Steven Stamkos played 19 seasons (2009–2027) for Tampa Bay Lightning and Nashville Predators. Career regular-season line: 627 goals and 636 assists (1,263 points) in 1,252 games. Early Bloomer career, peaking in 2012. Led the league in a statistical category 1 time.
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Rate Steven Stamkos — All-Time
Sport-specific career totals from the active profile tables, with VAL shown whenever the sport has a value file.
18 seasons · peak 21.2 in 2012
VAL (Value Above League) measures each NHL season against that season's league; the dashed line is zero — a season that added nothing above the league's fringe. ● peak · ○ league-best season.
66.5 career wins over 18 seasons · 1 win = 3.52 VAL
Best season · 2012 · +6.0 wins
Latest season · 2026 · +3.4 wins
VAL 3.0 measures each part of a NHL player's game in his sport's own currency against what that season's fringe players produced, converted to team wins with rates fitted from every team-season in the encyclopedia.
How often Steven Stamkos led or placed top-ten on a NHL season board, and the shape of the career — computed from the same per-season boards the year pages publish, so every number is checkable.
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league-leading seasons · 16 top-ten finishes
Career arc
Early Bloomer
Peaked in the first third of their career — came in fast and hot. Peak 2012, 18 rated seasons.
Season boards
16
top-ten finishes across the NHL season boards
The season chip above measures Steven Stamkos's single best year. This measures the whole career: every rated season's standing against its own era's peers, summed. A season at the era median adds nothing and a below-median season subtracts — so this number is time spent above your era, not time served.
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Career boards only, within NHL
Cross-sport prominence: 99.6th percentile among NHL careers — a within-sport percentile, because career value is not comparable across sports.
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NHL Age Milestones — Youngest to 100 Goals, 500 Points, 50 Goals and 100 PointsNHL Breakout Seasons — Biggest Career-High LeapsNHL Career Arc TypesNHL Career Dominance — top-25 in multiple all-time categoriesNHL Clutch Delta — Who Rises in the Stanley Cup PlayoffsNHL Compilers vs Comets — Career ShapeNHL Consistency Index — Mr. Reliable vs Boom-BustNHL Era-Adjusted Careers — Greatest Careers on One ScaleNHL Era-Adjusted Seasons — Greatest Seasons in Modern TermsNHL Franchise Mt. Rushmores — Four Faces of Every TeamNHL Greatest Single Seasons by VAL (Skaters and Goalies)NHL Hall of Very Good — Great Careers on the Hall's DoorstepNHL JourneymenNHL League Leader Marks — Most League-Leading SeasonsNHL LoyaltyNHL Only Club — Statistical ExclusivityNHL Rarest Seasons — Statistical RarityNHL Statistical Snubs — Eligible Careers the Hall Has Not TakenNHL VAL Leaders — Value Above LeagueWho Was the Best NHL Player Each Year?Career Twins — Equally Dominant Careers Across Different SportsCross-Sport Era-Adjusted Careers — The Greatest Careers, One AxisCross-Sport Era-Adjusted Seasons — The Greatest Years, One Axis
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.
Rosters, bio, draft details, and season/career totals come directly from the NHL's own official public API.