The Hobey Baker Award is an annual award given to the top National Collegiate Athletic Association men's ice hockey player. It has been awarded 44 times. It is named for Hall of Famer Hobey Baker, who played college hockey at Princeton University and died shortly after World War I.
The original statue for the award was commissioned and awarded by the Decathlon Athletic Club (now defunct) in Bloomington, Minnesota. The model for the award trophy was Steve Christoff, who played for the University of Minnesota and in the National Hockey League.
Minnesota Duluth players have won the award seven times, the most all-time. Harvard, Minnesota, and Boston University are all tied for second place, with four wins a piece. Max Plante, of Minnesota Duluth, is the most recent winner.
Award winners Inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame
Source: + Winners Year Winner Position School Born 1981 Center Minnesota Roseau, Minnesota 1982 Left wing Bowling Green Guelph, Ontario 1983 Defense Harvard Burlington, Massachusetts 1984 Defense Minnesota Duluth Minneapolis, Minnesota 1985 Right wing Minnesota Duluth Pine Falls, Manitoba 1986 Center Harvard Burlington, Massachusetts 1987 Center North Dakota Thunder Bay, Ontario 1988 Goaltender Minnesota Duluth, Minnesota 1989 Left wing Harvard Tulsa, Oklahoma 1990 Center Michigan State Lansing, Michigan 1991 Center Boston College Cranston, Rhode Island 1992 Left wing Maine Shediac, New Brunswick 1993 Left wing Maine Vancouver, British Columbia 1994 Left wing Minnesota Duluth Grand Rapids, Minnesota 1995 Center Bowling Green Parma, Ohio 1996 Center Minnesota White Bear Lake, Minnesota 1997 Center Michigan Pitt Meadows, British Columbia 1998 Left wing Boston University Trumbull, Connecticut 1999 Center New Hampshire Fernie, British Columbia 2000 Defense Boston College Boston, Massachusetts 2001 Goaltender Michigan State East Lansing, Michigan 2002 Defense Minnesota Golden Valley, Minnesota 2003 Left wing Colorado College Liptovský Mikuláš, Czechoslovakia 2004 Right wing Minnesota Duluth Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Quebec 2005 Center Colorado College Roseville, Minnesota 2006 Defense Denver Anchorage, Alaska 2007 Left wing North Dakota Calgary, Alberta 2008 Center Michigan Northville, Michigan 2009 Defense Boston University North Bellmore, New York 2010 Center Wisconsin Plantation, Florida 2011 Left wing Miami Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan 2012 Center Minnesota Duluth Duluth, Minnesota 2013 Center St. Cloud State Duluth, Minnesota 2014 Left wing Boston College Salem, New Jersey 2015 Center Boston University North Chelmsford, Massachusetts 2016 Left wing Harvard Boston, Massachusetts 2017 Defense Denver Sun Prairie, Wisconsin 2018 Center Northeastern Braintree, Massachusetts 2019 Defense Massachusetts Calgary, Alberta 2020 Defense Minnesota Duluth Hibbing, Minnesota 2021 Right wing Wisconsin Stevens Point, Wisconsin 2022 Goaltender Minnesota State Downers Grove, Illinois 2023 Center Michigan Nobleton, Ontario2024 Center Boston University North Vancouver, British Columbia2025 Left wing Michigan State Hudson, Wisconsin2026 Left wing Minnesota Duluth Duluth, Minnesota
Winners by school + Winners by school School Winners Minnesota Duluth 7 Harvard 4 Minnesota 4 Boston University 4 Boston College 3 Michigan 3 Michigan State 3 Bowling Green 2 Colorado College 2 Denver 2 Maine 2 North Dakota 2 Wisconsin 2 Massachusetts 1 Miami 1 New Hampshire 1 Northeastern 1 St. Cloud State 1 Minnesota State 1
Winners by place of birth + Winners by place of birth Birthplace Winners Minnesota 11 Massachusetts 6 British Columbia 4 Michigan 4 Ontario 3 Wisconsin 3 Alberta 2 Alaska 1 Connecticut 1 Czechoslovakia 1 Florida 1 Manitoba 1 New Brunswick 1 New Jersey 1 New York 1 Ohio 1 Oklahoma 1 Quebec 1 Rhode Island 1 Illinois 1
Winners by position + Winners by position Position Winners Center 18 Left wing 11 Defense 11 Right wing 6 Goaltender 3
Award finalists
Source: + Finalists Year Finalists Position School Finalists Position School 1981 Left wing Minnesota 1982 Goaltender Michigan St. 1983 Defense Providence 1984 Goaltender Boston University 1985 Center Harvard 1986 Right wing Western Michigan Left wing Michigan St. 1987 Defense Western Michigan 1988 Right wing Lake Superior State 1989 Goaltender Minnesota 1990 Defense Boston College 1991 Defense Northern Michigan 1992 Defense St. Lawrence 1993 Center North Dakota 1994 Center Clarkson 1995 Defense Maine 1996 Left wing Boston University 1997 Left wing Boston University 1998 Goaltender Michigan St. 1999 Center Michigan St. 2000 Center Wisconsin 2001 Right wing Boston College Center North Dakota 2002 Center St. Cloud State Right wing New Hampshire 2003 Left wing Ferris State Goaltender Cornell 2004 Goaltender Brown Left wing North Dakota 2005 Left wing Colorado College Goaltender Cornell 2006 Goaltender Wisconsin Left wing Boston College 2007 Goaltender Notre Dame Center Air Force 2008 Right wing Miami University Left wing Boston College 2009 Goaltender Northeastern Left wing Boston University 2010 Left wing Maine Right wing New Hampshire 2011 Right wing North Dakota Right wing Boston College 2012 Left wing Maine Right wing Colgate 2013 Goaltender Quinnipiac Center Boston College 2014 Left wing St. Lawrence Center St. Cloud State 2015 Center Harvard Goaltender North Dakota 2016 Left wing Michigan Goaltender Boston College 2017 Center Northeastern Center Union 2018 Center Harvard Center Denver 2019 Defense Harvard Defense St. Cloud State 2020 Goaltender Maine Center North Dakota 2021 Goaltender Minnesota State Center North Dakota 2022 Right wing Denver Center Minnesota2023Left wingMinnesotaCenterMinnesota2024Right wingNorth DakotaForwardBoston College 2025DefenceDenverForwardBoston College 2026ForwardMichiganDefenceDenver
Finalists by school + Finalists by school School Finalists Boston College 9 North Dakota 8 Minnesota 5 Boston University 5 Denver 4 Harvard 4 Maine 4 Michigan State 3 St. Cloud State 3 Cornell 2 Michigan 2 New Hampshire 2 Northeastern 2 St. Lawrence 2 Western Michigan 2 Wisconsin 2 Air Force 1 Brown 1 Clarkson 1 Colgate 1 Colorado College 1 Ferris State 1 Lake Superior State 1 Miami University 1 Minnesota State 1 Northern Michigan 1 Notre Dame 1 Providence 1 Quinnipiac 1 Union 1
See also Patty Kazmaier Award – D-I women's equivalent Sid Watson Award – D-III men's equivalent Laura Hurd Award – D-III women's equivalent Hobey Baker Legends of College Hockey Award
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