who has the most runner up mvps in the nhl

Wayne Gretzky has won the most career Hart Trophies, with 9.

	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	9	1,487	894	1,963	2,857	+520	577	204	686	73	76	91	2	5,088	17.6
2	Gordie Howe G. Howe	6	1,767	801	1,049	1,850	+160	1,685	211	353	24	12	121		3,803	10.1
3	Eddie Shore E. Shore	4	551	105	179	284		1,099	2	24	1	1	22	2
4	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	3	671	349	673	1,022	+157	257	83	261	8	9	71	16	2,303	15.2	3,701	7,742	47.8	509	265	643	606	21:41
5	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	3	1,444	868	707	1,575	+60	825	316	272	5	1	132	26	6,690	13.0	64	188	34.0	3,676	553	778	1,152	20:43
6	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	3	915	690	1,033	1,723	+114	834	236	465	49	22	74	11	3,633	19.0	1,414	2,865	49.4	52	45	70	122	22:40
7	Bobby Clarke B. Clarke	3	1,144	358	852	1,210	+507	1,453	99	234	32	35	38	1	2,582	13.9
8	Bobby Orr B. Orr	3	657	270	645	915	+582	953	76	248	16	31	26		3,058	8.8
9	Howie Morenz H. Morenz	3	550	271	205	476		562	5	15	1	0	45	10
10	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	2	1,303	600	1,026	1,626	+213	840	175	393	4	7	93	23	4,164	14.4	15,071	28,583	52.7	1,145	637	752	1,051	20:40
11	Dominik Hasek D. Hasek	2	735	0	19	19		170																58:17
12	Mark Messier M. Messier	2	1,756	694	1,193	1,887	+211	1,912	179	402	63	81	92	8	4,221	16.4	3,780	6,871	55.0	195	138	161	310	18:47
13	Guy Lafleur G. Lafleur	2	1,126	560	793	1,353	+446	399	154	266	3	2	98	0	3,516	15.9
14	Phil Esposito P. Esposito	2	1,282	717	873	1,590	+252	910	246	303	23	12	118		5,166	13.9
15	Stan Mikita S. Mikita	2	1,396	541	926	1,467	+329	1,264	150	312	12	6	84		4,482	12.1
16	Bobby Hull B. Hull	2	1,063	610	560	1,170	+249	634	154	170	19	10	98		4,577	12.7
17	Jean Beliveau J. Beliveau	2	1,125	507	712	1,219	+117	1,033	173	269	0	2	83		2,627	11.4
18	Bill Cowley B. Cowley	2	549	195	354	549		143	25	28	0	0	34	1
19	Nels Stewart N. Stewart	2	650	324	191	515		955	27	28	0	1	70	12
20	Auston Matthews A. Matthews	1	582	377	291	668	+142	124	95	88	0	1	62	13	2,358	16.0	4,493	8,496	52.9	408	569	569	452	19:50
21	Leon Draisaitl L. Draisaitl	1	748	368	524	892	+71	316	150	157	9	4	67	16	1,989	18.5	6,506	12,262	53.1	445	245	641	827	20:31
22	Nikita Kucherov N. Kucherov	1	750	334	583	917	+143	343	89	248	0	0	51	6	2,306	14.5	9	20	45.0	437	241	432	685	18:51
23	Nathan MacKinnon N. MacKinnon	1	822	346	600	946	+151	368	96	206	2	2	67	14	3,295	10.5	5,047	11,001	45.9	579	440	440	576	20:25
24	Taylor Hall T. Hall	1	860	272	438	710	-39	456	77	120	1	1	48	13	2,677	10.2	373	834	44.7	668	460	577	716	18:23
25	Patrick Kane P. Kane	1	1,254	474	820	1,294	+8	446	128	294	0	1	77	12	4,105	11.5	324	836	38.8	324	280	714	667	20:07