Who carried the decade. Every season is scored against its own league with VAL, so a player is measured against the peers he actually faced, never against a different era's scoring environment.
R · 9 seasons in the decade · best 2008 (23.6)
C · 9 seasons in the decade · best 2006 (21.8)
R · 9 seasons in the decade · best 2007 (23.1)
R · 9 seasons in the decade · best 2006 (21.9)
R · 8 seasons in the decade · best 2006 (24.9)
L · 9 seasons in the decade · best 2003 (23.3)
C · 9 seasons in the decade · best 2001 (24.4)
C · 9 seasons in the decade · best 2002 (20)
R · 9 seasons in the decade · best 2003 (23.9)
C · 9 seasons in the decade · best 2001 (25.5)
C · 9 seasons in the decade · best 2007 (23)
R · 9 seasons in the decade · best 2001 (22.6)
D · 9 seasons in the decade · best 2001 (17.7)
C · 9 seasons in the decade · best 2001 (21.2)
L · 9 seasons in the decade · best 2002 (20)
R · 9 seasons in the decade · best 2003 (21.1)
R · 9 seasons in the decade · best 2000 (20.9)
R · 9 seasons in the decade · best 2004 (23.4)
R · 9 seasons in the decade · best 2008 (18.5)
R · 9 seasons in the decade · best 2007 (21.7)
C · 9 seasons in the decade · best 2006 (18)
L · 9 seasons in the decade · best 2001 (19.6)
C · 9 seasons in the decade · best 2009 (19.8)
R · 9 seasons in the decade · best 2002 (19.3)
R · 9 seasons in the decade · best 2001 (21.2)
Decade VAL is the sum of a player's VAL across the decade's seasons. How VAL works.
| # | Player | Season | VAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joe Sakic | 2001 | 25.5 |
| 2 | Jaromir Jagr | 2006 | 24.9 |
| 3 | Patrik Elias | 2001 | 24.4 |
| 4 | Jaromir Jagr | 2001 | 24.1 |
| 5 | Milan Hejduk | 2003 | 23.9 |
| 6 | Dany Heatley | 2007 | 23.8 |
| 7 | Alex Ovechkin | 2008 | 23.8 |
| 8 | Evgeni Malkin | 2008 | 23.7 |
| 9 | Jarome Iginla | 2008 | 23.6 |
| 10 | Martin St. Louis | 2004 | 23.4 |
VAL player-seasons in the corpus for each year of the decade — no rated seasons for 2005, so the ranking covers the rest of the decade only.