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Norris trophy (99.8% complete historical results, 1954-2023)
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Detailed results by player - 5% threshold
This table shows the following:
Column 1: year
Column 2: player name
Column 3: votes earned
Column 4: maximum possible number of votes that could have been earned that year
Column 5: Norris shares
Column 6: rank during the year
Note that I'm only showing years where a defenseman earned at least 5.0% percent of the maximum possible votes. This weeds out years where a player only receives a few throwaway votes.
A note on ties - I'm treating players as having the same rank as long as they have the same number of voting points. In reality, the NHL uses the number of first-place votes (then second-place, etc) as the tie-breaker. I only have data regarding the total number of votes. It would be extremely time-consuming to input all the detailed results, so I'm not going to do that. I'm presenting the data as is, with this note, to be consistent and transparent about what I've done.
This table shows the following:
Column 1: year
Column 2: player name
Column 3: votes earned
Column 4: maximum possible number of votes that could have been earned that year
Column 5: Norris shares
Column 6: rank during the year
| Year | Player | Votes | Max | Percentage | Rank | |
2021 | Adam Fox | 743 | 1000 | 74.3% | 1 | |
2022 | Adam Fox | 248 | 1950 | 12.7% | 5 | |
2023 | Adam Fox | 1125 | 1960 | 57.4% | 2 | |
2004 | Adrian Aucoin | 166 | 1040 | 16.0% | 5 | |
1969 | Al Arbour | 17 | 180 | 9.4% | 5 | |
1970 | Al Arbour | 9 | 180 | 5.0% | 6 | |
1989 | Al MacInnis | 57 | 315 | 18.1% | 3 | |
1990 | Al MacInnis | 127 | 315 | 40.3% | 2 | |
1991 | Al MacInnis | 228 | 330 | 69.1% | 2 | |
1994 | Al MacInnis | 60 | 270 | 22.2% | 3 | |
1999 | Al MacInnis | 548 | 560 | 97.9% | 1 | |
2001 | Al MacInnis | 49 | 620 | 7.9% | 7 | |
2003 | Al MacInnis | 486 | 620 | 78.4% | 2 | |
2012 | Alex Pietrangelo | 381 | 1490 | 25.6% | 4 | |
2014 | Alex Pietrangelo | 304 | 1370 | 22.2% | 5 | |
2020 | Alex Pietrangelo | 527 | 1700 | 31.0% | 4 | |
1960 | Allan Stanley | 42 | 180 | 23.3% | 2 | |
1961 | Allan Stanley | 27 | 180 | 15.0% | 3 | |
1962 | Allan Stanley | 14 | 180 | 7.8% | 8 | |
1966 | Allan Stanley | 23 | 180 | 12.8% | 7 | |
2008 | Andrei Markov | 156 | 1340 | 11.6% | 6 | |
2009 | Andrei Markov | 95 | 1330 | 7.1% | 6 | |
1982 | Barry Beck | 28 | 315 | 8.9% | 7 | |
1954 | Bill Gadsby | 38 | 180 | 21.1% | 3 | |
1956 | Bill Gadsby | 59 | 180 | 32.8% | 2 | |
1957 | Bill Gadsby | 32 | 180 | 17.8% | 3 | |
1958 | Bill Gadsby | 119 | 180 | 66.1% | 2 | |
1959 | Bill Gadsby | 67 | 180 | 37.2% | 2 | |
1960 | Bill Gadsby | 22 | 180 | 12.2% | 6 | |
1963 | Bill Gadsby | 25 | 180 | 13.9% | 5 | |
1965 | Bill Gadsby | 40 | 180 | 22.2% | 3 | |
1968 | Bill White | 9 | 120 | 7.5% | 7 | |
1972 | Bill White | 25 | 210 | 11.9% | 3 | |
1973 | Bill White | 36 | 240 | 15.0% | 3 | |
1974 | Bill White | 44 | 240 | 18.3% | 3 | |
1960 | Bob Armstrong | 12 | 180 | 6.7% | 7 | |
1964 | Bob Baun | 9 | 180 | 5.0% | 7 | |
1965 | Bob Baun | 15 | 180 | 8.3% | 8 | |
1954 | Bob Goldham | 18 | 180 | 10.0% | 5 | |
1955 | Bob Goldham | 16 | 180 | 8.9% | 4 | |
1967 | Bobby Orr | 36 | 180 | 20.0% | 3 | |
1968 | Bobby Orr | 68 | 120 | 56.7% | 1 | |
1969 | Bobby Orr | 176 | 180 | 97.8% | 1 | |
1970 | Bobby Orr | 180 | 180 | 100.0% | 1 | |
1971 | Bobby Orr | 208 | 210 | 99.0% | 1 | |
1972 | Bobby Orr | 204 | 210 | 97.1% | 1 | |
1973 | Bobby Orr | 224 | 240 | 93.3% | 1 | |
1974 | Bobby Orr | 236 | 240 | 98.3% | 1 | |
1975 | Bobby Orr | 266 | 270 | 98.5% | 1 | |
1975 | Borje Salming | 31 | 270 | 11.5% | 4 | |
1976 | Borje Salming | 56 | 270 | 20.7% | 3 | |
1977 | Borje Salming | 157 | 270 | 58.1% | 2 | |
1978 | Borje Salming | 84 | 270 | 31.1% | 4 | |
1979 | Borje Salming | 65 | 255 | 25.5% | 3 | |
1980 | Borje Salming | 117 | 315 | 37.1% | 2 | |
1988 | Brad McCrimmon | 70 | 315 | 22.2% | 4 | |
1989 | Brad McCrimmon | 24 | 315 | 7.6% | 6 | |
1970 | Brad Park | 58 | 180 | 32.2% | 2 | |
1971 | Brad Park | 57 | 210 | 27.1% | 2 | |
1972 | Brad Park | 117 | 210 | 55.7% | 2 | |
1973 | Brad Park | 36 | 240 | 15.0% | 3 | |
1974 | Brad Park | 98 | 240 | 40.8% | 2 | |
1976 | Brad Park | 96 | 270 | 35.6% | 2 | |
1978 | Brad Park | 135 | 270 | 50.0% | 2 | |
2016 | Brent Burns | 619 | 1500 | 41.3% | 3 | |
2017 | Brent Burns | 1437 | 1670 | 86.0% | 1 | |
2019 | Brent Burns | 720 | 1710 | 42.1% | 2 | |
2008 | Brian Campbell | 333 | 1340 | 24.9% | 5 | |
1981 | Brian Engblom | 21 | 315 | 6.7% | 6 | |
1982 | Brian Engblom | 31 | 315 | 9.8% | 6 | |
1991 | Brian Leetch | 30 | 330 | 9.1% | 4 | |
1992 | Brian Leetch | 335 | 345 | 97.1% | 1 | |
1996 | Brian Leetch | 245 | 540 | 45.4% | 3 | |
1997 | Brian Leetch | 494 | 540 | 91.5% | 1 | |
1999 | Brian Leetch | 49 | 560 | 8.8% | 8 | |
2001 | Brian Leetch | 126 | 620 | 20.3% | 5 | |
2004 | Bryan McCabe | 189 | 1040 | 18.2% | 4 | |
2021 | Cale Makar | 655 | 1000 | 65.5% | 2 | |
2022 | Cale Makar | 1631 | 1950 | 83.6% | 1 | |
2023 | Cale Makar | 553 | 1960 | 28.2% | 3 | |
1961 | Carl Brewer | 9 | 180 | 5.0% | 6 | |
1962 | Carl Brewer | 41 | 180 | 22.8% | 4 | |
1963 | Carl Brewer | 81 | 180 | 45.0% | 2 | |
1965 | Carl Brewer | 19 | 180 | 10.6% | 6 | |
1970 | Carl Brewer | 22 | 180 | 12.2% | 3 | |
2021 | Charlie McAvoy | 125 | 1000 | 12.5% | 5 | |
2022 | Charlie McAvoy | 358 | 1950 | 18.4% | 4 | |
1989 | Chris Chelios | 226 | 315 | 71.7% | 1 | |
1991 | Chris Chelios | 56 | 330 | 17.0% | 3 | |
1993 | Chris Chelios | 201 | 250 | 80.4% | 1 | |
1995 | Chris Chelios | 39 | 75 | 52.0% | 2 | |
1996 | Chris Chelios | 408 | 540 | 75.6% | 1 | |
1997 | Chris Chelios | 172 | 540 | 31.9% | 4 | |
2000 | Chris Chelios | 54 | 580 | 9.3% | 6 | |
