Most Famous Columbus Blue Jackets Players

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The most renowned players ever to play for the Columbus Blue Jackets, ranked by Wikipedia reach.

Christian Bäckman

Christian Bäckman is a Swedish ice hockey player.

Gustav Nyquist

Gustav Nyquist is a Swedish ice hockey player.

Jakub Voráček

Jakub Voráček is a Czechia ice hockey player.

Sergei Bobrovsky

Sergei Andreyevich Bobrovsky is a Russian professional ice hockey player who is a goaltender for the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League (NHL). He has also played in the NHL for the Philadelphia Flyers and Columbus Blue Jackets, with whom he became recognized as one of the NHL's top goaltenders. Bobrovsky is a two-time Vezina Trophy winner, winning in the 2012–13 and 2016–17 seasons while a member of the Blue Jackets. In February 2023, Bobrovsky achieved the most wins for a Russian goaltender in NHL history, surpassing Evgeni Nabokov. Bobrovsky backstopped the Panthers to back-to-back Stanley Cup championships in 2024 and 2025.

Joakim Lindström

Joakim Claes Lindström is a Swedish former professional ice hockey winger who last played for Skellefteå AIK of the Swedish Hockey League. Lindström previously played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Columbus Blue Jackets, Phoenix Coyotes, Colorado Avalanche, St. Louis Blues and, most recently, for the Toronto Maple Leafs. He was drafted in the second round, 41st overall, by Columbus in 2002.

Michael Peca

Michael Peca is a Canadian ice hockey centre.

Adam Foote

Adam Foote is a Canadian ice hockey player and coach.

Sergei Fedorov

Sergei Fedorov is a Russian ice hockey player (born 1969).

Marián Gáborík

Marián Gáborík is a Slovak ice hockey player and Olympian.

Rick Nash

Richard Nash is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who serves as the director of player development for the Columbus Blue Jackets of the National Hockey League (NHL). After being selected first overall in the 2002 NHL entry draft by Columbus, he played 15 seasons in the NHL for the Blue Jackets, New York Rangers and Boston Bruins, and was selected to play in six National Hockey League All-Star Games.

Artemi Panarin

Artemi Panarin is a Russian ice hockey player.

Fredrik Modin

Fredrik Modin is a Swedish ice hockey player.

Fredrik Norrena

Fredrik Norrena is a ice hockey player.

Jaroslav Špaček

Jaroslav Špaček is a Czech ice hockey player.

Petteri Nummelin

Petteri Nummelin is a Finnish ice hockey player and coach.

Václav Prospal

Václav Prospal is a Czech ice hockey player.

Matt Duchene

Matt Duchene is a Canadian ice hockey player.

Johnny Gaudreau

John Michael Gaudreau was an American professional ice hockey player. A left winger, he played 11 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played college ice hockey for the Boston College Eagles in NCAA Division I for three seasons beginning in 2011 and was selected in the fourth round, 104th overall, by the Calgary Flames in the 2011 NHL entry draft. Nicknamed "Johnny Hockey", he was named the 2014 recipient of the Hobey Baker Award as the best player in the NCAA and, during his first full NHL season in 2014–15, was selected to play in the 2015 NHL All-Star Game, as well as being named to the annual NHL All-Rookie team. Gaudreau was a Calder Memorial Trophy finalist for the NHL's best rookie and won the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy as the league's most gentlemanly player for the 2016–17 season. In 2022, Gaudreau signed with the Columbus Blue Jackets, where he spent his last two seasons. Gaudreau was noted as helping to grow opportunities for smaller hockey players; despite measuring in at 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m), he was a seven-time NHL All-Star and finished fourth in Hart Memorial Trophy voting twice.

Jeff Carter

Jeffrey J. Carter is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre who played 19 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Philadelphia Flyers, Columbus Blue Jackets, Los Angeles Kings, and Pittsburgh Penguins. He was drafted 11th overall by the Flyers in the 2003 NHL entry draft.

Sami Lepistö

Sami Lepistö is a Finnish ice hockey player.