Wayne Gretzky
b. 1961
HPI 68.7260 languages
Canadian ice hockey player
The Most Famous
Hockey Players from Canada
205 notable people
This page contains a list of the greatest Canadians Hockey Players. The pantheon dataset contains 993 Hockey Players, 203 of which were born in Canada.
Top 10 Canadian Hockey Players
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Canadian Hockey Players of all time. This list of famous Canadian Hockey Players is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity. Visit the rankings page to view the entire list of Canadian Hockey Players.
#1 #2 
Maurice Richard
1921 - 2000
HPI 65.1734 languagesCanadian ice hockey player
#3 
Gordie Howe
1928 - 2016
HPI 65.0740 languagesCanadian ice hockey player
#4 
Phil Esposito
b. 1942
HPI 60.3222 languagesCanadian ice hockey player
#5 
Mario Lemieux
b. 1965
HPI 60.0246 languagesCanadian ice hockey player
#6 
Bobby Hull
1939 - 2023
HPI 59.5034 languagesCanadian ice hockey player
#7 
Ray Bourque
b. 1960
HPI 58.8522 languagesCanadian ice hockey player
#8 
Henri Richard
1936 - 2020
HPI 58.6919 languagesCanadian ice hockey player
#9 
Bobby Orr
b. 1948
HPI 57.8635 languagesCanadian former professional ice hockey player
#10 
Jacques Plante
1929 - 1986
HPI 57.4021 languagesCanadian ice hockey player
People by Birth Decade
Browse notable Canadians Hockey Players grouped by birth decade. Each decade shows the top 10 by HPI; expand to see everyone.
1990s(44)
1980s(67)
1970s(33)
1960s(25)
1910s(2)
1880s(2)
Overlapping Lives
Which Hockey Players were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 25 most globally memorable Hockey Players since 1700.
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