Who had the tougher competition for individual awards, Crosby or McDavid?

[daver]

BS. Crosby was not good enough in 2005-06 to compete with Jagr for trophies. So its not true that he did not have to compete with Jagr for trophies. He also beat a lesser version of Jagr post-shoulder surgery 2 seasons before Jagr left for the KHL, so he did face Jagr, even if it was not prime Jagr.

Jagr was not a realistic competitor for any seasons where Crosby was a favourite for the Art/Hart.

 

[Miro4Norris]

McDavid. It's not even close.
Jamie Benn, Sedins, Getzlaf, Giroux etc are NOT on the same level as Matthews, MacKinnon, Kuchervov, Draisaitl, etc,

Imagine sending this with missing top5 guys Malkin, Oveckhin, Datsuyk, Kane, Stamkos. 100% bias confirmed. Plus there was lot of elite chemistry duos that made these lower tier players better than them just individually like St.Louis-Stamkos, Sedin brothers, Benn-Seguin, Getzlaf-Perry. Plus of course Ovi-Backstrom. Good luck competing against them with Kunitz and Dupuis.

 

[WalterLundy]

McDavid’s and despite that he already has a better career individual trophy case/resume in half the seasons.

Crosby could have two extra art ross trophies from 2011 and 2013 and perhaps another Hart/Lindsay or so if he was fully healthy at his peak but he sadly wasn’t. That hurts his overall trophy case but his overall competition wasn’t really anything special at all outside of Ovi as the rocket/hart competition. Malkin only impacted him negatively for awards one season in his prime. Corey Perry, The Sedins and Jamie Benn never win any award from 2018-present.