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John Tavares
Center #91 Maple Leafs $4.380M
Player Information

John Tavares has 47 points (20 goals, 27 assists) in 57 games for the Toronto Maple Leafs this season.

Selected in the 1st round (No. 1) of the 2009 NHL Draft by the New York Islanders, he has 1161 points (514 goals, 647 assists) in 1241 regular-season games for the New York Islanders and the Toronto Maple Leafs.

He also has 53 points (28 goals, 25 assists) in 75 Stanley Cup Playoff games.

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  • Country: Country FlagCAN
    Age: 35.4 yrs (20.09.1990)
    Height / Weight: 185 cm / 98 kg
    Shoots: L
    Drafted: 1st in 2009
    Draft Team: Team logoNew York Islanders
    Awards: -
Player Evaluation

The 35-year-old is an elite play-driver for his team, with the Maple Leafs controlling 59% of expected goals when he is on the ice. When John Tavares is off the ice, the Maple Leafs control 43% of expected goals, indicating the team is significantly better when he plays.

He is being deployed in an offense-leaning role, starting 45% of his shifts in the offensive zone versus 23% in the defensive zone.

  • 76

    Overall Rating
    Offense:Off: 26th of 246 Centers
    Defense:Def: 184th of 246 Centers
  • Metric Current Season
    PlayDriving
    0.16
    -0.140.14
    OnIce_xGoalsPct
    0.59
    0.350.65
    IceTimePerGame
    17.94
    1222
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    1.18
    0.21.5
    PrimaryAssists/60
    0.74
    0.11.5
    SecondaryAssists/60
    0.87
    0.11.2
    xGoals/60
    1.23
    0.491.34
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    3.99
    1.85
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    3.84
    1.45.5
    PenaltiesDrawn/60
    0.56
    0.271.56
    OZoneStartPct
    0.45
    0.150.4
    PP_xGoals/60
    1.73
    0.52.5
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    2.82
    2.54
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    3.96
    2.54
    Penalties/60
    0.62
    0.51.5
    ShotsBlocked/60
    0.81
    13
    Takeaways/60
    1.24
    0.52
    Giveaways/60
    3.16
    14
    DZoneStartPct
    0.23
    0.150.4
    PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    0.00
    512
Contract Information
Actual AAV: $4.380M
Player Contract Value: $5.500M
Remaining: 4 year(s)
Contract Ends: 2029 UFA
Age at the end: 39.8 yrs (20.09.1990)
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John Tavares
Recent Games
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
27.01.2026 Team Logo Sabres 1 0 1 1 -1 19:58 0 0
29.01.2026 Team Logo Kraken 1 0 0 0 -3 15:31 3 0.0% 0
31.01.2026 Team Logo Canucks 1 0 0 0 -1 19:03 4 0.0% 0
02.02.2026 Team Logo Flames 1 0 1 1 0 16:45 1 0.0% 0
03.02.2026 Team Logo Oilers 1 1 0 1 1 14:54 2 50.0% 0
Total 5 1 2 3 -4 10 10.0% 0
Regular Season
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2009-10 Team Logo Islanders 82 24 30 54 -15 18:00 186 12.9% 22
2010-11 Team Logo Islanders 79 29 38 67 -16 19:15 243 11.9% 53
2011-12 Team Logo Islanders 82 31 50 81 -6 20:34 286 10.8% 26
2012-13 Team Logo Islanders 48 28 19 47 -2 20:46 162 17.3% 18
2013-14 Team Logo Islanders 59 24 42 66 -6 21:15 188 12.8% 40
2014-15 Team Logo Islanders 82 38 48 86 5 20:40 278 13.7% 46
2015-16 Team Logo Islanders 78 33 37 70 6 20:00 250 13.2% 38
2016-17 Team Logo Islanders 77 28 38 66 4 20:25 260 10.8% 38
2017-18 Team Logo Islanders 82 37 47 84 -12 19:55 257 14.4% 26
2018-19 Team Logo Maple Leafs 82 47 41 88 19 19:04 286 16.4% 34
2019-20 Team Logo Maple Leafs 63 26 34 60 -7 19:33 197 13.2% 24
2020-21 Team Logo Maple Leafs 56 19 31 50 12 18:11 163 11.7% 14
2021-22 Team Logo Maple Leafs 79 27 49 76 -8 18:04 237 11.4% 32
2022-23 Team Logo Maple Leafs 80 36 44 80 -7 17:38 277 13.0% 34
2023-24 Team Logo Maple Leafs 80 29 36 65 2 17:52 279 10.4% 30
2024-25 Team Logo Maple Leafs 75 38 36 74 10 18:13 200 19.0% 46
2025-26 Team Logo Maple Leafs 57 20 27 47 -16 17:52 140 14.3% 20
Season Projection 82 29 39 68 -23 17:53 201 14.4% 29
Total 1241 514 647 1161 -37 3889 13.2% 541
Playoffs
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2012-13 Team Logo Islanders 6 3 2 5 -4 20:34 21 14.3% 4
2014-15 Team Logo Islanders 7 2 4 6 2 19:19 18 11.1% 2
2015-16 Team Logo Islanders 11 6 5 11 -3 22:53 40 15.0% 6
2018-19 Team Logo Maple Leafs 7 2 3 5 -5 19:40 21 9.5% 0
2019-20 Team Logo Maple Leafs 5 2 1 3 -3 22:41 24 8.3% 0
2020-21 Team Logo Maple Leafs 1 0 0 0 0 2:52 0 0
2021-22 Team Logo Maple Leafs 7 3 3 6 0 18:34 14 21.4% 2
2022-23 Team Logo Maple Leafs 11 4 4 8 -1 18:43 44 9.1% 4
2023-24 Team Logo Maple Leafs 7 1 1 2 0 19:03 22 4.5% 2
2024-25 Team Logo Maple Leafs 13 5 2 7 -6 18:33 40 12.5% 10
Total 75 28 25 53 -20 244 11.5% 30
Player Match
Player
Match
Name Team Pos Age Height / Weight Season
P/G
Career
P/G
Offense
Rating
Defense
Rating
Actual AAV
John Tavares Team Logo C 35.4 yrs 185 cm / 98 kg 0.82 0.94 82 65 $4.380M
84% Mika Zibanejad Team Logo C 32.9 yrs 188 cm / 94 kg 0.93 0.80 78 64 $8.500M
83% Filip Forsberg Team Logo LW 31.5 yrs 185 cm / 92 kg 0.82 0.87 77 72 $8.500M
81% Steven Stamkos Team Logo C 36 yrs 185 cm / 87 kg 0.77 1.01 78 66 $8.000M
79% Andrei Svechnikov Team Logo RW 25.9 yrs 191 cm / 90 kg 0.86 0.77 84 71 $7.750M
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