Top-100 Hockey Players of All-Time - Aggregate List

quoipourquoi

Goaltender
Jan 26, 2009
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4,126
Hockeytown, MI
RankPlayerListsPointsHighestHighestLowestLowestMedianEligibilityFinal Ranking
1Wayne Gretzky3238261 6Canadiens195811-4 (10 Players)1
2Bobby Orr3238031 4 21-4 (10 Players)3 (-1)
3Gordie Howe3237822 4 31-4 (10 Players)2 (+1)
4Mario Lemieux3237522 5 41-4 (10 Players)4
5Jean Beliveau3236613Canadiens195814VanIslander61-4 (10 Players)6 (-1)
6Bobby Hull3236345 13steve14171-4 (10 Players)5 (+1)
7Doug Harvey3235924Canadiens195828blogofmike7.51-4 (10 Players)8 (-1)
8Maurice Richard3235884BenchBrawl20Mike Farkas81-4 (10 Players)9 (-1)
9Patrick Roy3235155 24Canadiens1958101-4 (10 Players)7 (+2)
10Ray Bourque3234877kruezer21Sentinel11.51-4 (10 Players)10
11Dominik Hasek3234315 34Canadiens1958125-9 (10 Players)13 (-2)
12Howie Morenz3234297pappyline22ImporterExporter155-9 (10 Players)11 (+1)
13Eddie Shore3234027Dennis Bonvie29TheGeneral135-9 (10 Players)14 (-1)
14Sidney Crosby3233855bobholly3948TheGeneral125-9 (10 Players)12 (+2)
15Jaromir Jagr3233367Art of Sedinery49Canadiens19581510-14 (12 Players)16 (-1)
16Nicklas Lidstrom3232739Mike Farkas35quoipourquoi1710-14 (12 Players)15 (+1)
17Stan Mikita3232509tony d43ChiTownPhilly1810-14 (12 Players)24 (-7)
18Jacques Plante32324810Johnny Engine37Sentinel1710-14 (12 Players)19 (-1)
19Denis Potvin32320713Mike Farkas35Sentinel20.510-14 (12 Players)18 (+1)
20Alex Ovechkin32320211TheGeneral59Canadiens19582010-14 (12 Players)22 (-2)
21Mark Messier3231767TheGeneral34DannyGallivan2110-14 (12 Players)21
22Guy Lafleur3231676DannyGallivan31 2315-19 (11 Players)23 (-1)
23Red Kelly32316510Mike Farkas36TheGeneral21.515-19 (11 Players)17 (+6)
24Frank Nighbor3230717ehhedler77JoseTheodore20022315-19 (11 Players)20 (+4)
25Phil Esposito32305912VanIslander40ted197124.515-19 (11 Players)27 (-2)
26Bobby Clarke32304015ted197151ChiTownPhilly2420-24 (11 Players)29 (-3)
27Viacheslav Fetisov32290712Mike Farkas68quoipourquoi29.520-24 (11 Players)25 (+2)
28Glenn Hall32290414kruezer58tony d27.520-24 (11 Players)28
29Martin Brodeur32285915 74pappyline3020-24 (11 Players)30 (-1)
30Terry Sawchuk32284614Canadiens195854Hockey Outsider30.520-24 (11 Players)35 (-5)
31Sergei Makarov32282310Sentinel81The Macho Man2725-29 (11 Players)26 (+5)
32Joe Sakic32281820blogofmike46pappyline32.525-29 (11 Players)32
33Bryan Trottier32281224Sentinel47bobholly393325-29 (11 Players)31 (+2)
34Cyclone Taylor3227927VanIslander52Mike Farkas3325-29 (11 Players)33 (+1)
35Mike Bossy32277213JoseTheodore200248VanIslander3625-29 (11 Players)36 (-1)
36Larry Robinson32274417Canadiens195851steve14134.530-34 (11 Players)37 (-1)
37Newsy Lalonde32264326blogofmike53 3930-34 (11 Players)39 (-2)
38Steve Yzerman32262720Sentinel51Kyle McMahon3930-34 (11 Players)40 (-2)
39Ted Lindsay32261624tony d54 3930-34 (11 Players)38 (+1)
