Conn Smythe Trophy

The Conn Smythe Trophy is a trophy in the National Hockey League awarded to the most valuable player in the playoffs each year. It was first awarded in 1965. Montreal Canadiens and Colorado Avalanche goaltender Patrick Roy has won it three times, more than any other player.

Conn Smythe Trophy.

Normally the trophy goes to a player of the Stanley Cup champion. Sometimes it goes to someone on the losing team. Trophy winners on losing teams are marked with as asterisk (*) in the list below.

Winners

Patrick Roy, the only three-time winner and, as of 2017, the only player in NHL history to win the award with more than one team.

Bernie Parent, two-time winner and the first player to win the award in consecutive years.

Mario Lemieux, two-time winner and the second player to win the award in consecutive years.

Alexander Ovechkin, one-time winner and the 2018 trophy winner.

Positions key

C	Centre
LW	Left Wing
D	Defence
RW	Right Wing
G	Goaltender

  Player is still active in the NHL

  Player was a member of the defeated team in the Stanley Cup Finals

Conn Smythe Trophy winners

Year	Winner	Team	Position	Win #	Team win #
1965	Jean Beliveau	Montreal Canadiens	C	1	1
1966	Roger Crozier	Detroit Red Wings	G	1	1
1967	Dave Keon	Toronto Maple Leafs	C	1	1
1968	Glenn Hall	St. Louis Blues	G	1	1
1969	Serge Savard	Montreal Canadiens	D	1	2
1970	Bobby Orr	Boston Bruins	D	1	1
1971	Ken Dryden	Montreal Canadiens	G	1	3
1972	Bobby Orr	Boston Bruins	D	2	2
1973	Yvan Cournoyer	Montreal Canadiens	RW	1	4
1974	Bernie Parent	Philadelphia Flyers	G	1	1
1975	Bernie Parent	Philadelphia Flyers	G	2	2
1976	Reggie Leach	Philadelphia Flyers	RW	1	3
1977	Guy Lafleur	Montreal Canadiens	RW	1	5
1978	Larry Robinson	Montreal Canadiens	D	1	6
1979	Bob Gainey	Montreal Canadiens	LW	1	7
1980	Bryan Trottier	New York Islanders	C	1	1
1981	Butch Goring	New York Islanders	C	1	2
1982	Mike Bossy	New York Islanders	RW	1	3
1983	Billy Smith	New York Islanders	G	1	4
1984	Mark Messier	Edmonton Oilers	C	1	1
1985	Wayne Gretzky	Edmonton Oilers	C	1	2
1986	Patrick Roy	Montreal Canadiens	G	1	8
1987	Ron Hextall	Philadelphia Flyers	G	1	4
1988	Wayne Gretzky	Edmonton Oilers	C	2	3
1989	Al MacInnis	Calgary Flames	D	1	1
1990	Bill Ranford	Edmonton Oilers	G	1	4
1991	Mario Lemieux	Pittsburgh Penguins	C	1	1
1992	Mario Lemieux	Pittsburgh Penguins	C	2	2
1993	Patrick Roy	Montreal Canadiens	G	2	9
1994	Brian Leetch	New York Rangers	D	1	1
1995	Claude Lemieux	New Jersey Devils	RW	1	1
1996	Joe Sakic	Colorado Avalanche	C	1	1
1997	Mike Vernon	Detroit Red Wings	G	1	2
1998	Steve Yzerman	Detroit Red Wings	C	1	3
1999	Joe Nieuwendyk	Dallas Stars	C	1	1
2000	Scott Stevens	New Jersey Devils	D	1	2
2001	Patrick Roy	Colorado Avalanche	G	3	2
2002	Nicklas Lidstrom	Detroit Red Wings	D	1	4
2003	Jean-Sebastien Giguere	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	G	1	1
2004	Brad Richards	Tampa Bay Lightning	C	1	1
2005[a]	& —
2006	Cam Ward	Carolina Hurricanes	G	1	1
2007	Scott Niedermayer	Anaheim Ducks	D	1	2
2008	Henrik Zetterberg	Detroit Red Wings	C	1	5
2009	Evgeni Malkin	Pittsburgh Penguins	C	1	3
2010	Jonathan Toews	Chicago Blackhawks	C	1	1
2011	Tim Thomas	Boston Bruins	G	1	3
2012	Jonathan Quick	Los Angeles Kings	G	1	1
2013	Patrick Kane	Chicago Blackhawks	RW	1	2
2014	Justin Williams	Los Angeles Kings	RW	1	2
2015	Duncan Keith	Chicago Blackhawks	D	1	3
2016	Sidney Crosby	Pittsburgh Penguins	C	1	4
2017	Sidney Crosby	Pittsburgh Penguins	C	2	5
2018	Alexander Ovechkin	Washington Capitals	LW	1	1
2019	Ryan O'Reilly	St. Louis Blues	C	1	2
2020	Victor Hedman	Tampa Bay Lightning	D	1	2
2021	Andrei Vasilevskiy	Tampa Bay Lightning	G	1	3
2022	Cale Makar	Colorado Avalanche	D	1	3
2023	Jonathan Marchessault	Vegas Golden Knights	RW	1	1
2024	Connor McDavid	Edmonton Oilers§	C	1	5

1. No winner due to the 2004–05 NHL lockout

Related pages

• List of NHL players
• List of NHL statistical leaders