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Ron Francis

Position: C
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-3    Weight: 200 lbs.
Born: March 1, 1963 in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario

Inducted into Hockey Hall of Fame as Player in 2007

Drafted by the Hartford Whalers in the 1st round (4th overall) of the 1981 NHL Entry Draft.

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 12, 2012, 8:47AM
All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #44. Larry Murphy… #44. Henri Richard… #46. RON FRANCIS… #46. Jari Kurri… #46. Joe Nieuwendyk… #46. Jeremy Roenick… #46. Luc Robitaille… 

NHL Standard

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1981-82 18 HAR NHL 59 25 43 68 25 -13 51 13 12 0 1 163 15.3
1982-83 19 HAR NHL 79 31 59 90 33 -25 60 25 4 2 4 212 14.6
1983-84 20 HAR NHL 72 23 60 83 29 -10 45 18 5 0 5 202 11.4
1984-85 21 HAR NHL 80 24 57 81 29 -23 66 20 4 0 1 195 12.3
1985-86 22 HAR NHL 53 24 53 77 28 8 24 16 7 1 4 120 20.0
1986-87 23 HAR NHL 75 30 63 93 34 10 45 23 7 0 7 189 15.9
1987-88 24 HAR NHL 80 25 50 75 27 -8 87 13 11 1 3 172 14.5
1988-89 25 HAR NHL 69 29 48 77 29 4 36 21 8 0 4 156 18.6
1989-90 26 HAR NHL 80 32 69 101 36 13 73 16 15 1 5 170 18.8
1990-91 27 TOT NHL 81 23 64 87 30 -2 72 12 10 1 7 174 13.2
1990-91 27 HAR NHL 67 21 55 76 26 -2 51 10 10 1 6 149 14.1
1990-91 27 PIT NHL 14 2 9 11 3 0 21 2 0 0 1 25 8.0
1991-92 28 PIT NHL 70 21 33 54 20 -7 30 15 5 1 2 121 17.4
1992-93 29 PIT NHL 84 24 76 100 33 6 68 13 9 2 4 215 11.2
1993-94 30 PIT NHL 82 27 66 93 32 -3 62 19 8 0 2 216 12.5
1994-95 31 PIT NHL 44 11 48 59 19 30 18 8 3 0 1 94 11.7
1995-96 32 PIT NHL 77 27 92 119 39 25 56 14 12 1 4 158 17.1
1996-97 33 PIT NHL 81 27 63 90 31 7 20 16 10 1 2 183 14.8
1997-98 34 PIT NHL 81 25 62 87 30 12 20 18 7 0 5 189 13.2
1998-99 35 CAR NHL 82 21 31 52 20 -2 34 13 8 0 2 133 15.8 1797 21:55
1999-00 36 CAR NHL 78 23 50 73 26 10 18 16 7 0 4 150 15.3 1714 21:58
2000-01 37 CAR NHL 82 15 50 65 21 -15 32 8 7 0 4 130 11.5 1661 20:15
2001-02 38 CAR NHL 80 27 50 77 28 4 18 13 14 0 5 165 16.4 1655 20:41
2002-03 39 CAR NHL 82 22 35 57 22 -22 30 13 8 1 1 156 14.1 1635 19:56
2003-04 40 TOT NHL 80 13 27 40 14 -9 14 6 7 0 2 91 14.3 1266 15:49
2003-04 40 CAR NHL 68 10 20 30 11 -12 14 5 5 0 1 79 12.7 1101 16:12
2003-04 40 TOR NHL 12 3 7 10 3 3 0 1 2 0 1 12 25.0 165 13:44
Career NHL 1731 549 1249 1798 635 -10 979 349 188 12 79 3754 14.6 9728 20:06

