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Brenden Dillon

Position	Left Defense	Current Team	New Jersey Devils
Shoots	Left	Current Contract	3 years
Height	6'4"	Expires	2026-27
Weight (lbs)	225	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	36
Age	35 (Nov 13, 1990)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	Undrafted

Date	Team	Transaction
Jul 1, 2024	New Jersey Devils	Signed 3 years @ $4.000M AAV starting in 2024-25
Oct 6, 2020	Washington Capitals	Signed 4 years @ $3.900M AAV starting in 2020-21
Jun 29, 2015	San Jose Sharks	Signed 5 years @ $3.270M AAV starting in 2015-16
Oct 5, 2014	Dallas Stars	Signed 1 year @ $1.250M AAV starting in 2014-15
Mar 1, 2011	Dallas Stars	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

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Notes and Definitions

The numbers represent percentiles so the higher the better.
Percentiles are determined by comparing Forwards to Forwards and Defensemen to Defensemen.
Bursts/mi are calculated from NHL Edge Data are are speed bursts above 20mpg per mile skated. The NHL doesn't adjust for ice time so the players that skate more will naturally have more bursts over 20, or at least more opportunity to have more. The NHL also does not provide ice time in the context of NHL Edge Statistics, however, it does provide distance skated. By adjusting for distance skated it will have a similar effect to adjusting for ice time but also adjust for situationional effect. For example, Players don't typically skate as much on the PK, mostly within the defensive zone, so don't get significant opportunity in that ice time to get speed bursts above 20mph. Adjusting with miles skates would account for this better than adjusting with ice time.
Sh%AE is Shooting Percentage above Expected (Sh% - xSh%) and is an indicator of how good a shooter is at converting chances into goals.
Relative statistics are On Ice - Off Ice statistics and can be an indicator of whether the player makes his teammates better or worse.
All data is 5v5 except Shooting Hardest and Average, Skating Top Speed and Bursts/mi which are all situations, ES Average which is even strength (NHL doesn't give a specific definition).

Data Sources

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Shooting and Skating (except Sh%AE) are from NHL Edge
Other statistics are from Puckalytics.com and derived from data from NHL.com

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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.
2015-16	SJS	76	1139:30	0.11	0.42	0.53	0.16	-0.06	2.30	3.54	-1.24	0.00	4.10
2016-17	SJS	81	1219:54	0.10	0.39	0.49	0.16	-0.06	2.44	3.99	-1.55	0.84	0.84
2017-18	SJS	81	1236:10	0.24	0.73	0.97	0.15	0.09	6.41	3.99	2.42	0.78	1.55
2018-19	SJS	82	1299:41	0.00	0.97	0.97	0.10	-0.10	0.00	3.22	-3.22	0.00	1.83
2019-20	SJS	59	953:53	0.06	0.75	0.82	0.11	-0.05	2.33	4.10	-1.77	0.00	6.15
2019-20	WSH	10	161:16	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.06	-0.06	0.00	1.92	-1.92	0.00	0.00
2019-20	SJS, WSH	69	1115:09	0.05	0.65	0.70	0.10	-0.05	1.92	3.72	-1.80	0.00	5.19
2020-21	WSH	56	915:36	0.13	0.98	1.11	0.11	0.02	4.08	3.41	0.68	0.00	2.50
2021-22	WPG	79	1300:01	0.09	0.69	0.78	0.13	-0.04	2.63	3.69	-1.06	1.67	0.00
2022-23	WPG	82	1333:54	0.09	0.72	0.81	0.13	-0.04	2.60	3.69	-1.09	0.85	1.71
2023-24	WPG	77	1220:24	0.39	0.49	0.88	0.14	0.26	10.53	3.69	6.84	0.85	1.71
2024-25	NJD	82	1256:03	0.10	0.57	0.67	0.09	0.00	4.55	4.41	0.13	0.00	4.35
2025-26	NJD	21	325:53	0.37	0.55	0.92	0.09	0.28	11.76	2.96	8.80	0.00	7.14

