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Top 300 all-time NHL players tier list

The 300 greatest players in NHL history, by their honours. Rank top 300 all-time NHL players from S to F.
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Wayne Gretzky
C · EDM
Bobby Orr
D · BOS
Gordie Howe
DET
Mario Lemieux
C · PIT
Guy Lafleur
MTL
Patrick Roy
G · COL
Dominik Hašek
G · DET
Bryan Trottier
NYI
Bobby Hull
CHI
Phil Esposito
C · BOS
Jacques Plante
G · MTL
Martin St. Louis
TB
Mark Messier
C · NYR
Peter Forsberg
C · COL
Alexander Ovechkin
WSH
Nicklas Lidström
D · DET
Chris Pronger
D · STL
Jean Béliveau
C · MTL
Henrik Sedin
C · VAN
Martin Brodeur
G · NJ
Brian Leetch
D · NYR
Sidney Crosby
C · PIT
Bernie Geoffrion
MTL
Stan Mikita
C · CHI
Scott Niedermayer
D · NJ
Ray Bourque
D · BOS
Maurice Richard
MTL
Bernie Parent
G · PHI
Glenn Hall
G · CHI
Sergei Fedorov
C · DET
Ed Belfour
G · CHI
Brett Hull
STL
Al MacInnis
D · STL
Larry Robinson
D · LA
Joe Sakic
C · COL
Doug Harvey
D · MTL
Jarome Iginla
CGY
Eric Lindros
C · PHI
Chris Chelios
D · DET
Terry Sawchuk
GK/G · DET
Howie Morenz
C · MTL
Billy Smith
G · NYI
Tony Esposito
G · CHI
Marcel Dionne
C · LA
Ken Dryden
G · MTL
Jaromír Jágr
PIT
Joe Nieuwendyk
C · CGY
Paul Coffey
D · CAR
Red Kelly
D/C · TOR
Evgeni Malkin
C · PIT
Grant Fuhr
G · EDM
Patrick Kane
C · CHI
Daniel Sedin
VAN
Connor McDavid
C · EDM
Teemu Selänne
ANA
Ted Lindsay
DET
Andy Bathgate
C · NYR
Scott Stevens
D · NJ
Rob Blake
D · LA
Pierre Pilote
D · CHI
Sid Abel
DET
Tiny Thompson
G · BOS
Eddie Shore
D · BOS
Elmer Lach
C · MTL
Bobby Clarke
C · PHI
Ron Francis
C · CAR
Dave Keon
C · TOR
MBMax Bentley
C · CHI
Buddy O'Connor
C · MTL
George Hainsworth
G · MTL
Dickie Moore
MTL
Billy Burch
C · BOS
Rod Langway
D · MTL
Pavel Bure
VAN
Jari Kurri
EDM
Paul Kariya
ANA
FBFrank Brimsek
G · BOS
Gump Worsley
G · MTL
Mats Sundin
C · TOR
Johnny Bower
G · TOR
Steve Yzerman
C · DET
Peter Šťastný
C · COL
Börje Salming
D · TOR
Babe Pratt
D · TOR
Babe Siebert
D · MTL
Yvan Cournoyer
MTL
Daniel Alfredsson
OTT
Roy Worters
G · MTL
Herb Gardiner
D · MTL
Doug Wilson
D · SJ
Serge Savard
D · MTL
Brendan Shanahan
NJ
Mike Modano
C · DAL
Viacheslav Fetisov
D · NJ
Marián Hossa
CHI
Igor Larionov
C · DET
Carey Price
G · MTL
Doug Gilmour
FW · TOR
Cam Neely
BOS
Luc Robitaille
LA
Joe Mullen
FW · PIT
Rogatien Vachon
G · LA
Harry Howell
D · NYR
Sergei Makarov
CGY
Mark Howe
D · PHI
Lanny McDonald
CGY
Roy Conacher
FW · BOS
TJTom Johnson
D · BOS
Pat LaFontaine
C · NYI
Milt Schmidt
C · BOS
Mike Bossy
NYI
Phil Housley
D · BUF
Guy Carbonneau
C · MTL
Denis Potvin
D · NYI
Dale Hawerchuk
C · BUF
Mark Recchi
PHI
Johnny Bucyk
BOS
Henri Richard
C · MTL
Bill Durnan
G · MTL
Frank Nighbor
C · TOR
Sergei Zubov
D · NYR
Denis Savard
C · CHI
Václav Nedomanský
FW · DET
EGEddie Giacomin
G · NYR
Georges Vézina
G · MTL
Bob Gainey
MTL
Toe Blake
MTL
Larry Murphy
D · PIT
Aurèle Joliat
MTL
HLHarry Lumley
G · DET
Mike Gartner
WSH
Joe Thornton
C · SJ
José Théodore
G · MTL
Dave Andreychuk
BUF
Brad Park
D · NYR
Michel Goulet
COL
Adam Oates
C · WSH
Dino Ciccarelli
DET
Darryl Sittler
C · PHI
Frank Mahovlich
DET
Bill Cowley
C · BOS
Nels Stewart
C · BOS
Al Arbour
D · STL
Tim Thomas
G · BOS
Glenn Anderson
EDM
Pat Quinn
D · VAN
Kevin Lowe
D · EDM
Ted Kennedy
