Hart Trophy winners
Nikita Kucherov won the 2025-26 Hart Trophy. Wayne Gretzky has won it more than anyone, 9 times, out of 102 seasons on record since 1923-24.
Every Hart Trophy winner by season
| Season | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Nikita Kucherov · Tampa Bay Lightning |
| 2024-25 | Connor Hellebuyck · Winnipeg Jets |
| 2023-24 | Nathan MacKinnon · Colorado Avalanche |
| 2022-23 | Connor McDavid · Edmonton Oilers |
| 2021-22 | Auston Matthews · Toronto Maple Leafs |
| 2020-21 | Connor McDavid · Edmonton Oilers |
| 2019-20 | Leon Draisaitl · Edmonton Oilers |
| 2018-19 | Nikita Kucherov · Tampa Bay Lightning |
| 2017-18 | Taylor Hall · New Jersey Devils |
| 2016-17 | Connor McDavid · Edmonton Oilers |
| 2015-16 | Patrick Kane · Chicago Blackhawks |
| 2014-15 | Carey Price · Montreal Canadiens |
| 2013-14 | Sidney Crosby · Pittsburgh Penguins |
| 2012-13 | Alexander Ovechkin · Washington Capitals |
| 2011-12 | Evgeni Malkin · Pittsburgh Penguins |
| 2010-11 | Corey Perry · Anaheim Ducks |
| 2009-10 | Henrik Sedin · Vancouver Canucks |
| 2008-09 | Alexander Ovechkin · Washington Capitals |
| 2007-08 | Alexander Ovechkin · Washington Capitals |
| 2006-07 | Sidney Crosby · Pittsburgh Penguins |
| 2005-06 | Joe Thornton · Boston Bruins / San Jose Sharks |
| 2003-04 | Martin St. Louis · Tampa Bay Lightning |
| 2002-03 | Peter Forsberg · Colorado Avalanche |
| 2001-02 | Jose Theodore · Montreal Canadiens |
| 2000-01 | Joe Sakic · Colorado Avalanche |
| 1999-00 | Chris Pronger · St. Louis Blues |
| 1998-99 | Jaromír Jágr · Pittsburgh Penguins |
| 1997-98 | Dominik Hašek · Buffalo Sabres |
| 1996-97 | Dominik Hašek · Buffalo Sabres |
| 1995-96 | Mario Lemieux · Pittsburgh Penguins |
| 1994-95 | Eric Lindros · Philadelphia Flyers |
| 1993-94 | Sergei Fedorov · Detroit Red Wings |
| 1992-93 | Mario Lemieux · Pittsburgh Penguins |
| 1991-92 | Mark Messier · New York Rangers |
| 1990-91 | Brett Hull · St. Louis Blues |
| 1989-90 | Mark Messier · Edmonton Oilers |
| 1988-89 | Wayne Gretzky · Los Angeles Kings |
| 1987-88 | Mario Lemieux · Pittsburgh Penguins |
| 1986-87 | Wayne Gretzky · Edmonton Oilers |
| 1985-86 | Wayne Gretzky · Edmonton Oilers |
| 1984-85 | Wayne Gretzky · Edmonton Oilers |
| 1983-84 | Wayne Gretzky · Edmonton Oilers |
| 1982-83 | Wayne Gretzky · Edmonton Oilers |
| 1981-82 | Wayne Gretzky · Edmonton Oilers |
| 1980-81 | Wayne Gretzky · Edmonton Oilers |
| 1979-80 | Wayne Gretzky · Edmonton Oilers |
| 1978-79 | Bryan Trottier · New York Islanders |
| 1977-78 | Guy Lafleur · Montreal Canadiens |
| 1976-77 | Guy Lafleur · Montreal Canadiens |
| 1975-76 | Bobby Clarke · Philadelphia Flyers |
| 1974-75 | Bobby Clarke · Philadelphia Flyers |
| 1973-74 | Phil Esposito · Boston Bruins |
| 1972-73 | Bobby Clarke · Philadelphia Flyers |
| 1971-72 | Bobby Orr · Boston Bruins |
| 1970-71 | Bobby Orr · Boston Bruins |
| 1969-70 | Bobby Orr · Boston Bruins |
| 1968-69 | Phil Esposito · Boston Bruins |
| 1967-68 | Stan Mikita · Chicago Black Hawks |
| 1966-67 | Stan Mikita · Chicago Black Hawks |
| 1965-66 | Bobby Hull · Chicago Black Hawks |
| 1964-65 | Bobby Hull · Chicago Black Hawks |
| 1963-64 | Jean Beliveau · Montreal Canadiens |
| 1962-63 | Gordie Howe · Detroit Red Wings |
| 1961-62 | Jacques Plante · Montreal Canadiens |
| 1960-61 | Bernie Geoffrion · Montreal Canadiens |
| 1959-60 | Gordie Howe · Detroit Red Wings |
| 1958-59 | Andy Bathgate · New York Rangers |
| 1957-58 | Gordie Howe · Detroit Red Wings |
| 1956-57 | Gordie Howe · Detroit Red Wings |
| 1955-56 | Jean Beliveau · Montreal Canadiens |
| 1954-55 | Ted Kennedy · Toronto Maple Leafs |
| 1953-54 | Al Rollins · Chicago Black Hawks |
| 1952-53 | Gordie Howe · Detroit Red Wings |
| 1951-52 | Gordie Howe · Detroit Red Wings |
| 1950-51 | Milt Schmidt · Boston Bruins |
| 1949-50 | Chuck Rayner · New York Rangers |
| 1948-49 | Sid Abel · Detroit Red Wings |
| 1947-48 | Buddy O'Connor · New York Rangers |
| 1946-47 | Maurice Richard · Montreal Canadiens |
| 1945-46 | Max Bentley · Chicago Black Hawks |
| 1944-45 | Elmer Lach · Montreal Canadiens |
| 1943-44 | Babe Pratt · Toronto Maple Leafs |
| 1942-43 | Bill Cowley · Boston Bruins |
| 1941-42 | Tommy Anderson · Brooklyn Americans |
| 1940-41 | Bill Cowley · Boston Bruins |
| 1939-40 | Ebbie Goodfellow · Detroit Red Wings |
| 1938-39 | Toe Blake · Montreal Canadiens |
| 1937-38 | Eddie Shore · Boston Bruins |
| 1936-37 | Babe Siebert · Montreal Canadiens |
| 1935-36 | Eddie Shore · Boston Bruins |
| 1934-35 | Eddie Shore · Boston Bruins |
| 1933-34 | Aurele Joliat · Montreal Canadiens |
| 1932-33 | Eddie Shore · Boston Bruins |
| 1931-32 | Howie Morenz · Montreal Canadiens |
| 1930-31 | Howie Morenz · Montreal Canadiens |
| 1929-30 | Nels Stewart · Montreal Maroons |
| 1928-29 | Roy Worters · New York Americans |
| 1927-28 | Howie Morenz · Montreal Canadiens |
| 1926-27 | Herb Gardiner · Montreal Canadiens |
| 1925-26 | Nels Stewart · Montreal Maroons |
| 1924-25 | Billy Burch · Hamilton Tigers |
| 1923-24 | Frank Nighbor · Ottawa Senators |
Winners from Wikipedia's list of Hart Trophy winners. A name links to the player's page when the player is on file.