which nhl player has the most mvps in their first 9 seasons

Wayne Gretzky won the most Hart Trophies by a player in his first 9 seasons, with 8.

	NAME	HART	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	8	696	583	1,086	1,669	+553	323	125	314	55	53	61	1	2,792	20.9
2	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	3	645	335	647	982	+148	249	78	255	8	9	69	16	2,211	15.2	3,565	7,466	47.7	493	262	631	578	21:42
3	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	3	679	422	392	814	+47	456	151	170	4	1	69	15	3,435	12.3	49	142	34.5	1,784	265	474	642	21:32
4	Bobby Clarke B. Clarke	3	693	254	541	795	+348	841	77	155	25	15	27		1,749	14.5
5	Bobby Orr B. Orr	3	621	259	611	870	+564	902	71	230	15	30	26		2,928	8.8
6	Howie Morenz H. Morenz	3	345	230	114	344		450					36	9
7	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	2	550	274	495	769	+124	463	81	213	3	5	34	6	1,856	14.8	5,987	11,524	52.0	424	287	288	451	21:13
8	Dominik Hasek D. Hasek	2	414	0	9	9		78																57:44
9	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	2	577	477	697	1,174	+107	586	148	312	37	18	46	7	2,297	20.8
10	Guy Lafleur G. Lafleur	2	677	405	536	941	+428	287	107	171	3	2	77		2,353	17.2
11	Bobby Hull B. Hull	2	608	318	317	635	+98	431	77	90	8	5	50		2,435	11.8
12	Gordie Howe G. Howe	2	572	271	310	581		627	51	96	5	0	46
13	Bill Cowley B. Cowley	2	387	115	236	351		97	16	17	0	0	22	1
14	Eddie Shore E. Shore	2	380	88	130	218		924	0	14	0	1	20	2
15	Nels Stewart N. Stewart	2	383	225	103	328		781	4	2	0	0	55	9
16	Auston Matthews A. Matthews	1	629	401	326	727	+151	134	104	99	2	1	63	12	2,534	15.8	4,977	9,338	53.3	441	625	591	490	19:52
17	Leon Draisaitl L. Draisaitl	1	638	306	438	744	+28	230	125	132	9	2	54	11	1,690	18.1	5,384	10,294	52.3	380	208	545	704	20:28
18	Nikita Kucherov N. Kucherov	1	644	276	453	729	+127	319	75	190	0	0	42	5	1,910	14.5	7	16	43.8	376	195	362	548	18:24
19	Taylor Hall T. Hall	1	562	202	309	511	-28	316	60	85	1	1	36	10	1,870	10.8	296	657	45.1	472	323	441	517	19:05
20	Patrick Kane P. Kane	1	658	251	412	663	+68	252	79	150	0	1	44	2	2,013	12.5	300	738	40.7	174	136	405	282	19:29
21	Carey Price C. Price	1	447	0	11	11		39	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0		0	0	0	0	58:56
22	Evgeni Malkin E. Malkin	1	587	268	434	702	+56	584	97	174	4	1	44	7	2,095	12.8	2,619	5,983	43.8	351	239	445	522	20:31
23	Corey Perry C. Perry	1	655	263	284	547	+79	801	76	101	6	4	50	5	2,020	13.0	73	231	31.6	643	209	290	369	18:25
24	Henrik Sedin H. Sedin	1	728	138	434	572	+132	418	29	170	5	2	22	4	1,053	13.1	5,127	10,479	48.9	204	128	287	360	16:31
25	Martin St. Louis M. St. Louis	1	608	208	297	505	+19	212	62	82	25	15	38	4	1,481	14.0	68	190	35.8	269	307	404	412	20:04