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Tom Barrasso	John Leclair	Henri Richard	G. Boucher
Clint Benedict	Brad Marchand	Jeremy Roenick	Brent Burns
Frank Brimsek	Markus Naslund	Denis Savard	King Clancy
Turk Broda	S. Schriner	Milt Schmidt	Dit Clapper
Grant Fuhr	Daniel Sedin	Henrik Sedin	S. Cleghorn
Charlie Gardiner	B. Shanahan	Darryl Sittler	Bill Gadsby
Herb Gardiner	Steve Shutt	Peter Stastny	Eddie Gerard
Ed Giacomin	Keith Tkachuk	Jonathan Toews	Sergei Gonchar
G. Hainsworth	Sid Abel	Pierre Turgeon	E. Goodfellow
Curtis Joseph	Syl Apps	Norm Ullman	Tim Horton
Harry Lumley	Max Bentley	H. Zetterberg	Phil Housley
Carey Price	Frank Boucher	G. Anderson	Mark Howe
Jonathan Quick	Russell Bowie	Hobey Baker	Ching Johnson
Tiny Thompson	Rod Brind’Amour	Dino Ciccarelli	J. Laperierre
Mike Vernon	Bill Cowley	Charlie Conacher	Kris Letang
D. Andreychuk	Alex Delvecchio	Bill Cook	Larry Murphy
Jamie Benn	Ryan Getzlaf	Y. Cournoyer	Babe Pratt
Doug Bentley	Dale Hawerchuk	Jack Darragh	B.Quackenbush
Johnny Bucyk	Dick Irvin	Babe Dye	Borje Salming
Bun Cook	Dave Keon	Theo Fleury	Serge Savard
Cy Denneny	Pat Lafontaine	Mike Gartner	Earl Seibert
Bob Gainey	Jacques Lemaire	Marian Hossa	Jack Stewart
Clark Gillies	Mike Modano	Jere Lehtinen	PK Subban
Michel Goulet	J. Nieuwendyk	Claude Lemieux	Shea Weber
Busher Jackson	Frank Nighbor	Joe Mullen	Sergei Zubov
Aurel Joliat	Adam Oates	Corey Perry
Ilya Kovalchuk	G. Perreault	Mark Recchi
Paul Kariya	Jean Ratelle	Rob Blake

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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	Sidney Crosby			C	2005-active
5	Connor McDavid			C	2015-active
6	Gordie Howe			RW	1946-1980
7	Bobby Orr			D	1966-1979
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	Nikita Kucherov			RW	2013-active
16	Bobby Hull			LW	1957-1980
17	Phil Esposito			C	1963-1981
18	Jean Beliveau			C	1950-1971
19	Maurice Richard			RW	1942-1960
20	Guy Lafleur			RW	1971-1991
21	Nathan MacKinnon			C	2013-active
22	Doug Harvey			D	1947-1969
23	Jacques Plante			G	1952-1975
24	Ken Dryden			G	1970-1979
25	Glen Hall			G	1952-1971
26	Stan Mikita			C	1958-1980
27	Bobby Clarke			C	1969-1984
28	Andrei Vasilevskiy			G	2014-active
29	Evgeni Malkin			C	2006-active
30	Eddie Shore			D	1926-1940
31	Joe Sakic			C	1988-2009
32	Patrick Kane			RW	2007-active
33	Steve Yzerman			C	1983-2006
34	Bryan Trottier			C	1975-1994
35	Brett Hull			RW	1986-2006
36	Mike Bossy			RW	1977-1987
37	Leon Draisaitl			C	2014-active
38	Paul Coffey			D	1980-2001
39	Chris Chelios			D	1983-2010
40	Denis Potvin			D	1973-1988
41	Cale Makar			D	2019-active
42	Connor Hellebuyck			G	2015-active
43	Howie Morenz			C	1923-1937
44	Terry Sawchuk			G	1949-1970
45	Al MacInnis			D	1981-2004
46	Larry Robinson			D	1972-1992
47	Jari Kurri	🔵		RW	1978-1998
48	Erik Karlsson			D	2009-active
49	Red Kelly			D/C	1947-1967
50	Pierre Pilote			D	1955-1969
51	Sergei Fedorov			C	1990-2009
52	Peter Forsberg			C	1994-2011
53	Patrice Bergeron	🔵		C	2003-2023
54	Auston Matthews			C	2016-active
55	Chris Pronger			D	1993-2012
56	Brian Leetch			D	1987-2006
57	Cyclone Taylor			R	1905-1923
58	Newsy Lalonde			C	1917-1927
59	Joe Malone			LW	1917-1924
60	Teemu Selanne			RW	1992-2014
61	Scott Stevens	🔵		D	1982-2004
62	Jarome Iginla	🔵		RW	1996-2017
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	2006-2026
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	David Pastrnak			RW	2014-active
90	Ron Francis			C	1981-2004
91	Billy Smith			G	1971-1989
92	Roman Josi			D	2011-active
93	Luc Robitaille			LW	1986-2003
94	Roberto Luongo			G	1999-2019
95	Tim Thomas			G	2002-2014
96	Rod Langway			D	1977-1993
97	Dickie Moore			LW	1951-1968
98	Pavel Bure			RW	1991-2003
99	Andy Bathgate			RW	1952-1975
100	Johnny Bower			G	1953-1970