NHL Miscellaneous

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Per Game Adjusted Plus/Minus Point Shares
Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC PIM S G A PTS GC TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- OPS DPS PS
1981-82 18 HAR NHL 59 0.42 0.73 1.15 0.43 0.86 2.76 18 31 49 18 91 38 93 27 -13 3.9 0.7 4.6
1982-83 19 HAR NHL 79 0.39 0.75 1.14 0.42 0.76 2.68 25 48 73 27 114 33 129 23 -25 5.5 0.7 6.1
1983-84 20 HAR NHL 72 0.32 0.83 1.15 0.40 0.63 2.81 18 48 66 23 119 59 78 8 -10 4.5 0.9 5.4
1984-85 21 HAR NHL 80 0.30 0.71 1.01 0.36 0.83 2.44 19 45 64 23 129 63 95 6 -23 4.2 0.7 5.0
1985-86 22 HAR NHL 53 0.45 1.00 1.45 0.52 0.45 2.26 19 42 61 22 113 48 64 7 8 4.9 0.9 5.8
1986-87 23 HAR NHL 75 0.40 0.84 1.24 0.45 0.60 2.52 25 54 79 28 140 61 70 1 10 6.4 1.3 7.7
1987-88 24 HAR NHL 80 0.31 0.63 0.94 0.34 1.09 2.15 21 42 63 23 104 51 71 10 -8 4.3 1.3 5.6
1988-89 25 HAR NHL 69 0.42 0.70 1.12 0.42 0.52 2.26 24 40 64 24 116 49 83 20 4 5.2 1.1 6.3
1989-90 26 HAR NHL 80 0.40 0.86 1.26 0.45 0.91 2.13 27 58 85 31 137 61 77 14 13 6.6 1.6 8.2
1990-91 27 TOT NHL 81 0.28 0.79 1.07 0.36 0.89 2.15 21 57 78 27 119 46 87 12 -2 5.5 1.2 6.6
1990-91 27 HAR NHL 67 0.31 0.82 1.13 0.39 0.76 2.22 19 49 68 24 97 40 70 11 -2 5.0 1.0 6.0
1990-91 27 PIT NHL 14 0.14 0.64 0.79 0.25 1.50 1.79 2 8 10 3 22 6 17 1 0 0.5 0.1 0.6
1991-92 28 PIT NHL 70 0.30 0.47 0.77 0.29 0.43 1.73 19 29 48 18 107 44 89 19 -7 3.1 0.4 3.5
1992-93 29 PIT NHL 84 0.29 0.90 1.19 0.40 0.81 2.56 19 61 80 27 156 84 96 30 6 6.0 1.1 7.0
1993-94 30 PIT NHL 82 0.33 0.80 1.13 0.39 0.76 2.63 24 60 84 29 134 60 111 34 -3 6.8 0.8 7.5
1994-95 31 PIT NHL 44 0.25 1.09 1.34 0.42 0.41 2.14 19 83 102 33 77 25 43 21 30 4.6 1.2 5.8
1995-96 32 PIT NHL 77 0.35 1.19 1.55 0.50 0.73 2.05 26 89 115 38 189 92 101 29 25 9.3 1.3 10.5
1996-97 33 PIT NHL 81 0.33 0.78 1.11 0.39 0.25 2.26 28 66 94 33 141 50 110 26 7 7.6 1.0 8.6
1997-98 34 PIT NHL 81 0.31 0.77 1.07 0.37 0.25 2.33 29 71 100 35 126 50 73 9 12 8.2 1.6 9.8
1998-99 35 CAR NHL 82 0.26 0.38 0.63 0.24 0.41 1.62 24 35 59 23 78 29 67 16 -2 2.8 1.7 4.6
1999-00 36 CAR NHL 78 0.29 0.64 0.94 0.33 0.23 1.92 25 54 79 28 104 43 59 8 10 5.2 2.7 7.8
2000-01 37 CAR NHL 82 0.18 0.61 0.79 0.26 0.39 1.59 16 53 69 23 93 47 71 10 -15 3.5 1.8 5.3
2001-02 38 CAR NHL 80 0.34 0.63 0.96 0.35 0.23 2.06 31 57 88 32 107 51 58 6 4 6.7 2.1 8.7
2002-03 39 CAR NHL 82 0.27 0.43 0.70 0.26 0.37 1.90 25 39 64 24 83 38 80 13 -22 4.0 1.3 5.4
2003-04 40 TOT NHL 80 0.16 0.34 0.50 0.18 0.18 1.14 16 31 47 17 58 30 38 1 -9 2.5 1.2 3.6
2003-04 40 CAR NHL 68 0.15 0.29 0.44 0.16 0.21 1.16 12 23 35 13 44 23 34 1 -12 1.5 0.9 2.4
2003-04 40 TOR NHL 12 0.25 0.58 0.83 0.29 0.00 1.00 4 8 12 4 14 7 4 0 3 1.0 0.3 1.3
Career NHL 1731 0.32 0.72 1.04 0.37 0.57 2.17 518 1193 1711 608 2635 1152 1843 350 -10 121.0 28.4 149.5

