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The Calder Memorial Trophy, named after former National Hockey League president Frank Calder, is awarded to the National Hockey League player judged to be the most proficient in his first season. Frank Calder was the NHL's president from 1917 until his sudden death in 1943. Although the NHL's best rookie was announced beginning with Carl Voss in 1933, it wasn't until the 1936-37 season and Syl Apps the recipient that the winner actually won the Calder Trophy. Upon Calder's death, the award became the Calder Memorial Trophy.
| 2018-19 | Pettersson, Elias | Vancouver Canucks |
| 2017-18 | Barzal, Mathew | New York Islanders |
| 2016-17 | Matthews, Auston | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| 2015-16 | Panarin, Artemi | Chicago Blackhawks |
| 2014-15 | Ekblad, Aaron | Florida Panthers |
| 2013-14 | MacKinnon, Nathan | Colorado Avalanche |
| 2012-13 | Huberdeau, Jonathan | Florida Panthers |
| 2011-12 | Landeskog, Gabriel | Colorado Avalanche |
| 2010-11 | Skinner, Jeff | Carolina Hurricanes |
| 2009-10 | Myers, Tyler | Buffalo Sabres |
| 2008-09 | Mason, Steve | Columbus Blue Jackets |
| 2007-08 | Kane, Patrick | Chicago Blackhawks |
| 2006-07 | Malkin, Evgeni | Pittsburgh Penguins |
| 2005-06 | Ovechkin, Alexander | Washington Capitals |
| 2003-04 | Raycroft, Andrew | Boston Bruins |
| 2002-03 | Jackman, Barrett | St. Louis Blues |
| 2001-02 | Heatley, Dany | Atlanta Thrashers |
| 2000-01 | Nabokov, Evgeni | San Jose Sharks |
| 1999-2000 | Gomez, Scott | New Jersey Devils |
| 1998-99 | Drury, Chris | Colorado Avalanche |
| 1997-98 | Samsonov, Sergei | Boston Bruins |
| 1996-97 | Berard, Bryan | New York Islanders |
| 1995-96 | Alfredsson, Daniel | Ottawa Senators |
| 1994-95 | Forsberg, Peter | Quebec Nordiques |
| 1993-94 | Brodeur, Martin | New Jersey Devils |
| 1992-93 | Selanne, Teemu | Winnipeg Jets |
| 1991-92 | Bure, Pavel | Vancouver Canucks |
| 1990-91 | Belfour, Ed | Chicago Blackhawks |
| 1989-90 | Makarov, Sergei | Calgary Flames |
| 1988-89 | Leetch, Brian | New York Rangers |
| 1987-88 | Nieuwendyk, Joe | Calgary Flames |
| 1986-87 | Robitaille, Luc | Los Angeles Kings |
| 1985-86 | Suter, Gary | Calgary Flames |
| 1984-85 | Lemieux, Mario | Pittsburgh Penguins |
| 1983-84 | Barrasso, Tom | Buffalo Sabres |
| 1982-83 | Larmer, Steve | Chicago Blackhawks |
| 1981-82 | Hawerchuk, Dale | Winnipeg Jets |
| 1980-81 | Stastny, Peter | Quebec Nordiques |
| 1979-80 | Bourque, Ray | Boston Bruins |
| 1978-79 | Smith, Bobby | Minnesota North Stars |
| 1977-78 | Bossy, Mike | New York Islanders |
| 1976-77 | Plett, Willi | Atlanta Flames |
| 1975-76 | Trottier, Bryan | New York Islanders |
| 1974-75 | Vail, Eric | Atlanta Flames |
| 1973-74 | Potvin, Denis | New York Islanders |
| 1972-73 | Vickers, Steve | New York Rangers |
| 1971-72 | Dryden, Ken | Montreal Canadiens |
| 1970-71 | Perreault, Gilbert | Buffalo Sabres |
| 1969-70 | Esposito, Tony | Chicago Blackhawks |
| 1968-69 | Grant, Danny | Minnesota North Stars |
| 1967-68 | Sanderson, Derek | Boston Bruins |
| 1966-67 | Orr, Bobby | Boston Bruins |
| 1965-66 | Selby, Brit | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| 1964-65 | Crozier, Roger | Detroit Red Wings |
| 1963-64 | Laperriere, Jacques | Montreal Canadiens |
| 1962-63 | Douglas, Kent | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| 1961-62 | Rousseau, Bobby | Montreal Canadiens |
| 1960-61 | Keon, Dave | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| 1959-60 | Hay, Bill | Chicago Blackhawks |
| 1958-59 | Backstrom, Ralph | Montreal Canadiens |
| 1957-58 | Mahovlich, Frank | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| 1956-57 | Regan, Larry | Boston Bruins |
| 1955-56 | Hall, Glenn | Detroit Red Wings |
| 1954-55 | Litzenberger, Ed | Chicago Blackhawks |
| 1953-54 | Henry, Camille | New York Rangers |
| 1952-53 | Worsley, Gump | New York Rangers |
| 1951-52 | Geoffrion, Bernie | Montreal Canadiens |
| 1950-51 | Sawchuk, Terry | Detroit Red Wings |
| 1949-50 | Gelineau, Jack | Boston Bruins |
| 1948-49 | Lund, Pentti | New York Rangers |
| 1947-48 | McFadden, Jim | Detroit Red Wings |
| 1946-47 | Meeker, Howie | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| 1945-46 | Laprade, Edgar | New York Rangers |
| 1944-45 | McCool, Frank | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| 1943-44 | Bodnar, Gus | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| 1942-43 | Stewart, Gaye | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| 1941-42 | Warwick, Grant | New York Rangers |
| 1940-41 | Quilty, Johnny | Montreal Canadiens |
| 1939-40 | MacDonald, Kilby | New York Rangers |
| 1938-39 | Brimsek, Frank | Boston Bruins |
| 1937-38 | Dahlstrom, Cully | Chicago Blackhawks |
| 1936-37 | Apps, Syl | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| 1935-36 | Karakas, Mike | Chicago Blackhawks |
| 1934-35 | Schriner, Sweeney | New York Americans |
| 1933-34 | Blinko, Russ | Montreal Maroons |
| 1932-33 | Voss, Carl | Detroit Red Wings |
