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 Edmonton Oilers.

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 Oilers had another phenomenal campaign, winning the Western Conference for the second consecutive year. However, in both seasons, they lost to the Florida Panthers in the Stanley Cup Finals.  There were no new entrants, but there were multiple elevations.

As always, we present our top five, which saw a slight change. 

1. Wayne Gretzky
2. Connor McDavid
3. Mark Messier
4. Leon Draisaitl
5. Jari Kurri

You can find the entire list here.

Connor McDavid was #2 last year, and while he did supplant Gretzky for the top spot, he is getting closer.

Leon Draisaitl, who is a former Hart Trophy winner and runner-up last year, edged up over Jari Kurri for the fourth spot.

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins moved up one rung to #11. 

Defenseman Darnell Nurse also climbed up one spot.  He is now ranked #14.

Another Defenseman, Evan Bouchard, advanced to #31 from #35.

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