting off the data once we get to players with less than a 5.0% vote share. This means I'm posting the top five almost every year, the top seven in a bit under half the years, and down to as low as 12th place on rare occasions.

Player
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10+Total
Gordie Howe
6​
1​
5​
2​
3​
1​
18​
Wayne Gretzky
9​
1​
1​
1​
1​
13​
Sidney Crosby
2​
4​
1​
1​
1​
1​
10​
Mario Lemieux
3​
3​
1​
1​
1​
9​
Bobby Orr
3​
4​
1​
1​
9​
Jean Beliveau
2​
4​
1​
2​
9​
Bobby Hull
2​
2​
4​
1​
9​
Alexander Ovechkin
3​
2​
2​
1​
8​
Connor McDavid
3​
1​
1​
2​
7​
Jaromir Jagr
1​
4​
1​
1​
7​
Red Kelly
2​
1​
1​
2​
1​
7​
Martin Brodeur
3​
2​
2​
7​
Glenn Hall
1​
2​
2​
2​
7​
Bobby Clarke
3​
1​
1​
1​
6​
Phil Esposito
2​
2​
1​
1​
6​
Dominik Hasek
2​
1​
2​
1​
6​
Guy Lafleur
2​
1​
1​
1​
1​
6​
Stan Mikita
2​
1​
1​
1​
1​
6​
Ted Kennedy
1​
1​
3​
1​
6​
Maurice Richard
1​
1​
3​
5​
Milt Schmidt
1​
1​
1​
1​
1​
5​
Joe Thornton
1​
1​
2​
1​
5​
Nathan MacKinnon
2​
1​
1​
1​
5​
Ray Bourque
2​
2​
1​
5​
Doug Harvey
1​
1​
3​
5​
Bryan Trottier
1​
2​
1​
4​
Evgeni Malkin
1​
2​
1​
4​
Andy Bathgate
1​
1​
1​
1​
4​
Eric Lindros
1​
1​
1​
1​
4​
Patrick Kane
1​
2​
1​
4​
Joe Sakic
1​
1​
2​
4​
Marcel Dionne
1​
2​
1​
4​
Tony Esposito
1​
1​
1​
1​
4​
Patrick Roy
1​
1​
1​
1​
4​
Denis Potvin
1​
1​
2​
4​
Terry Sawchuk
1​
3​
4​
Henri Richard
2​
1​
1​
4​
Nicklas Lidstrom
1​
1​
1​
1​
4​
Mark Messier
2​
1​
3​
Jarome Iginla
1​
1​
1​
3​
Brett Hull
1​
2​
3​
Nikita Kucherov
1​
1​
1​
3​
Rod Langway
1​
2​
3​
Ken Dryden
1​
2​
3​
Doug Gilmour
1​
1​
1​
3​
Markus Naslund
1​
2​
3​
Ryan Getzlaf
1​
1​
1​
3​
Paul Kariya
1​
1​
1​
3​
Claude Giroux
1​
2​
3​
Teemu Selanne
1​
2​
3​
Ted Lindsay
1​
1​
1​
3​
Brad Marchand
2​
1​
3​
Auston Matthews
1​
1​
2​
Al Rollins
1​
1​
2​
Martin St. Louis
1​
1​
2​
Sid Abel
1​
1​
2​
Jacques Plante
1​
1​
2​
Sergei Fedorov
1​
1​
2​
Peter Forsberg
1​
1​
2​
Bernie Geoffrion
1​
1​
2​
Carey Price
1​
1​
2​
Chuck Rayner
1​
1​
2​
Leon Draisaitl
1​
1​
2​
Elmer Lach
1​
1​
2​
Mike Liut
1​
1​
2​
Rogie Vachon
1​
1​
2​
David Pastrnak
1​
1​
2​
Bernie Parent
1​
1​
2​
Bill Durnan
1​
1​
2​
Norm Ullman
1​
1​
2​
Harry Lumley
1​
1​
2​
Grant Fuhr
1​
1​
2​
Tod Sloan
1​
1​
2​
Roberto Luongo
1​
1​
2​
Eddie Giacomin
1​
1​
2​
Johnny Bower
1​
1​
2​
John Tavares
2​
2​
Mike Bossy
1​
1​
2​
Red Berenson
1​
1​
2​
Steve Yzerman
1​
1​
2​
Max Bentley
1​
1​
2​
Miikka Kiprusoff
1​
1​
2​
Sergei Boborvsky
1​
1​
2​
Denis Savard
1​
1​
2​
John Vanbiesbrouck
1​
1​
2​
Mark Howe
1​
1​
2​
Gump Worsley
1​
1​
