[7] Gordie Howe is the team's most decorated player, with six wins each of the Art Ross Trophy as regular season scoring leader and the Hart Memorial Trophy as regular season most valuable player (MVP),[8][9] twenty-one selections to the First and Second Team All-Stars (the most in league history),[10] twenty-two appearances in the All-Star Game, the Lester Patrick Trophy for outstanding contributions to the sport in the United States,[11] and the NHL Lifetime Achievement Award for long term contributions to hockey.

[17] Howe, Lidstrom, and Sawchuk have all had their uniform number retired by the team[18] and have all been inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.

[23] The NHL first and second team All-Stars are the top players at each position as voted on by the Professional Hockey Writers' Association.

[10] The NHL All-Rookie Team consists of the top rookies at each position as voted on by the Professional Hockey Writers' Association.

Sixty-four All-Star Games have been held since 1947, with at least one player chosen to represent the Red Wings in each year.

The All-Star game has not been held in various years: 1979 and 1987 due to the 1979 Challenge Cup and Rendez-vous '87 series between the NHL and the Soviet national team, respectively, 1995, 2005, and 2013 as a result of labor stoppages, 2006, 2010, and 2014 because of the Winter Olympic Games, 2021 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, and 2025 when it was replaced by the 2025 4 Nations Face-Off.

Ted Lindsay scored the first hat trick in an All-Star Game, as the Red Wings won 7–1.

After the game ended in a tie for the second year in a row, the NHL decided that they would continue with the previous format of the Stanley Cup winner playing an all-star team.

[56] The 32nd National Hockey League All-Star Game was held at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit on February 5, 1980.

Gordie Howe, then of the Hartford Whalers, appeared in his twenty-third and final All-Star game, his first twenty-two coming during his career in Detroit.

This list includes all personnel who have ever been employed by the Detroit Red Wings in any capacity and have also been inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.

[11] This list includes all personnel who have ever been employed by the Detroit Red Wings in any capacity and have also received the Lester Patrick Trophy.

[224] Konstantinov's number has not been issued to any player since he was permanently disabled in a vehicle accident after the 1997 Stanley Cup Finals.