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Joe Thornton
Joe Thornton centred the Bruins, Sharks, Maple Leafs and Panthers across a 24-year career, retiring with 1,539 points and 1,109 assists, seventh all-time. In 2005-06, split between Boston and San Jose, he won both the Hart Trophy and the Art Ross Trophy. He entered the Hall of Fame in 2025.
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The top alternative to Joe Thornton in 2026 is Mario Lemieux with a score of 10.0/10, followed by Sidney Crosby (10.0) and Mark Messier (10.0).
Mario Lemieux
Mario Lemieux spent his entire playing career with the Pittsburgh Penguins, scoring 1723 points in 915 games. He won 6 A...
Sidney Crosby
Sidney Crosby has centred the Pittsburgh Penguins for his entire career, captaining all three of the club's recent Stanl...
Mark Messier
Mark Messier played centre for the Edmonton Oilers, New York Rangers and Vancouver Canucks, winning 6 Stanley Cups and 2...
Howie Morenz
Centre for the Montreal Canadiens in the 1920s and 1930s, also skating briefly for Chicago and the New York Rangers. Nic...
Steve Yzerman
Long-serving centre and captain of the Detroit Red Wings for his entire 22 season career. He scored 1,755 points, won th...
Phil Esposito
Centre who played for Chicago, Boston and the New York Rangers. He was the first NHL player to reach 100 points in a sea...
Marcel Dionne
Centre for Detroit, Los Angeles and the New York Rangers who scored 1,771 points, currently sixth on the NHL's all-time...
Bobby Clarke
Centre who captained the Philadelphia Flyers to back-to-back Stanley Cups in 1974 and 1975. He won three Hart Trophies w...
Joe Sakic
Centre who led the Quebec Nordiques and Colorado Avalanche for 21 seasons, scoring 1,641 points. He won a Hart Trophy, a...
Red Kelly
Defenceman turned centre who won eight Stanley Cups, four with Detroit and four with Toronto, making him one of the rare...
Bryan Trottier
Trottier centered the New York Islanders through their four-peat dynasty from 1980 to 1983, then added two more Stanley...
Nathan MacKinnon
MacKinnon has driven the Colorado Avalanche since being drafted first overall in 2013, pairing elite skating speed with...
Milt Schmidt
Schmidt centered Boston's Kraut Line and won the Hart Trophy in 1951 and the Art Ross Trophy in 1940, plus two Stanley C...
Syl Apps
Apps captained the Toronto Maple Leafs to three Stanley Cups and won the first Calder Trophy ever awarded, in 1937. A na...
Henri Richard
Richard spent his entire 20-season career centering the Montreal Canadiens and won the Stanley Cup 11 times, the most of...
Dale Hawerchuk
Dale Hawerchuk won the Calder Trophy in 1982 after a 103-point rookie season with the Winnipeg Jets, then carried thin J...
Gilbert Perreault
Gilbert Perreault spent his entire 17-season career with the Buffalo Sabres, centering the celebrated French Connection...
Darryl Sittler
Darryl Sittler captained the Toronto Maple Leafs through the 1970s and set an NHL record that still stands, six goals an...
Patrice Bergeron
Patrice Bergeron played all 19 of his NHL seasons for the Boston Bruins, becoming the standard for two-way centre play....
Eric Lindros
Eric Lindros overpowered opponents as a centre for the Philadelphia Flyers, winning the Hart Trophy at age 22 in 1994-95...
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