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Hughes, MacKinnon, McDavid among candidates to lead League in scoring this season
www.nhl.comHere’s the latest on Art Ross Trophy winners.
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Connor McDavid claimed the Art Ross Trophy in 2026. This was his sixth Art Ross, tying him with Mario Lemieux for the second-most all-time behind Wayne Gretzky, who has 10. McDavid’s 2026 win marks another milestone in his scoring titles.[1]
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For context, Nikita Kucherov won the Art Ross Trophy in both 2024 and 2025, continuing his strong recent run at the top of the scoring race. The trophy has been awarded annually since 1948 to the league’s scoring leader, with Kucherov and McDavid among the prominent recent recipients.[2]
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A snapshot of several recent winners: McDavid (2023, 2022, 2021, 2018, 2017) and Kucherov (2019, 2020, 2024, 2025) illustrate a pattern of offensive dominance in the era, with MacKinnon and others occasionally contending in the top few spots before the final tallies are set.[7][2]
If you’d like, I can compile a concise list of all Art Ross winners from the last decade with teams and point totals, or pull the official NHL page’s complete roll of winners for easy reference. I can also add a quick chart showing year-by-year points leaders to visualize trends.