2​
Pavel Bure
1​
1​
2​
Ed Belfour
1​
1​
2​
Paul Coffey
2​
2​
Johnny Gaudreau
2​
2​
Frank Mahovlich
1​
1​
2​
Charlie Hodge
1​
1​
2​
Dave Keon
1​
1​
2​
Jonathan Toews
1​
1​
2​
Jean Ratelle
1​
1​
2​
Brad Park
2​
2​
Bert Olmstead
1​
1​
2​
Gilbert Perreault
1​
1​
2​
Tim Thomas
1​
1​
2​
John LeClair
1​
1​
2​
Mike Modano
2​
2​
Scott Niedermayer
1​
1​
2​
Mats Sundin
1​
1​
2​
Henrik Sedin
1​
1​
Corey Perry
1​
1​
Buddy O'Connor
1​
1​
Jose Theodore
1​
1​
Taylor Hall
1​
1​
Chris Pronger
1​
1​
Frank Brimsek
1​
1​
Dale Hawerchuk
1​
1​
Daniel Sedin
1​
1​
Steven Stamkos
1​
1​
Pete Peeters
1​
1​
Alexei Yashin
1​
1​
Matthew Tkachuk
1​
1​
Igor Shesterkin
1​
1​
Pat Lafontaine
1​
1​
Jamie Benn
1​
1​
Pelle Lindbergh
1​
1​
Darryl Sittler
1​
1​
Jim Henry
1​
1​
Anze Kopitar
1​
1​
Artemi Panarin
1​
1​
Henrik Lundqvist
1​
1​
Roy Conacher
1​
1​
Pavel Datsyuk
1​
1​
Adam Oates
1​
1​
Kirk McLean
1​
1​
Gerry McNeil
1​
1​
Charlie Rayner
1​
1​
Semyon Varlamov
1​
1​
Curtis Joseph
1​
1​
Don Edwards
1​
1​
Eric Staal
1​
1​
Olaf Kolzig
1​
1​
Vincent Lecavalier
1​
1​
Paul Ronty
1​
1​
Devan Dubnyk
1​
1​
Pekka Rinne
1​
1​
Steve Mason
1​
1​
Doug Bentley
1​
1​
Turk Broda
1​
1​
Rick Middleton
1​
1​
Braden Holtby
1​
1​
Brent Burns
1​
1​
Roger Crozier
1​
1​
Borje Salming
1​
1​
Roman Cechmanek
1​
1​
Ryan Miller
1​
1​
Jason Robertson
1​
1​
Sean Burke
1​
1​
Syl Apps
1​
1​
Zach Parise
1​
1​
Ilya Bryzgalov
1​
1​
Dickie Moore
1​
1​
Larry Robinson
1​
1​
Mike Palmateer
1​
1​
Jonathan Quick
1​
1​
Harry Howell
1​
1​
Theo Fleury
1​
1​
Owen Nolan
1​
1​
Patrice Bergeron
1​
1​
Erik Karlsson
1​
1​
Daniel Alfredsson
1​
1​
Jeremy Roenick
1​
1​
Danny Gare
1​
1​
Todd Bertuzzi
1​
1​
Vic Hadfield
1​
1​
Jonathan Huberdeau
1​
1​
Gary Smith
1​
1​
Ed Litzenberger
1​
1​
Tyler Seguin
1​
1​
Brono Horvath
1​
1​
Jason Spezza
1​
1​
Bob Pulford
1​
1​
Connor Hellebuyck
1​
1​
Patrik Elias
1​
1​
Aleksander Barkov
1​
1​
Roman Josi
1​
1​
Mikko Rantanen
1​
1​
Serge Savard
1​
1​
Johnny Wilson
1​
1​
Peter Bondra
1​
1​
Bill Gadsby
1​
1​
Doug Weight
1​
1​
Roman Turek
1​
1​
Ron Francis
1​
1​
Al MacInnis
1​
1​
Mark Recchi
1​
1​
Joe Pavelski
1​
1​
Rod Gilbert
1​
1​
Ed Giacomin
1​
1​
Andrei Vasilevsky
1​
1​
Kirill Kaprizov
1​
1​
Evgeni Nabokov
1​
1​
Edgar Laprade
1​
1​
Marty Turco
1​
1​
Terry O'Reilly
1​
1​
Gaye Stewart
1​
1​
Jack Hughes
1​
1​
Jim Carey
1​
1​
Alex Kovalev
1​
1​
Zdeno Chara
1​
1​
Ryan Kesler
1​
1​
Leo Labine
1​
1​
Ilya Sorokin
1​
1​
Danny Lewicki
1​
1​
Red Sullivan
1​
1​
Byron Dafoe
1​
1​
Ilya Kovalchuk
1​
1​