2002 | Chris Chelios | 431 | 620 | 69.5% | 2 | |
1998 | Chris Pronger | 316 | 540 | 58.5% | 3 | |
1999 | Chris Pronger | 107 | 560 | 19.1% | 4 | |
2000 | Chris Pronger | 565 | 580 | 97.4% | 1 | |
2002 | Chris Pronger | 62 | 620 | 10.0% | 5 | |
2004 | Chris Pronger | 345 | 1040 | 33.2% | 3 | |
2006 | Chris Pronger | 97 | 1290 | 7.5% | 7 | |
2007 | Chris Pronger | 608 | 1430 | 42.5% | 3 | |
2010 | Chris Pronger | 168 | 1330 | 12.6% | 5 | |
1982 | Craig Hartsburg | 54 | 315 | 17.1% | 4 | |
2007 | Dan Boyle | 219 | 1430 | 15.3% | 4 | |
2009 | Dan Boyle | 173 | 1330 | 13.0% | 5 | |
2010 | Dan Boyle | 116 | 1330 | 8.7% | 6 | |
2021 | Darnell Nurse | 76 | 1000 | 7.6% | 7 | |
1997 | Darryl Sydor | 45 | 540 | 8.3% | 7 | |
1975 | Denis Potvin | 99 | 270 | 36.7% | 2 | |
1976 | Denis Potvin | 237 | 270 | 87.8% | 1 | |
1977 | Denis Potvin | 58 | 270 | 21.5% | 3 | |
1978 | Denis Potvin | 155 | 270 | 57.4% | 1 | |
1979 | Denis Potvin | 228 | 255 | 89.4% | 1 | |
1981 | Denis Potvin | 113 | 315 | 35.9% | 2 | |
1982 | Denis Potvin | 27 | 315 | 8.6% | 8 | |
1984 | Denis Potvin | 66 | 310 | 21.3% | 4 | |
1999 | Derian Hatcher | 53 | 560 | 9.5% | 7 | |
2003 | Derian Hatcher | 142 | 620 | 22.9% | 3 | |
2007 | Dion Phaneuf | 98 | 1430 | 6.9% | 6 | |
2008 | Dion Phaneuf | 561 | 1340 | 41.9% | 2 | |
1964 | Doug Barkley | 9 | 180 | 5.0% | 7 | |
1966 | Doug Barkley | 30 | 180 | 16.7% | 5 | |
1954 | Doug Harvey | 57 | 180 | 31.7% | 2 | |
1955 | Doug Harvey | 147 | 180 | 81.7% | 1 | |
1956 | Doug Harvey | 156 | 180 | 86.7% | 1 | |
1957 | Doug Harvey | 159 | 180 | 88.3% | 1 | |
1958 | Doug Harvey | 153 | 180 | 85.0% | 1 | |
1959 | Doug Harvey | 48 | 180 | 26.7% | 4 | |
1960 | Doug Harvey | 129 | 180 | 71.7% | 1 | |
1961 | Doug Harvey | 162 | 180 | 90.0% | 1 | |
1962 | Doug Harvey | 102 | 180 | 56.7% | 1 | |
1963 | Doug Harvey | 14 | 180 | 7.8% | 6 | |
1957 | Doug Mohns | 23 | 180 | 12.8% | 5 | |
1962 | Doug Mohns | 15 | 180 | 8.3% | 5 | |
1982 | Doug Wilson | 177 | 315 | 56.2% | 1 | |
1983 | Doug Wilson | 29 | 315 | 9.2% | 4 | |
1985 | Doug Wilson | 84 | 315 | 26.7% | 4 | |
1990 | Doug Wilson | 40 | 315 | 12.7% | 3 | |
2021 | Dougie Hamilton | 239 | 1000 | 23.9% | 4 | |
2023 | Dougie Hamilton | 270 | 1960 | 13.8% | 6 | |
2010 | Drew Doughty | 662 | 1330 | 49.8% | 3 | |
2014 | Drew Doughty | 284 | 1370 | 20.7% | 6 | |
2015 | Drew Doughty | 889 | 1570 | 56.6% | 2 | |
2016 | Drew Doughty | 1254 | 1500 | 83.6% | 1 | |
2018 | Drew Doughty | 1164 | 1640 | 71.0% | 2 | |
2009 | Duncan Keith | 95 | 1330 | 7.1% | 6 | |
2010 | Duncan Keith | 1096 | 1330 | 82.4% | 1 | |
2013 | Duncan Keith | 281 | 1780 | 15.8% | 6 | |
2014 | Duncan Keith | 1033 | 1370 | 75.4% | 1 | |
2015 | Duncan Keith | 134 | 1570 | 8.5% | 7 | |
2017 | Duncan Keith | 384 | 1670 | 23.0% | 4 | |
2002 | Ed Jovanovski | 53 | 620 | 8.5% | 6 | |
2003 | Ed Jovanovski | 58 | 620 | 9.4% | 6 | |
1963 | Elmer Vasko | 28 | 180 | 15.6% | 4 | |
1964 | Elmer Vasko | 28 | 180 | 15.6% | 3 | |
1999 | Eric Desjardins | 91 | 560 | 16.3% | 5 | |
2000 | Eric Desjardins | 119 | 580 | 20.5% | 4 | |
2012 | Erik Karlsson | 1069 | 1490 | 71.7% | 1 | |
2014 | Erik Karlsson | 70 | 1370 | 5.1% | 7 | |
2015 | Erik Karlsson | 964 | 1570 | 61.4% | 1 | |
2016 | Erik Karlsson | 1020 | 1500 | 68.0% | 2 | |
2017 | Erik Karlsson | 1292 | 1670 | 77.4% | 2 | |
2023 | Erik Karlsson | 1585 | 1960 | 80.9% | 1 | |
1955 | Fern Flaman | 32 | 180 | 17.8% | 3 | |
1956 | Fern Flaman | 11 | 180 | 6.1% | 5 | |
1957 | Fern Flaman | 32 | 180 | 17.8% | 3 | |
1958 | Fern Flaman | 17 | 180 | 9.4% | 3 | |
1959 | Fern Flaman | 34 | 180 | 18.9% | 5 | |
2013 | Francois Beauchemin | 290 | 1780 | 16.3% | 4 | |
1999 | Fredrik Olausson | 48 | 560 | 8.6% | 9 | |
1988 | Gary Suter | 80 | 315 | 25.4% | 3 | |
1973 | Guy Lapointe | 58 | 240 | 24.2% | 2 | |
1975 | Guy Lapointe | 45 | 270 | 16.7% | 3 | |
1976 | Guy Lapointe | 39 | 270 | 14.4% | 4 | |
1977 | Guy Lapointe | 32 | 270 | 11.9% | 4 | |
2023 | Hampus Lindholm | 483 | 1960 | 24.6% | 4 | |
1962 | Harry Howell | 9 | 180 | 5.0% | 9 | |
1964 | Harry Howell | 13 | 180 | 7.2% | 5 | |
1965 | Harry Howell | 12 | 180 | 6.7% | 9 | |
1966 | Harry Howell | 28 | 180 | 15.6% | 6 | |
1967 | Harry Howell | 113 | 180 | 62.8% | 1 | |
1955 | Hugh Bolton | 9 | 180 | 5.0% | 5 | |
2020 | Jaccob Slavin | 138 | 1700 | 8.1% | 5 | |
1962 | Jack Evans | 15 | 180 | 8.3% | 5 | |
1964 | Jacques Laperriere | 25 | 180 | 13.9% | 4 | |
1965 | Jacques Laperriere | 78 | 180 | 43.3% | 2 | |
1966 | Jacques Laperriere | 89 | 180 | 49.4% | 1 | |
1968 | Jacques Laperriere | 15 | 120 | 12.5% | 5 | |
1969 | Jacques Laperriere | 9 | 180 | 5.0% | 6 | |
1970 | Jacques Laperriere | 18 | 180 | 10.0% | 4 | |
1973 | Jacques Laperriere | 25 | 240 | 10.4% | 5 | |
2021 | Jakob Chychrun | 50 | 1000 | 5.0% | 10 | |
1966 | JC Tremblay | 32 | 180 | 17.8% | 4 | |
1967 | JC Tremblay | 18 | 180 | 10.0% | 5 | |
1968 | JC Tremblay | 31 | 120 | 25.8% | 2 | |
1971 | JC Tremblay | 35 | 210 | 16.7% | 3 | |
1962 | Jean-Guy Talbot | 46 | 180 | 25.6% | 3 | |
1963 | Jean-Guy Talbot | 11 | 180 | 6.1% |
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1968 | Jim Neilson | 26 | 120 | 21.7% | 4 | |
1970 | Jim Neilson | 11 | 180 | 6.1% | 5 | |
1980 | Jim Schoenfeld | 85 | 315 | 27.0% | 3 | |
2018 | John Carlson | 311 | 1640 | 19.0% | 5 | |
2019 | John Carlson | 551 | 1710 | 32.2% | 4 | |
2020 | John Carlson | 1267 | 1700 | 74.5% | 2 | |
2018 | John Klingberg | 160 | 1640 | 9.8% | 6 | |
2023 | Josh Morrissey | 337 | 1960 | 17.2% | 5 | |
2011 | Keith Yandle | 312 | 1270 | 24.6% | 5 | |
1993 | Kevin Hatcher | 17 | 250 | 6.8% | 4 | |
1982 | Kevin Lowe | 20 | 315 | 6.3% | 10 | |
1988 | Kevin Lowe | 24 | 315 | 7.6% | 5 | |
2007 | Kimmo Timonen | 144 | 1430 | 10.1% | 5 | |
2011 | Kris Letang | 144 | 1270 | 11.3% | 6 | |