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
2015-16	SJS	76	1139:30	39.23	1.90	2.50	37.49	1.74	2.31	52.17	51.94	-0.14	0.31	-4.99
2016-17	SJS	81	1219:54	41.36	1.57	2.61	35.12	1.82	2.15	46.38	54.83	-0.05	-0.24	2.17
2017-18	SJS	81	1236:10	45.14	2.43	2.69	41.35	3.06	2.52	44.25	51.59	0.04	0.06	-0.20
2018-19	SJS	82	1299:41	46.63	3.05	2.94	34.16	2.35	2.10	56.41	58.33	0.19	-0.41	6.10
2019-20	SJS	59	953:53	40.07	2.39	2.38	37.05	2.45	2.27	49.35	51.22	-0.12	-0.38	2.63
2019-20	WSH	10	161:16	46.13	2.98	2.82	43.53	3.72	2.26	44.44	55.55	0.19	-0.23	4.19
2019-20	SJS, WSH	69	1115:09	40.95	2.48	2.45	37.99	2.64	2.27	48.42	51.89	-0.07	-0.36	2.90
2020-21	WSH	56	915:36	40.37	3.34	2.38	39.06	2.56	2.21	56.67	51.79	0.01	-0.01	0.27
2021-22	WPG	79	1300:01	42.28	2.58	2.79	44.68	2.31	2.93	52.83	48.77	0.14	0.27	-1.13
2022-23	WPG	82	1333:54	43.41	2.07	2.71	38.41	2.25	2.34	47.92	53.64	-0.03	-0.32	2.96
2023-24	WPG	77	1220:24	42.08	2.56	2.43	43.61	2.06	2.42	55.32	50.11	-0.11	0.04	-1.52
2024-25	NJD	82	1256:03	42.04	2.68	2.41	43.52	2.77	2.41	49.12	49.95	0.11	0.27	-1.76
2025-26	NJD	21	325:53	41.61	2.58	2.36	37.93	3.87	2.25	40.00	51.13	-0.03	-0.31	2.90

NHL Edge Stats

		Skating				Shooting					Zone Time
Season	GP	Top Speed	Bursts>20/mi	Avg. Speed	ES 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 Defense Pairs

Season

Season	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
Individual	G/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes.
Individual	A/60	Assists per 60 minutes.
Individual	Pts/60	Points per 60 minutes.
Individual	xG/60	Expected Goals per 60 minutes.
Individual	GAE/60	Goals Above Expected (G/60 - xG/60).
Individual	Sh%	Shooting Percentage.
Individual	xSh%	Expected Shooting Percentage.
Individual	Sh%AE	Shooting percentage above expected (Sh% - xSh%).
Individual	%SA Rush	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be on the rush.
Individual	%SA Reb.	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be from rebounds.
On Ice	SAF/60	Shot Attempts For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	GF/60	Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	xGF/60	Expected Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	SAA/60	Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GA/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	xGA/60	Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GF%	Goals For Percentage = Goals For / (Goals For + Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF%	Expected Goals For Percentage = Expected Goals For / (Expected Goals For + Expected Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF Rel	xGF/60 when On Ice - xGF/60 when not On Ice.
On Ice	xGA Rel	xGA/60 when On Ice - xGA/60 when not On Ice (lower is better).
On Ice	xGF% Rel	xGF% 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

Here Is What The New Jersey Devils Are Thankful For at All About the Jersey (Mon Nov 24, 2025)
Jack’s Daily: Dillon’s Dumb Decision; West Advances To State; Kampf Terminated at Chicago Hockey Now (Fri Nov 14, 2025)
Jack’s Daily: Bedard Extends Streak in Loss, Dillon Fined; Kantersov Adds To KHL Lead at Chicago Hockey Now (Thu Nov 13, 2025)
Devils Defenseman Fined For Brutal Boarding Penalty on Bertuzzi at Chicago Hockey Now (Thu Nov 13, 2025)
Blackhawks Blow Multiple Leads, Lose 4-3 in Overtime To Devils at Chicago Hockey Now (Thu Nov 13, 2025)
Brenden Dillon lays unnecessary hit that could get him suspended at Pucks and Pitchforks (Thu Nov 13, 2025)
Devils Unsung Hero: After Neck Surgery, Brenden Dillon Has Been Lights Out at New Jersey Hockey Now (Tue Nov 11, 2025)
Jake Allen Dominant in Goal in 2-1 Devils Shootout Win Over Penguins at All About the Jersey (Sat Nov 8, 2025)
New Jersey Devils Survive Avalanche With Jack Hughes Overtime Winner, Securing 4-3 Victory at All About the Jersey (Sun Oct 26, 2025)
3 Takeaways from Devils’ Dramatic OT Victory Over Colorado at The Hockey Writers (Sun Oct 26, 2025)
Devils, Dillon Go Back-to-Back in Win Over Wild at All About the Jersey (Thu Oct 23, 2025)
New Jersey Devils 2025-26 Season Preview Part 1: The Defensemen at All About the Jersey (Mon Sep 29, 2025)
New Jersey Devils defenseman Brenden Dillon reveals he had controversial neck surgery at Pucks and Pitchforks (Mon Sep 22, 2025)
Way-too-early New Jersey Devils opening night defensive pair predictions at Pucks and Pitchforks (Mon Sep 15, 2025)
Devils 2025-26 Player Previews: Brenden Dillon at The Hockey Writers (Sun Sep 7, 2025)
Could There be Some Shuffling of the New Jersey Devils Defense Pairs? at All About the Jersey (Thu Sep 4, 2025)
A Long-Term Appraisal of the Devils’ Defenders at All About the Jersey (Fri Aug 1, 2025)
Brad Shaw brings a different look to the New Jersey Devils' defense at Pucks and Pitchforks (Wed Jul 30, 2025)
Four years later: the updated trade tree of the Jets acquiring Brenden Dillon from the Capitals at Jets Nation (Fri Jul 25, 2025)