40Bill Cook32259727seventieslord69TheGeneral3830-34 (11 Players)34 (+6)
41Chris Chelios32254523Mike Farkas61DannyGallivan4235-39 (10 Players)41
42Ken Dryden32244819Canadiens195889DannyGallivan4435-39 (10 Players)46 (-4)
43Paul Coffey32230926bobholly3979ehhedler48.535-39 (10 Players)48 (-5)
44Brad Park32230524Mike Farkas90TheGeneral4635-39 (10 Players)47 (-3)
45Valeri Kharlamov32225119DannyGallivan88quoipourquoi4740-44 (13 Players)43 (+2)
46Pierre Pilote32215332Mike Farkas104TheGeneral52.540-44 (13 Players)54 (-8)
47Syl Apps32214230quoipourquoi116TheGeneral49.540-44 (13 Players)45 (+2)
48Henri Richard32213833 108VanIslander5240-44 (13 Players)49 (-1)
49Frank Boucher31210137Kyle McMahonNRSentinel49.540-44 (13 Players)42 (+7)
49King Clancy32210135MXD92bobholly395440-44 (13 Players)44 (+5)
51Charlie Conacher32209637MXD91Mike Farkas5340-44 (13 Players)55 (-4)
52Vladislav Tretiak31209429 NRehhedler52.540-44 (13 Players)50 (+2)
53Bernie Geoffrion32207628VanIslander78Kyle McMahon5645-49 (11 Players)60 (-7)
54Peter Forsberg32207032ehhedler85The Macho Man54.545-49 (11 Players)51 (+3)
55Milt Schmidt32205332pappyline95JoseTheodore200256.545-49 (11 Players)53 (+2)
56Evgeni Malkin32195133Sentinel110blogofmike5550-54 (10 Players)52 (+4)
57Marcel Dionne30188930VanIslanderNR 5650-54 (10 Players)63 (-6)
58Frank Brimsek32187538steve141114ehhedler6150-54 (10 Players)56 (+2)
59Earl Seibert31186426VanIslanderNRSentinel61.550-54 (10 Players)61 (-2)
60Sprague Cleghorn31181540ChiTownPhillyNRehhedler5855-59 (11 Players)57 (+3)
61Andy Bathgate30175741pappylineNR 6255-59 (11 Players)62 (-1)
62Frank Mahovlich32173040pappyline102bobholly396855-59 (11 Players)71 (-9)
63Chris Pronger32172142ehhedler107pappyline65.555-59 (11 Players)59 (+4)
64Tim Horton32168448MXD100DannyGallivan66.555-59 (11 Players)65 (-1)
65Ted Kennedy32167435Canadiens1958116DannyGallivan6855-59 (11 Players)58 (+7)
66Al MacInnis31152040Mike FarkasNRCanadiens195872.560-64 (10 Players)67 (-1)
67Teemu Selanne32150841Sentinel105Kyle McMahon70.560-64 (10 Players)69 (-2)
68Scott Stevens32148843blogofmike104Canadiens19587360-64 (10 Players)64 (+4)
69Georges Vezina29145039steve141NR 75.560-64 (10 Players)66 (+3)
70Dickie Moore32138447Canadiens1958120blogofmike7765-69 (11 Players)68 (+2)
71Bill Durnan28136638quoipourquoiNR 72.565-69 (11 Players)82 (-11)
72Dit Clapper32135535Dennis Bonvie120MXD7465-69 (11 Players)73 (-1)
73Joe Malone30134044JoseTheodore2002NR 76.565-69 (11 Players)72 (+1)
74Cy Denneny32133351tony d117 74.565-69 (11 Players)79 (-5)
75Clint Benedict29132748steve141NR 78.565-69 (11 Players)74 (+1)
76Jari Kurri32130546Sentinel115ResilientBeast8170-74 (10 Players)76
77Turk Broda32129352steve141118BenchBrawl7970-74 (10 Players)83 (-6)
78Brett Hull31128144bobholly39NRVanIslander80.570-74 (10 Players)80 (-2)
79Anatoli Firsov28127727SentinelNR 85.570-74 (10 Players)70 (+9)
80Aurele Joliat31125360JoseTheodore2002NRTheGeneral8075-79 (10 Players)78 (+2)