C · TOR
Tim Horton
D · TOR
Ebbie Goodfellow
D · DET
Leon Draisaitl
C · EDM
Nikita Kucherov
TB
Rod Gilbert
NYR
Duncan Keith
D · CHI
Chuck Rayner
G · NYR
Jean Ratelle
C · BOS
Connor Hellebuyck
G · WPG
Charlie Gardiner
G · CHI
Marcel Pronovost
D · DET
Bud Poile
FW · DET
Frank Boucher
FW · NYR
Allan Stanley
D · NYR
Steve Shutt
MTL
Leo Boivin
D · BOS
Turk Broda
G · TOR
MBMarty Barry
C · DET
Bob Pulford
FW · LA
CGClark Gillies
NYI
Glen Sather
NYR
Bert Olmstead
MTL
Victor Hedman
D · TB
Cooney Weiland
FW · BOS
GLGuy Lapointe
D · MTL
Bill Gadsby
D · DET
Gerry Cheevers
G · BOS
Babe Dye
TOR
Syd Howe
DET
Jack Laviolette
D · MTL
Jacques Laperrière
D · MTL
Bun Cook
FW · NYR
Sylvio Mantha
D · MTL
Emile Francis
G · NYR
JSJack Stewart
D · DET
Jim Rutherford
G · PIT
Charlie Conacher
DET
Corey Perry
ANA
Bernie Federko
C · STL
Carl Voss
C · DET
Dick Duff
TOR
Bill Quackenbush
D · DET
Busher Jackson
TOR
Zdeno Chára
D · BOS
Andrei Vasilevskiy
G · TB
Auston Matthews
C · TOR
Ken Holland
G · DET
DBDoug Bentley
NYR
Norm Ullman
C · DET
Alex Delvecchio
C · DET
Mickey MacKay
C · BOS
Art Coulter
D · NYR
Harry Watson
DET
Nathan MacKinnon
C · COL
Duke Keats
C · CHI
Ron Hextall
G · PHI
Jonathan Toews
C · CHI
Pavel Datsyuk
C · DET
Bill Barber
PHI
Gilbert Perreault
C · BUF
ARAl Rollins
G · CHI
Taylor Hall
EDM
Jacques Lemaire
C · MTL
Jonathan Quick
G · LA
Henrik Lundqvist
G · NYR
Sprague Cleghorn
D · MTL
Gordie Drillon
TOR
Craig Patrick
C · WSH
Drew Doughty
D · LA
Ryan Miller
G · BUF
Olaf Kölzig
G · WSH
Tom Barrasso
G · PIT
Bobby Bauer
BOS
Tuukka Rask
G · BOS
Jack Adams
C · DET
Syl Apps
C · TOR
Marc-​André Fleury
G · PIT
Hooley Smith
FW · BOS
George Hay
FW · CHI
Henrik Zetterberg
DET
Frank Fredrickson
C · BOS
Brad Richards
C · TB
Newsy Lalonde
FW · MTL
Émile Bouchard
D · MTL
Joe Malone
C · MTL
Erik Karlsson
D · OTT
P. K. Subban
D · MTL
Patrice Bergeron
C · BOS
Miikka Kiprusoff
G · CGY
Braden Holtby
G · WSH
Cy Denneny
BOS
DCDit Clapper
D · BOS
Dick Irvin
C · CHI
Ace Bailey
TOR
Keith Allen
D · DET
Fred Shero
D · NYR
Reg Noble
FW · DET
Lester Patrick
D · NYR
Bill Cook
NYR
King Clancy
D · TOR
Ryan O'Reilly
C · COL
Jamie Benn
DAL
Sergei Bobrovsky
G · FLA
Edgar Laprade
C · NYR
Sweeney Schriner
TOR
Joe Hall
D · MTL
Hap Day
D · TOR
Artūrs Irbe
G · CAR
Pekka Rinne
G · NSH
Justin Williams
FW · CAR
Brent Burns
D · SJ
Roman Josi
D · NSH
Bill Hay
C · CHI
Harry Oliver
D · BOS
Georges Boucher
D · CHI
Harry Cameron
D · MTL
Ching Johnson
D · NYR
Bill Mosienko
CHI
Hap Holmes
G · DET
Herbie Lewis
D · DET
Saku Koivu
C · MTL
Willie O'Ree
BOS
Lionel Conacher
D · CHI
Mike Vernon
G · CGY
George Armstrong
C · TOR
Brian Rafalski
D · NJ
Johnny Gaudreau
FW · CGY
Anže Kopitar
C · LA
Bill Ranford
G · EDM
Mark Giordano
D · CGY
Jordan Staal
C · CAR
Vincent Lecavalier
C · TB
Igor Shestyorkin
G · NYR
Jean-​Sébastien Giguère
G · ANA
Claude Lemieux
NJ
Randy Carlyle
D · TOR
Harry Hyland
OTT
Neil Colville
C · NYR
Conn Smythe
NYR
Joe Primeau
C · TOR
John Vanbiesbrouck
G · NYR
Reggie Leach
PHI
Ilya Kovalchuk
WPG
WDWoody Dumart
BOS
Barney Stanley
FW · CHI
Hughie Lehman
G · CHI
Jack Walker
FW · DET
Bill Torrey
NYI
Didier Pitre
FW · MTL
Joseph Cattarinich
G · MTL
KRKen Reardon
D · MTL
Lynn Patrick
C · NYR

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