This is a partial list of retired National Hockey League players.

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

A

B

  • Irvine Wallace "Ace" Bailey
  • Donald H. "Dan" Bain
  • Hobart Amery Hare "Hobey" Baker
  • William Charles "Bill" Barber
  • Martin A. "Marty" Barry
  • Andrew James "Andy" Bathgate
  • Robert Theodore "Bobby" Bauer
  • Jean Arthur Beliveau
  • Clinton S. Benedict
  • Douglas Wagner "Doug" Bentley
  • Maxwell Herbert Lloyd Bentley
  • Hector "Toe" Blake
  • Leo Joseph Boivin
  • Richard R. "Dickie" Boon
  • Michael "Mike" Bossy
  • Emile "Butch" Bouchard
  • Francois X. "Frank" Boucher
  • George "Buck" Boucher
  • Raymond Bourque
  • John William "Johnny" Bower
  • Russell "Dubbie" Bowie
  • Francis Charles "Frank" Brimsek
  • Harry L. "Punch" Broadbent
  • Walter Edward "Turk" Broda
  • John Paul "Johnny" Bucyk
  • William "Billy" Burch

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

  • James Dickenson "Dick" Irvin

J

  • Harvey "Busher" Jackson
  • Ivan Wilfred "Ching" Johnson
  • Ernest "Moose" Johnson
  • Thomas Christian "Tom" Johnson
  • Aurel Emile Joliat

K

  • Gordon Blanchard "Duke" Keats
  • Leonard Patrick "Red" Kelly
  • Theodre Samuel Ted "Teeder" Kennedy
  • David Michael Keon
  • Jari Pekka Kurri

L

  • Elmer James Lach
  • Guy Damien LaFleur
  • Edouard "Newsy" Lalonde
  • Rod Corry Langway
  • Joseph "Jacques" Hughes Laperriere
  • Guy Gerard Lapointe
  • Edgar Louis Laprade
  • Jean Baptiste "Jack" Laviolette
  • Frederick Hugh "Hughie" Lehman
  • Jacques Gerard Lemaire
  • Percy LeSueur
  • Herbert "Herbie" Lewis
  • Robert Blake Theodore "Ted" Lindsay
  • Harry "Apple Cheeks" Lumley

M

N

  • Frank Nighbor
  • Edward Reginald "Reg" Noble

O

P

Q

  • Hubert George "Bill" Quackenbush

R

S

  • Anders "Borje" Salming
  • Denis Savard
  • Serge Aubrey Savard
  • Terrance Gordon "Terry" Sawchuk
  • Fredrick "Fred" Scanlan
  • Milton Conrad "Milt" Schmidt
  • David "Sweeney" Schriner
  • Earl Walter Seibert
  • Oliver Levi Seibert
  • Edward William "Eddie" Shore
  • Stephen John Shutt
  • Albert Charles "Babe" Siebert
  • Harold Joseph "Bullet Joe" Simpson
  • Darryl Glen Sittler
  • Alfred E. "Alf" Smith
  • William "Bill" John Smith
  • Clinton James Smith
  • Reginald "Hooley" Smith
  • Thomas J. Smith
  • Allan Herbert Stanley
  • Russell "Barney" Stanley
  • Peter Stastny
  • John Sherratt "Black Jack" Stewart
  • Nelson "Old Poison" Stewart
  • Bruce Stuart
  • William H. "Hod" Stuart

T

  • Frederick "Cyclone" Taylor
  • Cecil R. "Tiny" Thompson
  • Vladislav Aleksandrovich Tretiak
  • Henry Judah "Harry" Trihey
  • Bryan John Trottier

U

  • Norman Victor Alexander "Norm" Ullman

V

  • Georges Vezina

W

  • John Phillip "Jack" Walker
  • Martin "Marty" Walsh
  • Harry E. "Moose" Watson
  • Harry Percival "Whipper" Watson
  • Ralph "Cooney" Weiland
  • Harry "Rat" Westwick
  • Frederick Whitcroft
  • Gordon Allan "Phat" Wilson
  • Lorne John "Gump" Worsley
  • Roy "Shrimp" Worters

X

Y

Z

See also: list of people, list of people by occupation, list of current NHL players, Miracle on Ice, Mike Eruzione