Hockey Hall of Fame is open daily 10:00am – 6:00pm. Plan your visit today!
Hockey Hall of Fame is open daily 10:00am – 6:00pm. Plan your visit today!
Carrying on the tradition established by the Lester B. Pearson Award, the Ted Lindsay Award is presented annually to the "most outstanding player" in the NHL as voted by fellow members of the National Hockey League Players' Association.
All past recipients of the "Most Outstanding Player" are recognized together on the Ted Lindsay Award.
The award is named in honour of Ted Lindsay, Hall of Fame forward known for his skill, tenacity, leadership and his role in establishing the original Players' Association.
Leading winners: Wayne Gretzky (5), Mario Lemieux (4), Connor McDavid (4), Sidney Crosby (3), Jaromir Jagr (3), Guy Lafleur (3), Alexander Ovechkin (3).
| 2023-24 | MacKinnon, Nathan | Colorado Avalanche |
| 2022-23 | McDavid, Connor | Edmonton Oilers |
| 2021-22 | Matthews, Auston | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| 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 | Price, Carey | Montreal Canadiens |
| 2013-14 | Crosby, Sidney | Pittsburgh Penguins |
| 2012-13 | Crosby, Sidney | Pittsburgh Penguins |
| 2011-12 | Malkin, Evgeni | Pittsburgh Penguins |
| 2010-11 | Sedin, Daniel | Vancouver Canucks |
| 2009-10 | Ovechkin, Alex | Washington Capitals |
| 2008-09 | Ovechkin, Alex | Washington Capitals |
| 2007-08 | Ovechkin, Alex | Washington Capitals |
| 2006-07 | Crosby, Sidney | Pittsburgh Penguins |
| 2005-06 | Jagr, Jaromir | New York Rangers |
| 2003-04 | St. Louis, Martin | Tampa Bay Lightning |
| 2002-03 | Naslund, Markus | Vancouver Canucks |
| 2001-02 | Iginla, Jarome | Calgary Flames |
| 2000-01 | Sakic, Joe | Colorado Avalanche |
| 1999-2000 | Jagr, Jaromir | Pittsburgh Penguins |
| 1998-99 | Jagr, Jaromir | Pittsburgh Penguins |
| 1997-98 | Hasek, Dominik | Buffalo Sabres |
| 1996-97 | Hasek, Dominik | Buffalo Sabres |
| 1995-96 | Lemieux, Mario | Pittsburgh Penguins |
| 1994-95 | Lindros, Eric | Philadelphia Flyers |
| 1993-94 | Federov, Sergei | Detroit Red Wings |
| 1992-93 | Lemieux, Mario | Pittsburgh Penguins |
| 1991-92 | Messier, Mark | New York Rangers |
| 1990-91 | Hull, Brett | St. Louis Blues |
| 1989-90 | Messier, Mark | Edmonton Oilers |
| 1988-89 | Yzerman, Steve | Detroit Red Wings |
| 1987-88 | Lemieux, Mario | Pittsburgh Penguins |
| 1986-87 | Gretzky, Wayne | Edmonton Oilers |
| 1985-86 | Lemieux, Mario | Pittsburgh Penguins |
| 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 | Liut, Mike | St. Louis Blues |
| 1979-80 | Dionne, Marcel | Los Angeles Kings |
| 1978-79 | Dionne, Marcel | Los Angeles Kings |
| 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 | Clarke, Bobby | Philadelphia Flyers |
| 1971-72 | Ratelle, Jean | New York Rangers |
| 1970-71 | Esposito, Phil | Boston Bruins |