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Top 56 NHL Players of the 2010s

By YPB Team

Cup-hoarding captains, Vezina goalies and Norris defensemen share this decade with late-blooming snipers and a teenage phenom or two, all of them stars between 2010 and 2019.

  1. Sidney Crosby — ranked #11
    Sidney Crosby
    Pittsburgh captain who won the Stanley Cup and the Conn Smythe Trophy in both 2016 and 2017, plus the 2014 Hart Trophy.
    1000pts
  2. Jonathan Toews — ranked #22
    Jonathan Toews
    Chicago captain who lifted the Stanley Cup in 2010, 2013 and 2015 and won the 2010 Conn Smythe and 2013 Selke trophies.
    757pts
  3. Corey Perry — ranked #33
    Corey Perry
    Anaheim winger who won the 2011 Hart Trophy and Rocket Richard Trophy with 50 goals.
    727pts
  4. Evgeni Malkin — ranked #44
    Evgeni Malkin
    Pittsburgh center who won the Hart Trophy and Art Ross Trophy in 2012 and Stanley Cups in 2016 and 2017.
    727pts
  5. Alex Ovechkin — ranked #55
    Alex Ovechkin
    Washington winger who won six Rocket Richard trophies in the decade and the 2018 Stanley Cup with the Conn Smythe Trophy.
    727pts
  6. Carey Price — ranked #66
    Carey Price
    Montreal goaltender who swept the Hart, Vezina and Ted Lindsay awards in 2015 and won Olympic gold in 2014.
    682pts
  7. Duncan Keith — ranked #77
    Duncan Keith
    Chicago defenseman who won the Norris Trophy in 2010 and 2014 and the 2015 Conn Smythe Trophy.
    636pts
  8. Corey Crawford — ranked #88
    Corey Crawford
    Chicago goaltender who won Stanley Cups in 2013 and 2015 and the Jennings Trophy in both years.
    615pts
  9. Joe Pavelski — ranked #99
    Joe Pavelski
    San Jose captain who scored 41 goals in 2013-14 and led the Sharks to the 2016 Stanley Cup Final.
    615pts
  10. Henrik Zetterberg — ranked #1010
    Henrik Zetterberg
    Detroit captain from 2013 until a back injury ended his career in 2018.
    615pts
  11. Henrik Lundqvist — ranked #1111
    Henrik Lundqvist
    New York Rangers goaltender who won the 2012 Vezina Trophy and backstopped the team to the 2014 Stanley Cup Final.
    615pts
  12. Mark Giordano — ranked #1212
    Mark Giordano
    Calgary captain who won the 2019 Norris Trophy at age 35.
    568pts
  13. Sergei Bobrovsky — ranked #1313
    Sergei Bobrovsky
    Columbus goaltender who won the Vezina Trophy in 2013 and 2017.
    568pts
  14. Patrick Kane — ranked #1414
    Patrick Kane
    Chicago winger who won Cups in 2010, 2013 and 2015, the 2013 Conn Smythe, and the Hart and Art Ross in 2016.
    515pts
  15. Taylor Hall — ranked #1515
    Taylor Hall
    New Jersey winger who won the 2018 Hart Trophy after a 93-point season.
    515pts
  16. Henrik Sedin — ranked #1616
    Henrik Sedin
    Vancouver captain who won the Hart Trophy and Art Ross Trophy in 2010.
    515pts
  17. Drew Doughty — ranked #1717
    Drew Doughty
    Los Angeles defenseman who won Stanley Cups in 2012 and 2014 and the 2016 Norris Trophy.
    515pts
  18. Connor McDavid — ranked #1818
    Connor McDavid
    Edmonton center drafted first overall in 2015 who won the Hart in 2017 and the Art Ross in 2017 and 2018.
    454pts
  19. Claude Giroux — ranked #1919
    Claude Giroux
    Philadelphia captain who recorded a career-high 102 points in 2017-18.
    454pts
  20. Tyler Seguin — ranked #2020
    Tyler Seguin
    Center who won the 2011 Cup with Boston as a rookie and scored 40 goals for Dallas in 2017-18.
    454pts
  21. Nathan MacKinnon — ranked #2121
    Nathan MacKinnon
    Colorado center who won the 2014 Calder Trophy and finished second for the 2018 Hart after a 97-point season.
    454pts
  22. Brent Burns — ranked #2222
    Brent Burns
    San Jose defenseman who won the 2017 Norris Trophy after a 29-goal season.
    454pts
  23. Auston Matthews — ranked #2323
    Auston Matthews
    Toronto center who scored four goals in his 2016 debut and won the 2017 Calder Trophy with 40 goals.
    454pts
  24. Erik Karlsson — ranked #2424
    Erik Karlsson
    Ottawa defenseman who won the Norris Trophy in 2012 and 2015 before a 2018 trade to San Jose.
    454pts
  25. Victor Hedman — ranked #2525
    Victor Hedman
    Tampa Bay defenseman who won the 2018 Norris Trophy and reached the 2015 Stanley Cup Final.
    454pts
  26. Shea Weber — ranked #2626
    Shea Weber
    Nashville captain and two-time Olympic gold medalist (2010, 2014) who was traded to Montreal in 2016.
    454pts
  27. Kris Letang — ranked #2727
    Kris Letang
    Pittsburgh defenseman who played on the Stanley Cup winners of 2016 and 2017.
