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Joe Sakic

Position: C
Shoots: Left
Height: 5-11    Weight: 195 lbs.
Born: July 7, 1969 in Burnaby, British Columbia

Drafted by the Quebec Nordiques in the 1st round (15th overall) of the 1987 NHL Entry Draft.

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 4, 2012, 8:34AM
All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #20. Larry Robinson… #20. Denis Potvin… #22. JOE SAKIC… #23. Alex Ovechkin… #24. Al MacInnis… 

NHL Standard

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1988-89 19 QUE NHL 70 23 39 62 23 -36 24 13 10 0 2 148 15.5
1989-90 20 QUE NHL 80 39 63 102 38 -40 27 30 8 1 2 234 16.7
1990-91 21 QUE NHL 80 48 61 109 43 -26 24 33 12 3 7 245 19.6
1991-92 22 QUE NHL 69 29 65 94 34 5 20 20 6 3 1 217 13.4
1992-93 23 QUE NHL 78 48 57 105 42 -3 40 26 20 2 4 264 18.2
1993-94 24 QUE NHL 84 28 64 92 33 -8 18 17 10 1 9 279 10.0
1994-95 25 QUE NHL 47 19 43 62 22 7 30 14 3 2 5 157 12.1
1995-96 26 COL NHL 82 51 69 120 47 14 44 28 17 6 7 339 15.0
1996-97 27 COL NHL 65 22 52 74 26 -10 34 10 10 2 5 261 8.4
1997-98 28 COL NHL 64 27 36 63 24 0 50 14 12 1 2 254 10.6
1998-99 29 COL NHL 73 41 55 96 36 23 29 24 12 5 6 255 16.1 1868 25:35
1999-00 30 COL NHL 60 28 53 81 30 30 28 22 5 1 5 242 11.6 1396 23:16
2000-01 31 COL NHL 82 54 64 118 46 45 30 32 19 3 12 332 16.3 1887 23:01
2001-02 32 COL NHL 82 26 53 79 28 12 18 16 9 1 4 260 10.0 1805 22:01
2002-03 33 COL NHL 58 26 32 58 22 4 24 18 8 0 1 190 13.7 1230 21:12
2003-04 34 COL NHL 81 33 54 87 32 11 42 19 13 1 3 253 13.0 1641 20:16
2005-06 36 COL NHL 82 32 55 87 32 10 60 22 10 0 6 263 12.2 1633 19:55
2006-07 37 COL NHL 82 36 64 100 36 2 46 20 16 0 4 258 14.0 1655 20:11
2007-08 38 COL NHL 44 13 27 40 14 -4 20 8 5 0 1 124 10.5 879 19:59
2008-09 39 COL NHL 15 2 10 12 4 -6 6 2 0 0 0 46 4.3 272 18:07
Career NHL 1378 625 1016 1641 611 30 614 388 205 32 86 4621 13.5 14266 21:39

