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Leon Draisaitl

Position	Center / Left Wing	Current Team	Edmonton Oilers
Shoots	Left	Current Contract	8 years
Height	6'2"	Expires	2032-33
Weight (lbs)	209	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	37
Age	29 (Oct 27, 1995)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	2014, Round 1, Overall 3 (EDM)

Date	Team	Transaction
Sep 1, 2024	Edmonton Oilers	Signed 8 years @ $14.000M AAV starting in 2025-26
Aug 16, 2017	Edmonton Oilers	Signed 8 years @ $8.500M AAV starting in 2017-18
Aug 12, 2014	Edmonton Oilers	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

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	EDM	72	1031:07	0.81	1.40	2.21	0.59	0.23	14.29	10.31	3.98	6.98	5.43
2016-17	EDM	82	1156:54	0.62	1.40	2.02	0.60	0.02	12.00	11.57	0.43	11.35	2.84
2017-18	EDM	78	1106:48	0.70	1.63	2.33	0.69	0.02	10.00	9.76	0.24	4.14	3.55
2018-19	EDM	82	1361:47	1.19	1.32	2.51	0.60	0.59	19.42	9.83	9.60	5.38	2.15
2019-20	EDM	71	1135:54	1.11	1.74	2.85	0.68	0.43	16.03	9.89	6.14	10.12	8.33
2020-21	EDM	56	895:48	0.74	1.74	2.48	0.44	0.30	14.47	8.62	5.85	3.92	1.96
2021-22	EDM	80	1266:55	1.23	1.33	2.56	0.68	0.55	17.57	9.74	7.83	6.37	4.90
2022-23	EDM	80	1252:07	0.81	1.63	2.44	0.54	0.28	14.66	9.69	4.96	3.51	4.09
2023-24	EDM	81	1242:39	0.72	1.93	2.66	0.56	0.17	13.04	10.06	2.98	4.65	4.07
2024-25	EDM	71	1176:32	1.17	1.53	2.70	0.65	0.52	15.75	8.72	7.04	3.54	6.57
2025-26	EDM	3	48:15	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.45	-0.45	0.00	7.27	-7.27	14.29	0.00

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	EDM	72	1031:07	44.11	2.62	2.75	40.09	2.50	2.48	51.14	52.55	0.51	-0.07	5.83
2016-17	EDM	82	1156:54	43.25	3.06	2.87	40.35	2.70	2.66	53.15	51.92	0.50	0.21	2.66
2017-18	EDM	78	1106:48	48.95	3.14	2.97	42.28	3.31	2.67	48.74	52.66	0.41	-0.05	4.15
2018-19	EDM	82	1361:47	41.64	3.17	2.58	45.38	3.22	2.80	49.66	47.90	0.41	0.38	0.74
2019-20	EDM	71	1135:54	42.57	3.59	2.73	45.11	3.17	2.75	53.12	49.77	0.51	0.39	1.36
2020-21	EDM	56	895:48	43.34	3.35	2.66	42.06	2.08	2.69	61.73	49.77	0.50	0.46	0.54
2021-22	EDM	80	1266:55	43.76	3.13	2.74	44.52	2.65	2.80	54.10	49.44	0.06	0.42	-3.48
2022-23	EDM	80	1252:07	46.10	3.55	3.09	43.85	3.35	2.76	51.39	52.84	0.31	0.42	-1.50
2023-24	EDM	81	1242:39	50.41	3.67	3.32	40.22	2.32	2.42	61.29	57.82	0.48	0.18	1.99
2024-25	EDM	71	1176:32	53.65	3.31	3.24	37.99	2.29	2.29	59.09	58.62	0.93	0.05	7.82
2025-26	EDM	3	48:15	49.74	0.00	3.07	31.09	0.00	1.50	-	67.17	1.35	-0.55	21.57

