Erik Karlsson headshot
#65
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Ratings

Percentile vs 254 d-men
CK 61 10th
FG 41 8th
DI 90 80th
SK 97 99th
ST 68 13th
EN 88 92nd
DU 95 73rd
PH 91 98th
FO 25 98th
PA 78 96th
SC 61 96th
DF 85 54th
PS 50 88th
EX 90 98th
LD 94 96th
OV 79 100th

Contract

Cap hit $8,000,000 7.7% of cap
Year 2 of 3
2025-26
2026-27
2027-28
Expiry Status
UFA
2028 age 38
Clauses

Stats

OTHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2010-11 STL 82 11 21 32 0.39 -12 28 3 8 0 85 12.9% 60
2011-12 STL 66 5 18 23 0.35 -5 52 1 3 0 63 7.9% 55
2012-13 STL 82 11 51 62 0.76 +1 41 1 6 0 147 7.5% 93
2013-14 DAL 77 13 31 44 0.57 +15 36 3 7 0 138 9.4% 78
2014-15 DAL / CGY 79 10 58 68 0.86 +26 31 1 5 0 171 5.8% 75
2015-16 CGY 73 8 25 33 0.45 -9 30 2 2 0 128 6.3% 89
2016-17 CGY 76 9 54 63 0.83 -22 78 0 6 0 146 6.2% 104
2017-18 CGY 82 6 55 61 0.74 0 42 0 4 0 153 3.9% 142
2018-19 CGY 76 7 38 45 0.59 -9 46 2 4 0 95 7.4% 109
2019-20 CGY 82 9 67 76 0.93 +18 20 0 7 0 88 10.2% 48
2020-21 CGY 78 9 59 68 0.87 +15 28 1 5 0 126 7.1% 70
2021-22 FLA / WSH 62 9 18 27 0.44 -5 24 0 3 0 108 8.3% 34
2022-23 STL 77 15 37 52 0.68 -36 20 2 6 0 159 9.4% 81
2023-24 STL 82 11 60 71 0.87 -3 30 3 6 0 135 8.1% 68
2024-25 STL 82 11 39 50 0.61 +4 18 1 7 0 97 11.3% 68
2025-26 STL 82 17 44 61 0.74 +11 28 1 12 0 122 13.9% 69
CAREER 16 yrs 1238 161 675 836 0.68 -11 552 21 91 0 -- 8.2% 1243
OTHL Playoffs
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2010-11 STL 12 0 8 8 0.67 +6 2 0 0 0 12 0.0% 1
2011-12 STL 7 0 3 3 0.43 -3 4 0 0 0 6 0.0% 9
2012-13 STL 10 0 7 7 0.70 +4 8 0 0 0 21 0.0% 7
2013-14 DAL 6 3 4 7 1.17 +1 0 0 3 0 13 23.1% 4
2017-18 CGY 5 2 2 4 0.80 -1 4 0 2 0 10 20.0% 5
2019-20 CGY 13 1 11 12 0.92 +2 6 1 1 0 20 5.0% 13
2020-21 CGY 7 1 1 2 0.29 -3 2 1 1 0 13 7.7% 8
2024-25 STL 5 0 5 5 1.00 +3 2 0 0 0 4 0.0% 5
2025-26 STL 6 1 1 2 0.33 -3 4 0 1 0 11 9.1% 2
CAREER 9 app. 71 8 42 50 0.70 +6 32 2 8 0 -- 7.3% 54
2026-27 · no games in this range

No games logged in this range.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PiM GW PPG PPP S TOI
2025-26 PIT 75 15 51 66 8 22 0 4 26 176 23:36
On Pace - 82 16 56 72 9 24 0 4 28 192 -
NHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG PPP S% TOI
2009-10 OTT 60 5 21 26 0.43 -5 24 0 1 10 4.5% 20:07
2010-11 OTT 75 13 32 45 0.60 -30 50 4 4 21 7.1% 23:31
2011-12 OTT 81 19 59 78 0.96 16 42 5 3 28 7.3% 25:19
2012-13 OTT 17 6 8 14 0.82 8 8 2 2 4 7.6% 27:09
2013-14 OTT 82 20 54 74 0.90 -15 36 1 5 31 7.8% 27:04
2014-15 OTT 82 21 45 66 0.80 7 42 3 6 30 7.2% 27:15
2015-16 OTT 82 16 66 82 1.00 -2 50 3 1 26 6.5% 28:58
2016-17 OTT 77 17 54 71 0.92 10 28 5 4 27 7.8% 26:50
2017-18 OTT 71 9 53 62 0.87 -25 36 2 3 18 4.6% 26:44
2018-19 SJS 53 3 42 45 0.85 6 22 1 2 20 1.8% 24:29
2019-20 SJS 56 6 34 40 0.71 -15 16 0 1 13 5.0% 24:31
2020-21 SJS 52 8 14 22 0.42 -18 18 1 3 8 7.3% 23:36
2021-22 SJS 50 10 25 35 0.70 -14 14 2 0 10 8.5% 23:28
2022-23 SJS 82 25 76 101 1.23 -26 36 4 5 27 12.0% 25:37
2023-24 PIT 82 11 45 56 0.68 4 44 4 2 17 5.2% 24:16
2024-25 PIT 82 11 42 53 0.65 -24 20 1 2 15 5.8% 23:14
2025-26 PIT 75 15 51 66 0.88 8 22 0 4 26 8.5% 23:36
Career NHL 1159 215 721 936 0.81 -115 508 38 48 331 6.8% -

