Career profile Last roster: 2021-22 SJS
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Joe Thornton

C · ONT
+ 8 other teams
Status
Retired 4 yrs ago
Career
2004–2022 (18 yrs)
Age
47 (43 in 2022)
Vitals
6'4" · 220 lb
Drafted
Undrafted

Stats

OTHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2004-05 BOS 82 32 51 83 1.01 +28 155 7 6 2 248 12.9% 204
2005-06 FLA 79 27 50 77 0.97 +13 120 6 7 1 243 11.1% 156
2006-07 FLA 77 25 51 76 0.99 +11 103 3 7 0 201 12.4% 176
2007-08 FLA 82 26 75 101 1.23 +26 89 3 5 1 234 11.1% 140
2008-09 FLA 81 26 45 71 0.88 +19 24 3 7 1 249 10.4% 56
2009-10 FLA 82 38 43 81 0.99 0 74 7 14 1 213 17.8% 72
2010-11 SJS 82 37 55 92 1.12 +24 70 8 12 0 229 16.2% 101
2011-12 SJS 82 28 61 89 1.09 -15 67 5 12 0 283 9.9% 158
2012-13 SJS 81 28 50 78 0.96 +12 34 6 4 1 256 10.9% 67
2013-14 PIT 82 19 37 56 0.68 -11 14 1 7 0 212 9.0% 60
2014-15 PIT / ANH 79 20 46 66 0.84 +27 24 4 4 0 148 13.5% 73
2015-16 ANH / SJS 84 21 41 62 0.74 -7 32 4 7 0 165 12.7% 75
2016-17 SJS 82 23 44 67 0.82 +25 28 1 9 0 186 12.4% 55
2017-18 SJS / MTL / PIT 77 16 25 41 0.53 -12 43 3 1 0 145 11.0% 95
2018-19 PIT 76 30 33 63 0.83 -10 17 3 5 0 228 13.2% 64
2019-20 PIT / PHL / TBL 78 17 27 44 0.56 +3 4 3 0 0 156 10.9% 14
2020-21 LAK 80 12 16 28 0.35 +1 12 3 0 0 90 13.3% 24
2021-22 SJS 81 5 10 15 0.19 -15 2 1 2 0 61 8.2% 30
CAREER 18 yrs 1447 430 760 1190 0.82 +119 912 71 109 7 -- 12.1% 1620
OTHL Playoffs
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2004-05 BOS 4 1 5 6 1.50 +5 18 0 0 0 5 20.0% 10
2005-06 FLA 11 2 8 10 0.91 +4 26 0 1 0 33 6.1% 28
2006-07 FLA 16 7 13 20 1.25 +3 22 1 0 0 55 12.7% 52
2007-08 FLA 11 5 7 12 1.09 -4 20 1 0 0 29 17.2% 22
2009-10 FLA 5 2 5 7 1.40 +4 0 0 1 0 12 16.7% 7
2010-11 SJS 21 10 11 21 1.00 +4 25 1 2 0 65 15.4% 26
