The Best NHL Players of All Time by Jersey Number, Pt. 1: Nos. 0-49

Some past and current NHL players never get any recognition.

Today, I will be going through the best NHL players of all time by jersey number, highlighting some of the better to wear each sweater.

Here are No. 0 to No. 49, in order.

For Nos. 50-99, please see Pt. 2:

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/443195

No. 0 Paul Bibeault

HM: Neil Sheehy

No. 00 John Davidson

HM: Martin Biron

No. 1 Glenn Hall

HM: Jacques Plante

No. 2 Eddie Shore

HM: Doug Harvey

No. 3 Pierre Pilote

HM: Emile Boutch Bouchard

No. 4 Bobby Orr

HM: Jean Beliveau

No. 5 Nicklas Lidstrom

HM: Cy Denneny

No. 6 Frank Nighbor

HM: Babe Dye

No. 7 Phil Esposito

HM: Howie Morenz

No. 8 Alexander Ovechkin

HM: Teemu Selanne

No. 9 Gordie Howe

HM: Maurice Richard

No. 10 Guy Lafleur

HM: Pavel Bure

No. 11 Mark Messier

HM: Busher Jackson

No. 12 Jarome Iginla

HM: Dickie Moore

No. 13 Mats Sundin

HM: Vyacheslav Koslov

No. 14 Dave Keon

HM: Theo Fleury

No. 15 Milt Schmidt

HM: Bobby Rousseau

No. 16 Bobby Clarke

HM: Henri Richard

No. 17 Jari Kurri

HM: Earl Seibert

No. 18 Serge Savard

HM: Denis Savard

No. 19 Joe Sakic

HM: Steve Yzerman

No. 20 Luc Robitallie

HM: Bob Pulford

No. 21 Stan Mikita

HM: Peter Forsberg

No. 22 Mike Bossy

HM: Steve Shutt

No. 23 Bob Gainey

HM: Brian Bellows

No. 24 Chris Chelios

HM: Doug Wilson

No. 25 Joe Nieuwendyk

HM: Jacques Lemaire

No. 26 Peter Stastny

HM: Martin St.Louis

No. 27 Frank Mahovlich

HM: Scott Niedermayer

No. 28 Steve Larmer

HM: Steve Duchesne

No. 29 Ken Dryden

HM: Joel Otto

No. 30 Martin Brodeur

HM: Ed Belfour

No. 31 Billy Smith

HM: Grant Fuhr

No. 32 Dale Hunter

HM: Steve Thomas

No. 33 Patrick Roy

HM: Kris Draper

No. 34 John Vanbiesbrouck

HM: Miikka Kiprusoff

No. 35 Tony Esposito

HM: Tom Barrasso

No. 36 Matthew Barnaby

HM: Dmitri Yushkevich

No. 37 Olaf Kolzig

HM: Chris Drury

No. 38 Pavol Demitra

HM: Jan Hrdina

No. 39 Dominik Hasek

HM: Doug Weight

No. 40 Henrik Zetterberg

HM: Alex Tanguay

No. 41 Jason Allison

HM: Brent Gilchrist

No. 42 Sergei Makarov

HM: Richard Smehlik

No. 43 Patrice Brisebois

HM: Vitali Yachmenev

No. 44 Stéphane Richer

HM: Chris Pronger

No. 45 Gilbert Dionne

HM: Dimitri Kalinin

No. 46 David Krejci

HM: Steve Bernier

No. 47 Stéphan Lebeau

HM: Richard Pilon

No. 48 Scott Young

HM: J.J. Daigneault

No. 49 Brian Savage

HM: Joe Juneau

 

For Nos. 50-99, please see Pt. 2 of this series:

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/443195