Zach Werenski
- Position
- Defence
- Age
- 29Jul 19, 1997
- Height
- 6'2"188 cm
- Weight
- 216 lbs98 kg
- Shoots
- Left
- Born
- Grosse Pointe, MI, USA
- Nationality
- USA
- Draft
- 2015 · Round 1 · 8th overall · CBJ
Zach Werenski, Columbus Blue Jackets defenceman, 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 Grosse Pointe, MI, USA · Draft: 2015 · Round 1, pick 8 (#8 overall) · CBJ · 11 NHL seasons
Regular season
- GP
- 654
- G
- 135
- A
- 340
- PTS
- 475
- +/-
- 15
Playoffs
- GP
- 29
- G
- 4
- A
- 9
- PTS
- 13
- +/-
- 2
Last 5 games
Awards
- James Norris Memorial Trophy · 2025-26
Advanced stats 2026–27
Longer bar = better league rank (already flipped where lower is better). The tick marks the league median.
Physical
- Hits8#464 of 659
- Hits per game0.53#498 of 659
- Hits per 601.13#568 of 659
- Blocked shots34#16 of 659
- Takeaways6#71 of 659
- Giveaways32#654 of 659
Shooting & expected goals
- Expected goals (individual)2.80#205 of 659
- Expected goals per 600.40#401 of 659
- Goals above expected-0.80#490 of 659
- xG per shot (shot quality)0.044#496 of 659
- High-danger shots5#348 of 659
Possession (on ice)
- Corsi (shot attempt share)49.4%#327 of 659
- Corsi relative to team+1.7%#233 of 659
- Fenwick (unblocked share)49.5%#332 of 659
- PDO at 5v51.045#108 of 659
- Offensive zone starts58.1%#148 of 659
- Time on ice per game28:18#1 of 659
Ranks among 659 skaters with 5+ GP.
Tracking data
NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, 15 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 40.6%43.5%Beats 79%
- Offensive-zone time, even strengthLeague avg 41.0%42.5%Beats 60%
- Defensive-zone time (less is better)League avg 40.2%38.6%Beats 76%
Speed
- Top skating speedLeague avg 21.2 mph22.2 mphBeats 88%
- Skating bursts over 20 mphLeague avg 811Beats 72%
- Skating bursts over 22 mphLeague avg 01Beats 82%
- Average shot speedLeague avg 68.3 mph68.4 mphBeats 53%
- Hardest shotLeague avg 86.7 mph89.0 mphBeats 59%
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: 0 shots
- Right corner: 0 shots
- Left side of the net: 0 shots
- Crease: 0 shots
- Right side of the net: 1 shots
- Low slot: 4 shots
- Left circle: 5 shots
- Right circle: 6 shots
- High slot: 4 shots
- Outside left: 6 shots
- Outside right: 2 shots
- Left point: 5 shots
- Centre point: 8 shots
- Right point: 3 shots
- Neutral zone: 0 shots
- Beyond the red line: 0 shots
- Close-range shotsLeague avg 14Beats 98%
- Mid-range shotsLeague avg 315Beats 98%
- Mid-range shooting %League avg 11.7%6.7%Beats 51%
- Long-range shotsLeague avg 816More than 92%
- Long-range shooting %League avg 3.7%6.3%Beats 78%
Source: NHL EDGE (api-web.nhle.com).
Faceoffs · 2026–27
Faceoff leaders →No faceoffs taken this season.
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