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%
2021-22	80	23.9	1.0	8.9	9.3	91.1	55.2	7.4	41.3	51.3	0.4	0.2	0.4
2022-23	80	23.3	1.0	8.9	9.4	88.4	54.8	6.7	46.6	46.6	0.4	0.2	0.4
2023-24	81	23.3	0.9	8.9	9.4	87.5	55.4	6.2	45.1	48.6	0.4	0.2	0.4
2024-25	71	23.2	0.9	9.2	9.6	87.4	57.0	8.6	47.0	44.4	0.4	0.2	0.5
2025-26	3	21.1	0.5	9.0	9.5	74.9	51.4	0.0	25.0	75.0	0.4	0.2	0.5

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	Team	GF/60	GA/60	GF%	xGF/60	xGA/60	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
2025-26	EDM	0.00	0.00	-	4.70	0.68	87.42	2.97	-1.19	39.34
2024-25	EDM	2.54	2.08	55.00	3.23	2.25	58.93	0.52	0.06	3.65
2024-25	EDM	5.66	2.12	72.73	4.14	2.08	66.56	1.62	-0.21	14.18
2024-25	EDM	2.11	2.11	50.00	3.15	2.23	58.54	0.55	0.06	4.03
2024-25	EDM	0.99	1.98	33.33	3.82	1.78	68.19	1.28	-0.49	15.48
2024-25	EDM	5.81	1.16	83.33	2.65	2.06	56.27	0.09	-0.17	2.80
2024-25	EDM	0.00	1.20	0.00	2.58	2.05	55.76	-0.30	-0.13	-1.21
2024-25	EDM	1.69	1.69	50.00	3.28	3.02	52.09	0.48	0.76	-3.32
2024-25	EDM	6.80	2.27	75.00	3.46	2.66	56.49	0.95	0.32	4.80
2024-25	EDM	5.69	2.85	66.67	4.99	0.84	85.58	2.34	-1.37	30.97
2023-24	EDM	5.59	2.28	71.05	3.92	2.45	61.54	1.04	0.19	5.55
2023-24	EDM	4.98	1.66	75.00	3.26	2.71	54.59	0.47	0.42	-0.31
2023-24	EDM	0.68	2.04	25.00	2.33	2.46	48.61	-0.76	0.07	-7.73
2023-24	EDM	2.40	2.40	50.00	4.09	2.38	63.20	1.01	-0.03	7.10
2023-24	EDM	2.56	0.85	75.00	4.05	1.92	67.80	1.18	-0.42	12.69
2023-24	EDM	5.05	0.00	100.00	2.83	2.98	48.70	-0.25	0.69	-8.58
2023-24	EDM	1.40	2.80	33.33	3.37	1.49	69.36	0.47	-0.78	13.20
2023-24	EDM	6.05	1.51	80.00	3.17	2.83	52.86	0.35	0.33	-0.21
2023-24	EDM	4.63	1.54	75.00	2.71	1.91	58.61	-0.37	-0.44	1.96
2023-24	EDM	1.57	1.57	50.00	2.01	3.65	35.50	-0.99	1.35	-21.16
2023-24	EDM	5.04	3.36	60.00	2.46	2.08	54.11	-0.60	-0.15	-3.63
2023-24	EDM	6.24	8.32	42.86	3.21	1.87	63.23	0.23	-0.41	6.46
2023-24	EDM	0.00	6.56	0.00	2.99	2.77	51.93	-0.07	0.56	-6.21
2022-23	EDM	5.76	2.88	66.67	4.00	2.50	61.50	1.24	0.02	8.86
2022-23	EDM	4.47	2.61	63.16	3.01	3.04	49.75	0.06	0.54	-4.42
2022-23	EDM	3.91	3.91	50.00	3.46	3.59	49.11	0.55	1.20	-5.78
2022-23	EDM	3.77	1.51	71.43	2.55	2.33	52.25	-0.48	-0.00	-4.25
2022-23	EDM	1.01	3.02	25.00	2.98	2.84	51.27	0.10	0.48	-3.84
2022-23	EDM	2.88	2.88	50.00	2.20	2.69	45.08	-0.75	0.23	-9.50
2022-23	EDM	7.80	1.56	83.33	3.24	1.96	62.27	0.26	-0.40	6.52
