TheDevilMadeMe
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This is the final list of the top defensemen from all of hockey history, as determined by the History of Hockey community at HFBoards:
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[TBODY] [/TBODY]Links to all the discussion threads that went into making this list:
Round 2 Voting Results
Round 2, Vote 1 Discussion
Round 2, Vote 2 Discussion
Round 2, Vote 3 Discussion
Round 2, Vote 4 Discussion
Round 2, Vote 5 Discussion
Round 2, Vote 6 Discussion
Round 2, Vote 7 Discussion
Round 2, Vote 8 Discussion
Round 2, Vote 9 Discussion
Round 2, Vote 10 Discussion
Round 2, Vote 11 Discussion
Round 2, Vote 12 Discussion
Links to the preliminary discussion threads before voters submitted their lists:
Rules Discussion link dead
Preliminary and General Discussion
Links that explain the creation of the aggregate list that formed the basis of discussion. This data was released at the end of the project:
Round 1 Voting Results (Aggregate List)
Round 1 Screening Process
Participant Survey
Listed here are the individual voting records of all participants:
BiLLY_ShOE1721
Canadiens1958
chaosrevolver
Dave G
Dennis Bonvie
Der Kaiser
Dreakmur
Epsilon
Hardyvan123
Hawkey Town 18
Hockey Outsider
intylerwetrust
JaysCyYoung
McNuts
MXD
overpass
pappyline
reckoning
seventieslord
tarheelhockey
TheDevilMadeMe
tony d
VanIslander
Rank | No. | Player | Height | Weight | Born | Died | Career | Nationality |
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1 | 4 | Bobby Orr | 6'0" | 199 | 1948 | 1966-1979 | Canada | |
2 | 2 | Doug Harvey | 5'11" | 190 | 1924 | 1989 | 1947-1969 | Canada |
3 | 77 | Raymond Bourque | 6'0" | 219 | 1960 | 1979-2001 | Canada | |
4 | 2 | Eddie Shore | 5'11" | 194 | 1902 | 1985 | 1924-1944 | Canada |
5 | 5 | Nicklas Lidström | 6'2" | 190 | 1970 | 1988-2012 | Sweden | |
6 | 5 | Denis Potvin | 6'0" | 205 | 1953 | 1973-1988 | Canada | |
7 | 4 | Leonard "Red" Kelly | 6'0" | 195 | 1927 | 1947-1967 | Canada | |
8 | 2 | Viacheslav Fetisov | 6'1" | 215 | 1958 | 1976-1998 | Russia | |
9 | 19 | Larry Robinson | 6'3" | 220 | 1951 | 1972-1992 | Canada | |
10 | 24 | Chris Chelios | 6'1" | 190 | 1962 | 1983-2010 | USA | |
11 | 22 | Brad Park | 6'0" | 190 | 1948 | 1968-1985 | Canada | |
12 | 7 | Francis "King" Clancy | 5'7" | 155 | 1903 | 1986 | 1921-1937 | Canada |
13 | 7 | Paul Coffey | 6'0" | 200 | 1961 | 1980-2001 | Canada | |
14 | 3 | Pierre Pilote | 5'10" | 178 | 1931 | 1955-1969 | Canada | |
15 | 2 | Sprague Cleghorn | 5'10" | 190 | 1890 | 1956 | 1910-1928 | Canada |
16 | 17 | Earl Seibert | 6'2' | 198 | 1911 | 1990 | 1931-1946 | Canada |
17 | 7 | Tim Horton | 5'10' | 180 | 1930 | 1974 | 1949-1974 | Canada |
18 | 2 | Al MacInnis | 6'2" | 204 | 1963 | 1981-2004 | Canada | |
19 | 4 | Scott Stevens | 6'2" | 215 | 1964 | 1982-2004 | Canada | |
20 | 44 | Chris Pronger | 6'6' | 220 | 1974 | 1994-2011 | Canada | |
21 | 4 | Bill Gadsby | 6'0' | 180 | 1927 | 1946-1966 | Canada | |
22 | 21 | Börje Salming | 6'1" | 193 | 1951 | 1970-1993 | Sweden | |
23 | 2 | Brian Leetch | 6'0" | 185 | 1968 | 1987-2006 | USA | |
24 | 5 | Aubrey "Dit" Clapper | 6'2" | 195 | 1907 | 1978 | 1927-1947 | Canada |
25 | 6 | Valeri Vasiliev | 5'11" | 187 | 1949 | 1966-1984 | Russia | |
26-T | 11 | Bill Quackenbush | 5'11" | 190 | 1922 | 1999 | 1942-1956 | Canada |
26-T | 2 | Mark Howe | 5'11" | 185 | 1955 | 1973-1995 | USA | |
28 | 18 | Serge Savard | 6'3" | 210 | 1946 | 1966-1983 | Canada | |
