Awarded to the player adjudged to be the most valuable to his team.
1924 Frank Nighbor 1925 Billy Burch 1926 Nels Stewart 1927 Herb Gardiner 1928 Howie Morenz 1929 Roy Worters (G) 1930 Nels Stewart 1931 Howie Morenz 1932 Howie Morenz 1933 Eddie Shore 1934 Aurel Joliat 1935 Eddie Shore 1936 Eddie Shore 1937 Albert "Babe" Siebert 1938 Eddie Shore 1939 Hector "Toe" Blake 1940 Ebbie Goodfellow 1941 Bill Cowley 1942 Tommy Anderson 1943 Bill Cowley 1944 Walter "Babe" Pratt 1945 Elmer Lach 1946 Max Bentley 1947 Maurice "Rocket" Richard 1948 Buddy O'Connor 1949 Sid Abel 1950 Chuck Rayner (G) 1951 Milt Schmidt 1952 Gordie Howe 1953 Gordie Howe 1954 Al Rollins (G) 1955 Ted Kennedy 1956 Jean Beliveau 1957 Gordie Howe 1958 Gordie Howe 1959 Andy Bathgate 1960 Gordie Howe 1961 Bernie "Boom-Boom" Geoffrion 1962 Jacques Plante (G) 1963 Gordie Howe 1964 Jean Beliveau 1965 Bobby Hull 1966 Bobby Hull 1967 Stan Mikita 1968 Stan Mikita 1969 Phil Esposito 1970 Bobby Orr 1971 Bobby Orr 1972 Bobby Orr 1973 Bobby Clarke 1974 Phil Esposito 1975 Bobby Clarke 1976 Bobby Clarke 1977 Guy Lafleur 1978 Guy Lafleur 1979 Bryan Trottier 1980 Wayne Gretzky 1981 Wayne Gretzky 1982 Wayne Gretzky 1983 Wayne Gretzky 1984 Wayne Gretzky 1985 Wayne Gretzky 1986 Wayne Gretzky 1987 Wayne Gretzky 1988 Mario Lemieux 1989 Wayne Gretzky 1990 Mark Messier 1991 Brett Hull 1992 Mark Messier 1993 Mario Lemieux 1994 Sergei Fedorov 1995 Eric Lindros 1996 Mario Lemieux 1997 Dominik Hasek (G) 1998 Dominik Hasek (G) 1999 Jaromir Jagr 2000 Chris Pronger 2001 Joe Sakic 2002 Jose Theodore (G) 2003 Peter Forsberg 2004 Martin St. Louis 2005 No Winner (Owner's Lockout) 2006 Joe Thornton 2007 Sidney Crosby 2008 Alexander Ovechkin 2009 Alexander Ovechkin 2010 Henrik Sedin 2011 Corey Perry 2012 Evgeni Malkin 2013 Alexander Ovechkin 2014 Sidney Crosby 2015 Carey Price (G) 2016 Patrick Kane 2017 Connor McDavid 2018 Taylor Hall 2019 Nikita Kucherov 2020 Leon Draisaitl 2021 Connor McDavid 2022 Auston Matthews 2023 Connor McDavid 2024 Nathan Mackinnon |