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Mario Ferraro

Position	Left Defense	Current Team	San Jose Sharks
Shoots	Left	Current Contract	4 years
Height	5'11"	Expires	2025-26
Weight (lbs)	200	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	27
Age	27 (Sep 17, 1998)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	2017, Round 2, Overall 49 (SJS)

Date	Team	Transaction
Aug 4, 2022	San Jose Sharks	Signed 4 years @ $3.250M AAV starting in 2022-23
Apr 29, 2019	San Jose Sharks	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.
2019-20	SJS	61	843:35	0.07	0.50	0.57	0.16	-0.09	1.79	4.12	-2.33	0.00	2.30
2020-21	SJS	56	978:04	0.06	0.61	0.67	0.10	-0.04	2.27	3.81	-1.53	1.67	5.00
2021-22	SJS	63	1175:29	0.10	0.41	0.51	0.10	0.01	4.88	4.58	0.30	1.67	0.00
2022-23	SJS	72	1241:11	0.10	0.29	0.39	0.16	-0.06	3.64	5.99	-2.35	0.00	4.88
2023-24	SJS	78	1431:16	0.13	0.71	0.84	0.18	-0.06	2.59	3.76	-1.17	0.65	6.45
2024-25	SJS	78	1393:30	0.17	0.43	0.60	0.14	0.03	5.56	4.62	0.94	0.00	6.67
2025-26	SJS	20	339:11	0.18	0.53	0.71	0.09	0.09	5.56	2.77	2.78	0.00	3.85

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
2019-20	SJS	61	843:35	38.91	2.20	2.52	40.19	3.49	2.49	38.75	50.31	0.03	0.06	-0.30
2020-21	SJS	56	978:04	37.54	2.45	2.48	43.31	2.70	2.52	47.62	49.63	-0.11	-0.15	0.39
2021-22	SJS	63	1175:29	38.59	2.14	2.34	44.71	2.55	2.64	45.65	47.00	-0.10	0.09	-1.92
2022-23	SJS	72	1241:11	38.19	2.08	2.64	46.31	3.48	2.98	37.39	46.93	-0.17	0.21	-3.39
2023-24	SJS	78	1431:16	39.82	2.18	2.18	48.42	3.73	2.90	36.88	42.92	0.15	-0.15	2.92
2024-25	SJS	78	1393:30	40.39	2.28	2.41	45.38	3.27	2.68	41.09	47.37	0.45	-0.02	5.26
2025-26	SJS	20	339:11	32.02	2.30	1.91	45.11	2.12	2.40	52.00	44.32	-0.10	-0.25	1.24

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

Mario Ferraro, surging Sharks have eyes on NHL playoffs after beating Panthers at Yahoo Sports NHL (Sun Nov 9, 2025)
6e défenseur : Mario Ferraro pour « remplacer » Arber Xhekaj? at Dans Les Coulisses (Fri Nov 7, 2025)
Mario Ferraro is Playing for More Than Just the Sharks This Season at Fear the Fin (Sun Sep 21, 2025)
NHL Rumors: Mario Ferraro, Luke Hughes, and Evgeni Malkin at NHL Rumors (Fri Sep 19, 2025)
NHL Rumors: Calgary Flames, Toronto Maple Leafs, Carter Hart, Mario Ferraro, and Quinn Hughes at NHL Rumors (Fri Sep 5, 2025)
Ferraro's time in San Jose could be nearing it's end at Blades of Teal (Wed Aug 13, 2025)
Way too early look at the Sharks defense, goaltending at Fear the Fin (Fri Aug 8, 2025)
Canucks Not Done, a Ferraro Trade & More NHL Rumors at The Hockey Writers (Fri Aug 1, 2025)
NHL Rumors: Edmonton Oilers Trade Candidates, and Mario Ferraro Okay With a Change of Scenery at NHL Rumors (Thu Jul 31, 2025)
Maple Leafs shouldn’t pursue Mario Ferraro in trade at Editor in Leaf (Thu Jul 31, 2025)
Colorado Avalanche could circle back to Sharks defenseman at Mile High Sticking (Thu Jun 19, 2025)

Current Contract

Mario Ferraro signed a $13,000,000 4-year contract with the San Jose Sharks and General Manager Mike Grier on August 4, 2022 with an AAV of $3,250,000. 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 3.94% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2022-23	23	$3,250,000	$3,250,000	-	$1,000,000	$2,250,000	$3,250,000	$3,250,000	RFA
2023-24	24	$3,250,000	$3,250,000	-	-	$3,250,000	$3,250,000	$3,250,000	RFA-arb
2024-25	25	$3,250,000	$3,250,000	-	-	$3,250,000	$3,250,000	$3,250,000	RFA-arb
2025-26	26	$3,250,000	$3,250,000	-	-	$3,250,000	$3,250,000	$3,250,000	RFA-arb
Total				-	$1,000,000	$12,000,000	$13,000,000	$13,000,000

Signed: Aug 4, 2022

Team: San Jose Sharks

GM: Mike Grier

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 3.94

Previous Contracts (show) (hide)

Mario Ferraro signed a $2,775,000 3-year contract with the San Jose Sharks and General Manager Doug Wilson on April 29, 2019 with an AAV of $925,000. This contract will start in 2019-20 and end after the 2021-22 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.13% of the salary cap.

Entry Level Contract ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2019-20	20	$925,000	$1,137,500	$212,500	$92,500	$832,500	$925,000	$70,000	ELC
2020-21	21	$925,000	$1,137,500	$212,500	$92,500	$832,500	$925,000	$70,000	ELC
2021-22	22	$925,000	$1,137,500	$212,500	$92,500	$832,500	$925,000	$70,000	ELC
Total				$637,500	$277,500	$2,497,500	$2,775,000	$210,000

Signed: Apr 29, 2019

Team: San Jose Sharks

GM: Doug Wilson

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
2013-14	GTMMHL	Don Mills Flyers Minor Mdgt AAA	33	6	5	11		8
2013-14	GTHL U16	Don Mills Flyers U16 AAA										2
2014-15	OJHL	Toronto Patriots	43	1	11	12		28				22	1	3	4		16
2015-16	OJHL	Toronto Patriots	51	6	34	40		46
2016-17	USHL	Des Moines Buccaneers	60	8	33	41	+7	42				3				-1
2017-18	NCAA	Univ. of Massachusetts	39	4	19	23	+5	20
2018-19	NCAA	Univ. of Massachusetts	41	2	12	14	+6	23
2019-20	NHL	San Jose Sharks	61	2	9	11	-15	30	63	3.2	15:53
2020-21	NHL	San Jose Sharks	56	1	16	17	-6	22	58	1.7	22:26
2020-21	WC	Canada	10	0	2	2	+2
2021-22	NHL	San Jose Sharks	63	2	12	14	-5	16	49	4.1	23:00
2022-23	NHL	San Jose Sharks	72	4	7	11	-31	24	66	6.1	21:36
2023-24	NHL	San Jose Sharks	78	3	18	21	-38	36	124	2.4	22:52
2024-25	NHL	San Jose Sharks	78	5	12	17	-25	53	79	6.3	21:24
2025-26	NHL	San Jose Sharks	21	1	3	4	-2	4	21	4.8	20:52
NHL Career			429	18	77	95	-122	185	460	3.9	21:16