Note that many of these players (most notably M. Richard) played several years before I started tracking the data (but the "war years" immediately prior 1947 had a watered down talent pool, as most of the best players served in the Armed Forces). The table obviously doesn't represent players from the previous generation (Shore, Morenz, etc).

I actually thought it would be closer between Howe and Gretzky. Yes, Gretzky dominated the Hart voting to a greater extent (we'll see that in the next chart) but Howe had a Hart calibre season a staggering 18 times during his career! He earned at least a 5% vote share five seasons in a row (1951-1955), had an "off year" in 1956, then earned that share thirteen consecutive seasons (1957-1969).

There have been six players who were serious candidates for the Hart trophy 5+ times but never won, the closest being Red Kelly (7 "significant" seasons as I've defined it, with two of those as runner-up). (2023 update - Nathan MacKinnon joins this list)

The Hart has historically been heavily biased in favour of forwards. Of the 25 players with 5+ seasons with a 5% vote share, 18 are forwards. There are just four such defensemen (Orr, Kelly, Bourque, Harvey) and three goalies (Brodeur, Hall, Hasek).

There are six "one season wonders" - players who won the Hart and never again had a significant season (from the perspective of Hart voting). Some, of course, are far from one season wonders (Pronger is an obvious Hall of Famer) but Jose Theodore and Buddy O'Connor really stand out.

Best player to never have a significant Hart season? At a first glance, I'd say Peter Stastny, but let me know if I missed anybody better. (The best player to never receive any Hart votes at all - probably Luc Robitaille).
 
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All-time Hart trophy shares

See description of Hart trophy shares in the first post. I'm not filtering the data (so players might gain a few points in years where they have few throwaway votes).

Wayne Gretzky901
Gordie Howe615
Sidney Crosby500
Mario Lemieux486
Connor McDavid414
Alexander Ovechkin413
Jaromir Jagr403
Bobby Orr357
Bobby Hull294
Jean Beliveau289
Dominik Hasek289
Phil Esposito276
Bobby Clarke276
Mark Messier223
Maurice Richard222
Evgeni Malkin213
Stan Mikita206
Guy Lafleur205
Nathan MacKinnon202
Martin Brodeur200
Bryan Trottier179
Andy Bathgate168
Milt Schmidt162
Joe Thornton155
Auston Matthews146
Eric Lindros143
Ted Kennedy142
Jarome Iginla141
Red Kelly136
Ray Bourque134
Glenn Hall131
Joe Sakic131
Brett Hull124
Martin St. Louis124
Patrick Kane123
Nikita Kucherov117
Carey Price104
Tony Esposito103
Peter Forsberg103
Sid Abel100
John Tavares100
Marcel Dionne97
Patrick Roy96
Claude Giroux96
Mike Liut94
Doug Harvey92
Leon Draisaitl90
Sergei Fedorov89
Markus Naslund85
Terry Sawchuk85
Teemu Selanne85
Corey Perry81
Ryan Getzlaf79
Bill Durnan78
Ken Dryden77
Taylor Hall77
Elmer Lach77
David Pastrnak76
Roberto Luongo76
Henrik Sedin74
Al Rollins74
Chris Pronger73
Chuck Rayner72
Daniel Sedin72
Jose Theodore71
Doug Gilmour70
Jacques Plante69
Steve Yzerman69
Bernie Parent68
Denis Potvin67
Pavel Bure67
Buddy O'Connor67
Norm Ullman64
Jonathan Toews63
Miikka Kiprusoff62
Rogie Vachon59
Paul Kariya58
Bernie Geoffrion58
Johnny Gaudreau57
Johnny Bower54
Tod Sloan54
Artemi Panarin53
Gump Worsley52
Rod Langway51
Harry Lumley51
Pete Peeters50
Steven Stamkos50
Nicklas Lidstrom50
Henri Richard48
Jamie Benn47
Sergei Boborvsky46
Brad Marchand45
Grant Fuhr43
Henrik Lundqvist43
Alexei Yashin43
Anze Kopitar42
Jean Ratelle41
Max Bentley41
Frank Mahovlich39
Eddie Giacomin39

Note that many of these players (most notably M. Richard) played several years before I started tracking the data (but that the "war years" immediately prior 1947 had a watered down talent pool, as most of the best players served in the Armed Forces). The table obviously doesn't represent players from the previous generation (Shore, Morenz, etc).

