# The 46 Greatest Detroit Red Wings Players of All Time

> Production Line legends, Grind Line cult heroes and Cup-winning goalies from nearly a century of Red Wings hockey share one list. Sort out who Hockeytown should remember first.

*By YPB Team · Published November 10, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/the-46-greatest-detroit-red-wings-players-of-all-time*

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1. **Gordie Howe** — score 1000/1000
   Right wing who played for Detroit from 1946 to 1971, winning four Stanley Cups and six Hart Trophies with the club.
2. **Steve Yzerman** — score 838/1000
   Center who played his entire career with Detroit from 1983 to 2006, was named captain in 1986 and won the Conn Smythe Trophy in 1998.
3. **Chris Chelios** — score 619/1000
   American defenseman who joined Detroit in 1999 and won Stanley Cups with the club in 2002 and 2008.
4. **Nicklas Lidström** — score 619/1000
   Swedish defenseman who spent 20 seasons in Detroit, won four Stanley Cups and seven Norris Trophies, and took the 2002 Conn Smythe Trophy.
5. **Mud Bruneteau** — score 535/1000
   Forward who scored in the sixth overtime of Detroit's 1–0 win over the Montreal Maroons in 1936, the longest game in NHL history.
6. **Paul Coffey** — score 535/1000
   Defenseman who won the 1995 Norris Trophy while playing for Detroit.
7. **Chris Osgood** — score 535/1000
   Goaltender who won three Stanley Cups with Detroit and was the starter for the 1998 and 2008 championship runs.
8. **Mike Vernon** — score 485/1000
   Goaltender who won the Conn Smythe Trophy as Detroit took the 1997 Stanley Cup.
9. **Sid Abel** — score 485/1000
   Center of the Production Line who won the Hart Trophy in 1949 and Stanley Cups with Detroit in 1943, 1950 and 1952.
10. **Ebbie Goodfellow** — score 485/1000
   Center turned defenseman who won the Hart Trophy in 1940 and three Stanley Cups with Detroit.
11. **Moritz Seider** — score 485/1000
   German defenseman who won the Calder Trophy with Detroit in 2022.
12. **Tomas Holmström** — score 485/1000
   Swedish forward who spent his entire 15-season NHL career with Detroit and won four Stanley Cups.
13. **Jimmy Howard** — score 485/1000
   Goaltender who played for Detroit from 2005–06 to 2019–20, finished runner-up for the 2010 Calder Trophy and was selected to three NHL All-Star Games.
14. **Henrik Zetterberg** — score 428/1000
   Swedish forward who won the Conn Smythe Trophy as Detroit took the 2008 Stanley Cup and captained the team from 2013 to 2018.
15. **Bill Quackenbush** — score 428/1000
   Defenseman who became the first blueliner to win the Lady Byng Trophy, in 1949 with Detroit.
16. **Terry Sawchuk** — score 428/1000
   Goaltender who won the Calder Trophy in 1951 and Stanley Cups with Detroit in 1952, 1954 and 1955.
17. **Roger Crozier** — score 428/1000
   Goaltender who won the Calder Trophy in 1965 and the Conn Smythe Trophy in 1966 despite Detroit losing the Final.
18. **Niklas Kronwall** — score 428/1000
   Swedish defenseman who played his entire NHL career with Detroit from 2003 to 2019 and won the 2008 Stanley Cup.
19. **Dino Ciccarelli** — score 428/1000
   Right wing who scored 41 goals and 97 points for Detroit in 1992–93.
20. **Marcel Pronovost** — score 428/1000
   Defenseman who played for Detroit from 1950 to 1965 and won four Stanley Cups with the club.
21. **Marcel Dionne** — score 428/1000
   Center drafted second overall by Detroit in 1971 who scored 121 points for the team in 1974–75 and won that season's Lady Byng Trophy.
22. **Norm Ullman** — score 428/1000
