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Seth Jones

#3 · Defence · Florida Panthers

Born Oct 3, 1994 in Arlington, Texas, USA (age 32) · 6'4", 213 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 4th overall in 2013 by NSH (round 1)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2024-25

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2019-20. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Oliver Ekman-Larsson ARI · 30 P in 66 GP Nate Schmidt VGK · 31 P in 59 GP Cam Fowler ANA · 29 P in 59 GP Mark Giordano CGY · 31 P in 60 GP Filip Hronek DET · 31 P in 65 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.

020402013-14: 25 points2513-142014-15: 27 points2714-152015-16: 31 points3115-162016-17: 42 points4216-172017-18: 57 points5717-182018-19: 46 points4618-192019-20: 30 points3019-202020-21: 28 points2820-212021-22: 51 points5121-222022-23: 37 points3722-232023-24: 31 points3123-242024-25: 36 points3624-252025-26: 32 points3225-262026-27: 1 points126-27

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2013-14 NSH 77 6 19 25 -23 24 100 55 0.32 $925K
2014-15 NSH 82 8 19 27 3 20 123 72 0.33 $925K
2015-16 NSH 40 1 10 11 -5 10 74 33 0.28 $925K
2015-16 CBJ 41 2 18 20 -9 12 83 53 0.49
2016-17 CBJ 75 12 30 42 6 24 152 61 0.56 $5.4M
2017-18 CBJ 78 16 41 57 10 30 249 92 0.73 $5.4M
2018-19 CBJ 75 9 37 46 1 28 184 106 0.61 $5.4M
2019-20 CBJ 56 6 24 30 10 20 126 62 0.54 $5.4M
2020-21 CBJ 56 5 23 28 -18 26 141 102 0.50 $5.4M
2021-22 CHI 78 5 46 51 -37 28 194 99 0.65 $5.4M
2022-23 CHI 72 12 25 37 -38 30 178 106 0.51 $9.5M
2023-24 CHI 67 8 23 31 -15 34 172 77 0.46 $9.5M
2024-25 CHI 42 7 20 27 -18 18 81 62 0.64 $9.5M
2024-25 FLA 21 2 7 9 -6 4 48 34 0.43
2025-26 FLA 52 7 25 32 -3 18 88 47 0.62 $9.5M
2026-27 FLA 4 1 0 1 -1 2 9 3 0.25 $9.5M
14 seasons Career 916 107 367 474 -143 328 2002 1064 0.52

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2014-15 NSH 6 0 4 4 -6 6 8 15 0.67
2016-17 CBJ 5 0 2 2 -4 0 12 9 0.40
2017-18 CBJ 6 1 4 5 -3 4 13 13 0.83
2018-19 CBJ 10 3 6 9 0 0 27 28 0.90
2019-20 CBJ 10 1 3 4 2 4 25 23 0.40
2024-25 FLA 23 4 5 9 11 10 29 48 0.39
6 seasons Playoffs 60 9 24 33 0 24 114 136 0.55

2019-20 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
56 6 24 30 10 20 126 62 0.54 4.8 25:17

Contract

$5.4MCap hitends in 2022, then UFA
$180KCap dollars per point30 points in 56 games
$1.768MCap dollars per goal above replacement3.1 goals above replacement
$3.2MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$2.2MValueworth less cap hit

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. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 668 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Columbus Blue Jackets on Jun 29, 2016, as an extension of the contract he was on: 6 years and $32.4M, beginning in 2016-17. It runs through 2021-22, with 2 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2016-17 $5.4M $5.4M $0 $5.4M
2017-18 $5.4M $5.4M $0 $5.4M
2018-19 $5.4M $5.4M $0 $5.4M
2019-20 $5.4M $5.4M $0 $5.4M
2020-21 $5.4M $5.4M $0 $5.4M M-NTC
2021-22 $5.4M $5.4M $0 $5.4M M-NTC

Each season of the contract, with this one marked. The cap hit is the same every year; what he is paid is not. The pay is as written when the contract was recorded in October 2024, so a later change, such as the rise in the lowest salary for 2026-27, is not shown.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
Jul 23, 2021 Chicago Blackhawks Extension 2022-23 to 2029-30 8 $76M $9.5M
Jun 29, 2016 Columbus Blue Jackets Extension 2016-17 to 2021-22 6 $32.4M $5.4M
Jul 10, 2013 Nashville Predators Entry-level 2013-14 to 2015-16 3 $9.675M $925K

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 2019-20 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.

2019-20 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+3.1Goals above replacement264th of 670 skaters, 77th of 231 defencemen
+0.5Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.6Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 231 ranked defencemen: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile.

Even-strength offence-0.1 68th percentileEven-strength defence-0.8 40th percentilePower play-0.4 19th percentilePenalty kill+0.4 84th percentilePenalties-0.9 33rd percentile

The goals he added to his team's goal difference, compared with a spare-part player given the same ice time. Each part is measured against the league, so zero is an average skater, and the rank beside it is among defencemen. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

051015202013-142015-162017-182019-202021-222023-242025-26Goals above replacementGoals above replacement, by season

On the ice

What happened at five-on-five while he was on the ice. What these numbers mean

50.3Corsi for %984 attempts for, 972 against
+2.3CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.7Expected goals for %41.7 expected for, 40.6 against
-2.5xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
51.1Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
55.8Goals for %43 for, 34 against
100.7PDO7.5% shooting + 93.3% saves
183Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 583 skaters who played enough to be ranked: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile. PDO and attempts taken are left plain, since neither is good or bad on its own.

