Robinson played in 1,384 regular season games and 227 playoff games in a 20-year NHL career with the Montreal Canadiens (1972-89) and the Los Angeles Kings (1989-92). As a player, he participated in the playoffs in every season in which he played. Robinson won six Stanley Cups with the Canadiens and appeared in the Stanley Cup Final again in 1989. He amassed 958 regular-season points and ranks ninth all-time among scoring for defensemen. His 144 playoff points ties him with Chris Chelios for seventh most playoff points among defensemen in NHL history. He won the Norris Trophy as the league's best defenseman in 1977 and 1980 and won the Conn Smythe Trophy as the playoff MVP in 1978.
Robinson is the all-time leader in NHL plus/minus rating with a plus-730. In the 1976-77 season, Larry posted a plus-120 rating, the second highest plus/minus rating in a single season ever.
He was a three-time first-team NHL All-Star.
In international competition, Robinson participated in the 1976, 1981 and 1984 Canada Cup tournaments, where Canada won gold twice ('76 and '84) and silver once ('81). Robinson was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1996, and was named one of the 100 Greatest Players in NHL history on Jan. 27, 2017.