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Seth Jones

#3 · Defence · Florida Panthers

Born Oct 3, 1994 in Arlington, Texas, USA (age 32) · 6'4", 213 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 4th overall in 2013 by NSH (round 1)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2024-25

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2024-25. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Colton Parayko STL · 36 P in 64 GP Darren Raddysh TBL · 37 P in 73 GP Roman Josi NSH · 38 P in 53 GP Bowen Byram BUF · 38 P in 82 GP Vince Dunn SEA · 39 P in 62 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.

020402013-14: 25 points2513-142014-15: 27 points2714-152015-16: 31 points3115-162016-17: 42 points4216-172017-18: 57 points5717-182018-19: 46 points4618-192019-20: 30 points3019-202020-21: 28 points2820-212021-22: 51 points5121-222022-23: 37 points3722-232023-24: 31 points3123-242024-25: 36 points3624-252025-26: 32 points3225-262026-27: 1 points126-27

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2013-14 NSH 77 6 19 25 -23 24 100 55 0.32 $925K
2014-15 NSH 82 8 19 27 3 20 123 72 0.33 $925K
2015-16 NSH 40 1 10 11 -5 10 74 33 0.28 $925K
2015-16 CBJ 41 2 18 20 -9 12 83 53 0.49
2016-17 CBJ 75 12 30 42 6 24 152 61 0.56 $5.4M
2017-18 CBJ 78 16 41 57 10 30 249 92 0.73 $5.4M
2018-19 CBJ 75 9 37 46 1 28 184 106 0.61 $5.4M
2019-20 CBJ 56 6 24 30 10 20 126 62 0.54 $5.4M
2020-21 CBJ 56 5 23 28 -18 26 141 102 0.50 $5.4M
2021-22 CHI 78 5 46 51 -37 28 194 99 0.65 $5.4M
2022-23 CHI 72 12 25 37 -38 30 178 106 0.51 $9.5M
2023-24 CHI 67 8 23 31 -15 34 172 77 0.46 $9.5M
2024-25 CHI 42 7 20 27 -18 18 81 62 0.64 $9.5M
2024-25 FLA 21 2 7 9 -6 4 48 34 0.43
2025-26 FLA 52 7 25 32 -3 18 88 47 0.62 $9.5M
2026-27 FLA 5 1 0 1 -2 2 12 3 0.20 $9.5M
14 seasons Career 917 107 367 474 -144 328 2005 1064 0.52

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2014-15 NSH 6 0 4 4 -6 6 8 15 0.67
2016-17 CBJ 5 0 2 2 -4 0 12 9 0.40
2017-18 CBJ 6 1 4 5 -3 4 13 13 0.83
2018-19 CBJ 10 3 6 9 0 0 27 28 0.90
2019-20 CBJ 10 1 3 4 2 4 25 23 0.40
2024-25 FLA 23 4 5 9 11 10 29 48 0.39
6 seasons Playoffs 60 9 24 33 0 24 114 136 0.55

2024-25 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
63 9 27 36 -24 22 129 96 0.57 7.0 24:38

Contract

$9.5MCap hitends in 2030, then UFA
$264KCap dollars per point36 points in 63 games
$3.049MCap dollars per goal above replacement3.1 goals above replacement
$3.2MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$6.3MValueworth 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. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 698 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Chicago Blackhawks on Jul 23, 2021, as an extension of the contract he was on: 8 years and $76M, beginning in 2022-23. It runs through 2029-30, with 5 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2022-23 $9.5M $750K $9.25M $10M NMC
2023-24 $9.5M $7.5M $5M $12.5M NMC
2024-25 $9.5M $7.5M $5M $12.5M NMC
2025-26 $9.5M $5.5M $5M $10.5M NMC
2026-27 $9.5M $3M $5M $8M NMC
2027-28 $9.5M $2.5M $5M $7.5M NMC
2028-29 $9.5M $2.5M $5M $7.5M NMC
2029-30 $9.5M $2.5M $5M $7.5M NMC

Each season of the contract, with this one marked. The cap hit is the same every year; what he is paid is not. The pay is as written when the contract was recorded in October 2024, so a later change, such as the rise in the lowest salary for 2026-27, is not shown.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
Jul 23, 2021 Chicago Blackhawks Extension 2022-23 to 2029-30 8 $76M $9.5M
Jun 29, 2016 Columbus Blue Jackets Extension 2016-17 to 2021-22 6 $32.4M $5.4M
Jul 10, 2013 Nashville Predators Entry-level 2013-14 to 2015-16 3 $9.675M $925K

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 2024-25 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.

2024-25 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+2.2Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.4Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.3Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.6Even-strength defence+1.6Power play-0.9Penalty kill+0.3Penalties-0.1

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.

051015202013-142015-162017-182019-202021-222023-242025-26Goals 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

52.3Corsi for %427 attempts for, 390 against
-1.2CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
55.9Expected goals for %16.6 expected for, 13.1 against
+2.4xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
51.3Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
63.9Goals for %23 for, 13 against
105.0PDO12.2% shooting + 92.8% saves
61Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 153 skaters who played enough to be ranked: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile. PDO and attempts taken are left plain, since neither is good or bad on its own.

Who he played with

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Seth Jones · Niko Mikkola20271:1751.957.216-9
Seth Jones · Gustav Forsling2281:5946.346.03-3
Dmitry Kulikov · Seth Jones1729:3458.259.13-1
Nate Schmidt · Seth Jones1315:1157.162.21-0

The pairs 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 pairs that played a fair amount together. Hover over one for its percentile.

