Top 50 Chicago Blackhawks

An Original Six team, the Chicago Blackhawks first came into existence in 1926, and in 1934, they won the Stanley Cup for the first time.  They would repeat that effort in 1938 but following the death of the original owner and founder, Frederic McLaughlin in 1944, Chicago would suffer under poor ownership (they were owned by a “puppet” of Detroit’s owner, James E. Norris) and was horrible for years.  When his father died, James D. Norris and minority owner, Arthur Wirtz, took over, and in the late 1950s, they reinvested in the team and acquired bright young prospects (Stan Mikita & Bobby Hull) and finally won their third Stanley Cup in 1961.

Chicago was loaded with talent throughout the 1960s and would return to the Stanley Cup Finals twice that decade (1962 & 1965), but they would not win in either attempt.  They would go into another decade-long drought in terms of championships, although they had some very good teams through this era, including the 1990/91 season, where they led the league in Points.  It turned around with young talent like Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews and in 2010 the Cup would return to the Windy City.  That decade remained strong, with Chicago winning their fifth and sixth Stanley Cups in 2013 and 2015, respectively.

This list is up to the end of the 2024/25 season.

Note: Hockey lists are based on an amalgamation of tenure, traditional statistics, advanced statistics, playoff statistics, and post-season accolades.