Canadian Sports Legends
The greatest canadian sports people of all time — across 15 sports.
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🏒 Ice Hockey
Canadian
Cale Makar
Defenceman
Colorado Avalanche defenceman widely regarded as the best player in the NHL, whose offensive brillia…
Canadian
Sam Reinhart
Right Wing
Canadian Florida Panthers right wing whose powerful skating, finishing ability and Stanley Cup-winni…
Canadian
Mitch Marner
Right Wing
Canadian Toronto Maple Leafs winger whose dazzling stickhandling, creative playmaking and consistent…
Canadian
Morgan Rielly
Defenceman
Canadian Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman whose offensive instincts, solid defensive positioning and l…
Canadian
Brady Tkachuk
Left Wing
Canadian Ottawa Senators captain whose physical aggression, leadership and willingness to fight for …
Canadian
Thomas Chabot
Defenceman
Canadian Ottawa Senators defenceman whose outstanding offensive instincts from the blue line, powerf…
Canadian
Mark Stone
Right Wing
Canadian Vegas Golden Knights winger whose elite two-way play, physical edge and consistent producti…
Canadian
Owen Power
Defenceman
Canadian Buffalo Sabres defenceman and first overall pick in the 2022 Draft whose intelligence, skat…
Canadian
Brayden Point
Centre
Canadian Tampa Bay Lightning centre whose clutch playoff performances, elite skating and scoring tou…
Canadian
Steven Stamkos
Centre
Canadian Nashville Predators veteran and former Tampa Bay Lightning icon whose prolific point scorin…
Canadian
Kris Letang
Defenceman
Canadian Pittsburgh Penguins defenceman whose offensive brilliance, physical edge and durability thr…
Canadian
Robert Thomas
Centre
Canadian St. Louis Blues centre whose vision, skating and playmaking ability have developed into one…
Canadian
Jordan Kyrou
Right Wing
Canadian St. Louis Blues winger whose explosive skating, creative finishing and consistent scoring h…
Canadian
Bo Horvat
Centre
Canadian New York Islanders captain whose exceptional two-way play, faceoff dominance and veteran le…
Canadian
Mathew Barzal
Centre
Canadian New York Islanders centre whose elite skating, creative playmaking and consistent offensive…
Canadian
Sam Bennett
Right Wing
Canadian Florida Panthers winger whose physical play, excellent nose for the net and reliable two-wa…
Canadian
Connor Bedard
Centre
Canadian Chicago Blackhawks centre and top overall pick in the 2023 Draft whose extraordinary vision…
Canadian
Macklin Celebrini
Centre
Canadian San Jose Sharks centre and first overall pick in the 2024 Draft whose remarkable skating, o…
Canadian
Patrick Roy
Goaltender
Widely considered the greatest goaltender in NHL history — four Stanley Cups, three Conn Smythe trop…
Canadian
Jean Béliveau
Center
Le Gros Bill — ten Stanley Cups and the most beloved figure in Montreal Canadiens history.…
Canadian
Raymond Bourque
Defenseman
The best defenceman of his era — 410 goals and finally a Stanley Cup at 40 in his last season.…
Canadian
Martin Brodeur
Goaltender
The all-time wins leader — three Stanley Cups and the most consistent goaltender in NHL history.…
Canadian
Mark Messier
Center
The most clutch player in NHL history — six Stanley Cups and the famous 1994 Guarantee before Game 6…
Canadian
Hayley Wickenheiser
Forward
The greatest women's ice hockey player of all time — four Olympic gold medals, seven World Champions…
Canadian
Marie-Philip Poulin
Forward
Captain Clutch — the most celebrated clutch performer in women's Olympic ice hockey history, scorer …
Canadian
Geraldine Heaney
Defence
The greatest defenceman in women's ice hockey history — seven World Championship titles, Olympic gol…
Canadian
Manon Rhéaume
Goaltender
The first woman to play in any of North America's four major professional sports leagues — signed a …
Canadian
Caroline Ouellette
Forward
The most decorated player in the history of women's ice hockey — four consecutive Olympic gold medal…
Canadian
Vicki Sunohara
Forward
A cornerstone of Canadian women's hockey dominance across three Olympic cycles — two-time Olympic ch…
Canadian
Shannon Szabados
Goaltender
The most accomplished female goaltender in the history of international women's ice hockey — two Oly…
