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Kris Letang

Position	Right Defense	Current Team	Pittsburgh Penguins
Shoots	Right	Current Contract	6 years
Height	6'0"	Expires	2027-28
Weight (lbs)	199	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	41
Age	38 (Apr 24, 1987)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	2005, Round 3, Overall 62 (PIT)

Date	Team	Transaction
Jan 5, 2025	Pittsburgh Penguins	Activated from IR
Dec 31, 2024	Pittsburgh Penguins	Placed on IR
Jul 7, 2022	Pittsburgh Penguins	Signed 6 years @ $6.100M AAV starting in 2022-23
Jul 1, 2013	Pittsburgh Penguins	Signed 8 years @ $7.250M AAV starting in 2014-15
Mar 30, 2010	Pittsburgh Penguins	Signed 4 years @ $3.500M AAV starting in 2010-11
Oct 2, 2006	Pittsburgh Penguins	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

2025-26 Player Card

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2024-25 Player Card

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2023-24 Player Card

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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	PIT	71	1328:05	0.36	0.77	1.13	0.23	0.13	5.67	3.58	2.09	0.58	1.17
2016-17	PIT	41	735:51	0.16	0.98	1.14	0.32	-0.16	2.35	4.62	-2.26	0.89	3.57
2017-18	PIT	79	1401:52	0.17	0.56	0.73	0.28	-0.10	2.37	3.82	-1.45	0.44	1.31
2018-19	PIT	65	1216:01	0.49	1.09	1.58	0.35	0.15	6.10	4.27	1.83	2.37	0.47
2019-20	PIT	61	1145:05	0.31	0.89	1.21	0.26	0.06	4.69	3.83	0.85	1.72	4.02
2020-21	PIT	55	1028:09	0.29	0.88	1.17	0.26	0.04	4.85	4.26	0.60	2.70	2.03
2021-22	PIT	78	1491:26	0.24	1.13	1.37	0.25	-0.01	3.61	3.81	-0.19	1.45	0.48
2022-23	PIT	64	1218:25	0.20	0.59	0.79	0.25	-0.05	3.28	4.16	-0.88	1.72	3.45
2023-24	PIT	82	1538:20	0.35	1.05	1.40	0.21	0.14	6.87	4.15	2.72	0.53	3.19
2024-25	PIT	74	1348:35	0.18	0.44	0.62	0.23	-0.05	3.10	3.97	-0.86	0.56	5.00
2025-26	PIT	20	349:13	0.00	0.52	0.52	0.19	-0.19	0.00	5.08	-5.08	0.00	2.94

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	PIT	71	1328:05	46.26	2.35	2.81	37.81	2.08	2.23	53.06	55.75	0.14	0.06	0.61
2016-17	PIT	41	735:51	46.72	2.53	3.09	40.93	2.53	2.55	50.00	54.80	0.15	0.20	-0.84
2017-18	PIT	79	1401:52	47.55	2.31	2.95	39.16	3.17	2.41	42.19	55.03	0.23	-0.15	3.54
2018-19	PIT	65	1216:01	49.79	3.55	3.08	42.73	2.32	2.60	60.50	54.20	0.62	-0.01	5.69
2019-20	PIT	61	1145:05	45.48	3.04	2.68	42.23	2.93	2.49	50.88	51.85	0.47	0.32	1.45
2020-21	PIT	55	1028:09	40.27	2.92	2.33	40.97	2.10	2.52	58.14	48.02	0.04	0.34	-3.15
2021-22	PIT	78	1491:26	45.54	2.78	2.85	43.05	2.25	2.58	55.20	52.50	0.11	0.31	-2.24
2022-23	PIT	64	1218:25	48.65	2.51	3.21	44.47	2.66	2.77	48.57	53.72	0.43	0.14	2.23
2023-24	PIT	82	1538:20	46.22	3.00	2.79	45.24	2.77	2.80	52.03	49.91	0.12	0.26	-1.39
2024-25	PIT	74	1348:35	40.44	2.27	2.35	42.84	2.67	2.54	45.95	48.00	-0.17	0.07	-2.51
2025-26	PIT	20	349:13	41.92	2.75	2.96	47.42	2.92	3.08	48.48	49.01	0.53	0.73	-1.85

