When was the last time each NHL team had a player win the Hart Trophy?

The NHL’s equivalent of a Most Valuable Player award, many of the sport’s greatest players of all-time have taken home the honor on multiple occasions.

The 2025-26 NHL regular season is nearly complete, with nine of the 16 playoff spots currently locked up with just a handful of games left for the league’s 32 teams.

While clubs are gearing up for this year’s Stanley Cup Playoffs, some players are also looking to put finishing touches on what have been masterful campaigns in hopes of being honored with one of the league’s prestigious awards come late June.

The loftiest of these honors is undoubtedly the Hart Memorial Trophy, the NHL’s de facto Most Valuable Player award. First awarded 102 years ago in 1924, the trophy is given to the player who was most valuable to his team during the NHL season.

Throughout the league’s history, the award has been dominated by some of the sport’s greatest players of all-time, many of whom took home the trophy more than once. While the award has been issued 99 times since its inception over a century ago, only 61 different players have won the award.

Thus far, just 21 of the league’s 32 teams have had a player win the award, with that being unlikely to change in 2026 – with top scorers Nathan MacKinnon, Nikita Kucherov and Connor McDavid all being previous winners of the award with their current franchise.

Multiple wins have dominated much of the award’s history, with the most notable example coming during the 1980’s as Wayne Gretzky took home the award on eight consecutive occasions. After a one-year hiatus, Gretzky then won the award for a ninth and final time as a member of the Los Angeles Kings.

In addition to Gretzky, eight other players have won the award more than twice, including six wins from Gordie Howe and four wins from old-time Bruins great Eddie Shore. McDavid and Alex Ovechkin are the only two active players with three Hart Trophy wins.

As of the 2025-26 NHL season, the following 11 teams have never had a player win the Hart Memorial Trophy:

1. Ottawa Senators
2. Florida Panthers
3. Carolina Hurricanes
4. Columbus Blue Jackets
5. Dallas Stars
6. Minnesota Wild
7. Utah Mammoth
8. Nashville Predators
9. Vegas Golden Knights
10. Seattle Kraken
11. Calgary Flames

Beginning with the most recent wins, here’s a look at the last time the other 21 teams in the league had a player take home the NHL’s most prestigious honor for a single player:

* denotes partial season, listed alongside stats compiled with that team for a given season.

1. Tampa Bay Lightning: 2025-26, Nikita Kucherov (44 G, 86 A, 130 P)
2. Winnipeg Jets: 2024-25, Connor Hellebuyck (47-12-3, 2.00, .925 SV %)
3. Colorado Avalanche: 2023-24, Nathan MacKinnon (51 G, 89 A, 140 P)
4. Edmonton Oilers: 2022-23, Connor McDavid (64 G, 89 A, 153 P)
5. Toronto Maple Leafs: 2021-22, Auston Matthews (60 G, 46 A, 106 P)
6. New Jersey Devils: 2017-18, Taylor Hall (39 G, 54 A, 93 P)
7. Chicago Blackhawks: 2015-16, Patrick Kane (46 G, 60 A, 106 P)
8. Montreal Canadiens: 2014-15, Carey Price (44-16-6, 1.96, .933 SV%)
9. Pittsburgh Penguins: 2013-14, Sidney Crosby (36 G, 68 A, 104 P)
10. Washington Capitals: 2012-13, Alex Ovechkin (32 G, 24 A, 56 P)
11. Anaheim Ducks: 2010-11, Corey Perry (50 G, 48 A, 98 P)
12. Vancouver Canucks: 2009-10, Henrik Sedin (29 G, 83 A, 112 P)
13. Boston Bruins: 2005-06, Joe Thornton (9 G, 24 A, 33 P)*
14. San Jose Sharks: 2005-06, Joe Thornton (20 G, 72 A, 92 P)*
15. St. Louis Blues: 1999-00, Chris Pronger (14 G, 48 A, 62 P)
16. Buffalo Sabres: 1997-98, Dominik Hašek (33-23-13, 2.09, .932 SV%)
17. Philadelphia Flyers: 1994-95, Eric Lindros (29 G, 41 A, 70 P)
18. Detroit Red Wings: 1993-94, Sergei Fedorov (56 G, 64 A, 120 P)
19. New York Rangers: 1991-92, Mark Messier (35 G, 72 A, 107 P)
20. Los Angeles Kings: 1988-89, Wayne Gretzky (54 G, 114 A, 168 P)
21. New York Islanders: 1978-79, Bryan Trottier (47 G, 87 A, 134 P)