- His nickname is Iggy.
- He won a gold medal for Canada in the 1996 World Junior Championships.
- He won a gold medal for Canada in the 1997 World Championships.
- He won a gold medal for Canada in the 2004 World Cup of Hockey.
- He won the Art Ross Trophy in 2002.
- He won the Maurice 'Rocket' Richard Trophy in 2002 and 2004.
- He has played in 3 NHL All-Star Games in 2002, 2003, 2004.
- He was named to NHL All-Rookie Team in 1997.
- He made the Canadian Major Junior First All-Star Team in 1996.
- He was on the NHL All-Rookie Team in 1997.
- He won the Four Broncos Memorial Trophy in 1996.
- He was a WHL West First All-Star Team in 1996.
- He won the George Parsons Trophy in 1995 in the WHL.
- He has a daughter called Jade Grace Iginla.
- He currently lives in Calgary with his wife and daughter.
- Iginla got married to his high school sweetheart Kara Kirkland in 2003.
- Iginla played in the 2006 Winter Olympics, where he was one of Team Canada's alternate captains.
- In 2004 he was awarded the NHL Foundation Award for Community Service as well as the King Clancy Memorial Trophy in recognition of his humanitarian contributions.
- Iginla supports many charities, including Cure for Cancer.
- Since becoming an NHL all-star, Iginla has entered into several endorsement contracts with various companies. One of his most prominent corporate relationships is with the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce.
- He recorded a Gordie Howe hat trick (a goal, an assist, and a fight) in Game 3 of the 2004 Finals.
- On May 20, 2004, Iginla scored his 10th playoff goal to help the Flames advance to their first Stanley Cup Finals in 15 years.
- In the 2003-04 NHL season, he scored 41 goals, sharing the goal-scoring title with Ilya Kovalchuk and Rick Nash.
- Iginla was named captain of the Calgary Flames in October 2003, making him the second player of African descent to be named captain of an NHL team.
- Jarome is widely regarded as one of the best players in the league today.
- He wears the #12.
- He was a nominee for the King Clancy Memorial Trophy in the 2001-02 season.
- He also won the Lester B. Pearson Award in the 2001-02 season.
- He became the first player of African descent in history to win the regular season goal and point scoring titles in the 2001-02 season.
- Iginla's best season was 2001-02 when he had 96 points and 52 goals.
- Iginla won two Memorial Cups with the Kamloops Blazers while playing in the WHL.
- Iginla played 3 seasons in the Western Hockey League.
- He played goaltender in his first two years of organized hockey, then switched to the right wing, and developed a knack for scoring.
- He starred for St. Albert in the AAHA before graduating to juniors.
- He was the catcher on the Canadian National Junior team.
- His first love was baseball.
- His parents split up when Jarome was a baby, and he was raised by his mother and grandparents in the Edmonton suburb of St. Albert.
- Captain of the Calgary Flames.
- His Astrological sign is Gemini.
- His father is Nigerian.
- His surname Iginla means "Big Tree" in Yorùbá, his father's language.
