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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 2008-09. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Milan Hejduk COL · 59 P in 82 GP Nik Antropov NYR · 59 P in 81 GP Joe Pavelski SJS · 59 P in 80 GP Alex Frolov LAK · 59 P in 77 GP Ryan Smyth COL · 59 P in 77 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

2008-09 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
82 26 33 59 8 61 179 72 0.72 14.5 19:28

Contract

$1.75MCap hitends in 2010, then RFA
$30KCap dollars per point59 points in 82 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 2009-10, with 1 season left after this one, and he is then a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2008-09 $1.75M
2009-10 $1.75M

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
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 2008-09 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 11, 2009 @ COL W 1-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 18:19
Apr 9, 2009 vs LAK W 1-0 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 20:08
Apr 7, 2009 vs CGY W 4-1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 22:40
Apr 5, 2009 vs COL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 5 1 0 11:41
Apr 4, 2009 @ EDM L 3-5 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 23:10
Apr 2, 2009 vs ANA L 5-6 (SO) 1 0 1 -1 0 2 2 19:43
Mar 31, 2009 @ MIN W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 2 2 20:20
Mar 29, 2009 @ CHI W 4-0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 22:36
Mar 27, 2009 @ COL W 4-1 0 1 1 1 2 3 1 19:06
Mar 26, 2009 @ STL L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 21:01
Mar 24, 2009 @ DAL W 5-2 2 0 2 0 0 5 1 18:39
Mar 21, 2009 @ PHX L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 18:06
Mar 19, 2009 vs STL W 3-0 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 17:29
Mar 17, 2009 vs DAL W 4-2 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 19:23
Mar 15, 2009 vs COL W 4-2 0 3 3 0 0 1 0 20:24
Mar 13, 2009 vs LAK W 4-2 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 21:56
Mar 11, 2009 @ ANA L 3-4 (OT) 1 0 1 2 0 2 1 23:32
Mar 9, 2009 @ LAK L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 20:44
Mar 7, 2009 vs SJS W 3-1 0 2 2 2 0 3 2 22:38
Mar 3, 2009 vs MIN W 4-2 0 1 1 1 2 4 4 20:19
Mar 1, 2009 vs CBJ W 3-1 1 0 1 1 0 6 1 21:17
Feb 27, 2009 vs TBL W 2-1 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 20:23
Feb 24, 2009 @ MTL L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 2 2 1 22:59
Feb 21, 2009 @ TOR W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 4 6 1 21:33
Feb 19, 2009 @ OTT W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 17:39
Feb 17, 2009 @ CGY W 4-3 (SO) 2 0 2 1 0 6 2 21:23
Feb 15, 2009 vs MTL W 4-2 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 16:48
Feb 13, 2009 @ DAL L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 18:44
Feb 12, 2009 @ PHX W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 19:03
Feb 10, 2009 @ STL W 6-4 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 21:48
Feb 7, 2009 vs CHI W 7-3 2 1 3 0 0 3 1 21:10
Feb 3, 2009 vs CAR W 4-3 1 2 3 3 0 1 1 20:47
Jan 31, 2009 vs MIN L 3-4 (OT) 2 0 2 -1 0 7 2 21:54
Jan 28, 2009 vs NSH L 3-5 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 20:40
Jan 20, 2009 @ SJS L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 22:47
Jan 18, 2009 vs CBJ L 5-6 (SO) 0 1 1 0 5 4 0 18:59
Jan 15, 2009 vs PHX L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:29
Jan 13, 2009 vs NJD L 3-5 0 2 2 0 0 4 0 15:28
Jan 10, 2009 vs SJS L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 21:05
Jan 9, 2009 vs STL L 4-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 18:57
Jan 7, 2009 @ EDM W 4-2 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 18:41
Jan 4, 2009 vs DAL L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 20:07
Jan 2, 2009 @ ATL L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 22:30
Jan 1, 2009 @ NSH W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 20:29
Dec 30, 2008 vs PHI L 2-3 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 19:45
Dec 28, 2008 vs OTT W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 19:36
Dec 26, 2008 vs EDM L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 20:02
Dec 23, 2008 @ SJS L 0-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 15:35
Dec 22, 2008 vs ANA W 4-3 1 0 1 0 5 2 0 18:10
Dec 20, 2008 vs CHI L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:51
Dec 17, 2008 vs EDM W 4-2 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 19:36
Dec 14, 2008 vs FLA W 5-3 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 19:39
Dec 13, 2008 @ EDM L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 15:21
Dec 9, 2008 @ NSH W 3-1 0 1 1 1 7 1 0 14:56
Dec 7, 2008 @ COL L 4-5 (SO) 0 1 1 2 2 3 2 20:26
Dec 5, 2008 @ MIN W 2-1 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 14:29
Dec 4, 2008 @ DET L 5-6 0 0 0 -2 0 2 3 20:16
Dec 1, 2008 @ CBJ L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 19:35
Nov 29, 2008 @ CGY L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 18:52
Nov 27, 2008 vs CGY L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20:04
Nov 24, 2008 vs DET W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 20:11
Nov 22, 2008 @ PIT W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 4 3 1 18:06
Nov 20, 2008 @ MIN W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17:51
Nov 19, 2008 @ NYR W 6-3 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 18:34
Nov 17, 2008 @ NYI L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 19:26
Nov 15, 2008 vs TOR W 4-2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 20:03
Nov 12, 2008 vs COL L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 23:55
Nov 8, 2008 vs MIN W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 19:23
Nov 6, 2008 vs PHX W 1-0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 19:26
Nov 4, 2008 vs NSH W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 21:17
Nov 2, 2008 vs DET L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 21:45
Oct 31, 2008 @ ANA W 7-6 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 20:23
Oct 30, 2008 @ LAK W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 18:50
Oct 28, 2008 vs BOS L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 19:10
Oct 25, 2008 vs EDM W 6-3 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 19:21
Oct 21, 2008 @ CBJ L 2-4 0 1 1 -1 0 2 3 19:09
Oct 19, 2008 @ CHI L 2-4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 19:26
Oct 17, 2008 @ BUF L 2-5 1 0 1 -1 0 4 1 17:55
Oct 16, 2008 @ DET W 4-3 (OT) 1 0 1 3 0 3 2 18:23
Oct 13, 2008 @ WSH L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:28
Oct 11, 2008 @ CGY W 5-4 (OT) 1 0 1 -1 2 1 1 16:17
Oct 9, 2008 vs CGY W 6-0 0 2 2 1 2 1 0 15:30