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Joe Thornton

#19 · Centre · Florida Panthers · Hockey Hall of Fame

Born Jul 2, 1979 in London, Ontario, CAN · 6'4", 220 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 1st overall in 1997 by BOS (round 1)

Trophy case

Art Ross Trophy Top Point Scorer 2005-06
Hart Memorial Trophy MVP of Regular Season 2005-06

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2021-22. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Vinni Lettieri ANA · 10 P in 31 GP Adam Ruzicka CGY · 10 P in 28 GP Quinton Byfield LAK · 10 P in 40 GP Colin White OTT · 10 P in 24 GP Karson Kuhlman SEA · 10 P in 44 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below. Cap hit is what he counted against the salary cap that season, where it is known.

0501001997-98: 7 points797-981998-99: 41 points411999-00: 60 points6099-002000-01: 71 points712001-02: 68 points6801-022002-03: 101 points1012003-04: 73 points7303-042005-06: 125 points1252006-07: 114 points11406-072007-08: 96 points962008-09: 86 points8608-092009-10: 89 points892010-11: 70 points7010-112011-12: 77 points772012-13: 40 points4012-132013-14: 76 points762014-15: 65 points6514-152015-16: 82 points822016-17: 50 points5016-172017-18: 36 points362018-19: 51 points5118-192019-20: 31 points312020-21: 20 points2020-212021-22: 10 points10

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
1997-98 BOS 55 3 4 7 -6 19 33 34 0.13
1998-99 BOS 81 16 25 41 3 69 128 124 0.51
1999-00 BOS 81 23 37 60 -5 82 171 134 0.74
2000-01 BOS 72 37 34 71 -4 107 181 108 0.99
2001-02 BOS 66 22 46 68 7 127 152 60 1.03
2002-03 BOS 77 36 65 101 12 109 196 14 1.31
2003-04 BOS 77 23 50 73 18 98 187 40 0.95
2005-06 BOS 23 9 24 33 0 6 60 14 1.43 $6.667M
2005-06 SJS 58 20 72 92 31 55 135 19 1.59
2006-07 SJS 82 22 92 114 24 44 213 64 1.39 $6.667M
2007-08 SJS 82 29 67 96 18 59 178 60 1.17 $6.667M
2008-09 SJS 82 25 61 86 16 56 139 81 1.05 $7.2M
2009-10 SJS 79 20 69 89 17 54 141 113 1.13 $7.2M
2010-11 SJS 80 21 49 70 4 47 149 56 0.88 $7.2M
2011-12 SJS 82 18 59 77 17 31 156 42 0.94 $7M
2012-13 SJS 48 7 33 40 6 26 85 23 0.83 $7M
2013-14 SJS 82 11 65 76 20 32 122 54 0.93 $7M
2014-15 SJS 78 16 49 65 -4 30 131 39 0.83 $6.75M
2015-16 SJS 82 19 63 82 25 54 121 48 1.00 $6.75M
2016-17 SJS 79 7 43 50 7 51 81 52 0.63 $6.75M
2017-18 SJS 47 13 23 36 -9 38 75 32 0.77 $8M
2018-19 SJS 73 16 35 51 8 20 90 17 0.70 $5M
2019-20 SJS 70 7 24 31 -19 34 76 20 0.44 $2M
2020-21 TOR 44 5 15 20 6 14 42 32 0.45 $700K
2021-22 FLA 34 5 5 10 -10 10 26 20 0.29 $750K
24 seasons Career 1714 430 1109 1539 182 1272 3068 1300 0.90

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1997-98 BOS 6 0 0 0 0 9 3 1 0.00
1998-99 BOS 11 3 6 9 1 4 15 17 0.82
2001-02 BOS 6 2 4 6 0 10 14 11 1.00
2002-03 BOS 5 1 2 3 -5 4 12 4 0.60
2003-04 BOS 7 0 0 0 -6 14 14 9 0.00
2005-06 SJS 11 2 7 9 -4 12 23 6 0.82
2006-07 SJS 11 1 10 11 2 10 23 15 1.00
2007-08 SJS 13 2 8 10 3 2 29 20 0.77
2008-09 SJS 6 1 4 5 -3 5 17 5 0.83
2009-10 SJS 15 3 9 12 -11 18 35 26 0.80
2010-11 SJS 18 3 14 17 -5 16 48 18 0.94
2011-12 SJS 5 2 3 5 2 2 15 5 1.00
2012-13 SJS 11 2 8 10 5 2 25 9 0.91
2013-14 SJS 7 2 1 3 -6 8 16 8 0.43
2015-16 SJS 24 3 18 21 2 10 34 30 0.88
2016-17 SJS 4 0 2 2 -1 0 4 5 0.50
2018-19 SJS 19 4 6 10 -6 6 29 5 0.53
2020-21 TOR 7 1 0 1 -3 2 4 9 0.14
2021-22 FLA 1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0.00
19 seasons Playoffs 187 32 102 134 -36 134 360 203 0.72