A single big season can really skew the numbers. For example, Carey Price is in 37th place, ahead of Dionne, Roy, Harvey, etc., almost entirely on the strength of his 2015 campaign. Since there's more variety in the nominees each year, a big season can distort the results to a much greater extent than we saw in the Norris trophy table.

Crosby and Ovechkin perform exceptionally well according to this metric. It's remarkable that #87 has already earned more Hart votes in his career than any player except Gretzky and Howe.

Quality of competition obviously matters, but it isn't reflected in the table above. Steve Yzerman was spectacular in 1989 (I'd rank that season as comparable, or perhaps slightly superior to, Joe Sakic's 2001 season). Sakic had a strong 94.4% vote share in his season, while Yzerman earned a 34.6% vote share in his (because he faced prime Gretzky and Lemieux).

Most disappointing results? Mike Bossy ranking out of the top 100. I don't understand why people consider him the best (or even second best) player on the Islanders dynasty. Yes, he had the flashiest stats, but was well behind Trottier and Potvin in terms of all-around play, and this is reflected in the Hart results.
 
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Data validation

Note that I've been accumulating the data for years from a variety of sources - copies of old newspapers available online, magazines, and this website. I can't guarantee complete accuracy of the data (either because I made a typo when inputting it, or when the source contained wrong information for whatever reason). I've done a fair amount of spot-checking and correct any errors on the rare occasions when I find them, but once again, let me know if you see any errors.

It's actually fairly easy to validate the completeness of the data. For example, in 1947, there were 18 voters, each awarding 3+2+1 = 6 voting points. Thus, there were 18 * 6 = 108 points available. Adding up the individual results for each player (48 for Richard, 28 for Schmidt, all the way down to 1 each for Kennedy and a few others), we get 108 points. This tells me that the data is 100% complete. (Again - there could still be inaccuracies - such as by switching the votes for Bentley and Broda) but at least this tells me I'm not missing any data.

Here are the results:

SeasonCountedVotersMaxPercentage
1947
108​
54​
108​
100.0%​
1948
108​
54​
108​
100.0%​
1949
108​
54​
108​
100.0%​
1950
108​
54​
108​
100.0%​
1951
108​
54​
108​
100.0%​
1952
162​
90​
162​
100.0%​
1953
136​
90​
162​
84.0%​
1954
282​
180​
324​
87.0%​
1955
323​
180​
324​
99.7%​
1956
324​
180​
324​
100.0%​
1957
285​
180​
324​
88.0%​
1958
322​
180​
324​
99.4%​
1959
324​
180​
324​
100.0%​
1960
321​
180​
324​
99.1%​
1961
324​
180​
324​
100.0%​
1962
324​
180​
324​
100.0%​
1963
324​
180​
324​
100.0%​
1964
324​
180​
324​
100.0%​
1965
324​
180​
324​
100.0%​
1966
324​
180​
324​
100.0%​
1967
324​
180​
324​
100.0%​
1968
216​
120​
216​
100.0%​
1969
324​
180​
324​
100.0%​
1970
314​
180​
324​
96.9%​
1971
378​
210​
378​
100.0%​
1972
378​
210​
378​
100.0%​
1973
432​
240​
432​
100.0%​
1974
432​
240​
432​
100.0%​
1975
468​
270​
486​
96.3%​
1976
486​
270​
486​
100.0%​
1977
459​
270​
486​
94.4%​
1978
486​
270​
486​
100.0%​
1979
459​
255​
459​
100.0%​
1980
567​
315​
567​
100.0%​
1981
567​
315​
567​
100.0%​
1982
567​
315​
567​
100.0%​
1983
567​
315​
567​
100.0%​
1984
558​
310​
558​
100.0%​
1985
567​
315​
567​
100.0%​
1986
540​
300​
540​
100.0%​
1987
486​
270​
486​
100.0%​
1988
567​
315​
567​
100.0%​
1989
567​
315​
567​
100.0%​
1990
567​
315​
567​
100.0%​
1991
594​
330​
594​
100.0%​
1992
621​
345​
621​
100.0%​
1993
450​
250​
450​
100.0%​
1994
486​
270​
486​
100.0%​
1995
135​
75​
135​
100.0%​
1996
1403​
540​
1404​
99.9%​
1997
1404​
540​
1404​
100.0%​
1998
1404​
540​
1404​
100.0%​
1999
1456​
560​
1456​
100.0%​
2000
1508​
580​
1508​
100.0%​
2001
1612​
620​
1612​
100.0%​
2002
1546​
620​
1612​
95.9%​
2003
1612​
620​
1612​
100.0%​
2004
2730​
1050​
2730​
100.0%​
2006
3354​
1290​
3354​
100.0%​
2007
3716​
1430​
3718​
99.9%​
2008
3484​
1340​
3484​
100.0%​
2009
3438​
1340​
3484​
98.7%​
2010
3453​
1330​
3458​
99.9%​
2011
3276​
1330​
3458​
94.7%​
2012
3874​
1490​
3874​
100.0%​
2013
4651​
1790​
4654​
99.9%​
2014
3562​
1370​
3562​
100.0%​
2015
4082​
1570​
4082​
100.0%​
2016
3900​
1500​
3900​
100.0%​
2017
4342​
1670​
4342​
100.0%​
2018
4264​
1640​
4264​
100.0%​
2019
4446​
1710​
4446​
100.0%​
2020
4420​
1700​
4420​
100.0%​
2021
2600​
1000​
2600​
100.0%​
2022
5070​
1950​
5070​
100.0%​
2023
5096​
1960​
1960​
100.0%​

