Forget “Six Degrees to Kevin Bacon,” because this one might be even better. Jaromír Jágr was a juggernaut of the NHL playing from 1990 until his retirement in 2018. Obviously he played with a lot of different people during that time, but it this fact is absolutely mind-blowing.
An improbable hockey streak remains intact for another year
A teammate of Jaromír Jágr has made the Stanley Cup Final in each of the last 45 seasons after Aleksander Barkov’s Panthers clinched the East Wednesday.
Jágr’s final NHL season ended in 2018.
H/T Big Head Hockey on X
— The Athletic (@theathletic.bsky.social) 2025-05-29T16:07:27.807Z
That’s right, Jágr has played with someone who has been on a Stanley Cup Finals team EVERY YEAR FOR THE LAST 45 YEARS. That goes back to the 1980 Stanley Cup Finals between the Islanders and Flyers, and yes this is real.
If you’re a fan of hockey miscellany here is the total list of players who were Jágr’s teammates in each Stanley Cup finals.
- 1980: Bryan Trottier
- 1981: Bryan Trottier
- 1982: Bryan Trottier
- 1983: Bryan Trottier
- 1984: Mark Messier
- 1985: Mark Messier
- 1986: Joe Mullen
- 1987: Mark Messier
- 1988: Mark Messier
- 1989: Jiří Hrdina
- 1990: Mark Messier
- 1991: Járomír Jágr
- 1992: Járomír Jágr
- 1993: J.J. Daigneault
- 1994: Mark Messier
- 1995: Tom Chorske
- 1996: Scott Young
- 1997: Doug Brown
- 1998: Doug Brown
- 1999: Benoît Hogue
- 2000: Scott Gomez
- 2001: Chris Drury
- 2002: Brendan Shanahan
- 2003: Jay Pandolfo
- 2004: Pavel Kubina
- 2006: Mark Recchi
- 2007: Shawn Thornton
- 2008: Andreas Lilja
- 2009: Petr Sýkora
- 2010: Kris Versteeg
- 2011: Mark Recchi
- 2012: Willie Mitchell
- 2013: Dan Carcillo
- 2014: Willie Mitchell
- 2015: Kris Versteeg
- 2016: Matt Cullen
- 2017: Matt Cullen
- 2018: Alex Chiasson
- 2019: Brayden Schenn
- 2020: Braydon Coburn
- 2021: Jon Merrill
- 2022: Ondřej Palát
- 2023: Alexsander Barkov
- 2024: Alexsander Barkov
- 2025: Alexsander Barkov
This might end up being the most unbreakable streak in sports history.