2021-22 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
34 5 5 10 -10 10 26 20 0.29 19.2 11:06

Contract

$750KCap hitends in 2022, then UFA
$75KCap dollars per point10 points in 34 games
-$22KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$772KValueworth minus cap hit; below zero is overpaid

His cap hit for the whole season, set against what he did in the regular season. Lower is better value. In a season still being played the cost per point starts high and falls as the games add up. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 716 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2021-22, so this is its last season, after which he is an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2021-22 $750K

Each season left on the contract. Only its cap hit and its end are known: how the pay is split by season, and any signing bonus, are not.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2021-22 to 2021-22 $750K
2020-21 to 2020-21 $700K
2019-20 to 2019-20 $2M
2018-19 to 2018-19 $5M
2017-18 to 2017-18 $8M
2014-15 to 2016-17 $6.75M
2012-13 to 2013-14 $7M
2011-12 to 2013-14 $7M
2008-09 to 2010-11 $7.2M
2005-06 to 2007-08 $6.667M

Every contract on record for him, newest first, with the team that signed him to it and the day it was signed. The one covering 2021-22 is marked. An extension is signed while the contract before it is still running, often a year ahead. A row with no team or date is a contract known only by its cap hit, most often one signed since October 2024.

2021-22 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

-0.1Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.1Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.1Even-strength defence0.0Power play0.0Penalty kill0.0Penalties+0.0

The goals he added to his team's goal difference, compared with a spare-part player given the same ice time. Each part is measured against the league, so zero is an average skater. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. A playoff run is too short to rank anyone on. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

-5051015202010-112012-132014-152016-172018-192020-21Goals above replacementGoals above replacement, by season

On the ice

What happened at five-on-five while he was on the ice. What these numbers mean

62.5Corsi for %5 attempts for, 3 against
-1.2CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
34.6Expected goals for %0.1 expected for, 0.2 against
-17.6xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
0.0Goals for %0 for, 1 against
66.7PDO0.0% shooting + 66.7% saves
0Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

These are left plain: he has not been on the ice enough to be ranked. That takes at least 200 shot attempts with him out there, about six or seven games, and a quarter of what the busiest skater has. Over a game or two these numbers are mostly chance.

Who he played with

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Joe Thornton · Patric Hornqvist · Noel Acciari14:2157.125.40-1
Joe Thornton · Claude Giroux · Noel Acciari10:31100.0100.00-0
Joe Thornton · Carter Verhaeghe · Sam Bennett10:210.00.00-0

The lines he spent the most time in at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out. The two shares are coloured as above, against the league's lines that played a fair amount together. Hover over one for its percentile.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 29, 2022 @ MTL L 2-10 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 15:03
Apr 28, 2022 @ OTT W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11:56
Apr 26, 2022 @ BOS L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 4 0 2 10:38
Apr 21, 2022 vs DET W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 11:47
Apr 3, 2022 @ BUF W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 11:01
Mar 31, 2022 vs CHI W 4-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 10:24
Mar 29, 2022 vs MTL W 7-4 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 10:20
Mar 18, 2022 @ ANA W 3-0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 12:12
Mar 17, 2022 @ VGK L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 09:35
Mar 15, 2022 @ SJS W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 10:03
Jan 31, 2022 @ CBJ W 8-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 11:12
Jan 29, 2022 vs SJS W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11:41
Jan 21, 2022 @ VAN W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:14
Jan 8, 2022 @ CAR W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:03
Jan 6, 2022 @ DAL L 5-6 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 11:57
Jan 4, 2022 vs CGY W 6-2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 11:48
Dec 16, 2021 vs LAK L 1-4 0 0 0 -3 0 1 1 10:48
Dec 14, 2021 vs OTT L 2-8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:44
Dec 12, 2021 @ COL L 2-3 1 0 1 -1 0 1 0 12:39
Dec 10, 2021 @ ARI W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:23
Dec 4, 2021 vs STL W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 12:11
Dec 2, 2021 vs BUF W 7-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 08:00
Nov 30, 2021 vs WSH W 5-4 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 11:42
Nov 27, 2021 vs SEA L 1-4 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 07:45
Nov 26, 2021 @ WSH L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 10:05
Nov 24, 2021 vs PHI W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12:16
Nov 20, 2021 vs MIN W 5-4 0 1 1 3 0 1 1 09:46
Nov 18, 2021 vs NJD W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:50
Oct 29, 2021 @ DET W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 06:34
Oct 27, 2021 vs BOS W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 2 1 5 11:33
Oct 25, 2021 vs ARI W 5-3 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 11:45
Oct 19, 2021 @ TBL W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 10:13
Oct 16, 2021 vs NYI W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:28
Oct 14, 2021 vs PIT W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:00