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Brent Burns

Position	Right Defense	Current Team	Colorado Avalanche
Shoots	Right	Current Contract	1 years
Height	6'5"	Expires	2025-26
Weight (lbs)	228	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	41
Age	40 (Mar 9, 1985)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	2003, Round 1, Overall 20 (MIN)

Date	Team	Transaction
Jul 2, 2025	Colorado Avalanche	Signed 1 year @ $5.000M AAV starting in 2025-26
Nov 22, 2016	San Jose Sharks	Signed 8 years @ $8.000M AAV starting in 2017-18
Aug 1, 2011	San Jose Sharks	Signed 5 years @ $5.760M AAV starting in 2012-13
Oct 25, 2007	Minnesota Wild	Signed 4 years @ $3.550M AAV starting in 2008-9
Jul 8, 2006	Minnesota Wild	Signed 2 years @ $825K AAV starting in 2006-7

Status History Coming Soon

2025-26 Player Card

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2024-25 Player Card

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2023-24 Player Card

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Notes and Definitions

The numbers represent percentiles so the higher the better.
Percentiles are determined by comparing Forwards to Forwards and Defensemen to Defensemen.
Bursts/mi are calculated from NHL Edge Data are are speed bursts above 20mpg per mile skated. The NHL doesn't adjust for ice time so the players that skate more will naturally have more bursts over 20, or at least more opportunity to have more. The NHL also does not provide ice time in the context of NHL Edge Statistics, however, it does provide distance skated. By adjusting for distance skated it will have a similar effect to adjusting for ice time but also adjust for situationional effect. For example, Players don't typically skate as much on the PK, mostly within the defensive zone, so don't get significant opportunity in that ice time to get speed bursts above 20mph. Adjusting with miles skates would account for this better than adjusting with ice time.
Sh%AE is Shooting Percentage above Expected (Sh% - xSh%) and is an indicator of how good a shooter is at converting chances into goals.
Relative statistics are On Ice - Off Ice statistics and can be an indicator of whether the player makes his teammates better or worse.
All data is 5v5 except Shooting Hardest and Average, Skating Top Speed and Bursts/mi which are all situations, ES Average which is even strength (NHL doesn't give a specific definition).

Data Sources

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Shooting and Skating (except Sh%AE) are from NHL Edge
Other statistics are from Puckalytics.com and derived from data from NHL.com

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5v5 Individual Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	G/60	A/60	Pts/60	xG/60	GAE/60	Sh%	xSh%	Sh%AE	%SA Rush	%SA Reb.
2015-16	SJS	82	1474:41	0.65	0.77	1.42	0.40	0.25	6.93	4.31	2.62	0.30	2.13
2016-17	SJS	82	1491:16	0.76	1.01	1.77	0.41	0.36	8.60	4.57	4.03	1.17	1.76
2017-18	SJS	82	1533:24	0.23	0.90	1.13	0.36	-0.13	2.49	3.87	-1.38	0.56	2.54
2018-19	SJS	82	1481:24	0.24	1.46	1.70	0.33	-0.08	2.87	3.85	-0.98	1.98	0.99
2019-20	SJS	70	1279:14	0.33	0.70	1.03	0.30	0.03	4.67	4.21	0.46	0.45	2.70
2020-21	SJS	56	1058:21	0.28	0.68	0.96	0.25	0.03	5.81	5.10	0.71	1.55	4.65
2021-22	SJS	82	1551:23	0.23	0.81	1.04	0.18	0.05	4.65	3.65	1.00	0.52	4.15
2022-23	CAR	82	1389:30	0.52	0.78	1.30	0.33	0.19	6.52	4.16	2.37	0.00	4.09
2023-24	CAR	82	1258:54	0.24	0.57	0.81	0.28	-0.04	3.79	4.46	-0.67	0.45	3.14
2024-25	CAR	82	1291:30	0.28	0.74	1.02	0.22	0.06	4.48	3.46	1.02	0.00	1.34
2025-26	COL	13	214:01	0.28	1.12	1.40	0.24	0.04	3.57	3.04	0.53	0.00	2.70

