Tony Esposito played 16 seasons (1969–1984) for Montréal Canadiens and Chicago Blackhawks. Early Bloomer career, peaking in 1974. Led the league in a statistical category 5 times. Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1988.
Tony Esposito
NHL Stats
Career Snapshot
Sport-specific career totals from the active profile tables, with VAL shown whenever the sport has a value file.
Peak 3Y VAL
29.4
1974, 1978, 1980 avg
Career VAL
289.1
Value Above League
Games
886
Wins
423
Playoff VAL
55.8
postseason
Career Shape
Compiler
30% in peak 3y
Career arc · VAL by season
16 seasons · peak 35.3 in 1974 · league-best seasons: 1970, 1978, 1980
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: 99.9th percentile among NHL careers — a within-sport percentile, because career value is not comparable across sports.
Franchise face
Etched into the franchise monument
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Boards that rank NHL careers
NHL Age Milestones — Youngest to 100 Goals, 500 Points, 50 Goals and 100 PointsNHL Breakout Seasons — Biggest Career-High Leaps
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.
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