NHL Calder Memorial Trophy Winners - Complete List of MVPs

FAQ's on Calder Memorial Trophy

A. The Calder Memorial Trophy is awarded annually to the most skilled NHL player in their debut season, serving as the league's Rookie of the Year award. It is named in honor of Frank Calder, the NHL's inaugural president.

A. The Calder Trophy was officially introduced at the conclusion of the 1936–37 NHL season. The first winner was Syl Apps of the Toronto Maple Leafs.

A. Bobby Orr is the youngest winner, securing the trophy at the age of 18 during the 1966–67 season.

A. Sergei Makarov, a right-winger for the Calgary Flames, is the oldest winner at 31, achieving the honor during the 1989–90 season.

A. Matty Beniers of Seattle Kraken was the recent recipient of the Calder Memorial Trophy (in 2023).

Season	Winner	Team	Position	Age
2022–23	Matty Beniers	Seattle Kraken	C	20
2021–22	Moritz Seider	Detroit Red Wings	D	21
2020–21	Kirill Kaprizov	Minnesota Wild	LW	24
2019–20	Cale Makar	Colorado Avalanche	D	21
2018–19	Elias Pettersson	Vancouver Canucks	C	20
2017–18	Mathew Barzal	New York Islanders	C	21
2016–17	Auston Matthews	Toronto Maple Leafs	C	19
2015–16	Artemi Panarin	Chicago Blackhawks	LW	24
2014–15	Aaron Ekblad	Florida Panthers	D	19
2013–14	Nathan MacKinnon	Colorado Avalanche	C	18
2012–13	Jonathan Huberdeau	Florida Panthers	LW	19
2011–12	Gabriel Landeskog	Colorado Avalanche	LW	19
2010–11	Jeff Skinner	Carolina Hurricanes	C	19
2009–10	Tyler Myers	Buffalo Sabres	D	20
2008–09	Steve Mason	Columbus Blue Jackets	G	21
2007–08	Patrick Kane	Chicago Blackhawks	RW	19
2006–07	Evgeni Malkin	Pittsburgh Penguins	C	20
2005–06	Alexander Ovechkin	Washington Capitals	LW	20
2004–05	—	—	—	—
2003–04	Andrew Raycroft	Boston Bruins	G	23
2002–03	Barret Jackman	St. Louis Blues	D	21
2001–02	Dany Heatley	Atlanta Thrashers	RW	20
2000–01	Evgeni Nabokov	San Jose Sharks	G	25
1999–00	Scott Gomez	New Jersey Devils	C	19
1998–99	Chris Drury	Colorado Avalanche	C	22
1997–98	Sergei Samsonov	Boston Bruins	LW	19
1996–97	Bryan Berard	New York Islanders	D	19
1995–96	Daniel Alfredsson	Ottawa Senators	RW	22
1994–95	Peter Forsberg	Quebec Nordiques	C	21
1993–94	Martin Brodeur	New Jersey Devils	G	21
1992–93	Teemu Selanne	Winnipeg Jets	RW	22
1991–92	Pavel Bure	Vancouver Canucks	RW	20
1990–91	Ed Belfour	Chicago Blackhawks	G	25
1989–90	Sergei Makarov	Calgary Flames	RW	31
1988–89	Brian Leetch	New York Rangers	D	20
1987–88	Joe Nieuwendyk	Calgary Flames	C	21
1986–87	Luc Robitaille	Los Angeles Kings	LW	20
1985–86	Gary Suter	Calgary Flames	D	21
1984–85	Mario Lemieux	Pittsburgh Penguins	C	19
1983–84	Tom Barrasso	Buffalo Sabres	G	18
1982–83	Steve Larmer	Chicago Black Hawks	RW	21
1981–82	Dale Hawerchuk	Winnipeg Jets	C	18
1980–81	Peter Stastny	Quebec Nordiques	C	24
1979–80	Ray Bourque	Boston Bruins	D	19
1978–79	Bobby Smith	Minnesota North Stars	C	20
1977–78	Mike Bossy	New York Islanders	RW	20
1976–77	Willi Plett	Atlanta Flames	RW	21
1975–76	Bryan Trottier	New York Islanders	C	19
1974–75	Eric Vail	Atlanta Flames	LW	20
1973–74	Denis Potvin	New York Islanders	D	19
1972–73	Steve Vickers	New York Rangers	LW	21
1971–72	Ken Dryden	Montreal Canadiens	G	24
1970–71	Gilbert Perreault	Buffalo Sabres	C	19
1969–70	Tony Esposito	Chicago Black Hawks	G	26
1968–69	Danny Grant	Minnesota North Stars	RW	23
1967–68	Derek Sanderson	Boston Bruins	C	21
1966–67	Bobby Orr	Boston Bruins	D	18
1965–66	Brit Selby	Toronto Maple Leafs	LW	20
1964–65	Roger Crozier	Detroit Red Wings	G	22
1963–64	Jacques Laperriere	Montreal Canadiens	D	21
1962–63	Kent Douglas	Toronto Maple Leafs	D	26
1961–62	Bobby Rousseau	Montreal Canadiens	RW	21
1960–61	Dave Keon	Toronto Maple Leafs	C	20
1959–60	Bill Hay	Chicago Black Hawks	C	23
1958–59	Ralph Backstrom	Montreal Canadiens	C	20
1957–58	Frank Mahovlich	Toronto Maple Leafs	LW	19
1956–57	Larry Regan	Boston Bruins	RW	26
1955–56	Glenn Hall	Detroit Red Wings	G	23
1954–55	Ed Litzenberger	Chicago Black Hawks	RW	22
1953–54	Camille Henry	New York Rangers	C	20
1952–53	Gump Worsley	New York Rangers	G	23
1951–52	Bernie Geoffrion	Montreal Canadiens	RW	20
1950–51	Terry Sawchuk	Detroit Red Wings	G	20
1949–50	Jack Gelineau	Boston Bruins	G	24
1948–49	Pentti Lund	New York Rangers	RW	22
1947–48	Jim McFadden	Detroit Red Wings	C	27
1946–47	Howie Meeker	Toronto Maple Leafs	RW	21
1945–46	Edgar Laprade	New York Rangers	C	25
1944–45	Frank McCool	Toronto Maple Leafs	G	25
1943–44	Gus Bodnar	Toronto Maple Leafs	C	20
1942–43	Gaye Stewart	Toronto Maple Leafs	RW	19
1941–42	Grant Warwick	New York Rangers	RW	19
1940–41	Johnny Quilty	Montreal Canadiens	C	19
1939–40	Kilby MacDonald	New York Rangers	LW	25
1938–39	Frank Brimsek	Boston Bruins	G	24
1937–38	Cully Dahlstrom	Chicago Black Hawks	C	24
1936–37	Syl Apps	Toronto Maple Leafs	C	21
1935–36	Mike Karakas	Chicago Black Hawks	G	23
1934–35	Sweeney Schriner	New York Americans	LW	22
1933–34	Russ Blinco	Montreal Maroons	C	25
1932–33	Carl Voss	Detroit Red Wings	C	25

Teams	No. of Winners
Toronto Maple Leafs	10
New York Rangers	9
Chicago Blackhawks	9
Boston Bruins	8
Montreal Canadiens	7
Colorado Avalanche	6
Detroit Red Wings	6
Calgary Flames	5

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