Will Smith
- Position
- Centre
- Age
- 21Mar 17, 2005
- Height
- 6'0"183 cm
- Weight
- 180 lbs82 kg
- Shoots
- Right
- Born
- Boston, MA, USA
- Nationality
- USA
- Draft
- 2023 · Round 1 · 4th overall · SJS
Will Smith, San Jose Sharks 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 Boston, MA, USA · Draft: 2023 · Round 1, pick 4 (#4 overall) · SJS · 3 NHL seasons
Regular season
- GP
- 158
- G
- 48
- A
- 66
- PTS
- 114
- +/-
- -23
Advanced stats 2026–27
Longer bar = better league rank (already flipped where lower is better). The tick marks the league median.
Physical
- Hits7#497 of 659
- Hits per game0.37#561 of 659
- Hits per 601.12#570 of 659
- Blocked shots5#477 of 659
- Takeaways3#271 of 659
- Giveaways22#573 of 659
Shooting & expected goals
- Expected goals (individual)4.04#111 of 659
- Expected goals per 600.65#249 of 659
- Goals above expected-0.04#292 of 659
- xG per shot (shot quality)0.072#323 of 659
- High-danger shots17#78 of 659
Possession (on ice)
- Corsi (shot attempt share)48.7%#362 of 659
- Corsi relative to team+3.1%#162 of 659
- Fenwick (unblocked share)49.3%#337 of 659
- PDO at 5v50.933#590 of 659
- Offensive zone starts56.4%#190 of 659
- Time on ice per game19:36#149 of 659
Ranks among 659 skaters with 5+ GP.
Tracking data
NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, 17 tracked games this season · updated Nov 6
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 43.1%45.3%Beats 83%
- Offensive-zone time, even strengthLeague avg 41.0%41.3%Beats 54%
- Defensive-zone time (less is better)League avg 39.3%36.8%Beats 84%
Speed
- Top skating speedLeague avg 21.8 mph21.9 mphBeats 54%
- Skating bursts over 20 mphLeague avg 2021Beats 62%
- Skating bursts over 22 mphLeague avg 10Beats 0%
- Average shot speedLeague avg 54.6 mph58.3 mphBeats 77%
- Hardest shotLeague avg 80.4 mph85.4 mphBeats 70%
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: 3 shots
- Crease: 1 shots
- Right side of the net: 0 shots
- Low slot: 11 shots
- Left circle: 4 shots
- Right circle: 12 shots
- High slot: 7 shots
- Outside left: 1 shots
- Outside right: 1 shots
- Left point: 0 shots
- Centre point: 0 shots
- Right point: 2 shots
- Neutral zone: 1 shots
- Beyond the red line: 0 shots
- Close-range shotsLeague avg 812Beats 82%
- Close-range shooting %League avg 19.8%16.7%Beats 45%
- Mid-range shotsLeague avg 723Beats 98%
- Mid-range shooting %League avg 12.7%17.4%Beats 66%
- Long-range shotsLeague avg 22More than 74%
Source: NHL EDGE (api-web.nhle.com).
Faceoffs · 2026–27
Faceoff leaders →FO%
45.9%
Won–Lost
17–20
37 taken
League rank
—
Unranked — under 100 FO
By zone
- Offensive zone50.0% · 14/28
- Neutral zone20.0% · 1/5
- Defensive zone50.0% · 2/4
By situation
- Even strength48.5% · 16/33
- Power play25.0% · 1/4
- Shorthanded— · 0/0
Game LogLast 10 games
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