81Max Bentley30121737pappylineNR 8575-79 (10 Players)77 (+4)
82Charlie Gardiner28121043 NR 77.575-79 (10 Players)75 (+7)
83Boris Mikhailov30116051SentinelNR 83.575-79 (10 Players)86 (-3)
84Sergei Fedorov31107832SentinelNRVanIslander9175-79 (10 Players)88 (-4)
85Borje Salming3093064Mike FarkasNR 92.580-84 (10 Players)84 (+1)
86Elmer Lach2990566Art of SedineryNR 93.580-84 (10 Players)81 (+5)
87Brian Leetch3090247ehhedlerNR 9280-84 (10 Players)97 (-10)
88Nels Stewart2689759DannyGallivanNR 9480-84 (10 Players)92 (-4)
89Bill Gadsby2583157Art of SedineryNR 9480-84 (10 Players)90 (-1)
90Duncan Keith2882157TheGeneralNR 97.585-89 (11 Players)94 (-4)
91Martin St. Louis3077671TheGeneralNR 9285-89 (11 Players)98 (-7)
92Zdeno Chara2676560ImporterExporterNR 9885-89 (11 Players)89 (+3)
93Ed Belfour2674858bobholly39NR 100.585-89 (11 Players)85 (+8)
93Eric Lindros2474839Dennis BonvieNR 10385-89 (11 Players)96 (-3)
95Bill Cowley2374256VanIslanderNR 9485-89 (11 Players)87 (+8)
96Dave Keon2772355ehhedlerNR 106.590-94 (20 Players)99 (-3)
97Toe Blake2770771tony dNR 98.590-94 (20 Players)
98Jarome Iginla2870357ChiTownPhillyNR 98.590-94 (20 Players)
99Joe Thornton2768162TheGeneralNR 9990-94 (20 Players)91 (+8)
100Serge Savard2464645Canadiens1958NR 108.590-94 (20 Players)
101Mark Howe2764569Mike FarkasNR 106.590-94 (20 Players)95 (+6)
102Norm Ullman2560870TheDevilMadeMeNR 103.590-94 (20 Players)
103Eddie Gerard1959755Mike FarkasNR 110.590-94 (20 Players)
104Peter Stastny2059163TheGeneralNR 113.590-94 (20 Players)
105Sid Abel2457471blogofmikeNR 106.590-94 (20 Players)100 (+5)
106Erik Karlsson2356860seventieslordNR 107.590-94 (20 Players)
107Valeri Vasiliev2356266ChiTownPhillyNR 10290-94 (20 Players)
108Tony Esposito1955265steve141NR 111.590-94 (20 Players)
109Patrick Kane2154164ehhedlerNR 10890-94 (20 Players)93 (+16)
110Johnny Bower1851271Hockey OutsiderNR 115.595-99 (20 Players)
111Bernie Parent2350669steve141NR 109.595-99 (20 Players)
112Jiri Holecek2050259steve141NR 11195-99 (20 Players)
113Russell Bowie1347545Kyle McMahonNR NR95-99 (20 Players)
114Pavel Bure1847058 NR 114.595-99 (20 Players)
115Doug Gilmour1744449TheGeneralNR 118100 (20 Players)
116Alexander Maltsev1541066VanIslanderNR NR100 (20 Players)
117Vladimir Martinec1640070SentinelNR NR100 (20 Players)
118Ron Francis1435064TheGeneralNR NR100 (20 Players)
119Scott Niedermayer1233453TheGeneralNR NR100 (20 Players)
120Bill Quackenbush1732370Art of SedineryNR 117.5
121Pavel Datsyuk1332059SentinelNR NR
122Gilbert Perreault1229276tony dNR NR
123Alex Delvecchio1225973TheGeneralNR NR
124Busher Jackson1724087pappylineNR 120
124Henrik Lundqvist1024069bobholly39NR NR
126Roy Worters1223873steve141NR NR
127Drew Doughty1423585 NR NR
128Guy Lapointe1020956Canadiens1958NR NR
129George Hainsworth919882pappylineNR NR
130Tommy Phillips1018870kruezerNR NR
131Doug Bentley1218588pappylineNR NR
132Adam Oates817875bobholly39NR NR
