List of IIHF World Junior Championship media All-Star teams

The IIHF World Junior Championship is an annual event organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation for national under-20 ice hockey teams from around the world. The Top Division features the top ten ranked hockey nations in the world. After each tournament, the media covering the tournament select a five-man All-Star Team consisting of three forwards, two defencemen and one goalie. Players named to the team, along with the countries they represent, are shown below from the first official tournament in 1977 until present.

All-Star teams

Year Goaltender Defencemen Forwards Ref
1977 Alexander Tyzhnykh Viacheslav Fetisov Risto Siltanen Dale McCourt Igor Romashin Bengt Gustafsson [1]
1978 Alexander Tyzhnykh Viacheslav Fetisov Risto Siltanen Wayne Gretzky Anton Šťastný Mats Näslund
1979 Pelle Lindbergh Alexei Kasatonov Ivan Černý Vladimir Krutov Thomas Steen Anatoli Tarasov
1980 Jari Paavola Reijo Ruotsalainen Tomas Jonsson Vladimir Krutov Igor Larionov Håkan Loob
1981 Lars Eriksson Miloslav Horava Håkan Nordin Patrik Sundström Jan Erixon Ari Lähteenmäki
1982 Mike Moffat Petri Skriko Ilya Byakin Gord Kluzak Vladimir Ruzicka Mike Moller
1983 Matti Rautiainen Ilya Byakin Simo Saarinen Tomas Sandström German Volgin Vladimír Růžička
1984 Evgeny Belosheikin Alexei Gusarov Frantisek Musil Raimo Helminen Petr Rosol Nikolai Borschevsky
1985 Timo Lehkonen Bobby Dollas Mikhail Tatarinov Michal Pivoňka Esa Tikkanen Mikko Makela
1986 Yevgeni Belosheikin Mikhail Tatarinov Sylvain Côté Michal Pivoňka Shayne Corson Igor Vyazmikin
1987 Sam Lindståhl Brian Leetch Jiří Látal Scott Young Ulf Dahlén Juraj Jurík
1988 Jimmy Waite Teppo Numminen Greg Hawgood Alexander Mogilny Theoren Fleury Sergei Fedorov
1989 Alexei Ivashkin Ricard Persson Milan Tichý Pavel Bure Jeremy Roenick Niklas Eriksson
1990 Stéphane Fiset Jiří Šlégr Alexander Godynyuk Robert Reichel Dave Chyzowski Jaromir Jagr
1991 Pauli Jaks Scott Lachance Dmitri Yushkevich Eric Lindros Martin Ručinský Mike Craig
1992 Mike Dunham Scott Niedermayer Janne Gronvall Alexei Kovalev Peter Ferraro Michael Nylander
1993 Manny Legace Kenny Jönsson Brent Tully Peter Forsberg Paul Kariya Markus Näslund
1994 Evgeni Ryabchikov Kenny Jönsson Kimmo Timonen Niklas Sundström David Výborný Valeri Bure
1995 Igor Karpenko Bryan McCabe Anders Eriksson Jason Allison Marty Murray Éric Dazé
1996 José Theodore Mattias Öhlund Nolan Baumgartner Jarome Iginla Alexei Morozov Johan Davidsson
1997 Brian Boucher Chris Phillips Mark Streit Christian Dubé Sergei Samsonov Mike York
1998 David Aebischer Andrei Markov Pierre Hedin Olli Jokinen Eero Somervuori Maxim Balmochnykh
1999 Roberto Luongo Vitaly Vishnevskiy Brian Campbell Maxim Balmochnykh Daniel Tkaczuk Brian Gionta
2000 Rick DiPietro Mathieu Biron Alexander Ryazantsev Milan Kraft Evgeny Muratov Alexei Tereshchenko
2001 Ari Ahonen Rostislav Klesla Tuukka Mäntylä Jason Spezza Pavel Brendl Jani Rita
2002 Pascal Leclaire Jay Bouwmeester Igor Knyazev Michael Cammalleri Marek Svatoš Stanislav Chistov
2003 Marc-André Fleury Carlo Colaiacovo Joni Pitkänen Yuri Trubachev Igor Grigorenko Scottie Upshall
2004 Al Montoya Sami Lepistö Dion Phaneuf Jeff Carter Zach Parise Valtteri Filppula
