Although Art Ross is primarily remembered as an executive with the Boston Bruins hockey club, he is a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame not as a builder, but as a player. Ross was born in Naughton Ontario, but grew up in Montreal Quebec where he also began his hockey career. Before the National Hockey League existed, the Stanley Cup was a trophy that allowed teams to challenge for the championship. Art Ross won a Stanley Cup while on loan to the Kenora Thistles in 1906-07, and enjoyed a second celebration with the Montreal Wanderers the next season.
He played in the National Hockey Association with Haileybury, Ottawa and the Montreal Wanderers for eight seasons, but when the Wanderers joined the National Hockey League in 1917-18, Ross was with them, playing defense. Unfortunately, fire destroyed the Wanderers' arena, and when the team withdrew from the league, Ross retired as a player, having played just 3 NHL games. Art Ross was named coach of the Boston Bruins in their inaugural season (1924-25), and won three Stanley Cups with them before moving into the general manager's chair. In 1945, the Hockey Hall of Fame named its twelve chartered honourees, and Art Ross was one of them.
If two players finish the season with the same number of points, the trophy is awarded in the following manner: 1. Player with most goals; 2. Player with fewer games played; 3. Player scoring first goal of the season.
Leading winners: Wayne Gretzky (10), Gordie Howe (6), Mario Lemieux (6), Phil Esposito (5), Jaromir Jagr (5), Connor McDavid (5).
2023-24 | Kucherov, Nikita | Tampa Bay Lightning |
2022-23 | McDavid, Connor | Edmonton Oilers |
2021-22 | McDavid, Connor | Edmonton Oilers |
2020-21 | McDavid, Connor | Edmonton Oilers |
2019-20 | Draisaitl, Leon | Edmonton Oilers |
2018-19 | Kucherov, Nikita | Tampa Bay Lightning |
2017-18 | McDavid, Connor | Edmonton Oilers |
2016-17 | McDavid, Connor | Edmonton Oilers |
2015-16 | Kane, Patrick | Chicago Blackhawks |
2014-15 | Benn, Jamie | Dallas Stars |
2013-14 | Crosby, Sidney | Pittsburgh Penguins |
2012-13 | St. Louis, Martin | Tampa Bay Lightning |
2011-12 | Malkin, Evgeni | Pittsburgh Penguins |
2010-11 | Sedin, Daniel | Vancouver Canucks |
2009-10 | Sedin, Henrik | Vancouver Canucks |
2008-09 | Malkin, Evgeni | Pittsburgh Penguins |
2007-08 | Ovechkin, Alex | Washington Capitals |
2006-07 | Crosby, Sidney | Pittsburgh Penguins |
2005-06 | Thornton, Joe | San Jose Sharks |
2003-04 | St. Louis, Martin | Tampa Bay Lightning |
2002-03 | Forsberg , Peter | Colorado Avalanche |
2001-02 | Iginla, Jarome | Calgary Flames |
2000-01 | Jagr, Jaromir | Pittsburgh Penguins |
1999-2000 | Jagr, Jaromir | Pittsburgh Penguins |
1998-99 | Jagr, Jaromir | Pittsburgh Penguins |
1997-98 | Jagr, Jaromir | Pittsburgh Penguins |
1996-97 | Lemieux, Mario | Pittsburgh Penguins |
1995-96 | Lemieux, Mario | Pittsburgh Penguins |
1994-95 | Jagr, Jaromir | Pittsburgh Penguins |
1993-94 | Gretzky, Wayne | Los Angeles Kings |
1992-93 | Lemieux, Mario | Pittsburgh Penguins |
1991-92 | Lemieux, Mario | Pittsburgh Penguins |
1990-91 | Gretzky, Wayne | Los Angeles Kings |
1989-90 | Gretzky, Wayne | Los Angeles Kings |
1988-89 | Lemieux, Mario | Pittsburgh Penguins |