2013 | Kris Letang | 914 | 1780 | 51.3% | 3 | |
2015 | Kris Letang | 80 | 1570 | 5.1% | 8 | |
2016 | Kris Letang | 587 | 1500 | 39.1% |
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2019 | Kris Letang | 145 | 1710 | 8.5% | 6 | |
2021 | Kris Letang | 60 | 1000 | 6.0% | 9 | |
1981 | Larry Murphy | 16 | 315 | 5.1% | 7 | |
1987 | Larry Murphy | 31 | 270 | 11.5% | 3 | |
1992 | Larry Murphy | 37 | 345 | 10.7% | 5 | |
1993 | Larry Murphy | 93 | 250 | 37.2% | 3 | |
1995 | Larry Murphy | 7 | 75 | 9.3% | 4 | |
1998 | Larry Murphy | 47 | 540 | 8.7% | 6 | |
1977 | Larry Robinson | 186 | 270 | 68.9% | 1 | |
1978 | Larry Robinson | 85 | 270 | 31.5% | 3 | |
1979 | Larry Robinson | 83 | 255 | 32.5% | 2 | |
1980 | Larry Robinson | 239 | 315 | 75.9% | 1 | |
1981 | Larry Robinson | 100 | 315 | 31.7% | 3 | |
1982 | Larry Robinson | 50 | 315 | 15.9% | 5 | |
1986 | Larry Robinson | 43 | 300 | 14.3% | 3 | |
1961 | Leo Boivin | 15 | 180 | 8.3% | 5 | |
2011 | Lubomir Visnovsky | 573 | 1270 | 45.1% | 4 | |
2021 | Mackenzie Weegar | 74 | 1000 | 7.4% | 8 | |
1957 | Marcel Pronovost | 15 | 180 | 8.3% | 6 | |
1959 | Marcel Pronovost | 58 | 180 | 32.2% | 3 | |
1960 | Marcel Pronovost | 39 | 180 | 21.7% | 3 | |
1961 | Marcel Pronovost | 52 | 180 | 28.9% | 2 | |
1965 | Marcel Pronovost | 20 | 180 | 11.1% | 5 | |
2015 | Mark Giordano | 177 | 1570 | 11.3% | 6 | |
2019 | Mark Giordano | 1690 | 1710 | 98.8% | 1 | |
1980 | Mark Howe | 23 | 315 | 7.3% | 5 | |
1983 | Mark Howe | 155 | 315 | 49.2% | 2 | |
1986 | Mark Howe | 172 | 300 | 57.3% | 2 | |
1987 | Mark Howe | 137 | 270 | 50.7% | 2 | |
2004 | Mathieu Schneider | 144 | 1040 | 13.8% | 7 | |
2006 | Mathieu Schneider | 111 | 1290 | 8.6% | 6 | |
2008 | Mike Green | 84 | 1340 | 6.3% | 7 | |
2009 | Mike Green | 982 | 1330 | 73.8% | 2 | |
2010 | Mike Green | 831 | 1330 | 62.5% | 2 | |
1968 | Mike McMahon | 8 | 120 | 6.7% | 8 | |
2023 | Miro Heiskanen | 269 | 1960 | 13.7% | 7 | |
2019 | Morgan Reilly | 515 | 1710 | 30.1% | 5 | |
1996 | Nicklas Lidstrom | 54 | 540 | 10.0% | 6 | |
1997 | Nicklas Lidstrom | 60 | 540 | 11.1% | 6 | |
1998 | Nicklas Lidstrom | 369 | 540 | 68.3% | 2 | |
1999 | Nicklas Lidstrom | 234 | 560 | 41.8% | 2 | |
2000 | Nicklas Lidstrom | 400 | 580 | 69.0% | 2 | |
2001 | Nicklas Lidstrom | 600 | 620 | 96.8% | 1 | |
2002 | Nicklas Lidstrom | 472 | 620 | 76.1% | 1 | |
2003 | Nicklas Lidstrom | 560 | 620 | 90.3% | 1 | |
2004 | Nicklas Lidstrom | 165 | 1040 | 15.9% | 6 | |
2006 | Nicklas Lidstrom | 1152 | 1290 | 89.3% | 1 | |
2007 | Nicklas Lidstrom | 1217 | 1430 | 85.1% | 1 | |
2008 | Nicklas Lidstrom | 1313 | 1340 | 98.0% | 1 | |
2009 | Nicklas Lidstrom | 733 | 1330 | 55.1% | 3 | |
2010 | Nicklas Lidstrom | 303 | 1330 | 22.8% | 4 | |
2011 | Nicklas Lidstrom | 736 | 1270 | 58.0% | 1 | |
2012 | Nicklas Lidstrom | 132 | 1490 | 8.9% | 5 | |
1966 | Pat Stapleton | 40 | 180 | 22.2% | 3 | |
1971 | Pat Stapleton | 23 | 210 | 11.0% | 4 | |
1972 | Pat Stapleton | 16 | 210 | 7.6% | 4 | |
1982 | Paul Coffey | 55 | 315 | 17.5% | 3 | |
1983 | Paul Coffey | 24 | 315 | 7.6% | 5 | |
1984 | Paul Coffey | 126 | 310 | 40.6% | 2 | |
1985 | Paul Coffey | 223 | 315 | 70.8% | 1 | |
1986 | Paul Coffey | 280 | 300 | 93.3% | 1 | |
1989 | Paul Coffey | 115 | 315 | 36.5% | 2 | |
1990 | Paul Coffey | 33 | 315 | 10.5% | 4 | |
1995 | Paul Coffey | 69 | 75 | 92.0% | 1 | |
1996 | Paul Coffey | 83 | 540 | 15.4% | 5 | |
1961 | Pete Goegan | 9 | 180 | 5.0% | 6 | |
1990 | Phil Housley | 32 | 315 | 10.2% | 5 | |
1992 | Phil Housley | 82 | 345 | 23.8% | 3 | |
1993 | Phil Housley | 16 | 250 | 6.4% | 5 | |
1999 | Phil Housley | 40 | 560 | 7.1% | 10 | |
1959 | Pierre Pilote | 19 | 180 | 10.6% | 6 | |
1960 | Pierre Pilote | 33 | 180 | 18.3% | 4 | |
1961 | Pierre Pilote | 24 | 180 | 13.3% | 4 | |
1962 | Pierre Pilote | 47 | 180 | 26.1% | 2 | |
1963 | Pierre Pilote | 98 | 180 | 54.4% | 1 | |
1964 | Pierre Pilote | 138 | 180 | 76.7% | 1 | |
1965 | Pierre Pilote | 93 | 180 | 51.7% | 1 | |
1966 | Pierre Pilote | 54 | 180 | 30.0% | 2 | |
1967 | Pierre Pilote | 95 | 180 | 52.8% | 2 | |
1968 | Pierre Pilote | 11 | 120 | 9.2% | 6 | |
2013 | PK Subban | 1266 | 1780 | 71.1% | 1 | |
2015 | PK Subban | 801 | 1570 | 51.0% | 3 | |
2018 | PK Subban | 565 | 1640 | 34.5% | 3 | |
2023 | Quinn Hughes | 101 | 1960 | 5.2% | 9 | |
1981 | Randy Carlyle | 120 | 315 | 38.1% | 1 | |
2023 | Rasmus Dahlin | 262 | 1960 | 13.4% | 8 | |
1980 | Ray Bourque | 51 | 315 | 16.2% | 4 | |
1981 | Ray Bourque | 53 | 315 | 16.8% | 4 | |
1982 | Ray Bourque | 80 | 315 | 25.4% | 2 | |
1983 | Ray Bourque | 139 | 315 | 44.1% | 3 | |
1984 | Ray Bourque | 120 | 310 | 38.7% | 3 | |
1985 | Ray Bourque | 136 | 315 | 43.2% | 2 | |
1986 | Ray Bourque | 25 | 300 | 8.3% | 4 | |
1987 | Ray Bourque | 266 | 270 | 98.5% | 1 | |
1988 | Ray Bourque | 245 | 315 | 77.8% | 1 | |
1989 | Ray Bourque | 56 | 315 | 17.8% | 4 | |
1990 | Ray Bourque | 315 | 315 | 100.0% | 1 | |
1991 | Ray Bourque | 257 | 330 | 77.9% | 1 | |
1992 | Ray Bourque | 112 | 345 | 32.5% | 2 | |
1993 | Ray Bourque | 97 | 250 | 38.8% | 2 | |
1994 | Ray Bourque | 199 | 270 | 73.7% | 1 | |
1995 | Ray Bourque | 20 | 75 | 26.7% | 3 | |
1996 | Ray Bourque | 403 | 540 | 74.6% | 2 | |
1997 | Ray Bourque | 45 | 540 | 8.3% | 7 | |
1998 | Ray Bourque | 37 | 540 | 6.9% | 7 | |
1999 | Ray Bourque | 157 | 560 | 28.0% | 3 | |
2000 | Ray Bourque | 36 | 580 | 6.2% | 7 | |
2001 | Ray Bourque | 251 | 620 | 40.5% | 2 | |
1954 | Red Kelly | 162 | 180 | 90.0% | 1 | |
1955 | Red Kelly | 95 | 180 | 52.8% | 2 | |
1956 | Red Kelly | 44 | 180 | 24.4% | 3 | |
1957 | Red Kelly | 42 | 180 | 23.3% | 2 | |
1998 | Rob Blake | 401 | 540 | 74.3% | 1 | |
2000 | Rob Blake | 196 | 580 | 33.8% | 3 | |
2001 | Rob Blake | 176 | 620 | 28.4% | 4 | |
2002 | Rob Blake | 321 | 620 | 51.8% | 3 | |