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
1988-89 19 QUE NHL 70 0.33 0.56 0.89 0.32 0.34 2.11 19 32 51 19 96 59 85 12 -36 3.3 0.1 3.5
1989-90 20 QUE NHL 80 0.49 0.79 1.28 0.48 0.34 2.93 33 53 86 32 139 58 132 11 -40 7.3 0.2 7.6
1990-91 21 QUE NHL 80 0.60 0.76 1.36 0.54 0.30 3.06 43 54 97 38 132 48 164 54 -26 9.5 0.3 9.8
1991-92 22 QUE NHL 69 0.42 0.94 1.36 0.49 0.29 3.14 26 57 83 30 124 46 97 24 5 7.1 1.1 8.1
1992-93 23 QUE NHL 78 0.62 0.73 1.35 0.54 0.51 3.38 39 46 85 34 150 76 104 27 -3 8.6 0.7 9.3
1993-94 24 QUE NHL 84 0.33 0.76 1.10 0.39 0.21 3.32 25 58 83 29 121 49 105 25 -8 6.9 0.7 7.6
1994-95 25 QUE NHL 47 0.40 0.91 1.32 0.47 0.64 3.34 33 74 107 38 82 36 49 10 7 5.6 0.5 6.1
1995-96 26 COL NHL 82 0.62 0.84 1.46 0.57 0.54 4.13 49 66 115 45 159 74 85 14 14 11.6 1.1 12.8
1996-97 27 COL NHL 65 0.34 0.80 1.14 0.40 0.52 4.02 23 54 77 27 107 58 67 8 -10 6.4 0.5 6.9
1997-98 28 COL NHL 64 0.42 0.56 0.98 0.38 0.78 3.97 31 41 72 28 90 45 53 8 0 6.7 0.8 7.5
1998-99 29 COL NHL 73 0.56 0.75 1.32 0.50 0.40 3.49 47 62 109 43 133 54 77 21 23 8.9 2.7 11.6
1999-00 30 COL NHL 60 0.47 0.88 1.35 0.49 0.47 4.03 31 57 88 32 113 37 52 6 30 7.4 2.7 10.1
2000-01 31 COL NHL 82 0.66 0.78 1.44 0.56 0.37 4.05 59 69 128 51 158 65 69 21 45 12.2 3.6 15.8
2001-02 32 COL NHL 82 0.32 0.65 0.96 0.34 0.22 3.17 30 60 90 33 101 37 62 10 12 6.3 2.9 9.2
2002-03 33 COL NHL 58 0.45 0.55 1.00 0.38 0.41 3.28 30 35 65 26 79 30 51 6 4 5.4 1.2 6.7
2003-04 34 COL NHL 81 0.41 0.67 1.07 0.39 0.52 3.12 39 62 101 38 106 46 65 16 11 8.6 2.2 10.8
2005-06 36 COL NHL 82 0.39 0.67 1.06 0.39 0.73 3.21 32 53 85 32 120 47 75 12 10 6.9 2.1 8.9
2006-07 37 COL NHL 82 0.44 0.78 1.22 0.44 0.56 3.15 38 64 102 38 136 66 78 10 2 9.1 1.7 10.8
2007-08 38 COL NHL 44 0.30 0.61 0.91 0.32 0.45 2.82 14 29 43 16 57 25 39 3 -4 3.1 0.8 3.9
2008-09 39 COL NHL 15 0.13 0.67 0.80 0.25 0.40 3.07 2 10 12 4 17 9 18 4 -6 0.7 0.1 0.8
Career NHL 1378 0.45 0.74 1.19 0.44 0.45 3.35 643 1036 1679 633 2220 965 1527 302 30 141.7 26.1 167.8

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1992-93 23 QUE NHL 6 3 3 6 -3 2 2 1 0 0 24 12.5
1994-95 25 QUE NHL 6 4 1 5 -4 0 2 1 1 1 15 26.7
1995-96 26 COL NHL SC 22 18 16 34 10 14 12 6 0 6 98 18.4
1996-97 27 COL NHL 17 8 17 25 5 14 5 3 0 0 50 16.0
1997-98 28 COL NHL 6 2 3 5 0 6 1 0 1 2 24 8.3
1998-99 29 COL NHL 19 6 13 19 -2 8 4 1 1 1 56 10.7 475 25:01
1999-00 30 COL NHL 17 2 7 9 -5 8 0 2 0 0 48 4.2 405 23:50
2000-01 31 COL NHL SC 21 13 13 26 6 6 8 5 0 3 79 16.5 452 21:33
2001-02 32 COL NHL 21 9 10 19 -2 4 5 4 0 1 76 11.8 477 22:44
2002-03 33 COL NHL 7 6 3 9 1 2 4 2 0 1 26 23.1 157 22:29
2003-04 34 COL NHL 11 7 5 12 0 8 5 1 1 2 35 20.0 234 21:15
2005-06 36 COL NHL 9 4 5 9 -1 6 3 1 0 1 21 19.0 195 21:38
2007-08 38 COL NHL 10 2 8 10 -7 0 2 0 0 1 30 6.7 191 19:07
Career NHL 2 172 84 104 188 -2 78 53 27 4 19 582 14.4 2588 22:30

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1985-86 16 Burnaby BC Selects Minor-BC 80 83 73 156 96
1985-86 16 Lethbridge Broncos WHL 3 0 0 0 0
1986-87 17 Swift Current Broncos WHL 72 60 73 133 31
1986-87 17 Canada Nat-Tm 1 0 0 0 0
1987-88 18 Swift Current Broncos WHL 64 78 82 160 64
1987-88 18 Canada WJC-A 7 3 1 4 2
1990-91 21 Canada WEC-A 10 6 5 11 0
1993-94 24 Canada WC-A 8 4 3 7 0
1996-97 27 Canada W-Cup 8 2 2 4 6
1997-98 28 Canada Olympics 4 1 2 3 4
2001-02 32 Canada Olympics 6 4 3 7 6 0 3 1 0 1
2004-05 35 Canada W-Cup 6 4 2 6 4 2
2005-06 36 Canada Olympics 6 1 2 3 -1 0 0 1 0 0
Career 1 Season Minor-BC 80 83 73 156 96
Career 1 Season Nat-Tm 1 0 0 0 0
Career 3 Seasons Olympics 16 6 7 13 5 4 3 2 0 1
Career 2 Seasons W-Cup 14 6 4 10 4 8
Career 1 Season WC-A 8 4 3 7 0
Career 1 Season WEC-A 10 6 5 11 0
Career 3 Seasons WHL 139 138 155 293 95
Career 1 Season WJC-A 7 3 1 4 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
1986-87 17 Swift Current Broncos WHL 4 0 1 1 0
1987-88 18 Swift Current Broncos WHL 10 11 13 24 12
Career 2 Seasons WHL 14 11 14 25 12