Trophy Case

Norris Norris
as Defenseman of the Year

History

Overall, season by season

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

OV Defensemen, 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
2010-11 20 D STL 58 40 84 77 49 - 82 75 40 77 67 65 - 51 51 64
2011-12 21 D STL 60 40 74 82 60 88 95 82 40 88 71 67 73 58 58 72
2012-13 22 D STL 52 36 75 88 66 94 94 79 30 80 74 70 75 56 61 72
2013-14 23 D DAL 51 36 79 78 65 96 65 74 30 68 73 77 70 58 61 69
2014-15 24 D CGY 57 37 82 85 66 98 87 76 30 73 72 76 75 60 61 72
2015-16 25 D CGY 56 36 81 89 66 98 95 75 30 72 73 74 74 62 61 73
2016-17 26 D CGY 75 43 82 97 67 97 99 99 25 89 65 77 56 71 73 79
2017-18 27 D CGY 73 43 88 95 67 97 97 90 25 85 62 85 75 73 75 79
2018-19 28 D CGY 71 42 85 96 67 97 91 91 25 87 54 77 58 75 77 77
2019-20 29 D CGY 71 43 87 93 70 91 79 88 44 89 48 73 61 76 78 74
2020-21 30 D CGY 65 42 90 93 70 91 72 85 25 79 51 83 58 78 81 75
2021-22 31 D WSH 63 41 89 92 70 88 83 83 25 61 58 75 67 79 82 73
2022-23 32 D STL 63 41 90 87 70 88 77 84 25 72 61 84 63 81 81 74
2023-24 33 D STL 63 41 86 87 70 95 83 91 25 84 69 72 59 83 83 75
2024-25 34 D STL 64 41 85 89 69 92 91 91 25 78 61 71 58 86 86 74
2025-26 35 D STL 63 41 91 94 68 87 99 77 25 72 54 75 50 88 92 75
2026-27 36 D STL 61 41 90 97 68 88 95 91 25 78 61 85 50 90 94 79
Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2010-11 20 D STL 58 40 84 77 49 - 82 75 40 77 67 65 - 51 51 64
2011-12 21 D STL +2 · −10 +5 +11 88 +13 +7 · +11 +4 +2 73 +7 +7 +8
2012-13 22 D STL −8 −4 +1 +6 +6 +6 −1 −3 −10 −8 +3 +3 +2 −2 +3 ·
2013-14 23 D DAL −1 · +4 −10 −1 +2 −29 −5 · −12 −1 +7 −5 +2 · −3
2014-15 24 D CGY +6 +1 +3 +7 +1 +2 +22 +2 · +5 −1 −1 +5 +2 · +3
2015-16 25 D CGY −1 −1 −1 +4 · · +8 −1 · −1 +1 −2 −1 +2 · +1
2016-17 26 D CGY +19 +7 +1 +8 +1 −1 +4 +24 −5 +17 −8 +3 −18 +9 +12 +6
2017-18 27 D CGY −2 · +6 −2 · · −2 −9 · −4 −3 +8 +19 +2 +2 ·
2018-19 28 D CGY −2 −1 −3 +1 · · −6 +1 · +2 −8 −8 −17 +2 +2 −2
2019-20 29 D CGY · +1 +2 −3 +3 −6 −12 −3 +19 +2 −6 −4 +3 +1 +1 −3
2020-21 30 D CGY −6 −1 +3 · · · −7 −3 −19 −10 +3 +10 −3 +2 +3 +1
2021-22 31 D WSH −2 −1 −1 −1 · −3 +11 −2 · −18 +7 −8 +9 +1 +1 −2
2022-23 32 D STL · · +1 −5 · · −6 +1 · +11 +3 +9 −4 +2 −1 +1
2023-24 33 D STL · · −4 · · +7 +6 +7 · +12 +8 −12 −4 +2 +2 +1
2024-25 34 D STL +1 · −1 +2 −1 −3 +8 · · −6 −8 −1 −1 +3 +3 −1
2025-26 35 D STL −1 · +6 +5 −1 −5 +8 −14 · −6 −7 +4 −8 +2 +6 +1
2026-27 36 D STL −2 · −1 +3 · +1 −4 +14 · +6 +7 +10 · +2 +2 +4
Starting Team Salary Length Cap % Age Status
2010-11 STL $800,000 3 yr 1.3% 20 ELC Rookie
2013-14 DAL $6,400,000 2 yr 10.0% 23 RFA
2015-16 CGY $6,750,000 2 yr 9.5% 25 RFA
2017-18 CGY $9,200,000 5 yr 12.3% 27 RFA
2022-23 STL $7,000,000 3 yr 8.5% 32 UFA
2025-26 STL $8,000,000 3 yr 8.4% 35 UFA CURRENT
2010-11
Jul 16 2010
2010-11
to BLUES
2013-14
Oct 29 2013
2013-14
to STARS
2014-15
Dec 25 2014
2014-15
to FLAMES
2021-22
Aug 24 2021
2021-22
to PANTHERS
  • Erik Karlsson 73
to KRAKEN
Mar 11 2022
2021-22
to CAPITALS
  • Erik Karlsson 73
to PANTHERS

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