2003 | Rob Blake | 62 | 620 | 10.0% | 5 | |
2004 | Rob Blake | 124 | 1040 | 11.9% | 8 | |
1981 | Rod Langway | 38 | 315 | 12.1% | 5 | |
1982 | Rod Langway | 24 | 315 | 7.6% | 9 | |
1983 | Rod Langway | 180 | 315 | 57.1% | 1 | |
1984 | Rod Langway | 227 | 310 | 73.2% | 1 | |
1985 | Rod Langway | 89 | 315 | 28.3% | 3 | |
1986 | Rod Langway | 19 | 300 | 6.3% | 5 | |
2015 | Roman Josi | 222 | 1570 | 14.1% | 5 | |
2016 | Roman Josi | 120 | 1500 | 8.0% | 5 | |
2018 | Roman Josi | 86 | 1640 | 5.2% | 7 | |
2020 | Roman Josi | 1499 | 1700 | 88.2% | 1 | |
2022 | Roman Josi | 1606 | 1950 | 82.4% | 2 | |
1958 | Ron Stewart | 13 | 180 | 7.2% | 4 | |
2013 | Ryan Suter | 1230 | 1780 | 69.1% | 2 | |
2014 | Ryan Suter | 351 | 1370 | 25.6% | 4 | |
2017 | Ryan Suter | 175 | 1670 | 10.5% | 5 | |
1997 | Sandis Ozolinsh | 176 | 540 | 32.6% | 3 | |
1998 | Scott Niedermayer | 58 | 540 | 10.7% | 5 | |
2004 | Scott Niedermayer | 872 | 1040 | 83.8% | 1 | |
2006 | Scott Niedermayer | 817 | 1290 | 63.3% | 2 | |
2007 | Scott Niedermayer | 1024 | 1430 | 71.6% | 2 | |
1988 | Scott Stevens | 124 | 315 | 39.4% | 2 | |
1992 | Scott Stevens | 44 | 345 | 12.8% | 4 | |
1994 | Scott Stevens | 195 | 270 | 72.2% | 2 | |
1997 | Scott Stevens | 171 | 540 | 31.7% | 5 | |
1998 | Scott Stevens | 84 | 540 | 15.6% | 4 | |
1999 | Scott Stevens | 55 | 560 | 9.8% | 6 | |
2001 | Scott Stevens | 203 | 620 | 32.7% | 3 | |
1973 | Serge Savard | 22 | 240 | 9.2% | 6 | |
1975 | Serge Savard | 14 | 270 | 5.2% | 5 | |
1976 | Serge Savard | 23 | 270 | 8.5% | 5 | |
1977 | Serge Savard | 29 | 270 | 10.7% | 5 | |
1979 | Serge Savard | 41 | 255 | 16.1% | 4 | |
2000 | Sergei Gonchar | 78 | 580 | 13.4% | 5 | |
2001 | Sergei Gonchar | 94 | 620 | 15.2% | 6 | |
2002 | Sergei Gonchar | 147 | 620 | 23.7% | 4 | |
2003 | Sergei Gonchar | 131 | 620 | 21.1% | 4 | |
2004 | Sergei Gonchar | 55 | 1040 | 5.3% | 9 | |
2007 | Sergei Gonchar | 85 | 1430 | 5.9% | 7 | |
2008 | Sergei Gonchar | 370 | 1340 | 27.6% | 4 | |
1994 | Sergei Zubov | 15 | 270 | 5.6% | 4 | |
2003 | Sergei Zubov | 37 | 620 | 6.0% | 8 | |
2006 | Sergei Zubov | 464 | 1290 | 36.0% | 3 | |
2018 | Seth Jones | 406 | 1640 | 24.8% | 4 | |
2021 | Shea Theodore | 109 | 1000 | 10.9% | 6 | |
2009 | Shea Weber | 186 | 1330 | 14.0% | 4 | |
2010 | Shea Weber | 96 | 1330 | 7.2% | 7 | |
2011 | Shea Weber | 727 | 1270 | 57.2% | 2 | |
2012 | Shea Weber | 1057 | 1490 | 70.9% | 2 | |
2014 | Shea Weber | 638 | 1370 | 46.6% | 3 | |
2015 | Shea Weber | 614 | 1570 | 39.1% | 4 | |
2017 | Shea Weber | 100 | 1670 | 6.0% | 6 | |
1989 | Steve Duchesne | 30 | 315 | 9.5% | 5 | |
1965 | Ted Green | 17 | 180 | 9.4% | 7 | |
1968 | Ted Green | 6 | 120 | 5.0% | 9 | |
1969 | Ted Green | 27 | 180 | 15.0% | 3 | |
1969 | Ted Harris | 22 | 180 | 12.2% | 4 | |
2002 | Teppo Numminen | 44 | 620 | 7.1% | 7 | |
1964 | Terry Harper | 13 | 180 | 7.2% | 5 | |
1954 | Tim Horton | 26 | 180 | 14.4% | 4 | |
1961 | Tim Horton | 9 | 180 | 5.0% | 6 | |
1962 | Tim Horton | 15 | 180 | 8.3% | 5 | |
1963 | Tim Horton | 37 | 180 | 20.6% | 3 | |
1964 | Tim Horton | 70 | 180 | 38.9% | 2 | |
1965 | Tim Horton | 27 | 180 | 15.0% | 4 | |
1967 | Tim Horton | 34 | 180 | 18.9% | 4 | |
1968 | Tim Horton | 30 | 120 | 25.0% | 3 | |
1969 | Tim Horton | 48 | 180 | 26.7% | 2 | |
1956 | Tom Johnson | 21 | 180 | 11.7% | 4 | |
1959 | Tom Johnson | 92 | 180 | 51.1% | 1 | |
1960 | Tom Johnson | 32 | 180 | 17.8% | 5 | |
2017 | Victor Hedman | 728 | 1670 | 43.6% | 3 | |
2018 | Victor Hedman | 1385 | 1640 | 84.5% | 1 | |
2019 | Victor Hedman | 585 | 1710 | 34.2% | 3 | |
2020 | Victor Hedman | 820 | 1700 | 48.2% | 3 | |
2021 | Victor Hedman | 433 | 1000 | 43.3% | 3 | |
2022 | Victor Hedman | 940 | 1950 | 48.2% | 3 | |
1996 | Vladimir Konstantinov | 131 | 540 | 24.3% | 4 | |
1997 | Vladimir Konstantinov | 178 | 540 | 33.0% | 2 | |
2006 | Wade Redden | 115 | 1290 | 8.9% | 5 | |
2003 | Zdeno Chara | 55 | 620 | 8.9% | 7 | |
2004 | Zdeno Chara | 563 | 1040 | 54.1% | 2 | |
2006 | Zdeno Chara | 430 | 1290 | 33.3% | 4 | |
2008 | Zdeno Chara | 486 | 1340 | 36.3% | 3 | |
2009 | Zdeno Chara | 1034 | 1330 | 77.7% | 1 | |
2010 | Zdeno Chara | 88 | 1330 | 6.6% | 8 | |
2011 | Zdeno Chara | 688 | 1270 | 54.2% | 3 | |
2012 | Zdeno Chara | 950 | 1490 | 63.8% | 3 | |
2013 | Zdeno Chara | 289 | 1780 | 16.2% | 5 | |
2014 | Zdeno Chara | 667 | 1370 | 48.7% | 2 |
Note that I'm only showing years where a defenseman earned at least 5.0% percent of the maximum possible votes. This weeds out years where a player only receives a few throwaway votes.
A note on ties - I'm treating players as having the same rank as long as they have the same number of voting points. In reality, the NHL uses the number of first-place votes (then second-place, etc) as the tie-breaker. I only have data regarding the total number of votes. It would be extremely time-consuming to input all the detailed results, so I'm not going to do that. I'm presenting the data as is, with this note, to be consistent and transparent about what I've done.
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All-time Norris trophy rankings - 5% threshold
This table shows the number of times each player finished 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc. in Norris voting. Once again I'm cutting off the data once we get to players with less than a 5.0% vote share. This means I'm posting the top four for almost every year, the top six in about half the years, and down to as low as 10th place on rare occasions.
Note that many of these players (most notably Kelly, Harvey and Gadsby) played several years before the inception of the Norris trophy. Kelly is particularly disadvantaged here, as he earned a spot on the year-end first all-star team each of the three years before the Norris was created, generally by wide margins.