5v5 On Ice Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	SAF/60	GF/60	xGF/60	SAA/60	GA/60	xGA/60	GF%	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
2015-16	SJS	82	1474:41	45.61	2.52	2.83	38.49	2.28	2.32	52.54	54.95	0.45	0.36	0.03
2016-17	SJS	82	1491:16	49.53	3.02	3.08	41.60	1.97	2.55	60.48	54.65	0.80	0.41	3.11
2017-18	SJS	82	1533:24	48.52	2.00	2.76	41.87	2.54	2.54	43.97	52.01	0.26	0.15	0.93
2018-19	SJS	82	1481:24	48.56	3.32	2.87	38.36	2.88	2.50	53.59	53.43	0.19	0.25	-0.95
2019-20	SJS	70	1279:14	41.37	2.58	2.47	42.17	3.05	2.58	45.83	48.83	-0.02	0.17	-1.86
2020-21	SJS	56	1058:21	40.42	2.44	2.62	43.88	2.83	2.58	46.24	50.41	0.10	-0.03	1.25
2021-22	SJS	82	1551:23	38.83	2.55	2.38	44.67	2.48	2.70	50.77	46.83	0.06	0.06	0.12
2022-23	CAR	82	1389:30	53.85	2.76	3.29	35.97	1.94	2.17	58.72	60.27	0.35	0.06	2.05
2023-24	CAR	82	1258:54	52.95	3.00	3.01	36.75	2.10	2.11	58.88	58.78	0.29	-0.02	2.74
2024-25	CAR	82	1291:30	51.80	2.83	2.90	39.21	2.79	2.39	50.41	54.82	0.10	0.20	-1.33
2025-26	COL	13	214:01	47.66	3.08	2.76	40.65	3.36	1.99	47.83	58.14	-0.41	-0.12	-1.94

NHL Edge Stats

		Skating				Shooting					Zone Time
Season	GP	Top Speed	Bursts>20/mi	Avg. Speed	ES Avg. Speed	Top Speed	Avg. Speed	%Long Range	%Mid Range	%High Danger	ES DZ%	ES NZ%	ES OZ%
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Legend

Percentile 0-25

Percentile 25-50

Percentile 50-75

Percentile 75-100

Forwards are compared with forwards and Defensemen are are compared with Defensemen.

5v5 Defense Pairs

Season

Season	Teammate	Team	TOI	GF/60	GA/60	GF%	xGF/60	xGA/60	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
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Glossary

Type	Statistic	Definition
Individual	G/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes.
Individual	A/60	Assists per 60 minutes.
Individual	Pts/60	Points per 60 minutes.
Individual	xG/60	Expected Goals per 60 minutes.
Individual	GAE/60	Goals Above Expected (G/60 - xG/60).
Individual	Sh%	Shooting Percentage.
Individual	xSh%	Expected Shooting Percentage.
Individual	Sh%AE	Shooting percentage above expected (Sh% - xSh%).
Individual	%SA Rush	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be on the rush.
Individual	%SA Reb.	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be from rebounds.
On Ice	SAF/60	Shot Attempts For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	GF/60	Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	xGF/60	Expected Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	SAA/60	Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GA/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	xGA/60	Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GF%	Goals For Percentage = Goals For / (Goals For + Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF%	Expected Goals For Percentage = Expected Goals For / (Expected Goals For + Expected Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF Rel	xGF/60 when On Ice - xGF/60 when not On Ice.
On Ice	xGA Rel	xGA/60 when On Ice - xGA/60 when not On Ice (lower is better).
On Ice	xGF% Rel	xGF% when On Ice - xGF% when not On Ice.

Individual and On-Ice stats from Puckalytics.com (starting in 2015-16). NHL Edge Stats from edge.nhl.com (starting in 2021-22). Edge statistic definitions can be found at the Edge Stats Glossary.

