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List of Greatest Hockey Players by The Hockey News

This is a ranking list of greatest hockey players by the hockey news. Only top dozen Greatest Hockey Players by The Hockey News, according to different criteria, are presented. The ranking is in particular based on the number of occurences of each greatest hockey player by the hockey news in web pages, news, pictures and people votes in corresponding context.

Overall popularity

Rank	Score	Item
1.	212	Wayne Gretzky
2.	50	Mario Lemieux
3.	50	Jaromir Jagr
4.	48	Maurice Richard
5.	48	Mark Messier
6.	47	Phil Esposito
7.	47	Brian Leetch
8.	46	Chris Chelios
9.	45	Steve Yzerman
10.	45	Dominik Hasek
11.	45	Eric Lindros
12.	45	Jacques Plante

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Popularity on the Web

Score		Item
15663		Wayne Gretzky
6536		Jaromir Jagr
5674		Mario Lemieux
4825		Gordie Howe
4732		Mark Messier
4663		Bobby Orr
4413		Patrick Roy
4345		Brian Leetch
3765		Maurice Richard
3347		Eric Lindros
3317		Phil Esposito
3317		Joe Sakic

Popularity in the news

Score		Item
7		Wayne Gretzky
6		Bobby Orr
5		Eric Lindros
4		Mario Lemieux
4		Bobby Hull
4		Stan Mikita
4		Jaromir Jagr
2		Mark Messier
2		Phil Esposito
2		Patrick Roy
2		Bobby Clarke
2		Syl Apps

Popularity in pictures

Score		Item
14		Wayne Gretzky
6		Mario Lemieux
4		Mark Messier
2		Jaromir Jagr
1		Bobby Hull
1		Ken Dryden
1		Gilbert Perreault
1		Brett Hull
1		Grant Fuhr
1		Dominik Hasek
0		Bobby Orr
0		Gordie Howe