Art Ross Trophy

The Art Ross Trophy at General Motors Place in Vancouver

The Art Ross Trophy is an ice hockey trophy in the National Hockey League . It is awarded to the NHL player with the highest number of points (goals + assists ) during the regular season. The trophy was named after Arthur Howie "Art" Ross , an ice hockey player, referee, coach and manager. The trophy was first awarded in 1948.

If two or more players have the same number of points, the player who scored more goals wins. If there is a tie in the number of goals scored, the player who has played fewer games wins. If there is still a tie, the winner is whoever scored his first goal of the season earlier.

Elmer Lach was the first winner of the Art Ross Trophy in 1948 and needed 61 points for it . This is the lowest value since the trophy was awarded. The record winner is Wayne Gretzky , who led the scorer list of the National Hockey League ten times during his career at the end of the season and holds another record with seven successes in a row from 1981 to 1987. He is also the only player in league history to score more than 200 points in one season. He succeeded four times, with he reached another record in the 1985/86 season with 215 points. In addition to Gretzky, Gordie Howe and Mario Lemieux led the scorer rankings in the National Hockey League several times and both won the Art Ross Trophy six times. Five-time winners of the award were Phil Esposito and Jaromír Jágr . The Czech Jágr is therefore also the most successful European player. Wayne Gretzky was the only player to win the Art Ross Trophy as a member of two teams, seven times as a player for the Edmonton Oilers and three times for the Los Angeles Kings . Joe Thornton was transferred from the Boston Bruins to the San Jose Sharks during the 2005/06 season and at the end of the season became the first player in league history to play for two teams in one season and win the Art Ross Trophy.

Sidney Crosby became the youngest player in history to win the trophy in 2007 at the age of 19. Gordie Howe was 34 years old when he finished the regular season as the top scorer for the last time in his career in 1963, and the oldest player to ever do so. This only changed when Martin St. Louis won his second Art Ross Trophy in 2013 at the age of 37. This makes him not only the oldest player to succeed, but also the player who had the most time (nine years) between his first and second win of the award. The trophy has been won 13 times by a Pittsburgh Penguins player . A player from the Edmonton Oilers was successful ten times, and a player from the Montréal Canadiens and Chicago Blackhawks won nine times . Two-time winner Bobby Orr is the only defender to top the scorer standings at the end of the season. Elmer Lach (1948), Roy Conacher (1949) and Mario Lemieux (1993) had enough 60 matches to top the league's scorer list at the end of the season. This is the lowest number during a fully played season. This value was only undercut by Jaromír Jágr and also Martin St. Louis, who ended the 1994/95 season and the 2012/2013 season at St. Louis as the top scorer and had completed 48 NHL games. However, it must be noted that this season was shortened to 48 matches due to a lockout . So far, eleven winners came to the current maximum number of 82 NHL games, with Jarome Iginla succeeding in the 2001/02 season as the first player. All previous winners had a point average of over one point per game. Besides Wayne Gretzky, only Mario Lemieux achieved an average of over two points. So far, 30 players have won the Art Ross Trophy, twelve players have been successful several times.

List of winners

Elmer Lach was the first winner of the trophy in 1948

Wayne Gretzky was the top scorer of the National Hockey League ten times

Gordie Howe won the Art Ross Trophy six times

Bobby Orr was the only defender to win the trophy

Sidney Crosby was the only winner under the age of 20

• Year : The year in which the player won the Art Ross Trophy.
• Winner : Name the winner.
• Team: Name the franchise the player was playing for at the time.
• Games: The number of games that the winner has played.
• Goals: states the number of goals the winner has scored.
• Assists: The number of assists the winner has achieved.
• Points: states the number of points the winner has achieved.
• Average : states the average number of points scored per season game.
• Age: States the age of the winner in years at the end of the respective regular season.