Who he played with

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Seth Jones · Zach Werenski49758:1450.951.135-20
Seth Jones · Dean Kukan25122:4552.749.13-7
Seth Jones · Vladislav Gavrikov3467:0352.352.83-3
Ryan Murray · Seth Jones1233:5345.657.20-2

The pairs he spent the most time in at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out. The two shares are coloured as above, against the league's pairs that played a fair amount together. Hover over one for its percentile.

Chances and finishing

Expected goals adds up how likely each of his shots was to go in, judged by where it came from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. All situations, leaving out shots at an empty net. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

6Goalsnot counting empty-netters
6.1Expected goalsfrom 169 unblocked attempts
-0.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.26 expected goals per 60 minutes73rd
Shot quality 3.6% chance per attempt77th
Finishing -0.1 goals above expected51stOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 229 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0246Game 20Game 40Expected 6.1Goals 6

His goals and his expected goals as the season went on. When the goals line pulls away above, he is scoring more than his chances were worth; below, less.

Where he shot from

Every attempt he took this season, in all situations, attacking the net on the right. Darker red means more attempts from that spot, and each dot is a goal. "Show every shot" switches to a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Feb 8, 2020 vs COL L 1-2 1 0 1 -1 0 4 1 23:35
Feb 7, 2020 vs DET W 2-0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 24:16
Feb 4, 2020 vs FLA W 1-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 26:13
Feb 2, 2020 @ MTL W 4-3 0 1 1 3 0 2 0 24:23
Feb 1, 2020 @ BUF L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 23:35
Jan 22, 2020 vs WPG W 4-3 1 1 2 2 0 4 0 25:14
Jan 19, 2020 @ NYR W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 4 1 25:37
Jan 18, 2020 vs NJD W 5-0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 23:59
Jan 16, 2020 vs CAR W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 24:57
Jan 14, 2020 vs BOS W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 27:00
Jan 11, 2020 @ VGK W 3-0 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 23:42
Jan 9, 2020 @ SJS L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 27:32
Jan 7, 2020 @ ANA W 4-3 0 0 0 -2 0 2 2 25:09
Jan 6, 2020 @ LAK W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 23:24
Jan 4, 2020 vs SJS L 2-3 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 25:07
Jan 2, 2020 @ BOS W 2-1 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 26:38
Dec 31, 2019 vs FLA W 4-1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 23:10
Dec 29, 2019 vs CHI L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 5 1 25:19
Dec 27, 2019 @ WSH L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 29:57
Dec 23, 2019 @ NYI W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 25:38
Dec 21, 2019 vs NJD W 5-1 0 2 2 1 0 2 1 23:14
Dec 19, 2019 vs LAK W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 2 1 2 27:21
Dec 17, 2019 @ DET W 5-3 0 2 2 3 0 6 1 25:52
Dec 16, 2019 vs WSH W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26:48
Dec 14, 2019 @ OTT L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 2 4 5 27:10
Dec 12, 2019 @ PIT L 0-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 27:20
Dec 9, 2019 @ WSH W 5-2 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 25:58
Dec 7, 2019 @ FLA L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 27:54
Dec 5, 2019 vs NYR L 2-3 1 0 1 0 0 7 1 24:16
Dec 3, 2019 vs ARI L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 26:32
Nov 30, 2019 @ NYI L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 4 27:11
Nov 29, 2019 vs PIT W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 20:55
Nov 27, 2019 vs PHI L 2-3 1 0 1 1 2 4 0 25:42
Nov 25, 2019 vs OTT W 1-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 24:16
Nov 23, 2019 @ WPG L 3-4 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0 25:22
Nov 21, 2019 vs DET W 5-4 0 2 2 -2 2 0 0 21:18
Nov 19, 2019 vs MTL W 5-2 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 23:07
Nov 15, 2019 vs STL W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 27:56
Nov 12, 2019 @ MTL L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 28:25
Nov 9, 2019 @ COL L 2-4 0 1 1 -1 0 2 1 26:39
Nov 7, 2019 @ ARI W 3-2 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 21:37
Nov 5, 2019 vs VGK L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 28:50
Nov 2, 2019 vs CGY L 0-3 0 0 0 -3 0 2 1 25:13
Nov 1, 2019 @ STL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 25:28
Oct 30, 2019 vs EDM L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 24:54
Oct 26, 2019 @ PHI L 4-7 0 1 1 -1 0 2 1 26:19
Oct 24, 2019 vs CAR W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 24:18
Oct 21, 2019 @ TOR W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 25:23
Oct 19, 2019 vs NYI L 2-3 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 5 1 25:15
Oct 18, 2019 @ CHI L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 23:35
Oct 16, 2019 vs DAL W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 23:13
Oct 12, 2019 @ CAR W 3-2 0 0 0 -2 2 2 2 20:52
Oct 11, 2019 vs ANA L 1-2 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 25:38
Oct 7, 2019 vs BUF W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 5 0 27:10
Oct 5, 2019 @ PIT L 2-7 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 26:12
Oct 4, 2019 vs TOR L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 24:03