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1985-86 22 HAR NHL 10 1 2 3 -1 4 1 0 0 0 27 3.7
1986-87 23 HAR NHL 6 2 2 4 -1 6 1 1 0 0 15 13.3
1987-88 24 HAR NHL 6 2 5 7 5 2 1 1 0 0 8 25.0
1988-89 25 HAR NHL 4 0 2 2 -2 0 0 0 0 0 10 0.0
1989-90 26 HAR NHL 7 3 3 6 2 8 2 1 0 0 21 14.3
1990-91 27 PIT NHL SC 24 7 10 17 13 24 7 0 0 4 48 14.6
1991-92 28 PIT NHL SC 21 8 19 27 8 6 6 2 0 2 58 13.8
1992-93 29 PIT NHL 12 6 11 17 5 19 5 1 0 1 26 23.1
1993-94 30 PIT NHL 6 0 2 2 -2 6 0 0 0 0 9 0.0
1994-95 31 PIT NHL 12 6 13 19 3 4 4 2 0 0 30 20.0
1995-96 32 PIT NHL 11 3 6 9 3 4 1 2 0 1 23 13.0
1996-97 33 PIT NHL 5 1 2 3 -7 2 0 1 0 0 6 16.7
1997-98 34 PIT NHL 6 1 5 6 5 2 1 0 0 0 19 5.3
1998-99 35 CAR NHL 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.0 49 16:27
2000-01 37 CAR NHL 3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.0 40 13:21
2001-02 38 CAR NHL 23 6 10 16 -2 6 2 4 0 3 51 11.8 484 21:03
2003-04 40 TOR NHL 12 0 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 14 0.0 186 15:28
Career NHL 2 171 46 97 143 28 95 31 15 0 11 374 12.3 759 18:31

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1979-80 16 Sault Ste. Marie Legion NOHA 45 57 92 149
1980-81 17 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds OMJHL 64 26 43 69 33
1981-82 18 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds OHL 25 18 30 48 46
1984-85 21 Canada WEC-A 10 2 5 7 2
Career 1 Season NOHA 45 57 92 149
Career 1 Season OHL 25 18 30 48 46
Career 1 Season OMJHL 64 26 43 69 33
Career 1 Season WEC-A 10 2 5 7 2

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1980-81 17 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds OMJHL 19 7 8 15 34
Career 1 Season OMJHL 19 7 8 15 34

