DNHL🏛 Hall of Fame · 2015 📈 Late Developer · 2008

Nicklas Lidstrom

6'1" · 192 lbsBorn April 28, 19701992–2012Draft: 1989 · Rd 3, Pick 53 · DETNHL.com ↗

NHL Stats

Career Snapshot

Sport-specific career totals from the active profile tables, with VAL shown whenever the sport has a value file.

NHL profile

Peak 3Y VAL

14.6

2006, 2007, 2008 avg

Career VAL

214.4

Value Above League

Games

1,564

Goals

264

Assists

878

Points

1,142

Playoff VAL

182.8

postseason

Career Shape

Compiler

20% in peak 3y

All-time standings

Career boards only, within NHL

On the NHL Career Dominance board — top-25 in more than one all-time category at once.

Cross-sport prominence: 99.4th percentile among NHL careers — a within-sport percentile, because career value is not comparable across sports.

Franchise face

Etched into the franchise monument

#3 · Detroit Red Wings240.1 legacy · 100% attributed career shareVAL × verified franchise tenure, with bounded honors evidence

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On the boards· Appears on 3 boards

Boards that rank NHL careers

NHL Age Milestones — Youngest to 100 Goals, 500 Points, 50 Goals and 100 Points NHL Breakout Seasons — Biggest Career-High Leaps NHL Career Arc Types NHL Career Dominance — top-25 in multiple all-time categories NHL Clutch Delta — Who Rises in the Stanley Cup Playoffs NHL Compilers vs Comets — Career Shape NHL Consistency Index — Mr. Reliable vs Boom-Bust

Similar careers

Players whose careers had the same shape — total value, peak, best three-season stretch, length and when the value came — measured with VAL against their own leagues.

Where this data comes from

Rosters, bio, draft details, and season/career totals come directly from the NHL's own official public API.

NHL API — Official public API, keyless — no stated open licence

Methodology · Trust Center

Season	Age	Team	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG	SOG	S%	VAL
1992	21–22	Detroit Red Wings	80	11	49	60	+36	22	5	0	1	168	6.6%	8.7
1993	22–23	Detroit Red Wings	84	7	34	41	+7	28	3	0	2	156	4.5%	4.8
1994	23–24	Detroit Red Wings	84	10	46	56	+43	26	4	0	3	200	5.0%	10.8
1995	24–25	Detroit Red Wings	43	10	16	26	+15	6	7	0	0	90	11.1%	5.4
1996	25–26	Detroit Red Wings	81	17	50	67	+29	20	8	1	1	211	8.1%	13.5
1997	26–27	Detroit Red Wings	79	15	42	57	+11	30	8	0	1	214	7.0%	10.5
1998	27–28	Detroit Red Wings	80	17	42	59	+22	18	7	1	1	205	8.3%	11.1
1999	28–29	Detroit Red Wings	81	14	43	57	+14	14	6	2	3	205	6.8%	11.2
2000	29–30	Detroit Red Wings	81	20	53	73	+19	18	9	4	3	218	9.2%	13.8
2001	30–31	Detroit Red Wings	82	15	56	71	+9	18	8	0	0	272	5.5%	12.6
2002	31–32	Detroit Red Wings	78	9	50	59	+13	20	6	0	0	215	4.2%	10
2003	32–33	Detroit Red Wings	82	18	44	62	+40	38	8	1	4	175	10.3%	12.9
2004	33–34	Detroit Red Wings	81	10	28	38	+19	18	3	1	3	194	5.2%	6.6
2006	35–36	Detroit Red Wings	80	16	64	80	+21	50	9	0	2	243	6.6%	15
2007	36–37	Detroit Red Wings	80	13	49	62	+40	46	10	0	1	224	5.8%	13.8
2008	37–38	Detroit Red Wings	76	10	60	70	+40	40	5	0	4	188	5.3%	15.1
2009	38–39	Detroit Red Wings	78	16	43	59	+31	30	10	0	4	180	8.9%	12.4
2010	39–40	Detroit Red Wings	82	9	40	49	+22	24	5	0	1	194	4.6%	9.3
2011	40–41	Detroit Red Wings	82	16	46	62	-2	20	7	0	1	175	9.1%	10.3
2012	41–42	Detroit Red Wings	70	11	23	34	+21	28	4	0	0	148	7.4%	6.6

Nicklas Lidstrom

NHL Stats

Career Snapshot

All-time standings

Etched into the franchise monument

On the boards· Appears on 3 boards

Boards that rank NHL careers

Similar careers

Where this data comes from

Career arc · VAL by season

What he added · wins above replacement

Intelligence

Cross-Sport Career Standing

Career Geography