Ok, ok, I'll admit I'm exaggerating on ranking Stevie 12th. The THN has officially rated Stevie 78th on the all-time greats list.(The vote took place in April of 1997, 2 months before he won his 1st Stanley Cup. I can guarantee he'll be rated fairly high on THNs top 75 list in the year 2223.

Rank	THNs Top 50	My Top 50
1	Wayne Gretzky	Wayne Gretzky
2	Bobby Orr	Bobby Orr
3	Gordie Howe	Gordie Howe
4	Mario Lemieux	Mario Lemieux
5	Maurice Richard	Maurice Richard
6	Doug Harvey	Eddie Shore
7	Jean Beliveau	Jean Beliveau
8	Bobby Hull	Jacques Plante
9	Terry Sawchuk	Bobby Hull
10	Eddie Shore	Denis Potvin
11	Guy Lafleur	Howie Morenz
12	Mark Messier	Steve Yzerman
13	Jacques Plante	Terry Sawchuk
14	Ray Bourque	Syl Apps
15	Howie Morenz	Mark Messier
16	Glenn Hall	Glenn Hall
17	Stan Makita	Joe Malone
18	Phil Esposito	Doug Harvey
19	Denis Potvin	Bobby Clarke
20	Mike Bossy	Guy Lafleur
21	Ted Lindsay	Mike Bossy
22	Red Kelly	Bryan Trottier
23	Bobby Clarke	Phil Esposito
24	Larry Robinson	Ray Bourque
25	Ken Dryden	Red Kelly
26	Frank Mahovlich	Ted Lindsay
27	Milt Schmidt	Stan Makita
28	Paul Coffey	Henri Richard
29	Henri Richard	George Hainsworth
30	Bryan Trottier	Paul Coffey
31	Dickie Moore	Brad Park
32	Newsy Lalonde	Ken Dryden
33	Syl Apps	Bernie Geoffrion
34	Bill Durnan	Patrick Roy
35	Patrick Roy	Frank Mahovlich
36	Charlie Conacher	Dit Clapper
37	Jaromir Jagr	Bill Durnan
38	Marcel Dionne	Dickie Moore
39	Joe Malone	Tim Horton
40	Chris Chelios	Milt Schmidt
41	Dit Clapper	Marcel Dionne
42	Bernie Geoffrion	Bill Cook
43	Tim Horton	Johhny Bucyk
44	Bill Cook	Bernie Parent
45	Johnny Bucyk	Billy Smith
46	George Hainsworth	Sid Abel
47	Gilbert Perrault	Newsy Lalonde
48	Max Bentley	Larry Robinson
49	Brad Park	Georges Vezina
50	Jari Kurri	Turk Broda