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

Should the Penguins Be Buyers or Sellers at the Deadline? at The Hockey Writers (Thu Nov 6, 2025)
4 Takeaways From the Penguins’ 5-1 Win Over the Canucks at The Hockey Writers (Wed Oct 22, 2025)
Penguins’ Kris Letang Records 600th Career Assist at The Hockey Writers (Wed Oct 22, 2025)
The Wild Need A Malkin And Letang To Truly Contend at Hockey Wilderness (Mon Oct 13, 2025)
Penguins celebrate the start of a new era while paying tribute to Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Kris Letang at NBC Sports (Wed Oct 8, 2025)
Top-3 : 20e saison ensemble pour Crosby, Letang et Malkin at Dans Les Coulisses (Wed Oct 8, 2025)
Kris Letang’s Hat Trick Highlights Penguins’ First Training Camp Scrimmage at Yahoo Sports NHL (Wed Sep 24, 2025)
Insider Drops Surprising Take on Hypothetical Trade Between Canadiens and Penguins Veterans at Habs Fanatics (Sat Sep 20, 2025)
Over/Under for the Pittsburgh Penguins core players at Pens Burgh (Thu Sep 18, 2025)
Kris Letang affirme que Mike Matheson est le défenseur #1 du Canadien at HABSolument Fan (Wed Sep 17, 2025)
Kris Letang Reveals Who He Believes Is the Number One Defenseman for the Canadiens at Habs Fanatics (Wed Sep 17, 2025)
Unexpected Penguins Player Joins Canadiens Practice Two Weeks Before Camp at Habs Fanatics (Fri Sep 5, 2025)
Penguins’ Crosby, Malkin, Letang Will Be Bob-bob-bobbling Along at Yahoo Sports (Wed Sep 3, 2025)
Pittsburgh Penguins’ Milestones to Watch for in 2025-26 at The Hockey Writers (Thu Aug 28, 2025)
Can Matt Dumba Have A Bounceback Year In 2025-26? at Yahoo Sports (Mon Aug 25, 2025)
Sidney Crosby va chercher le gars de Kris Letang à l’école à tous les jours at Dans Les Coulisses (Tue Aug 12, 2025)
Big Surprise in Brossard as Penguins Star Joins Ivan Demidov at Canadiens Practice at Habs Fanatics (Wed Jul 30, 2025)
Pittsburgh Penguins’ 10 Best Defensemen in Team History at The Hockey Writers (Wed Jul 23, 2025)
What Will Kris Letang’s Role Be In 2025-26? at Yahoo Sports (Sun Jul 20, 2025)

Current Contract

Kris Letang signed a $36,600,000 6-year contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins and General Manager Ron Hextall on July 7, 2022 with an AAV of $6,100,000. This contract will start in 2022-23 and end after the 2027-28 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 7.39% of the salary cap.

35+ Contract ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2022-23	35	NMC	$6,100,000	$6,100,000	-	$4,000,000	$4,000,000	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	UFA
2023-24	36	NMC	$6,100,000	$6,100,000	-	-	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	UFA
2024-25	37	NMC	$6,100,000	$6,100,000	-	-	$6,200,000	$6,200,000	$6,200,000	UFA
2025-26	38	NMC	$6,100,000	$6,100,000	-	-	$4,800,000	$4,800,000	$4,800,000	UFA
2026-27	39	M-NTC	$6,100,000	$6,100,000	-	$3,800,000	$1,000,000	$4,800,000	$4,800,000	UFA
2027-28	40	M-NTC	$6,100,000	$6,100,000	-	$3,800,000	$1,000,000	$4,800,000	$4,800,000	UFA
Total					-	$11,600,000	$25,000,000	$36,600,000	$36,600,000

Signed: July 7, 2022

Team: Pittsburgh Penguins

GM: Ron Hextall

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 7.39

Clause: Player has a 10 team no trade list for 2026-27 and 2027-28.

Previous Contracts (show) (hide)

Kris Letang signed an $58,000,000 8-year contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins and General Manager Ray Shero on July 1, 2013 with an AAV of $7,250,000. This contract will start in 2014-15 and end after the 2021-22 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 10.51% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2014-15	27	NMC M-NTC	$7,250,000	$7,250,000	-	-	$7,250,000	$7,250,000	$7,250,000	UFA
2015-16	28	NMC M-NTC	$7,250,000	$7,250,000	-	-	$7,250,000	$7,250,000	$7,250,000	UFA
2016-17	29	NMC M-NTC	$7,250,000	$7,250,000	-	-	$7,250,000	$7,250,000	$7,250,000	UFA
2017-18	30	NMC M-NTC	$7,250,000	$7,250,000	-	-	$7,250,000	$7,250,000	$7,250,000	UFA
2018-19	31	NMC M-NTC	$7,250,000	$7,250,000	-	-	$7,250,000	$7,250,000	$7,250,000	UFA
2019-20	32	NMC M-NTC	$7,250,000	$7,250,000	-	-	$7,250,000	$7,250,000	$7,250,000	UFA
2020-21	33	NMC M-NTC	$7,250,000	$7,250,000	-	-	$7,250,000	$7,250,000	$7,250,000	UFA
2021-22	34	NMC M-NTC	$7,250,000	$7,250,000	-	-	$7,250,000	$7,250,000	$7,250,000	UFA
Total					-	-	$58,000,000	$58,000,000	$58,000,000

Signed: July 1, 2013

Team: Pittsburgh Penguins

GM: Ray Shero

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 10.51

Clause: Player provides a list of 18 teams he is willing to be traded to.