29 | 5 | Rod Langway | 6'3" | 218 | 1957 | 1977-1993 | USA | |
30 | 8 | Eddie Gerard | 5'9" | 168 | 1890 | 1937 | 1913-1923 | Canada |
31 | 2 | Jack Stewart | 5'10" | 190 | 1917 | 1983 | 1938-1952 | Canada |
32 | 5 | Guy Lapointe | 6'0" | 205 | 1948 | 1968-1984 | Canada | |
33 | 27 | Scott Niedermayer | 6'1" | 194 | 1973 | 1992-2010 | Canada | |
34 | 3 | Marcel Pronovost | 6'0" | 190 | 1930 | 1950-1970 | Canada | |
35 | 2 | Lionel Conacher | 6'2" | 195 | 1901 | 1954 | 1925-1937 | Canada |
36 | William "Hod" Stuart | 6'0" | 190 | 1879 | 1907 | 1902-1907 | Canada | |
37 | 3 | Ivan "Ching" Johnson | 5'11" | 210 | 1898 | 1979 | 1926-1938 | Canada |
38 | 2 | Jacques Laperrière | 6'2" | 190 | 1941 | 1962-1974 | Canada | |
39 | 7 | Alexei Kasatonov | 6'1" | 215 | 1959 | 1977-1997 | Russia | |
40 | 3 | Jean-Claude Tremblay | 5'11 | 170 | 1939 | 1994 | 1960-1979 | Canada |
41 | Ernest "Moose" Johnson | 5'11 | 185 | 1896 | 1963 | 1905-1931 | Canada | |
42 | 33 | Zdeno Chára | 6'9" | 255 | 1977 | 1998-Present | Slovakia | |
43 | 5 | Ebbie Goodfellow | 6'0" | 175 | 1907 | 1985 | 1929-1943 | Canada |
44 | 4 | Rob Blake | 6'4" | 220 | 1969 | 1990-2010 | Canada | |
45 | 3 | Emile "Butch" Bouchard | 6'2" | 205 | 1919 | 1941-1956 | Canada | |
46 | 2 | Carl Brewer | 5'9" | 180 | 1938 | 2001 | 1958-1980 | Canada |
47 | 1 | Albert "Babe" Siebert | 5'10" | 182 | 1904 | 1939 | 1925-1939 | Canada |
48 | Georges "Buck" Boucher | 5'9 | 169 | 1896 | 1960 | 1915-1932 | Canada | |
49 | 17 | Jan Suchý | 5'8 | 169 | 1944 | 1963-1983 | Czech | |
50 | 55 | Larry Murphy | 6'2" | 210 | 1961 | 1980-2001 | Canada | |
51 | 17 | Ken Reardon | 5'10" | 180 | 1921 | 2008 | 1940-1950 | Canada |
52 | 10 | Tom Johnson | 6'0" | 180 | 1928 | 2007 | 1950-1965 | Canada |
53 | Lester Patrick | 6'1" | 180 | 1883 | 1960 | 1903-1927 | Canada | |
54 | 2 | Art Coulter | 5'11" | 185 | 1909 | 2000 | 1932-1942 | Canada |
55 | 24 | Doug Wilson | 6'1" | 187 | 1957 | 1977-1993 | Canada | |
56 | 2 | Sylvio Mantha | 5'10" | 178 | 1902 | 1974 | 1923-1936 | Canada |
57 | 2 | Harry Cameron | 5'10" | 155 | 1890 | 1953 | 1912-1926 | Canada |
58 | 60 | František Pospíšil | 6'0" | 176 | 1944 | 1961-1978 | Czech | |
59 | 26 | Allan Stanley | 6'1" | 170 | 1926 | 1948-1969 | Canada | |
60 | Harvey Pulford | 5'11" | 200 | 1875 | 1940 | 1893-1908 | Canada |
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Round 2 Voting Results
Round 2, Vote 1 Discussion
Round 2, Vote 2 Discussion
Round 2, Vote 3 Discussion
Round 2, Vote 4 Discussion
Round 2, Vote 5 Discussion
Round 2, Vote 6 Discussion
Round 2, Vote 7 Discussion
Round 2, Vote 8 Discussion
Round 2, Vote 9 Discussion
Round 2, Vote 10 Discussion
Round 2, Vote 11 Discussion
Round 2, Vote 12 Discussion
Links to the preliminary discussion threads before voters submitted their lists:
Rules Discussion link dead
Preliminary and General Discussion
Links that explain the creation of the aggregate list that formed the basis of discussion. This data was released at the end of the project:
Round 1 Voting Results (Aggregate List)
Round 1 Screening Process
Participant Survey
Listed here are the individual voting records of all participants:
BiLLY_ShOE1721
Canadiens1958
chaosrevolver
Dave G
Dennis Bonvie
Der Kaiser
Dreakmur
Epsilon
Hardyvan123
Hawkey Town 18
Hockey Outsider
intylerwetrust
JaysCyYoung
McNuts
MXD
overpass
pappyline
reckoning
seventieslord
tarheelhockey
TheDevilMadeMe
tony d
VanIslander
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