Over the past 76 years, I'm at less than 99.0% completeness in nine seasons: 1953 (84.0%), 1954 (87.0%), 1957 (88.0%), 1970 (96.9%), 1975 (96.3%), 1977 (94.4%), 2002 (95.9%), 2009 (98.7%) and 2011 (94.7%). The results here aren't quite as good as what I have for the Norris trophy but aside from a few years in the 1950's this holds up fairly well.

Let me know if you know where I can find the complete results for these years, but at this point it won't materially impact anything.

A simple (unweighted) average shows that I have 99.1% complete data. For this reason I'm highly confident in the integrity of the data that I've presented.
 
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Unanimous Hart trophy wins

Gretzky (1982) and McDavid (2021) are the only players from 1947-present to win a unanimous Hart trophy.

See the commentary in post #31 about the 2023 vote (where McDavid was one ballot away from being the unanimous winner again).

Largest & smallest margins of victory over second place

2004Martin St. Louis96.8%Jarome Iginla24.1%72.7%
1992Mark Messier98.8%Patrick Roy30.4%68.4%
1985Wayne Gretzky96.2%Dale Hawerchuk28.9%67.3%
1984Wayne Gretzky98.7%Rod Langway32.9%65.8%
1976Bobby Clarke91.1%Denis Potvin27.8%63.3%

I never, ever would have guessed that Martin St. Louis won the Hart trophy by the most dominant margin in NHL history (1947-present). It was a great season, of course, but the competition was pretty weak that year. Gretzky has four of the top ten seasons.

2002Jose Theodore70.0%Jarome Iginla70.0%0.0%
2000Chris Pronger68.3%Jaromir Jagr68.1%0.2%
1990Mark Messier72.1%Ray Bourque71.4%0.6%
1981Wayne Gretzky76.8%Mike Liut75.2%1.6%
2013Alexander Ovechkin60.9%Sidney Crosby59.1%1.8%

As discussed above, Theodore and Iginla earned exactly the same number of voting points in 2002, but the Canadien won due to the tiebreaking. There are widespread (but unproven) allegations of voter manipulation in the 2002 and 1990 races. Many people cry "anti-European bias" in 2000, but the reality is a European player won four of the past six Hart trophies and Jagr missed 19 games to injury.
 
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Awesome stuff! Much, MUCH more data than I could/would have ever been able to put together.

How much work would it require from you to list every years winner and 2nd place with their vote shares?
 
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Crazy how close Liut came to beating Gretzky for the Hart. He did win the Pearson, so maybe he actually had season almost as good as Gretzky's. I just don't see it.
 

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Here's what I think you were looking for:

Notes:
- As discussed above, in 2002 Theodore and Iginla earned the same number of votes, but Theodore won the Hart due to the tiebreaker, so he's listed 1st.

