James Harrison

James Steven Harrison  CBE  (born February 6, 1996) is a British professional ice hockey player, who plays for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL). After an exceptional career in the Elite Ice Hockey League in the United Kingdom Harrison entered the 2014 NHL draft as the top European prospect. He was drafted first overall by the Florida Panthers who traded him to the Pittsburgh Pengiuns in exchange for three players Pittsburgh had drafted that year. In his debut season in 2014 he scored 90 goals, a record for goals by a rookie. Over the next three seasons he continued to set numerous and in the 2015–16 season he became the first person other than Wayne Gretzky to earn a 200-point season before breaking Gretzky's record of most points in a season the next year with 223. He scoring helped Pittsburgh to back-to-back Stanley Cups in 2016 and 2017. In October 2019 he became the fastest player in terms of games to score 500 NHL goals achieving the feat in just 432 games.

Internationally Harrison plays for Great Britain and has helped their revival and he was part of the team that has won five consecutive World Championships and the Gold medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics.

Career Statistics
Figures in boldface italics are NHL records.

Sheffield Steelers

 * EIHL Playoff Championship (1): 2013–14

Pittsburgh Penguins

 * Stanley Cup (2): 2015–16, 2016–17
 * Eastern Conference Champions (2): 2015–16, 2016–17

International

 * IIHF World Championships (5): 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
 * Olympic Gold Medal (1): 2014
 * World Cup of Hockey (1): 2016

Individual

 * Hart Memorial Trophy (3): 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18
 * Lady Byng Memorial Trophy (1): 2014–15
 * Calder Memorial Trophy (1): 2014–15
 * Art Ross Trophy (4): 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18
 * Conn Smythe Trophy (2): 2015–16, 2016–17
 * Ted Lindsay Award (3): 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18
 * Frank J. Selke Trophy (2): 2015–16, 2016–17
 * Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy (4): 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18
 * King Clancy Memorial Trophy (1): 2017–18
 * NHL All-Rookie Team (1): 2014–15
 * NHL First All-Star Team (3): 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18
 * NHL Second All-Star Team (1): 2014–15
 * NHL All-Star (4): 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
 * BBC Sports Personality of the Year Winner (2): 2016, 2017
 * BBC Sports Personality of the Year Runner-Up (2): 2015, 2018
 * Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year (2): 2016, 2017