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 23 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
Ron Francis 10.5 9.8 8.7 8.6 8.2 7.8 7.7 7.5 7.0 6.6 6.3 6.1 5.8 5.8 5.6 5.4 5.4 5.3 5.0 4.6 4.6 3.6 3.5
Joe Nieuwendyk 94.0 10.0 9.0 8.7 8.4 8.3 8.2 7.5 6.8 6.7 6.5 6.4 5.9 5.5 5.5 5.0 4.1 3.9 2.2 0.8 0.6
Mark Recchi 93.9 11.0 10.7 9.7 9.5 9.4 8.9 8.7 8.1 8.0 7.8 6.6 6.4 5.6 5.5 5.1 4.8 4.8 4.6 4.4 4.3 3.8 -0.3
Stan Mikita 92.1 10.7 10.2 10.2 9.9 9.4 9.2 8.1 8.0 7.9 7.8 7.8 7.2 6.6 6.4 5.0 4.6 4.5 4.1 4.1 1.4 0.3 0.0
Jeremy Roenick 91.5 11.3 11.1 10.2 9.9 9.1 8.5 8.0 8.0 7.6 7.2 6.9 6.2 5.4 4.7 3.5 3.4 1.6 1.5 0.9 0.9
Adam Oates 91.2 12.2 10.5 9.6 8.9 7.9 7.6 7.6 6.9 6.6 6.5 6.3 5.2 5.0 4.5 3.9 3.8 2.9 0.6 0.5
Mike Modano 91.0 10.7 10.7 10.2 10.2 9.7 9.7 9.6 8.4 8.0 7.9 7.4 6.6 5.7 5.5 5.5 5.4 3.4 3.3 3.1 3.0 0.9
Frank Mahovlich 90.6 11.8 10.7 10.4 9.7 8.5 8.4 7.9 7.8 7.4 6.3 6.1 5.8 5.4 4.9 3.9 3.4 3.3 0.1
Mark Messier 90.3 11.3 11.3 9.9 9.6 9.0 8.9 8.8 8.1 8.0 7.1 7.0 6.8 6.7 6.0 5.4 5.2 5.0 4.3 3.9 3.8 3.7 1.6 0.9
Doug Gilmour 90.2 11.0 10.4 9.0 7.9 7.6 7.4 7.2 7.1 6.9 6.8 6.4 5.7 4.1 3.5 3.5 3.3 3.1 2.8 2.8 2.4
Dale Hawerchuk 89.9 11.1 10.0 9.1 8.9 7.9 7.8 7.8 7.2 7.1 7.0 7.0 5.8 5.5 5.4 3.2 1.4
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Ron Francis 10.5 9.8 8.7 8.6 8.2 7.8 7.7 7.5 7.0 6.6 6.3 6.1 5.8 5.8 5.6 5.4 5.4 5.3 5.0 4.6 4.6 3.6 3.5
Joe Nieuwendyk 94.0 10.0 9.0 8.7 8.4 8.3 8.2 7.5 6.8 6.7 6.5 6.4 5.9 5.5 5.5 5.0 4.1 3.9 2.2 0.8 0.6
Mark Recchi 93.9 11.0 10.7 9.7 9.5 9.4 8.9 8.7 8.1 8.0 7.8 6.6 6.4 5.6 5.5 5.1 4.8 4.8 4.6 4.4 4.3 3.8 -0.3
Stan Mikita 92.1 10.7 10.2 10.2 9.9 9.4 9.2 8.1 8.0 7.9 7.8 7.8 7.2 6.6 6.4 5.0 4.6 4.5 4.1 4.1 1.4 0.3 0.0
Jeremy Roenick 91.5 11.3 11.1 10.2 9.9 9.1 8.5 8.0 8.0 7.6 7.2 6.9 6.2 5.4 4.7 3.5 3.4 1.6 1.5 0.9 0.9
Adam Oates 91.2 12.2 10.5 9.6 8.9 7.9 7.6 7.6 6.9 6.6 6.5 6.3 5.2 5.0 4.5 3.9 3.8 2.9 0.6 0.5
Mike Modano 91.0 10.7 10.7 10.2 10.2 9.7 9.7 9.6 8.4 8.0 7.9 7.4 6.6 5.7 5.5 5.5 5.4 3.4 3.3 3.1 3.0 0.9
Frank Mahovlich 90.6 11.8 10.7 10.4 9.7 8.5 8.4 7.9 7.8 7.4 6.3 6.1 5.8 5.4 4.9 3.9 3.4 3.3 0.1
Mark Messier 90.4 11.3 11.3 9.9 9.6 9.0 8.9 8.8 8.1 8.0 7.1 7.0 6.8 6.7 6.0 5.4 5.2 5.0 4.5 4.3 3.9 3.8 3.7 3.7 1.6 0.9
Doug Gilmour 90.2 11.0 10.4 9.0 7.9 7.6 7.4 7.2 7.1 6.9 6.8 6.4 5.7 4.1 3.5 3.5 3.3 3.1 2.8 2.8 2.4
Dale Hawerchuk 89.9 11.1 10.0 9.1 8.9 7.9 7.8 7.8 7.2 7.1 7.0 7.0 5.8 5.5 5.4 3.2 1.4

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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All-Star Games

1983 NHL
1985 NHL
1990 NHL
1996 NHL

Awards

1994-95 NHL Frank J. Selke Trophy
1994-95 NHL Lady Byng Memorial Trophy
1997-98 NHL Lady Byng Memorial Trophy
2001-02 NHL King Clancy Memorial Trophy
2001-02 NHL Lady Byng Memorial Trophy

Championships

(Minimum 1 playoff game)

1991 Pittsburgh Penguins (NHL)
1992 Pittsburgh Penguins (NHL)

Games Played

1984-85 NHL 80 (1)
 1987-88 NHL 80 (1)
 1989-90 NHL 80 (1)
 1990-91 NHL 81 (2)
1992-93 NHL 84 (2)
1998-99 NHL 82 (2)
2000-01 NHL 82 (3)
2002-03 NHL 82 (4)
Career NHL 1731 (3)

