page_title: Hart Memorial Trophy
section_title: Winners
hierarchical_section_title: Hart Memorial Trophy / Winners
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context_page_description: The Hart Trophy is given to the most valuable player of the National Hockey League every year. It was given to the NHL by Dr. David Hart, father of NHL coach and manager Cecil Hart. It was first awarded in 1924.
  Wayne Gretzky has won the most Hart Trophies with nine, followed by Gordie Howe with six and Eddie Shore with four. Howie Morenz, Bobby Orr, Bobby Clarke, and Mario Lemieux have won the award three times each.
  The closest vote for the trophy was in 2002, when Jose Theodore and Jarome Iginla tied; Theodore won because he had more first-place votes. In 1999, Chris Pronger won by one point over Jaromir Jagr; and in 1990, Mark Messier won by two points over Ray Bourque.
context_section_description:      Player is still active in the NHL     Eligible player not yet elected to Hockey Hall of Fame     Inactive player not yet eligible for Hockey Hall of Fame
  The trophy was not awarded in the 2004–05 season due to the league's lockout.
caption: Taylor Hall, one-time winner
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