Ray Bourque is a freak of nature. He played 22 seasons and never placed less than 7th in Norris voting once. He was 4th or higher 19 times. The only players who can rival Bourque's consistently high level of play are Gretzky and Howe. By this metric, Bourque singlehandedly almost matches the results of Chelios, Potvin and Pronger!
This table shows how much of an aberration Randy Carlyle's Norris trophy truly was. Not only did he win a very questionable award, he was never even close to contending for the Norris trophy again. Even some of the weaker winners (Tom Johnson, Harry Howell, Doug Wilson) were at least contenders in a few other years.
Many of us know that Brad Park was runner-up for the Norris six times (four times to Orr, twice to Potvin). The defensemen with the most "significant" seasons (as I've defined them) who didn't win the Norris are Tim Horton and Bill Gadsby. Somewhat surprisingly, Sergei Gonchar is in the top five.
Some people say that Sergei Zubov deserves a spot in the Hall of Fame. He was great in the playoffs but his voting record is comparable to Pat Stapleton and Dan Boyle. Has he been underrated by the Norris voters? Or is the position that he deserves a spot in the HOF historical revisionism?
The biggest surprise is seeing Chara ranked T-3rd on this list (5th if you're looking at tiebreakers). If you believe he played in a somewhat weaker era for high-end defensive talent (as I do), this result should be discounted somewhat, but he`s still in extremely impressive territory. The lingering questions as to whether he's a Hall of Fame player are, at this point, laughable.
| PLAYER | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | TOTAL |
| Ray Bourque | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 22 | |||||
| Nicklas Lidstrom | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 16 | ||||
| Doug Harvey | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | ||||||
| Pierre Pilote | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | ||||||
| Zdeno Chara | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | |||
| Bobby Orr | 8 | 1 | 9 | ||||||||
| Paul Coffey | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | |||||
| Tim Horton | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |||||
| Chris Chelios | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |||||
| Denis Potvin | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |||||
| Chris Pronger | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | |||||
| Bill Gadsby | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||||||
| Larry Robinson | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | ||||||
| Al MacInnis | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | ||||||
| Jacques Laperriere | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |||||
| Brad Park | 6 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||
| Scott Stevens | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |||||
| Shea Weber | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |||||
| Sergei Gonchar | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |||||
| Erik Karlsson | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |||||||
| Brian Leetch | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||
| Rod Langway | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||||||
| Duncan Keith | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||||||
| Victor Hedman | 1 | 5 | 6 | ||||||||
| Rob Blake | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||
| Borje Salming | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |||||||
| Larry Murphy | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||
| Kris Letang | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||
| Drew Doughty | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||||||
| Roman Josi | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||||||
| Harry Howell | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||||||
| Marcel Pronovost | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||||||
| Carl Brewer | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||||||
| Fern Flaman | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||
| Serge Savard | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |||||||
| Red Kelly | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |||||||
| Scott Niedermayer | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |||||||
| Doug Wilson | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||||||
| Mark Howe | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||
| Guy Lapointe | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||||||
| JC Tremblay | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
| Allan Stanley | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
| Bill White | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||
| Phil Housley | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |||||||
| Brent Burns | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| Cale Makar | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| Adam Fox | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| PK Subban | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||
| Tom Johnson | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| Mike Green | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| Ryan Suter | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| John Carlson | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| Pat Stapleton | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||
| Sergei Zubov | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| Ted Green | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| Alex Pietrangelo | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| Dan Boyle | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| Mark Giordano | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Vladimir Konstantinov | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Dion Phaneuf | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Elmer Vasko | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Derian Hatcher | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Jean-Guy Talbot | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Bob Goldham | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Eric Desjardins | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Jim Neilson | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Charlie McAvoy | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Brad McCrimmon | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Dougie Hamilton | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Doug Mohns | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Al Arbour | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Doug Barkley | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Kevin Lowe | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Andrei Markov | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Brian Engblom | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Ed Jovanovski | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Mathieu Schneider | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Bob Baun | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Randy Carlyle | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Gary Suter | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Jim Schoenfeld | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Sandis Ozolinsh | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Bryan McCabe | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Craig Hartsburg | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Francois Beauchemin | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Kevin Hatcher | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Lubomir Visnovsky | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Ron Stewart | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Ted Harris | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Seth Jones | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Hampus Lindholm | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Adrian Aucoin | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Brian Campbell | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Hugh Bolton | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Jack Evans | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Keith Yandle | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Kimmo Timonen | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Leo Boivin | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Steve Duchesne | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Terry Harper | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Wade Redden | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Morgan Reilly | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Jaccob Slavin | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Josh Morrissey | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Pete Goegan | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| John Klingberg | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Shea Theodore | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Barry Beck | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Darryl Sydor | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Teppo Numminen | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Bob Armstrong | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Darnell Nurse | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Miro Heiskanen | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Mike McMahon | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Mackenzie Weegar | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Rasmus Dahlin | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Fredrik Olausson | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Quinn Hughes | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Jakob Chychrun | 1 | 1 |
This table shows the number of times each player finished 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc. in Norris voting. Once again I'm cutting off the data once we get to players with less than a 5.0% vote share. This means I'm posting the top four for almost every year, the top six in about half the years, and down to as low as 10th place on rare occasions.
Note that many of these players (most notably Kelly, Harvey and Gadsby) played several years before the inception of the Norris trophy. Kelly is particularly disadvantaged here, as he earned a spot on the year-end first all-star team each of the three years before the Norris was created, generally by wide margins.
Ray Bourque is a freak of nature. He played 22 seasons and never placed less than 7th in Norris voting once. He was 4th or higher 19 times. The only players who can rival Bourque's consistently high level of play are Gretzky and Howe. By this metric, Bourque singlehandedly almost matches the results of Chelios, Potvin and Pronger!
This table shows how much of an aberration Randy Carlyle's Norris trophy truly was. Not only did he win a very questionable award, he was never even close to contending for the Norris trophy again. Even some of the weaker winners (Tom Johnson, Harry Howell, Doug Wilson) were at least contenders in a few other years.
Many of us know that Brad Park was runner-up for the Norris six times (four times to Orr, twice to Potvin). The defensemen with the most "significant" seasons (as I've defined them) who didn't win the Norris are Tim Horton and Bill Gadsby. Somewhat surprisingly, Sergei Gonchar is in the top five.
Some people say that Sergei Zubov deserves a spot in the Hall of Fame. He was great in the playoffs but his voting record is comparable to Pat Stapleton and Dan Boyle. Has he been underrated by the Norris voters? Or is the position that he deserves a spot in the HOF historical revisionism?
The biggest surprise is seeing Chara ranked T-3rd on this list (5th if you're looking at tiebreakers). If you believe he played in a somewhat weaker era for high-end defensive talent (as I do), this result should be discounted somewhat, but he`s still in extremely impressive territory. The lingering questions as to whether he's a Hall of Fame player are, at this point, laughable.
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All-time Norris trophy shares
See description of Norris trophy shares in the first post. I'm not filtering the data (so players might gain a few points in years where they have few throwaway votes).
Note that many of these players (most notably Kelly, Harvey and Gadsby) played several years before the inception of the Norris trophy. Kelly is particularly disadvantaged here, as he earned a spot on the year-end first all-star team each of the three years before the Norris was created, generally by wide margins.
Quality of competition is a major factor here. Poor Brad Park peaked at the same time as Orr and Potvin. Both of them, though especially Orr, dominated the Norris trophy voting, and left few votes available for everybody else. Considering the context, Park's 17th place finish is very impressive.
Note that a single big season can really skew the numbers. Doug Wilson ranks ahead of Murphy, Lapointe, Savard, etc., and that feels wrong.