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Rank	Fighter		Years
1	Jon Jones	Why?	2008-active
2	Islam Makhachev		2010-active
3	Anderson Silva		1997-2020
4	Alexander Volkanovski		2012-active
5	George St-Pierre		2002-2017
6	Khabib Nurmagomedov		2008-2020
7	Merab Dvalishvili		2013-active
8	Daniel Cormier		2009-2020
9	Stipe Miocic		2010-2024
10	Ilia Topuria		2015-active
11	Alex Pereira		2015-active
12	Israel Adesanya		2009-active
13	Fedor Emelianenko		2000-active
14	Francis Ngannou		2013-active
15	Dricus Du Plessis		2013-active
16	Kamaru Usman		2012-active
17	Max Holloway		2010-active
18	Khamzat Chimaev		2018-active
19	Dominick Cruz		2003-active
20	Magomed Ankalaev		2014-active
21	Lyoto Machida		2003-active
22	Dan Henderson		1997-2016
23	Shogun Rua		2002-active
24	Demetrious Johnson	Why?	2007-active
25	Leon Edwards		2011-active
26	Henry Cejudo		2013-active
27	Fabricio Werdum		2002-active
28	Rampage Jackson		1999-active
29	Alexandre Pantoja		2007-active
30	Chuck Liddell		1998-2010
31	Randy Couture		1997-2011
32	Matt Hughes		1998-2013
33	Alistair Overeem		1999-active
34	Charles Oliveira		2008-active
35	Dustin Poirier		2009-active
36	Conor McGregor		2008-active
37	Jose Aldo		2004-active
38	Frank Shamrock		1994-2010
39	Royce Gracie		1993-2016
40	Rashad Evans		2003-2018
41	Tito Ortiz		1997-active
42	Wanderlei Silva		1996-2018
43	Sean Strickland		2008-active
44	Justin Gaethje		2011-active
45	Robert Whittaker		2009-active
46	Aljamain Sterling		2010-active
47	Brandon Moreno		2011-active
48	Cain Velasquez		2006-2019
49	Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira		1999-2015
50	Junior dos Santos		2006-active
51	Chris Weidman		2009-active
52	Petr Yan		2014-active
53	Ken Shamrock		1993-2016
54	Bas Rutten		1993-2006
55	Rickson Gracie		1980-2000
56	Anthony Johnson		2006-active
57	Vitor Belfort		1996-active
58	Jake Shields		1999-active
59	Forrest Griffin		2001-2012
60	Glover Teixeira		2002-active
61	Cyril Gane		2018-active
62	Vadim Nemkov		2013-active
63	Ryan Bader		2007-active
64	Phil Davis		2008-active
65	Frankie Edgar		2005-active
66	Mirko Cro Cop		2001-2019
67	Ricardo Arona		2000-2009
68	Gegard Mousasi		2003-active
69	Antonio Rogerio Nogueira		2000-2020
70	Kazushi Sakuraba		1996-active
71	TJ Dillashaw		2010-active
72	Josh Barnett		1997-2016
73	Masakatsu Funaki		1993-2012
74	Deiveson Figueiredo		2012-active
75	Jan Blachowicz		2007-active
76	Belal Muhammad		2012-active
77	Mark Coleman		1996-2010
78	Yoel Romero		2009-active
79	Nick Diaz		2001-2015
80	BJ Penn		2001-2019
81	Tyron Woodley		2006-active
82	Jiri Prochazka		2012-active
83	Luke Rockhold		2007-active
84	Jacare Souza		2003-active
85	Stephen Thompson		2010-active
86	Eddie Alvarez		2003-active
87	Rich Franklin		1999-2015
88	Rafael dos Anjos		2004-active
89	Arman Tsarukyan		2015-active
90	Sean O’Malley		2013-active
91	Carlos Ulberg		2011-active
92	Jack Della Maddalena		2016-active
93	Sean Brady		2014-active
94	Colby Covington		2012-active
95	Tony Ferguson		2008-active
96	Anthony Pettis		2007-active
97	Benson Henderson		2006-active
98	Robbie Lawler		2001-active
99	Shavkat Rakhmonov		2014-active
100	Tom Aspinall		2014-active

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