(Note from November 2017 - I can't recover the data from this table easily).
 
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Obviously there's nothing we can do about it, but the problem with the 5-3-1 ballot is that in years where there's two really strong candidates, you're not going to see the 3rd-5th best players in the league pick up much of a share at all since the ballots do not include options for 4th and 5th place.

On the 10-7-5-3-1 ballot, a unanimous 4th place player picks up a 30% share while a unanimous 5th place player picks up a 10% share, both of which meet the 5% threshold you're using. On the 5-3-1 ballot, a unanimous 4th place player and a unanimous 5th place player obviously pick up no percentage of the share, and even if they pick up some scattered votes, they might not meet the 5% threshold.

1989 and 1990 stick out as years which had three defined candidates (63/61/61 of 63 ballots in 1989; 63/57/46 of 63 ballots in 1990) that could have used a 10-7-5-3-1 ballot to help the other top players meet the threshold.

Consider this:

2011
Pekka Rinne has a 13.2% share, but if there was a 5-3-1 ballot, it would be a 4.4% share.
Tim Thomas has a 12.9% share, but if there was a 5-3-1 ballot, it would be a 5.6% share.
Jonathan Toews has an 8% share, but if there was a 5-3-1 ballot, it would be a 2.1% share.
Carey Price has a 6.8% share, but if there was a 5-3-1 ballot, it would be a 3.2% share.
Ryan Kesler has a 5.2% share, but if there was a 5-3-1 ballot, it would be a 2.9% share.

The 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th place players all register on a 10-7-5-3-1 ballot, but on a 5-3-1 ballot with Perry/Sedin/St. Louis taking the bulk of those positions, they completely change their order (5-4-7-8-6) with only the 5th place player meeting the threshold.

Another example:

2001
Roman Cechmanek has a 14.4% share, but if there was a 5-3-1 ballot, it would be a 4.5% share.
Martin Brodeur has a 10.3% share, but if there was a 5-3-1 ballot, it would be a 5.2% share.
Patrik Elias has an 9.8% share, but if there was a 5-3-1 ballot, it would be a 4.2% share.
Doug Weight has a 9.8% share, but if there was a 5-3-1 ballot, it would be a 4.2% share.
Dominik Hasek has a 6.8% share, but if there was a 5-3-1 ballot, it would be a 3.5% share.
Pavel Bure has a 6.6% share, but if there was a 5-3-1 ballot, it would be a 1.3% share.
Nicklas Lidstrom has a 6.1% share, but if there was a 5-3-1 ballot, it would be a 2.2% share.

Look at how many beneficiaries there are of the 10-7-5-3-1 ballot that would have been left out had there been a 5-3-1 ballot. Those extra allocations of points on a 10-7-5-3-1 ballot make a huge difference in some years to the point where I don't know that they should be intermingled with the shares of a 5-3-1 ballot at all.

Great work, but either some players from 1995-96-on are listed that probably shouldn't be, or some players from 1994-95 and earlier are going to be left off that probably shouldn't be.
 

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Great work! I think these lists are very interesting and useful.

I think these go a long way towards showing who the truly most valuable (read: best) players are in NHL history.

The only limitation to the Hart trophy, at times, is that it has been 'biased' towards forwards, and even goaltenders, over defencemen.
 

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Great work! I think these lists are very interesting and useful.

I think these go a long way towards showing who the truly most valuable (read: best) players are in NHL history.

The only limitation to the Hart trophy, at times, is that it has been 'biased' towards forwards, and even goaltenders, over defencemen.

You're right, the Hart voters have, for whatever reason, been biased in favour of forwards. It's really striking if you look at the "Hart trophy shares" metric. Just one defenseman (Orr) ranks in the top twenty-five.

If you want to look at data specifically for defensemen, take a look at my Norris trophy thread. Dr. No has an excellent thread looking specifically at the Vezina.
 

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Obviously there's nothing we can do about it, but the problem with the 5-3-1 ballot is that in years where there's two really strong candidates, you're not going to see the 3rd-5th best players in the league pick up much of a share at all since the ballots do not include options for 4th and 5th place.

Great point. This is a possible issue with the data.

One could always exclude the 4th and 5th place votes from 1996-present, rank the top three votes using the old 5-3-1 system, and then we'd have fully consistent data back to the 1940's. I haven't done that because 1) I don't like the idea of throwing away valid data and 2) it would be very time consuming.

