NHL Teams, Ranked

Winners of 24 Stanley Cups, the most of any NHL franchise, and a charter Original Six club.

Eleven Stanley Cups and a record 25 consecutive playoff appearances from 1991 to 2016.

Won five Cups from 1984 to 1990, four of them behind Wayne Gretzky, and remain elite with Connor McDavid, widely regarded as today's best player.

Six Stanley Cups and one of the league's most consistent contenders, setting an NHL-record 65 wins in 2022-23.

Five Cups powered by Mario Lemieux and Sidney Crosby, including back-to-back titles in 2016 and 2017.

Six Stanley Cups overall, with a modern dynasty winning in 2010, 2013, and 2015.

Three Cups (1996, 2001, 2022) and consistently among the league's strongest teams.

Three Stanley Cups, including consecutive titles in 2020 and 2021.

Original Six club with four Cups; the 1994 championship ended a 54-year drought.

Second-most Cups in history (13) but hold the longest active drought among Original Six teams and a reputation for playoff collapses.

Reached the Final in their 2017-18 inaugural season and won the Cup in their sixth season in 2023, the fastest any expansion team has won it in NHL history.

Won four consecutive Stanley Cups from 1980 to 1983.

Three Cups (1995, 2000, 2003) built on stifling defense and goaltender Martin Brodeur.

One Cup (2018); Alexander Ovechkin became the NHL's all-time leading goal scorer in 2025.

Won the Cup in 2012 and 2014 but have had limited postseason success otherwise.

Won the Cup in 2006 and have been a reliable playoff team since, though without a return to the Final.

Never won a Stanley Cup and endured a 14-season playoff drought, one of the longest in NHL history, before returning to the postseason in 2026.

Zero Cups in over three decades, a single Final appearance (2016), and among the league's worst teams in recent seasons.

Plagued by chronic financial and arena problems with no Cups, the franchise was sold and its operations relocated to Utah in 2024.