1987-88 | Lemieux, Mario | Pittsburgh Penguins |
1986-87 | Gretzky, Wayne | Edmonton Oilers |
1985-86 | Gretzky, Wayne | Edmonton Oilers |
1984-85 | Gretzky, Wayne | Edmonton Oilers |
1983-84 | Gretzky, Wayne | Edmonton Oilers |
1982-83 | Gretzky, Wayne | Edmonton Oilers |
1981-82 | Gretzky, Wayne | Edmonton Oilers |
1980-81 | Gretzky, Wayne | Edmonton Oilers |
1979-80 | Dionne, Marcel | Los Angeles Kings |
1978-79 | Trottier, Bryan | New York Islanders |
1977-78 | Lafleur, Guy | Montreal Canadiens |
1976-77 | Lafleur, Guy | Montreal Canadiens |
1975-76 | Lafleur, Guy | Montreal Canadiens |
1974-75 | Orr, Bobby | Boston Bruins |
1973-74 | Esposito, Phil | Boston Bruins |
1972-73 | Esposito, Phil | Boston Bruins |
1971-72 | Esposito, Phil | Boston Bruins |
1970-71 | Esposito, Phil | Boston Bruins |
1969-70 | Orr, Bobby | Boston Bruins |
1968-69 | Esposito, Phil | Boston Bruins |
1967-68 | Mikita, Stan | Chicago Blackhawks |
1966-67 | Mikita, Stan | Chicago Blackhawks |
1965-66 | Hull, Bobby | Chicago Blackhawks |
1964-65 | Mikita, Stan | Chicago Blackhawks |
1963-64 | Mikita, Stan | Chicago Blackhawks |
1962-63 | Howe, Gordie | Detroit Red Wings |
1961-62 | Hull, Bobby | Chicago Blackhawks |
1960-61 | Geoffrion, Bernie | Montreal Canadiens |
1959-60 | Hull, Bobby | Chicago Blackhawks |
1958-59 | Moore, Dickie | Montreal Canadiens |
1957-58 | Moore, Dickie | Montreal Canadiens |
1956-57 | Howe, Gordie | Detroit Red Wings |
1955-56 | Beliveau, Jean | Montreal Canadiens |
1954-55 | Geoffrion, Bernie | Montreal Canadiens |
1953-54 | Howe, Gordie | Detroit Red Wings |
1952-53 | Howe, Gordie | Detroit Red Wings |
1951-52 | Howe, Gordie | Detroit Red Wings |
1950-51 | Howe, Gordie | Detroit Red Wings |
1949-50 | Lindsay, Ted | Detroit Red Wings |
1948-49 | Conacher, Roy | Chicago Blackhawks |
1947-48 | Lach, Elmer | Montreal Canadiens |
1946-47 | Bentley, Max | Chicago Blackhawks |
1945-46 | Bentley, Max | Chicago Blackhawks |
1944-45 | Lach, Elmer | Montreal Canadiens |
1943-44 | Cain, Herbie | Boston Bruins |
1942-43 | Bentley, Doug | Chicago Blackhawks |
1941-42 | Hextall, Bryan | New York Rangers |
1940-41 | Cowley, Bill | Boston Bruins |
1939-40 | Schmidt, Milt | Boston Bruins |
1938-39 | Blake, Toe | Montreal Canadiens |
1937-38 | Drillon, Gordie | Toronto Maple Leafs |
1936-37 | Schriner, Sweeney | New York Americans |
1935-36 | Schriner, Sweeney | New York Americans |
1934-35 | Conacher, Charlie | Toronto Maple Leafs |
1933-34 | Conacher, Charlie | Toronto Maple Leafs |
1932-33 | Cook, Bill | New York Rangers |
1931-32 | Jackson, Busher | Toronto Maple Leafs |
1930-31 | Morenz, Howie | Montreal Canadiens |
1929-30 | Weiland, Cooney | Boston Bruins |
1928-29 | Bailey, Ace | Toronto Maple Leafs |
1927-28 | Morenz, Howie | Montreal Canadiens |
1926-27 | Cook, Bill | New York Rangers |
1925-26 | Stewart, Nels | Montreal Maroons |
1924-25 | Dye, Babe | Toronto St. Pats |
1923-24 | Denneny, Cy | Ottawa Senators |
1922-23 | Dye, Babe | Toronto St. Pats |
1921-22 | Broadbent, Punch | Ottawa Senators |
1920-21 | Lalonde, Newsy | Montreal Canadiens |
1919-20 | Malone, Joe | Quebec Bulldogs |
1918-19 | Lalonde, Newsy | Montreal Canadiens |
1917-18 | Malone, Joe | Montreal Canadiens |