| Sport | Ice hockey |
|---|---|
| League | National Hockey League |
| Awarded for | Best players of the decade at each position as chosen by an NHL-selected panel |
| History | |
| First award | 2009 |
TheNational Hockey League All-Decade teams were first named during the2009–10 NHL season, to honor the best performers over the past decade at each position.
A panel of hockey figures, including NHLgeneral managers, league employees, writers, and on-air personalities fromNBC,Sportsnet andTVA Sports, chooses the All-Decade teams at the end of each decade. In 2020, the All-Decade team was announced duringAll-Star weekend.[1][2][3][4]
Alexander Ovechkin,Sidney Crosby, andZdeno Chara are the only players to have been named to multiple teams, with Ovechkin the only player named to the First Team twice. The entire 2000s All-Decade First Team, except for the still-active Ovechkin, have been inducted into theHockey Hall of Fame.
| ^ | Denotes players who are still active in the NHL |
| # | Denotes players who are still active outside of the NHL |
| * | Denotes players inducted into theHockey Hall of Fame |
| † | Denotes inactive players not yet eligible forHockey Hall of Fame consideration |
| Player (X) | Denotes the number of times a player has been selected |
