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Top Point Scorer

An annual award “to the player who leads the league in scoring points at the end of the regular season.” History: Arthur Howey Ross, former manager-coach of the Boston Bruins, presented the trophy to the National Hockey League in 1948. If two players finish the schedule with the same number of points, the trophy is awarded in the following manner: 1. Player with most goals. 2. Player with fewer games played. 3. Player scoring first goal of the season. Right winger Patrick Kane of the Chicago Blackhawks won his first career Art Ross Trophy. Kane finished the season with a career-high 46 goals, 60 assists and 106 points, besting Dallas Stars forward Jamie Benn (41 goals, 48 assists, 89 points) and Pittsburgh Penguins forward Sidney Crosby (36 goals, 49 assists, 85 points) and becoming the first American-born player to win the NHL scoring title. Kane registered at least one point in 64 of the 82 contests he played in (78.0 percent), highlighted by a 26-game point streak from October 17 to December 13 (16 goals, 24 assists, 40 points) which set a franchise record, was the longest by a U.S.-born player in NHL history and the longest by any player since 1992-93 (Mats Sundin, 30 games). Kane also recorded his first two career hat tricks (January 15 at Toronto and April 3 versus Boston) and scored in a career-high seven straight games from November 2 to 15, which tied him for the longest such run by any player in 2015-16. Kane became the first U.S.-born player to reach the 100-point milestone since Doug Weight in 1995-96 and the first Blackhawks player to hit the number since Jeremy Roenick in 1993-94. He joins Hockey Hall of Famers Stan Mikita, Bobby Hull, Roy Conacher, Max Bentley and Doug Bentley as Chicago players to win the NHL scoring title.
The Art Ross Trophy was presented to the National Hockey League in 1947 by Arthur Howie "Art" Ross, former general manager and head coach of the Boston Bruins and Hockey Hall of Fame inductee as a player. Elmer Lach was the winner of the first Art Ross Trophy, which was awarded at the conclusion of the 1947Ð48 NHL season.
SeasonWinnerTeamRunner-Up
2022-2023 Connor McDavid Edmonton Oilers Leon Draisaitl
2021-2022 Connor McDavid Edmonton Oilers Johnny Gaudreau
2020-2021 Connor McDavid Edmonton Oilers Leon Draisaitl
2019-2020 Leon Draisaitl Edmonton Oilers Connor McDavid
2018-2019 Nikita Kucherov Tampa Bay Lightning Connor McDavid
2017-2018 Connor McDavid Edmonton Oilers Claude Giroux
2016-2017 Connor McDavid Edmonton Oilers Sidney Crosby
2015-2016 Patrick Kane Chicago Blackhawks Jamie Benn
2014-2015 Jamie Benn Dallas Stars John Tavares
2013-2014 Sidney Crosby Pittsburgh Penguins Ryan Getzlaf
2012-2013 Martin St. Louis Tampa Bay Lightning Steven Stamkos
2011-2012 Evgeni Malkin Pittsburgh Penguins Steven Stamkos
2010-2011 Daniel Sedin Vancouver Canucks Martin St. Louis
2009-2010 Henrik Sedin Vancouver Canucks Sidney Crosby
2008-2009 Evgeni Malkin Pittsburgh Penguins Alex Ovechkin
2007-2008 Alex Ovechkin Washington Capitals Evgeni Malkin
2006-2007 Sidney Crosby Pittsburgh Penguins Joe Thornton
