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The Hart Memorial Trophy was presented to the National Hockey League in 1923 by Dr. David Hart. Dr. Hart was the father of Cecil Hart, the former coach and manager of the Montreal Canadiens. Cecil Hart coached the Canadiens between 1926-27 and 1938-39, winning back-to-back Stanley Cup championships in 1930 and 1931.
The trophy is presented to the most valuable player in the National Hockey League during the regular season. Voting is conducted by the members of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association. The initial winner was Frank Nighbor of the Ottawa Senators, awarded the Hart at the conclusion of the 1923-24 season. Wayne Gretzky has collected the most Harts-nine in total, with eight from his days as an Edmonton Oiler and one as a King in Los Angeles.
Leading winners: Wayne Gretzky (9), Gordie Howe (6), Eddie Shore (4).
| 2018-19 | Kucherov, Nikita | Tampa Bay Lightning |
| 2017-18 | Hall, Taylor | New Jersey Devils |
| 2016-17 | McDavid, Connor | Edmonton Oilers |
| 2015-16 | Kane, Patrick | Chicago Blackhawks |
| 2014-15 | Price, Carey | Montreal Canadiens |
| 2013-14 | Crosby, Sidney | Pittsburgh Penguins |
| 2012-13 | Ovechkin, Alexander | Washington Capitals |
| 2011-12 | Malkin, Evgeni | Pittsburgh Penguins |
| 2010-11 | Perry, Corey | Anaheim Ducks |
| 2009-10 | Sedin, Henrik | Vancouver Canucks |
| 2008-09 | Ovechkin, Alex | Washington Capitals |
| 2007-08 | Ovechkin, Alex | Washington Capitals |
| 2006-07 | Crosby, Sidney | Pittsburgh Penguins |
| 2005-06 | Thornton, Joe | San Jose Sharks |
| 2003-04 | St. Louis, Martin | Tampa Bay Lightning |
| 2002-03 | Forsberg , Peter | Colorado Avalanche |
| 2001-02 | Théodore, José | Montreal Canadiens |
| 2000-01 | Sakic, Joe | Colorado Avalanche |
| 1999-2000 | Pronger, Chris | St. Louis Blues |
| 1998-99 | Jagr, Jaromir | Pittsburgh Penguins |
| 1997-98 | Hasek, Dominik | Buffalo Sabres |
| 1996-97 | Hasek, Dominik | Buffalo Sabres |
| 1995-96 | Lemieux, Mario | Pittsburgh Penguins |
| 1994-95 | Lindros, Eric | Philadelphia Flyers |
| 1993-94 | Federov, Sergei | Detroit Red Wings |
| 1992-93 | Lemieux, Mario | Pittsburgh Penguins |
| 1991-92 | Messier, Mark | New York Rangers |
| 1990-91 | Hull, Brett | St. Louis Blues |
| 1989-90 | Messier, Mark | Edmonton Oilers |
| 1988-89 | Gretzky, Wayne | Los Angeles Kings |
| 1987-88 | Lemieux, Mario | Pittsburgh Penguins |
| 1986-87 | Gretzky, Wayne | Edmonton Oilers |
| 1985-86 | Gretzky, Wayne | Edmonton Oilers |
| 1984-85 | Gretzky, Wayne | Edmonton Oilers |
| 1983-84 | Gretzky, Wayne | Edmonton Oilers |
| 1982-83 | Gretzky, Wayne | Edmonton Oilers |
| 1981-82 | Gretzky, Wayne | Edmonton Oilers |
| 1980-81 | Gretzky, Wayne | Edmonton Oilers |
| 1979-80 | Gretzky, Wayne | Edmonton Oilers |
| 1978-79 | Trottier, Bryan | New York Islanders |
| 1977-78 | Lafleur, Guy | Montreal Canadiens |
| 1976-77 | Lafleur, Guy | Montreal Canadiens |
| 1975-76 | Clarke, Bobby | Philadelphia Flyers |
| 1974-75 | Clarke, Bobby | Philadelphia Flyers |
| 1973-74 | Esposito, Phil | Boston Bruins |
| 1972-73 | Clarke, Bobby | Philadelphia Flyers |
| 1971-72 | Orr, Bobby | Boston Bruins |
| 1970-71 | Orr, Bobby | Boston Bruins |
| 1969-70 | Orr, Bobby | Boston Bruins |
| 1968-69 | Esposito, Phil | Boston Bruins |
| 1967-68 | Mikita, Stan | Chicago Blackhawks |
| 1966-67 | Mikita, Stan | Chicago Blackhawks |
| 1965-66 | Hull, Bobby | Chicago Blackhawks |
| 1964-65 | Hull, Bobby | Chicago Blackhawks |
| 1963-64 | Beliveau, Jean | Montreal Canadiens |
| 1962-63 | Howe, Gordie | Detroit Red Wings |
| 1961-62 | Plante, Jacques | Montreal Canadiens |
| 1960-61 | Geoffrion, Bernie | Montreal Canadiens |
| 1959-60 | Howe, Gordie | Detroit Red Wings |
| 1958-59 | Bathgate, Andy | New York Rangers |
| 1957-58 | Howe, Gordie | Detroit Red Wings |
| 1956-57 | Howe, Gordie | Detroit Red Wings |
| 1955-56 | Beliveau, Jean | Montreal Canadiens |
| 1954-55 | Kennedy, Ted | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| 1953-54 | Rollins, Al | Chicago Blackhawks |
| 1952-53 | Howe, Gordie | Detroit Red Wings |
| 1951-52 | Howe, Gordie | Detroit Red Wings |
| 1950-51 | Schmidt, Milt | Boston Bruins |
| 1949-50 | Rayner, Chuck | New York Rangers |
| 1948-49 | Abel, Sid | Detroit Red Wings |
| 1947-48 | O'Connor, Buddy | New York Rangers |
| 1946-47 | Richard, Maurice | Montreal Canadiens |
| 1945-46 | Bentley, Max | Chicago Blackhawks |
| 1944-45 | Lach, Elmer | Montreal Canadiens |
| 1943-44 | Pratt, Babe | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| 1942-43 | Cowley, Bill | Boston Bruins |
| 1941-42 | Anderson, Tom | New York Americans |
| 1940-41 | Cowley, Bill | Boston Bruins |
| 1939-40 | Goodfellow, Ebbie | Detroit Red Wings |
| 1938-39 | Blake, Toe | Montreal Canadiens |
| 1937-38 | Shore, Eddie | Boston Bruins |
| 1936-37 | Siebert, Babe | Montreal Canadiens |
| 1935-36 | Shore, Eddie | Boston Bruins |
| 1934-35 | Shore, Eddie | Boston Bruins |
| 1933-34 | Joliat, Aurel | Montreal Canadiens |
| 1932-33 | Shore, Eddie | Boston Bruins |
| 1931-32 | Morenz, Howie | Montreal Canadiens |
| 1930-31 | Morenz, Howie | Montreal Canadiens |
| 1929-30 | Stewart, Nels | Montreal Maroons |
| 1928-29 | Worters, Roy | New York Americans |
| 1927-28 | Morenz, Howie | Montreal Canadiens |
| 1926-27 | Gardiner, Herb | Montreal Canadiens |
| 1925-26 | Stewart, Nels | Montreal Maroons |
| 1924-25 | Burch, Billy | Hamilton Tigers |
| 1923-24 | Nighbor, Frank | Ottawa Senators |
