21-Year Old Players at World Championships
| Rk | Name | Born | Pos | Year | GP | G | A | P | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | G/GP | A/GP | P/GP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Jim Troumbly | 1928 | F | 1950 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 20 | 6 | 1.571 | 1.286 | 2.857 | ||||
| 2 |  | Viktor Polupanov | 1946 | F | 1967 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 10 | 1.571 | 1.143 | 2.714 | ||||
| 3 |  | Connor McDavid | 1997 | F | 2018 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.500 | 1.200 | 1.700 |
| 4 | | Alexander Maltsev | 1949 | F | 1971 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 1.000 | 0.600 | 1.600 | ||||
| 5 |  | Ulf Sterner | 1941 | F | 1962 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 1.286 | 1.000 | 2.286 | ||||
| 6 | | Ronald Pettersson | 1935 | F | 1957 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 1.286 | 1.000 | 2.286 | ||||
| 7 | | Pierre Larouche | 1955 | F | 1977 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 16 | 0.700 | 0.800 | 1.500 | ||||
| 8 | | Alexander Bodunov | 1951 | F | 1973 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 0.700 | 0.800 | 1.500 | ||||
| 9 | | Nathan MacKinnon | 1995 | F | 2017 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.600 | 0.900 | 1.500 |
| 10 | | William Nylander | 1996 | F | 2017 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.700 | 0.700 | 1.400 |
| 11 | | Wayne Gretzky | 1961 | F | 1982 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0.600 | 0.800 | 1.400 | ||||
| 12 | | Dylan Cozens | 2001 | F | 2022 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.700 | 0.600 | 1.300 |
| 13 | | Valeri Kharlamov | 1948 | F | 1969 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 0.600 | 0.700 | 1.300 | ||||
| 14 | | Paul Johnson | 1937 | F | 1959 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 1.000 | 0.500 | 1.500 | ||||
| 15 |  | John Peterka | 2002 | F | 2023 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.600 | 0.600 | 1.200 |
| 16 |  | Ferdinand Cattini | 1916 | F | 1938 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1.571 | 0.000 | 1.571 | ||||
| 17 | | Sergei Kapustin | 1953 | F | 1974 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 1.000 | 0.100 | 1.100 | ||||
| 18 | | Gustav Jaenecke | 1908 | D | 1930 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 1.800 | 0.400 | 2.200 | ||||
| 19 |  | Hannu Järvenpää | 1963 | F | 1985 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 0.900 | 0.200 | 1.100 | |||
| 20 | | Dave Christian | 1959 | F | 1981 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 1.000 | 0.375 | 1.375 | ||||
| 21 |  | Vladimir Ruzicka | 1963 | F | 1985 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0.800 | 0.300 | 1.100 | |||
| 22 | | Eilert Määttä | 1935 | F | 1957 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 1.000 | 0.571 | 1.571 | ||||
| 23 | | Nils Nilsson | 1936 | F | 1958 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 1.000 | 0.571 | 1.571 | ||||
| 24 | | Jozef Golonka | 1938 | F | 1959 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0.875 | 0.500 | 1.375 | ||||
| 25 | | Brett Hull | 1964 | F | 1986 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 0.700 | 0.400 | 1.100 | |||
| 26 | | Gary Dineen | 1943 | F | 1965 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 0.857 | 0.714 | 1.571 | ||||
| 27 | | Ville Peltonen | 1973 | F | 1995 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 0.750 | 0.625 | 1.375 | |||
| 28 | | Vyacheslav Anisin | 1951 | F | 1973 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 0.667 | 0.556 | 1.222 | ||||
| 29 | | Anders Hedberg | 1951 | F | 1972 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 0.600 | 0.500 | 1.100 | ||||
| 30 | | Joe Sakic | 1969 | F | 1991 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0.600 | 0.500 | 1.100 | |||
| 31 | | Fran Huck | 1945 | F | 1967 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 0.714 | 0.857 | 1.571 | ||||
| 32 | | Mikko Rantanen | 1996 | F | 2018 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0.625 | 0.750 | 1.375 |
| 33 | | Jeremy Roenick | 1970 | F | 1991 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 0.556 | 0.667 | 1.222 | |||
| 34 | | Peter Stastny | 1956 | F | 1978 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 0.500 | 0.600 | 1.100 | ||||
| 35 | | Theoren Fleury | 1968 | F | 1990 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 0.444 | 0.778 | 1.222 | |||
| 36 |  | Filip Hronek | 1997 | D | 2019 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.300 | 0.800 | 1.100 |
| 37 |  | Hilary Skarzynski | 1925 | F | 1947 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 1.600 | 0.400 | 2.000 | ||||
| 38 | | Mike Fidler | 1956 | F | 1978 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 0.800 | 0.200 | 1.000 | ||||
| 39 | | Jiri Lála | 1959 | F | 1981 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0.875 | 0.375 | 1.250 | ||||
| 40 | | Evgeny Groshev | 1937 | F | 1959 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 0.750 | 0.500 | 1.250 | ||||
| 41 | | Petr Rosol | 1964 | F | 1986 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 0.600 | 0.400 | 1.000 | |||
| 42 | | Wilf Paiement | 1955 | F | 1977 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 32 | 0.500 | 0.500 | 1.000 | ||||
| 43 | | Igor Larionov | 1960 | F | 1982 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0.400 | 0.600 | 1.000 | ||||
| 44 | | Börje Salming | 1951 | D | 1973 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 0.400 | 0.600 | 1.000 | ||||
| 45 | | Miroslav Vlach | 1935 | F | 1957 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1.286 | 0.000 | 1.286 | ||||
| 46 | | Sven Johansson | 1931 | F | 1953 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1.750 | 0.500 | 2.250 | ||||
| 47 |  | Liam Kirk | 2000 | F | 2021 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 4 | -6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.286 | 1.286 |
| 48 | | Alex DeBrincat | 1997 | F | 2019 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0.875 | 0.250 | 1.125 |
| 49 | | Matti Keinonen | 1941 | F | 1963 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 0.857 | 0.429 | 1.286 | ||||
| 50 | | Anssi Melametsä | 1961 | F | 1983 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 0.600 | 0.300 | 0.900 | ||||
Post-1980s IIHF World Championship stats sourced from: IIHF Official Website and the Official Guide & Record Books of the Finnish Ice Hockey Federation.
Pre-1980s stats sourced primarily from the wonderful Russian Hockey site https://ice-hockey-stat.com/ and their beautifully documented international hockey history.