News and Opinions

Poor Execution Dooms Golden Knights in Loss to Avalanche at Vegas Hockey Now (Fri Oct 31, 2025)
Avalanche to Honor Brent Burns’ Milestone Thursday at Colorado Hockey Now (Tue Oct 21, 2025)
Fantasy Hockey Waiver Wire: Brent Burns, Cam Talbot lead players to add at Yahoo Sports NHL (Fri Oct 17, 2025)
Weekly Cupcakes – Celebrating Brent Burns at Mile High Hockey (Tue Oct 14, 2025)
SJHN Daily: Sharks Waive Thompson & Carlsson, Burns Achieves Milestone at San Jose Hockey Now (Sun Oct 12, 2025)
Avalanche's Brent Burns Is A Prime Example Of Longevity As He Skates In Game 1500 at The Hockey News (Sat Oct 11, 2025)
Avalanche Game 3 vs Dallas Stars: Facing Rantanen, Lines, Notes & How To Watch at Colorado Hockey Now (Sat Oct 11, 2025)
Deen’s Daily: Rantanen Back at Ball Arena; Burns Milestone; Suspension for Drouin at Colorado Hockey Now (Sat Oct 11, 2025)
Avalanche’s Brent Burns Reflects on Career Ahead of 1,500th Game at Colorado Hockey Now (Fri Oct 10, 2025)
Brent Burns’ nervous confession says everything about his role with the Avalanche at Mile High Sticking (Fri Oct 3, 2025)
Burns Makes Avalanche Preseason Debut, MacKinnon Also Playing at Colorado Hockey Now (Sat Sep 27, 2025)
Best NHL Players to Make the Switch Between Defense & Forward at The Hockey Writers (Sat Sep 27, 2025)
Revisiting the Brent Burns Trade at The Hockey Writers (Fri Sep 26, 2025)
Brent Burns Settling In With Avalanche After Hurricanes Departure at Yahoo Sports NHL (Mon Sep 22, 2025)
Landeskog Will Play in Avalanche’s Preseason Opener; Burns, MacKinnon Will Not at Colorado Hockey Now (Sat Sep 20, 2025)
Brent Burns Brings More Than Just Experience, Skill to Avalanche at Colorado Hockey Now (Thu Sep 18, 2025)
Burning questions for all 32 NHL teams: John Gibson's impact in Detroit, a Sidney Crosby trade? at ESPN (Wed Sep 17, 2025)
Stat Stories: How Bent Burns can make Makar and Toews even better at Mile High Sticking (Sat Sep 13, 2025)
3 Questions Facing the Avalanche: Gabe Landeskog, Goaltending, and the Arrival of Brent Burns at Colorado Hockey Now (Thu Sep 4, 2025)
A Trade a Day: Brent Burns coming to the Carolina Hurricanes felt like a dream in 2022 at Cardiac Cane (Sun Aug 24, 2025)
A Primer on Colorado Avalanche newest blue liner Brent Burns at Mile High Sticking (Thu Aug 14, 2025)
The San Jose Sharks Mount Rushmore, who are the greatest players in Sharks history? at Blades of Teal (Tue Aug 12, 2025)
Will the Colorado Avalanche get more than expected from Brent Burns? at Mile High Sticking (Thu Aug 7, 2025)
Brent Burns s'approchera du record de tous les temps de Phil Kessel at HABSolument Fan (Tue Aug 5, 2025)
Brent Burns will create history with the Colorado Avalanche in 2025-26 season at Mile High Sticking (Mon Aug 4, 2025)
Brent Burns Reveals Why He Didn't Retire at Yahoo Sports NHL (Sat Aug 2, 2025)
MHH Roundtable: Summer Checklist at Mile High Hockey (Sat Jul 12, 2025)
Colorado Avalanche’s addition of Brent Burns is the best thing for Sam Malinski in 2025-26 at Mile High Sticking (Sun Jul 6, 2025)
Brent Burns signing shakes up Colorado Avalanche depth chart at Mile High Sticking (Sat Jul 5, 2025)
Brent Burns choosing the Colorado Avalanche says something about the team in 2025-26 at Mile High Sticking (Wed Jul 2, 2025)
Three Free Agents Who Would Fit the Wild's Needs at Hockey Wilderness (Wed Jul 2, 2025)
What does the future hold for Brent Burns, and where could he land in free agency? at Cardiac Cane (Wed Jun 4, 2025)

