
Brock Nelson
- Position
- Centre
- Age
- 35Oct 15, 1991
- Height
- 6'4"193 cm
- Weight
- 205 lbs93 kg
- Shoots
- Left
- Born
- Warroad, MN, USA
- Nationality
- USA
- Draft
- 2010 · Round 1 · 30th overall · NYI
Brock Nelson, Colorado Avalanche centre, stats: this season, career totals, game log, recent trends and advanced metrics, plus players with a similar profile — from the NHL’s official data updated daily.
Trends
Points Per Game Trend
Contract
2026-27 cap $104.0MContract data not yet available.
Career
Born in Warroad, MN, USA · Draft: 2010 · Round 1, pick 30 (#30 overall) · NYI · 15 NHL seasons
Regular season
- GP
- 1019
- G
- 338
- A
- 324
- PTS
- 662
- +/-
- 34
Playoffs
- GP
- 98
- G
- 29
- A
- 28
- PTS
- 57
- +/-
- -1
Advanced stats 2026–27
Longer bar = better league rank (already flipped where lower is better). The tick marks the league median.
Physical
- Hits10#420 of 659
- Hits per game0.56#485 of 659
- Hits per 601.90#494 of 659
- Blocked shots13#199 of 659
- Takeaways5#125 of 659
- Giveaways14#390 of 659
Shooting & expected goals
- Expected goals (individual)4.24#98 of 659
- Expected goals per 600.81#161 of 659
- Goals above expected-0.24#335 of 659
- xG per shot (shot quality)0.090#145 of 659
- High-danger shots16#94 of 659
Possession (on ice)
- Corsi (shot attempt share)52.7%#193 of 659
- Corsi relative to team-0.5%#356 of 659
- Fenwick (unblocked share)52.0%#231 of 659
- PDO at 5v51.010#246 of 659
- Offensive zone starts51.0%#311 of 659
- Time on ice per game17:31#248 of 659
Ranks among 659 skaters with 5+ GP.
Tracking data
NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, 17 tracked games this season · updated Nov 7
Longer bar = better than more of the league’s skaters. The tick marks the middle of the league.
Territory
- Offensive-zone time while on the iceLeague avg 41.9%40.3%Beats 30%
- Offensive-zone time, even strengthLeague avg 40.4%41.2%Beats 53%
- Defensive-zone time (less is better)League avg 39.1%41.4%Beats 30%
Speed
- Top skating speedLeague avg 21.8 mph22.9 mphBeats 89%
- Skating bursts over 20 mphLeague avg 2023Beats 66%
- Skating bursts over 22 mphLeague avg 11Beats 59%
- Average shot speedLeague avg 54.6 mph51.6 mphBeats 41%
- Hardest shotLeague avg 80.5 mph84.9 mphBeats 66%
Where the shots come from
Close = crease, low slot and net sides. Mid = high slot and faceoff circles. Long = points and outside the circles.
Schematic rink; area borders are approximate.
- Left corner: 0 shots
- Behind the net: 1 shots
- Right corner: 0 shots
- Left side of the net: 1 shots
- Crease: 0 shots
- Right side of the net: 2 shots
- Low slot: 8 shots
- Left circle: 4 shots
- Right circle: 4 shots
- High slot: 5 shots
- Outside left: 0 shots
- Outside right: 3 shots
- Left point: 0 shots
- Centre point: 1 shots
- Right point: 0 shots
- Neutral zone: 0 shots
- Beyond the red line: 0 shots
- Close-range shotsLeague avg 88Beats 60%
- Mid-range shotsLeague avg 713Beats 87%
- Mid-range shooting %League avg 12.7%0.0%Beats 33%
- Long-range shotsLeague avg 21More than 55%
Source: NHL EDGE (api-web.nhle.com).
Faceoffs · 2026–27
Faceoff leaders →FO%
44.9%
Won–Lost
133–163
296 taken
League rank
#103
of 125 (100+ FO)
By zone
- Offensive zone49.3% · 36/73
- Neutral zone41.7% · 40/96
- Defensive zone44.9% · 57/127
By situation
- Even strength44.2% · 95/215
- Power play42.1% · 8/19
- Shorthanded48.4% · 30/62
Game LogLast 10 games
Career Arc
15 SeasonsCareer Stats
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | COL | 18 | 4 | 6 | 10 | +4 |
| 2025-26 | COL | 81 | 33 | 32 | 65 | +15 |
| 2024-25 | NYI | 61 | 20 | 23 | 43 | +2 |
| 2024-25 | COL | 19 | 6 | 7 | 13 | +6 |
| 2023-24 | NYI | 82 | 34 | 35 | 69 | -5 |
| 2022-23 | NYI | 82 | 36 | 39 | 75 | +13 |
| 2021-22 | NYI | 72 | 37 | 22 | 59 | -5 |
| 2020-21 | NYI | 56 | 18 | 15 | 33 | -5 |
| 2019-20 | NYI | 68 | 26 | 28 | 54 | +6 |
| 2018-19 | NYI | 82 | 25 | 28 | 53 | +20 |
| 2017-18 | NYI | 82 | 19 | 16 | 35 | -4 |
| 2016-17 | NYI | 81 | 20 | 25 | 45 | -6 |
| 2015-16 | NYI | 81 | 26 | 14 | 40 | -3 |
| 2014-15 | NYI | 82 | 20 | 22 | 42 | +6 |
| 2013-14 | NYI | 72 | 14 | 12 | 26 | -10 |
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