TheDevilMadeMe
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This is the final list of the top centers from all of hockey history, as determined by the History of Hockey community at HFBoards:
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[TBODY] [/TBODY]Links to all the discussion threads that went into making this list:
Round 2 Voting Results
Round 2, Vote 1 (1-4)
Round 2, Vote 2 (5-8)
Round 2, Vote 3 (9-12)
Round 2, Vote 4 (13-16)
Round 2, Vote 5 (17-20)
Round 2, Vote 6 (21-23)
Round 2, Vote 7 (24-27)
Round 2, Vote 8 (28-31)
Round 2, Vote 9 (32-36)
Round 2, Vote 10 (37-39)
Round 2, Vote 11 (40-44)
Round 2, Vote 12 (45-48)
Round 2, Vote 13 (49-52)
Round 2, Vote 14 (53-57)
Round 2, Vote 15 (58-59)
Round 2, Vote 16 (60th place tiebreak)
Links to the preliminary discussion threads before voters submitted their lists:
Determining Positions - Should he be considered a center?
Rules Discussion Thread
Round 1 Preliminary Discussion Thread
Links that explain the creation of the aggregate list that formed the basis of discussion. This data was released at the end of the project:
Round 1 Voting Results (Aggregate List) data lost
Round 1 Screening Procedure & Rejected Lists
Participant Survey (filled out at the end of the project) data lost
Listed here are the individual voting records of all participants: most data lost
bigbuffalo313
BillyShoe1721
Canadiens1958
DaveG
Dennis Bonvie
Hardyvan123
Hawkey Town 18
intylerwetrust
jigglysquishy
MadArcand
Mike Farkas
MXD
reckoning
Rob Scuderi
seventieslord
Sturminator
tarheelhockey
ted1971
the edler
TheDevilMadeMe
tony D
VanIslander
vecens24
Rank | Player | Height | Weight | Born | Died | Career | Nationality |
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1 | Wayne Gretzky | 6'0" | 185 | 1961 | 1978-1999 | Canada | |
2 | Mario Lemieux | 6'4" | 230 | 1965 | 1984-2006 | Canada | |
3 | Jean Béliveau | 6'3" | 205 | 1931 | 2014 | 1950-1971 | Canada |
4 | Howie Morenz | 5'9" | 165 | 1902 | 1937 | 1923-1937 | Canada |
5 | Stan Mikita | 5'9" | 169 | 1940 | 1958-1980 | Canada | |
6 | Mark Messier | 6'1" | 210 | 1961 | 1978-2004 | Canada | |
7 | Bobby Clarke | 5'10" | 185 | 1949 | 1969-1984 | Canada | |
8 | Frank Nighbor | 5'9" | 160 | 1893 | 1966 | 1912-1930 | Canada |
9 | Phil Esposito | 6'1" | 205 | 1942 | 1963-1981 | Canada | |
10 | Joe Sakic | 5'11" | 195 | 1969 | 1988-2009 | Canada | |
11 | Bryan Trottier | 5'11" | 195 | 1956 | 1975-1994 | Canada | |
12 | Fred "Cyclone" Taylor | 5'8" | 165 | 1884 | 1979 | 1905-1923 | Canada |
13 | Steve Yzerman | 5'11" | 185 | 1965 | 1983-2006 | Canada | |
14 | Édouard "Newsy" Lalonde | 5'9" | 1680 | 1887 | 1970 | 1904-1927 | Canada |
15 | Syl Apps, Sr. | 6'0" | 185 | 1915 | 1998 | 1936-1948 | Canada |
16 | Frank Boucher | 5'8" | 185 | 1901 | 1977 | 1921-1938 | Canada |
17 | Henri Richard | 5'7" | 160 | 1936 | 1955-1974 | Canada | |
18 | Milt Schmidt | 6'0" | 185 | 1918 | 2017 | 1936-1955 | Canada |
19* | Marcel Dionne | 5'9" | 190 | 1951 | 1971-1989 | Canada | |
20* | Peter Forsberg | 6'0" | 205 | 1973 | 1990-2011 | Sweden | |
21 | Ted Kennedy | 5'10" | 170 | 1925 | 2009 | 1942-1957 | Canada |
22 | Sidney Crosby | 5'11" | 200 | 1987 | 2005-present | Canada | |
23 | Joe Malone | 5'10" | 150 | 1890 | 1969 | 1910-1924 | Canada |
24 | Max Bentley | 5'10" | 155 | 1920 | 1984 | 1940-1954 | Canada |
25 | Norm Ullman | 5'10" | 175 | 1935 | 1955-1977 | Canada | |
26 | Elmer Lach | 5'10" | 165 | 1918 | 2015 | 1940-1954 | Canada |
27 | Bill Cowley | 5'10" | 165 | 1912 | 1993 | 1934-1947 | Canada |
