Eddie Shore and Herb Gardiner are tied for the oldest Hart Trophy winners in a season. They were 35 years old.

oldest NHL player to win mvp in a regular season

	NAME	AGE	HART	SEASON	TM	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Eddie Shore E. Shore	35	1	1937-38	BOS	48	3	14	17		42	0	1	1	0	0	0
2	Herb Gardiner H. Gardiner	35	1	1926-27	MTL	44	6	7	13		26					0	0
3	Gordie Howe G. Howe	34	1	1962-63	DET	70	38	48	86	+23	100	13	18	0	1	6		351	10.8
4	Dominik Hasek D. Hasek	33	1	1997-98	BUF	72	0	2	2		12																58:36
5	Jacques Plante J. Plante	33	1	1961-62	MTL	70	0	0	0		14																60:00
6	Babe Siebert B. Siebert	33	1	1936-37	MTL	44	8	20	28		38	2	2	0	0	1	0
7	Eddie Shore E. Shore	33	1	1935-36	BOS	45	3	16	19		61	0	6	0	0	1	0
8	Dominik Hasek D. Hasek	32	1	1996-97	BUF	67	0	3	3		30																60:15
9	Jean Beliveau J. Beliveau	32	1	1963-64	MTL	68	28	50	78	+9	42	13	19	0	0	2		228	12.3
10	Milt Schmidt M. Schmidt	32	1	1950-51	BOS	62	22	39	61		33	3	10	0	0	5
11	Ebbie Goodfellow E. Goodfellow	32	1	1939-40	DET	43	11	18	29		31	2	7	1	1	1	0
12	Eddie Shore E. Shore	32	1	1934-35	BOS	48	7	26	33		32	0	12	0	1	1	1
13	Aurel Joliat A. Joliat	32	1	1933-34	MTL	48	21	15	36		27	4	4	0	1	7	1
14	Connor Hellebuyck C. Hellebuyck	31	1	2024-25	WPG	63	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0	0	18	59:23
15	Joe Sakic J. Sakic	31	1	2000-01	COL	82	54	64	118	+45	30	19	27	3	3	12	2	332	16.3	1,214	2,292	53.0	44	54	79	54	23:01
16	Mark Messier M. Messier	31	1	1991-92	NYR	79	35	72	107	+31	76	12	21	4	5	6	1	212	16.5
17	Phil Esposito P. Esposito	31	1	1973-74	BOS	78	68	77	145	+51	58	14	26	4	2	9		393	17.3
18	Gordie Howe G. Howe	31	1	1959-60	DET	70	28	45	73	+16	46	5	17	2	1	5		354	7.9
19	Buddy O'Connor B. O'Connor	31	1	1947-48	NYR	60	24	36	60		8	5	13	1	0	3
20	Tom Anderson T. Anderson	31	1	1941-42	BRK	48	12	29	41		64	1	8	0	1	0	0
21	Frank Nighbor F. Nighbor	31	1	1923-24	SEN	20	11	6	17		16					1	0
22	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	30	1	1995-96	PIT	70	69	92	161	+10	54	31	48	8	1	8	2	338	20.4
23	Sid Abel S. Abel	30	1	1948-49	DET	60	28	26	54		49	8	7	1	1	5
24	Bill Cowley B. Cowley	30	1	1942-43	BOS	48	27	45	72		10	9	6	0	0	6	0
25	Eddie Shore E. Shore	30	1	1932-33	BOS	48	8	27	35		112					0	0