2022-23	EDM	1.62	4.85	25.00	1.83	2.97	38.11	-1.18	0.49	-16.69
2022-23	EDM	1.63	6.54	20.00	2.60	2.74	48.64	-0.16	0.38	-5.25
2022-23	EDM	5.00	3.33	60.00	2.61	3.29	44.27	-0.43	0.83	-11.03
2022-23	EDM	1.97	1.97	50.00	3.73	2.89	56.33	0.74	0.40	1.75
2022-23	EDM	0.00	4.69	0.00	2.85	2.93	49.29	-0.11	0.54	-6.06
2022-23	EDM	0.00	0.00	-	2.00	1.74	53.48	-0.94	-0.92	0.92
2022-23	EDM	2.67	8.01	25.00	4.45	3.96	52.93	1.51	1.53	-1.85
2022-23	EDM	2.86	8.58	25.00	1.41	3.24	30.38	-1.29	1.00	-24.32
2021-22	EDM	3.05	2.54	54.55	2.02	2.88	41.24	-0.68	0.28	-9.68
2021-22	EDM	4.15	2.64	61.11	3.29	2.73	54.68	0.59	0.15	3.46
2021-22	EDM	3.66	3.66	50.00	3.25	2.99	52.02	0.57	0.51	0.15
2021-22	EDM	1.49	0.50	75.00	2.37	3.21	42.54	-0.55	0.75	-11.87
2021-22	EDM	1.70	2.55	40.00	3.37	2.72	55.34	0.74	0.18	4.54
2021-22	EDM	0.94	4.70	16.67	3.10	3.24	48.90	0.24	0.77	-4.82
2021-22	EDM	4.07	3.05	57.14	2.94	2.46	54.42	0.23	-0.04	2.44
2021-22	EDM	2.91	1.46	66.67	3.49	2.47	58.56	0.88	-0.17	8.78
2021-22	EDM	1.77	3.53	33.33	1.59	2.82	36.02	-1.07	0.33	-15.66
2021-22	EDM	3.72	0.00	100.00	2.08	2.08	49.97	-0.70	-0.49	-1.95
2021-22	EDM	2.67	5.34	33.33	4.52	3.34	57.49	1.80	0.98	3.96
2020-21	EDM	2.52	1.68	60.00	2.27	2.88	44.05	0.01	0.50	-4.59
2020-21	EDM	5.23	3.84	57.69	2.81	2.88	49.37	0.47	0.52	-0.40
2020-21	EDM	5.05	0.92	84.62	3.33	2.40	58.09	1.12	-0.04	10.53
2020-21	EDM	2.34	2.93	44.44	1.93	2.89	40.03	-0.54	0.47	-10.44
2020-21	EDM	3.77	0.00	100.00	2.88	2.90	49.76	0.53	0.63	-1.00
2020-21	EDM	2.39	2.39	50.00	2.06	2.61	44.11	-0.52	0.06	-6.19
2019-20	EDM	4.03	3.48	53.70	2.74	2.91	48.47	0.47	0.53	-0.42
2019-20	EDM	5.34	1.52	77.78	2.94	2.45	54.61	0.66	-0.07	7.04
2019-20	EDM	4.55	3.04	60.00	3.25	2.42	57.34	0.85	-0.03	7.86
2019-20	EDM	1.87	3.73	33.33	4.32	2.56	62.82	2.37	-0.47	23.57
2019-20	EDM	0.00	1.94	0.00	2.63	1.29	67.06	0.15	-1.20	17.20
2019-20	EDM	6.90	4.60	60.00	2.53	3.86	39.58	0.01	1.45	-11.45
2019-20	EDM	0.00	2.33	0.00	2.14	1.74	55.18	0.08	-0.80	10.35
2019-20	EDM	0.00	7.09	0.00	2.89	3.15	47.81	0.72	0.51	2.73
2018-19	EDM	4.94	4.08	54.76	2.76	2.93	48.50	0.61	0.33	3.19
2018-19	EDM	2.97	2.48	54.55	2.62	3.00	46.62	0.43	0.48	0.17
2018-19	EDM	1.49	0.30	83.33	2.16	2.16	50.05	-0.27	-0.63	3.42
2018-19	EDM	4.69	3.13	60.00	3.43	2.18	61.15	1.53	-0.43	19.14
2018-19	EDM	3.36	4.20	44.44	2.48	3.52	41.39	0.31	1.15	-6.54
2018-19	EDM	1.60	6.42	20.00	0.85	2.71	23.81	-1.31	0.21	-22.51