Canadian
Howie Morenz
Centre
The Stratford Streak — the first great superstar of the NHL and the most exciting player of the 1920…
Canadian
Maurice Richard
Right Wing
The Rocket — the first player to score 50 goals in a season, the most feared scorer in NHL history.…
Canadian
Gordie Howe
Right Wing
Mr. Hockey — four Stanley Cups, six scoring titles and a career spanning five decades including game…
Canadian
Terry Sawchuk
Goalie
The greatest goaltender of the Original Six era — 103 career shutouts and four Stanley Cup champions…
Canadian
Ted Lindsay
Left Wing
Terrible Ted — the most ferocious competitor in Red Wings history and the founder of the first playe…
Canadian
Jacques Plante
Goalie
The goalkeeper who changed hockey forever — the first to wear a mask regularly in game situations.…
Canadian
Doug Harvey
Defenceman
The greatest defenceman before Bobby Orr — seven Norris Trophies and the controller of pace for the …
Canadian
Bobby Orr
Defenceman
The greatest defenceman in NHL history — revolutionised the position and won two scoring titles from…
Canadian
Phil Esposito
Centre
The NHL's first 76-goal scorer — the power forward who broke every offensive record in hockey.…
Canadian
Guy Lafleur
Right Wing
The Flower — the most celebrated hockey player in Quebec history and the offensive heart of five Sta…
Canadian
Mike Bossy
Right Wing
The most prolific goal scorer in NHL history per game — nine straight 50-goal seasons for the Island…
Canadian
Bryan Trottier
Centre
Six-time Stanley Cup champion and the engine of the Islanders dynasty — Calder, Hart, Smythe and Art…
Canadian
Denis Potvin
Defenceman
The Islanders' franchise defenceman — four Stanley Cups and the heir to Bobby Orr's legacy as the do…
Canadian
Ken Dryden
Goalie
Six Stanley Cups in eight seasons — arguably the best goals-against average in NHL playoff history.…
Canadian
Wayne Gretzky
Centre
The Great One — the only player whose assist totals alone exceed any other player's combined points …
Canadian
Paul Coffey
Defenceman
The fastest skater in NHL history — four Stanley Cups and the most points ever scored by a defencema…
Canadian
Grant Fuhr
Goalie
Five-time Stanley Cup champion — the greatest goalie of the 1980s and the first Black player in the …
Canadian
Mario Lemieux
Centre
Super Mario — overcame cancer and chronic back pain to win two Stanley Cups and challenge Gretzky's …
Canadian
Ron Francis
Centre
The fourth-highest scorer in NHL history — two-time champion and one of hockey's great passers.…
Canadian
Joe Sakic
Centre
Super Joe — two-time Stanley Cup champion and the greatest player in Colorado Avalanche history.…
Canadian
Steve Yzerman
Centre
The Captain — three Stanley Cups and 23 seasons as the face of the Detroit Red Wings.…
Canadian
Brendan Shanahan
Left Wing
Three-time Stanley Cup champion and the most physical elite scorer of the 1990s and 2000s.…
Canadian
Scott Stevens
Defenceman
The most feared hitter in NHL history — three Stanley Cups and the hits that ended careers.…
Canadian
Eric Lindros
Centre
The Next One who never fully arrived — MVP and scorer whose career was ended by accumulated concussi…
Canadian
Joe Nieuwendyk
Centre
Three-time Stanley Cup champion and one of the NHL's most consistent 50-goal scorers.…
Canadian
Martin St. Louis
Right Wing
The undrafted champion — signed as an undrafted free agent and won the Hart Trophy, scoring title an…
Canadian
Joe Thornton
Centre
Jumbo Joe — the most productive centre of his generation who somehow never won a Stanley Cup.…
Canadian
Jarome Iginla
Right Wing
The most beloved Calgary Flame — the first Black captain in NHL history and two-time scoring champio…
Canadian
Sidney Crosby
Centre
The best player in the world for fifteen years — three Stanley Cups and the golden goal at the 2010 …
Canadian
Charlie Conacher
Right Wing
The Boomer — the hardest shot in 1930s hockey and the right wing of the legendary Kid Line.…
Canadian
Eddie Shore
Defenceman
The Edmonton Express — four Hart Trophies and the most feared defenceman of the 1920s and 1930s.…
Canadian
Dit Clapper
Right Wing/Defenceman
The first player to skate 20 NHL seasons — three Stanley Cups as both forward and defenceman.…
Canadian
Elmer Lach
