LADY BYNG TROPHY WINNERS

NHL Lady Byng Memorial Trophy Winners-Award presented annually since 1925 for combination of skill, sportsmanship

The Lady Byng Memorial Trophy is an annual award given "to the player adjudged to have exhibited the best type of sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct combined with a high standard of playing ability." The winner is selected in a poll of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association at the end of the regular season; each voter ranks his top five candidates on a 10-7-5-3-1 points system. Three finalists are named and the trophy is presented at the NHL Awards after the Stanley Cup Playoffs.Lady Byng, wife of Canada's governor general at the time, presented the Lady Byng Trophy in 1925. She decided the first winner would be Frank Nighbor of the Ottawa Senators. Late in the season, Lady Byng invited Nighbor to Rideau Hall, showed him the trophy and asked him if the NHL would accept it as an award for its most gentlemanly player. When Nighbor said he thought it would, Lady Byng, much to Nighbor's surprise, awarded him the trophy.After Frank Boucher of the New York Rangers won the award seven times in eight seasons from 1927-28 through 1934-35, he was given the trophy to keep. Lady Byng donated a replacement in 1936. After her death in 1949, the NHL presented a new trophy and changed the name to the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy.In addition to Boucher, several players have won the award multiple times -- including Wayne Gretzky (five), Red Kelly and Pavel Datsyuk (four), and Bobby Bauer, Alex Delvecchio, Mike Bossy, Ron Francis and Martin St. Louis (three). The Rangers and Detroit Red Wings have won the award more often than any other team -- 14 times. The Toronto Maple Leafs are next with nine, the Chicago Blackhawks and Boston Bruins are tied with eight and the Los Angeles Kings are next with six.No goaltender has won the award; Bill Quackenbush (1949, Red Wings), Kelly (1941, 1953, 1954 Red Wings; also won as forward in 1961 with the Maple Leafs) and Brian Campbell (2012, Florida Panthers) are the only defensemen to do so.

Lady Byng Memorial Trophy Winner
       2024: Jacob Slavin, Carolina Hurricanes
       2023: Anze Kopitar, Los Angeles Kings
       2022: Kyle Connor, Winnipeg Jets
       2021: Jaccob Slavin, Carolina Hurricanes
       2020: Nathan MacKinnon, Colorado Avalanche
       2019: Aleksander Barkov, Florida Panthers
       2018: William Karlsson, Vegas Golden Knights
       2017: Johnny Gaudreau, Calgary Flames
       2016: Anze Kopitar, Los Angeles Kings
       2015: Jiri Hudler, Calgary Flames
       2014: Ryan O'Reilly, Colorado Avalanche
       2013: Martin St. Louis, Tampa Bay Lightning
       2012: Brian Campbell, Florida Panthers
       2011: Martin St. Louis, Tampa Bay Lightning
       2010: Martin St. Louis, Tampa Bay Lightning
       2009: Pavel Datsyuk, Detroit Red Wings
       2008: Pavel Datsyuk, Detroit Red Wings
       2007: Pavel Datsyuk, Detroit Red Wings
       2006: Pavel Datsyuk, Detroit Red Wings
       2004: Brad Richards, Tampa Bay Lightning
       2003: Alexander Mogilny, Toronto Maple Leafs
       2002: Ron Francis, Carolina Hurricanes
       2001: Joe Sakic, Colorado Avalanche
       2000: Pavol Demitra, St. Louis Blues
       1999: Wayne Gretzky, New York Rangers
       1998: Ron Francis, Pittsburgh Penguins
       1997: Paul Kariya, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
       1996: Paul Kariya, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
       1995: Ron Francis, Pittsburgh Penguins
       1994: Wayne Gretzky, Los Angeles Kings
       1993: Pierre Turgeon, New York Islanders
       1992: Wayne Gretzky, Los Angeles Kings
       1991: Wayne Gretzky, Los Angeles Kings
       1990: Brett Hull, St. Louis Blues
       1989: Joe Mullen, Calgary Flames
       1988: Mats Naslund, Montreal Canadiens
       1987: Joe Mullen, Calgary Flames
       1986: Mike Bossy, New York Islanders
       1985: Jari Kurri, Edmonton Oilers
       1984: Mike Bossy, New York Islanders
       1983: Mike Bossy, New York Islanders
       1982: Rick Middleton, Boston Bruins
       1981: Rick Kehoe, Pittsburgh Penguins
       1980: Wayne Gretzky, Edmonton Oilers
       1979: Bob MacMillan, Atlanta Flames
       1978: Butch Goring, Los Angeles Kings
       1977: Marcel Dionne, Los Angeles Kings
       1976: Jean Ratelle, Boston Bruins
       1975: Marcel Dionne, Detroit Red Wings
       1974: Johnny Bucyk, Boston Bruins
       1973: Gilbert Perreault, Buffalo Sabres
       1972: Jean Ratelle, New York Rangers
       1971: Johnny Bucyk, Boston Bruins
       1970: Phil Goyette, St. Louis Blues
       1969: Alex Delvecchio, Detroit Red Wings
       1968: Stan Mikita, Chicago Black Hawks
       1967: Stan Mikita, Chicago Black Hawks
       1966: Alex Delvecchio, Detroit Red Wings
       1965: Bobby Hull, Chicago Black Hawks
       1964: Kenny Wharram, Chicago Black Hawks
       1963: Dave Keon, Toronto Maple Leafs
       1962: Dave Keon, Toronto Maple Leafs
       1961: Red Kelly, Toronto Maple Leafs
       1960: Don McKenney, Boston Bruins
       1959: Alex Delvecchio, Detroit Red Wings
       1958: Camille Henry, New York Rangers
       1957: Andy Hebenton, New York Rangers
       1956: Earl Reibel, Detroit Red Wings
       1955: Sid Smith, Toronto Maple Leafs
       1954: Red Kelly, Detroit Red Wings
       1953: Red Kelly, Detroit Red Wings
       1952: Sid Smith, Toronto Maple Leafs
       1951: Red Kelly, Detroit Red Wings
       1950: Edgar Laprade, New York Rangers
       1949: Bill Quackenbush, Detroit Red Wings
       1948: Buddy O'Connor, New York Rangers
       1947: Bobby Bauer, Boston Bruins
       1946: Toe Blake, Montreal Canadiens
       1945: Bill Mosienko, Chicago Black Hawks
       1944: Clint Smith, Chicago Black Hawks
       1943: Max Bentley, Chicago Black Hawks
       1942: Syl Apps, Toronto Maple Leafs
       1941: Bobby Bauer, Boston Bruins
       1940: Bobby Bauer, Boston Bruins
       1939: Clint Smith, New York Rangers
       1938: Gordie Drillon, Toronto Maple Leafs
       1937: Marty Barry, Detroit Red Wings
       1936: Doc Romnes, Chicago Black Hawks
       1935: Frank Boucher, New York Rangers
       1934: Frank Boucher, New York Rangers
       1933: Frank Boucher, New York Rangers
       1932: Joe Primeau, Toronto Maple Leafs
       1931: Frank Boucher, New York Rangers
       1930: Frank Boucher, New York Rangers
       1929: Frank Boucher, New York Rangers
       1928: Frank Boucher, New York Rangers
       1927: Billy Burch, New York Americans
       1926: Frank Nighbor, Ottawa Senators
       1925: Frank Nighbor, Ottawa Senators