TSN ranks the top 25 NHL players of all time

[Balthazar]

NOS. 1-5

PLAYER	YEARS	GP	PTS	1ST ALL-STAR	2ND ALL-STAR	CUPS
1. Wayne Gretzky, C	1979-99	1,487	2,857	8	7	4
2. Bobby Orr, D	1966-79	657	915	8	1	2
3. Gordie Howe, RW	1946-80	1,767	1,850	12	9	4
4. Mario Lemieux, C	1984-06	915	1,723	5	4	2
5. Maurice Richard, RW	1942-60	978	966	8	6	8

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NOS. 6-10

PLAYER	YEARS	GP	PTS	1ST ALL-STAR	2ND ALL-STAR	CUPS
6. Doug Harvey, D	1947-69	1,113	1,225	10	1	6
7. Jean Beliveau, C	1951-71	1,125	1,219	6	4	10
8. Sidney Crosby, C	2005-17	815	1,059	4	3	3
9. Bobby Hull, LW	1957-72	1,063	1,170	10	2	1
10. Terry Sawchuk, G	1949-70	971	445-336-171	3	4	3

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NOS. 11-15

PLAYER	YEARS	GP	PTS	1ST ALL-STAR	2ND ALL-STAR	CUPS
11. Howie Morenz, C	1923-37	550	476	2	1	3
12. Guy Lafleur, RW	1971-91	1,226	1,373	6	0	5
13. Mark Messier, C	1979-04	1,756	1,887	4	1	6
14. Eddie Shore, D	1926-40	551	284	7	1	2
15. Jacques Plante, G	1954-73	837	437-246-145	3	4	6

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NOS. 16-20

PLAYER	YEARS	GP	PTS	1ST ALL-STAR	2ND ALL-STAR	CUPS
16. Alex Ovechkin, LW	2005-17	954	1,070	7	3	0
17. Patrick Roy, G	1985-03	1,029	551-315-131	4	2	4
18. Ray Bourque, D	1979-01	1,612	1,579	13	6	1
19. Nicklas Lidstrom, D	1991-12	1,564	1,142	10	2	4
20. Glenn Hall, G	1955-71	906	407-326-164	7	4	2

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NOS. 21-25

PLAYER	YEARS	GP	PTS	1ST ALL-STAR	2ND ALL-STAR	CUPS
21. Dominik Hasek, G	1991-08	735	455-389-223	6	0	2
22. Phil Esposito, C	1963-81	1,282	1,590	6	2	2
23. Jaromir Jagr, RW	1990-17	1,728	1,921	7	1	2
24. Stan Mikita, C	1958-80	1,396	1,467	6	2	1
25. Martin Brodeur	1991-2015	1,266	691-397-154	4	4	3

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[Empoleon8771]

Crosby at #8? Uh oh, here comes some angry HFers.

 

[Wee Baby Seamus]

Hasek as the 4th goalie is a bad, albeit unsurprising, take.

 

[Fantomas]

NHL players of all time.

 

[rent free]

ovi's the only one on that list not to win a cup, which means ovi is the greatest player to not win a cup.

 

[LetsGoBLUES91]

Crosby at #8? Uh oh, here comes some angry HFers.

Present day players don't get enough credit. It's so much harder to score these days.

 

[Balthazar]

ovi's the only one on that list not to win a cup, which means ovi is the greatest player to not win a cup.

He deserves to be there, but not above Roy.

 

[Spartachat]

Where is Toews?

 

[Bounces R Way]

Eddie Shore with 284 career pts better than Jagr LOL

 

[S E P H]

Only Canadians in the top 15 except one and the first non is Ovechkin and not Jagr? Elitism at it's finest.

 

[Barrie22]

Eddie Shore with 284 career pts better than Jagr LOL

In other words i have no clue who eddie shore is so i will look at just stats and laugh.