Centre
The Punch Line centre — led the NHL in scoring with Rocket Richard and Toe Blake on his wings.…
Canadian
Turk Broda
Goalie
Five Stanley Cups and a wartime hero — the most beloved goaltender in Toronto Maple Leafs history.…
Canadian
Sid Abel
Centre
The Production Line centre — three Stanley Cups and the bridge between Gordie Howe's two great wing …
Canadian
Bobby Hull
Left Wing
The Golden Jet — the first player to score more than 50 goals in a season, and the most physically i…
Canadian
Frank Mahovlich
Left Wing
The Big M — six Stanley Cups across two great dynasties in Toronto and Montreal.…
Canadian
Yvan Cournoyer
Right Wing
The Roadrunner — ten Stanley Cups as the most dangerous speedster in the Canadiens dynasty.…
Canadian
Gerry Cheevers
Goalie
Two-time Stanley Cup champion — the goalie who turned his mask into art and defined Boston's dynasty…
Canadian
Gilbert Perreault
Centre
The heart of the French Connection line — 17 seasons as the Buffalo Sabres' greatest ever player.…
Canadian
Brad Park
Defenceman
The most decorated defenceman never to win a Norris Trophy — runner-up seven times to Bobby Orr.…
Canadian
Bernie Parent
Goalie
Two-time Vezina and two-time Conn Smythe winner — the goaltender of the Broad Street Bullies dynasty…
Canadian
Bobby Clarke
Centre
The heart of the Broad Street Bullies — three Hart Trophies and two Stanley Cups despite playing wit…
Canadian
Larry Robinson
Defenceman
Six Stanley Cups and the most complete defenceman of the 1970s — Big Bird of the Montreal dynasty.…
Canadian
Dale Hawerchuk
Centre
The Winnipeg Jets' franchise saviour — 1,409 career points and the 1981 Calder Trophy winner.…
Canadian
Luc Robitaille
Left Wing
The most prolific goal-scoring left wing in NHL history — 668 career goals and one Stanley Cup.…
Canadian
Pierre Turgeon
Centre
1,327 career points — one of the most gifted passers in NHL history who somehow never received full …
Canadian
Pat Quinn
Coach/Defenceman
One of hockey's greatest coaches — three Jack Adams Award wins and the man who built the 1982 Canuck…
Canadian
Peter Bondra
Left Wing
Three-time champion and 656-goal scorer — the most physical elite scorer of the 1990s and 2000s.…
Canadian
Curtis Joseph
Goalie
CuJo — the beloved Toronto goaltender whose mask was hockey's most recognisable piece of equipment.…
Canadian
Doug Gilmour
Centre
Killer — the most beloved Maple Leaf of his generation and the 1992-93 Norris-calibre scoring season…
Canadian
Al MacInnis
Defenceman
The hardest shot in NHL history — one Stanley Cup and seven Norris Trophy podium finishes.…
Canadian
Chris Pronger
Defenceman
Hart Trophy winner and the most physically dominant defenceman of the modern era.…
Canadian
Bill Durnan
Goalie
Six Vezina Trophies in seven seasons — the only ambidextrous goaltender in NHL history.…
Canadian
Toe Blake
Left Wing
Three Stanley Cups as a player and eight more as coach — the most successful coach in NHL history.…
Canadian
Milt Schmidt
Centre
The heart of the Kraut Line — two Stanley Cups and an Art Ross Trophy despite five years of wartime …
Canadian
Henri Richard
Centre
The Pocket Rocket — eleven Stanley Cups, the most of any player in NHL history.…
Canadian
Dickie Moore
Left Wing
Two Art Ross Trophies and six Stanley Cups — the most underrated player of the Canadiens dynasty.…
Canadian
Bernie Geoffrion
Right Wing
Boom Boom — the inventor of the slap shot and the second player to score 50 goals in a season.…
Canadian
Darryl Sittler
Centre
The most beloved Maple Leaf — six points in a game record that still stands 50 years later.…
Canadian
Lanny McDonald
Right Wing
The moustache of hockey — 500 goals and a Stanley Cup in his final season.…
Canadian
Bill Barber
Left Wing
Broad Street Bully alongside Clarke — two Stanley Cups and a consistent scorer for a decade in Phila…
Canadian
Rod Gilbert
Right Wing
The most beloved New York Ranger — 406 goals and the franchise career points record.…
Canadian
Rick Martin
Left Wing
The French Connection's left wing — 384 goals in 11 seasons for the Buffalo Sabres.…
Canadian
Pete Mahovlich
Centre
Four Stanley Cups with Montreal — the younger Mahovlich who was integral to two championship cycles.…
Canadian
Mike Gartner
Right Wing
