List of members of the Hockey Hall of Fame


The Hockey Hall of Fame is a hall of fame and museum dedicated to the history of ice hockey. It was established in 1943 and is located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Originally, there were two categories for induction, [|players] and [|builders], and in 1961, a third category for on-ice officials was introduced. In 2010, a subcategory was established for female players. In 1988, a "veteran player category" was established in order to "provide a vehicle for players who may have been overlooked and whose chances for election would be limited when placed on the same ballot with contemporary players". Eleven players were inducted into the category, but in 2000 the board of directors eliminated it and those inductees are now considered to be in the player category.
Inductees must be nominated by an elected 18-person selection committee which includes Hockey Hall of Fame members and media personalities. Each committee member is allowed to nominate one person in each category per year, and candidates must receive the support of 75% of the members of the committee that are present, or a minimum of ten votes. In any given year, there can be a maximum of four male players, two female players, and a combined two in the builders and on-ice officials categories. For a player, referee, or linesman to be nominated, the person must have been retired for a minimum three years. Builders may be "active or inactive". The induction ceremony is held at the current Hall of Fame building and was first broadcast by The Sports Network in 1994.
The Hockey Hall of Fame also displays "Media honourees", who have been awarded the "Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award", which is awarded by the Professional Hockey Writers' Association to "distinguished members of the newspaper profession whose words have brought honour to journalism and to hockey", or the "Foster Hewitt Memorial Award", which is awarded by the NHL Broadcasters' Association to "members of the radio and television industry who made outstanding contributions to their profession and the game during their career in hockey broadcasting". However, the media honourees are not considered full inductees, and are not included in this list. The winners are announced and honoured at different times than the other honourees. Foster Hewitt is the only media honouree inducted in his own right into the Hall, as a builder.
As of 2025, there are 314 players, 119 builders and 16 on-ice officials in the Hockey Hall of Fame. 17 honourees have been inducted posthumously.