year		winner	team	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	cut	Age
2020		Leon Draisaitl	Edmonton Oilers	71	43	67	110	1.55	24
2019		Nikita Kucherov	Tampa Bay Lightning	82	41	87	128	1.56	25th
2018		Connor McDavid	Edmonton Oilers	82	41	67	108	1.32	21st
2017		Connor McDavid	Edmonton Oilers	82	30th	70	100	1.22	20th
2016		Patrick Kane	Chicago Blackhawks	82	46	60	106	1.29	27
2015		Jamie Benn	Dallas Stars	82	35	52	87	1.06	25th
2014		Sidney Crosby	Pittsburgh Penguins	80	36	68	104	1.30	26th
2013		Martin St. Louis	Tampa Bay Lightning	48	17th	43	60	1.25	37
2012		Yevgeny Malkin	Pittsburgh Penguins	75	50	59	109	1.45	25th
2011		Daniel Sedin	Vancouver Canucks	82	41	63	104	1.27	30th
2010		Henrik Sedin	Vancouver Canucks	82	29	83	112	1.37	29
2009		Yevgeny Malkin	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	35	78	113	1.38	22nd
2008		Alexander Ovechkin	Washington Capitals	82	65	47	112	1.37	22nd
2007		Sidney Crosby	Pittsburgh Penguins	79	36	84	120	1.52	19th
2006		Joe Thornton	San Jose Sharks	81	29	96	125	1.54	26th
2005	not held due to lockouts
2004		Martin St. Louis	Tampa Bay Lightning	82	38	56	94	1.15	28
2003		Peter Forsberg	Colorado Avalanche	75	29	77	106	1.41	29
2002		Jarome Iginla	Calgary Flames	82	52	44	96	1.17	24
2001		Jaromír Jágr	Pittsburgh Penguins	81	52	69	121	1.49	28
2000		Jaromír Jágr	Pittsburgh Penguins	63	42	54	96	1.52	27
1999		Jaromír Jágr	Pittsburgh Penguins	81	44	83	127	1.57	26th
1998		Jaromír Jágr	Pittsburgh Penguins	77	35	67	102	1.32	25th
1997		Mario Lemieux	Pittsburgh Penguins	76	50	72	122	1.61	31
1996		Mario Lemieux	Pittsburgh Penguins	70	69	92	161	2.30	30th
1995		Jaromír Jágr	Pittsburgh Penguins	48	32	38	70	1.46	22nd
1994		Wayne Gretzky	Los Angeles Kings	81	38	92	130	1.60	33
1993		Mario Lemieux	Pittsburgh Penguins	60	69	91	160	2.67	27
1992		Mario Lemieux	Pittsburgh Penguins	64	44	87	131	2.05	26th
1991		Wayne Gretzky	Los Angeles Kings	78	41	122	163	2.09	30th
1990		Wayne Gretzky	Los Angeles Kings	73	40	102	142	1.95	29
1989		Mario Lemieux	Pittsburgh Penguins	76	85	114	199	2.62	23
1988		Mario Lemieux	Pittsburgh Penguins	77	70	98	168	2.18	22nd
1987		Wayne Gretzky	Edmonton Oilers	79	62	121	183	2.32	26th
1986		Wayne Gretzky	Edmonton Oilers	80	52	163	215	2.69	25th
1985		Wayne Gretzky	Edmonton Oilers	80	73	135	208	2.60	24
1984		Wayne Gretzky	Edmonton Oilers	74	87	118	205	2.77	23
1983		Wayne Gretzky	Edmonton Oilers	80	71	125	196	2.45	22nd
1982		Wayne Gretzky	Edmonton Oilers	80	92	120	212	2.65	21st
1981		Wayne Gretzky	Edmonton Oilers	80	55	109	164	2.05	20th
1980		Marcel Dionne	Los Angeles Kings	80	53	84	137	1.71	28
1979		Bryan Trottier	New York Islanders	76	47	87	134	1.76	22nd
1978		Guy Lafleur	Montréal Canadiens	78	60	72	132	1.69	26th
1977		Guy Lafleur	Montréal Canadiens	80	56	80	136	1.70	25th
1976		Guy Lafleur	Montréal Canadiens	80	56	69	125	1.56	24
1975		Bobby Orr	Boston Bruins	80	46	89	135	1.69	26th
1974		Phil Esposito	Boston Bruins	78	68	77	145	1.86	31
1973		Phil Esposito	Boston Bruins	78	55	75	130	1.67	30th
1972		Phil Esposito	Boston Bruins	76	66	67	133	1.75	29
1971		Phil Esposito	Boston Bruins	78	76	76	152	1.95	28
1970		Bobby Orr	Boston Bruins	76	33	87	120	1.58	21st
1969		Phil Esposito	Boston Bruins	74	49	77	126	1.70	26th
1968		Stan Mikita	Chicago Black Hawks	72	40	47	87	1.21	27
1967		Stan Mikita	Chicago Black Hawks	70	35	62	97	1.39	26th
1966		Bobby Hull	Chicago Black Hawks	65	54	43	97	1.49	27
1965		Stan Mikita	Chicago Black Hawks	70	28	59	87	1.24	24
1964		Stan Mikita	Chicago Black Hawks	70	39	50	89	1.27	23
1963		Gordie Howe	Detroit Red Wings	70	38	48	86	1.23	34
1962		Bobby Hull	Chicago Black Hawks	70	50	34	84	1.20	23
1961		Bernie Geoffrion	Montréal Canadiens	64	50	45	95	1.48	29
1960		Bobby Hull	Chicago Black Hawks	70	39	42	81	1.16	21st
1959		Dickie Moore	Montréal Canadiens	70	41	55	96	1.37	28
1958		Dickie Moore	Montréal Canadiens	70	36	48	84	1.20	27
1957		Gordie Howe	Detroit Red Wings	70	44	45	89	1.27	28
1956		Jean Béliveau	Montréal Canadiens	70	47	41	88	1.26	24
1955		Bernie Geoffrion	Montréal Canadiens	70	38	37	75	1.07	23
1954		Gordie Howe	Detroit Red Wings	70	33	48	81	1.16	25th
1953		Gordie Howe	Detroit Red Wings	70	49	46	95	1.36	24
1952		Gordie Howe	Detroit Red Wings	70	47	39	86	1.23	23
1951		Gordie Howe	Detroit Red Wings	70	43	43	86	1.23	22nd
1950		Ted Lindsay	Detroit Red Wings	69	23	55	78	1.13	24
1949		Roy Conacher	Chicago Black Hawks	60	26th	42	68	1.13	32
1948		Elmer Lach	Montréal Canadiens	60	30th	31	61	1.02	30th