133Roberto Luongo616270bobholly39NR NR
134Jacques Lemaire515455Canadiens1958NR NR
135Rod Langway1314696Dennis BonvieNR NR
136Hod Stuart713657kruezerNR NR
137Frank McGee513171kruezerNR NR
138Billy Smith712692steve141NR NR
138Vladimir Krutov612665Dennis BonvieNR NR
140Jonathan Toews612093blogofmikeNR NR
141Johnny Bucyk511878tony dNR NR
142Hugh Lehman711695steve141NR NR
143Dale Hawerchuk311182TheGeneralNR NR
144Jack Stewart1111094ResilientBeastNR NR
145Tiny Thompson710986steve141NR NR
146Jan Suchy610868ChiTownPhillyNR NR
147Mike Modano610486ehhedlerNR NR
148Hap Holmes210154ehhedlerNR NR
149Grant Fuhr79594blogofmikeNR NR
150Paul Kariya69198Mike FarkasNR NR
150Vladimir Petrov49162SentinelNR NR
152Ching Johnson79079Mike FarkasNR NR
153Jean Ratelle58385blogofmikeNR NR
154Connor McDavid38284Dennis BonvieNR NR
155Harry Cameron27949ehhedlerNR NR
156Henrik Zetterberg37572ehhedlerNR NR
157Syd Howe57184VanIslanderNR NR
158Jack Walker17051ehhedlerNR NR
159Alexander Yakushev36274SentinelNR NR
160Luc Robitaille561101SentinelNR NR
161Sweeney Schriner45892tony dNR NR
162Anze Kopitar35687ehhedlerNR NR
163Moose Johnson35583ehhedlerNR NR
164Denis Savard25293DannyGallivanNR NR
164Patrice Bergeron55295ehhedlerNR NR
166Ebbie Goodfellow34994Art of SedineryNR NR
166Frantisek Pospisil24982ChiTownPhillyNR NR
168Mark Recchi23896bobholly39NR NR
169Georges Boucher233102BenchBrawlNR NR
170Frank Foyston23197ehhedlerNR NR
171Vsevolod Bobrov328102kruezerNR NR
172Babe Siebert326108ted1971NR NR
173Dan Bain12596kruezerNR NR
173Vyacheslav Starshinov12596SentinelNR NR
175Alexei Kasatonov12497Dr John CarlsonNR NR
175Hooley Smith12497tony dNR NR
175Mats Sundin224100ehhedlerNR NR
178Igor Larionov222103SentinelNR NR
179Yvan Cournoyer219109tony dNR NR
180Curtis Joseph218105quoipourquoiNR NR
180Marian Hossa218109Mike FarkasNR NR
182Bob Gainey217110Canadiens1958NR NR
182JC Tremblay217108Mike FarkasNR NR
184Vladimir Zabrodsky216111Kyle McMahonNR NR
185Gump Worsley213110steve141NR NR
185Pat LaFontaine213109ehhedlerNR NR
187Marty Barry19112TheDevilMadeMeNR NR
187Mickey MacKay19112ehhedlerNR NR
187Steven Stamkos19112blogofmikeNR NR
190Roy Conacher18113pappylineNR NR
190Vaclav Nedomansky18113SentinelNR NR
192Shea Weber27116bobholly39NR NR
193Babe Dye25118ted1971NR NR
193Rob Blake15116The Macho ManNR NR
193Sven Tumba15116Kyle McMahonNR NR
193Tom Barrasso15116steve141NR NR
197Jacques Laperriere14117Art of SedineryNR NR
198Lionel Conacher13118Johnny EngineNR NR
198Nikolai Sologubov13118Canadiens1958NR NR
198Paul Thompson13118pappylineNR NR
201Brendan Shanahan11120JoseTheodore2002NR NR
201Bryan Hextall11120Dr John CarlsonNR NR
201Carey Price11120bobholly39NR NR
201Eddie Litzenberger11120pappylineNR NR
201George Armstrong11120Mike FarkasNR NR
201Hakan Loob11120ehhedlerNR NR
201Hayley Wickenheiser11120quoipourquoiNR NR
201Marcel Pronovost11120VanIslanderNR NR
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MXD

