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Joe Thornton’s Career
- NHL: 1997-present; 22 seasons, 20 quality
- Totals:
- 420G,
- 11089A (7th All Time) for
- 1509P (14th),
- +186 in
- 1636 games (9th);
- 19:26 ATOI (all but his first season);
- 161.3 PS;
- Thornton is 22nd All Time in Offensive Point Shares;
- Draft: Thornton, drafted 1st overall in 1997 is,
- 3rd in Goals
- 1st in Assists (by 463)
- 1st in Points (by 321)
- 2nd in Plus/Minus
- 2nd in Point Shares (1st Skater)
- 2nd in Games
- Era: Of the 7 players to play in 1,312 games (16 seasons) between 1997 and 2020, Thornton is
- 3rd in Goals
- 4th in GPG
- 1st in Assists (by 266)
- 1st in APG (by 0.05)
- 1st in Points (by 259)
- 1st in PPG (by 0.07)
- 2nd in Plus/Minus
- 2nd in Offensive Point Shares
- 2nd in Defensive Point Shares (1st Forward)
- 1st in Point Shares
- 82-game average: 21G, 55A for 75P, +9; 8.1 PS
- 3-year peak (2005-08): 82-game average of 27G, 86A for 112P, +24; 21:07 ATOI
- Possession (2007-08):
- 55.6 CF% (3rd All Time among players to player 820 games)
- 4.7 CF%Rel (5th)
- 55.5 FF% (3rd)
- 3.9 FF%Rel (8th)
- Playoffs:
- 31G,
- 102A (24th All Time)
- for
- 133P,
- -32 in
- 179 games
- Adjusted:
- Hockey-Reference:
- Totals:
- 464G,
- 1188A (5th All Time) for
- 1652P (7th)
- Adjusted 82-game average: 23G, 60A for 83P
- Per Game:
- 14th All Time in Adjusted APG;
- If the qualifier is set to 1,230 games (15 seasons), Thornton is
- 4th All Time in Adjusted APG
- 15th All Time in Adjusted PPG
- Totals:
- VsX:
- 453G
- 1,243A (5th All Time)
- 1,522P (11th All Time)
- Per Game: Thornton is not in the Top but, if the qualifier is set to 820 games (10 seasons), Thornton is
- 24th All Time in VsX Adjusted APG
- If the qualifier is set to 1,230 games, Thornton is
- 11th All Time in VsX Adjusted APG
- 19th All Time in VsX Adjusted PPG
- Hockey-Reference:
- Trades:
- Traded at 26 for Brad Stuart (26), Marco Sturm (27) and Wyane Primeau (29)
Joe Thornton’s Accomplishments:
- Hart (’06)
- Top 5 in Hart voting a further three times
- Top 5 in Selke voting once
- Art Ross (’06)
- Back Check Best Player (’06)
- Top Player:
- Top 10 Player (by Point Shares) once (’06)
- Top 5 Offensive Player (by Offensive Point Shares) twice (’03, ’06),
- Top 10 three times (’07)
- Goals:
- GPG leader-boards:
- Top 10 in GPG once
- Single-season totals:
- 35 goals twice
- 25 goals five times
- 20 goals eleven times
- GPG leader-boards:
- Assists:
- Leader-boards:
- Led the league in Assists three times,
- Top 5 eight times (1 of only 9 players ever)
- Top 10 twelve times (1 of only 5 players ever – Howe, Gretzky, Oates, Francis
- APG-leader-boards:
- Led the league in APG twice,
- Top 5 nine times (1 of only 8 players ever)
- Top 10 twelve times (1 of only 5 players ever – Howe, Gretzky, Oates, Francis)
- Single-season totals:
- 90 assists twice (1 of only 5 players ever – Gretzky, Lemieux, Oates, Orr)
- 60 assists eight times (1 of only 10 players ever)
- 50 assists ten times (1 of only 16 players ever)
- 40 assists fourteen times (1 of only 17 players ever)
- Leader-boards:
- Points:
- Leader-boards:
- Led the league in Points once,
- Top 5 five times,
- Top 10 six times
- PPG leader-boards:
- Led the league in PPG once,
- Top 5 three times,
- Top 10 six times
- Single season totals:
- 120 points once,
- 110 points twice,
- 100 points three times,
- 90 points four times,
- 80 points seven times,
- 70 points twelve times (1 of only 21 players ever)
- 60 points fifteen times (1 of only 13 players ever)
- 50 points seventeen times (1 of only 18 players ever)
- Leader-boards:
- Top 10 in Plus Minus once
- All Star:
- 1st Team All Star once,
- 2nd Team All Star three times
- 6 All Star Games
- Three Stars:
- Monthly 2nd Star twice
- Weekly 1st Star thee times,
- Weekly 2nd Star once
- Weekly 3rd Star twice.
Joe Thornton’s Great Teams
- NHL:
- Best Forward on one Final Four (’11 Sharks),
- Top 3 Forward on one Runner up (’16 Sharks) and one Final Four (’10 Sharks)
- Top 6 Forward on one Final Four (’19 Sharks)
- Olympics:
- Role Player (by points) on one Olympic Champion (’10 Canada)
- World Cup:
- Top 6 Forward (by points) on one World Cup Champion (’04 Canada),
- Role Player (by points) on one World Cup Champion (’16 Canada)
- World Championships:
- Best Player (by points) on one World Championship Runner Up (’05 Canada)
- WJCs:
- Best Forward? (by points) on one World Junior Champion (’97 Canada)
- Spengler Cup:
- Best Player? (by points) on one Spengler Cup Champion (’05 Davos)
I guess we can criticize Thornton’s potential inclusion because his most dominant period was so short lived, but I don’t know that we can ignore brief dominance plus longevity with consistency.