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 20 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
Joe Sakic 15.8 12.8 11.6 10.8 10.8 10.1 9.8 9.3 9.2 8.9 8.1 7.6 7.6 7.5 6.9 6.7 6.1 3.9 3.5 0.8
Brett Hull 95.7 15.4 11.9 11.8 10.9 10.3 9.7 9.7 9.4 9.1 8.5 8.4 8.0 7.8 6.7 6.1 5.6 5.5 0.0 -0.1
Steve Yzerman 93.9 14.4 13.0 11.8 10.4 10.1 10.1 10.0 9.7 8.7 7.8 7.6 7.5 7.1 6.5 5.8 5.4 5.1 3.4 2.1 0.8
Gordie Howe 93.5 15.5 13.1 12.1 11.8 11.6 11.3 9.5 9.2 8.8 8.7 8.4 8.2 7.7 7.5 7.4 7.1 6.7 4.4 4.2 0.8
Marcel Dionne 90.1 13.6 13.3 12.8 12.8 11.0 10.2 9.7 8.8 8.7 8.6 7.6 7.5 7.2 6.5 6.0 5.6 4.9 1.0
Teemu Selanne 87.9 14.3 13.7 13.4 13.3 13.0 11.4 10.9 10.0 9.3 8.2 7.0 6.6 6.3 5.9 5.1 4.6 3.3 3.2
Bobby Hull 87.4 12.2 12.0 11.8 10.9 10.6 10.3 10.0 9.8 9.2 9.0 8.5 6.5 6.0 4.3 3.6 0.9
Jean Beliveau 86.8 13.0 11.0 10.2 10.0 9.3 8.7 8.7 8.7 8.4 7.7 7.7 6.8 5.9 4.6 4.3 4.3 4.3 3.0 1.1 0.3
Mats Sundin 85.0 11.0 10.5 10.3 9.8 9.2 9.1 9.0 8.9 8.9 8.7 8.4 8.2 7.7 7.3 6.0 5.2 3.8 2.4
Brendan Shanahan 84.7 11.6 10.7 10.5 10.5 10.3 9.5 8.9 8.9 7.9 7.2 6.9 6.7 6.7 5.9 5.7 5.6 5.2 4.4 3.4 0.3
Maurice Richard 84.6 10.3 10.2 10.1 9.7 9.5 9.4 9.2 8.3 8.1 6.7 6.2 5.7 4.9 4.8 4.1 4.0 3.6 0.6
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 26
Joe Sakic 15.8 12.8 11.6 10.8 10.8 10.1 9.8 9.3 9.2 8.9 8.1 7.6 7.6 7.5 6.9 6.7 6.1 3.9 3.5 0.8
Brett Hull 95.7 15.4 11.9 11.8 10.9 10.3 9.7 9.7 9.4 9.1 8.5 8.4 8.0 7.8 6.7 6.1 5.6 5.5 0.0 -0.1
Steve Yzerman 93.9 14.4 13.0 11.8 10.4 10.1 10.1 10.0 9.7 8.7 7.8 7.6 7.5 7.1 6.5 5.8 5.8 5.4 5.1 3.6 3.4 2.1 0.8
Marcel Dionne 90.1 13.6 13.3 12.8 12.8 11.0 10.2 9.7 8.8 8.7 8.6 7.6 7.5 7.2 6.5 6.0 5.6 4.9 1.0
Gordie Howe 90.1 15.5 13.1 12.5 12.1 11.8 11.6 11.3 9.6 9.5 9.2 8.8 8.7 8.4 8.2 8.1 7.7 7.5 7.4 7.1 6.7 5.8 4.9 4.4 4.2 2.1 0.8
Teemu Selanne 87.9 14.3 13.7 13.4 13.3 13.0 11.4 10.9 10.0 9.3 8.2 7.0 6.6 6.3 5.9 5.1 4.6 3.3 3.2
Bobby Hull 87.4 12.2 12.0 11.8 10.9 10.6 10.3 10.0 9.8 9.2 9.0 8.5 6.5 6.0 4.3 3.6 0.9
Jean Beliveau 86.8 13.0 11.0 10.2 10.0 9.3 8.7 8.7 8.7 8.4 7.7 7.7 6.8 5.9 4.6 4.3 4.3 4.3 3.0 1.1 0.3
Mats Sundin 85.0 11.0 10.5 10.3 9.8 9.2 9.1 9.0 8.9 8.9 8.7 8.4 8.2 7.7 7.3 6.0 5.2 3.8 2.4
Brendan Shanahan 84.7 11.6 10.7 10.5 10.5 10.3 9.5 8.9 8.9 7.9 7.2 6.9 6.7 6.7 5.9 5.7 5.6 5.2 4.4 3.4 1.1 0.3
Maurice Richard 84.6 10.3 10.2 10.1 9.7 9.5 9.4 9.2 8.3 8.1 6.7 6.2 5.7 4.9 4.8 4.1 4.0 3.6 0.6