Under the old system, there were a few years (1982: Gretzky-Trottier-Bossy; 1989: Gretzky-Lemieux-Yzerman; 1991: Hull-Gretzky-Belfour) where there have been just three players with "significant" seasons as I've defined it due to one or two ultra dominant players receiving the vast majority of the first and second place votes.

During the 49 years from 1947 to 1995, there were an average of 5.9 "significant" seasons per year. From 1996 to 2015 there have been an average of 7.7 per year - a 30% increase. Interesting question - is this solely a product of the change in the voting system? Or is this at least partially a reflection of the fact that there's a larger talent pool and more teams (and therefore it's more likely for players to demonstrate a Hart calibre season)?
 

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This entire thread has been updated for 2016. A few points that stand out:

Alexander Ovechkin and Sidney continue to climb the ranks. It`s amazing how close they are in the rankings. They both have seven "significant" seasons (as I've defined them in this thread). Only six players (Howe, Gretzky, Lemieux, Orr, Beliveau and Hull) have more than that. They also rank 5th and 6th in Hart trophy shares. We`re lucky to witness two of the greatest players of all-time.

Joe Thornton finished 5th. He`s now 22nd in career Hart trophy shares. He now has five "significant" seasons - only 18 players have more. It will be interesting to see how people look back on this season when his career`s over. He finished top five in scoring, Selke trophy voting and Hart voting, and reached the Stanley Cup finals - but failed to win the ultimate prize.

I was surprised to see Jagr finish 7th in Hart voting this year. He`s still in 4th place in Hart shares.

With Gordie Howe`s passing, it`s worth emphasising what a dominant player he was. It`s sad that many fans are unaware of how good he was in his prime. (I felt that a lot of the news coverage about Howe, as a player, emphasised his durability and consistency, rather than his peak). You don`t get nominated for the Hart trophy by being good for a long time - you do it by being better than your peers. Howe has more seasons in the top three and top five than any player in history (including Gretzky). Don`t let his longevity fool you - Howe was a dominant player as any.
 

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This entire thread has been updated for 2017. (I'll do a more thorough self-review over the next few days, so let me know if you see any errors). A few points that stand out:

Connor McDavid won the Hart trophy decisively. This is the 4th year in a row, and 7th time in ten years, where there was a decisive winner (>90% vote share).

Sidney Crosby finished runner-up. This is significant for two reasons. He now has eight "significant" seasons (years where he earned at least 5% of the maximum number of votes). Only six players - the Big Four, Beliveau and Hull - have more. Crosby also moves into 4th place in terms of number of (normalized) Hart votes earned over the course of his career (behind the consensus top three forwards).

Patrick Kane (6th) had his third "significant" season, and ranks a surprisingly high 32nd all-time in career voting shares. Sergei Bobrovksy (3rd) had his second "significant" season.

Three players had the first "significant" season of their careers - Brent Burns (3rd), Erik Karlsson (4th), and Brad Marchand (7th).

This is the first time since 1986 where two defensemen placed in the top five in Hart voting (Howe was 3rd, Coffey was 4th).
 

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This thread has been updated after the data migration on HFBoards (except post #9 - we're out of luck for that one). Let me know if you see any errors/problems.
 

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This entire thread has been updated for 2018.

Taylor Hall (the winner), Nathan MacKinnon (2nd), Anze Kopitar (3rd) each had their first "significant" Hart season. In fact, this is the first time both Hall and MacKinnon have ever received a Hart vote in their career. (Also, this is the first season since 1949-50 where none of the Hart finalists placed in the top three in scoring).

Claude Giroux had his 3rd "significant" season. He's now placed 3rd, 4th and 4th in Hart voting in the past seven years.

Connor McDavid had his 2nd "significant" season. He won last year, and placed 5th this year.

Kucherov also had his 2nd "significant" season. He placed 8th last year, and 6th this year.

Evgeni Malkin had his 4th "significant" season. He's now placed 1st, 2nd, 2nd and 7th - with no other seasons where he received even a single vote. His four "significant" seasons put him on par with Sakic and Trottier; but his actual voting totals put him on par with Mikita and Lafleur - a product of him having few elite seasons, but being almost unstoppable when he does. He ranks 15th in career Hart trophy votes.
 