2018-19	EDM	5.53	1.84	75.00	2.98	2.77	51.87	0.57	0.32	2.23
2018-19	EDM	0.00	1.88	0.00	1.88	2.37	44.29	-0.53	-0.17	-4.38
2018-19	EDM	0.00	4.06	0.00	1.63	3.22	33.61	-0.94	0.77	-17.65
2018-19	EDM	0.00	2.08	0.00	2.28	2.08	52.28	-0.07	-0.45	4.12
2018-19	EDM	4.40	0.00	100.00	3.42	3.23	51.44	1.27	0.20	9.90
2018-19	EDM	2.52	2.52	50.00	1.17	2.69	30.34	-1.06	0.05	-15.50
2018-19	EDM	3.00	3.00	50.00	2.20	1.79	55.09	-0.10	-0.61	6.25
2017-18	EDM	3.59	2.32	60.71	3.53	2.87	55.20	1.03	0.54	3.35
2017-18	EDM	2.83	2.26	55.56	2.36	1.95	54.74	-0.55	-0.43	-0.30
2017-18	EDM	3.12	4.36	41.67	4.04	2.81	58.96	1.56	0.04	11.70
2017-18	EDM	1.60	4.00	28.57	1.93	3.67	34.42	-0.84	1.11	-17.55
2017-18	EDM	4.89	3.91	55.56	2.51	2.31	52.00	-0.24	-0.45	2.20
2017-18	EDM	1.14	1.14	50.00	2.56	2.29	52.76	-0.51	-0.23	-2.14
2017-18	EDM	2.49	4.98	33.33	3.26	1.83	64.11	0.64	-1.17	17.39
2017-18	EDM	6.96	0.00	100.00	3.60	1.62	68.91	1.12	-0.93	19.68
2017-18	EDM	0.00	5.42	0.00	2.38	3.16	42.94	-0.02	0.36	-3.21
2017-18	EDM	6.13	4.08	60.00	2.96	1.98	59.86	0.38	-0.62	10.08
2017-18	EDM	2.37	4.74	33.33	2.44	2.79	46.63	-0.61	0.25	-7.97
2017-18	EDM	0.00	10.25	0.00	2.02	4.53	30.89	-0.27	2.07	-17.37
2017-18	EDM	2.97	5.94	33.33	1.94	3.84	33.56	-0.75	0.33	-9.82
2016-17	EDM	3.53	2.39	59.62	2.99	2.57	53.77	0.67	0.03	6.07
2016-17	EDM	2.49	3.31	42.86	3.54	2.50	58.59	1.07	0.02	8.70
2016-17	EDM	1.71	0.00	100.00	2.44	1.65	59.73	-0.07	-1.13	12.22
2016-17	EDM	1.14	0.00	100.00	2.32	1.80	56.27	-0.16	-0.88	8.27
2016-17	EDM	2.58	3.87	40.00	2.23	2.17	50.63	-0.54	-0.23	-2.85
2016-17	EDM	1.50	1.50	50.00	2.19	2.82	43.74	-0.23	0.07	-3.17
2016-17	EDM	2.28	2.28	50.00	2.46	2.64	48.29	-0.08	-0.09	-0.00
2016-17	EDM	2.37	2.37	50.00	2.34	2.90	44.65	0.02	0.17	-1.28
2016-17	EDM	4.88	0.00	100.00	1.91	2.25	46.00	-0.74	-0.24	-5.60
2015-16	EDM	3.19	2.68	54.35	2.77	2.32	54.43	0.61	-0.28	9.04
2015-16	EDM	4.52	1.94	70.00	2.43	1.71	58.74	0.11	-0.83	10.93
2015-16	EDM	1.50	0.75	66.67	2.18	2.43	47.29	-0.31	-0.16	-1.76
2015-16	EDM	0.00	1.08	0.00	2.59	3.14	45.20	0.20	0.56	-2.86
2015-16	EDM	1.15	4.61	20.00	2.34	2.67	46.67	0.10	0.33	-2.19
2015-16	EDM	2.59	5.17	33.33	2.84	2.61	52.06	0.46	-0.05	4.94
2015-16	EDM	6.67	3.33	66.67	4.63	2.72	62.97	2.09	0.33	11.47
2015-16	EDM	2.07	0.00	100.00	2.48	2.65	48.34	0.24	0.20	0.63
2015-16	EDM	0.00	2.71	0.00	4.71	2.34	66.79	2.08	-0.27	16.55