Members

Players

The player category has been in existence since the beginning of the Hall of Fame and the first nine players were inducted in 1945. For a person to be inducted to the Hockey Hall of Fame as a player, they must have been retired for a minimum of three years and must be nominated by an elected 18-person selection committee. The waiting period was waived for ten players deemed exceptionally notable: Dit Clapper, Maurice Richard, Ted Lindsay, Red Kelly, Terry Sawchuk, Jean Beliveau, Gordie Howe, Bobby Orr, Mario Lemieux, and Wayne Gretzky. Following Wayne Gretzky's retirement, it was announced that the waiting period would no longer be waived for any player except under "certain humanitarian circumstances".
As of 2012, a maximum of four players can be inducted in one year but the greatest number of players inducted in a year was 23, in 1963. They were inducted because the Hall of Fame was trying to induct many pre-NHL era players. Sometimes noted as 1962 inductees, the pre-NHL era players were named at the 1962 Hall of Fame luncheon at the Canadian National Exhibition, but were inducted one year later, in 1963 at the CNE. 232 of the player inductees are Canadian-born, while 16 European-born players have been inducted. The NHL team with the most player inductees is the Toronto Maple Leafs, with 60. Seventy-seven defencemen are in the Hall of Fame, more than any other current position, while only 36 goaltenders have been inducted.
In 1988, a "veteran player category" was established in order to "provide a vehicle for players who may have been overlooked and whose chances for election would be limited when placed on the same ballot with contemporary players". Eleven players were inducted into the category, but in 2000, the board of directors eliminated it, and now those inductees are considered to be in the player category.
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YearNamePositionNationality
1945FUnited States
1945GCanada/United Kingdom
1945D–LWCanada
1945C–RCanada
1945CCanada
1945LW–RWCanada
1945DCanada
1945DCanada
1945GCanada
1947C–RCanada
1947 D–RWCanada
1947LWCanada
1947CCanada
1947D–G–RCanada
1947DCanada
1947C–D–RCanada
1947CCanada
1947DCanada
1950RWCanada
1950DCanada
1950DCanada
1950D–RCanada/United States
1950CCanada
1950CCanada
1950DCanada
1950C–RCanada
1952DCanada
1952RWCanada
1952D–LWUnited States
1952DCanada
1952C–RCanada
1952CCanada
1958CCanada
1958DCanada
1958DCanada
1958GCanada
1958DCanada
1958CCanada
1958CCanada
1958DCanada
1958LWCanada
1958CCanada
1958DCanada
1958CCanada
1958GCanada
1958DCanada
1958GCanada
1959CCanada
1959LWCanada
1959GCanada
1960DCanada
1960DCanada
1960C–LW–RCanada
1961CCanada
1961RWCanada
1961DCanada
1961GCanada
1961D–RWCanada/United Kingdom
1961G–RWCanada
1961RCanada
1961 RWCanada
1961CCanada
1961CCanada
1961RCanada
1962RWCanada
1962RWCanada
1962RCanada
1962C–D–LWCanada
1962LWCanada
1962RWCanada
1963DCanada
1963C–LWCanada
1963RWCanada
1963LWCanada
1963RWCanada
1963C–DCanada
1963FCanada
1963GCanada
1963FCanada
1963GCanada
1963D–LWCanada
1963CCanada
1963D–R–RWCanada
1963CCanada
1963DCanada
1963DCanada
1963DCanada
1963D–RWCanada
1963CCanada
1963CCanada
1963G–RCanada
1963RCanada
1963DCanada
1964LWCanada
1964GCanada
1964D–LWCanada
1964DCanada
1965CCanada
1965GCanada
1965FCanada
1965DCanada
1965D–LWCanada
1965C–DCanada
1965RWCanada
1965C–RWCanada
1965C–RCanada
1965FCanada
1966CCanada
1966LWCanada
1966DCanada
1966GUnited States
1966CCanada
1966CCanada
1966 LWCanada
1966DCanada
1966DCanada
1967GCanada
1967C–DCanada
1967RWCanada
1968CCanada
1969C–LWCanada
1969RWCanada
1969 C–DCanada
1969GCanada
1970RWCanada
1970DCanada
1970DCanada
1971LWCanada
1971LWCanada
1971 GCanada
1971CCanada
1972 CCanada
1972RWCanada
1972GCanada
1972 RWCanada
1972C–D–RWCanada
1973DCanada
1973GCanada
1973C–R–LWCanada
1974C–DCanada/United States
1974DCanada
1974CCanada/Australia
1974LWCanada
1975RWCanada
1975LWCanada
1975RWCanada
1975GCanada
1975DCanada
1976GCanada
1976DCanada
1977C–LWCanada
1977DCanada
1978RWCanada
1978GCanada
1978DCanada
1979DCanada
1979 DCanada
1979CCanada
1980GCanada
1980C–LWCanada
1980GCanada
1981LWCanada
1981LWCanada
1981DCanada
1982RWCanada
1982RWCanada
1982CCanada
1983GCanada
1983LWCanada
1983CCanada/Slovakia
1984CCanada
1984CCanada
1984GCanada
1985GCanada
1985LWCanada
1985CCanada
1986DCanada
1986CCanada
1986DCanada
1987CCanada
1987GCanada
1987DCanada
1988GCanada
1988RWCanada
1988CCanada
1988DCanada
1989LWCanada
1989CCanada
1989GRussia/Soviet Union
1990LWCanada
1990DCanada
1990CCanada
1991RWCanada
1991DCanada
1991C–LWCanada
1991CCanada
1992CCanada
1992LWCanada
1992LWCanada
1992RWCanada
1993DCanada
1993CCanada
1993LWCanada
1993GCanada
1994DCanada
1994LWCanada
1995LWCanada
1995DCanada
1996RWCanada
1996DSweden
1997 CCanada
1997CCanada
1998LWCanada
1998LWCanada
1998CSlovakia/Czechoslovakia
1999 CCanada
2000RWUnited States
2000CCanada
2001DRussia/Soviet Union
2001RWCanada
2001CCanada
2001RWFinland
2002CCanada
2002LWCanada
2002DUnited States
2003GCanada
2003CUnited States
2004DCanada
2004DCanada
2004DCanada
2005LWSoviet Union
2005RWCanada
2006LWCanada
2006GCanada
2007CCanada
2007DCanada
2007CCanada
2007DCanada
2008RWCanada
2008CRussia/Soviet Union
2009RWUnited States/Canada
2009DUnited States
2009LWCanada
2009CCanada
2010RWCanada
2010CCanada
2010CUnited States
2011GCanada
2011CCanada
2011DUnited States
2011CCanada
2012RWRussia/Soviet Union
2012CCanada
2012CCanada
2012CSweden
2013DUnited States
2013DCanada
2013DCanada
2013LWCanada
2014DCanada
2014CSweden
2014GCzech Republic/Czechoslovakia
2014CUnited States
2015CRussia/Soviet Union
2015DUnited States
2015DSweden
2015DCanada
2015DUnited States
2016CCanada
2016RWRussia/Soviet Union
2016GCanada
2017LWCanada
2017FCanada
2017LWCanada
2017RWCanada
2017RWFinland
2018GCanada
2018RWCanada
2018RWCanada
2018LWSoviet Union
2019CCanada
2019CCzech Republic/Czechoslovakia
2019CCanada
2019DRussia
2020RWSlovakia
2020RWCanada
2020DCanada
2020GCanada
2020DCanada
2022RWSweden
2022GCanada
2022CFinland
2022LWSweden
2022CSweden
2023GUnited States
2023GSweden
2023FCanada
2023CCanada
2023GCanada
2024FUnited States
2024CRussia
2024CUnited States
2024DCanada
2024FUnited States
2025FCanada
2025DSlovakia
2025FUnited States
2025DCanada
2025RWRussia/Soviet Union
2025CCanada

