Dustin Brown is one of those players whose traditional stat line does not tell the story.

A former First Round Pick (13^th Overall), Brown made it to the Kings in his first year in pro hockey, and he has been praised for his grit, tenacity, and leadership ever since.  A genius at drawing penalties, Brown is not a natural scorer, but he has achieved seven 50-plus Point seasons over his career, with 712 Points in total.   

Brown was the team captain in the Kings' wins in the 2012 and 2014 Stanley Cups, especially in 2012, where he was the playoff leader in Goals (8), Assists (12), Points (20), and Plus/Minus (16).  Brown also had three Game-Winning Goals in the playoffs.  Naturally, Brown won the Mark Messier Leadership Award in 2014.

He played with the Kings until 2022, when he retired after an 18-year career, and L.A. retired his number 23 the following year.  Brown may never make the Hockey Hall of Fame, but the story of the Los Angeles Kings can not be written without him.  

Dave Taylor played college hockey with Clarkson University, where he became the institution’s all-time leading scorer.  As Clarkson is not known for their Hockey prowess, Taylor was a low pick (210^th Overall in 1975) but continued to improve.  Playing two more years at Clarkson, Taylor joined the Kings, which became the only NHL team in his career.

Taylor had 91 Points in his sophomore season and 90 in his third.  The Right Wing would join Marcel Dionne and Charlie Simmer on what became Los Angeles's famed "Triple Crown Line," resulting in back-to-back 100-Point campaigns.  In Taylor's best year, 1980-81, he had career-highs in Points (112), Goals (47), and was named a Second Team All-Star.

Taylor remained a potent scorer, cracking 90 Points for the fifth time in 1984-85. As he got older, he continued to provide depth and leadership, so much so that in 1991, he won both the King Clancy and Bill Masterton Memorial Trophies.

Taylor retired after the 1993-94 Season, and he remains the lowest drafted NHL player in the 1,000 Point Club.  The Kings gave him the ultimate honor in 1995 when they retired his number 18.

Jonathan Quick played the first fifteen years plus of his career in the National Hockey League with the Los Angeles Kings, a team that he backstopped to two Stanley Cups (2012 & 2014).

Quick won the starting job in 2008, and in five different seasons, he appeared in between the pipes 60 times.  Twice an All-Star, Quick was outstanding in 2011-12, finishing second in Vezina voting, netting a Second Team All-Star nod while posting a sparkling 1.95 GAA.  Quick was even better in the playoffs, winning his first Stanley Cup and Conn Smythe when he had a 1.41 GAA and .946 Save Percentage.  He was also the Goalie of record in Los Angeles' second Stanley Cup in 2014.  He also won two William M. Jennings Trophies while wearing the crown.

The rebuilding Kings traded Quick to Columbus (who packaged him to Vegas a day later) in the 2022/23 Season, and whether or not you think that he was the best Goalie in franchise history, there is no question that he is the most successful.    

Anze Kopitar made history in 2006 as the first Slovenian to make the National Hockey League.  As it looks now, it could be decades, if ever, before anyone supplants Kopitar as the best player from that nation.

Despite there not being anyone at Kopitar's level in Slovenia, he was highly scouted and transferred to the Swedish League.  After a year there, Kopitar was taken 11^th Overall in the 2005 Draft, a move that some considered a risk.  Kopitar elected to stay in Europe for one more season, and the more polished Center ventured overseas, ready to show off what he learned.

Kopitar had 61 Points as a rookie, and he never dipped below that number in his first six years.  An All-Star in 2008, Kopitar scored 81 Points in 2009-10, which was the best tally of the first half of his career.  Kopitar went to another All-Star Game in 2011, and in 2012, he was the offensive spark plug of the Kings' 2012 Stanley Cup Championship, a playoff run that saw Kopitar (along with Dustin Brown) lead all skaters in scoring with 20.  Kopitar led Los Angeles to their second title two years later, and Kopitar was again the postseason leading scorer (26).

Since his second Cup, Kopitar has collected individual accolades.  In addition to three more All-Star Games (2015, 2018 & 2020), Kopitar was a dual-award winner in 2015-16, capturing the Frank J. Selke and Lady Byng.  Kopitar won his second Selke in 2917-18, in a year where he posted a career-high 92 Points.  For his efforts, Kopitar was a finalist for the Hart Trophy for the first time in his career.  He continued to produce and collect awards, including the Mark Messier Leadership Award in 2021/22 and his second Lady Byng the year after.

As of this writing, Kopitar is entering his 20^th and final season in Los Angeles with 1,280 Points, going into the 2025-26 Season, and could become the all-time leading scorer for this franchise.  Considering the snipers and offensive superstars this team has housed, that would be incredible.