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Josh Manson

Position	Right Defense	Current Team	Colorado Avalanche
Shoots	Right	Current Contract	4 years
Height	6'3"	Expires	2025-26
Weight (lbs)	218	Extended Through	2027-28
Age	34 (Oct 7, 1991)	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	36
Drafted	2011, Round 6, Overall 160 (ANA)	Expiry Status	UFA

Date	Team	Transaction
Jul 10, 2025	Colorado Avalanche	Signed 2 years @ $3.950M AAV starting in 2026-27
Dec 27, 2024	Colorado Avalanche	Activated from IR
Dec 2, 2024	Colorado Avalanche	Placed on IR
Jul 13, 2022	Colorado Avalanche	Signed 4 years @ $4.500M AAV starting in 2022-23
Oct 4, 2017	Anaheim Ducks	Signed 4 years @ $4.100M AAV starting in 2018-19
Jul 22, 2015	Anaheim Ducks	Signed 2 years @ $825K AAV starting in 2016-17
Mar 25, 2014	Anaheim Ducks	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

Salary data is from TheStanleyCap.com
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	ANA	71	1086:39	0.17	0.50	0.66	0.25	-0.08	4.05	6.11	-2.06	1.90	4.76
2016-17	ANA	82	1276:32	0.19	0.47	0.66	0.24	-0.05	5.00	6.40	-1.40	7.44	4.13
2017-18	ANA	80	1349:46	0.27	1.20	1.47	0.24	0.02	5.88	5.36	0.52	5.30	1.32
2018-19	ANA	74	1358:47	0.13	0.49	0.62	0.17	-0.04	3.30	4.30	-1.00	4.31	1.72
2019-20	ANA	50	836:51	0.07	0.36	0.43	0.19	-0.12	1.75	4.68	-2.92	1.14	1.14
2020-21	ANA	23	344:36	0.00	1.04	1.04	0.09	-0.09	0.00	3.37	-3.37	0.00	8.70
2021-22	ANA	45	756:46	0.32	0.32	0.63	0.28	0.04	7.02	6.20	0.82	0.00	5.19
2021-22	COL	22	336:10	0.36	0.89	1.25	0.19	0.17	6.67	3.48	3.19	2.70	0.00
2021-22	ANA, COL	67	1092:56	0.33	0.49	0.82	0.25	0.08	6.90	5.26	1.64	0.88	3.51
2022-23	COL	27	405:31	0.30	1.18	1.48	0.26	0.03	5.00	4.44	0.56	0.00	4.08
2023-24	COL	76	1161:58	0.36	0.83	1.19	0.29	0.07	6.03	4.79	1.24	1.79	2.38
2024-25	COL	48	750:29	0.00	0.96	0.96	0.19	-0.19	0.00	3.88	-3.88	0.00	2.35
2025-26	COL	21	321:14	0.37	0.37	0.75	0.28	0.10	7.69	5.71	1.98	0.00	2.70

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	ANA	71	1086:39	43.79	2.10	2.58	32.41	1.77	1.82	54.29	58.65	0.06	-0.47	6.21
2016-17	ANA	82	1276:32	43.20	2.35	2.87	36.61	2.02	2.18	53.76	56.82	0.47	-0.28	7.50
2017-18	ANA	80	1349:46	43.79	3.07	2.71	41.56	1.73	2.52	63.89	51.76	0.26	-0.19	4.32
2018-19	ANA	74	1358:47	39.30	1.94	2.37	45.13	2.47	2.70	44.00	46.78	0.01	-0.15	1.43
2019-20	ANA	50	836:51	44.38	1.86	2.51	44.24	2.87	2.59	39.39	49.15	0.09	-0.24	3.09
2020-21	ANA	23	344:36	31.34	2.61	1.98	49.10	2.96	3.18	46.88	38.39	0.03	0.69	-5.56
2021-22	ANA	45	756:46	41.47	2.14	2.56	39.96	1.98	2.48	51.92	50.82	0.09	-0.25	3.27
2021-22	COL	22	336:10	38.02	1.96	2.02	43.01	3.57	2.63	35.48	43.41	-0.97	0.00	-9.76
2021-22	ANA, COL	67	1092:56	40.40	2.09	2.39	40.90	2.47	2.53	45.78	48.66	-0.25	-0.17	-0.86
2022-23	COL	27	405:31	41.13	3.40	2.36	42.61	1.63	2.69	67.65	46.71	-0.22	0.10	-3.14
2023-24	COL	76	1161:58	45.75	2.84	2.75	38.37	2.48	2.34	53.40	54.03	0.04	-0.17	2.08
2024-25	COL	48	750:29	37.82	2.08	2.05	34.78	2.80	2.15	42.62	48.77	-0.68	-0.01	-7.02
2025-26	COL	21	321:14	48.56	3.55	2.82	37.73	2.24	1.97	61.29	58.79	-0.46	-0.41	0.90