Chances and finishing

Expected goals adds up how likely each of his shots was to go in, judged by where it came from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. All situations, leaving out shots at an empty net.

4Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.9Expected goalsfrom 52 unblocked attempts
+2.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.20 expected goals per 60 minutes60th
Shot quality 3.7% chance per attempt73rd
Finishing +2.1 goals above expected93rdOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 60 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

01234Game 20Goals 4Expected 1.9

His goals and his expected goals as the season went on. When the goals line pulls away above, he is scoring more than his chances were worth; below, less.

Where he shot from

Every attempt he took in these playoffs, in all situations, attacking the net on the right. There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 15, 2025 @ TBL L 1-5 0 0 0 -3 0 3 2 19:53
Apr 14, 2025 vs NYR L 3-5 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 21:49
Apr 12, 2025 vs BUF W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 26:51
Apr 10, 2025 vs DET W 4-1 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 21:41
Apr 8, 2025 vs TOR W 3-1 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 23:00
Apr 6, 2025 @ DET L 1-2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 24:25
Apr 5, 2025 @ OTT L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 0 2 3 23:58
Apr 2, 2025 @ TOR L 2-3 0 1 1 1 0 2 5 26:27
Apr 1, 2025 @ MTL L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 -2 0 3 1 27:28
Mar 30, 2025 vs MTL L 2-4 1 0 1 -1 0 1 1 26:11
Mar 28, 2025 vs UTA W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 27:23
Mar 23, 2025 vs PIT W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 30:40
Mar 22, 2025 @ WSH L 3-6 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 24:45
Mar 20, 2025 @ CBJ W 1-0 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 25:49
Mar 16, 2025 @ NYI L 2-4 0 0 0 -3 0 2 1 25:40
Mar 15, 2025 @ MTL L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 5 27:26
Mar 13, 2025 @ TOR W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 27:57
Mar 11, 2025 @ BOS L 2-3 0 1 1 -1 2 1 2 28:40
Mar 8, 2025 vs BUF W 4-0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 21:50
Mar 6, 2025 vs CBJ W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 18:24
Mar 3, 2025 vs TBL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 22:56
Feb 27, 2025 @ VGK L 5-7 0 0 0 -2 0 3 1 23:44
Feb 25, 2025 @ UTA L 1-2 1 0 1 -1 0 2 5 25:27
Feb 23, 2025 vs TOR L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 2 1 1 23:11
Feb 22, 2025 @ CBJ L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 20:43
Feb 8, 2025 @ STL L 5-6 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 25:48
Feb 7, 2025 vs NSH W 6-2 1 1 2 0 0 3 2 21:54
Feb 5, 2025 vs EDM L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -3 0 3 3 25:05
Feb 1, 2025 @ FLA L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 23:44
Jan 30, 2025 @ CAR L 2-3 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 25:22
Jan 28, 2025 @ TBL W 4-1 0 2 2 3 2 1 3 25:30
Jan 26, 2025 vs MIN L 2-4 1 0 1 -1 0 6 2 24:06
Jan 20, 2025 vs CAR L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 1 5 24:29
Jan 18, 2025 vs VGK W 5-3 1 2 3 0 0 3 3 23:23
Jan 16, 2025 @ NSH L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 2 2 2 2 25:55
Jan 13, 2025 vs CGY L 2-5 0 1 1 -4 0 0 2 16:19
Jan 11, 2025 vs EDM L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 23:09
Jan 10, 2025 @ DET L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24:48
Jan 8, 2025 vs COL W 3-1 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 26:12
Jan 5, 2025 vs NYR L 2-6 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 23:35
Jan 3, 2025 vs MTL W 4-2 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 24:52
Dec 31, 2024 vs STL L 2-6 0 1 1 -2 0 4 2 20:29
Dec 29, 2024 vs DAL L 1-5 0 1 1 -3 0 2 0 22:33
Dec 27, 2024 @ BUF L 2-6 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 23:16
Dec 23, 2024 @ MIN L 3-4 0 0 0 -3 0 1 1 21:46
Dec 21, 2024 @ CGY L 4-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26:42
Nov 14, 2024 @ SEA L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 2 3 0 26:12
Nov 10, 2024 vs MIN W 2-1 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 24:33
Nov 7, 2024 @ DAL L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 7 24:35
Nov 6, 2024 vs DET L 1-4 0 0 0 1 0 2 5 26:30
Nov 3, 2024 @ ANA W 4-2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 24:40
Nov 2, 2024 @ LAK W 4-3 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 28:13
Oct 31, 2024 @ SJS L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 27:09
Oct 28, 2024 @ COL W 5-2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 25:39
Oct 26, 2024 @ DAL L 2-4 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 24:40
Oct 25, 2024 vs NSH L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 28:05
Oct 22, 2024 vs VAN L 3-6 0 1 1 -2 0 0 1 22:36
Oct 19, 2024 vs BUF L 2-4 0 1 1 -1 2 5 1 26:25
Oct 17, 2024 vs SJS W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 26:41
Oct 15, 2024 @ CGY L 1-3 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 25:25
Oct 12, 2024 @ EDM W 5-2 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 24:55
Oct 11, 2024 @ WPG L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 24:10
Oct 8, 2024 @ UTA L 2-5 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 26:42