Oilers’ Connor McDavid ties NHL record with fifth career Ted Lindsay Award
Another historical mark for the best player in the world.
On Sunday, the NHL announced that Edmonton Oilers captain Connor McDavid has won the 2025-26 Ted Lindsay Award.
Connor McDavid is a five-time Ted Lindsay Award winner! 🤩 #NHLAwards The award is presented annually to the most outstanding player as voted by the players.
The award is given to the player who is viewed by his peers to be the league’s most valuable player, as it’s voted on by members of the NHL Players’ Association. This is the fifth time that McDavid has taken home the honor formerly known as the Lester B. Pearson Award, tying him with Oilers legend and Hockey Hall of Famer Wayne Gretzky. This is the first time McDavid has won the Ted Lindsay since 2022-23, which was the year he took home the Hart, Art Ross and Maurice “Rocket” Richard trophies.
McDavid beat out San Jose Sharks forward Macklin Celebrini and Tampa Bay Lightning forward Nikita Kucherov for this year’s award.
The Richmond Hill, Ont. native had another outstanding season. In his first full 82-game campaign in three years, he won the Art Ross Trophy for the sixth time in his career, and the first since the 2022-23 season, tying him with Gordie Howe and Mario Lemieux for second all-time behind Gretzky. McDavid scored 48 goals and 90 assists for 138 points. It marks the sixth year in a row that he has hit the century mark in points, and the third time he has posted 130 points. The 29-year-old has only missed the 100-point mark twice in his career – his rookie season, where he missed 37 games due to injury, and the COVID-shortened 2019-20 campaign.
In the first 11 years of his NHL career, McDavid has scored 409 goals and 807 assists for 1,216 points. He’s won the Hart three times, the Ted Lindsay four times, as well as the Conn Smythe Trophy in the Oilers’ run to the Stanley Cup Final in 2024.