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Chris Chelios

#24 · Defence · Atlanta Thrashers · Hockey Hall of Fame

Born Jan 25, 1962 in Chicago, Illinois, USA · 6'0", 191 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 40th overall in 1981 by MTL (round 2)

Trophy case

×3 Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2007-08, 2001-02, 1985-86
×3 James Norris Memorial Trophy Top Defenseman 1995-96, 1992-93, 1988-89
Mark Messier NHL Leadership Award Leadership and Growing the Game 2006-07

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2009-10. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Ilkka Heikkinen NYR · 0 P in 7 GP Teemu Laakso NSH · 0 P in 7 GP Luca Sbisa ANA · 0 P in 8 GP Maxime Fortunus DAL · 0 P in 8 GP Andrew Bodnarchuk BOS · 0 P in 5 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below.

02040601983-84: 2 points283-841984-85: 64 points641985-86: 34 points3485-861986-87: 44 points441987-88: 61 points6187-881988-89: 73 points731989-90: 31 points3189-901990-91: 64 points641991-92: 56 points5691-921992-93: 73 points731993-94: 60 points6093-941994-95: 38 points381995-96: 72 points7295-961996-97: 48 points481997-98: 42 points4297-981998-99: 36 points361999-00: 34 points3499-002000-01: 3 points32001-02: 39 points3901-022002-03: 19 points192003-04: 21 points2103-042005-06: 11 points112006-07: 11 points1106-072007-08: 12 points122008-09: 0 points008-092009-10: 0 points0

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1983-84 MTL 12 0 2 2 -5 12 23 0 0.17
1984-85 MTL 74 9 55 64 10 87 200 0 0.86
1985-86 MTL 41 8 26 34 6 67 101 0 0.83
1986-87 MTL 71 11 33 44 -5 124 141 0 0.62
1987-88 MTL 71 20 41 61 14 172 199 0 0.86
1988-89 MTL 80 15 58 73 35 185 206 0 0.91
1989-90 MTL 53 9 22 31 20 136 123 0 0.58
1990-91 CHI 77 12 52 64 23 192 187 0 0.83
1991-92 CHI 80 9 47 56 24 245 239 0 0.70
1992-93 CHI 84 15 58 73 14 282 290 0 0.87
1993-94 CHI 76 16 44 60 12 212 219 0 0.79
1994-95 CHI 48 5 33 38 17 72 166 0 0.79
1995-96 CHI 81 14 58 72 25 140 219 0 0.89
1996-97 CHI 72 10 38 48 16 112 194 0 0.67
1997-98 CHI 81 3 39 42 -7 151 205 92 0.52
1998-99 CHI 65 8 26 34 -4 89 172 72 0.52
1998-99 DET 10 1 1 2 5 4 15 11 0.20
1999-00 DET 81 3 31 34 48 103 135 120 0.42
2000-01 DET 24 0 3 3 4 45 26 41 0.13
2001-02 DET 79 6 33 39 40 126 128 106 0.49
2002-03 DET 66 2 17 19 4 78 92 32 0.29
2003-04 DET 69 2 19 21 12 61 113 56 0.30
2005-06 DET 81 4 7 11 22 108 83 74 0.14
2006-07 DET 71 0 11 11 11 34 72 54 0.15
2007-08 DET 69 3 9 12 11 36 60 56 0.17
2008-09 DET 28 0 0 0 1 18 14 22 0.00
2009-10 ATL 7 0 0 0 -2 0 5 8 0.00
26 seasons Career 1651 185 763 948 351 2891 3627 744 0.57

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1983-84 MTL 15 1 9 10 3 17 25 0 0.67
1984-85 MTL 9 2 8 10 2 17 19 0 1.11
1985-86 MTL 20 2 9 11 3 49 57 0 0.55
1986-87 MTL 17 4 9 13 -1 38 49 0 0.76
1987-88 MTL 11 3 1 4 3 29 39 0 0.36
1988-89 MTL 21 4 15 19 2 28 53 0 0.90
1989-90 MTL 5 0 1 1 -4 8 6 0 0.20
1990-91 CHI 6 1 7 8 2 46 11 0 1.33
1991-92 CHI 18 6 15 21 19 37 54 0 1.17
1992-93 CHI 4 0 2 2 -1 14 18 0 0.50
1993-94 CHI 6 1 1 2 0 8 29 0 0.33
1994-95 CHI 16 4 7 11 6 12 49 0 0.69
1995-96 CHI 10 0 3 3 2 8 28 0 0.30
1996-97 CHI 6 0 1 1 -2 8 18 0 0.17
1998-99 DET 10 0 4 4 -6 14 21 9 0.40
1999-00 DET 9 0 1 1 -3 8 11 13 0.11
2000-01 DET 5 1 0 1 -1 2 9 5 0.20
2001-02 DET 23 1 13 14 15 44 28 32 0.61
2002-03 DET 4 0 0 0 -3 2 4 5 0.00
2003-04 DET 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0.00
2005-06 DET 6 0 0 0 2 6 3 3 0.00
2006-07 DET 18 1 6 7 7 12 27 27 0.39
2007-08 DET 14 0 0 0 2 10 11 16 0.00
2008-09 DET 6 0 0 0 0 2 4 3 0.00
24 seasons Playoffs 261 31 112 143 47 421 575 114 0.55

2009-10 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
7 0 0 0 -2 0 5 8 0.00 0.0 11:10

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 6, 2010 vs NJD L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:24
Apr 3, 2010 @ PIT L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 08:35
Apr 1, 2010 @ WSH L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 09:02
Mar 25, 2010 vs TOR L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:12
Mar 14, 2010 vs PHX L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:20
Mar 12, 2010 vs NYR L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 14:26
Mar 11, 2010 @ CBJ L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 13:14