Top 10 Best Active Hockey Players

Best players of the greatest sport ever, everyone on this list has played on the international level at some point, so incase you have questions, I didnt add anyone who hasnt played at an international level.
The Top Ten
1 Sidney Crosby Sidney Patrick Crosby ONS (born August 7, 1987) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who currently serves as captain of the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League.

It's really between Crosby and Ovechkin. My vote goes to Crosby because he brings home Championships, not just individual awards. Two Eastern Conference Titles in a row, One Stanley Cup, An Olympic Gold... and the Golden Goal! The Kid is The Man!

Of course their are also going to be dumb Americans changing USA USA when their best player is Canadian. The American teams get skilled players like Crosby while Canadian teams get the Americans like Bobby Ryan for the Ottawa senators.

crosby #1 its no contest. just won rocket richard. amazing leader. just won cup and olympic gold. the people who dicide the hart are stupid for not voting crosby. ovechkin sucks!

Crosby is WAY better than Ovechkin. Ovi used to be great but has totally fallen apart now. To bad Crosby has a concussion he would be dominating. Even Malkin is better than Ovechkin.

2 Alexander Ovechkin Alexander Mikhailovich "Alex" Ovechkin is a Russian professional ice hockey winger and captain of the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League.

This shouldn't be close. Ovi is so much more talented than that whiner Crosby. The refs allow ridiculous things to happen to him and rarely call anything. He gets double-teamed frequently, but when he puts his head down, no one can stop his heavy shot, which hits the net like a rocket.

More individual awards than Crosby which shows that he is the better talent. The awards that Crosby has that ovi does not are TEAM awards. Crosby has always had the better team around him and ovi has carried the caps to 5 division titles in the past 6 years by himself. Ovi is the best!

Alex ovechkin is a jerk. My brother has a friend who asked him to sign a hat. Everybody else on the Caps did, but guess who said no and zoomed off in his 1 million dollar sportcar leaving all his were-fans in the dust?

Crosby has great players consistently around him. This year is the first year Ovechkin has a great team around him. No question about it Ovechkin is auch better player. No question

3 Pavel Datsyuk

I honestly think Dastyuk is one of the best players. Crosby might beat him, but I vote him. His hands are incredible. If he's not the best player, I definitely think he's the best shootout player.

Crosby is amazing, so is Ovechkin. But if you look at some of Datsyuk's best goals, he is truly a magician on the ice. Datsyukian Dekes didn't come from Crosby.

You're kidding me! Have you ever seen him?!?!?

Datsyuk best now at shoot out now

4 Steven Stamkos

Stamkos scores goals, sets people up, has a great plus minus, and is arguably the next best under Crosby

Stamkos is definitely 3rd under Crosby/Ovechkin. No arguing this.

No he should be tied at 2nd

There are at least 20 people before him!

5 Evgeni Malkin Evgeni Vladimirovich Malkin (born 31 July 1986), nicknamed "Geno", is a Russian professional ice hockey centre and alternate captain for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL).

A very consistent player who scores goals when you need him to.

Good but definitely too high

Malkin is no match for other players on his team orpik, letang, kunitts, CROSBY

Underrated player

6 Jonathan Toews

Better than Kane in my opinion. The reason people think Kane is better than Stamkos and Toews is because they are Americans. If they were Canadians they would agree with me.

3 Stanley Cups! And 2 goals in 30 seconds

Not even close. Best player in the nhl

Kane is so much better captain serious

7 Patrick Kane Patrick Timothy Kane II (born November 19, 1988) is an American professional ice hockey right winger for the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League (NHL).

Should be top five (better than Toews)

Will be the best American player ever when its all said and done (and this is coming from a Canadian! )

His speed on the ice is amazing

Mr. Clutch

When he's on, absolutely NO one compares... Ovechkin scores like crazy, but when the money's on the line (see Stanley Cup Finals, 2010, game 6, OT goal), Kane kills it... always!

Should be top five and he is better than Toews

Will go down as the best American player ever

His speed on the ice is amazing

No one is one the level, the snipe & the offensive skills are beyond comparising

8 John Tavares John Tavares is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre and an alternate captain for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League.

Come on, Really? Tavares is one of the best 3 players in the NHL. look at the teams he's been on. The Islanders are really turning things around and wouldn't be surprised if Tavares averaged between 90 and 100 points the next 10-12 years. look at what he has accomplished so far. AND he's ONLY 23.

Totally him and I am islanders fan. MY FAVORITE PLAYER. the best though
1. Sidney Crosby
2. Alexander ovechkin
3. Tim Thomas
4. John Tsavares
5. Mark Streit
5. Calahaan on the rangers

I don't know that many other hockey players than rangers or islanders

Amazing people

9 Connor McDavid Connor McDavid (born January 13, 1997) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre and captain for the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League (NHL).

Best hockey player ever. Without a doubt. His skill set and hockey iq is second to none. He can skate faster than anyone on the ice. Make top defencemen look ridiculous and shoot without the goalie realizing.

Mcdavid might not deserve to be number 1 on the list but if u think about it he has been averaging 1.8 points per game and is towering over Sidney Crosby in points and it's he's 2nd year

Not when he is on Edmonton and by the way he is just 19 and isn't really proved himself

Hockey's next "Great One." The words of the Great One himself, Wayne Gretzky.

10 Erik Karlsson

Should swap places with jagr

The Contenders
11 Zdeno Chara Zdeno Chára (born 18 March 1977) is a Slovak professional ice hockey defenseman who serves as captain of the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League (NHL). He won the James Norris Memorial Trophy while playing for the Bruins in the 2008–09 season. Standing at 6 feet 9 inches (2.06 m) tall, Chára is the tallest person ever to play in the NHL. He is also the second European-born and raised captain to win the Stanley Cup (in 2011), and the first born and trained in a country within the Iron Curtain. As of the 2019-20 season, Chára is the tallest and oldest active NHL player as well as the last defenseman to have played in the NHL in the 1990's.

Doesn't deserve top 10, he isn't that good nowadays

Best slapper I ever seen. PERIOD

He is SO dirty. Git him off.

12 Martin St. Louis
13 Kris Letang

Letang is a underrated beast. He actually looks like he is the knight about to slay the monster Malkin... (I love Malkin) Whatever, GO TANGER!

He can't defend

14 Ilya Kovalchuk

Why is Cindy Crysby on top of this list? Ilya is a true man, he plays with meaning, and he doesn't cry for his mommy when he gets checked.

Isn't even the best player in Kings

15 Teemu Selanne

Not active anymore

16 Jaromír Jágr
17 Tim Thomas
18 Henrik Zetterberg

Really sidney crosby?!?!?
Henrik is actually a man!
give me a break.

19 Eric Staal

yes, awesome, he's from where I live

20 Carey Price Carey Price is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who plays for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League.

Best goalie in the NHL, in my opinion!

One of the greatest goalies

21 Jason Spezza

hey, he's good, no matter how bad his team is

22 Shea Weber
23 Johnny Gaudreau

How was he not on the list! Great player in my opinion. 30 goal season in just his second season!

24 Henrik Sedin

Is not active anymore

25 Patrice Bergeron

Best all around player in the game today!

Great player

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