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.

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Current Contract

Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2025-26	29	NMC	$14,000,000	$14,000,000	-	$15,500,000	$1,000,000	$16,500,000	$16,500,000	UFA
2026-27	30	NMC	$14,000,000	$14,000,000	-	$15,500,000	$1,000,000	$16,500,000	$16,500,000	UFA
2027-28	31	NMC	$14,000,000	$14,000,000	-	$15,500,000	$1,000,000	$16,500,000	$16,500,000	UFA
2028-29	32	NMC	$14,000,000	$14,000,000	-	$13,000,000	$1,000,000	$14,000,000	$14,000,000	UFA
2029-30	33	NMC	$14,000,000	$14,000,000	-	$11,500,000	$1,000,000	$12,500,000	$12,500,000	UFA
2030-31	34	NMC	$14,000,000	$14,000,000	-	$11,000,000	$1,000,000	$12,000,000	$1,200,000	UFA
2031-32	35	NMC	$14,000,000	$14,000,000	-	$11,000,000	$1,000,000	$12,000,000	$1,200,000	UFA
2032-33	36	NMC	$14,000,000	$14,000,000	-	$11,000,000	$1,000,000	$12,000,000	$1,200,000	UFA
Total					-	$104,000,000	$8,000,000	$112,000,000	$79,600,000

Signed: Sep 1, 2024

Team: Edmonton Oilers

GM: Stan Bowman

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 14.66

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Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2017-18	21		$8,500,000	$8,500,000	-	-	$9,000,000	$9,000,000	$9,000,000	RFA
2018-19	22		$8,500,000	$8,500,000	-	-	$9,000,000	$9,000,000	$9,000,000	RFA-arb
2019-20	23		$8,500,000	$8,500,000	-	-	$9,000,000	$9,000,000	$9,000,000	RFA-arb
2020-21	24		$8,500,000	$8,500,000	-	$7,000,000	$2,000,000	$9,000,000	$9,000,000	RFA-arb
2021-22	25		$8,500,000	$8,500,000	-	-	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	RFA-arb
2022-23	26	NMC M-NTC	$8,500,000	$8,500,000	-	$7,000,000	$1,000,000	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	UFA
2023-24	27	NMC M-NTC	$8,500,000	$8,500,000	-	-	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	UFA
2024-25	28	NMC M-NTC	$8,500,000	$8,500,000	-	-	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	UFA
Total					-	$14,000,000	$54,000,000	$68,000,000	$68,000,000

Signed: Aug 16, 2017

Team: Edmonton Oilers

GM: Peter Chiarelli

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 11.33

Clause: Starting in 2022-23 player can submit a list of 10 teams he is willing to accept a trade to.

