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Rank	Player			Position	Years
1	Wayne Gretzky			C	1978-1999
2	Alexander Ovechkin		Why?	LW	2005-active
3	Mario Lemieux		Why?	C	1984-2006
4	Gordie Howe			RW	1946-1980
5	Bobby Orr			D	1966-1979
6	Sidney Crosby			C	2005-active
7	Connor McDavid			C	2015-active
8	Patrick Roy			G	1984-2003
9	Jaromir Jagr			RW	1990-2018
10	Mark Messier	🔵	Why?	C	1978-2004
11	Martin Brodeur	🔵	Why?	G	1991-2015
12	Nicklas Lidstrom			D	1991-2012
13	Ray Bourque			D	1979-2001
14	Dominik Hasek			G	1990-2008
15	Bobby Hull			LW	1957-1980
16	Phil Esposito			C	1963-1981
17	Jean Beliveau			C	1950-1971
18	Maurice Richard			RW	1942-1960
19	Guy Lafleur			RW	1971-1991
20	Doug Harvey			D	1947-1969
21	Jacques Plante			G	1952-1975
22	Ken Dryden			G	1970-1979
23	Glen Hall			G	1952-1971
24	Stan Mikita			C	1958-1980
25	Bobby Clarke			C	1969-1984
26	Nikita Kucherov			RW	2013-active
27	Evgeni Malkin			C	2006-active
28	Eddie Shore			D	1926-1940
29	Joe Sakic			C	1988-2009
30	Patrick Kane			RW	2007-active
31	Steve Yzerman			C	1983-2006
32	Bryan Trottier			C	1975-1994
33	Brett Hull			RW	1986-2006
34	Mike Bossy			RW	1977-1987
35	Nathan MacKinnon			C	2013-active
36	Leon Draisaitl			C	2014-active
37	Andrei Vasilevskiy			G	2014-active
38	Paul Coffey			D	1980-2001
39	Chris Chelios			D	1983-2010
40	Denis Potvin			D	1973-1988
41	Connor Hellebuyck			G	2015-active
42	Howie Morenz			C	1923-1937
43	Terry Sawchuk			G	1949-1970
44	Al MacInnis			D	1981-2004
45	Larry Robinson			D	1972-1992
46	Jari Kurri	🔵		RW	1978-1998
47	Erik Karlsson			D	2009-active
48	Red Kelly			D/C	1947-1967
49	Pierre Pilote			D	1955-1969
50	Sergei Fedorov			C	1990-2009
51	Peter Forsberg			C	1994-2011
52	Patrice Bergeron	🔵		C	2003-2023
53	Auston Matthews			C	2016-active
54	Chris Pronger			D	1993-2012
55	Brian Leetch			D	1987-2006
56	Cyclone Taylor			R	1905-1923
57	Newsy Lalonde			C	1917-1927
58	Joe Malone			C/LW	1917-1924
59	Teemu Selanne			RW	1992-2014
60	Scott Stevens	🔵		D	1982-2004
61	Jarome Iginla	🔵		RW	1996-2017
62	Cale Makar			D	2019-active
63	Steve Stamkos			C	2008-active
64	Ed Belfour			G	1988-2007
65	Ted Lindsay			LW	1944-1965
66	Marcel Dionne			C	1971-1989
67	Scott Niedermayer			D	1991-2010
68	Zdeno Chara			D	1997-2022
69	Duncan Keith	🔵		D	2005-2022
70	Sergei Bobrovsky			G	2010-active
71	Anze Kopitar	🔵		C	2006-active
72	Brad Park			D	1968-1985
73	Bernie Geoffrion			RW	1950-1968
74	Bernie Parent			G	1965-1979
75	Bill Durnan			G	1943-1950
76	Joe Thornton			C	1997-2022
77	Doug Gilmour	🔵		C	1983-2003
78	Ted Kennedy			C	1942-1957
79	Drew Doughty			D	2008-active
80	Tony Esposito			G	1968-1984
81	Frank Mahovlich			LW	1956-1978
82	Nels Stewart			C	1925-1940
83	Elmer Lach			C	1940-1954
84	Victor Hedman			D	2009-acitve
85	Henrik Lundqvist			G	2005-2020
86	Pavel Datsyuk			C	2001-2016
87	Martin St. Louis			RW	1998-2015
88	Eric Lindros			C	1992-2007
89	Ron Francis			C	1981-2004
90	Billy Smith			G	1971-1989
91	Luc Robitaille			LW	1986-2003
92	Roberto Luongo			G	1999-2019
93	Tim Thomas			G	2002-2014
94	Rod Langway			D	1977-1993
95	Dickie Moore			LW	1951-1968
96	Pavel Bure			RW	1991-2003
97	Andy Bathgate			RW	1952-1975
98	Johnny Bower			G	1953-1970
99	Milt Schmidt			C/D	1936-1955
100	Syl Apps			C	1936-1948

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