Current Contract

Brenden Dillon signed a $12,000,000 3-year contract with the New Jersey Devils and General Manager Tom Fitzgerald on July 1, 2024 with an AAV of $4,000,000. This contract will start in 2024-25 and end after the 2026-27 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 4.55% 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	33	NTC	$4,000,000	$4,000,000	-	$2,000,000	$3,000,000	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	UFA
2025-26	34	NTC	$4,000,000	$4,000,000	-	$1,000,000	$3,000,000	$4,000,000	$4,000,000	UFA
2026-27	35	M-NTC	$4,000,000	$4,000,000	-	$1,000,000	$2,000,000	$3,000,000	$3,000,000	UFA
Total					-	$4,000,000	$8,000,000	$12,000,000	$12,000,000

Signed: July 1, 2024

Team: New Jersey Devils

GM: Tom Fitzgerald

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 4.55

Clause: Player can submit a 10 team no trade list for 2026-27.

Previous Contracts (show) (hide)

Brenden Dillon signed a $15,600,000 4-year contract with the Washington Capitals and General Manager Brian MacLellan on October 6, 2020 with an AAV of $3,900,000. This contract will start in 2020-21 and end after the 2023-24 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 4.79% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2020-21	29	$3,900,000	$3,900,000	-	-	$3,000,000	$3,000,000	$3,000,000	UFA
2021-22	30	$3,900,000	$3,900,000	-	$2,000,000	$1,100,000	$3,100,000	$3,100,000	UFA
2022-23	31	$3,900,000	$3,900,000	-	$2,500,000	$3,000,000	$5,500,000	$5,500,000	UFA
2023-24	32	$3,900,000	$3,900,000	-	$2,000,000	$2,000,000	$4,000,000	$4,000,000	UFA
Total				-	$6,500,000	$9,100,000	$15,600,000	$15,600,000

Signed: Oct 6, 2020

Team: Washington Capitals

GM: Brian MacLellan

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 4.79

Brenden Dillon signed a $16,350,000 5-year contract with the San Jose Sharks and General Manager Doug Wilson on June 29, 2015 with an AAV of $3,270,000. This contract will start in 2015-16 and end after the 2019-20 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 4.58% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2015-16	24	$3,270,000	$3,270,000	-	$500,000	$1,900,000	$2,400,000	$2,400,000	RFA-arb
2016-17	25	$3,270,000	$3,270,000	-	-	$2,750,000	$2,750,000	$2,750,000	RFA-arb
2017-18	26	$3,270,000	$3,270,000	-	-	$3,400,000	$3,400,000	$3,400,000	RFA-arb
2018-19	27	$3,270,000	$3,270,000	-	-	$3,900,000	$3,900,000	$3,900,000	UFA
2019-20	28	$3,270,000	$3,270,000	-	-	$3,900,000	$3,900,000	$3,900,000	UFA
Total				-	$500,000	$15,850,000	$16,350,000	$16,350,000

