All-time NHL left wings quadrant chart

The greatest left wings in NHL history, by their honors. Plot all-time NHL left wings anywhere on a two-axis chart, such as good to bad and fun to boring.

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Doug Gilmour
FW · TOR
Joe Mullen
FW · PIT
Roy Conacher
FW · BOS
Václav Nedomanský
FW · DET
Bud Poile
FW · DET
Frank Boucher
FW · NYR
Bob Pulford
FW · LA
Cooney Weiland
FW · BOS
Bun Cook
FW · NYR
Hooley Smith
FW · BOS
George Hay
FW · CHI
Newsy Lalonde
FW · MTL
Reg Noble
FW · DET
Justin Williams
FW · CAR
Johnny Gaudreau
FW · CGY
Barney Stanley
FW · CHI
Jack Walker
FW · DET
Didier Pitre
FW · MTL
Frank Foyston
FW · TOR
Sam Bennett
FW · FLA
Patrik Eliáš
FW · NJ
Clint Smith
FW · CHI
Jimmy Gardner
FW · MTL
Butch Goring
FW · BOS
Mats Zuccarello
FW · NYR
John Tavares
FW/C · TOR
Mitchell Marner
FW · TOR
Bobby Ryan
FW · OTT
Robert Lang
FW · PIT
Ryan Smyth
FW · EDM
Mark Johnson
FW · CAR
Mikael Granlund
FW/C · MIN

Top all-time NHL left wings — November 2026

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What a quadrant chart is for

Unlike a list, a quadrant chart lets two picks sit close together or far apart, so it shows how much better one is.

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The greatest left wings in NHL history, by their honors.

Every pick and every finished ranking here counts toward the top all-time NHL left wings for November 2026.

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