2005-2006 Joe Thornton San Jose Sharks Jaromir Jagr
2003-2004 Martin St. Louis Tampa Bay Lightning Ilya Kovalchuk
2002-2003 Peter Forsberg Colorado Avalanche Markus Naslund
2001-2002 Jarome Iginla Calgary Flames Markus Naslund
2000-2001 Jaromir Jagr Pittsburgh Penguins Joe Sakic
1999-2000 Jaromir Jagr Pittsburgh Penguins Pavel Bure
1998-1999 Jaromir Jagr Pittsburgh Penguins Teemu Selanne
1997-1998 Jaromir Jagr Pittsburgh Penguins Peter Forsberg
1996-1997 Mario Lemieux Pittsburgh Penguins Teemu Selanne
1995-1996 Mario Lemieux Pittsburgh Penguins Jaromir Jagr
1994-1995 Jaromir Jagr Pittsburgh Penguins Eric Lindros
1993-1994 Wayne Gretzky Los Angeles Kings Sergei Fedorov
1992-1993 Mario Lemieux Pittsburgh Penguins Pat LaFontaine
1991-1992 Mario Lemieux Pittsburgh Penguins Kevin Stevens
1990-1991 Wayne Gretzky Los Angeles Kings Brett Hull
1989-1990 Wayne Gretzky Los Angeles Kings Mark Messier
1988-1989 Mario Lemieux Pittsburgh Penguins Wayne Gretzky
1987-1988 Mario Lemieux Pittsburgh Penguins Wayne Gretzky
1986-1987 Wayne Gretzky Edmonton Oilers Jari Kurri
1985-1986 Wayne Gretzky Edmonton Oilers Mario Lemieux
1984-1985 Wayne Gretzky Edmonton Oilers Jari Kurri
1983-1984 Wayne Gretzky Edmonton Oilers Paul Coffey
1982-1983 Wayne Gretzky Edmonton Oilers Peter Stastny
1981-1982 Wayne Gretzky Edmonton Oilers Mike Bossy
1980-1981 Wayne Gretzky Edmonton Oilers Marcel Dionne
1979-1980 Marcel Dionne Los Angeles Kings Wayne Gretzky
1978-1979 Bryan Trottier New York Islanders Marcel Dionne
1977-1978 Guy Lafleur Montréal Canadiens Bryan Trottier
1976-1977 Guy Lafleur Montréal Canadiens Marcel Dionne
1975-1976 Guy Lafleur Montréal Canadiens Bobby Clarke
1974-1975 Bobby Orr Boston Bruins Phil Esposito
1973-1974 Phil Esposito Boston Bruins Bobby Orr
1972-1973 Phil Esposito Boston Bruins Bobby Clarke
1971-1972 Phil Esposito Boston Bruins Bobby Orr
1970-1971 Phil Esposito Boston Bruins Bobby Orr
1969-1970 Bobby Orr Boston Bruins Phil Esposito
1968-1969 Phil Esposito Boston Bruins Bobby Hull
1967-1968 Stan Mikita Chicago Blackhawks Phil Esposito
1966-1967 Stan Mikita Chicago Blackhawks Bobby Hull
1965-1966 Bobby Hull Chicago Blackhawks Stan Mikita
1964-1965 Stan Mikita Chicago Blackhawks Norm Ullman
1963-1964 Stan Mikita Chicago Blackhawks Bobby Hull
1962-1963 Gordie Howe Detroit Red Wings Andy Bathgate
1961-1962 Bobby Hull Chicago Blackhawks Andy Bathgate
1960-1961 Bernie Geoffrion Montréal Canadiens Jean Beliveau
1959-1960 Bobby Hull Chicago Blackhawks Bronco Horvath
1958-1959 Dickie Moore Montréal Canadiens Jean Beliveau
1957-1958 Dickie Moore Montréal Canadiens Henri Richard
1956-1957 Gordie Howe Detroit Red Wings Ted Lindsay
1955-1956 Jean Beliveau Montréal Canadiens Gordie Howe
1954-1955 Bernie Geoffrion Montréal Canadiens Maurice Richard
1953-1954 Gordie Howe Detroit Red Wings Maurice Richard
1952-1953 Gordie Howe Detroit Red Wings Ted Lindsay
1951-1952 Gordie Howe Detroit Red Wings Ted Lindsay
1950-1951 Gordie Howe Detroit Red Wings Maurice Richard
1949-1950 Ted Lindsay Detroit Red Wings Sid Abel
1948-1949 Roy Conacher Chicago Blackhawks Doug Bentley
1947-1948 Elmer Lach Montréal Canadiens Buddy O'Connor