   Center who played for Detroit from 1955 to 1968 and led the NHL with 42 goals in 1964–65.
23. **Alex Delvecchio** — score 428/1000
   Center who played 24 seasons for Detroit, won three Stanley Cups in the 1950s and three Lady Byng Trophies.
24. **Red Kelly** — score 362/1000
   Defenseman who won four Stanley Cups with Detroit and became the first winner of the Norris Trophy in 1954.
25. **Syd Howe** — score 362/1000
   Forward who won three Stanley Cups with Detroit and scored six goals in a single game on February 3, 1944.
26. **Tony Leswick** — score 362/1000
   Forward who scored the overtime goal in Game 7 of the 1954 Final against Montreal to win the Stanley Cup for Detroit.
27. **Mickey Redmond** — score 362/1000
   Right wing who became the first Red Wing to score 50 goals with 52 in 1972–73.
28. **Herbie Lewis** — score 362/1000
   Left wing who won Stanley Cups with Detroit in 1936 and 1937 and was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1989.
29. **Larry Aurie** — score 362/1000
   Right wing who played for Detroit from 1927 to 1939 and led the NHL with 23 goals in 1936–37.
30. **Harry Lumley** — score 362/1000
   Goaltender who was in net for Detroit's 1950 Stanley Cup win.
31. **Frank Mahovlich** — score 362/1000
   Left wing who scored 49 goals for Detroit in 1968–69.
32. **Brendan Shanahan** — score 362/1000
   Left wing acquired by Detroit in 1996 who won Stanley Cups with the team in 1997, 1998 and 2002.
33. **Igor Larionov** — score 362/1000
   Russian center who won Stanley Cups with Detroit in 1997, 1998 and 2002 and scored the triple-overtime winner in Game 3 of the 2002 Final.
34. **Sergei Fedorov** — score 285/1000
   Russian center who played for Detroit from 1990 to 2003 and won the Hart Trophy in 1994 and three Stanley Cups.
35. **Dylan Larkin** — score 285/1000
   Center drafted 15th overall by Detroit in 2014 who was named the team's captain in 2021.
36. **Vladimir Konstantinov** — score 285/1000
   Russian defenseman who was a Norris Trophy runner-up in 1997 and whose career ended in a limousine crash days after the 1997 Stanley Cup win.
37. **Dominik Hašek** — score 285/1000
   Czech goaltender who won the 2002 Stanley Cup with Detroit while posting six playoff shutouts, then added a second Cup in 2008.
38. **Gerard Gallant** — score 285/1000
   Left wing who played for Detroit from 1984 to 1993 and scored 39 goals and 93 points in 1988–89.
39. **Kirk Maltby** — score 195/1000
   Grind Line winger who won four Stanley Cups with Detroit between 1997 and 2008.
40. **Kris Draper** — score 195/1000
   Grind Line center acquired from Winnipeg for one dollar in 1993 who won four Stanley Cups with Detroit and the 2004 Selke Trophy.
41. **Ted Lindsay** — score 195/1000
   Left wing on the Production Line who won four Stanley Cups with Detroit and the Art Ross Trophy in 1950.
42. **Darren McCarty** — score 195/1000
   Grind Line winger who scored the Stanley Cup-winning goal in Game 4 of the 1997 Final and won four Cups with Detroit.
43. **John Ogrodnick** — score 195/1000
   Left wing who scored 55 goals for Detroit in 1984–85.
44. **Pavel Datsyuk** — score 0/1000
   Russian center who won Stanley Cups with Detroit in 2002 and 2008, three straight Selke Trophies and four straight Lady Byng Trophies.
45. **Reed Larson** — score 0/1000
   American defenseman who played for Detroit from 1976 to 1986 and represented the team at the 1978, 1980 and 1981 NHL All-Star Games.
46. **Johan Franzén** — score 0/1000
   Swedish forward who scored 13 goals in the 2008 playoffs as Detroit won the Stanley Cup.

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