least amount of games played by a player to win hart trophy since 1997

Since 1996-97, Alex Ovechkin has the fewest games by a Hart Trophy winner in a season, with 48 games in 2012-13.

Interpreted as:

least amount of games played by a player to win hart trophy in a regular season since 1997

	NAME	GP	HART	SEASON	TM	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	48	1	2012-13	WSH	32	24	56	+2	36	16	11	0	0	4	0	220	14.5	0	1	0.0	120	18	30	25	20:53
2	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	56	1	2020-21	EDM	33	72	105	+21	20	9	28	0	0	11	2	200	16.5	316	638	49.5	61	24	36	47	22:09
3	Carey Price C. Price	66	1	2014-15	MTL	0	1	1		4					0											60:15
4	Jose Theodore J. Theodore	67	1	2001-02	MTL	0	2	2		2					0											57:40
5	Dominik Hasek D. Hasek	67	1	1996-97	BUF	0	3	3		30					0											60:15
6	Leon Draisaitl L. Draisaitl	71	1	2019-20	EDM	43	67	110	-8	18	16	28	0	0	10	2	218	19.7	661	1,269	52.1	27	19	60	91	22:37
7	Dominik Hasek D. Hasek	72	1	1997-98	BUF	0	2	2		12					0											58:36
8	Auston Matthews A. Matthews	73	1	2021-22	TOR	60	46	106	+20	18	16	13	0	0	10	2	348	17.2	691	1,229	56.2	67	62	92	48	20:37
9	Evgeni Malkin E. Malkin	75	1	2011-12	PIT	50	59	109	+18	70	12	22	0	0	9	1	339	14.7	575	1,210	47.5	29	41	52	73	21:01
10	Peter Forsberg P. Forsberg	75	1	2002-03	COL	29	77	106	+52	70	8	25	0	0	2	1	166	17.5	333	709	47.0	39	9	23	31	19:20
11	Taylor Hall T. Hall	76	1	2017-18	NJD	39	54	93	+14	34	13	24	1	0	7	3	278	14.0	72	148	48.6	72	44	81	69	19:09
12	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	79	1	2008-09	WSH	56	54	110	+8	72	19	27	1	0	10	2	528	10.6	8	32	25.0	243	32	60	107	23:00
13	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	79	1	2006-07	PIT	36	84	120	+10	60	13	48	0	0	4	0	250	14.4	839	1,686	49.8	55	43	37	72	20:46
14	Chris Pronger C. Pronger	79	1	1999-00	STL	14	48	62	+52	92	8	18	0	3	3	0	192	7.3	0	1	0.0	106	185	61	93	30:14
15	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	80	1	2013-14	PIT	36	68	104	+18	46	11	27	0	0	5	1	259	13.9	991	1,887	52.5	47	28	41	56	21:58
16	Joe Thornton J. Thornton	81	1	2005-06	TOT	29	96	125	+31	61	11	40	0	2	6	1	195	14.9	922	1,798	51.3	33	23	43	102	21:20
17	Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	81	1	1998-99	PIT	44	83	127	+17	66	10	34	1	0	7	3	343	12.8
18	Nathan MacKinnon N. MacKinnon	82	1	2023-24	COL	51	89	140	+35	42	10	38	0	0	9	2	405	12.6	607	1,314	46.2	55	69	42	82	22:49
19	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	82	1	2022-23	EDM	64	89	153	+22	36	21	50	4	3	11	2	352	18.2	525	1,011	51.9	89	40	82	77	22:23
20	Nikita Kucherov N. Kucherov	82	1	2018-19	TBL	41	87	128	+24	62	15	33	0	0	8	0	246	16.7	0	3	0.0	44	31	58	89	19:58
21	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	82	1	2016-17	EDM	30	70	100	+27	26	3	24	1	1	6	1	251	12.0	348	806	43.2	34	29	76	54	21:08
22	Patrick Kane P. Kane	82	1	2015-16	CHI	46	60	106	+17	30	17	20	0	0	9	1	287	16.0	11	51	21.6	37	21	34	37	20:25
23	Corey Perry C. Perry	82	1	2010-11	ANA	50	48	98	+9	104	14	17	4	1	11	2	290	17.2	9	22	40.9	64	41	55	54	22:19
24	Henrik Sedin H. Sedin	82	1	2009-10	VAN	29	83	112	+35	48	4	23	2	0	5	0	166	17.5	756	1,527	49.5	13	13	44	42	19:41
25	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	82	1	2007-08	WSH	65	47	112	+28	40	22	15	0	0	11	2	446	14.6	7	18	38.9	220	44	68	93	23:06