The Greatest Hockey Players of All-Time

The Overflow

*Does not include active players

Tom BarrassoIlya KovalchukG. PerreaultRob Blake
Clint BenedictPaul KariyaJean RatelleG. Boucher
Frank BrimsekJohn LeclairHenri RichardKing Clancy
Turk BrodaBrad MarchandJeremy RoenickDit Clapper
Grant FuhrMarkus NaslundDenis SavardS. Cleghorn
Charlie GardinerS. SchrinerHenrik SedinBill Gadsby
Herb GardinerDaniel SedinDarryl SittlerEddie Gerard
Ed GiacominB. ShanahanPeter StastnyE. Goodfellow
G. HainsworthSteve ShuttJonathan ToewsTim Horton
Curtis JosephKeith TkachukPierre TurgeonPhil Housley
Harry LumleySid AbelNorm UllmanMark Howe
Carey PriceMax BentleyH. ZetterbergChing Johnson
Jonathan QuickFrank BoucherG. AndersonJ. Laperierre
Tiny ThompsonRussell BowieHobey BakerLarry Murphy
Mike VernonRod Brind’AmourDino CiccarelliBabe Pratt
D. AndreychukBill CowleyY. CournoyerB.Quackenbush
Jamie BennAlex DelvecchioJack DarraghBorje Salming
Doug BentleyRyan GetzlafBabe DyeSerge Savard
Johnny BucykDale HawerchukTheo FleuryEarl Seibert
Bun CookDick IrvinMike GartnerJack Stewart
Cy DennenyDave KeonMarian HossaPK Subban
Bob GaineyPat LafontaineJere LehtinenShea Weber
Clark GilliesJacques LemaireClaude LemieuxSergei Zubov
Michel GouletMike ModanoJoe Mullen
Busher JacksonJ. NieuwendykCorey Perry
Aurel JoliatAdam OatesMark Recchi

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Hi (hopefully) awesome reader! I welcome your comments. However, please be aware that I make all of my arguments using facts, statistics, and logic. Unfortunately, the average comment on a top-100 list goes something like this:

"UR StooPid. (Insert player) is trash. I've watched (pick a sport) for (pick a number of years) and (pick a player) is better than everyone. UR DUMB. HAHA6969."

–Some Jabroni

As cognitively stimulating as this species of comment is, it ends up being a missed opportunity to share a nuanced perspective. I reply to all comments that show even the most basic levels of thought and humility. The people who make the comments like the example above are under the assumption that the three seconds of thought that popped into their brains after reading the list is more than the 1000s of hours that I put into creating and maintaining the lists. I would be happy to defend any placement, or make an adjustment if one is warranted. If you are a jabroni, like the one above, then your comment will die in the lonely void of the unpublished comments section.

For everyone else, I look forward to your comments!

P.S. The theme of this site and the top-100 lists is that athletes from previous generations have historically been grossly overrated by sports publications in a way that is statistically improbable. Click on the "About" dropdown menu to see just how badly the average top-100 list disproportionately favors athletes from older generations when leagues were smaller, race quotas existed, and globalization wasn't a thing. Also, please consider reading "The History" section of the sport you are commenting on.

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