The most consistent 30-goal scorer in NHL history — 708 goals but never a Stanley Cup.…
Canadian
Dino Ciccarelli
Right Wing
608 career goals despite going undrafted — and the first NHL player jailed for on-ice violence.…
Canadian
Pat Verbeek
Right Wing
522 career goals for a player known as much for toughness as skill — the Little Ball of Hate.…
Canadian
Vincent Damphousse
Left Wing/Centre
1,205 career points including the Stanley Cup-winning goal for the 1993 Canadiens.…
Canadian
Glenn Anderson
Right Wing
Six Stanley Cups with Edmonton and Toronto — the most underrated player of the Oilers dynasty.…
Canadian
Rod Brind'Amour
Centre
Stanley Cup champion and Selke Trophy winner — won the Cup in his first coaching season after winnin…
Canadian
Mark Recchi
Right Wing
Three Stanley Cups with three different teams — 1,533 career points from an undersized but relentles…
Canadian
Scott Niedermayer
Defenceman
Four Stanley Cups and the most complete defenceman of the modern era — Norris, Conn Smythe and Olymp…
Canadian
Martin Gélinas
Left Wing
Five Stanley Cup Finals appearances — the most consecutive Finals appearances without winning by any…
Canadian
Jonathan Toews
Centre
Captain Serious — three Stanley Cups and the most complete two-way centre of his generation.…
Canadian
Ryan Getzlaf
Centre
Anaheim's Stanley Cup captain — one of the finest two-way centres of the 2010s.…
Canadian
Carey Price
Goalie
The most decorated goaltender of his generation — Hart Trophy winner and Canada's Olympic hero.…
Canadian
Nathan MacKinnon
Centre
The fastest player in the NHL — three-time Hart Trophy finalist and Stanley Cup champion.…
Canadian
Connor McDavid
Centre
The most gifted player of his generation — four Art Ross Trophies and the fastest skater in NHL hist…
Canadian
Cam Neely
Right Wing
The prototype power forward — 395 goals despite knee injuries ending his career at 31.…
Canadian
Brendan Morrow
Left Wing
Dallas Stars captain — a physical leader who combined toughness and consistent scoring for 14 season…
Canadian
Claude Giroux
Centre/Right Wing
One of the NHL's most consistent scorers of the 2010s — 1,098 career points and a Stanley Cup in yea…
Canadian
John Tavares
Centre
Toronto's captain — one-time Stanley Cup Finals player and the most celebrated Maple Leafs signing i…
Canadian
Brent Burns
Defenceman
The most physically distinctive Norris Trophy winner — the bearded giant who transformed the defence…
Canadian
Alex Pietrangelo
Defenceman
Stanley Cup champion captain at St. Louis — the cornerstone of the Blues' only championship.…
Canadian
Mike Richards
Centre
Two Stanley Cups and a Selke Trophy finalist — the defensive centre who anchored two LA Kings champi…
Canadian
Joe Nieuwendyk II
Centre
Three Stanley Cups with three different franchises — one of hockey's most decorated role versatile c…
Canadian
Bill Mosienko
Right Wing
The fastest hat-trick in NHL history — three goals in 21 seconds, a record that stands since 1952.…
Canadian
King Clancy
Defenceman
The most beloved figure in Toronto Maple Leafs history — named after him, the league's sportsmanship…
Canadian
Black Jack Stewart
Defenceman
The hardest hitter in Detroit Red Wings history — two Stanley Cups as the toughest defenceman of the…
Canadian
Max Bentley
Centre
The Dipsy Doodle Dandy — two scoring titles and two Stanley Cups with the most creative stickhandlin…
Canadian
George Armstrong
Right Wing
The Chief — eight Stanley Cups and the longest-serving captain in Toronto Maple Leafs history.…
Canadian
Billy Smith
Goalie
Four consecutive Stanley Cups and the most competitive goaltender in Islanders history.…
Canadian
Clark Gillies
Left Wing
Four Stanley Cups with the Islanders — the physical enforcer who protected Mike Bossy.…
Canadian
Bob Gainey
Left Wing
Four consecutive Stanley Cups and the player Anatoli Tarasov called the best hockey player in the wo…
Canadian
Glenn Resch
Goalie
Chico — two Stanley Cups with the Islanders dynasty and a beloved figure in NHL history.…
Canadian
Rick Vaive
Right Wing
The first Maple Leaf to score 50 goals in a season — three consecutive 50-goal seasons.…
Canadian
Theo Fleury
Right Wing
The most improbable star in hockey history — undrafted at 5'6", won a Stanley Cup and scored 1,088 c…
