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Brent Burns

#84 · Defence · Colorado Avalanche

Born Mar 9, 1985 in Barrie, Ontario, CAN (age 41) · 6'5", 228 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 20th overall in 2003 by MIN (round 1)

Trophy case

James Norris Memorial Trophy Top Defenseman 2016-17
NHL Foundation Player Award Community Service 2014-15

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2003-04. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Trevor Daley DAL · 6 P in 27 GP Burke Henry CHI · 6 P in 23 GP Jason Holland LAK · 6 P in 52 GP Scott Ferguson EDM · 6 P in 52 GP Calle Johansson TOR · 6 P in 8 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.

0204060802003-04: 6 points603-042005-06: 16 points162006-07: 25 points2506-072007-08: 43 points432008-09: 27 points2708-092009-10: 20 points202010-11: 46 points4610-112011-12: 37 points372012-13: 20 points2012-132013-14: 48 points482014-15: 60 points6014-152015-16: 75 points752016-17: 76 points7616-172017-18: 67 points672018-19: 83 points8318-192019-20: 45 points452020-21: 29 points2920-212021-22: 54 points542022-23: 61 points6122-232023-24: 43 points432024-25: 29 points2924-252025-26: 35 points352026-27: 3 points326-27

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2003-04 MIN 36 1 5 6 -10 12 34 34 0.17
2005-06 MIN 72 4 12 16 -7 32 73 46 0.22
2006-07 MIN 77 7 18 25 16 26 108 86 0.32 $825K
2007-08 MIN 82 15 28 43 12 80 158 99 0.52 $825K
2008-09 MIN 59 8 19 27 -7 45 147 58 0.46 $3.55M
2009-10 MIN 47 3 17 20 -15 32 104 97 0.43 $3.55M
2010-11 MIN 80 17 29 46 -10 98 170 133 0.58 $3.55M
2011-12 SJS 81 11 26 37 8 34 201 68 0.46 $3.55M
2012-13 SJS 30 9 11 20 0 20 81 54 0.67 $5.76M
2013-14 SJS 69 22 26 48 26 34 245 145 0.70 $5.76M
2014-15 SJS 82 17 43 60 -9 65 245 148 0.73 $5.76M
2015-16 SJS 82 27 48 75 -5 53 353 101 0.91 $5.76M
2016-17 SJS 82 29 47 76 19 40 320 69 0.93 $5.76M
2017-18 SJS 82 12 55 67 -16 46 332 79 0.82 $8M
2018-19 SJS 82 16 67 83 13 34 300 90 1.01 $8M
2019-20 SJS 70 12 33 45 -22 34 225 72 0.64 $8M
2020-21 SJS 56 7 22 29 -13 36 138 31 0.52 $8M
2021-22 SJS 82 10 44 54 -15 42 203 55 0.66 $8M
2022-23 CAR 82 18 43 61 19 44 255 40 0.74 $8M
2023-24 CAR 82 10 33 43 19 20 185 41 0.52 $8M
2024-25 CAR 82 6 23 29 7 28 174 11 0.35 $8M
2025-26 COL 82 12 23 35 33 32 172 20 0.43 $1M
2026-27 COL 4 0 3 3 -2 2 6 1 0.75 $850K
23 seasons Career 1583 273 675 948 41 889 4229 1578 0.60

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2006-07 MIN 5 0 1 1 1 14 12 7 0.20
2007-08 MIN 6 0 2 2 0 6 17 23 0.33
2011-12 SJS 5 1 1 2 2 4 13 13 0.40
2012-13 SJS 11 2 2 4 -1 8 31 36 0.36
2013-14 SJS 7 2 1 3 -5 23 33 30 0.43
2015-16 SJS 24 7 17 24 11 12 77 49 1.00
2016-17 SJS 6 0 3 3 -1 6 28 10 0.50
2017-18 SJS 10 3 4 7 -4 6 32 26 0.70
2018-19 SJS 20 5 11 16 2 6 57 45 0.80
2022-23 CAR 15 2 7 9 6 20 56 24 0.60
2023-24 CAR 11 1 3 4 4 2 24 6 0.36
2024-25 CAR 15 1 4 5 1 10 26 10 0.33
2025-26 COL 13 0 4 4 9 6 23 19 0.31
13 seasons Playoffs 148 24 60 84 25 123 429 298 0.57

2003-04 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
36 1 5 6 -10 12 34 34 0.17 2.9 13:29

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
Jun 26, 2026 Colorado Avalanche Extension 2026-27 to 2026-27 1 $850K $850K
Jul 2, 2025 Colorado Avalanche New contract 2025-26 to 2025-26 1 $1M $1M
Nov 22, 2016 San Jose Sharks Extension 2017-18 to 2024-25 8 $64M $8M
Aug 1, 2011 San Jose Sharks Extension 2012-13 to 2016-17 5 $28.8M $5.76M
Oct 25, 2007 Minnesota Wild Extension 2008-09 to 2011-12 4 $14.2M $3.55M
Jul 8, 2006 Minnesota Wild New contract 2006-07 to 2007-08 2 $1.65M $825K

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 4, 2004 vs STL W 3-0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 20:28
Apr 2, 2004 vs DAL W 4-2 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 19:11
Mar 31, 2004 vs COL W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 4 1 16:51
Mar 29, 2004 @ DET L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 17:16
Mar 28, 2004 vs ANA W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:56
Mar 22, 2004 vs PHX L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:36
Mar 19, 2004 @ NYI L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:20
Mar 16, 2004 vs OTT W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 13:45
Mar 14, 2004 vs CBJ W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 16:56
Mar 10, 2004 @ VAN T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 13:06
Mar 9, 2004 @ SJS W 4-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13:09
Mar 7, 2004 @ PHX T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 12:42
Mar 3, 2004 @ ANA L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11:44
Feb 29, 2004 vs CAR T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 09:49
Feb 27, 2004 @ DAL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 15:20
Jan 31, 2004 @ CBJ L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13:06
Jan 26, 2004 @ LAK T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 12:39
Jan 24, 2004 @ SJS L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 14:06
Jan 21, 2004 vs CHI W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 08:57
Jan 17, 2004 @ STL T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 12:46
Jan 12, 2004 vs NSH T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 10:01
Dec 5, 2003 @ CGY L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12:14
Nov 28, 2003 vs SJS L 1-2 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 11:31
Nov 26, 2003 vs DAL L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 09:49
Nov 22, 2003 vs DET L 2-5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 15:32
Nov 20, 2003 @ PHI L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13:33
Nov 15, 2003 vs DET T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 12:51
Oct 25, 2003 @ TBL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 02:26
Oct 24, 2003 @ FLA W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 07:07
Oct 21, 2003 vs CGY L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 15:16
Oct 19, 2003 @ DAL L 1-3 0 1 1 -2 0 0 1 11:51
Oct 18, 2003 vs VAN T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:17
Oct 16, 2003 vs COL L 2-5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 17:04
Oct 12, 2003 vs SJS L 2-3 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 18:34
Oct 10, 2003 vs NYR W 5-3 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 13:31
Oct 8, 2003 @ CHI L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 16:01