Current Contract

Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2025-26	40		$1,000,000	$5,000,000	$4,000,000	-	$1,000,000	$1,000,000	$1,000,000	UFA
Total					$4,000,000	-	$1,000,000	$1,000,000	$1,000,000

Signed: July 2, 2025

Team: Colorado Avalanche

GM: Chris MacFarland

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 1.05

Note: Performance Bonus: $3,000,000 for 10 games played. $1,000,000 for 70GP and 23+ minutes per game.

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Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2017-18	32	M-NTC	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	-	$7,000,000	$3,000,000	$10,000,000	$10,000,000	UFA
2018-19	33	M-NTC	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	-	$6,000,000	$4,000,000	$10,000,000	$10,000,000	UFA
2019-20	34	M-NTC	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	-	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	$10,000,000	$10,000,000	UFA
2020-21	35	M-NTC	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	-	$8,000,000	$2,000,000	$10,000,000	$10,000,000	UFA
2021-22	36	M-NTC	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	-	$3,500,000	$4,000,000	$7,500,000	$7,500,000	UFA
2022-23	37	M-NTC	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	-	$3,500,000	$3,000,000	$6,500,000	$6,500,000	UFA
2023-24	38	M-NTC	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	-	$2,000,000	$3,000,000	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	UFA
2024-25	39	M-NTC	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	-	$2,000,000	$3,000,000	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	UFA
Total					-	$37,000,000	$27,000,000	$64,000,000	$64,000,000

Signed: Nov 22, 2016

Team: San Jose Sharks

GM: Doug Wilson

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 10.67

Clause: Player submits a 3 team trade list each each season for the duration of the contract.

Retained Salary: San Jose Sharks retained 34.0% of total salary on July 13, 2022

Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2012-13	27	M-NTC	$5,760,000	$5,760,000	-	-	$5,760,000	$5,760,000	$5,760,000	UFA
2013-14	28	M-NTC	$5,760,000	$5,760,000	-	-	$5,760,000	$5,760,000	$5,760,000	UFA
2014-15	29	M-NTC	$5,760,000	$5,760,000	-	-	$5,760,000	$5,760,000	$5,760,000	UFA
2015-16	30	M-NTC	$5,760,000	$5,760,000	-	-	$5,760,000	$5,760,000	$5,760,000	UFA
2016-17	31	M-NTC	$5,760,000	$5,760,000	-	-	$5,760,000	$5,760,000	$5,760,000	UFA
Total					-	-	$28,800,000	$28,800,000	$28,800,000

Signed: Aug 1, 2011

Team: San Jose Sharks

GM: Doug Wilson

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 9.6

Clause: Player submits a 3 team trade list for each season of the contract.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2008-09	23	$3,550,000	$3,550,000	-	-	$3,000,000	$3,000,000	$3,000,000	RFA
2009-10	24	$3,550,000	$3,550,000	-	-	$3,400,000	$3,400,000	$3,400,000	RFA-arb
2010-11	25	$3,550,000	$3,550,000	-	-	$3,800,000	$3,800,000	$3,800,000	RFA-arb
2011-12	26	$3,550,000	$3,550,000	-	-	$4,000,000	$4,000,000	$4,000,000	RFA-arb
Total				-	-	$14,200,000	$14,200,000	$14,200,000

Signed: Oct 25, 2007

Team: Minnesota Wild

GM: Doug Riseborough

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 6.26

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2006-07	21	$825,000	$825,000	-	-	$775,000	$775,000	$775,000	RFA
2007-08	22	$825,000	$825,000	-	-	$875,000	$875,000	$875,000	RFA
Total				-	-	$1,650,000	$1,650,000	$1,650,000

