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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 2009-10. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Patrick Kane CHI · 88 P in 82 GP Brad Richards DAL · 91 P in 80 GP Marian Gaborik NYR · 86 P in 76 GP Ilya Kovalchuk NJD · 85 P in 76 GP Daniel Sedin VAN · 85 P in 63 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

2009-10 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
79 20 69 89 17 54 141 113 1.13 14.2 19:51

Contract

$7.2MCap hitends in 2011, then UFA
$81KCap dollars per point89 points in 79 games

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.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2010-11, with 1 season left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2009-10 $7.2M
2010-11 $7.2M

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 2009-10 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 10, 2010 vs PHX W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 2 4 21:45
Apr 8, 2010 vs VAN W 4-2 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 17:56
Apr 6, 2010 @ CGY W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 18:18
Apr 4, 2010 @ COL L 4-5 (OT) 0 2 2 1 0 2 1 19:30
Mar 27, 2010 vs VAN W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 10:19
Mar 25, 2010 vs DAL W 3-0 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 19:47
Mar 23, 2010 @ MIN W 4-1 1 0 1 2 2 3 1 18:55
Mar 21, 2010 @ EDM L 1-5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 17:01
Mar 19, 2010 @ CGY L 3-4 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 17:34
Mar 18, 2010 @ VAN L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 21:19
Mar 16, 2010 @ DAL L 2-8 0 1 1 -2 4 1 2 19:30
Mar 14, 2010 @ ANA L 2-4 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 20:22
Mar 13, 2010 vs FLA L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 20:32
Mar 11, 2010 vs NSH W 8-5 1 1 2 1 0 3 2 19:10
Mar 6, 2010 vs CBJ W 2-1 0 1 1 -1 0 3 5 21:48
Mar 4, 2010 vs MTL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 21:00
Mar 2, 2010 vs NJD L 3-4 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 18:36
Feb 13, 2010 @ BUF L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 19:53
Feb 11, 2010 @ DET W 3-2 (SO) 1 0 1 1 2 2 4 17:56
Feb 10, 2010 @ CBJ L 0-3 0 0 0 -3 2 1 2 19:04
Feb 8, 2010 @ TOR W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 19:32
Feb 6, 2010 @ NSH W 4-3 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 23:01
Feb 4, 2010 @ STL W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 19:22
Feb 2, 2010 vs DET L 2-4 2 0 2 2 2 6 1 19:59
Jan 30, 2010 vs MIN W 5-2 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 19:17
Jan 28, 2010 vs CHI L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 22:54
Jan 23, 2010 vs BUF W 5-2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 18:17
Jan 21, 2010 vs ANA W 3-1 0 2 2 2 4 1 2 19:54
Jan 19, 2010 @ LAK W 5-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 17:06
Jan 18, 2010 vs CGY W 9-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 17:11
Jan 16, 2010 vs EDM W 4-2 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 16:59
Jan 14, 2010 vs BOS L 1-2 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 22:30
Jan 12, 2010 @ PHX W 3-1 0 1 1 0 4 1 1 17:20
Jan 11, 2010 @ LAK W 2-1 0 1 1 0 2 3 3 19:56
Jan 9, 2010 vs DET L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 20:44
Jan 6, 2010 vs STL W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 5 1 20:44
Jan 4, 2010 vs LAK L 2-6 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 19:49
Jan 2, 2010 vs EDM W 4-1 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 16:32
Dec 31, 2009 @ PHX W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 21:42
Dec 30, 2009 vs WSH W 5-2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 17:47
Dec 28, 2009 vs PHX W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 4 1 21:40
Dec 26, 2009 vs ANA W 5-2 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 18:59
Dec 22, 2009 @ CHI W 3-2 1 1 2 3 4 2 1 18:59
Dec 21, 2009 @ DAL W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 18:10
Dec 17, 2009 vs ANA W 4-1 2 2 4 3 0 3 0 18:43
Dec 12, 2009 @ PHX L 1-2 0 1 1 -1 2 1 3 19:07
Dec 11, 2009 vs DAL L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 2 6 21:03
Dec 9, 2009 vs LAK L 4-5 (OT) 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 23:11
Dec 5, 2009 vs CGY L 1-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 21:48
Dec 3, 2009 vs STL L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 21:41
Dec 1, 2009 vs OTT W 5-2 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 20:15
Nov 29, 2009 @ VAN W 4-2 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 18:06
Nov 27, 2009 @ EDM W 5-4 (SO) 0 3 3 2 0 2 1 23:23
Nov 25, 2009 vs CHI L 2-7 0 1 1 -4 0 1 3 17:54
Nov 21, 2009 @ ANA W 3-2 1 1 2 1 0 6 3 20:25
Nov 20, 2009 vs PHI W 6-3 0 4 4 2 2 2 0 20:59
Nov 17, 2009 @ NSH L 3-4 1 1 2 0 0 3 1 22:31
Nov 15, 2009 @ CHI L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 20:15
Nov 14, 2009 @ STL W 3-1 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 17:47
Nov 12, 2009 vs DAL L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 21:03
Nov 10, 2009 vs NSH W 4-3 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 18:57
Nov 7, 2009 vs PIT W 5-0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 18:24
Nov 5, 2009 @ DET L 1-2 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 1 4 22:47
Nov 4, 2009 @ CBJ W 3-2 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 2 3 22:16
Nov 1, 2009 @ CAR W 5-1 0 2 2 1 0 3 1 19:05
Oct 30, 2009 vs COL W 3-1 0 0 0 1 2 3 4 20:03
Oct 28, 2009 vs LAK W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 24:06
Oct 25, 2009 @ PHI W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 21:14
Oct 24, 2009 @ ATL W 4-3 1 0 1 -1 0 4 1 20:49
Oct 22, 2009 @ TBL L 2-5 0 1 1 -2 0 0 1 19:41
Oct 19, 2009 @ NYR W 7-3 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 19:37
Oct 17, 2009 @ NYI W 4-1 1 2 3 1 0 3 1 23:10
Oct 15, 2009 @ WSH L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 20:02
Oct 12, 2009 vs PHX L 0-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 21:50
Oct 10, 2009 vs MIN W 4-2 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 20:16
Oct 8, 2009 vs CBJ W 6-3 0 4 4 4 0 1 0 21:10
Oct 6, 2009 @ LAK L 4-6 0 3 3 -3 0 2 0 22:35
Oct 3, 2009 @ ANA W 4-1 1 1 2 1 0 5 3 15:46
Oct 1, 2009 @ COL L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 19:58