Most Famous Vancouver Canucks Players

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The most renowned players ever to play for the Vancouver Canucks, ranked by Wikipedia reach.

Dan Hamhuis

Dan Hamhuis is a Canadian ice hockey player.

Bo Horvat

Bo Horvat is a Canadian ice hockey player.

Jarkko Ruutu

Jarkko Ruutu is a ice hockey player.

Ryan Miller

Ryan Dean Miller is an American former professional ice hockey player. He played as a goaltender for 18 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Buffalo Sabres, St. Louis Blues, Vancouver Canucks, and Anaheim Ducks. Miller was drafted 138th overall by the Buffalo Sabres in the 1999 NHL entry draft. In 2010, he won the Vezina Trophy as the league's best goaltender. Miller was the winningest American-born goaltender in NHL history from February 2019 until March 2024, when he was passed by Jonathan Quick. In January 2023, Miller was inducted into the Buffalo Sabres Hall Of Fame, and his #30 was retired. In April 2025, Miller was also inducted into the Rochester Americans Hall of Fame.

Mark Messier

Mark Messier is a Canadian ice hockey player.

Pavol Demitra

Pavol Demitra is a Slovak ice hockey center and Olympian (1974–2011).

Markus Näslund

Markus Näslund is a Swedish ice hockey player.

Mats Sundin

Mats Sundin is a Swedish ice hockey player.

Henrik Sedin

Henrik Lars Sedin is a Swedish ice hockey executive and former centre who played his entire 17-season National Hockey League (NHL) career with the Vancouver Canucks from 2000 to 2018. He additionally served as the Canucks' captain from 2010 until his retirement. He and Daniel both currently serve as President of Hockey Operations for the Canucks. Born and raised in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden, Sedin and his identical twin brother Daniel played together throughout their careers; the pair were renowned for their effectiveness as a tandem. Henrik, a skilled passer, was known as a playmaker while Daniel was known as a goal-scorer. Sedin tallied 240 goals and 830 assists, for 1,070 points, in 1,330 NHL games, ranking him as the Canucks' all-time leading points scorer.

Ivan Hlinka

Ivan Hlinka is a Czech ice hockey player and coach (1950-2004).

Pavel Bure

Pavel Bure is a Russian ice hockey player.

Igor Larionov

Igor Larionov is a Russian ice hockey player.

Roberto Luongo

Roberto Luongo is a Canadian ice hockey goaltender.

Vladimir Krutov

Vladimir Krutov is a Russian ice hockey player (1960–2012).

Alexander Mogilny

Alexander Mogilny is a Russian ice hockey player.

Daniel Sedin

Daniel Hans Sedin is a Swedish ice hockey executive and former winger who played his entire 17-season National Hockey League (NHL) career with the Vancouver Canucks from 2000 to 2018. He and Henrik both currently serve as co-presidents of hockey operations for the Canucks. Raised in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden, Sedin and his identical twin brother Henrik played together throughout their careers; the pair were renowned for their effectiveness as a tandem. During his career, Daniel was known as a goal-scorer, while Henrik was known as a playmaker. Sedin tallied 393 goals and 648 assists in 1,306 games played in the NHL, ranking him as the Canucks' second-highest points scorer all time, behind only his brother Henrik.

Christian Ehrhoff

Christian Ehrhoff is a German professional ice hockey player.

Mikael Samuelsson

Mikael Samuelsson is a Swedish ice hockey player.

Jiří Šlégr

Jiří Šlégr is a Czech ice hockey defenceman.

Ed Jovanovski

Ed Jovanovski is a Canadian ice hockey player.