Signed: June 29, 2015

Team: San Jose Sharks

GM: Doug Wilson

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 4.58

Brenden Dillon signed a $1,250,000 1-year contract with the Dallas Stars and General Manager Jim Nill on October 5, 2014 with an AAV of $1,250,000. This contract will start in 2014-15 and end after the 2014-15 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.81% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2014-15	23		$1,250,000	$1,250,000	-	-	$1,250,000	$1,250,000	$1,250,000	RFA
Total					-	-	$1,250,000	$1,250,000	$1,250,000

Signed: Oct 5, 2014

Team: Dallas Stars

GM: Jim Nill

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 1.81

Brenden Dillon signed a $2,230,000 3-year contract with the Dallas Stars and General Manager Joe Nieuwendyk on March 1, 2011 with an AAV of $743,333. This contract will start in 2011-12 and end after the 2013-14 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.16% of the salary cap.

Entry Level Contract ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2011-12	20	$743,333	$900,000	$260,000	$90,000	$550,000	$640,000	$67,500	ELC
2012-13	21	$743,333	$900,000	$210,000	$90,000	$600,000	$690,000	$67,500	ELC
2013-14	22	$743,333	$900,000	-	$90,000	$810,000	$900,000	$67,500	ELC
Total				$470,000	$270,000	$1,960,000	$2,230,000	$202,500

Signed: Mar 1, 2011

Team: Dallas Stars

GM: Joe Nieuwendyk

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
2006-07	PIJHL	Hope Icebreakers	45	4	27	31		38				2
2007-08	WHL	Seattle	71	1	10	11	+16	54				12		2	2	+5	21
2008-09	WHL	Seattle	70	0	10	10	-11	68				5		1	1	+2	6
2009-10	WHL	Seattle	67	2	12	14	-12	101
2010-11	WHL	Seattle	72	8	51	59	-25	139
2010-11	AHL	Texas	10	0	0	0	-2	8	8	0.0		6		2	2	+1	7
2011-12	AHL	Texas	76	6	23	29	-6	97	119	504.0
2011-12	NHL	Dallas Stars	1	0	0	0			6	0.0	19:59
2012-13	NHL	Dallas Stars	48	3	5	8	+1	65	75	4.0	21:23
2012-13	AHL	Texas	37	3	11	14	-1	45	72	417.0
2012-13	WC-A	Canada	8	1	0	1	+3
2013-14	NHL	Dallas Stars	80	6	11	17	+9	86	97	6.2	21:06	2				-2	2	3	0.0	18:13
2014-15	NHL	San Jose Sharks	60	2	7	9	-11	54	75	2.7	19:13
2014-15	NHL	Dallas Stars	20	0	1	1	-2	23	16	0.0	20:37
2015-16	NHL	San Jose Sharks	76	2	9	11	+8	61	93	2.2	16:41	24		2	2	-5	11	19	0.0	15:09
2016-17	NHL	San Jose Sharks	81	2	8	10	-2	60	86	2.3	16:28	6		1	1	+1	4	3	0.0	16:29
2017-18	NHL	San Jose Sharks	81	5	17	22	-7	60	88	5.7	17:19	10		4	4	+4	32	6	0.0	17:38
2018-19	NHL	San Jose Sharks	82	1	21	22	+19	61	71	1.4	17:45	20		2	2	-8	24	12	0.0	16:27
2019-20	NHL	San Jose Sharks	59	1	13	14		83	48	2.1	19:22
2019-20	NHL	Washington Capitals	10	0	0	0	-2	21	10	0.0	20:02	8		1	1		8	9	0.0	22:09
2020-21	NHL	Washington Capitals	56	2	17	19	+15	49	51	3.9	18:57	5	1		1	-4		5	20.0	19:51
2021-22	NHL	Winnipeg Jets	79	3	17	20	+16	67	85	3.5	18:50
2022-23	NHL	Winnipeg Jets	82	2	21	23	+2	76	83	2.4	19:35	5		1	1	-3	9	7	0.0	22:35
2023-24	NHL	Winnipeg Jets	77	8	12	20	+20	92	79	10.1	18:44	3		3	3	+1	4	1	0.0	21:04
2024-25	NHL	New Jersey Devils	82	2	14	16	+8	67	48	4.2	18:35	1							0.0	8:53
2025-26	NHL	New Jersey Devils	23	2	5	7	-7	13	18	11.1	18:50
NHL Career			997	41	178	219	+67	938	1029	4.0	18:43	84	1	14	15	-16	94	65	1.5	17:27