Kris Letang signed a $14,000,000 4-year contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins and General Manager Ray Shero on March 30, 2010 with an AAV of $3,500,000. This contract will start in 2010-11 and end after the 2013-14 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 5.89% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2010-11	23	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	-	-	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	RFA
2011-12	24	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	-	-	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	RFA-arb
2012-13	25	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	-	-	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	RFA-arb
2013-14	26	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	-	-	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	RFA-arb
Total				-	-	$14,000,000	$14,000,000	$14,000,000

Signed: Mar 30, 2010

Team: Pittsburgh Penguins

GM: Ray Shero

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 5.89

Kris Letang signed a $1,955,000 3-year contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins and General Manager Ray Shero on October 2, 2006 with an AAV of $638,333. This contract will start in 2006-07 and end after the 2009-10 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.45% of the salary cap.

Entry Level Contract ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2006-07	19	$638,333	$850,000	-	$85,000	-	$85,000	-	ELC
2007-08	20	$623,333	$835,000	$290,000	$85,000	$475,000	$560,000	$62,500	ELC
2008-09	21	$623,333	$835,000	$165,000	$85,000	$600,000	$685,000	$62,500	ELC
2009-10	22	$623,333	$835,000	$180,000	-	$625,000	$625,000	$62,500	ELC
Total				$635,000	$255,000	$1,700,000	$1,955,000	$187,500

Signed: Oct 2, 2006

Team: Pittsburgh Penguins

GM: Ray Shero

Exp. Status: RFA

Note: This entry level contract slid one season as player did not meet the games played threshold to start the contract.

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
2002-03	QAAA	Antoine-Girouard	42	2	10	12		34
2003-04	QAAA	Antoine-Girouard	39	12	41	53		94				13	7	9	16		38
2004-05	QMJHL	Val-d'Or	70	13	19	32	-16	79
2004-05	WJ18-A	Canada	6	2	2	4		20
2005-06	WJC-A	Canada	6	1	2	3		2
2005-06	QMJHL	Val-d'Or	60	25	43	68	+4	156				5	1	5	6	-5	20
2006-07	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	7	2	0	2	-3	4	8	25.0	11:33
2006-07	WJC-A	Canada	6	0	6	6		12
2006-07	QMJHL	Val-d'Or	40	14	38	52	+19	74				19	12	19	31	+10	48
2006-07	AHL	Wilkes-Barre										1		1	1		2
2007-08	AHL	Wilkes-Barre	10	1	6	7		4
2007-08	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	63	6	11	17	-1	23	68	8.8	18:10	16		2	2	+5	12	14	0.0	17:07
2008-09	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	74	10	23	33	-7	24	138	7.2	21:09	23	4	9	13	+1	26	54	7.4	19:18
2009-10	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	73	3	24	27	+1	51	174	1.7	21:34	13	5	2	7	-5	6	23	21.7	23:15
2010-11	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	8	42	50	+15	101	236	3.4	24:02	7		4	4		10	28	0.0	26:33
2011-12	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	51	10	32	42	+21	34	142	7.0	24:50	6	1	4	5	-1	21	15	6.7	23:01
2012-13	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	35	5	33	38	+16	8	95	5.3	25:38	15	3	13	16	+2	8	49	6.1	27:38
2013-14	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	37	11	11	22	-8	16	108	10.2	24:14	13	2	4	6	+2	14	29	6.9	24:10
2014-15	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	69	11	43	54	+12	79	197	5.6	25:29
2015-16	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	71	16	51	67	+9	66	218	7.3	26:57	23	3	12	15	+6	22	70	4.3	28:53
2016-17	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	41	5	29	34	+2	32	122	4.1	25:31
2017-18	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	79	9	42	51	-9	56	222	4.0	25:20	12	3	8	11		15	25	12.0	25:15
2018-19	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	65	16	40	56	+13	48	206	7.8	25:58	4		1	1	-3	2	14	0.0	27:03
2019-20	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	61	15	29	44		38	177	8.5	25:44	4				-2		12	0.0	26:47
2020-21	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	55	7	38	45	+19	32	132	5.3	24:39	6	1	5	6	-2	6	15	6.7	28:42
2021-22	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	78	10	58	68	+20	49	214	4.7	25:47	7	1	3	4	-3		19	5.3	29:51
2022-23	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	64	12	29	41	-13	30	161	7.5	24:51
2023-24	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	10	41	51	+13	62	164	6.1	24:41
2024-25	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	74	9	21	30	-15	52	164	5.5	23:32
2025-26	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	21	1	7	8	+1	8	32	3.1	21:42
NHL Career			1182	176	604	780	+86	813	2978	5.9	24:09	149	23	67	90		142	367	6.3	24:24