28 | Nels Stewart | 6'1" | 195 | 1902 | 1957 | 1925-1940 | Canada |
29 | Sergei Fedorov (Fyodorov) | 6'2" | 207 | 1969 | 1986-2009 | Russia | |
30 | Sid Abel | 5'11" | 170 | 1918 | 2000 | 1938-1954 | Canada |
31 | Dave Keon | 5'9" | 165 | 1940 | 1960-1982 | Canada | |
32 | Doug Gilmour | 5'11" | 177 | 1963 | 1983-2003 | Canada | |
33 | Alexander Maltsev | 5'9" | 169 | 1949 | 1967-1984 | Russia | |
34 | Joe Thornton | 6'4" | 220 | 1979 | 1997-present | Canada | |
35 | Ron Francis | 6'3" | 200 | 1963 | 1981-2004 | Canada | |
36 | Peter Šťastný | 6'1" | 200 | 1956 | 1975-1995 | Slovakia | |
37 | Alex Delvecchio | 6'0" | 195 | 1932 | 1950-1974 | Canada | |
38 | Eric Lindros | 6'4" | 240 | 1973 | 1992-2007 | Canada | |
39 | Adam Oates | 5'11" | 190 | 1962 | 1985-2004 | Canada | |
40 | Evgeni Malkin | 6'3" | 195 | 1986 | 2003-present | Russia | |
41T | Gilbert Perreault | 6'1" | 180 | 1950 | 1970-1987 | Canada | |
41T | Reginald "Hooley" Smith | 5'10" | 155 | 1903 | 1963 | 1924-1941 | Canada |
43 | Pavel Datsyuk | 5'11" | 198 | 1978 | 1997-present | Russia | |
44 | Russell Bowie | 1880 | 1956 | 1896-1908 | Canada | ||
45 | Jean Ratelle | 6'1" | 180 | 1940 | 1960-1981 | Canada | |
46 | Marty Barry | 5'11" | 175 | 1969 | 1969 | 1927-1940 | Canada |
47 | Mike Modano | 6'3" | 212 | 1970 | 1989-2011 | USA | |
48 | Dale Hawerchuk | 5'11" | 190 | 1963 | 1981-1997 | Canada | |
49 | Vladimir Petrov | 6'0" | 187 | 1947 | 1965-1983 | Russia | |
50 | Denis Savard | 5'10" | 175 | 1961 | 1980-1997 | Canada | |
51 | Igor Larionov | 5'9" | 170 | 1960 | 1977-2004 | Russia | |
52 | Mickey MacKay | 5'9" | 162 | 1894 | 1940 | 1914-1930 | Canada |
53 | Frank Federickson | 5'11" | 180 | 1895 | 1979 | 1913-1931 | Canada |
54 | Mats Sundin | 6'5" | 231 | 1971 | 1989-2009 | Sweden | |
55 | Henrik Zetterberg | 5'11" | 197 | 1980 | 2000-present | Sweden | |
56 | Darryl Sittler | 6'0" | 190 | 1950 | 1970-1985 | Canada | |
57 | Václav Nedomanský | 6'1" | 210 | 1944 | 1965-1983 | Czechia | |
58 | Gordon "Duke" Keats | 5'11" | 195 | 1895 | 1972 | 1915-1934 | Canada |
59 | Jacques Lemaire | 5'10" | 180 | 1945 | 1967-1979 | Canada | |
60 | Neil Colville | 5'11" | 175 | 1914 | 1987 | 1935-1949 | Canada |
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Round 2 Voting Results
Round 2, Vote 1 (1-4)
Round 2, Vote 2 (5-8)
Round 2, Vote 3 (9-12)
Round 2, Vote 4 (13-16)
Round 2, Vote 5 (17-20)
Round 2, Vote 6 (21-23)
Round 2, Vote 7 (24-27)
Round 2, Vote 8 (28-31)
Round 2, Vote 9 (32-36)
Round 2, Vote 10 (37-39)
Round 2, Vote 11 (40-44)
Round 2, Vote 12 (45-48)
Round 2, Vote 13 (49-52)
Round 2, Vote 14 (53-57)
Round 2, Vote 15 (58-59)
Round 2, Vote 16 (60th place tiebreak)
Links to the preliminary discussion threads before voters submitted their lists:
Determining Positions - Should he be considered a center?
Rules Discussion Thread
Round 1 Preliminary Discussion Thread
Links that explain the creation of the aggregate list that formed the basis of discussion. This data was released at the end of the project:
Round 1 Voting Results (Aggregate List) data lost
Round 1 Screening Procedure & Rejected Lists
Participant Survey (filled out at the end of the project) data lost
Listed here are the individual voting records of all participants: most data lost
bigbuffalo313
BillyShoe1721
Canadiens1958
DaveG
Dennis Bonvie
Hardyvan123
Hawkey Town 18
intylerwetrust
jigglysquishy
MadArcand
Mike Farkas
MXD
reckoning
Rob Scuderi
seventieslord
Sturminator
tarheelhockey
ted1971
the edler
TheDevilMadeMe
tony D
VanIslander
vecens24
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