2005 Marek Schwarz Dion Phaneuf Ryan Suter Patrice Bergeron Jeff Carter Alexander Ovechkin
2006 Tuukka Rask Luc Bourdon Jack Johnson Steve Downie Evgeni Malkin Lauri Tukonen
2007 Carey Price Kris Letang Erik Johnson Jonathan Toews Alexei Cherepanov Patrick Kane
2008 Steve Mason Drew Doughty Victor Hedman Patrik Berglund Viktor Tikhonov James van Riemsdyk
2009 Jaroslav Janus Erik Karlsson P. K. Subban John Tavares Cody Hodgson Nikita Filatov
2010 Benjamin Conz Alex Pietrangelo John Carlson Jordan Eberle Nino Niederreiter Derek Stepan
2011 Jack Campbell Ryan Ellis Dmitri Orlov Brayden Schenn Ryan Johansen Evgeny Kuznetsov
2012 Petr Mrazek Brandon Gormley Oscar Klefbom Evgeny Kuznetsov Max Friberg Mikael Granlund
2013 John Gibson Jacob Trouba Jake McCabe Ryan Nugent-Hopkins Filip Forsberg Johnny Gaudreau [2]
2014 Juuse Saros Rasmus Ristolainen Nikita Zadorov Anthony Mantha Filip Forsberg Teuvo Teräväinen [3]
2015 Denis Godla Gustav Forsling Josh Morrissey Connor McDavid Sam Reinhart Max Domi [4]
2016 Linus Söderström Olli Juolevi Zach Werenski Jesse Puljujärvi Patrik Laine Auston Matthews [5]
2017 Ilya Samsonov Thomas Chabot Charlie McAvoy Kirill Kaprizov Alexander Nylander Clayton Keller [6]
2018 Filip Gustavsson Rasmus Dahlin Cale Makar Kieffer Bellows Casey Mittelstadt Filip Zadina [7]
2019 Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen Alexander Romanov Erik Brännström Grigori Denisenko Philipp Kurashev Ryan Poehling [8]
2020 Joel Hofer Rasmus Sandin Alexander Romanov Samuel Fagemo Barrett Hayton Alexis Lafrenière [9]
2021 Devon Levi Bowen Byram Ville Heinola Trevor Zegras Dylan Cozens Tim Stützle [10]
2022 Jesper Wallstedt Olen Zellweger Emil Andrae Mason McTavish Joakim Kemell Jan Myšák [11]
2023 Tomáš Suchánek David Jiříček Ludvig Jansson Logan Cooley Jiří Kulich Connor Bedard [12]
2024 Hugo Hävelid Lane Hutson Theo Lindstein Cutter Gauthier Jiří Kulich Jonathan Lekkerimäki [13]
2025 Petteri Rimpinen Cole Hutson Axel Sandin Pellikka Ryan Leonard Jakub Štancl Gabe Perreault [14]
2026 Love Härenstam Zayne Parekh Tomáš Galvas Michael Hage Anton Frondell Vojtěch Čihař [15]

References

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  4. ^ Merk, Martin (January 5, 2015). "Godly Godla". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 11, 2024.
  5. ^ Pakarinen, Risto (January 6, 2016). "Puljujarvi MVP, Best Forward". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 11, 2024.
  6. ^ Aykroyd, Lucas (January 6, 2017). "Chabot named MVP". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on January 6, 2017.
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  8. ^ Merk, Martin (January 6, 2019). "Poehling MVP". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 11, 2024.
  9. ^ Aykroyd, Lucas (January 5, 2020). "Lafreniere named MVP". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 11, 2024.
  10. ^ Aykroyd, Lucas (January 5, 2021). "Zegras named MVP". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 11, 2024.
  11. ^ Aykroyd, Lucas (August 21, 2022). "McTavish named MVP". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 11, 2024.
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  15. ^ Aykroyd, Lucas (January 6, 2026). "Cihar named MVP". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved January 6, 2026.