  • Indicates that the three-year waiting period was waived for a player who was deemed to be especially notable.
A. Player was inducted into the Veteran Player category. In 2000, it was merged with the Player category.
Source: 1945–2003: Honoured Members: Hockey Hall of Fame and newspapers.

Builders

The builder category has been in existence since the beginning of the Hall of Fame and the first builders were inducted in 1945. A builder is a person who has contributed to the development of the game of hockey, and as the name refers, one who has built the game forward. Since then, 102 builders have been inducted. For a person to be inducted to the Hockey Hall of Fame as a builder, they may be "active or inactive" and must be nominated by an elected 18-person selection committee. As of 2007, a maximum of two builders can be inducted in one year.
YearName
1945
1945
1947
1947
1947
1947
1947
1947
1947
1950
1958
1958
1958
1958
1958
1958
1960
1960
1960
1961
1961
1961
1962
1962
1962
1962
1962
1962
1963
1963
1963
1964
1964
1965
1965
1966
1968
1968
1969
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1974
1974
1974
1975
1975
1976
1976
1976
1977
1977
1977
1978
1978
1978
1979
1980
1982
1983
1984
1984
1985
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1992
1992
1993
1993
1993
1994
1995
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2003
2004
2005
2006
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2010
2013
2014
2015
2015
2016
2017
2017
2018
2018
2019
2019
2020
2022
2023
2023
2024
2024
2025
2025

Former members

On March 30, 1993, it was announced that Gil Stein, who at the time was the president of the National Hockey League, had been inducted into the Hall of Fame. There were immediate allegations that he had engineered his election through manipulation of the hall's board of directors and by telling them to change the rules for selection. Two lawyers, hired by the league to lead an investigation, recommended that Stein's selection be overturned, although it was soon revealed that Stein had previously decided to turn down the induction.
In 1989, Alan Eagleson was inducted as a builder, but he resigned from the Hall in 1998 after pleading guilty of mail fraud and embezzlement of hundreds of thousands of dollars, these crimes having been perpetrated against NHL players and tournaments. His resignation came shortly before a vote was held to expel him.

On-ice officials

The on-ice official category has been in existence since 1961 and since then sixteen have been inducted. For an official to be inducted to the Hockey Hall of Fame, they must be retired for a minimum of three years and must be nominated by an elected 18-person selection committee. As of 2007, a maximum of one on-ice official can be inducted in one year.
YearName
1961
1961
1961
1962
1963
1964
1967
1973
1981
1987
1988
1991
1993
1999
2008
2014