Top scorer until 1947

Joe Malone was the National Hockey League's first top scorer in 1918

Ace Bailey finished the 1928/29 season as the best point player

Newsy Lalonde was the league's top scorer twice

• Year : The year in which the player topped the scorer list.
• Top scorer : states the name of the leader in the scorer list.
• Team: Name the franchise the player was playing for at the time.
• Points: States the number of points that the player with the highest points has achieved.

year	Top scorer	team	Points
1947	Max Bentley	Chicago Black Hawks	72
1946	Max Bentley	Chicago Black Hawks	61
1945	Elmer Lach	Montréal Canadiens	80
1944	Herb Cain	Boston Bruins	82
1943	Doug Bentley	Chicago Black Hawks	73
1942	Bryan Hextall	New York Rangers	56
1941	Bill Cowley	Boston Bruins	62
1940	Milt Schmidt	Boston Bruins	52
1939	Toe Blake	Montréal Canadiens	47
1938	Gordie Drillon	Toronto Maple Leafs	52
1937	Sweeney Schriner	New York Americans	46
1936	Sweeney Schriner	New York Americans	45
1935	Charlie Conacher	Toronto Maple Leafs	57
1934	Charlie Conacher	Toronto Maple Leafs	52
1933	Bill Cook	New York Rangers	50
1932	Busher Jackson	Toronto Maple Leafs	53
1931	Howie Morenz	Montréal Canadiens	51
1930	Cooney Weiland	Boston Bruins	73
1929	Ace Bailey	Toronto Maple Leafs	32
1928	Howie Morenz	Montréal Canadiens	51
1927	Bill Cook	New York Rangers	37
1926	Nels Stewart	Montreal Maroons	42
1925	Babe dye	Toronto Maple Leafs	44
1924	Cy Denneny	Ottawa Senators	23
1923	Babe dye	Toronto Maple Leafs	37
1922	Punch Broadbent	Ottawa Senators	46
1921	Newsy Lalonde	Montréal Canadiens	41
1920	Joe Malone	Quebec Bulldogs	45
1919	Newsy Lalonde	Montréal Canadiens	32
1918	Joe Malone	Montréal Canadiens	44

Web links

• Art Ross Trophy at legendsofhockey.net

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Trophies - Art Ross Trophy. (No longer available online.) Nhl.com, archived from the original on April 27, 2006 ; accessed on March 2, 2011 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e} NHL Art Ross Trophy Winners. hockey-reference.com, accessed March 2, 2011 .