    454pts
  28. Ryan Getzlaf — ranked #2828
    Ryan Getzlaf
    Anaheim captain who finished second in 2014 Hart Trophy voting after an 87-point season.
    454pts
  29. Pekka Rinne — ranked #2929
    Pekka Rinne
    Nashville goaltender who won the 2018 Vezina Trophy and reached the 2017 Stanley Cup Final.
    384pts
  30. Leon Draisaitl — ranked #3030
    Leon Draisaitl
    Edmonton center who scored 50 goals and 105 points in 2018-19.
    384pts
  31. Ryan O'Reilly — ranked #3131
    Ryan O'Reilly
    St. Louis center who won the Conn Smythe Trophy and Selke Trophy in 2019.
    384pts
  32. Zdeno Chara — ranked #3232
    Zdeno Chara
    Boston captain who lifted the Stanley Cup in 2011 and anchored the Bruins defense all decade.
    384pts
  33. Phil Kessel — ranked #3333
    Phil Kessel
    Winger who won Stanley Cups with Pittsburgh in 2016 and 2017 and did not miss a game all decade.
    384pts
  34. Vladimir Tarasenko — ranked #3434
    Vladimir Tarasenko
    St. Louis winger who scored 30 or more goals in five straight seasons and won the 2019 Stanley Cup.
    384pts
  35. P. K. Subban — ranked #3535
    P. K. Subban
    Montreal defenseman who won the 2013 Norris Trophy and reached the 2017 Final after a trade to Nashville.
    303pts
  36. Marc-Andre Fleury — ranked #3636
    Marc-Andre Fleury
    Goaltender who won Cups with Pittsburgh in 2016 and 2017 and took Vegas to the 2018 Final in its first season.
    303pts
  37. Nicklas Backstrom — ranked #3737
    Nicklas Backstrom
    Washington center who led the NHL with 60 assists in 2014-15 and won the 2018 Stanley Cup.
    303pts
  38. Justin Williams — ranked #3838
    Justin Williams
    Los Angeles winger who won the 2014 Conn Smythe Trophy and earned the nickname Mr. Game 7.
    303pts
  39. Nikita Kucherov — ranked #3939
    Nikita Kucherov
    Tampa Bay winger who won the 2019 Hart and Art Ross trophies with 128 points.
    303pts
  40. Ryan Miller — ranked #4040
    Ryan Miller
    Buffalo goaltender who won the 2010 Vezina Trophy and was named MVP of the 2010 Olympic tournament.
    303pts
  41. Daniel Sedin — ranked #4141
    Daniel Sedin
    Vancouver winger who won the 2011 Art Ross Trophy and Ted Lindsay Award.
    303pts
  42. Steven Stamkos — ranked #4242
    Steven Stamkos
    Tampa Bay center who won the Rocket Richard Trophy in 2010 and again in 2012 with 60 goals.
    303pts
  43. Martin St. Louis — ranked #4343
    Martin St. Louis
    Tampa Bay winger who won the 2013 Art Ross Trophy at age 37.
    303pts
  44. Patrice Bergeron — ranked #4444
    Patrice Bergeron
    Boston center who won the 2011 Stanley Cup and the Selke Trophy in 2012, 2014, 2015 and 2017.
    206pts
  45. John Tavares — ranked #4545
    John Tavares
    New York Islanders captain who finished second in the 2015 scoring race and signed with Toronto in 2018.
    206pts
  46. Jamie Benn — ranked #4646
    Jamie Benn
    Dallas captain who won the 2015 Art Ross Trophy with 87 points.
    206pts
  47. Jonathan Quick — ranked #4747
    Jonathan Quick
    Los Angeles goaltender who won the 2012 Conn Smythe Trophy and Stanley Cups in 2012 and 2014.
    206pts
  48. Anze Kopitar — ranked #4848
    Anze Kopitar
    Los Angeles center who won Stanley Cups in 2012 and 2014 and the 2016 Selke Trophy.
    206pts
  49. Pavel Datsyuk — ranked #4949
    Pavel Datsyuk
    Detroit center who won his third straight Selke Trophy in 2010 and played in the NHL until 2016.
    206pts
  50. Braden Holtby — ranked #5050
    Braden Holtby
    Washington goaltender who won the 2016 Vezina with a record-tying 48 wins and the 2018 Stanley Cup.
    206pts
  51. Tuukka Rask — ranked #5151
    Tuukka Rask
    Boston goaltender who won the 2014 Vezina Trophy and reached the 2013 and 2019 Finals.
    206pts
  52. Dustin Brown — ranked #5252
    Dustin Brown
    Los Angeles captain who lifted the Stanley Cup in 2012 and 2014.
    206pts
  53. Andrei Vasilevskiy — ranked #5353
    Andrei Vasilevskiy
    Tampa Bay goaltender who won the 2019 Vezina Trophy after a 39-win season.
    0pts
  54. Tim Thomas — ranked #5454
    Tim Thomas
    Boston goaltender who won the Vezina Trophy and Conn Smythe Trophy in 2011 on the way to the Cup.
    0pts
  55. Joe Thornton — ranked #5555
    Joe Thornton
    San Jose center who reached the 2016 Stanley Cup Final and recorded his 1,000th assist in 2017.
    0pts
  56. Brad Marchand — ranked #5656
    Brad Marchand
    Boston winger who won the 2011 Stanley Cup and posted 100 points in 2018-19.
    0pts

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