 

[stevo61]

Where is Toews?

i dont know but I do know he is closer to this list then Malkin is

 

[204hockey]

maurice richard howie morenz eddie shore.. not even ppg players in high scoring eras.. and under 10 team leagues lol.. goes to show team success makes single players look better. exept for malkin :p

 

[Bounces R Way]

In other words i have no clue who eddie shore is so i will look at just stats and laugh.

He played in the thirties. You dream up another way to evaluate players other than literally the only stats they tracked back then?

Having the 2nd all time point producing player not in the top 20 is moronic.

 

[Barrie22]

maurice richard howie morenz eddie shore.. not even ppg players in high scoring eras.. and under 10 team leagues lol.. goes to show team success makes single players look better. exept for malkin :p

Highest scoring player in 1927-28 was morenz with 51 points next closest was his team mate joliat with 39 points in 44 games. Morenz that year was the only player to go above point per game. Wow such high scoring league.

 

[Toene]

maurice richard howie morenz eddie shore.. not even ppg players in high scoring eras.. and under 10 team leagues lol.. goes to show team success makes single players look better. exept for malkin :p

Except he was the best player on championship teams and he's the first to score 50 goals in 50 games. How many players have scored at a GOAL per game rate recently? The Wonder, Brett Hull, that's pretty much it. He was a power-forward with speed and skill and a Stanley-cup winning captain.

That's without mentionning he was/is the hero of a nation.

 

[bobholly39]

Overall good list.
Crosby at #8 isn't a problem. This guy is forging himself an incredible career/legacy - he belongs in that tier now. Obviously will never break the top 4 though, but up to 5th spot is up for grabs for him i think

Biggest surprises for me are Roy and Hasek being so low, esp vs other goalies. They should be 1-2, in some order.
Ovechkin is quite high - Jagr quite low.

Rest i mostly agree with. Well done.

 

[Barrie22]

He played in the thirties. You dream up another way to evaluate players other than literally the only stats they tracked back then?

Having the 2nd all time point producing player not in the top 20 is moronic.

It is you are right. But you laughing at a 4 time mvp winner (nhl record among defensemen) being on the list because of points per game is just as idiotic.

 

[SladeWilson23]

Hasek is 389 - 223 - 95

 

[ManofSteel55]

Eddie Shore with 284 career pts better than Jagr LOL

In all fairness, the game was played entirely differently when Shore was playing. He was a defenseman and not expected to produce points. The guy played around 50 minutes most games from what I've read, because defensemen rarely moved past the center ice area. Not to mention it was way before 2 assists were awarded anyway.

Jagr is far too low though.

 

[bobholly39]

Only Canadians in the top 15 except one and the first non is Ovechkin and not Jagr? Elitism at it's finest.

I don't know. To be fair - which non-Canadian player deserves to be in the top 10-15? You can make a case for Jagr, Lidstrom and Hasek - but you can also make a case for them to be closer to ~15. It's not like there's a non-canadian player who is a 100% shoe-in for top 5-10 that they left off.

You can call it "elitism" when idiots leave off Malkin from the top 100 maybe. Top 15? Nope.

 

[ManofSteel55]

maurice richard howie morenz eddie shore.. not even ppg players in high scoring eras.. and under 10 team leagues lol.. goes to show team success makes single players look better. exept for malkin :p

I hope you are embarassed by this.

 

[scream_guy3]

Brodeur so low? Ovechkin ahead of Brodeur?! This list is a joke

 

[ManofSteel55]

Only Canadians in the top 15 except one and the first non is Ovechkin and not Jagr? Elitism at it's finest.

Up until the 90's there were hardly any non-Canadians in the NHL. It should make sense that the list is mostly Canadians when the league has always had more Canadians than any other nationality, and for 70% of the existence of the league there were only a handful of Europeans and Americans even playing.

 

[204hockey]

Highest scoring player in 1927-28 was morenz with 51 points next closest was his team mate joliat with 39 points in 44 games. Morenz that year was the only player to go above point per game. Wow such high scoring league.

ok you have proven me wrong. but how good were they still tbf ? better than all players from the past 50 years? not on the list? maybe top 25 players who were great/helped grow the game is a better title for the article