Should two or more players be tied, the player with the most goals is declared the trophy winner, and should it fail to reach a single winner, the player with the fewest games played and the player who scores the earliest goal are used as tiebreakers. Should two or more players remain tied, the players share the trophy.
The trophy is named in honour of Arthur Howie "Art" Ross ( January 13 , 1886 - August 5 1964 ), who was an Ice Hockey player, referee, coach, and manager. Ross played defence for 14 years, and was on two Stanley Cup winners -- with the Kenora Thistles in 1907 and the Montreal Wanderers in 1908. He then became a referee, and finally manager/coach of the Boston Bruins when they joined the National Hockey League. He coached them to three Stanley Cup championships. In 1945, he was elected to the Hockey Hall Of Fame .
Wayne Gretzky holds the record for most times winning the trophy, earning 10 of them in his 20-year career. In the two decades between 1981 and 2001, only three men won the Ross Trophy -- Gretzky, Mario Lemieux and Jaromir Jagr .
Joe Thornton won the award in 2005-2006 with the San Jose Sharks in spite of being traded mid-season by the Boston Bruins. He is the only player in the NHL to win the award after being traded by his original team.
- 2006 - Joe Thornton , Boston Bruins / San Jose Sharks , 125
- 2004 - Martin St. Louis , Tampa Bay Lightning , 94
- 2003 - Peter Forsberg , Colorado Avalanche , 106
- 2002 - Jarome Iginla , Calgary Flames , 96
- 2001 - Jaromir Jagr , Pittsburgh Penguins , 121
- 2000 - Jaromir Jagr , Pittsburgh Penguins , 96
- 1999 - Jaromir Jagr , Pittsburgh Penguins , 127
- 1998 - Jaromir Jagr , Pittsburgh Penguins , 102
- 1997 - Mario Lemieux , Pittsburgh Penguins , 122
- 1996 - Mario Lemieux , Pittsburgh Penguins , 161
- 1995 - Jaromir Jagr , Pittsburgh Penguins , 70
- 1994 - Wayne Gretzky , Los Angeles Kings , 130
- 1993 - Mario Lemieux , Pittsburgh Penguins , 160
- 1992 - Mario Lemieux , Pittsburgh Penguins , 131
- 1991 - Wayne Gretzky , Los Angeles Kings , 163
- 1990 - Wayne Gretzky , Los Angeles Kings , 142
- 1989 - Mario Lemieux , Pittsburgh Penguins , 199
- 1988 - Mario Lemieux , Pittsburgh Penguins , 168
- 1987 - Wayne Gretzky , Edmonton Oilers , 183
- 1986 - Wayne Gretzky , Edmonton Oilers , 215
- 1985 - Wayne Gretzky , Edmonton Oilers , 208
- 1984 - Wayne Gretzky , Edmonton Oilers , 205
- 1983 - Wayne Gretzky , Edmonton Oilers , 196
- 1982 - Wayne Gretzky , Edmonton Oilers , 212
- 1981 - Wayne Gretzky , Edmonton Oilers , 164
- 1980 - Marcel Dionne , Los Angeles Kings , 137
- 1979 - Bryan Trottier , New York Islanders , 134
- 1978 - Guy Lafleur , Montreal Canadiens , 132
- 1977 - Guy Lafleur , Montreal Canadiens , 136
- 1976 - Guy Lafleur , Montreal Canadiens , 125
- 1975 - Bobby Orr , Boston Bruins , 135
- 1974 - Phil Esposito , Boston Bruins , 145
- 1973 - Phil Esposito , Boston Bruins , 130
- 1972 - Phil Esposito , Boston Bruins , 133
- 1971 - Phil Esposito , Boston Bruins , 152
- 1970 - Bobby Orr , Boston Bruins , 120
- 1969 - Phil Esposito , Boston Bruins , 126
- 1968 - Stan Mikita , Chicago Black Hawks , 87
- 1967 - Stan Mikita , Chicago Black Hawks , 97
- 1966 - Bobby Hull , Chicago Black Hawks , 97
- 1965 - Stan Mikita , Chicago Black Hawks , 87
- 1964 - Stan Mikita , Chicago Black Hawks , 89
- 1963 - Gordie Howe , Detroit Red Wings , 86
- 1962 - Bobby Hull , Chicago Black Hawks , 84
- 1961 - Bernie Geoffrion , Montreal Canadiens , 95
- 1960 - Bobby Hull , Chicago Black Hawks , 81
- 1959 - Dickie Moore , Montreal Canadiens , 96
- 1958 - Dickie Moore , Montreal Canadiens , 84
- 1957 - Gordie Howe , Detroit Red Wings , 89
- 1956 - Jean Beliveau , Montreal Canadiens , 88
- 1955 - Bernie Geoffrion , Montreal Canadiens , 75
- 1954 - Gordie Howe , Detroit Red Wings , 81
- 1953 - Gordie Howe , Detroit Red Wings , 95
- 1952 - Gordie Howe , Detroit Red Wings , 86
- 1951 - Gordie Howe , Detroit Red Wings , 86
- 1950 - Ted Lindsay , Detroit Red Wings , 78
- 1949 - Roy Conacher , Chicago Black Hawks , 68
- 1948 - Elmer Lach , Montreal Canadiens , 61
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