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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 1987-88. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Larry Murphy WSH · 61 P in 79 GP James Patrick NYR · 62 P in 70 GP Mark Howe PHI · 62 P in 75 GP Randy Carlyle WIN · 59 P in 78 GP Dave Ellett WIN · 58 P in 68 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

1987-88 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
71 20 41 61 14 172 199 0 0.86 10.1 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 3, 1988 @ BUF T 4-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
Apr 2, 1988 vs BUF W 9-4 0 1 1 -4 0 5 0 00:00
Mar 31, 1988 @ BOS W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 5 0 00:00
Mar 27, 1988 @ HFD L 2-4 1 0 1 -1 14 3 0 00:00
Mar 25, 1988 @ PIT L 2-5 0 0 0 -4 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 23, 1988 vs QUE W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 00:00
Mar 21, 1988 vs CGY T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 00:00
Mar 19, 1988 vs CHI W 3-0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
Mar 16, 1988 @ WIN W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 14, 1988 @ MNS T 2-2 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 12, 1988 vs HFD W 5-0 2 1 3 2 0 6 0 00:00
Mar 9, 1988 @ EDM W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 3, 1988 @ STL W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 2 4 0 00:00
Feb 29, 1988 @ QUE W 2-1 0 0 0 0 17 1 0 00:00
Feb 27, 1988 vs WIN W 6-0 0 2 2 2 2 1 0 00:00
Feb 24, 1988 vs VAN W 5-4 1 2 3 0 4 4 0 00:00
Feb 23, 1988 @ QUE W 3-1 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 00:00
Feb 20, 1988 vs QUE W 5-3 0 1 1 -1 2 3 0 00:00
Feb 17, 1988 vs BOS W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 12 2 0 00:00
Feb 6, 1988 vs DET L 4-5 0 0 0 -2 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 4, 1988 @ BOS L 3-7 0 1 1 -3 7 4 0 00:00
Feb 3, 1988 @ HFD W 5-2 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 1, 1988 vs HFD W 5-4 1 2 3 3 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 30, 1988 @ NYI W 6-2 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 00:00
Jan 29, 1988 @ WSH L 3-4 0 0 0 0 20 2 0 00:00
Jan 27, 1988 @ BUF W 4-1 0 0 0 1 7 4 0 00:00
Jan 24, 1988 @ QUE W 5-3 1 0 1 2 4 3 0 00:00
Jan 23, 1988 vs PIT L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Jan 21, 1988 vs STL L 1-4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 18, 1988 vs EDM W 6-4 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 16, 1988 vs NYR W 4-3 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 14, 1988 @ BOS L 2-3 0 0 0 1 13 4 0 00:00
Jan 13, 1988 vs BOS W 5-4 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 00:00
Jan 9, 1988 vs PHI T 3-3 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 2 6 0 00:00
Jan 6, 1988 vs BUF L 5-6 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 00:00
Jan 2, 1988 @ LAK L 2-5 1 1 2 -1 2 2 0 00:00
Dec 29, 1987 @ VAN W 4-1 0 0 0 1 4 3 0 00:00
Dec 28, 1987 @ CGY L 3-9 0 2 2 -2 2 4 0 00:00
Dec 26, 1987 @ TOR W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 9, 1987 @ NYR T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 8, 1987 @ NYI W 3-2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 00:00
Dec 5, 1987 vs LAK W 6-4 1 0 1 -1 2 5 0 00:00
Dec 2, 1987 vs VAN T 3-3 (OT) 1 1 2 2 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 30, 1987 vs BOS W 6-4 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 28, 1987 @ WIN W 7-3 0 1 1 0 2 3 0 00:00
Nov 27, 1987 @ MNS L 2-4 0 1 1 1 4 5 0 00:00
Nov 25, 1987 @ HFD W 6-5 0 2 2 1 0 5 0 00:00
Nov 23, 1987 @ QUE L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 21, 1987 vs NJD W 2-1 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 18, 1987 vs NYI W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 00:00
Nov 16, 1987 vs HFD T 3-3 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 2 3 0 00:00
Nov 14, 1987 vs CHI W 3-0 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 00:00
Nov 12, 1987 @ BOS L 2-3 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 00:00
Nov 11, 1987 @ HFD T 0-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 9, 1987 vs TOR W 3-1 0 2 2 1 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 7, 1987 vs PHI W 5-4 0 1 1 -2 2 2 0 00:00
Nov 4, 1987 @ CHI T 4-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 6 0 00:00
Nov 2, 1987 vs STL W 6-4 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 00:00
Oct 31, 1987 vs BOS T 3-3 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 00:00
Oct 30, 1987 @ DET W 5-4 1 2 3 3 2 4 0 00:00
Oct 28, 1987 vs EDM W 3-1 0 3 3 2 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 26, 1987 vs CGY L 3-5 0 1 1 -2 0 4 0 00:00
Oct 24, 1987 @ WSH W 3-2 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 00:00
Oct 23, 1987 @ BUF L 3-5 1 2 3 -1 4 2 0 00:00
Oct 21, 1987 @ TOR W 10-3 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 19, 1987 vs MNS W 5-1 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 00:00
Oct 17, 1987 vs PIT W 3-2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 16, 1987 @ NJD L 3-4 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 12, 1987 vs QUE L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 2 3 0 00:00
Oct 10, 1987 vs BUF W 6-3 1 2 3 0 2 4 0 00:00
Oct 8, 1987 @ PHI T 2-2 (OT) 1 0 1 0 4 3 0 00:00