Lady Byng Memorial Trophy

Lady Byng Memorial Trophy
Lady Byng Memorial Trophy
Sport	Ice hockey
Given for	player adjudged to have exhibited the best type of sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct combined with a high standard of playing ability
History
First award	1924–25 NHL season
Most wins	Frank Boucher (7)
Most recent	Jaccob Slavin; Carolina Hurricanes

The Lady Byng Memorial Trophy, originally known as the Lady Byng Trophy, is given each year to the National Hockey League "player adjudged to have exhibited the best type of sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct combined with a high standard of playing ability". The Lady Byng Memorial Trophy has been awarded 84 times to 50 different players since it was first awarded in 1925. The voting is done at the end of the season by the members of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association.

Winners

Frank Nighbor, two-time winner, (pictured with original trophy)

Wayne Gretzky, five-time winner

Paul Kariya, two-time winner

Pavol Demitra, one-time winner

Alexander Mogilny, one-time winner

Joe Sakic, one-time winner

Brad Richards, one-time winner

Pavel Datsyuk, four-time winner

Martin St. Louis, three-time winner

Jiri Hudler, one-time winner

Positions key
C	Centre
RW	Right Wing
LW	Left Wing
D	Defence
G	Goaltender

Player is still active

Eligible player not yet elected to Hockey Hall of Fame

Season	Winner	Team	Position	Win #	GP	PIM	Avg
1924–25	Frank Nighbor	Ottawa Senators	C	1	26	18	0.69
1925–26	Frank Nighbor	Ottawa Senators	C	2	35	40	1.14
1926–27	Billy Burch	New York Americans	C	1	43	40	0.93
1927–28	Frank Boucher	New York Rangers	C	1	44	15	0.34
1928–29	Frank Boucher	New York Rangers	C	2	44	8	0.18
1929–30	Frank Boucher	New York Rangers	C	3	42	16	0.38
1930–31	Frank Boucher	New York Rangers	C	4	44	20	0.46
1931–32	Joe Primeau	Toronto Maple Leafs	C	1	45	25	0.56
1932–33	Frank Boucher	New York Rangers	C	5	46	4	0.09
1933–34	Frank Boucher	New York Rangers	C	6	48	4	0.08
1934–35	Frank Boucher	New York Rangers	C	7	48	2	0.04
1935–36	Elwin "Doc" Romnes	Chicago Black Hawks	C	1	48	6	0.13
1936–37	Marty Barry	Detroit Red Wings	C	1	47	6	0.13
1937–38	Gordie Drillon	Toronto Maple Leafs	RW	1	48	4	0.08
1938–39	Clint Smith	New York Rangers	C	1	48	2	0.04
1939–40	Bobby Bauer	Boston Bruins	RW	1	48	2	0.04
1940–41	Bobby Bauer	Boston Bruins	RW	2	48	2	0.04
1941–42	Syl Apps	Toronto Maple Leafs	C	1	38	0	0.00
1942–43	Max Bentley	Chicago Black Hawks	C	1	47	2	0.04
1943–44	Clint Smith	Chicago Black Hawks	C	2	50	4	0.08
1944–45	Bill Mosienko	Chicago Black Hawks	RW	1	50	0	0.00
1945–46	Toe Blake	Montreal Canadiens	LW	1	50	2	0.04
1946–47	Bobby Bauer	Boston Bruins	RW	3	58	4	0.07
1947–48	Buddy O'Connor	New York Rangers	C	1	60	8	0.13
1948–49	Bill Quackenbush	Detroit Red Wings	D	1	60	0	0.00
1949–50	Edgar Laprade	New York Rangers	C	1	60	2	0.03
1950–51	Red Kelly	Detroit Red Wings	D	1	70	24	0.34
1951–52	Sid Smith	Toronto Maple Leafs	LW	1	70	6	0.09
1952–53	Red Kelly	Detroit Red Wings	D	2	70	8	0.11
1953–54	Red Kelly	Detroit Red Wings	D	3	62	18	0.29
1954–55	Sid Smith	Toronto Maple Leafs	LW	2	70	14	0.20
1955–56	Earl Reibel	Detroit Red Wings	C	1	68	10	0.15
1956–57	Andy Hebenton	New York Rangers	RW	1	70	10	0.14
1957–58	Camille Henry	New York Rangers	LW	1	70	2	0.03
1958–59	Alex Delvecchio	Detroit Red Wings	LW	1	70	6	0.09
1959–60	Don McKenney	Boston Bruins	C	1	70	28	0.40
1960–61	Red Kelly	Toronto Maple Leafs	C	4	64	12	0.19
1961–62	Dave Keon	Toronto Maple Leafs	C	1	64	2	0.03
