# The 15 Greatest Olympic Hockey Players of All Time

> Two weeks every four years, with national anthems and no second chances: the Olympic tournament has made legends out of players who never won a Stanley Cup. Vote for the greatest Olympic hockey player.

*By YPB Team · Published August 21, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/the-15-greatest-olympic-hockey-players-of-all-time*

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## Current results (no votes yet)

1. **Vladislav Tretiak** — score 1000/1000
   Three Olympic golds in goal for the Soviet Union and the face of its dynasty.
2. **Alex Ovechkin** — score 917/1000
   Played three Olympics for Russia, none of them a medal, and never got a fourth chance.
3. **Joe Sakic** — score 624/1000
   Named tournament MVP as Canada ended a 50-year gold drought in 2002.
4. **Mike Eruzione** — score 624/1000
   Captained the 1980 US team and scored the goal that beat the Soviets.
5. **Wayne Gretzky** — score 397/1000
   Captained Canada in 1998, the first Olympics open to NHL players, and left without a medal.
6. **Vyacheslav Fetisov** — score 397/1000
   Two Soviet golds on defence before he forced the door open to the NHL.
7. **Hayley Wickenheiser** — score 397/1000
   Four Olympic golds and the best women's forward of her era.
8. **Valeri Kharlamov** — score 291/1000
   The Soviet forward who terrified North America in the 1972 Summit Series.
9. **Sidney Crosby** — score 291/1000
   Scored the golden goal in overtime in Vancouver in 2010.
10. **Teemu Selanne** — score 291/1000
   Four Olympic medals for Finland and the tournament's all-time leading scorer.
11. **Marie-Philip Poulin** — score 291/1000
   Scored the gold-medal winner for Canada in 2010, 2014 and 2022.
12. **Cammi Granato** — score 291/1000
   Captained the US to the first women's Olympic gold in 1998.
13. **Dominik Hasek** — score 291/1000
   Allowed six goals in six games to win the Czech Republic gold in 1998.
14. **Jim Craig** — score 162/1000
   Kept the 1980 US team alive in goal through the Miracle on Ice.
15. **Anatoli Firsov** — score 162/1000
   Three Olympic golds and the leading scorer of two of those tournaments.

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