Adam
Fox
D · NYR · Two-way · Elite
- PAL
- 99
- WAR
- 3.7
- Value
- 99
- PTS
- 53
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Adam Fox (New York Rangers) stats and profile: offensive production, ice time, advanced stats, WAR and PAL rating.
Adam Fox
#23D
New York Rangers
HEIGHT : 180 cm · WEIGHT : 83 kg · SHOOTS : R
Born : February 16, 1998 · Jericho, United States
Drafted : 2016 · CGY · round 3, pick #66
Contract : $9,500,000 · 2022-23 → 2028-29 · Standard Contract (Extension) · UFANMC / M-NTC
NHL record
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | New York Rangers | 18 | 2 | 20 | 22 | 6 |
| 2025-26 | New York Rangers | 55 | 9 | 44 | 53 | 20 |
| 2024-25 | New York Rangers | 74 | 10 | 51 | 61 | 32 |
| 2023-24 | New York Rangers | 72 | 17 | 56 | 73 | 36 |
| 2022-23 | New York Rangers | 82 | 12 | 60 | 72 | 34 |
| 2021-22 | New York Rangers | 78 | 11 | 63 | 74 | 26 |
| 2020-21 | New York Rangers | 55 | 5 | 42 | 47 | 14 |
| 2019-20 | New York Rangers | 70 | 8 | 34 | 42 | 32 |
| NHL totals | 504 | 74 | 370 | 444 | 200 | |
Playoffs
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | New York Rangers | 16 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| 2022-23 | New York Rangers | 7 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 16 |
| 2021-22 | New York Rangers | 20 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 2 |
| 2019-20 | New York Rangers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Playoff totals | 46 | 5 | 34 | 39 | 28 | |
Honours
- 🏆 James Norris Memorial Trophyonce · 2020-21
Adam Fox: our analysis
2025-26 season: 55 GP, 9 G, 44 A, 53 PTS, +5 +/-, 23:38 TOI. WAR 3.7 (3rd of 325) · PAL 99, elite.
In 2025-26, Adam Fox, 28, posts a PAL Rating of 99 out of 100 (elite), and his WAR of 3.7 ranks 3rd among 325 regulars, among the league's elite.
His strengths: power play (99, among the best in the league), possession (98, among the best in the league) and defense (96, among the best in the league). On the other hand, penalty kill (38, below average) holds him back.
Breaking down his WAR (goals above average), his biggest contribution: EV offense (+8.7); his biggest cost: penalties (-0.5).
A season in line with 2024-25 (PAL of 99); his WAR went from 3.0 to 3.7.
Contract-wise, his Value score of 99 (exceptional value) weighs his output against what he costs: 50 is what that salary should buy.
Adam Fox's story
Growing up in Jericho, New York, Adam Fox moved from youth hockey on Long Island into the U.S. National Team Development Program, where two seasons (2014–2016) established him as an elite playmaker among junior defensemen. He left the program holding its single-season and career assist records and earned Best Defenseman honours at the 2016 U18 Worlds.
Selected 66th overall by Calgary in the 2016 NHL Draft, Fox opted for college hockey and enrolled at Harvard. He made an immediate impact as a freshman, leading NCAA defensemen in assists and helping Harvard to an ECAC title and a Frozen Four berth. His offensive growth continued each year; in 2018–19 he set Harvard single-season marks for a defenseman in assists and points and was a Hobey Baker finalist.
Calgary traded his rights to Carolina in June 2018, and Carolina dealt those rights to the New York Rangers in April 2019. Fox left Harvard after his junior year and signed his entry-level contract with the Rangers on May 2, 2019. He debuted in the NHL that October and posted 42 points (8 goals, 34 assists) in 70 games as a rookie, joining a short list of Rangers rookie defensemen to reach 40 points.
Fox's game reached another level in the 2020–21 season: he led NHL defensemen in assists and finished second in points, earning the James Norris Memorial Trophy as the league's top defenseman before his third NHL season. New York rewarded him with a seven-year, $66.5 million extension on November 1, 2021, and he was selected to his first NHL All-Star Game in January 2022.
Internationally, Fox represented the United States at the World Junior Championships in 2017 and 2018, winning gold in 2017 and serving as an alternate captain for the 2018 bronze-medal team. On the ice he is best known for his playmaking: an ability to create offence from the back end, to quarterback the power play and to rack up assists that drive his team’s transition game.
Facts drawn from Wikipédia, told in our own words.
Advanced stats
- TOI/GP
- 22:39
- PP TOI/GP
- 3:22
- SH TOI/GP
- 1:15
- Pts/GP
- 1.22
- EV points
- 14
- Hits
- 6
- Blocks
- 30
- Takeaways
- 9
- Corsi % (SAT)
- 50.0 %
- Off. zone starts
- 40.4 %
Stats and photos: NHL (NHL.com)
2026-27 projection
Projected points
74between 52 and 89 (80% range)
- Goals
- 11
- Assists
- 63
- Games
- 71
So far: 22 pts in 18 games. The team has played 18 of 84 games. Projected pace: 0.98 pts per game (last season: 0.96).
