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Toronto Maple Leafs Logo Auston Matthews

Position Center Current Team Toronto Maple Leafs
Shoots Left Current Contract 4 years ($13.2M CapHit)
Height 6'3" Expires 2027-28
Weight (lbs) 215 Expiry Age (Jun 30) 30
Age (DOB) 28 (Sep 17, 1997) Expiry Status UFA
Drafted 2016, Round 1, Overall 1 (TOR)
Date Team Transaction
Nov 26, 2025 Toronto Maple Leafs Activated from IR
Nov 14, 2025 Toronto Maple Leafs Placed on IR
Jan 4, 2025 Toronto Maple Leafs Activated from IR
Dec 31, 2024 Toronto Maple Leafs Placed on IR
Nov 30, 2024 Toronto Maple Leafs Activated from IR
Nov 8, 2024 Toronto Maple Leafs Placed on IR
Aug 23, 2023 Toronto Maple Leafs Signed 4 years @ $13.250M AAV starting in 2024-25
Feb 5, 2019 Toronto Maple Leafs Signed 5 years @ $11.634M AAV starting in 2019-20
Jul 21, 2016 Toronto Maple Leafs Signed to an entry level contract.
Status History Coming Soon

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About Player Cards

Player cards present an infographic of a players performance using a series of Player Archetypes developed for Puckalytics.com and TheStanleyCap.com. The boxes in the rink image show the archetype ratings for the season specified in the card while the graphs to the right show the five-year trends for those archetypes.

Except for Faceoffs, the values shown are the players z-score (standard deviation from the mean) for the specific metric used to calculate the archetype values. When calculating z-scores forwards were compared to forwards and defensemen were compared to defensemen. Positive values indicate the player is above average and shaded in blue, while negative values indicate the player is below average and shaded in pink. The five year trend charts show a range of -4.0 to 4.0.

The value shown for Faceoffs is the faceoff winning percentage rather than their z-score with winning percentages below 50 in pink shades and above 50 in blue shades.

All archetypes are 5v5 except 5v4 TOI, 4v5 TOI, Skating (even strength) and Faceoffs (all situations). Archetypes use regular season data only.

Archetypes Summary
  • Sniper - Measures the to score above the expected goal rate.
  • Rebound - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rebounds (forwards only).
  • 5v4 TOI - Powerplay ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 5v4 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
  • Shooter - Measures whether a players points come from shots (goals or assists on rebounds from his shots).
  • Producer - Measures a players ability to produce goals and assists, adjusted for quality of teammates.
  • Playmaker - Measures whether a players points come from passes.
  • Drive - Measures a players ability to drive puck possession and generate shot attempts for his team.
  • Rush - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rush plays
  • Possession - An indicator of a players ability to improve his teams puck possession game.
  • Faceoffs - Faceoff Winning Percentage (min. 75 faceoffs taken).
  • 5v5 TOI - The percentage of his teams 5v5 TOI that the player was on the ice for.
  • Suppress - Measures a players ability to suppress opponent puck possession and shot attempts against.
  • Skating - An indicator of a players skating ability, or speed bursts above 20mph per mile skated.
  • Defend - An indicator of a players ability to suppress shot quality against.
  • 4v5 TOI - Penalty Kill ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 4v5 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
Data Sources
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Read Introducing Player Archetypes on HockeyAnalysis.com for more details on archetype calculations.

Core Archetypes

Season Team(s) GP TOI Producer Playmaker Shooter Sniper Rebound Rush Skating Defend
2016-17 TOR 82 1.94 -0.86 4.63 0.63 0.81 -0.12 - 0.25
2017-18 TOR 62 2.22 -0.08 3.65 2.17 -0.39 1.34 - 1.55
2018-19 TOR 68 2.54 0.55 2.63 0.41 0.55 -0.42 - -1.90
2019-20 TOR 70 1.39 -0.87 3.64 1.58 -0.82 -0.22 - 1.02
2020-21 TOR 52 2.70 -0.33 4.88 1.11 -0.58 -0.00 - -0.18
2021-22 TOR 73 2.38 0.02 3.80 1.20 0.29 -0.51 -0.46 -1.53
2022-23 TOR 74 1.50 0.10 1.76 0.17 -0.31 0.30 -0.07 0.74
2023-24 TOR 81 2.43 -0.31 4.19 1.24 -0.48 -0.22 -0.49 -0.97
2024-25 TOR 67 1.51 0.55 1.07 -0.67 -0.12 -1.04 -0.76 -0.62
2025-26 TOR 60 0.41 -0.50 1.07 -0.27 -0.42 -0.82 -0.85 1.15