Original #4
Oct 27, 2005
50,779
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Got highest vote for Clancy, Conacher and Horton.

Leafs fans....
 

TheDevilMadeMe

Registered User
Aug 28, 2006
52,271
6,981
Brooklyn
The worst NR is Frank Boucher.Maybe he was simply overlooked.

@Sentinel ?

Doubtful it was an accident. When my list was reviewed, they noticed I was missing Frank Mahovlich, and I quickly told them it was a mistake and told them where to insert him. I never got confirmation that QPQ used my corrected list, but obviously he did (as Mahovlich has no NRs).

Best player with multiple NRs - I expected it to be Charlie Gardiner, but seems Vezina got hit by multiple NRs too. Those damn goalies.
 
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BenchBrawl

Registered User
Jul 26, 2010
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Doubtful it was an accident. When my list was reviewed, they noticed I was missing Frank Mahovlich, and I quickly told them it was a mistake and told them where to insert him. I never got confirmation that QPQ used my corrected list, but obviously he did (as Mahovlich has no NRs).

Best player with multiple NRs - I expected it to be Charlie Gardiner, but seems Vezina got hit by multiple NRs too. Those damn goalies.

The same happened to me and I corrected it too, but maybe Sentinel wasn't reading his PMs as quickly as us.

If he deliberately excluded Boucher, I find it pretty funny considering he had Sergei Fedorov in the 30s.
 
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ChiTownPhilly

Not Too Soft
Feb 23, 2010
2,103
1,391
AnyWorld/I'mWelcomeTo
I gotta guess that blanks in the fields mean more than one person had that player in the indicated spot.
Would it be possible to populate those fields using abbreviations (e.g.: TG, TDMM, C1958, TMM, CTP etc.)?

The skinny on me: highest on: Cleghorn (my bad), Iginla (no surprise), Vasiliev (over @Sentinel):blush:, Suchý, Pospíšil. Lowest on: Mikita, Clarke. I come out of the discussion considering Mikita somewhat higher than I did before, [Mikita had a bit of help with those serial playoff failures], and slightly higher on Clarke.

Somebody (somebodies?) had Parent and Krutov higher than I did.
Somebody (somebodies?) had Crosby and H. Richard lower than I did.:)
 

kruezer

Registered User
Apr 21, 2002
6,721
276
North Bay
I'm not surprised that I was highest on McGee, Stuart, Bain, Bobrov and Phillips (though Kyle M. you got me on Bowie) but I am a bit surprised I was highest on Bourque and Hall (who I definitely cooled on during the voting). I also somehow didn't get a single lowest voter.