2012-13 SJS 24 5 21 26 1.08 +5 4 1 3 0 50 10.0% 16
2014-15 ANH 6 1 3 4 0.67 -2 2 0 0 0 15 6.7% 9
2015-16 SJS 7 2 0 2 0.29 -2 2 1 0 0 13 15.4% 3
2016-17 SJS 4 0 3 3 0.75 -3 0 0 0 0 8 0.0% 6
2019-20 TBL 6 1 3 4 0.67 0 0 0 0 0 11 9.1% 4
CAREER 11 app. 115 36 79 115 1.00 +14 119 5 7 0 -- 12.2% 183
NHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG PPP S% TOI
1997-98 BOS 55 3 4 7 0.13 -6 19 1 0 1 9.1% 8:05
1998-99 BOS 81 16 25 41 0.51 3 69 1 7 15 12.5% 15:21
1999-00 BOS 81 23 37 60 0.74 -5 82 3 5 13 13.5% 21:18
2000-01 BOS 72 37 34 71 0.99 -4 107 5 19 26 20.4% 21:45
2001-02 BOS 66 22 46 68 1.03 7 127 5 6 22 14.5% 19:59
2002-03 BOS 77 36 65 101 1.31 12 109 4 12 34 18.4% 22:33
2003-04 BOS 77 23 50 73 0.95 18 98 6 4 16 12.3% 21:38
2005-06 BOS 23 9 24 33 1.43 0 6 2 3 11 15.0% 21:33
2005-06 SJS 58 20 72 92 1.59 31 55 4 8 40 14.8% 21:15
2006-07 SJS 82 22 92 114 1.39 24 44 5 10 54 10.3% 20:19
2007-08 SJS 82 29 67 96 1.17 18 59 5 11 37 16.3% 21:24
2008-09 SJS 82 25 61 86 1.05 16 56 3 11 35 18.0% 19:28
2009-10 SJS 79 20 69 89 1.13 17 54 2 4 29 14.2% 19:51
2010-11 SJS 80 21 49 70 0.88 4 47 3 9 33 14.1% 19:52
2011-12 SJS 82 18 59 77 0.94 17 31 2 4 23 11.5% 20:28
2012-13 SJS 48 7 33 40 0.83 6 26 1 2 21 8.2% 18:23
2013-14 SJS 82 11 65 76 0.93 20 32 3 2 19 9.0% 18:56
2014-15 SJS 78 16 49 65 0.83 -4 30 0 4 22 12.2% 18:25
2015-16 SJS 82 19 63 82 1.00 25 54 6 8 29 15.7% 18:22
2016-17 SJS 79 7 43 50 0.63 7 51 0 1 19 8.6% 18:04
2017-18 SJS 47 13 23 36 0.77 -9 38 1 7 18 17.3% 18:21
2018-19 SJS 73 16 35 51 0.70 8 20 4 3 15 17.8% 15:33
2019-20 SJS 70 7 24 31 0.44 -19 34 1 3 8 9.2% 15:30
2020-21 TOR 44 5 15 20 0.45 6 14 0 0 5 11.9% 13:43
2021-22 FLA 34 5 5 10 0.29 -10 10 1 3 3 19.2% 11:06
Career NHL 1714 430 1109 1539 0.90 182 1272 68 146 548 14.0% -