Situational and Secondary Archetypes

Season Team(s) GP TOI 5v5 TOI 5v4 TOI 4v5 TOI Possession Drive Suppress Faceoffs
2016-17 TOR 82 1.06 0.68 -2.01 0.49 0.71 -0.10 46.8
2017-18 TOR 62 1.38 0.46 -1.99 0.17 0.25 -0.08 54.5
2018-19 TOR 68 1.25 0.96 -1.94 0.57 1.13 -0.52 52.1
2019-20 TOR 70 2.28 1.45 -1.89 0.90 0.96 0.33 55.0
2020-21 TOR 52 2.57 1.42 -1.93 1.02 0.73 0.89 51.9
2021-22 TOR 73 2.11 1.55 -1.93 2.41 2.11 1.54 56.2
2022-23 TOR 74 1.88 1.51 -1.88 1.33 1.88 -0.38 52.4
2023-24 TOR 81 1.55 1.53 -0.91 1.59 1.17 1.14 53.4
2024-25 TOR 67 1.07 1.34 0.44 1.76 1.46 0.87 56.8
2025-26 TOR 60 1.56 1.06 -0.22 0.56 0.78 -0.27 59.7
See About Skater Archetypes for more information about skater archetypes.

5v5 Individual Stats

Season Team(s) GP TOI G/60 A/60 Pts/60 xG/60 GAE/60 Sh% xSh% Sh%AE %SA Rush %SA Reb.
2016-17 TOR 82 1147:45 1.52 0.63 2.14 1.28 0.23 13.68 11.57 2.11 3.78 6.87
2017-18 TOR 62 926:52 1.68 1.23 2.91 1.01 0.67 18.44 11.06 7.38 6.63 4.08
2018-19 TOR 68 1001:39 1.26 1.44 2.70 1.13 0.13 12.35 11.11 1.25 3.25 6.50
2019-20 TOR 70 1130:20 1.59 0.80 2.39 1.03 0.57 15.71 10.13 5.58 3.37 3.75
2020-21 TOR 52 863:43 1.88 1.11 2.99 1.35 0.52 17.20 12.39 4.81 3.72 4.19
2021-22 TOR 73 1158:11 1.86 1.35 3.21 1.34 0.52 15.19 10.92 4.27 3.02 6.95
2022-23 TOR 74 1142:28 1.37 1.31 2.68 1.36 0.01 11.16 11.09 0.07 4.38 6.25
2023-24 TOR 81 1229:28 1.85 1.07 2.93 1.28 0.57 15.38 10.65 4.74 3.41 6.53
2024-25 TOR 67 941:50 0.89 1.40 2.29 1.16 -0.27 8.80 11.44 -2.63 0.83 7.05
2025-26 TOR 60 903:25 1.06 0.86 1.93 1.25 -0.18 10.39 12.20 -1.81 1.35 6.76

5v5 On Ice Stats

Season Team(s) GP TOI SAF/60 GF/60 xGF/60 SAA/60 GA/60 xGA/60 GF% xGF% xGF Rel xGA Rel xGF% Rel
2016-17 TOR 82 1147:45 46.73 2.51 2.96 44.85 2.35 2.72 51.61 52.14 0.49 0.31 1.48
2017-18 TOR 62 926:52 44.47 4.08 2.94 46.61 2.01 2.72 67.02 51.94 0.37 0.18 1.64
2018-19 TOR 68 1001:39 50.98 3.17 3.10 47.26 3.41 2.87 48.18 51.93 0.31 0.26 0.19
2019-20 TOR 70 1130:20 48.04 3.24 3.15 42.04 2.23 2.50 59.22 55.80 0.72 -0.02 6.57
2020-21 TOR 52 863:43 43.69 3.61 3.35 36.33 2.01 2.17 64.20 60.75 0.73 -0.06 6.72
2021-22 TOR 73 1158:11 53.31 4.35 3.72 36.63 3.06 2.29 58.74 61.92 1.17 -0.15 10.81
2022-23 TOR 74 1142:28 49.26 3.89 3.58 40.75 1.94 2.53 66.67 58.60 0.88 0.11 5.91
2023-24 TOR 81 1229:28 47.97 3.86 3.04 38.46 2.64 2.34 59.40 56.43 0.62 -0.08 6.52
2024-25 TOR 67 941:50 45.10 3.06 2.97 40.26 2.29 2.34 57.14 55.99 0.83 0.00 8.15
2025-26 TOR 60 903:25 40.98 2.92 2.64 45.76 2.72 2.96 51.76 47.19 0.25 0.32 -0.41

NHL Edge Stats

Skating Shooting Zone Time
Season GP Top Speed Bursts>20/mi Avg. Speed Top Speed Avg. Speed %Long Range %Mid Range %High Danger ES DZ% ES NZ% ES OZ%
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Legend

Percentile 0-25 Percentile 25-50 Percentile 50-75 Percentile 75-100
Forwards are compared with forwards and Defensemen are are compared with Defensemen.