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

New Jersey Devils Survive Avalanche With Jack Hughes Overtime Winner, Securing 4-3 Victory at All About the Jersey (Sun Oct 26, 2025)
Exploring Josh Manson's impressive start to the season at Mile High Sticking (Sat Oct 18, 2025)
Keys to the Stanley Cup Part 4: Colorado Avalanche climb to the peak at Mile High Sticking (Thu Sep 11, 2025)
Biggest Steals From the 2011 NHL Draft at The Hockey Writers (Sun Aug 17, 2025)
Deen’s Daily: Josh Manson Pens Beautiful Tribute to His Late Mother Lana at Colorado Hockey Now (Tue Aug 5, 2025)
MHH Roundtable: Summer Checklist at Mile High Hockey (Sat Jul 12, 2025)
Josh Manson signs 2-year contract with Colorado Avalanche after injury-plagued season at NBC Sports (Fri Jul 11, 2025)
Avalanche extend Josh Manson through 2027-28 at Mile High Hockey (Fri Jul 11, 2025)
Colorado Avalanche do right by Manson with extension at Mile High Sticking (Thu Jul 10, 2025)
Terms of Josh Manson’s contract extension with the Colorado Avalanche not a surprise at Mile High Sticking (Thu Jul 10, 2025)
Avs defenseman Manson signs 2-year extension at ESPN (Thu Jul 10, 2025)
Anaheim Ducks: Many Questions as Trade Deadline Nears at Pucks of a Feather (Thu Feb 24, 2022)
Anaheim Ducks: Seattle Expansion Draft Plan at Pucks of a Feather (Sat Jul 10, 2021)
Anaheim Ducks: The Case to Trade for Jack Eichel at Pucks of a Feather (Sun Jun 20, 2021)
Anaheim Ducks: Jamie Drysdale Faces Struggles in First NHL Season at Pucks of a Feather (Sat Apr 17, 2021)

Current Contract

Josh Manson signed a $18,000,000 4-year contract with the Colorado Avalanche and General Manager Chris MacFarland on July 13, 2022 with an AAV of $4,500,000. This contract will start in 2022-23 and end after the 2025-26 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 5.45% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2022-23	30	NTC	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	-	-	$5,500,000	$5,500,000	$5,500,000	UFA
2023-24	31	NTC	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	-	-	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	UFA
2024-25	32	M-NTC	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	-	-	$4,000,000	$4,000,000	$4,000,000	UFA
2025-26	33	M-NTC	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	-	$1,000,000	$2,500,000	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	UFA
Total					-	$1,000,000	$17,000,000	$18,000,000	$18,000,000

Signed: July 13, 2022

Team: Colorado Avalanche

GM: Chris MacFarland

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 5.45

Clause: For 2024-25 and 2025-26 player can submit a 12 team no trade list.

Contract Extension

Josh Manson signed a $7,900,000 2-year contract with the Colorado Avalanche and General Manager Chris MacFarland on July 10, 2025 with an AAV of $3,950,000. This contract will start in 2026-27 and end after the 2027-28 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 3.80% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2026-27	34	M-NTC	$3,950,000	$3,950,000	-	-	$3,950,000	$3,950,000	$3,950,000	UFA
2027-28	35	M-NTC	$3,950,000	$3,950,000	-	-	$3,950,000	$3,950,000	$3,950,000	UFA
Total					-	-	$7,900,000	$7,900,000	$7,900,000

Signed: July 10, 2025

Team: Colorado Avalanche

GM: Chris MacFarland

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 3.8

Clause: Player has a 12 team no trade list through May 31, 2027 which converts to a 10 team no trade list starting June 1, 2027 through to the end of the contract.