1962–63	Dave Keon	Toronto Maple Leafs	C	2	68	2	0.03
1963–64	Kenny Wharram	Chicago Black Hawks	RW	1	70	18	0.26
1964–65	Bobby Hull	Chicago Black Hawks	LW	1	61	32	0.52
1965–66	Alex Delvecchio	Detroit Red Wings	C	2	70	16	0.23
1966–67	Stan Mikita	Chicago Black Hawks	C	1	70	12	0.17
1967–68	Stan Mikita	Chicago Black Hawks	C	2	72	14	0.19
1968–69	Alex Delvecchio	Detroit Red Wings	C	3	72	8	0.11
1969–70	Phil Goyette	St. Louis Blues	C	1	72	16	0.22
1970–71	Johnny Bucyk	Boston Bruins	LW	1	78	8	0.10
1971–72	Jean Ratelle	New York Rangers	C	1	63	4	0.06
1972–73	Gilbert Perreault	Buffalo Sabres	C	1	78	10	0.13
1973–74	Johnny Bucyk	Boston Bruins	LW	2	76	8	0.11
1974–75	Marcel Dionne	Detroit Red Wings	C	1	80	14	0.18
1975–76	Jean Ratelle	Boston Bruins	C	2	80	18	0.23
1976–77	Marcel Dionne	Los Angeles Kings	C	2	80	12	0.15
1977–78	Robert "Butch" Goring	Los Angeles Kings	C	1	80	2	0.03
1978–79	Bob MacMillan	Atlanta Flames	C	1	77	14	0.18
1979–80	Wayne Gretzky	Edmonton Oilers	C	1	79	21	0.27
1980–81	Rick Kehoe	Pittsburgh Penguins	RW	1	80	6	0.08
1981–82	Rick Middleton	Boston Bruins	RW	1	75	12	0.16
1982–83	Mike Bossy	New York Islanders	RW	1	79	20	0.25
1983–84	Mike Bossy	New York Islanders	RW	2	67	8	0.12
1984–85	Jari Kurri	Edmonton Oilers	RW	1	73	30	0.41
1985–86	Mike Bossy	New York Islanders	RW	3	80	14	0.18
1986–87	Joe Mullen	Calgary Flames	RW	1	79	14	0.18
1987–88	Mats Naslund	Montreal Canadiens	LW	1	78	14	0.18
1988–89	Joe Mullen	Calgary Flames	RW	2	79	16	0.20
1989–90	Brett Hull	St. Louis Blues	RW	1	80	24	0.30
1990–91	Wayne Gretzky	Los Angeles Kings	C	2	78	16	0.21
1991–92	Wayne Gretzky	Los Angeles Kings	C	3	74	34	0.46
1992–93	Pierre Turgeon	New York Islanders	C	1	83	26	0.31
1993–94	Wayne Gretzky	Los Angeles Kings	C	4	81	20	0.25
1994–95	Ron Francis	Pittsburgh Penguins	C	1	44	18	0.41
1995–96	Paul Kariya	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	LW	1	82	20	0.24
1996–97	Paul Kariya	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	LW	2	69	6	0.09
1997–98	Ron Francis	Pittsburgh Penguins	C	2	81	20	0.25
1998–99	Wayne Gretzky	New York Rangers	C	5	70	14	0.20
1999–2000	Pavol Demitra	St. Louis Blues	C	1	71	8	0.11
2000–01	Joe Sakic	Colorado Avalanche	C	1	82	30	0.37
2001–02	Ron Francis	Carolina Hurricanes	C	3	80	18	0.23
2002–03	Alexander Mogilny	Toronto Maple Leafs	RW	1	73	12	0.16
2003–04	Brad Richards	Tampa Bay Lightning	C	1	82	12	0.15
2004–05	Not awarded due to the lockout.
2005–06	Pavel Datsyuk	Detroit Red Wings	C	1	75	22	0.29
2006–07	Pavel Datsyuk	Detroit Red Wings	C	2	79	20	0.25
2007–08	Pavel Datsyuk	Detroit Red Wings	C	3	82	20	0.24
2008–09	Pavel Datsyuk	Detroit Red Wings	C	4	81	22	0.27
2009–10	Martin St. Louis	Tampa Bay Lightning	RW	1	82	12	0.15
2010–11	Martin St. Louis	Tampa Bay Lightning	RW	2	82	12	0.15
2011–12	Brian Campbell	Florida Panthers	D	1	82	6	0.07
2012–13	Martin St. Louis	Tampa Bay Lightning	RW	3	48	14	0.29
2013–14	Ryan O'Reilly	Colorado Avalanche	C	1	80	2	0.03
2014–15	Jiri Hudler	Calgary Flames	RW	1	78	14	0.18
2015–16	Anze Kopitar	Los Angeles Kings	C	1	81	16	0.20
2016–17	Johnny Gaudreau	Calgary Flames	LW	1	72	4	0.06
2017–18	William Karlsson	Vegas Golden Knights	C	1	82	12	0.15
2018–19	Aleksander Barkov	Florida Panthers	C	1	82	8	0.10
2019–20	Nathan MacKinnon	Colorado Avalanche	C	1	69	12	0.17
2020–21	Jaccob Slavin	Carolina Hurricanes	D	1	52	2	0.04
2021–22	Kyle Connor	Winnipeg Jets	LW	1	79	4	0.05
2022–23	Anze Kopitar	Los Angeles Kings	C	2	82	4	0.05
2023–24	Jaccob Slavin	Carolina Hurricanes	D	2	81	8	0.10