Goals

Career NHL 549 (26)

Assists

1982-83 NHL 59 (10)
1986-87 NHL 63 (5)
1989-90 NHL 69 (7)
1990-91 NHL 64 (10)
1992-93 NHL 76 (9)
1993-94 NHL 66 (9)
1994-95 NHL 48 (1)
 1995-96 NHL 92 (1)
 1996-97 NHL 63 (3)
1997-98 NHL 62 (4)
1999-00 NHL 50 (10)
2001-02 NHL 50 (4)
Career NHL 1249 (2)

Points

1994-95 NHL 59 (5)
1995-96 NHL 119 (4)
1996-97 NHL 90 (8)
1997-98 NHL 87 (5)
2001-02 NHL 77 (9)
Career NHL 1798 (4)

Goals Created

1997-98 NHL 29.8 (10)
Career NHL 634.6 (7)

Plus/Minus

1994-95 NHL 30 (1)

Even Strength Goals

Career NHL 349 (25)

Power Play Goals

2001-02 NHL 14 (6)
Career NHL 188 (19)

Game-Winning Goals

1986-87 NHL 7 (6)
1990-91 NHL 7 (8)
Career NHL 79 (24)

Shots

Career NHL 3754 (27)

Assists Per Game

1985-86 NHL 1.00 (5)
1986-87 NHL 0.84 (6)
1989-90 NHL 0.86 (9)
1994-95 NHL 1.09 (1)
 1995-96 NHL 1.19 (2)
1996-97 NHL 0.78 (8)
1997-98 NHL 0.77 (5)
Career NHL 0.72 (20)

Points Per Game

1985-86 NHL 1.45 (7)
1994-95 NHL 1.34 (4)
1995-96 NHL 1.55 (4)
1997-98 NHL 1.07 (10)
Career NHL 1.04 (40)

Goals Created Per Game

Career NHL 0.37 (87)

Adjusted Goals

Career NHL 518 (31)

Adjusted Assists

1982-83 NHL 48 (10)
1986-87 NHL 54 (4)
1989-90 NHL 58 (7)
1990-91 NHL 57 (10)
1992-93 NHL 61 (9)
1993-94 NHL 60 (9)
1994-95 NHL 83 (1)
 1995-96 NHL 89 (1)
 1996-97 NHL 66 (3)
1997-98 NHL 71 (4)
1999-00 NHL 54 (10)
2001-02 NHL 57 (4)
Career NHL 1193 (3)

Adjusted Points

1994-95 NHL 102 (5)
1995-96 NHL 115 (3)
1996-97 NHL 94 (8)
1997-98 NHL 100 (5)
2001-02 NHL 88 (9)
Career NHL 1711 (5)

Adjusted Goals Created

1995-96 NHL 38.5 (9)
1997-98 NHL 35.2 (9)
Career NHL 607.9 (7)

Total Goals On-Ice For

1995-96 NHL 189 (3)
1996-97 NHL 141 (5)
1997-98 NHL 126 (1)
 Career NHL 2635 (6)

Power Play Goals On-Ice For

1984-85 NHL 63 (2)
1986-87 NHL 61 (4)
1992-93 NHL 84 (6)
1995-96 NHL 92 (2)
1996-97 NHL 50 (6)
1997-98 NHL 50 (10)
2001-02 NHL 51 (3)
Career NHL 1152 (4)

Total Goals On-Ice Against

1996-97 NHL 110 (7)
Career NHL 1843 (9)

Power Play Goals On-Ice Against

Career NHL 350 (84)

Offensive Point Shares

Career NHL 121.0 (13)

Point Shares

Career NHL 149.5 (34)
    

Transactions

Glossary ▪ Transaction information may be incomplete.

March 4, 1991: Traded to Pittsburgh by Hartford with Grant Jennings and Ulf Samuelsson for John Cullen, Jeff Parker and Zarley Zalapski, March 4, 1991.

July 13, 1998: Signed as a free agent by Carolina, July 13, 1998.

March 9, 2004: Traded to Toronto by Carolina for Toronto's 4th round choice (later traded to Columbus - Columbus selected Jared Boll) in 2005 Entry Draft, March 9, 2004.

September 14, 2005: Officially announced retirement, September 14, 2005.

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