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Brad Richards

#17 · Centre · Detroit Red Wings

Born May 2, 1980 in Murray Harbour, Prince Edward Island, CAN · 6'0", 199 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 64th overall in 1998 by TBL (round 3)

Trophy case

×2 Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2014-15, 2003-04
Conn Smythe Trophy MVP of Stanley Cup Playoffs 2003-04
Lady Byng Memorial Trophy Sportsmanship and Gentlemanly Conduct 2003-04

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2001-02. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Brian Rolston BOS · 62 P in 82 GP Daymond Langkow PHX · 62 P in 80 GP Adam Deadmarsh LAK · 62 P in 76 GP Brett Hull DET · 63 P in 82 GP Theo Fleury NYR · 63 P in 82 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.

0204060802000-01: 62 points6200-012001-02: 62 points622002-03: 74 points7402-032003-04: 79 points792005-06: 91 points9105-062006-07: 70 points702007-08: 62 points6207-082008-09: 48 points482009-10: 91 points9109-102010-11: 77 points772011-12: 66 points6611-122012-13: 34 points342013-14: 51 points5113-142014-15: 37 points372015-16: 28 points2815-16

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2000-01 TBL 82 21 41 62 -10 14 179 14 0.76
2001-02 TBL 82 20 42 62 -18 13 251 24 0.76
2002-03 TBL 80 17 57 74 3 24 277 7 0.93
2003-04 TBL 82 26 53 79 14 12 244 9 0.96
2005-06 TBL 82 23 68 91 0 32 282 21 1.11 $1.934M
2006-07 TBL 82 25 45 70 -19 23 272 24 0.85 $7.8M
2007-08 TBL 62 18 33 51 -25 15 228 13 0.82 $7.8M
2007-08 DAL 12 2 9 11 -2 0 21 0 0.92
2008-09 DAL 56 16 32 48 -4 6 180 11 0.86 $7.8M
2009-10 DAL 80 24 67 91 -12 14 284 16 1.14 $7.8M
2010-11 DAL 72 28 49 77 1 24 272 20 1.07 $7.8M
2011-12 NYR 82 25 41 66 -1 22 229 51 0.80 $6.667M
2012-13 NYR 46 11 23 34 8 14 110 25 0.74 $6.667M
2013-14 NYR 82 20 31 51 -8 18 259 24 0.62 $6.667M
2014-15 CHI 76 12 25 37 3 12 199 32 0.49 $2M
2015-16 DET 68 10 18 28 4 8 164 16 0.41 $3M
15 seasons Career 1126 298 634 932 -66 251 3451 307 0.83

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2002-03 TBL 11 0 5 5 -3 12 32 1 0.45
2003-04 TBL 23 12 14 26 5 4 88 5 1.13
2005-06 TBL 5 3 5 8 -5 6 24 2 1.60
2006-07 TBL 6 3 5 8 -4 6 26 6 1.33
2007-08 DAL 18 3 12 15 1 8 54 9 0.83
2011-12 NYR 20 6 9 15 -2 8 71 17 0.75
2012-13 NYR 10 1 0 1 -3 2 18 7 0.10
2013-14 NYR 25 5 7 12 -2 4 74 17 0.48
2014-15 CHI 23 3 11 14 4 8 50 19 0.61
2015-16 DET 5 1 0 1 -4 7 12 4 0.20
10 seasons Playoffs 146 37 68 105 -13 65 449 87 0.72

2001-02 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
82 20 42 62 -18 13 251 24 0.76 8.0 19:48

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2015-16 to 2015-16 $3M
2014-15 to 2014-15 $2M
2012-13 to 2013-14 $6.667M
2011-12 to 2019-20 $6.667M
2006-07 to 2010-11 $7.8M
2005-06 to 2005-06 $1.934M