| Ray Bourque | 900.9 |
| Nicklas Lidstrom | 896.8 |
| Bobby Orr | 760.8 |
| Doug Harvey | 626.7 |
| Chris Chelios | 415.8 |
| Zdeno Chara | 400.8 |
| Paul Coffey | 393.9 |
| Erik Karlsson | 365.9 |
| Denis Potvin | 364.5 |
| Pierre Pilote | 345.3 |
| Al MacInnis | 345.2 |
| Victor Hedman | 309.4 |
| Chris Pronger | 288.5 |
| Drew Doughty | 287.9 |
| Brian Leetch | 284.2 |
| Larry Robinson | 276.3 |
| Brad Park | 265.8 |
| Shea Weber | 245.9 |
| Scott Niedermayer | 237.5 |
| Scott Stevens | 231.0 |
| Bill Gadsby | 227.8 |
| Duncan Keith | 217.2 |
| Rob Blake | 211.3 |
| Roman Josi | 204.3 |
| Borje Salming | 193.4 |
| Red Kelly | 192.2 |
| Rod Langway | 186.6 |
| Tim Horton | 181.4 |
| Cale Makar | 178.7 |
| Brent Burns | 175.7 |
| Mark Howe | 173.2 |
| PK Subban | 157.4 |
| Jacques Laperriere | 148.6 |
| Adam Fox | 144.4 |
| Mike Green | 142.9 |
| John Carlson | 129.7 |
| Kris Letang | 127.9 |
| Marcel Pronovost | 118.9 |
| Ryan Suter | 117.2 |
| Mark Giordano | 116.0 |
| Sergei Gonchar | 113.2 |
| Harry Howell | 108.1 |
| Doug Wilson | 107.4 |
| Carl Brewer | 100.6 |
| Tom Johnson | 88.9 |
| Larry Murphy | 87.2 |
| Alex Pietrangelo | 82.7 |
| Guy Lapointe | 78.1 |
| JC Tremblay | 77.4 |
| Fern Flaman | 70.0 |
| Allan Stanley | 68.3 |
| Sergei Zubov | 64.9 |
| Bill White | 59.2 |
| Vladimir Konstantinov | 57.2 |
| Dion Phaneuf | 56.5 |
| Phil Housley | 52.8 |
| Serge Savard | 51.6 |
| Lubomir Visnovsky | 49.0 |
| Pat Stapleton | 48.2 |
| Eric Desjardins | 45.7 |
| Dougie Hamilton | 41.9 |
| Randy Carlyle | 40.3 |
| Dan Boyle | 38.9 |
| Elmer Vasko | 36.7 |
| Jim Neilson | 34.5 |
| Derian Hatcher | 34.4 |
| Gary Suter | 34.2 |
| Doug Mohns | 33.9 |
| Sandis Ozolinsh | 33.3 |
| Jim Schoenfeld | 33.1 |
| Jean-Guy Talbot | 32.8 |
| Brian Campbell | 32.2 |
| Charlie McAvoy | 31.7 |
| Ted Green | 31.7 |
| Morgan Reilly | 30.6 |
| Brad McCrimmon | 29.8 |
| Seth Jones | 27.6 |
| Keith Yandle | 26.4 |
| Doug Barkley | 25.0 |
| Hampus Lindholm | 24.8 |
| Mathieu Schneider | 23.3 |
| Bryan McCabe | 21.7 |
| Bob Goldham | 20.6 |
| Adrian Aucoin | 20.5 |
| Andrei Markov | 20.4 |
| Bob Baun | 19.8 |
| Kevin Lowe | 19.4 |
| Ed Jovanovski | 19.3 |
| Barry Beck | 18.3 |
| Wade Redden | 18.3 |
| Craig Hartsburg | 17.5 |
| Terry Harper | 17.5 |
| Josh Morrissey | 17.2 |
| Brian Engblom | 16.5 |
| Francois Beauchemin | 16.4 |
| Leo Boivin | 16.1 |
| Al Arbour | 16.1 |
| Ted Harris | 14.6 |
| Miro Heiskanen | 14.5 |
| John Klingberg | 14.0 |
See description of Norris trophy shares in the first post. I'm not filtering the data (so players might gain a few points in years where they have few throwaway votes).
Note that many of these players (most notably Kelly, Harvey and Gadsby) played several years before the inception of the Norris trophy. Kelly is particularly disadvantaged here, as he earned a spot on the year-end first all-star team each of the three years before the Norris was created, generally by wide margins.
Quality of competition is a major factor here. Poor Brad Park peaked at the same time as Orr and Potvin. Both of them, though especially Orr, dominated the Norris trophy voting, and left few votes available for everybody else. Considering the context, Park's 17th place finish is very impressive.
Note that a single big season can really skew the numbers. Doug Wilson ranks ahead of Murphy, Lapointe, Savard, etc., and that feels wrong.
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Data validation
Note that I've been accumulating the data for years from a variety of sources - copies of old newspapers available online, magazines, and this website. I can't guarantee complete accuracy of the data (either because I made a typo when inputting it, or the source may have contained wrong information for whatever reason). I've done a fair amount of spot-checking and correct any errors on the rare occasions when I find them, but once again, let me know if you see any mistakes.
It's actually fairly easy to validate the completeness of the data. For example, in 1954, there were 36 voters, each awarding 5+3+1 = 9 voting points. Thus, there were 36 * 9 = 324 points available. Adding up the individual results for each player (162 for Kelly, 57 for Harvey, all the way down to 1 each for Pronovost and a few others), we get 324 points. This tells me that the data is 100% complete. (Again, there could still be inaccuracies - such as by switching the votes for Gadsby and Horton - but at least this tells me I'm not missing any data).
Here are the results:
Over the past 69 years, I'm at less than 99.0% completeness in just four seasons: 1961 (98.8%), 1970 (98.5%), 1977 (95.1%) and 2002 (98.7%). Let me know if you know where I can find the complete results for these years, but at this point it won't materially impact anything.
A simple (unweighted) average shows that I have 99.8% complete data. For this reason I'm highly confident in the integrity of the data that I've presented.
Note that I've been accumulating the data for years from a variety of sources - copies of old newspapers available online, magazines, and this website. I can't guarantee complete accuracy of the data (either because I made a typo when inputting it, or the source may have contained wrong information for whatever reason). I've done a fair amount of spot-checking and correct any errors on the rare occasions when I find them, but once again, let me know if you see any mistakes.
It's actually fairly easy to validate the completeness of the data. For example, in 1954, there were 36 voters, each awarding 5+3+1 = 9 voting points. Thus, there were 36 * 9 = 324 points available. Adding up the individual results for each player (162 for Kelly, 57 for Harvey, all the way down to 1 each for Pronovost and a few others), we get 324 points. This tells me that the data is 100% complete. (Again, there could still be inaccuracies - such as by switching the votes for Gadsby and Horton - but at least this tells me I'm not missing any data).
Here are the results:
| 1954 | 324 | 324 | 100.0% |
| 1955 | 324 | 324 | 100.0% |
| 1956 | 324 | 324 | 100.0% |
| 1957 | 321 | 324 | 99.1% |
| 1958 | 324 | 324 | 100.0% |
| 1959 | 324 | 324 | 100.0% |
| 1960 | 324 | 324 | 100.0% |
| 1961 | 320 | 324 | 98.8% |
| 1962 | 324 | 324 | 100.0% |
| 1963 | 324 | 324 | 100.0% |
| 1964 | 324 | 324 | 100.0% |
| 1965 | 324 | 324 | 100.0% |
| 1966 | 324 | 324 | 100.0% |
| 1967 | 324 | 324 | 100.0% |
| 1968 | 216 | 216 | 100.0% |
| 1969 | 324 | 324 | 100.0% |
| 1970 | 319 | 324 | 98.5% |
| 1971 | 378 | 378 | 100.0% |
| 1972 | 378 | 378 | 100.0% |
| 1973 | 432 | 432 | 100.0% |
| 1974 | 432 | 432 | 100.0% |
| 1975 | 486 | 486 | 100.0% |
| 1976 | 486 | 486 | 100.0% |
| 1977 | 462 | 486 | 95.1% |
| 1978 | 486 | 486 | 100.0% |
| 1979 | 459 | 459 | 100.0% |
| 1980 | 566 | 567 | 99.8% |
| 1981 | 567 | 567 | 100.0% |
| 1982 | 567 | 567 | 100.0% |
| 1983 | 567 | 567 | 100.0% |
| 1984 | 558 | 558 | 100.0% |
| 1985 | 567 | 567 | 100.0% |
| 1986 | 540 | 540 | 100.0% |
| 1987 | 486 | 486 | 100.0% |
| 1988 | 567 | 567 | 100.0% |
| 1989 | 567 | 567 | 100.0% |
| 1990 | 567 | 567 | 100.0% |
| 1991 | 594 | 594 | 100.0% |
| 1992 | 621 | 621 | 100.0% |
| 1993 | 450 | 450 | 100.0% |
| 1994 | 486 | 486 | 100.0% |
| 1995 | 135 | 135 | 100.0% |
| 1996 | 1,404 | 1,404 | 100.0% |
| 1997 | 1,404 | 1,404 | 100.0% |
| 1998 | 1,404 | 1,404 | 100.0% |
| 1999 | 1,455 | 1,456 | 99.9% |
| 2000 | 1,508 | 1,508 | 100.0% |
| 2001 | 1,612 | 1,612 | 100.0% |
| 2002 | 1,590 | 1,612 | 98.6% |
| 2003 | 1,612 | 1,612 | 100.0% |
| 2004 | 2,704 | 2,704 | 100.0% |
| 2006 | 3,354 | 3,354 | 100.0% |
| 2007 | 3,711 | 3,718 | 99.8% |
| 2008 | 3,479 | 3,484 | 99.9% |
| 2009 | 3,458 | 3,458 | 100.0% |
| 2010 | 3,454 | 3,458 | 99.9% |
| 2011 | 3,302 | 3,302 | 100.0% |
| 2012 | 3,874 | 3,874 | 100.0% |
| 2013 | 4,627 | 4,628 | 100.0% |
| 2014 | 3,562 | 3,562 | 100.0% |
| 2015 | 4,082 | 4,082 | 100.0% |
| 2016 | 3,900 | 3,900 | 100.0% |
| 2017 | 4,342 | 4,342 | 100.0% |
| 2018 | 4,264 | 4,264 | 100.0% |
| 2019 | 4,446 | 4,446 | 100.0% |
| 2020 | 4,420 | 4,420 | 100.0% |
| 2021 | 2,600 | 2,600 | 100.0% |
| 2022 | 5,070 | 5,070 | 100.0% |
| 2023 | 5,096 | 5,096 | 100.0% |
Over the past 69 years, I'm at less than 99.0% completeness in just four seasons: 1961 (98.8%), 1970 (98.5%), 1977 (95.1%) and 2002 (98.7%). Let me know if you know where I can find the complete results for these years, but at this point it won't materially impact anything.