Signed: July 8, 2006

Team: Minnesota Wild

GM: Doug Riseborough

Exp. Status: RFA

Cap %: 1.88

Career Statistics

			Regular Season									Playoffs
Season	League	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G
2000-01	MTHL	North York	46	4	7	11		16
2001-02	OPJHL	Couchiching	68	15	25	40		14
2002-03	OHL	Brampton	68	15	25	40	+6	14				11	5	6	11		6
2003-04	NHL	Minnesota Wild	36	1	5	6	-10	12	34	2.9	13:29
2003-04	WJC-A	Canada	6	0	6	6		20
2003-04	AHL	Houston	1	0	1	1	-1	2
2004-05	AHL	Houston	73	11	16	27	-11	57				5				-4	4
2005-06	NHL	Minnesota Wild	72	4	12	16	-7	32	73	5.5	14:07
2006-07	NHL	Minnesota Wild	77	7	18	25	+16	26	108	6.5	15:48	5		1	1	+1	14	12	0.0	18:59
2007-08	WC-A	Canada	9	3	6	9		16
2007-08	NHL	Minnesota Wild	82	15	28	43	+12	80	158	9.5	23:06	6		2	2		6	17	0.0	27:35
2008-09	NHL	Minnesota Wild	59	8	19	27	-7	45	147	5.4	22:25
2009-10	NHL	Minnesota Wild	47	3	17	20	-15	32	104	2.9	22:22
2009-10	WC-A	Canada	7	0	5	5		12
2010-11	NHL	Minnesota Wild	80	17	29	46	-10	98	170	10.0	25:03
2010-11	WC-A	Canada	7	2	2	4	+4	8
2011-12	NHL	San Jose Sharks	81	11	26	37	+8	34	201	5.5	22:32	5	1	1	2	+2	4	13	7.7	25:07
2012-13	NHL	San Jose Sharks	30	9	11	20		20	81	11.1	16:17	11	2	2	4	-1	8	31	6.4	17:50
2013-14	NHL	San Jose Sharks	69	22	26	48	+26	34	245	9.0	16:49	7	2	1	3	-5	23	33	6.1	17:32
2014-15	NHL	San Jose Sharks	82	17	43	60	-9	65	245	6.9	23:57
2014-15	WC-A	Canada	10	2	9	11	+12	4	35
2015-16	NHL	San Jose Sharks	82	27	48	75	-5	53	353	7.6	25:52	24	7	17	24	+11	12	77	9.1	25:07
2016-17	WCup	Canada	6	0	3	3	+2	6
2016-17	NHL	San Jose Sharks	82	29	47	76	+19	40	320	9.1	24:52	6		3	3	-1	6	28	0.0	25:04
2017-18	NHL	San Jose Sharks	82	12	55	67	-16	46	332	3.6	25:15	10	3	4	7	-4	6	32	9.4	25:54
2018-19	NHL	San Jose Sharks	82	16	67	83	+13	34	300	5.3	25:06	20	5	11	16	+2	6	57	8.8	28:25
2019-20	NHL	San Jose Sharks	70	12	33	45	-22	34	225	5.3	25:25
2020-21	NHL	San Jose Sharks	56	7	22	29	-13	36	138	5.1	26:09
2021-22	NHL	San Jose Sharks	82	10	44	54	-15	42	203	4.9	26:09
2022-23	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes	82	18	43	61	+19	44	255	7.1	23:13	15	2	7	9	+6	20	56	3.6	26:00
2023-24	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes	82	10	33	43	+19	20	185	5.4	21:30	11	1	3	4	+4	2	24	4.2	22:46
2024-25	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes	82	6	23	29	+7	28	174	3.4	20:57	15	1	4	5	+1	10	26	3.8	22:55
2025-26	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	11	0	5	5	-1	8	28	0.0	20:11
NHL Career			1508	261	654	915	+9	863	4079	6.4	22:21	135	24	56	80	+16	117	406	5.9	24:13