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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All-Star Games

1990 NHL
1991 NHL
1992 NHL
1993 NHL
1994 NHL
1996 NHL
1998 NHL
2000 NHL
2001 NHL
2002 NHL
2004 NHL
2007 NHL

Awards

1995-96 NHL Conn Smythe Trophy
2000-01 NHL Hart Memorial Trophy
2000-01 NHL Lady Byng Memorial Trophy
2000-01 NHL Ted Lindsay Award

Honors

2000-01 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)
2001-02 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)
2003-04 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)

Championships

(Minimum 1 playoff game)

1996 Colorado Avalanche (NHL)
2001 Colorado Avalanche (NHL)

Games Played

1989-90 NHL 80 (1)
 1990-91 NHL 80 (3)
1993-94 NHL 84 (5)
1995-96 NHL 82 (3)
2000-01 NHL 82 (3)
2001-02 NHL 82 (2)
2005-06 NHL 82 (3)
2006-07 NHL 82 (2)
Career NHL 1378 (36)

Goals

1990-91 NHL 48 (6)
1995-96 NHL 51 (5)
1998-99 NHL 41 (6)
2000-01 NHL 54 (2)
2003-04 NHL 33 (10)
Career NHL 625 (15)

Assists

1991-92 NHL 65 (9)
1994-95 NHL 43 (3)
1995-96 NHL 69 (8)
1998-99 NHL 55 (5)
1999-00 NHL 53 (4)
2000-01 NHL 64 (5)
2001-02 NHL 53 (3)
2003-04 NHL 54 (4)
2006-07 NHL 64 (6)
Career NHL 1016 (11)

Points

1989-90 NHL 102 (10)
1990-91 NHL 109 (6)
1994-95 NHL 62 (4)
1995-96 NHL 120 (3)
1998-99 NHL 96 (5)
1999-00 NHL 81 (8)
2000-01 NHL 118 (2)
2001-02 NHL 79 (5)
2003-04 NHL 87 (2)
2006-07 NHL 100 (6)
Career NHL 1641 (8)

Goals Created

1990-91 NHL 43.3 (3)
1994-95 NHL 22.1 (6)
1995-96 NHL 46.7 (3)
1998-99 NHL 36.5 (5)
2000-01 NHL 45.9 (1)
 2003-04 NHL 31.8 (4)
2006-07 NHL 36.1 (8)
Career NHL 611.3 (10)

Plus/Minus

1999-00 NHL 30 (4)
2000-01 NHL 45 (1)

Even Strength Goals

1989-90 NHL 30 (10)
1990-91 NHL 33 (4)
1995-96 NHL 28 (10)
2000-01 NHL 32 (3)
Career NHL 388 (15)

Power Play Goals

1995-96 NHL 17 (8)
1997-98 NHL 12 (10)
2000-01 NHL 19 (2)
2003-04 NHL 13 (8)
2006-07 NHL 16 (9)
Career NHL 205 (13)

Short-Handed Goals

1995-96 NHL 6 (2)
1998-99 NHL 5 (1)
 2000-01 NHL 3 (10)
Career NHL 32 (14)

Game-Winning Goals

1990-91 NHL 7 (8)
1993-94 NHL 9 (4)
1994-95 NHL 5 (7)
1995-96 NHL 7 (8)
2000-01 NHL 12 (1)
 Career NHL 86 (18)

