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Ryan Kesler

#17 · Centre · Anaheim Ducks

Born Aug 31, 1984 in Livonia, Michigan, USA · 6'2", 206 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 23rd overall in 2003 by VAN (round 1)

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Frank J. Selke Trophy Top Defensive Forward 2010-11

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

Justin Mapletoft NYI · 5 P in 27 GP Dustin Brown LAK · 5 P in 31 GP Michal Grosek BOS · 5 P in 33 GP Darby Hendrickson COL · 5 P in 34 GP Matt Keith CHI · 5 P in 20 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.

02040602003-04: 5 points503-042005-06: 23 points232006-07: 16 points1606-072007-08: 37 points372008-09: 59 points5908-092009-10: 75 points752010-11: 73 points7310-112011-12: 49 points492012-13: 13 points1312-132013-14: 43 points432014-15: 47 points4714-152015-16: 53 points532016-17: 58 points5816-172017-18: 14 points142018-19: 8 points818-19

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 VAN 28 2 3 5 -2 16 23 25 0.18
2005-06 VAN 82 10 13 23 1 79 119 136 0.28
2006-07 VAN 48 6 10 16 1 40 88 57 0.33 $1.9M
2007-08 VAN 80 21 16 37 1 79 177 78 0.46 $1.75M
2008-09 VAN 82 26 33 59 8 61 179 72 0.72 $1.75M
2009-10 VAN 82 25 50 75 1 104 214 95 0.91 $1.75M
2010-11 VAN 82 41 32 73 24 66 260 124 0.89 $5M
2011-12 VAN 77 22 27 49 11 56 222 108 0.64 $5M
2012-13 VAN 17 4 9 13 -5 12 36 30 0.76 $5M
2013-14 VAN 77 25 18 43 -15 81 239 133 0.56 $5M
2014-15 ANA 81 20 27 47 -5 75 205 169 0.58 $5M
2015-16 ANA 79 21 32 53 5 78 164 168 0.67 $5M
2016-17 ANA 82 22 36 58 8 83 186 146 0.71 $6.875M
2017-18 ANA 44 8 6 14 -4 46 78 71 0.32 $6.875M
2018-19 ANA 60 5 3 8 -19 44 86 93 0.13 $6.875M
15 seasons Career 1001 258 315 573 10 920 2276 1505 0.57

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 VAN 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 0.00
2008-09 VAN 10 2 2 4 -2 14 28 24 0.40
2009-10 VAN 12 1 9 10 3 4 21 14 0.83
2010-11 VAN 25 7 12 19 0 47 76 78 0.76
2011-12 VAN 5 0 3 3 -1 6 16 10 0.60
2012-13 VAN 4 2 0 2 -2 0 13 16 0.50
2014-15 ANA 16 7 6 13 2 24 33 55 0.81
2015-16 ANA 7 4 0 4 2 0 15 15 0.57
2016-17 ANA 17 1 7 8 -6 32 45 31 0.47
2017-18 ANA 4 0 2 2 0 6 6 8 0.50
10 seasons Playoffs 101 24 41 65 -4 133 255 256 0.64

2003-04 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
28 2 3 5 -2 16 23 25 0.18 8.7 10:42

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2018-19 to 2021-22 $6.875M
2016-17 to 2017-18 $6.875M
2013-14 to 2015-16 $5M
2010-11 to 2015-16 $5M
2007-08 to 2009-10 $1.75M
2006-07 to 2006-07 $1.9M

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 2, 2004 @ SJS W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 06:07
Mar 29, 2004 vs PHX W 6-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 10:21
Mar 27, 2004 vs DAL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 08:39
Mar 24, 2004 vs LAK W 1-0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 08:26
Mar 19, 2004 @ CHI L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 11:41
Mar 18, 2004 @ DAL L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 10:50
Mar 16, 2004 vs NSH T 2-2 (OT) 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 13:42
Mar 13, 2004 vs OTT L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 10:51
Mar 12, 2004 @ EDM W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:05
Mar 10, 2004 vs MIN T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:52
Feb 13, 2004 vs ATL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 08:52
Feb 11, 2004 vs CGY L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:53
Feb 5, 2004 @ NJD W 4-0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 14:11
Feb 3, 2004 @ NYI L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 13:17
Feb 2, 2004 @ NYR L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 07:20
Jan 31, 2004 @ WSH W 6-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 12:42
Jan 27, 2004 vs CHI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 08:53
Jan 25, 2004 vs NSH W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 10:28
Jan 21, 2004 vs TBL W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12:31
Jan 19, 2004 vs DAL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:02
Jan 17, 2004 vs ANA L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 08:24
Dec 9, 2003 vs PIT W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:46
Dec 6, 2003 vs MIN T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:31
Dec 4, 2003 vs CGY L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 11:34
Nov 29, 2003 @ CGY T 4-4 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 12:56
Nov 27, 2003 @ OTT W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:14
Nov 25, 2003 @ MTL W 5-2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 13:29
Nov 24, 2003 @ TOR L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 12:12