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Nikita Kucherov won the Hart trophy and had his third "significant" Hart season (which I've defined as a season where a player earns at least 5.0% of the maximum number of votes). He's finished 1st, 6th and 8th in three consecutive seasons.

Sidney Crosby was runner-up. This is his 9th significant season - in addition to his two Hart trophies, he's also finished 2nd four times, 3rd, 5th and 6th. The only two players in NHL history with more significant Hart seasons are Howe and Gretzky (Crosby's tied with Orr, Lemieux, Beliveau and Hull). Another way of looking at it - Crosby has finished in the top two in Hart voting six times. Only Gretzky (10x) and Howe (7x) have done this more; he's tied with Lemieux and Beliveau.

Connor McDavid finished 3rd, and had his 3rd significant season. He's finished 1st, 3rd and 5th in the three years after his injury-plagued rookie campaign. I'm not sure if that record, as great as it is, fully reflects all that he's done.

Johnny Gaudreau finished 4th; this was the first time in his career he received any Hart votes.

Brad Marchand finished 5th. He's had two significant Hart seasons, finishing 5th and 7th.

Nathan MacKinnon finished 6th. He's also had two significant Hart seasons, finishing 2nd and 6th.

Alexander Ovechkin finished 7th. This was his 8th significant Hart season (one behind Crosby and all the players he's tied with). In addition to winning the trophy three times, he's also finished 2nd twice, 6th twice, and 7th.

Finally, Patrick Kane finished 8th. This was his 4th significant Hart season. In additon to a commanding win in 2016, he also finished 6th twice, and now 8th.
 

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I think the top 10 are the top 10 players of all time, crazy to see Ovechkin and Crosby in the top 5 already. It's also interesting that Kucherov already has more Hart shares than Forsberg did.
 

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Lemieux 1988 vs. 1989 is very strange.

1988: 168 points, Penguins miss the playoffs, wins the Hart with 92,7% share.
1989: 199 points, Penguins make it to the 2nd round of the playoffs, and only 59,4% this time.
 

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Lemieux 1988 vs. 1989 is very strange.

1988: 168 points, Penguins miss the playoffs, wins the Hart with 92,7% share.
1989: 199 points, Penguins make it to the 2nd round of the playoffs, and only 59,4% this time.
He was robbed flat out. 199 points such a shame
 
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This entire thread has been updated for 2020. As always, let me know if you see any errors. A quick summary of this year's results:
  • Leon Draisaitl won the Hart trophy with a strong 77.0% vote share. This was the first time in his career receiving any Hart trophy votes. (Fun fact - Draisaitl is the only player in NHL history to win the Hart with a negative plus/minus rating).
  • Nathan MacKinnon was runner-up. He's now finished 2nd, 6th, and 2nd over the past three years.
  • Artemi Panarin finished 3rd. It was his first "significant" Hart trophy finish.
  • David Pastrnak finished 4th. It was his first "significant" Hart trophy finish.
  • Connor McDavid finished 5th. He's now finished 1st, 5th, 3rd and 5th over the past four seasons. (McDavid now has four "significant" Hart seasons, which puts him in very good company. He now ranks 22nd all-time in career Hart trophy votes - roughly on par with Bathgate, Schmidt, and Thornton).
  • Connor Hellebuyck finished 6th. It was his first "significant" Hart trophy finish.
 
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This entire thread has been updated for 2021. As always, let me know if you see any errors. A quick summary of this year's results:
  • Connor McDavid became only the second player in NHL history to win a unanimous Hart trophy (the only other time was Gretzky in 1982). This is an extraordinary accomplishment! This was McDavid's fifth year in the top five in voting (something that's been surpassed by only ten players going back to WWII).
  • Auston Matthews finished 2nd. It was his first "significant" Hart trophy finish. (McDavid's margin of victory, although large, isn't historically strong thanks to Matthews being a strong runner-up).
  • Nathan MacKinnon finished 3rd. He's now finished 2nd, 6th, 2nd and 3rd in Hart voting over the past four seasons.
  • Sidney Crosby finished 4th. This was his 10th "significant" Hart trophy finish - more than any player going back to WWII except for Howe and Gretzky. He's also earned more (normalized) Hart trophy votes over his career than any player except those two.
  • Brad Marchand finished 5th. He now has 7th, 5th and 5th place finishes.
  • Aleksander Barkov finished 6th. It was his first "significant" Hart trophy finish.
  • Andrei Vasilevsky finished 7th. It was his first "significant" Hart trophy finish.
 

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