By Zane Miller

Here's all 102 of the number one players from the Stanley Cup Finals series I have covered so far, the 1914, 1915 & 1917 Finals were skipped due to a lack of reliable stats. If there is an asterisk next to them it means that their team did not win the series that year. The years in the list are highlighted in green to link to the original articles to make it easier to go back to read those ones for more details.

Goaltenders Gump Worsley and Patrick Roy are tied for the most appearances at the number one spot with three apiece, with Worsley’s coming in 1965, 1966 and 1968, all with the Montreal Canadiens, while Roy’s occurred in 1986 and 1993 with the Canadiens, then adding one in 1996 with the Colorado Avalanche.

1916- #1 Georges Vezina (Canadiens)

1918- #1 Hap Holmes (Toronto HC)

1919- #6 Frank Foyston (Metropolitans)*

1920- #1 Clint Benedict (Senators)

1921- #1 Hugh Lehman (Millionaires)*

1922- #7 Babe Dye (St. Patricks)

1923- #1 Clint Benedict (Senators)

1924- #7 Howie Morenz (Canadiens)

1925- #7 Jack Walker (Cougars)

1926- #5 Nels Stewart (Maroons)

1927- #5 Cy Denneny (Senators)

1928- #1 Joe Miller (Rangers)

1929- #9 Harry Oliver (Bruins)

1930- #8 Albert Leduc (Canadiens)

1931- #14 Johnny Gagnon (Canadiens)

1932- #11 Busher Jackson (Maple Leafs)

1933- #1 Andy Aitkenhead (Rangers)

1934- #1 Charlie Gardiner (Black Hawks)

1935- #15 Earl Robinson (Maroons)

1936- #10 John Sorrell (Red Wings)

1937- #1 Earl Robertson (Red Wings)

1938- #1 Mike Karakas (Black Hawks)

1939- #1 Frank Brimsek (Bruins)

1940- #1 Dave Kerr (Rangers)

1941- #15 Milt Schmidt (Bruins)

1942- #10 Don Grosso (Red Wings)*

1943- #1 Johnny Mowers (Red Wings)

1944- #1 Bill Durnan (Canadiens)

1945- #1 Frank McCool (Maple Leafs)

1946- #16 Elmer Lach (Canadiens)

1947- #1 Turk Broda (Maple Leafs)

1948- #1 Turk Broda (Maple Leafs)

1949- #24 Sid Smith (Maple Leafs)

1950- #12 Sid Abel (Red Wings)

1951- #23 Al Rollins (Maple Leafs)

1952- #1 Terry Sawchuk (Red Wings)

1953- #18 Ken Mosdell (Canadiens)

1954- #1 Terry Sawchuk (Red Wings)

1955- #7 Ted Lindsay (Red Wings)

1956- #4 Jean Beliveau (Canadiens)

1957- #1 Jacques Plante (Canadiens)

1958- #5 Bernie Geoffrion (Canadiens)

1959- #5 Bernie Geoffrion (Canadiens)

1960- #1 Jacques Plante (Canadiens)

1961- #21 Stan Mikita (Black Hawks)

1962- #1 Don Simmons (Maple Leafs)

1963- #14 Dave Keon (Maple Leafs)

1964- #14 Dave Keon (Maple Leafs)

1965- #30 Gump Worsley (Canadiens)

1966- #30 Gump Worsley (Canadiens)

1967- #18 Jim Pappin (Maple Leafs)

1968- #1 Gump Worsley (Canadiens)

1969- #8 Dick Duff (Canadiens)

1970- #9 Johnny Bucyk (Bruins)

1971- #35 Tony Esposito (Black Hawks)*

1972- #1 Eddie Johnston (Bruins)

1973- #12 Yvan Cournoyer (Canadiens)

1974- #4 Bobby Orr (Bruins)*

1975- #1 Bernie Parent (Flyers)

1976- #22 Steve Shutt (Canadiens)

1977- #29 Ken Dryden (Canadiens)

1978- #14 Mario Tremblay (Canadiens)

1979- #25 Jacques Lemaire (Canadiens)

1980- #5 Denis Potvin (Islanders)

1981- #91 Butch Goring (Islanders)

1982- #31 Billy Smith (Islanders)

1983- #21 Brent Sutter (Islanders)

1984- #99 Wayne Gretzky (Oilers)

1985- #99 Wayne Gretzky (Oilers)

1986- #33 Patrick Roy (Canadiens)

1987- #31 Grant Fuhr (Oilers)

1988- #10 Esa Tikkanen (Oilers)

1989- #30 Mike Vernon (Flames)

1990- #9 Glenn Anderson (Oilers)

1991- #7 Joe Mullen (Penguins)

1992- #35 Tom Barrasso (Penguins)

1993- #33 Patrick Roy (Canadiens)

1994- #2 Brian Leetch (Rangers)

1995- #9 Neal Broten (Devils)

1996- #33 Patrick Roy (Avalanche)

1997- #91 Sergei Fedorov (Red Wings)

1998- #30 Chris Osgood (Red Wings)

1999- #20 Ed Belfour (Stars)

2000- #30 Martin Brodeur (Devils)

2001- #19 Joe Sakic (Avalanche)

2002- #8 Igor Larionov (Red Wings)

2003- #12 Jeff Friesen (Devils)

2004- #35 Nikolai Khabibulin (Lightning)

2006- #5 Frantisek Kaberle (Hurricanes)

2007- #19 Andy McDonald (Ducks)

2008- #30 Chris Osgood (Red Wings)

2009- #29 Marc-Andre Fleury (Penguins)

2010- #31 Antti Niemi (Blackhawks)

2011- #1 Roberto Luongo (Canucks)*

2012- #32 Jonathan Quick (Kings)

2013- #88 Patrick Kane (Blackhawks)

2014- #14 Justin Williams (Kings)

2015- #50 Corey Crawford (Blackhawks)

2016- #30 Matt Murray (Penguins)

2017- #30 Matt Murray (Penguins)

2018- #20 Lars Eller (Capitals)

2019- #50 Jordan Binnington (Blues)

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