Art Ross Trophy

The Art Ross Trophy is awarded to the National Hockey League player who leads the league in scoring points at the end of the regular season. It was presented to the NHL by former player, general manager and head coach Art Ross. The trophy has been awarded 59 times to 22 players since its inception in the 1947-48 NHL season. The current holder is Sidney Crosby, who scored 120 points in the 2006-07 NHL season and became the youngest scoring champion in major North American professional sports.
==History==
The Art Ross Trophy was presented to the National Hockey League in 1947 by Arthur Howie "Art" Ross, former general manager and head coach of the Boston Bruins and Hockey Hall of Fame inductee as a player. Elmer Lach was the winner of the first Art Ross Trophy, which was awarded at the conclusion of the 1947-48 NHL season.
Wayne Gretzky won the Art Ross Trophy 10 times during his 20-year NHL career. Gordie Howe and Mario Lemieux won it six times. The non-Canadian player with most awards is Czech Jaromir Jagr. Gretzky is the only player to win the trophy for more than one team and Joe Thornton is the only player to win it while playing for two different teams in one season.
Players from the Pittsburgh Penguins have won the trophy 12 times; players from the Montreal Canadiens have won it nine times and the Chicago Blackhawks have seen players win the award eight times.Although Joe Thornton, winner in 2005–06, started the season playing for the Boston Bruins, he finished with the San Jose Sharks and the award counts for the Sharks. Therefore, Boston Bruins players have won the trophy seven times. For two decades, from 1980 to 2001, only three players won the Art Ross Trophy—Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux, and Jaromir Jagr. The streak ended when Jarome Iginla won the trophy in 2002. In 2007, 19-year-old Sidney Crosby became the youngest player to win the Art Ross Trophy and the youngest scoring champion in any major North American professional sport. Only one defenseman has won the NHL scoring title: Bobby Orr did it in 1969–70 and 1974–75.
The NHL rules stipulate three tiebreakers in case two or more players are tied in points:
#Player with most goals
#Player with fewer games played
#Player scoring first goal of the season
==Winners==
Bold Player with the most points ever scored in a season.
Art Ross Trophy winners
Season 	Winner	Team 	Points	Win #
 	 	Montreal Canadiens 	061 	
 	 	Chicago Black Hawks 	068 	1
 	 	Detroit Red Wings 	078 	1
 	 	Detroit Red Wings 	086 	1
 	 	Detroit Red Wings 	086 	2
 	 	Detroit Red Wings 	095 	3
 	 	Detroit Red Wings 	081 	4
 	 	Montreal Canadiens 	075 	1
 	 	Montreal Canadiens 	088 	1
 	 	Detroit Red Wings 	089 	5
 	 	Montreal Canadiens 	084 	1
 	 	Montreal Canadiens 	096 	2
 	 	Chicago Black Hawks 	081 	1
1960–61	 	Montreal Canadiens 	095 	2
 	 	Chicago Black Hawks 	084 	2
 	 	Detroit Red Wings 	086 	6
 	 	Chicago Black Hawks 	089 	1
 	 	Chicago Black Hawks 	087 	2
 	 	Chicago Black Hawks 	097 	3
 	 	Chicago Black Hawks 	097 	3
 	 	Chicago Black Hawks 	087 	4
 	 	Boston Bruins 	126 	1
 	 	Boston Bruins 	120 	1
 	 	Boston Bruins 	152 	2
 	 	Boston Bruins 	133 	3
 	 	Boston Bruins 	130 	4
 	 	Boston Bruins 	145 	5
 	 	Boston Bruins 	135 	2
 	 	Montreal Canadiens 	125 	1
 	 	Montreal Canadiens 	136 	2
 	 	Montreal Canadiens 	132 	3
 	 	New York Islanders 	134 	1
 	 	Los Angeles Kings 	137 	1
 	 	Edmonton Oilers 	164 	1
 	 	Edmonton Oilers 	212 	2
 	 	Edmonton Oilers 	196 	3
 	 	Edmonton Oilers 	205 	4
 	 	Edmonton Oilers 	208 	5
 	 	Edmonton Oilers 	215 	6
 	 	Edmonton Oilers 	183 	7
 	 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	168 	1
 	 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	199 	2
 	 	Los Angeles Kings 	142 	8
 	 	Los Angeles Kings 	163 	9
 	 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	131 	3
 	 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	160 	4
 	 	Los Angeles Kings 	130 	9910
 	 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	70 	1
 	 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	161 	5
 	 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	122 	6
 	 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	102 	2
 	 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	127 	3
 	 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	096 	4
 	 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	121 	5
 	 	Calgary Flames 	096 	1
 	 	Colorado Avalanche 	106 	1
 	 	Tampa Bay Lightning 	094 	1
 	 	 	 	
 	 	Boston Bruins/San Jose Sharks	125 	1
 	 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	120 	1
 	 	Washington Capitals 	112 	1
 	 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	113 	1
 	 	Vancouver Canucks 	112 	1
 	 	Vancouver Canucks 	104 	1
 	 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	109 	2
 	 	Tampa Bay Lightning 	60 	2
 	 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	104 	2
 	 	Dallas Stars 	87 	1
 	 	Chicago Blackhawks 	106 	1
 	 	Edmonton Oilers 	100 	1
 	 	Edmonton Oilers 	108 	2
 	 	Tampa Bay Lightning 	128 	1
 	 	Edmonton Oilers 	110 	1
 	 	Edmonton Oilers 	105 	3
 	 	Edmonton Oilers 	123 	4
 	 	Edmonton Oilers 	153 	5
 	 	Tampa Bay Lightning 	144 	2
==References==
;General
*Art Ross Trophy history at NHL.com
;Specific
==See Also==
*List of NHL players
*List of NHL statistical leaders
Category:NHL trophies and awards