Canadian
Gary Roberts
Left Wing
Gary Roberts — the comeback story of the 1990s, 438 goals after a neck injury nearly ended his caree…
Canadian
Corey Perry
Right Wing
Hart Trophy winner and Stanley Cup champion — the most disliked opposing player of his generation.…
Canadian
Logan Couture
Centre
San Jose's franchise centre — a consistent 20-30 goal scorer for a decade in the Bay Area.…
Canadian
Matt Duchene
Centre
A Stanley Cup journey across five franchises — won the Cup with Florida after 15 seasons.…
Canadian
Dan Boyle
Defenceman
Stanley Cup champion and undrafted blue-liner who became one of the NHL's finest offensive defenceme…
Canadian
Mike Green
Defenceman
The most offensively explosive defenceman of his generation — 31 goals from the blue line in 2008-09…
Canadian
Shea Weber
Defenceman
Norris Trophy winner and Team Canada stalwart — the most physically imposing blue-liner of his era.…
🏀 Basketball
Canadian
Jamal Murray
Point Guard
Explosive Canadian point guard whose clutch playoff performances and devastating scoring have made h…
Canadian
Lu Dort
Shooting Guard / Small Forward
Tenacious Canadian defensive wing whose physicality, shot-blocking and competitive fire have made hi…
Canadian
Norman Powell
Shooting Guard / Small Forward
Reliable and explosive Canadian scorer whose athleticism and multiple 50-point games have establishe…
Canadian
Andrew Wiggins
Small Forward/Shooting Guard
The first Canadian selected first overall — from underachiever to NBA champion and All-Star.…
Canadian
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Point Guard/Shooting Guard
SGA — two-time scoring champion and the engine of the Oklahoma City Thunder's rebuild into a champio…
Canadian
Scottie Barnes
Power Forward/Small Forward
Toronto's franchise cornerstone — 2022 Rookie of the Year and one of the most versatile young forwar…
Canadian
Bennedict Mathurin
Shooting Guard/Small Forward
One of the most prolific young scorers in the NBA — Indiana's offensive engine with a brilliant futu…
Canadian
Steve Nash
Point Guard
Two-time MVP and the greatest Canadian player in NBA history — revolutionised the point guard positi…
🎾 Tennis
Canadian
Felix Auger-Aliassime
Singles
Canada's highly-talented dual-nationality star who turned professional at 15 and reached the top 10.…
Canadian
Denis Shapovalov
Singles
Gifted left-hander and Canadian sensation with one of the most naturally beautiful games on the ATP …
Canadian
Bianca Andreescu
Singles
2019 US Open champion and one of the most thrilling talents in women's tennis history.…
Canadian
Leylah Fernandez
Singles
Canada's fiery fan favourite who upset Osaka and Kvitová at the 2021 US Open as a 19-year-old.…
🏎️ Formula 1
Canadian
Jacques Villeneuve
Driver
Canadian Formula One World Champion who won the 1997 title with Williams in controversial circumstan…
Canadian
Lance Stroll
Driver
Canadian driver who has represented Aston Martin, Williams and Racing Point through the ranks, combi…
Canadian
Gilles Villeneuve
Racing Driver
The most naturally gifted racing driver Formula 1 produced in the generation between the legends who…
🏊 Swimming
Canadian
Penny Oleksiak
Swimmer (Freestyle/Butterfly)
Canada's most decorated Olympian — at just 16, she became the first Canadian to win four medals at a…
Canadian
Kylie Masse
Swimmer (Backstroke)
Canada's most successful backstroke swimmer — World Champion in the 100m backstroke and world record…
Canadian
Summer McIntosh
Swimmer (Butterfly/IM)
Canada's greatest swimmer — three Olympic gold medals at Paris 2024 at just 17 years old, becoming t…
🏃 Athletics
Canadian
Andre De Grasse
Sprinter (100m/200m)
Canadian Olympic 200m champion whose smooth acceleration, fluid running style and consistent perform…
Canadian
Donovan Bailey
Sprinter
The 1996 Olympic 100m champion who set a world record and unified the 100m title after Ben Johnson.…
🏇 Horse Racing
Canadian
Nijinsky
Racehorse
Irish-bred racing champion who became the last horse to win the English Triple Crown in 1970, combin…
Canadian
Emma-Jayne Wilson
Flat Racing Jockey
Canada's most successful female jockey — Sovereign Award winner, Queen's Plate competitor and a jock…