History

Overall, season by season

Above the band is elite. Inside it, above average. Below it, below average.

OV Forwards, average to top 10%

Attributes

Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2004-05 25 C BOS - - 66 72 78 86 89 - - 88 75 73 - 66 71 83
2005-06 26 C FLA - - 64 72 78 85 84 - - 94 74 74 - 68 74 83
2006-07 27 C FLA - - 70 72 78 94 87 - - 96 74 72 - 72 78 84
2007-08 28 C FLA - - 70 72 78 94 89 - - 98 72 68 - 74 80 83
2008-09 29 C FLA 60 52 80 83 92 - 93 85 90 93 84 66 - 81 93 -
2009-10 30 C FLA 76 44 78 84 92 - 91 94 89 98 76 69 - 83 95 81
2010-11 31 C SJS 77 44 72 84 92 - 91 94 91 98 73 72 - 85 97 81
2011-12 32 C SJS 67 44 81 77 85 89 95 89 89 92 73 75 71 83 85 78
2012-13 33 C SJS 53 38 81 79 86 94 97 80 87 93 67 69 70 78 85 75
2013-14 34 C PIT 52 44 80 78 85 84 95 79 91 93 64 65 67 80 91 74
2014-15 35 C ANH 54 38 79 78 84 84 96 80 89 97 62 63 82 82 93 74
2015-16 36 C SJS 53 36 78 78 84 81 92 77 91 94 66 60 69 84 94 73
2016-17 37 C SJS 67 43 81 74 83 71 97 94 86 98 74 61 63 96 99 77
2017-18 38 C PIT 69 44 81 74 83 78 98 82 84 87 59 67 25 98 99 73
2018-19 39 C PIT 69 74 77 72 84 79 80 92 85 84 79 57 63 99 99 74
2019-20 40 C TBL 59 42 91 72 83 70 77 76 86 84 73 56 63 99 99 71
2020-21 41 C LAK 61 42 85 72 83 70 89 78 80 77 59 59 63 99 99 69
2021-22 42 C SJS 69 44 89 72 83 65 84 75 60 77 60 51 63 99 99 68
Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2004-05 25 C BOS - - 66 72 78 86 89 - - 88 75 73 - 66 71 83
2005-06 26 C FLA - - −2 · · −1 −5 - - +6 −1 +1 - +2 +3 ·
2006-07 27 C FLA - - +6 · · +9 +3 - - +2 · −2 - +4 +4 +1
2007-08 28 C FLA - - · · · · +2 - - +2 −2 −4 - +2 +2 −1
2008-09 29 C FLA 60 52 +10 +11 +14 - +4 85 90 −5 +12 −2 - +7 +13 -
2009-10 30 C FLA +16 −8 −2 +1 · - −2 +9 −1 +5 −8 +3 - +2 +2 81
2010-11 31 C SJS +1 · −6 · · - · · +2 · −3 +3 - +2 +2 ·
2011-12 32 C SJS −10 · +9 −7 −7 89 +4 −5 −2 −6 · +3 71 −2 −12 −3
2012-13 33 C SJS −14 −6 · +2 +1 +5 +2 −9 −2 +1 −6 −6 −1 −5 · −3
2013-14 34 C PIT −1 +6 −1 −1 −1 −10 −2 −1 +4 · −3 −4 −3 +2 +6 −1
2014-15 35 C ANH +2 −6 −1 · −1 · +1 +1 −2 +4 −2 −2 +15 +2 +2 ·
2015-16 36 C SJS −1 −2 −1 · · −3 −4 −3 +2 −3 +4 −3 −13 +2 +1 −1
2016-17 37 C SJS +14 +7 +3 −4 −1 −10 +5 +17 −5 +4 +8 +1 −6 +12 +5 +4
2017-18 38 C PIT +2 +1 · · · +7 +1 −12 −2 −11 −15 +6 −38 +2 · −4
2018-19 39 C PIT · +30 −4 −2 +1 +1 −18 +10 +1 −3 +20 −10 +38 +1 · +1
2019-20 40 C TBL −10 −32 +14 · −1 −9 −3 −16 +1 · −6 −1 · · · −3
2020-21 41 C LAK +2 · −6 · · · +12 +2 −6 −7 −14 +3 · · · −2
2021-22 42 C SJS +8 +2 +4 · · −5 −5 −3 −20 · +1 −8 · · · −1
Starting Team Salary Length Cap % Age Status
2004-05 BOS $5,500,000 2 yr 11.0% 25 RFA
2005-06 FLA $4,565,000 1 yr 9.1% 26 RFA
2006-07 FLA $5,405,000 3 yr 13.9% 27 RFA
2008-09 FLA $8,500,000 5 yr 15.0% 29 UFA
2012-13 SJS $12,750,000 1 yr 18.2% 33 UFA
2013-14 PIT $8,000,000 5 yr 12.4% 34 UFA
2018-19 PIT $8,500,000 1 yr 10.7% 39 UFA
2019-20 PIT $4,500,000 1 yr 5.5% 40 UFA
2020-21 LAK $1,000,000 1 yr 1.2% 41 UFA
2021-22 SJS $1,450,000 1 yr 1.8% 42 UFA
2005-06
Feb 17 2006
2005-06
to PANTHERS
2010-11
Jul 16 2010
2010-11
to CANUCKS
Aug 17 2010
2010-11
to SHARKS
2013-14
Aug 9 2013
2013-14
to BLUE JACKETS
to SHARKS
2014-15
Nov 13 2014
2014-15
to DUCKS
to PENGUINS
2015-16
Feb 29 2016
2015-16
to SHARKS
  • Joe Thornton 73
2017-18
Feb 10 2018
2017-18
to CANADIENS
  • Joe Thornton 73
Mar 11 2018
2017-18
to PENGUINS
to CANADIENS
2019-20
Feb 17 2020
2019-20
to FLYERS
  • Joe Thornton 71
Mar 15 2020
2019-20
to LIGHTNING
to FLYERS

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