Koko Lists
Start a new list
Log in
Sign up
← New random battle
Koko Battle
Tap your pick.
Bobby Orr
Bobby Orr played most of his career with the Boston Bruins, from 1966 until knee injuries forced a brief, diminished final stretch with the Chicago Blackhawks, and in that time fundamentally redefined what a defenseman could do on the ice — rushing the puck end to end as a primary offensive weapon rather than staying back as a purely defensive presence. Orr remains the only defenseman in NHL history to win the Art Ross Trophy as the league's leading scorer, and he did it twice, in 1970 and again in 1975 — a genuinely singular achievement given how heavily that trophy has otherwise been dominated by forwards for the sport's entire history. He also won the Norris Trophy as the league's best defenseman eight consecutive seasons, from 1968 through 1975, and three Hart Trophies as MVP. Orr led the Bruins to two Stanley Cup championships, in 1970 and 1972, and the 1970 title produced the single most iconic image in NHL history: Orr diving through the air, arms raised, immediately after scoring the championship-winning overtime goal against the St. Louis Blues — a photograph still simply known as "The Goal." Orr's career was cut short by a series of knee injuries that forced his retirement at just 30 years old, robbing the sport of what would likely have been several more historic seasons — a shortened career that, remarkably, still left him with a case as the greatest defenseman, and by some measures the greatest all-around player, the game has ever seen.
VS
Sidney Crosby
Sidney Crosby was drafted first overall by the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2005, arriving with enough hype attached to the pick that the draft lottery to land him was covered like a major sporting event in its own right, and has spent his entire two-decade career since with the same franchise — a level of one-team loyalty that's become increasingly rare among the sport's biggest stars. Crosby has won three Stanley Cups with Pittsburgh (2009, 2016, 2017), taking home the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP in both the 2016 and 2017 championship runs. He's also won two Hart Trophies as regular-season MVP and multiple Art Ross Trophies as the league's leading scorer, sustaining elite production across a career that's now spanned nearly two decades. The signature moment of his international career came at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics: Crosby scored the overtime, gold-medal-winning goal for Canada against the United States, a moment still simply referred to in Canada as "The Golden Goal" — a piece of hockey history that exists entirely separate from his NHL résumé. Crosby has served as Penguins captain since 2007, making him the longest-tenured captain in franchise history, and his combination of longevity, team success, and individual scoring titles has kept him at the center of "greatest of his generation" conversations for nearly the entirety of his career rather than just at a single peak.
Next battle
Full comparison
About Bobby Orr
About Sidney Crosby
Popular Battles
1984 vs. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
1 votes
Friends vs. Curb Your Enthusiasm
1 votes
Ideogram vs. Sora
1 votes
Navy Pier vs. Bishop Museum
1 votes
Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree vs. Skittles
1 votes
George Carlin vs. Oprah Winfrey
1 votes