Previous Contracts (show) (hide)

Josh Manson signed a $16,400,000 4-year contract with the Anaheim Ducks and General Manager Bob Murray on October 4, 2017 with an AAV of $4,100,000. This contract will start in 2018-19 and end after the 2021-22 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 5.16% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2018-19	26		$4,100,000	$4,100,000	-	-	$3,250,000	$3,250,000	$3,250,000	RFA-arb
2019-20	27	M-NTC	$4,100,000	$4,100,000	-	-	$4,250,000	$4,250,000	$4,250,000	UFA
2020-21	28	M-NTC	$4,100,000	$4,100,000	-	-	$4,450,000	$4,450,000	$4,450,000	UFA
2021-22	29	M-NTC	$4,100,000	$4,100,000	-	-	$4,450,000	$4,450,000	$4,450,000	UFA
Total					-	-	$16,400,000	$16,400,000	$16,400,000

Signed: Oct 4, 2017

Team: Anaheim Ducks

GM: Bob Murray

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 5.16

Clause: For 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22 player can submit a 12 team no trade list.

Retained Salary: Anaheim Ducks retained 50.0% of total salary on March 14, 2022

Josh Manson signed a $1,650,000 2-year contract with the Anaheim Ducks and General Manager Bob Murray on July 22, 2015 with an AAV of $825,000. This contract will start in 2016-17 and end after the 2017-18 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.13% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2016-17	24	$825,000	$825,000	-	-	$825,000	$825,000	$825,000	RFA-arb
2017-18	25	$825,000	$825,000	-	-	$825,000	$825,000	$825,000	RFA-arb
Total				-	-	$1,650,000	$1,650,000	$1,650,000

Signed: July 22, 2015

Team: Anaheim Ducks

GM: Bob Murray

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 1.13

Josh Manson signed a $1,850,000 2-year contract with the Anaheim Ducks and General Manager Bob Murray on March 25, 2014 with an AAV of $925,000. This contract will start in 2014-15 and end after the 2015-16 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.34% of the salary cap.

Entry Level Contract ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2014-15	22	$925,000	$925,000	-	$92,500	$832,500	$925,000	$70,000	ELC
2015-16	23	$925,000	$925,000	-	$92,500	$832,500	$925,000	$70,000	ELC
Total				-	$185,000	$1,665,000	$1,850,000	$140,000

Signed: Mar 25, 2014

Team: Anaheim Ducks

GM: Bob Murray

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

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
2007-08	SMHL	Prince Albert Mintos	42	4	6	10		73
2007-08	SMAAAHL	Prince Albert Mintos U18 AAA										8	2		2
2008-09	SJHL	Flin Flon	2	0	0	0
2008-09	SMHL	Prince Albert	40	19	16	35		64				3	1		1		4
2009-10	BCHL	Salmon Arm	54	10	14	24		75				6	1		1		15
2010-11	BCHL	Salmon Arm	57	12	35	47		80				14	2	7	9		15
2011-12	H-East	Northeastern	33	0	4	4		48
2012-13	H-East	Northeastern	33	3	4	7		45
2013-14	H-East	Northeastern	33	3	7	10		65
2013-14	AHL	Norfolk	9	1	0	1	+1	26	10	1,000.0		10	1		1	-4	6	13	769.0
2014-15	AHL	Norfolk	36	3	9	12	-6	47	62	480.0
2014-15	NHL	Anaheim Ducks	28	0	3	3	+1	31	26	0.0	18:26
2015-16	NHL	Anaheim Ducks	71	5	10	15	+11	74	88	5.7	18:47	1						1	0.0	4:44
2016-17	NHL	Anaheim Ducks	82	5	12	17	+14	82	88	5.7	18:38	17		3	3	-2	20	27	0.0	20:33
2017-18	NHL	Anaheim Ducks	80	7	30	37	+34	62	117	6.0	20:21	4				-1		6	0.0	21:02
2018-19	NHL	Anaheim Ducks	74	3	13	16	-8	62	96	3.1	22:18
2019-20	NHL	Anaheim Ducks	50	1	8	9	-10	37	64	1.6	20:38
2020-21	NHL	Anaheim Ducks	23	1	6	7	-3	30	19	5.3	17:59
2021-22	NHL	Anaheim Ducks	45	4	5	9		53	61	6.6	19:45
2021-22	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	22	2	5	7	-11	12	31	6.5	17:24	20	3	5	8	+6	12	39	7.7	17:11
2022-23	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	27	2	8	10	+13	42	41	4.9	17:41	5				-3	8	4	0.0	11:47
2023-24	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	76	8	17	25	+11	87	123	6.5	17:47	11	2	5	7	+7	12	25	8.0	20:23
2024-25	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	48	1	14	15	-6	28	65	1.5	18:02	7	2	1	3	+4	8	18	11.1	18:50
2025-26	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	24	2	2	4	+13	28	31	6.5	18:00
NHL Career			650	41	133	174	+59	628	850	4.8	19:14	65	7	14	21	+11	60	120	5.8	18:25