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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 2002-03. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Markus Naslund VAN · 104 P in 82 GP Milan Hejduk COL · 98 P in 82 GP Todd Bertuzzi VAN · 97 P in 82 GP Peter Forsberg COL · 106 P in 75 GP Pavol Demitra STL · 93 P in 78 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

2002-03 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
77 36 65 101 12 109 196 14 1.31 18.4 22:17

Contract

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 2002-03 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.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 5, 2003 vs BUF W 8-5 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 18:18
Apr 3, 2003 @ NJD T 1-1 (OT) 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 23:03
Apr 1, 2003 @ OTT L 2-3 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 23:54
Mar 31, 2003 vs TBL T 2-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 21:21
Mar 29, 2003 vs NYR L 1-3 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 21:29
Mar 27, 2003 @ PHI T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 24:13
Mar 24, 2003 vs TOR W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 21:09
Mar 22, 2003 @ LAK W 4-3 (OT) 0 4 4 4 0 3 0 20:20
Mar 21, 2003 @ SJS L 2-3 0 1 1 -1 2 1 0 24:22
Mar 18, 2003 @ PHX L 1-2 0 1 1 -2 4 2 0 20:52
Mar 15, 2003 vs FLA W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 23:27
Mar 13, 2003 vs NJD W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 25:02
Mar 11, 2003 @ OTT L 3-4 (OT) 2 0 2 1 0 3 1 22:32
Mar 9, 2003 @ CHI L 5-8 0 1 1 -4 0 2 0 17:07
Mar 8, 2003 vs WSH W 5-4 (OT) 0 3 3 0 7 2 0 22:10
Mar 6, 2003 vs NYI W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 20:44
Mar 4, 2003 @ CAR W 4-2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 20:38
Mar 3, 2003 vs VAN L 4-6 0 2 2 -1 0 3 0 24:22
Mar 1, 2003 vs PHI L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 24:02
Feb 27, 2003 @ NYR L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 22:38
Feb 25, 2003 vs DAL T 5-5 (OT) 1 2 3 0 2 5 1 27:41
Feb 23, 2003 @ NYI T 4-4 (OT) 0 1 1 -2 0 4 0 22:15
Feb 21, 2003 @ NJD L 2-3 2 0 2 0 2 7 0 20:31
Feb 19, 2003 @ CAR T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 27:38
Feb 17, 2003 @ NSH L 1-5 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 22:32
Feb 15, 2003 @ TBL L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 22:20
Feb 14, 2003 @ FLA W 6-5 (OT) 2 2 4 1 0 5 0 24:51
Feb 11, 2003 @ MTL L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 4 0 24:58
Feb 8, 2003 vs PIT L 2-5 2 0 2 1 0 3 1 25:14
Feb 6, 2003 vs MTL W 6-3 1 2 3 2 0 4 1 24:20
Feb 4, 2003 vs COL L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 4 2 0 27:51
Jan 30, 2003 vs CHI L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 12 6 0 19:49
Jan 28, 2003 vs NSH W 2-1 1 1 2 0 2 2 0 20:06
Jan 25, 2003 vs PHI W 1-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 5 2 1 19:42
Jan 23, 2003 @ PIT W 4-1 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 22:12
Jan 20, 2003 vs WSH T 3-3 (OT) 1 2 3 1 0 6 0 29:41
Jan 18, 2003 vs CBJ W 7-2 1 2 3 1 0 6 0 19:01
Jan 17, 2003 @ ATL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 12 1 0 05:07
Jan 4, 2003 vs CAR L 2-4 1 1 2 2 4 4 1 21:32
Jan 3, 2003 @ NYI L 4-8 0 2 2 0 9 3 0 20:32
Dec 30, 2002 vs NJD L 0-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 23:33
Dec 28, 2002 @ ATL W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 24:08
Dec 27, 2002 @ TBL L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 16:06
Dec 23, 2002 vs SJS W 5-2 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 20:42
Dec 21, 2002 vs FLA T 3-3 (OT) 2 0 2 1 2 3 0 25:48
Dec 19, 2002 @ WSH L 3-5 1 1 2 -2 0 2 1 27:16
Dec 18, 2002 @ BUF L 2-4 0 2 2 1 4 2 0 20:46
Dec 14, 2002 @ MTL L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 4 3 0 20:35
Dec 12, 2002 vs OTT L 2-5 1 0 1 -2 0 3 0 19:51
Dec 10, 2002 vs MTL L 2-4 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 24:30
Dec 8, 2002 @ NYR W 4-1 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 17:46
Dec 7, 2002 vs TBL W 3-2 (OT) 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 25:43
Dec 5, 2002 vs ATL W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 4 1 0 24:01
Dec 3, 2002 vs STL L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 21:19
Nov 30, 2002 @ PIT W 3-2 2 0 2 3 0 3 0 24:20
Nov 29, 2002 vs MTL W 4-2 1 1 2 2 0 6 0 23:55
Nov 26, 2002 vs CGY W 7-2 0 3 3 4 0 3 0 22:32
Nov 23, 2002 vs BUF W 4-1 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 21:38
Nov 21, 2002 vs CAR W 3-1 0 2 2 2 2 2 0 22:24
Nov 19, 2002 @ TOR L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 23:17
Nov 16, 2002 @ PHI T 2-2 (OT) 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 22:55
Nov 14, 2002 vs NYI W 4-1 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 20:22
Nov 12, 2002 @ BUF W 4-3 2 0 2 0 0 5 0 21:08
Nov 11, 2002 vs EDM W 6-1 0 2 2 1 0 3 0 20:40
Nov 9, 2002 vs OTT W 7-1 1 3 4 2 0 2 0 22:25
Nov 7, 2002 @ DET L 1-2 (OT) 1 0 1 0 2 3 1 23:56
Nov 2, 2002 vs NYR W 3-2 1 0 1 -2 0 4 0 22:18
Oct 31, 2002 vs ANA L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 20:53
Oct 30, 2002 @ WSH W 7-2 1 0 1 0 4 2 0 23:31
Oct 26, 2002 vs ATL W 4-3 1 1 2 2 0 3 0 19:06
Oct 24, 2002 vs OTT T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 25:20
Oct 21, 2002 @ TOR W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 19:46
Oct 19, 2002 @ EDM W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 4 3 0 24:36
Oct 17, 2002 @ CGY T 3-3 (OT) 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 23:00
Oct 16, 2002 @ VAN W 6-3 1 2 3 3 0 2 0 23:09
Oct 14, 2002 @ COL W 2-1 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 23:31
Oct 11, 2002 @ MIN L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 6 1 0 19:48