5v5 Lines

Season
Season Teammate Teammate Team TOI GF/60 GA/60 GF% xGF/60 xGA/60 xGF% xGF Rel xGA Rel xGF% Rel
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Glossary

Type Statistic Definition
IndividualG/60Goals Against per 60 minutes.
IndividualA/60Assists per 60 minutes.
IndividualPts/60Points per 60 minutes.
IndividualxG/60Expected Goals per 60 minutes.
IndividualGAE/60Goals Above Expected (G/60 - xG/60).
IndividualSh%Shooting Percentage.
IndividualxSh%Expected Shooting Percentage.
IndividualSh%AEShooting percentage above expected (Sh% - xSh%).
Individual%SA RushPercentage of shot attempts determined to be on the rush.
Individual%SA Reb.Percentage of shot attempts determined to be from rebounds.
On IceSAF/60Shot Attempts For per 60 minutes.
On IceGF/60Goals For per 60 minutes.
On IcexGF/60Expected Goals For per 60 minutes.
On IceSAA/60Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On IceGA/60Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On IcexGA/60Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On IceGF%Goals For Percentage = Goals For / (Goals For + Goals Against)
On IcexGF%Expected Goals For Percentage = Expected Goals For / (Expected Goals For + Expected Goals Against)
On IcexGF RelxGF/60 when On Ice - xGF/60 when not On Ice.
On IcexGA RelxGA/60 when On Ice - xGA/60 when not On Ice (lower is better).
On IcexGF% RelxGF% when On Ice - xGF% when not On Ice.
Individual and On-Ice stats from Puckalytics.com (starting in 2015-16). NHL Edge Stats from edge.nhl.com (starting in 2021-22). Edge statistic definitions can be found at the Edge Stats Glossary.

News and Opinions

Current Contract

Auston Matthews signed a $53,000,000 4-year contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs and General Manager Brad Treliving on August 23, 2023 with an AAV of $13,250,000. This contract will start in 2024-25 and end after the 2027-28 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 15.06% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (UFA) ( )  (0 ratings)

Season Age* Clause Cap Hit AAV Perf. Bonus Sign. Bonus Salary Compensation Minors Salary Status
2024-25 26 NMC $13,250,000 $13,250,000 - $15,925,000 $775,000 $16,700,000 $16,700,000 UFA
2025-26 27 NMC $13,250,000 $13,250,000 - $14,425,000 $775,000 $15,200,000 $15,200,000 UFA
2026-27 28 NMC $13,250,000 $13,250,000 - $10,180,000 $900,000 $11,080,000 $11,080,000 UFA
2027-28 29 NMC $13,250,000 $13,250,000 - $9,120,000 $900,000 $10,020,000 $10,020,000 UFA
Total - $49,650,000 $3,350,000 $53,000,000 $53,000,000
Signed: Aug 23, 2023
Team: Toronto Maple Leafs
GM: Brad Treliving
Exp. Status: UFA
Cap %: 15.06

Previous Contracts (show) (hide)

Auston Matthews signed a $58,195,000 5-year contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs and General Manager Kyle Dubas on February 5, 2019 with an AAV of $11,634,000. This contract will start in 2019-20 and end after the 2023-24 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 14.27% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( )  (0 ratings)

Season Age* Clause Cap Hit AAV Perf. Bonus Sign. Bonus Salary Compensation Minors Salary Status
2019-20 21 $11,634,000 $11,634,000 - $15,200,000 $700,000 $15,900,000 $15,900,000 RFA
2020-21 22 $11,640,250 $11,640,250 - $15,200,000 $700,000 $15,900,000 $15,900,000 RFA
2021-22 23 $11,640,250 $11,640,250 - $9,720,000 $750,000 $10,470,000 $10,470,000 RFA-arb
2022-23 24 $11,640,250 $11,640,250 - $7,200,000 $750,000 $7,950,000 $7,950,000 RFA-arb
2023-24 25 NMC $11,640,250 $11,640,250 - $7,200,000 $775,000 $7,975,000 $7,950,000 UFA
Total - $54,520,000 $3,675,000 $58,195,000 $58,170,000
Signed: Feb 5, 2019
Team: Toronto Maple Leafs
GM: Kyle Dubas
Exp. Status: UFA
Cap %: 14.27
Note: The Cap Hit and AAV of this contract was increased in 2020-21 due to the increase in minimum salaries by the 2020 MOU between NHL and NHLPA.