Entry Level Contract ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2014-15	18	$925,000	$3,400,000	$2,475,000	$92,500	$832,500	$925,000	$70,000	ELC
2015-16	19	$925,000	$3,400,000	$2,475,000	$92,500	$832,500	$925,000	$70,000	ELC
2016-17	20	$925,000	$3,400,000	$2,475,000	$92,500	$832,500	$925,000	$70,000	ELC
Total				$7,425,000	$277,500	$2,497,500	$2,775,000	$210,000

Signed: Aug 12, 2014

Team: Edmonton Oilers

GM: Craig MacTavish

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
2007-08	Schüler-BL	Kölner EC U16	14	2	10	12		11
2008-09	Schüler-BL	Kölner EC U16	30	20	23	43		26				5	1	6	7		4
2009-10	Schüler-BL	Mannheimer ERC U16	26	48	55	103		22				5	8	3	11		4
2010-11	Ger-Jr.	Heil./Mann. Jr.	6	0	1	1		2
2010-11	Schüler-BL	Mannheimer ERC U16										5	16	15	31
2011-12	Ger-Jr.	Heil./Mann. Jr.	35	21	35	56		39				8	6	6	12		2
2012-13	WHL	Prince Albert	64	21	37	58	+22	22				4		4	4	-4
2013-14	WHL	Prince Albert	64	38	67	105	+7	24				4	1	2	3	+1	4
2014-15	NHL	Edmonton Oilers	37	2	7	9	-17	4	49	4.1	12:42
2014-15	WHL	Kelowna	32	19	34	53	+14	25				19	10	18	28	+17	12
2014-15	M-Cup	Kelowna										5	4	3	7	-1	12	24	1,670.0
2015-16	NHL	Edmonton Oilers	72	19	32	51	-2	20	133	14.3	18:04
2015-16	WC-A	Germany	8	1	3	4	-2	4	6
2015-16	AHL	Bakersfield	6	1	1	2	-5	4	13	770.0
2016-17	WCup	Team Europe	6	2	0	2	+2
2016-17	OGQ	Germany	3	2	3	5	+2
2016-17	WC	Germany	3	0	2	2		2
2016-17	NHL	Edmonton Oilers	82	29	48	77	+7	20	172	16.9	18:53	13	6	10	16	+8	19	22	27.3	19:32
2017-18	NHL	Edmonton Oilers	78	25	45	70	-7	30	194	12.9	19:19
2017-18	WC	Germany	7	2	7	9	+2	16
2018-19	NHL	Edmonton Oilers	82	50	55	105	+2	52	231	21.6	22:35
2018-19	WC	Germany	8	5	3	8	-1
2019-20	NHL	Edmonton Oilers	71	43	67	110	-7	18	218	19.7	22:37	4	3	3	6	+1		13	23.1	22:58
2020-21	NHL	Edmonton Oilers	56	31	53	84	+29	22	168	18.5	22:11	4	2	3	5	-2	2	24	8.3	31:55
2021-22	NHL	Edmonton Oilers	80	55	55	110	+17	40	278	19.8	22:21	16	7	25	32	+4	6	44	15.9	21:22
2022-23	NHL	Edmonton Oilers	80	52	76	128	+7	24	247	21.1	21:44	12	13	5	18	-1	10	45	28.9	23:08
2023-24	NHL	Edmonton Oilers	81	41	65	106	+26	76	217	18.9	20:42	25	10	21	31		14	73	13.7	21:24
2024-25	NHL	Edmonton Oilers	71	52	54	106	+32	34	240	21.7	21:31	22	11	22	33	+4	6	56	19.6	22:46
2025-26	NHL	Edmonton Oilers	3	2	1	3	+1	2	9	22.2	23:03
NHL Career			793	401	558	959	+88	342	2156	18.6	20:35	96	52	89	141	+14	57	277	18.8	22:11