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Ron FrancisvsBrendan Shanahan

Regular-season careers from the StatVault encyclopedia — the same tables as each player's profile.

C · VAL group SKATER

Ron Francis

1982–2004 · 23 seasons

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L · VAL group SKATER

Brendan Shanahan

1988–2009 · 21 seasons

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At a glance

Ron Francis and Brendan Shanahan: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Ron Francis	Stat	Brendan Shanahan
23	Seasons	21
253.4	Career VAL	227.2
20.3 (1996)	Peak-season VAL	19.5 (1997)
Inducted 2007	Hall of Fame	Inducted 2013
1	Black ink (league-leading seasons)	0
16	Gray ink (top-10 finishes)	7

VAL is Value Above League — regular-season production measured against the league at the same position group (NHL VAL board). Black and gray ink count seasons from 1960 on.

Career regular season

Career regular-season statistics both Ron Francis and Brendan Shanahan have
Ron Francis	Stat	Brendan Shanahan
Career
1,731	Games	1,524
Skating
549	Goals	656
1,249	Assists	698
1,798	Points	1,354
-18	Plus/minus	+151
188	Power-play goals	237
79

VAL by ageEach season plotted at the player's age that season, so careers line up by age rather than by calendar.

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Age	Ron Francis	Brendan Shanahan
18	7.6	—
19	10.4	0
20	9.4	5.9
21	8.6	10.7
22	11.4	8.4
23	13.3	7.6
24	8.8	18.5
25	11	17.2
26	15.5	6.4
27	11.3	14.2
28	4.9	19.5
29	13.9	9
30	12.7	10.4
31	11	15.6
32	20.3	13.4
33	15.7	15.1
34	14.3	10.4
35	6.9	8.7
36	12.8	—
37	8.9	16.8
38	13.3	11.3
39	7.3	7.3
40	4.1	0.8