Of the over 15,000 World Championship participants seeking gold since 1930, 9,000 that have skated for the Stanley Cup since 1893, and 4,000 that have competed for Olympic Gold since 1920, only 30 players and one coach have won all three titles. These accomplished 31 are recognized with membership in hockey's most exclusive association, the IIHF's Triple Gold Club.
The club includes individuals from Canada (12), Sweden (9), Russia (7), Czech Republic (2), and Finland (1), of which the majority are forwards (23) with remainder rounded out by defensemen (7) and one coach. No goalies have earned the honor. All members are listed below by date of admission.
Player
Country
Date of Admission
Tomas Jonsson
Sweden
February 27, 1994
Mats Naslund
Sweden
February 27, 1994
Hakan Loob
Sweden
February 27, 1994
Valeri Kamensky
Russia
June 10, 1996
Alexei Gusarov
Russia
June 10, 1996
Peter Forsberg
Sweden
June 10, 1996
Viacheslav Fetisov
Russia
June 7, 1997
Igor Larianov
Russia
June 7, 1997
Alexander Mogilny
Russia
June 10, 2000
Vladimir Malakhov
Russia
June 10, 2000
Rob Blake
Canada
February 24, 2002
Joe Sakic
Canada
February 24, 2002
Brendan Shanahan
Canada
February 24, 2002
Scott Niedermayer
Canada
May 9, 2004
Jaromir Jagr
Czech
May 15, 2005
Jiri Slegr
Czech
May 15, 2005
Nicklas Lidstrom
Sweden
February 26, 2006
Fredrick Modin
Sweden
February 26, 2006
Chris Pronger
Canada
June 6, 2007
Niklas Kronwall
Sweden
June 4, 2008
Henrik Zetterberg
Sweden
June 4, 2008
Mikael Samuelsson
Sweden
June 4, 2008
Eric Staal
Canada
February 28, 2010
Jonathan Toews
Canada
June 9, 2010
Patrice Bergeron
Canada
June 15, 2011
Sidney Crosby
Canada
May 17, 2015
Corey Perry
Canada
May 22, 2016
Pavel Datsyuk
Russia
February 25, 2018
Jay Bouwmeester
Canada
June 12, 2019
Valtteri Filppula Finland
May 29, 2022
Coach
Country
Date of Admission
Mike Babcock
Canada
February 28, 2010
During a Triple Gold Club induction ceremony held at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, Zetterberg described the challenges of the different championships and the camaraderie of his co-members.
Of the 31 Triple Gold Club cardholders, only three (Viacheslav Fetisov, Igor Larionov, Peter Forsberg) have completed a Triple Gold Club Double winning each of the requisite three championships twice.
The next logical step in IIHF recognition is the creation of a Quadruple Gold Club adding World Junior Championship gold to the mix. To date, only 12 players (7 Canadian, 5 Russian) have achieved such status (Kamensky, Gusarov, Fetisov, Larianov, Mogilny, Sakic, Neidermayer, Pronger, Toews, Bergeron, Crosby, Perry) with Fetisov and Larionov being the sole pair to turn a Quadruple Gold Club Double, taking each title twice.
Valtteri Filppula is the most recent inductee into the Triple Gold Club, punching his ticket with a World Champions win with Finland earlier today (2022) to accompany his Olympic Gold (2022) and Stanley Cup with the Detroit Red Wings (2008).
Sidney Crosby remains the only member to have captained all three qualifying teams. Jonathan Toews is the youngest to complete the feat entering at 22 years and 41 days old.
* See also Olympic Gold And Stanley Cup In Same Year.
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