Shots

1995-96 NHL 339 (5)
2000-01 NHL 332 (2)
Career NHL 4621 (9)

Goals Per Game

1990-91 NHL 0.60 (7)
1995-96 NHL 0.62 (9)
1998-99 NHL 0.56 (4)
2000-01 NHL 0.66 (3)
Career NHL 0.45 (48)

Assists Per Game

1991-92 NHL 0.94 (6)
1994-95 NHL 0.91 (3)
1996-97 NHL 0.80 (5)
1998-99 NHL 0.75 (6)
1999-00 NHL 0.88 (1)
 2000-01 NHL 0.78 (8)
2001-02 NHL 0.65 (9)
2003-04 NHL 0.67 (9)
2006-07 NHL 0.78 (8)
Career NHL 0.74 (16)

Points Per Game

1990-91 NHL 1.36 (6)
1991-92 NHL 1.36 (6)
1994-95 NHL 1.32 (5)
1995-96 NHL 1.46 (5)
1998-99 NHL 1.32 (3)
1999-00 NHL 1.35 (2)
2000-01 NHL 1.44 (3)
2003-04 NHL 1.07 (7)
2006-07 NHL 1.22 (8)
Career NHL 1.19 (14)

Goals Created Per Game

1990-91 NHL 0.54 (5)
1994-95 NHL 0.47 (7)
1995-96 NHL 0.57 (4)
1998-99 NHL 0.50 (4)
1999-00 NHL 0.49 (3)
2000-01 NHL 0.56 (3)
2003-04 NHL 0.39 (9)
Career NHL 0.44 (21)

Adjusted Goals

1990-91 NHL 43 (6)
1995-96 NHL 49 (5)
1998-99 NHL 47 (6)
2000-01 NHL 59 (2)
2003-04 NHL 39 (10)
Career NHL 643 (12)

Adjusted Assists

1991-92 NHL 57 (9)
1994-95 NHL 74 (3)
1995-96 NHL 66 (8)
1998-99 NHL 62 (5)
1999-00 NHL 57 (4)
2000-01 NHL 69 (5)
2001-02 NHL 60 (3)
2003-04 NHL 62 (4)
2006-07 NHL 64 (6)
Career NHL 1036 (8)

Adjusted Points

1989-90 NHL 86 (9)
1990-91 NHL 97 (6)
1994-95 NHL 107 (4)
1995-96 NHL 115 (3)
1998-99 NHL 109 (5)
1999-00 NHL 88 (9)
2000-01 NHL 128 (2)
2001-02 NHL 90 (6)
2003-04 NHL 101 (2)
2006-07 NHL 102 (6)
Career NHL 1679 (6)

Adjusted Goals Created

1990-91 NHL 38.2 (4)
1994-95 NHL 38.2 (6)
1995-96 NHL 44.7 (3)
1998-99 NHL 42.5 (5)
2000-01 NHL 51.0 (2)
2003-04 NHL 38.2 (3)
2006-07 NHL 38.2 (8)
Career NHL 633.3 (5)

Total Goals On-Ice For

1994-95 NHL 82 (10)
1995-96 NHL 159 (5)
1998-99 NHL 133 (6)
2000-01 NHL 158 (2)
2006-07 NHL 136 (8)
Career NHL 2220 (16)

Power Play Goals On-Ice For

1994-95 NHL 36 (8)
1995-96 NHL 74 (5)
1996-97 NHL 58 (4)
2000-01 NHL 65 (2)
2006-07 NHL 66 (5)
Career NHL 965 (9)

Total Goals On-Ice Against

1989-90 NHL 132 (7)
1990-91 NHL 164 (1)
 Career NHL 1527 (27)

Power Play Goals On-Ice Against

1990-91 NHL 54 (2)

Offensive Point Shares

1990-91 NHL 9.5 (3)
1994-95 NHL 5.6 (6)
1995-96 NHL 11.6 (3)
1998-99 NHL 8.9 (8)
2000-01 NHL 12.2 (1)
 2003-04 NHL 8.6 (6)
2006-07 NHL 9.1 (9)
Career NHL 141.7 (6)

Point Shares

1995-96 NHL 12.8 (8)
2000-01 NHL 15.8 (1)
 Career NHL 167.8 (20)
      

Transactions

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June 21, 1995: Transferred to Colorado after Quebec franchise relocated, June 21, 1995.

January 7, 2009: Missed majority of 2008-09 due to recurring back injury and resulting back surgery to replace herniated disc, January 7, 2009.

July 9, 2009: Officially announced his retirement, July 9, 2009.

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