And I did call that Bowie was 113, I demand some sort of prize ;)
 
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DannyGallivan

Your world frightens and confuses me
Aug 25, 2017
7,575
10,165
Melonville
Dumb question. What's the difference between the rank and the final ranking? My guess... the first "rank" was after everybody handed in their list of 120, and the final ranking was when we voted each group. Do I win a prize?
 

Kyle McMahon

Registered User
May 10, 2006
13,301
4,353
I didn't expect I'd be the lowest of all on Yzerman, Geoffrion, or especially Selanne. Or that I'd be only one of two people that NR-ed St. Louis.

I'm not surprised that I was highest on Boucher (whose ranking I stand by) or Bowie (who I overrated significantly).

I'm mildly surprised that I wasn't highest on Gerard (I'd lower him in retrospect) or Abel (I'm still pretty high on him).

Most "wow!" ranking (by somebody that actually participated) for me is seeing Earl Seibert at 26 on a list, and going the other way, Ovechkin at 59 on a list.

Jacques Lemaire and Frank McGee were my two highest that didn't come up for voting.

Erik Karlsson and Doug Gilmour were the highest ranked guys that I didn't give any serious consideration to making my list.
 

VMBM

And it didn't even bring me down
Sep 24, 2008
3,804
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Sentinel certainly 'carried the flag' for non-NHL/some other Europeans and Russians, in most cases ranked higher than even I probably would have.

But good for e.g. Martinec who wouldn't have been discussed otherwise and who then seemed to get some new lift in the final voting.
 
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MXD

Original #4
Oct 27, 2005
50,779
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Oh, and I totally assume being the lowest on Dit Clapper as a badge-of-honor thing. There are things to be proud to disagree about, and this is one of them.
 

MXD

Original #4
Oct 27, 2005
50,779
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There are some names that I'm surprised to see.
Steven Stamkos
Shea Weber
Carey Price
Mats Sundin

While I do consider Mike Modano a better player than Mats Sundin, having them some 30 spots apart at the end of the list (due Modano being listed more than Sundin in the first place) seems appropriate.

Marcel Pronovost was litterally one ballot away from not being named at all.
 

TheEye

Registered User
Nov 4, 2018
191
132
Interesting...

Gretzky at 6 eh @Canadiens1958

Additionally, I think it's significant to note that this participant was highest on twelve players, nine of them being members of the Montreal Canadiens. Combine it all together and take it for what it's worth. I think there's something to be gleaned here, when considering one's clarity and objectivity as it relates to their participation in this voluminous and exhaustive project.
 

MXD

Original #4
Oct 27, 2005
50,779
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Additionally, I think it's significant to note that this participant was highest on twelve players, nine of them being members of the Montreal Canadiens. Combine it all together and take it for what it's worth. I think there's something to be gleaned here, when considering one's clarity and objectivity as it relates to their participation in this voluminous and exhaustive project.

Why aren't you up in arms towards the Maple Leaf fan who was the highest on Clancy, Conacher and Horton instead?
I mean... There is a lot of Hab players who actually deserve to make that list, not so much Maple Leafs (comparatively speaking).
 

MXD

Original #4
Oct 27, 2005
50,779
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Amongst near misses, I suppose I could've give some strong support in the last round to Henrik Lundqvist and Roy Worters (read : they would both have easily topped my last ballot, if not my last two ballots), and some support to Drew Doughty. All three were quite far from making it in the first place. Bill Quackenbush seems much better than the lowest lights from the last round (Niedermayer, Francis, Bure), but he'd probably have barely made my last ballot, if at all.
 

BenchBrawl

Registered User
Jul 26, 2010
30,871
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The most surprising thing in all of this is only Gretzky and Orr got ranked #1 out of 32 lists.

I ended up ranking Howe #1 in Round 2, but I thought for sure some people would have ranked him #1 in Round 1; same with Lemieux.
 

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