Winners of the Hart Memorial Trophy, awarded annually to the player most valuable to his team:

YEAR       PLAYER                TEAM

2001-02    Jose Theodore          Montreal

2000-01    Joe Sakic              Colorado

1999-00    Chris Pronger          St. Louis

1998-99    Jaromir Jagr           Pittsburgh

1997-98    Dominik Hasek          Buffalo

1996-97    Dominik Hasek          Buffalo

1995-96    Mario Lemieux          Pittsburgh

1994-95    Eric Lindros           Philadelphia

1993-94    Sergei Fedorov         Detroit

1992-93    Mario Lemieux          Pittsburgh

1991-92    Mark Messier           N.Y. Rangers

1990-91    Brett Hull 		  St. Louis

1989-90    Mark Messier           Edmonton

1988-89    Wayne Gretzky          Los Angeles 

1987-88    Mario Lemieux          Pittsburgh

1986-87    Wayne Gretzky          Edmonton

1985-86    Wayne Gretzky          Edmonton

1984-85    Wayne Gretzky          Edmonton

1983-84    Wayne Gretzky          Edmonton

1982-83    Wayne Gretzky          Edmonton

1981-82    Wayne Gretzky          Edmonton

1980-81    Wayne Gretzky          Edmonton

1979-80    Wayne Gretzky          Edmonton

1978-79    Bryan Trottier         N.Y. Islanders

1977-78    Guy Lafleur            Montreal

1976-77    Guy Lafleur            Montreal

1975-76    Bobby Clarke           Philadelphia  

1974-75    Bobby Clarke           Phildaelphia

1973-74    Phil Esposito          Boston

1972-73    Bobby Clarke           Philadelphia  

1971-72    Bobby Orr              Boston

1970-71    Bobby Orr              Boston

1969-70    Bobby Orr              Boston

1968-69    Phil Esposito          Boston

1967-68    Stan Mikita            Chicago

1966-67    Stan Mikita            Chicago 

1965-66    Bobby Hull             Chicago

1964-65    Bobby Hull		  Chicago

1963-64    Jean Beliveau          Montreal

1962-63    Gordie Howe            Detroit

1961-62    Jacques Plante         Montreal

1960-61    Bernie Geoffrion       Montreal

1959-60    Gordie Howe            Detroit

1958-59    Andy Bathgate          N.Y. Rangers

1957-58    Gordie Howe            Detroit

1956-57    Gordie Howe            Detroit

1955-56    Jean Beliveau          Montreal 

1954-55    Ted Kennedy            Toronto 

1953-54    Al Rollins             Chicago

1952-53    Gordie Howe            Detroit

1951-52    Gordie Howe            Detroit

1950-51    Milt Schmidt           Boston

1949-50    Chuck Rayner           N.Y. Rangers

1948-49    Sid Abel               Detroit

1947-48    Buddy O'Connor         N.Y. Rangers

1946-47    Maurice Richard        Montreal

1945-46    Max Bentley            Chicago

1944-45    Elmer Lach             Montreal

1943-44    Babe Pratt             Toronto

1942-43    Bill Cowley            Boston

1941-42    Tom Anderson           N.Y. Americans

1940-41    Bill Cowley            Boston

1939-40    Ebbie Goodfellow       Detroit

1938-39    Toe Blake              Montreal

1937-38    Eddie Shore            Boston

1936-37    Babe Siebert           Montreal

1935-36    Eddie Shore            Boston

1934-35    Eddie Shore            Boston

1933-34    Aurel Joliat           Montreal

1932-33    Eddie Shore            Boston 

1931-32    Howie Morenz           Mont. Canadiens

1930-31    Howie Morenz           Mont. Canadiens

1929-30    Nels Stewart           Mont. Maroons

1928-29    Roy Worters            N.Y. Americans

1927-28    Howie Morenz           Mont. Canadiens

1926-27    Herb Gardiner          Mont. Canadiens

1925-26    Nels Stewart           Mont. Maroons

1924-25    Billy Burch            Hamilton

1923-24    Frank Nighbor          Ottawa