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 2001-02 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 14, 2002 @ FLA W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:28
Apr 12, 2002 vs NYI L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 2 3 2 24:05
Apr 10, 2002 @ CAR L 2-4 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 21:14
Apr 9, 2002 @ BOS T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 20:18
Apr 7, 2002 vs BUF L 3-5 0 1 1 -2 0 2 1 16:41
Apr 4, 2002 vs PIT W 4-2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 16:58
Apr 3, 2002 @ WSH L 1-4 1 0 1 -2 0 2 0 20:10
Apr 1, 2002 vs NYR L 4-6 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 19:43
Mar 30, 2002 @ OTT L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 19:51
Mar 28, 2002 @ MTL L 1-2 0 1 1 -1 0 4 1 23:08
Mar 26, 2002 @ TOR L 2-7 0 1 1 -1 0 3 1 16:39
Mar 24, 2002 vs BOS L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 -2 0 1 0 23:43
Mar 22, 2002 vs MTL T 3-3 (OT) 1 0 1 0 5 3 1 21:46
Mar 20, 2002 vs ATL W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 20:16
Mar 18, 2002 @ PHI T 3-3 (OT) 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 16:14
Mar 17, 2002 vs BUF T 2-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 21:13
Mar 14, 2002 vs CGY W 3-2 1 1 2 0 0 3 1 17:10
Mar 12, 2002 @ ATL T 4-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 23:46
Mar 10, 2002 vs NSH W 5-1 1 2 3 1 0 3 1 16:04
Mar 8, 2002 vs PHI L 2-4 1 0 1 -1 0 4 0 16:44
Mar 6, 2002 vs EDM L 2-3 0 2 2 -1 0 7 0 19:27
Mar 2, 2002 vs FLA W 3-2 1 1 2 -1 0 2 0 18:05
Mar 1, 2002 vs SJS W 4-2 2 1 3 2 0 4 0 20:17
Feb 26, 2002 vs DET L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 5 0 26:29
Feb 11, 2002 @ WSH L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 24:03
Feb 9, 2002 vs WSH L 2-4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 23:36
Feb 7, 2002 vs FLA L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 22:42
Feb 6, 2002 @ FLA W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 27:08
Feb 4, 2002 vs OTT T 4-4 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 18:56
Jan 30, 2002 vs CAR L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 2 4 0 24:15
Jan 28, 2002 @ NYR W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 18:25
Jan 26, 2002 @ NYI L 2-6 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 19:31
Jan 25, 2002 @ BUF L 1-4 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 17:12
Jan 23, 2002 @ PIT L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 22:05
Jan 21, 2002 vs NJD W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 19:03
Jan 19, 2002 vs MTL L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 18:39
Jan 18, 2002 vs CHI T 2-2 (OT) 0 2 2 2 0 6 0 21:30
Jan 15, 2002 @ NJD W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 16:23
Jan 13, 2002 @ ATL T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 23:34
Jan 12, 2002 vs OTT L 1-2 1 0 1 1 0 5 0 19:06
Jan 8, 2002 vs DAL L 1-2 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 20:35
Jan 6, 2002 @ PHX W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 18:17
Jan 4, 2002 @ CHI L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 2 2 2 27:15
Jan 2, 2002 @ MIN L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 23:32
Dec 31, 2001 vs TOR L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 14:56
Dec 29, 2001 vs BOS L 4-5 (OT) 1 1 2 -2 0 3 1 18:41
Dec 27, 2001 vs CAR L 2-3 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 21:19
Dec 26, 2001 @ NSH W 1-0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 20:26
Dec 21, 2001 vs STL W 4-3 (OT) 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 13:57
Dec 17, 2001 @ MTL W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 16:37
Dec 14, 2001 @ EDM L 1-2 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 22:32
Dec 12, 2001 @ CGY W 3-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 23:33
Dec 10, 2001 @ VAN T 1-1 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 7 0 24:06
Dec 8, 2001 @ OTT L 2-5 1 0 1 -1 0 5 0 20:46
Dec 6, 2001 vs CBJ W 1-0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 19:17
Dec 4, 2001 @ NJD T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:26
Dec 2, 2001 @ NYR L 0-1 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 17:46
Dec 1, 2001 @ PHI L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19:23
Nov 29, 2001 vs ATL W 5-2 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 16:27
Nov 27, 2001 @ BOS L 3-6 0 1 1 -1 0 4 0 20:59
Nov 25, 2001 @ CAR W 4-0 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 14:40
Nov 23, 2001 vs NJD W 2-0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 19:49
Nov 21, 2001 @ WSH L 2-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 15:15
Nov 20, 2001 vs ANA W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:56
Nov 17, 2001 vs CAR W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 17:55
Nov 15, 2001 vs TOR L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 15:40
Nov 10, 2001 vs PIT W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 23:06
Nov 8, 2001 vs PHI L 1-2 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 16:35
Nov 6, 2001 @ NYI L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 0 4 0 19:39
Nov 3, 2001 @ PIT L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 20:57
Nov 2, 2001 @ BUF L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 19:53
Oct 30, 2001 @ TOR L 2-3 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 21:43
Oct 27, 2001 @ ATL L 3-4 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 19:37
Oct 25, 2001 vs LAK W 3-0 0 2 2 2 0 3 0 19:47
Oct 23, 2001 vs WSH T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 21:13
Oct 20, 2001 vs NYR W 5-2 0 3 3 2 0 5 0 17:54
Oct 16, 2001 @ COL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 20:17
Oct 14, 2001 @ ANA W 3-2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 18:10
Oct 13, 2001 @ LAK W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:31
Oct 11, 2001 @ SJS L 3-4 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 16:23
Oct 7, 2001 vs FLA L 0-5 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 20:22
Oct 5, 2001 vs NYI L 2-3 1 0 1 -1 0 6 0 22:41