Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the top 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we maintain and update our existing Top 50 lists annually.  As such, we are delighted to present our pre-2025/26 revision of our top 50 Los Angeles Kings.

As for all of our top 50 players in hockey, we look at the following: 

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National Hockey League.

3.  Playoff accomplishments.

4.  Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles that are not reflected in a stat sheet.

Last year, the Kings made the playoffs, but for the third year in a row, they were eliminated by Edmonton.  There was one new entrant and only one elevation.

As always, we present our top five, which remain unchanged. 

1. Marcel Dionne
2. Drew Doughty
3. Anze Kopitar
4. Luc Robitaille
5. Wayne Gretzky

You can find the entire list here.

Regarding the top five, Drew Doughty and Anze Kopitar remain #2 and #3, respectively, from last year.

Adrian Kempe climbed from #26 to #19.

The only new entrant was Kevin Fiala, who comes in at #45.

We thank you for your continued support of our lists on Notinhalloffame.com.

Kevin Fiala had a breakout year in 2021-22 as a member of the Minnesota Wild when he scored 85 Points.  Seeking a playmaking forward, the Kings traded Brock Faber and a First Round Pick for Fiala, and in the three seasons he has been with the Kings, he scored at least 60 Points.  This current run in Los Angeles saw Fiala make his first All-Star Game (2023), and last year, he had a career-best 35 Goals.

He is entering his fourth year in L.A..

From Switzerland, Kevin Fiala became one of the country’s few First Round picks when Nashville selected him 11^thOverall in 2014.

Fiala made it to the Predators for six Games in his first two years in North American hockey, and the Left Wing would remain as an NHL player in 2016/17.  Fiala had a coming-out year, scoring 48 points, but was traded to Minnesota at the 2019 Trading Deadline.

As a Predator, Fiala accrued 97 Points in 204 Games.