Auston Matthews signed a $2,775,000 3-year contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs and General Manager Lou Lamoriello on July 21, 2016 with an AAV of $925,000. This contract will start in 2016-17 and end after the 2018-19 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.27% of the salary cap.

Entry Level Contract ( )  (0 ratings)

Season Age* Clause Cap Hit AAV Perf. Bonus Sign. Bonus Salary Compensation Minors Salary Status
2016-17 18 $925,000 $3,775,000 $2,850,000 $92,500 $832,500 $925,000 $70,000 ELC
2017-18 19 $925,000 $3,775,000 $2,850,000 $92,500 $832,500 $925,000 $70,000 ELC
2018-19 20 $925,000 $3,775,000 $2,850,000 $92,500 $832,500 $925,000 $70,000 ELC
Total $8,550,000 $277,500 $2,497,500 $2,775,000 $210,000
Signed: July 21, 2016
Team: Toronto Maple Leafs
GM: Lou Lamoriello
Exp. Status: RFA

Career Statistics

Regular Season Playoffs
Season League Team GP G A Pts +/- PIM Shots Sh% TOI/G GP G A Pts +/- PIM Shots Sh% TOI/G
2009-10 QC Int PW Druzhba-78 Kharkov 3 None None 6
2011-12 NAPHL 14U Arizona Bobcats 14U AAA 9 11 11 22 4
2012-13 Midget Arizona Bobcats 16U 48 55 45 100 16
2013-14 USHL USNTDP 20 10 10 20 -5 4 63 1,590.0
2013-14 U-17 USNTDP 14 8 12 20 10
2013-14 U-18 USNTDP 10 6 3 9 4
2014-15 U-18 USNTDP 36 35 34 69 30
2014-15 USHL USNTDP 24 20 28 48 +20 10 98 2,040.0
2014-15 WJC-A USA 5 1 2 3 4 16
2015-16 WC USA 10 6 3 9 2
2015-16 WJC-20 USA U20 7 7 4 11 +6 2
2015-16 Champions HL ZSC 2 0 1 1 -1
2015-16 Swiss Zurich 36 24 22 46 6 4 3 3 2
2015-16 NL ZSC 36 24 22 46 +16 6 4 3 3 +1 2
2016-17 WCup Team North America 3 2 1 3 +2
2016-17 NHL Toronto Maple Leafs 82 40 29 69 +2 14 279 14.3 17:38 6 4 1 5 +2 16 25.0 20:18
2017-18 NHL Toronto Maple Leafs 62 34 29 63 +25 12 187 18.2 18:08 7 1 1 2 -4 27 3.7 17:32
2018-19 NHL Toronto Maple Leafs 68 37 36 73 -9 12 251 14.7 18:33 7 5 1 6 -3 2 32 15.6 19:47
2019-20 NHL Toronto Maple Leafs 70 47 33 80 +19 8 290 16.2 20:58 5 2 4 6 +1 27 7.4 25:00
2020-21 NHL Toronto Maple Leafs 52 41 25 66 +21 10 222 18.5 21:33 7 1 4 5 +1 35 2.9 23:53
2021-22 NHL Toronto Maple Leafs 73 60 46 106 +20 18 348 17.2 20:37 7 4 5 9 +1 29 13.8 22:17
2022-23 NHL Toronto Maple Leafs 74 40 45 85 +31 20 327 12.2 20:17 11 5 6 11 +2 7 49 10.2 22:52
2023-24 NHL Toronto Maple Leafs 81 69 38 107 +31 20 369 18.7 20:58 5 1 3 4 +2 2 20 5.0 19:53
2024-25 4 Nations United States 3 0 3 3 +1 6 0.0 20:26
2024-25 NHL Toronto Maple Leafs 67 33 45 78 +11 20 261 12.6 20:28 13 3 8 11 2 47 6.4 20:39
2025-26 NHL Toronto Maple Leafs 60 27 26 53 -4 18 227 11.9 20:48
2025-26 OG USA 6 3 4 7 +3 4 16 19.0 17:13
NHL Career 689 428 352 780 +147 152 2761 15.5 19:57 68 26 33 59 +2 13 282 9.2 21:20