A simple (unweighted) average shows that I have 99.8% complete data. For this reason I'm highly confident in the integrity of the data that I've presented.
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Unanimous Norris trophy wins
Just two unanimous winners in 62 years of voting - Bobby Orr in 1970 and Ray Bourque in 1990.
Largest margins of victory over second place
So, I hear that Bobby Orr was a pretty good defenseman. He has five of the top seven largest margins of victory.
Smallest margins of victory over second place
Poor Shea Weber. Not only was he runner-up twice, his two losses were the two narrowest losses in the history of the trophy (and they were in consecutive years).
Just two unanimous winners in 62 years of voting - Bobby Orr in 1970 and Ray Bourque in 1990.
Largest margins of victory over second place
| 1971 | Bobby Orr | 99.0% | Brad Park | 27.1% | 71.9% |
| 1969 | Bobby Orr | 97.8% | Tim Horton | 26.7% | 71.1% |
| 1973 | Bobby Orr | 93.3% | Guy Lapointe | 24.2% | 69.2% |
| 1970 | Bobby Orr | 100.0% | Brad Park | 32.2% | 67.8% |
| 1957 | Doug Harvey | 88.3% | Red Kelly | 23.3% | 65.0% |
So, I hear that Bobby Orr was a pretty good defenseman. He has five of the top seven largest margins of victory.
Smallest margins of victory over second place
2011 | Nicklas Lidstrom | 58.0% | Shea Weber | 57.2% | 0.7% |
2012 | Erik Karlsson | 71.7% | Shea Weber | 70.9% | 0.8% |
1996 | Chris Chelios | 75.6% | Ray Bourque | 74.6% | 0.9% |
2022 | Cale Makar | 83.6% | Roman Josi | 82.4% | 1.3% |
1994 | Ray Bourque | 73.7% | Scott Stevens | 72.2% | 1.5% |
Poor Shea Weber. Not only was he runner-up twice, his two losses were the two narrowest losses in the history of the trophy (and they were in consecutive years).
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It blows my mind everytime i see stats like this...
Most great have 7-10 seasons of greatness...
And Lidström doubles that with 16....
And Bourque has 3 times the peak of a Leetch, Park or Pronger with 22.
Most great have 7-10 seasons of greatness...
And Lidström doubles that with 16....
And Bourque has 3 times the peak of a Leetch, Park or Pronger with 22.
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Some of today's best blueliners are continuing to climb the ranks. Shea Weber is 15th in Norris trophy shares, Drew Doughty is 19th, Erik Karlsson is 21st, and Duncan Keith is 22nd.
Some of today's best blueliners are continuing to climb the ranks. Shea Weber is 15th in Norris trophy shares, Drew Doughty is 19th, Erik Karlsson is 21st, and Duncan Keith is 22nd.
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This entire thread has been updated for 2017. Some commentary:
Brent Burns won the Norris trophy. He now has two seasons in the top three in voting (2016 and 2017) and ranks 30th all-time in voting shares.
Erik Karlsson was runner-up. He now has five "significant" seasons (earning at least 5% of the maximum number of votes). He ranks 13th all-time in voting shares (a fraction of a point behind Leetch). Remarkable for a 26-year-old.
Victor Hedman, who placed third, has his first "significant" season.
Duncan Keith quietly placed fourth in Norris voting. He now has six "significant" seasons, ranking him on par with Salming and Leetch. He didn't earn a lot of votes this year, but still enough to vault him into 20th place in terms of all-time voting shares.
Ryan Suter finished fifth. He earned his third "significant" season.
Shea Weber is the sixth and final defenseman who earned more than the threshold number of votes. He now has a remarkable seven "significant" seasons. His Norris voting record is nearly identical to Scott Stevens' (though their playoff resumes, obviously, are vastly different). He ranks 16th all-time in voting shares - impressive for someone who never won the Norris.
Brent Burns won the Norris trophy. He now has two seasons in the top three in voting (2016 and 2017) and ranks 30th all-time in voting shares.
Erik Karlsson was runner-up. He now has five "significant" seasons (earning at least 5% of the maximum number of votes). He ranks 13th all-time in voting shares (a fraction of a point behind Leetch). Remarkable for a 26-year-old.
Victor Hedman, who placed third, has his first "significant" season.
Duncan Keith quietly placed fourth in Norris voting. He now has six "significant" seasons, ranking him on par with Salming and Leetch. He didn't earn a lot of votes this year, but still enough to vault him into 20th place in terms of all-time voting shares.
Ryan Suter finished fifth. He earned his third "significant" season.
Shea Weber is the sixth and final defenseman who earned more than the threshold number of votes. He now has a remarkable seven "significant" seasons. His Norris voting record is nearly identical to Scott Stevens' (though their playoff resumes, obviously, are vastly different). He ranks 16th all-time in voting shares - impressive for someone who never won the Norris.
Rather than going into each thread individually, I'm just going to use this one to thank you for your work. I really love looking at all of these.
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Don't usually see Orr compared to other defensemen. These numbers show why.
Doug Wilson ranked ahead of Larry Murphy doesn't seem wrong to me.
Just ahead of Serge Savard: Phil Housley and Dion Phaneuf.
Surprised Mark Howe didn't rank higher.
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Yes, it definitely feels wrong to see Housley and Phaneuf ahead of Savard. The standard disclaimer - this stuff doesn't take the playoffs into account. Voters also probably overrate offense (because it's easy to measure) and underrate defense.
Howe was runner-up to some decisive winners (Coffey in 1986 and Borque in 1987) which meant there were fewer votes for him to earn.
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chelios 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 4
chara 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 5
coffey 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5, 5, 5
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Coffey had a few seasons where he technically finished top five, but it was with a minimal number of votes.
For example, in 1987 Coffey was 5th in Norris voting - but only got 10 voting points out of a possible 270. In 1991, he was again 5th - with 8 points out of 330.
So Coffey had several more years than Chelios and Chara where he earned a few fringe votes (maybe due to reputation, maybe because offense is easier to measure than defense). Regardless, that gives him more "top fives" if you're not filtering the data, but (by definition) these types of seasons count very little towards the amount of total votes earned over his career.
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I am not surprised to see Ted Green on it three times, but Doug Barkley twice surprises me. Huh.
BUT...
Hugh Bolton?
Wait, he got a mere 9 votes out of hundreds, certainly way less than 5% of the "threshhold" you set Hockey Outsider. Not only is the bar you set ridiculously/insignificantly low, but Hugh Bolton didn't even meet it but is listed as if he had!
Here's Hugh. Even he looks puzzled.
BUT...
Hugh Bolton?
Wait, he got a mere 9 votes out of hundreds, certainly way less than 5% of the "threshhold" you set Hockey Outsider. Not only is the bar you set ridiculously/insignificantly low, but Hugh Bolton didn't even meet it but is listed as if he had!
Here's Hugh. Even he looks puzzled.
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In 1955, there were 180 votes up for grabs in the Norris trophy race, and Bolton got 9 of them - exactly 5%.
Were you looking at the data from hockey-reference.com? Their calculation of the vote percentage for 1955 (and possibly other years - I haven't checked) is definitely incorrect. There were 180 votes up for grabs and Red Kelly got 147 of them. So his voting share should be 82% (which is what I have listed here) - not 49%, which is what they have on their website. Similarly, the 5% I calculated for Bolton is correct - the 3% they calculated is wrong.
The mistake hockey-reference.com made is they're dividing each player's votes by the total number of votes on record. That's a faulty approach, since there are always more total votes than are needed for a unanimous trophy (due to all of the second and third-place votes). For example, in 1970, 324 voting points were awarded in total. But Bobby Orr won the trophy unanimously with 180 points (the remaining points are attributable to second and third-place votes).
It's debatable if 5% is too low a threshold (maybe 10% is better), but it's been applied consistently for all defensemen.
Were you looking at the data from hockey-reference.com? Their calculation of the vote percentage for 1955 (and possibly other years - I haven't checked) is definitely incorrect. There were 180 votes up for grabs and Red Kelly got 147 of them. So his voting share should be 82% (which is what I have listed here) - not 49%, which is what they have on their website. Similarly, the 5% I calculated for Bolton is correct - the 3% they calculated is wrong.
The mistake hockey-reference.com made is they're dividing each player's votes by the total number of votes on record. That's a faulty approach, since there are always more total votes than are needed for a unanimous trophy (due to all of the second and third-place votes). For example, in 1970, 324 voting points were awarded in total. But Bobby Orr won the trophy unanimously with 180 points (the remaining points are attributable to second and third-place votes).
It's debatable if 5% is too low a threshold (maybe 10% is better), but it's been applied consistently for all defensemen.
