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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 2003-04. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Alex Tanguay COL · 79 P in 69 GP Robert Lang DET · 79 P in 69 GP Cory Stillman TBL · 80 P in 81 GP Daniel Alfredsson OTT · 80 P in 77 GP Patrik Elias NJD · 81 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

2003-04 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
82 26 53 79 14 12 244 9 0.96 10.7 20:26

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 2003-04 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 3, 2004 vs ATL L 1-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 20:08
Apr 1, 2004 vs FLA W 4-3 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 24:32
Mar 29, 2004 vs OTT L 4-5 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 19:28
Mar 27, 2004 vs WSH W 4-1 1 1 2 2 0 4 0 21:20
Mar 25, 2004 vs NJD W 2-1 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 20:19
Mar 23, 2004 @ TOR W 7-2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 22:13
Mar 21, 2004 @ NYI L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 19:49
Mar 20, 2004 @ BOS L 4-5 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 24:06
Mar 18, 2004 vs BUF W 3-1 0 1 1 1 2 3 0 18:05
Mar 16, 2004 vs NYI L 1-3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 22:02
Mar 13, 2004 vs CAR L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19:20
Mar 12, 2004 vs NYR W 5-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 19:38
Mar 10, 2004 @ CAR W 4-2 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 17:31
Mar 8, 2004 @ DET T 1-1 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 24:26
Mar 6, 2004 @ FLA W 5-3 0 1 1 2 0 5 0 18:41
Mar 5, 2004 vs NJD W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 21:13
Mar 3, 2004 @ CHI W 5-3 1 2 3 3 0 6 0 21:00
Mar 1, 2004 @ COL W 3-0 1 0 1 1 0 5 0 18:34
Feb 28, 2004 vs WSH W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 21:21
Feb 26, 2004 vs TOR W 4-3 2 1 3 2 0 3 0 19:10
Feb 25, 2004 @ ATL W 4-2 1 1 2 2 0 3 0 22:21
Feb 23, 2004 @ WSH W 6-3 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 22:57
Feb 20, 2004 @ BUF L 3-4 (OT) 0 2 2 -2 0 3 0 23:03
Feb 19, 2004 @ STL L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 20:34
Feb 17, 2004 vs PHI W 5-2 1 2 3 3 0 7 0 18:44
Feb 14, 2004 vs FLA W 3-2 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 18:54
Feb 12, 2004 vs MTL W 5-3 2 0 2 1 0 5 1 22:11
Feb 10, 2004 vs TOR T 4-4 (OT) 1 1 2 0 2 2 1 22:41
Feb 5, 2004 @ NSH W 5-2 1 0 1 0 2 4 0 20:52
Feb 3, 2004 @ WSH L 1-2 0 0 0 -2 0 4 0 25:17
Feb 2, 2004 @ PHI W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20:50
Jan 31, 2004 vs ATL W 5-2 1 1 2 1 0 6 0 17:30
Jan 29, 2004 vs PIT W 5-1 1 1 2 1 0 5 0 17:42
Jan 27, 2004 @ PIT W 6-2 0 3 3 0 0 3 0 20:26
Jan 24, 2004 @ CGY W 6-2 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 19:06
Jan 22, 2004 @ EDM W 3-2 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 17:20
Jan 21, 2004 @ VAN L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 22:35
Jan 19, 2004 vs COL L 4-5 (OT) 0 1 1 -3 0 1 0 21:05
Jan 17, 2004 @ FLA L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 19:28
Jan 15, 2004 vs CAR W 5-4 1 2 3 1 0 3 0 21:11
Jan 13, 2004 @ PIT W 3-1 1 0 1 1 0 5 0 19:32
Jan 11, 2004 @ NYR W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 24:16
Jan 9, 2004 @ NJD W 4-1 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 19:04
Jan 8, 2004 @ MTL W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 21:25
Jan 6, 2004 @ OTT L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 22:19
Jan 3, 2004 vs PHI W 6-1 0 3 3 1 0 2 0 18:02
Jan 2, 2004 vs CBJ L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 20:58
Dec 31, 2003 vs FLA T 2-2 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 21:24
Dec 29, 2003 vs ANA L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 23:07
Dec 27, 2003 vs BOS W 4-2 1 0 1 -1 0 1 0 19:34
Dec 26, 2003 @ ATL L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 19:25
Dec 23, 2003 @ BOS T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 21:11
Dec 20, 2003 vs DAL L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 21:05
Dec 18, 2003 @ PHI W 5-4 (OT) 1 1 2 0 0 6 0 19:58
Dec 16, 2003 @ TOR L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 18:22
Dec 13, 2003 vs MTL L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 18:40
Dec 11, 2003 @ OTT L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 6 0 22:10
Dec 9, 2003 @ NYI L 2-5 0 2 2 -1 0 3 0 16:30
Dec 7, 2003 @ NYR W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 15:32
Dec 6, 2003 @ BUF W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:27
Dec 4, 2003 vs OTT L 1-4 0 1 1 -2 0 0 1 22:25
Dec 2, 2003 @ MTL L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 19:37
Nov 29, 2003 @ ATL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 22:19
Nov 28, 2003 vs STL T 2-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 24:44
Nov 25, 2003 vs NYR L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 20:20
Nov 23, 2003 @ CAR T 0-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 21:44
Nov 22, 2003 vs BUF W 2-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 20:24
Nov 20, 2003 vs NYI W 3-2 1 0 1 1 0 6 0 21:30
Nov 14, 2003 @ WSH W 5-2 0 1 1 3 0 4 0 18:34
Nov 11, 2003 @ FLA L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 19:39
Nov 9, 2003 @ CAR T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 21:18
Nov 8, 2003 vs PIT W 9-0 0 2 2 2 2 5 0 21:48
Nov 6, 2003 vs LAK L 0-1 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 22:05
Nov 4, 2003 vs WSH L 1-5 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 22:20
Nov 1, 2003 vs CAR W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 18:33
Oct 30, 2003 vs SJS T 2-2 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 2 4 0 21:24
Oct 25, 2003 vs MIN W 3-2 1 1 2 1 0 7 0 18:31
Oct 23, 2003 @ CBJ W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 19:24
Oct 21, 2003 vs ATL W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 20:02
Oct 18, 2003 @ NJD W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 16:53
Oct 16, 2003 vs PHX W 5-1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 18:55
Oct 10, 2003 vs BOS W 5-1 1 2 3 0 0 3 0 18:58