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This entire thread has been updated for 2018. Some commentary:
Victor Hedman won the Norris. He now has two "significant" seasons (1st this year, 3rd last year).
Drew Doughty was the runner-up. He's now had five "significant" seasons in the last eight years. He's finished 1st, 2nd, 2nd, 3rd and 6th. Doughty now ranks 12th place all-time in Norris trophy shares, passing Erik Karlsson, Brian Leetch and Larry Robinson.
PK Subban finished third. This is his third "significant" season. He's finished 1st, 3rd and 3rd.
Seth Jones (4th), John Carlson (5th) and John Klingberg (6th). It was the first "significant" season for each of them.
Victor Hedman won the Norris. He now has two "significant" seasons (1st this year, 3rd last year).
Drew Doughty was the runner-up. He's now had five "significant" seasons in the last eight years. He's finished 1st, 2nd, 2nd, 3rd and 6th. Doughty now ranks 12th place all-time in Norris trophy shares, passing Erik Karlsson, Brian Leetch and Larry Robinson.
PK Subban finished third. This is his third "significant" season. He's finished 1st, 3rd and 3rd.
Seth Jones (4th), John Carlson (5th) and John Klingberg (6th). It was the first "significant" season for each of them.
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Mark Giordano won the Norris trophy with the 4th highest vote share in the history of the award (98.8%). The only players who won the award more decisively were Bobby Orr (1970 and 1971) and Ray Bourque (1990). Giordano deserved to win the trophy, but I don't think we witnessed an all-time great season, so I was surprised by his very high share of the vote. This is his second "significant" season (which I've defined as being at least 5.0% of the vote share); in addition to winning the trophy, he finished 6th.
Brent Burns has had a pretty good run. He's finished 1st, 2nd and 3rd in Norris voting (all over the past four seasons).
Victor Hedman, last year's winner, has also finished in the top three, three times (all consecutive) - 1st, 3rd and 3rd.
John Carlson had his second significant season - he's finished 4th and 5th in voting.
Morgan Reillly received the first Norris trophy votes of his career, finishing 5th.
Kris Letang quietly had his 5th significant season. He's only been an official finalist once, but has finished 3rd, 4th, 6th, 6th and 8th.
Mark Giordano won the Norris trophy with the 4th highest vote share in the history of the award (98.8%). The only players who won the award more decisively were Bobby Orr (1970 and 1971) and Ray Bourque (1990). Giordano deserved to win the trophy, but I don't think we witnessed an all-time great season, so I was surprised by his very high share of the vote. This is his second "significant" season (which I've defined as being at least 5.0% of the vote share); in addition to winning the trophy, he finished 6th.
Brent Burns has had a pretty good run. He's finished 1st, 2nd and 3rd in Norris voting (all over the past four seasons).
Victor Hedman, last year's winner, has also finished in the top three, three times (all consecutive) - 1st, 3rd and 3rd.
John Carlson had his second significant season - he's finished 4th and 5th in voting.
Morgan Reillly received the first Norris trophy votes of his career, finishing 5th.
Kris Letang quietly had his 5th significant season. He's only been an official finalist once, but has finished 3rd, 4th, 6th, 6th and 8th.
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This entire thread has been updated for 2020. Some commentary:
- Roman Josi won the Norris trophy. He's now finished 1st, 5th, 5th, and 7th.
- John Carlson was runner-up. He's now finished 2nd, 4th and 5th in Norris voting over the past three years.
- Victor Hedman finished third. He's now finished 3rd for the Norris in three of the past four years (and also won the award in 2018). It also looks like he's a Conn Smythe candidate. Hedman's four seasons as a Norris finalist puts him on par with Pronger, Horton, Salming and Karlsson; and ahead of Stevens, Leetch, Niedermayer, Langway, Howe and Blake.
- Alex Pietrangelo finished fourth. He's now finished 4th, 4th and 5th.
- Jaccob Slavin finished fifth. He earned a trivial number of votes in each of the past three years, but made a big jump this season.
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This entire thread has been updated for 2021. As always, let me know if you see any errors. A quick summary of this year's results:
- Adam Fox won the Norris trophy. He's one of only two defensemen in NHL history (the other being Bobby Orr) to win the award in his sophomore season. As I noted in another thread, Fox is the only defenseman in NHL history to win the Norris while on a team that didn't qualify for the playoffs. This was his first season getting any significant Norris consideration (which I've always defined as at least 5% of the votes).
- Cale Makar, also a sophomore, was runner-up. It was his first "significant" Norris trophy finish.
- Victor Hedman finished third. He's now has one win and four 3rd place finishes. He's one of only a small handful of defensemen to be a Norris finalist five years in a row.
- Kris Letang finished 9th. He's now finished 3rd, 4th, 6th, 6th, 8th and 9th.
- Otherwise is was a very green crop of Norris finalists. The following defensemen had their first significant Norris trophy finishes - Dougie Hamilton (4th), Charlie McAvoy (5th), Shea Theodore (6th), Darnell Nurse (7th), Mackenzie Weegar (8th), and Jakob Chychrun (10th).
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This entire thread has been updated for 2022. As always, let me know if you see any errors. A quick summary of this year's results:
Cale Makar won the Norris trophy (and he was runner-up last year - I define any seasons where a player gets at least 5% of the votes as "significant"). This was the 4th closest vote in the history of the trophy. I posted more details in another thread. More voters ranked Josi over Makar, but those who ranked Makar higher had him ahead by a larger margin.
Roman Josi was runner-up. This was his fifth "significant" season. In addition to winning the Norris trophy in 2020, he also finished 2nd, 5th, 5th, and 7th. Josi earned the highest vote share in history (82.4%) for a player who didn't win the Norris.
Victor Hedman finished third. This was his sixth "significant" season. In addition to winning the Norris trophy in 2018, he placed 3rd five times. Hedman is now one of only 12 defensemen in the entire history of the Norris trophy to be a finalist six times. He's also one of only five defensemen (Orr, Bourque, Lidstrom and Pilote) to be a finalist six consecutive seasons.
Charlie McAvoy finished 4th. It was his second "significant" season (he also finished 5th last year).
Adam Fox finished 5th. It was his second "significant" season (he won the Norris last year).
Cale Makar won the Norris trophy (and he was runner-up last year - I define any seasons where a player gets at least 5% of the votes as "significant"). This was the 4th closest vote in the history of the trophy. I posted more details in another thread. More voters ranked Josi over Makar, but those who ranked Makar higher had him ahead by a larger margin.
Roman Josi was runner-up. This was his fifth "significant" season. In addition to winning the Norris trophy in 2020, he also finished 2nd, 5th, 5th, and 7th. Josi earned the highest vote share in history (82.4%) for a player who didn't win the Norris.
Victor Hedman finished third. This was his sixth "significant" season. In addition to winning the Norris trophy in 2018, he placed 3rd five times. Hedman is now one of only 12 defensemen in the entire history of the Norris trophy to be a finalist six times. He's also one of only five defensemen (Orr, Bourque, Lidstrom and Pilote) to be a finalist six consecutive seasons.
Charlie McAvoy finished 4th. It was his second "significant" season (he also finished 5th last year).
Adam Fox finished 5th. It was his second "significant" season (he won the Norris last year).
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This entire thread has been updated for 2023. As always, let me know if you see any errors. A quick summary of this year's results:
Erik Karlsson won the Norris trophy for the third time. He's also finished runner-up twice, and has a 7th place finish. With five years finishing in the top two, he ties some big names - Potvin, Chelios and Coffey. Those four are tied for 7th all-time (behind only Bourque, Lidstrom, Orr, Harvey, Park, and Pilote).
Adam Fox was runner-up. It was his third consecutive significant finish in a row (he won in 2021 and placed 5th last year).
Cale Makar, despite only playing in 60 games, finished 3rd. It was also his third consecutive significant finish in a row (he was runner-up in 2021 and won the trophy last year).
Dougie Hamilton finished 6th. This was his second significant finish (he also finished 4th in 2021).
Five defensemen had their first significant finishes - Hampus Lindholm (4th), Josh Morrissey (5th), Miro Heiskanen (7th), Rasmus Dahlin (8th) and Quinn Hughes (9th).
Erik Karlsson won the Norris trophy for the third time. He's also finished runner-up twice, and has a 7th place finish. With five years finishing in the top two, he ties some big names - Potvin, Chelios and Coffey. Those four are tied for 7th all-time (behind only Bourque, Lidstrom, Orr, Harvey, Park, and Pilote).
Adam Fox was runner-up. It was his third consecutive significant finish in a row (he won in 2021 and placed 5th last year).
Cale Makar, despite only playing in 60 games, finished 3rd. It was also his third consecutive significant finish in a row (he was runner-up in 2021 and won the trophy last year).
Dougie Hamilton finished 6th. This was his second significant finish (he also finished 4th in 2021).
Five defensemen had their first significant finishes - Hampus Lindholm (4th), Josh Morrissey (5th), Miro Heiskanen (7th), Rasmus Dahlin (8th) and Quinn Hughes (9th).