The projection follows last season's pace. Tested on 2,265 player seasons (2022-23 to 2025-26): average miss of 9 points over 82 games; for players at 0.9 points per game and up, it ran 5 points high on average.
Trend
Stable
- Points per game: 1.01 in 23-24, 0.96 in 25-26
- PAL Rating: 99 → 99
Outlook, age included
→ StableAge 28: prime years
This is only a projection. It knows nothing about injuries, trades or role changes; one player in five finishes outside the range.
Player ratings, 2025-26
All ratings →Fourteen ratings from 0 to 100 drawn from data, never by hand: 75 = established NHL player, 95+ = elite.
OV · OverallConfidence 86 %
93
Star
- SK
- Skating
- 59
- Confidence 73 %
- ST
- Strength
- 50
- Confidence 89 %
- EN
- Endurance
- 86
- Confidence 80 %
- DU
- Durability
- 74
- Confidence 77 %
- CK
- Checking
- 59
- Confidence 89 %
- FG
- Fighting
- 63
- Confidence 64 %
- DI
- Discipline
- 81
- Confidence 89 %
- FO
- Faceoffs
- —
- PA
- Passing
- 97
- Confidence 86 %
- SC
- Scoring
- 87
- Confidence 86 %
- DF
- Defense
- 92
- Confidence 84 %
- PS
- Penalty shot
- 67
- Confidence 8 %
- EX
- Experience
- 82
- Confidence 100 %
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SK — Skating59
- Top speed (35 %)34.4 · 61
- Bursts > 20 mph /60 (30 %)0.763 · 52
- Distance /60 (20 %)14 · 70
- Speed consistency (15 %)34 · 67
ST — Strength50
- Contact absorbed /60 (50 %)3.503 · 62
- Body mass (50 %)-1.101 · 56
EN — Endurance86
- Ice time per game (45 %)21.9 · 87
- Total ice time (20 %)1,249 · 73
- Shift length (15 %)51.6 · 86
- Lowest recent ice time per game (15 %)21.4 · 90
- Special-teams time per game (5 %)4.12 · 90
DU — Durability74
- Share of games played (100 %)0.808 · 74
CK — Checking59
- Hits /60 (70 %)1.627 · 60
- Lowest seasonal rate (20 %)1.232 · 59
- Season volume (10 %)3.219 · 63
FG — Fighting63
- Fights per 82 games (100 %)0.691 · 63
DI — Discipline81
- Net penalty value /60 (50 %)-0.021 · 81
- Penalties taken /60 (30 %)0.57 · 78
- Penalties drawn /60 (20 %)0.446 · 79
PA — Passing97
- Primary assists /60 (40 %)0.836 · 95
- Secondary assists /60 (20 %)0.966 · 94
- Offensive creation (RAPM) (20 %)0.368 · 98
- Power-play points /60 (10 %)6.407 · 97
- Assist consistency (10 %)0.705 · 96
SC — Scoring87
- Goals /60 (25 %)0.403 · 89
- Individual xG /60 (20 %)0.279 · 84
- Finishing (goals − xG per shot) (20 %)0.562 · 85
- High-danger chances /60 (15 %)0.148 · 81
- xG per shot (10 %)0.037 · 86
- Shot attempts /60 (10 %)11.9 · 84
DF — Defense92
- RAPM defense /60 (35 %)0.18 · 90
- Relative xG against (20 %)-0.285 · 93
- On-ice xG against /60 (15 %)2.44 · 86
- Penalty kill /60 (10 %)0.064 · 81
- Takeaways − giveaways /60 (10 %)-1.026 · 94
- Shot attempts against /60 (5 %)56.9 · 80
- Blocked shots /60 (5 %)4.03 · 69
PS — Penalty shot67
- Shootouts (60 %)32 · 65
- Penalty shots (40 %)26.7 · 76
EX — Experience82
- Career regular-season games (65 %)87
- Career playoff games (25 %)73
- NHL seasons (10 %)71
OV — Overall93
- DF · Defense (30 %)92
- PA · Passing (22 %)97
- SK · Skating (12 %)59
- SC · Scoring (12 %)87
- EN · Endurance (9 %)86
- ST · Strength (6 %)50
- DI · Discipline (5 %)81
- CK · Checking (4 %)59
| Season | OV | SK | SC | DF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 93 | 59 | 87 | 92 |
| 2024-25 | 94 | 60 | 90 | 92 |
| 2023-24 | 97 | 61 | 96 | 94 |
| 2022-23 | 92 | 60 | 87 | 90 |
The bars show confidence (sample size), not player quality. — : not enough data, not a zero. Engine version 1.0.
WAR and PAL ratings, 2025-26
How we rate →PAL Rating scores performance from 0 to 100 against players at the same position (50 = average player), starting from the player's strength, offensive or defensive. Value Rating compares that performance with what the player costs: 50 means paid what the play is worth.
WAR
3.7
wins above replacement
3 of 325
PAL Rating
99/ 100
Performance · Elite
2 of 250 at the position
Value Rating
99/ 100
Exceptional value
9.50 M$ · expected PAL 74
ProfileTwo-wayStrong at both ends
- Offense
- 95
- Defense
- 96
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- Offense
- 95
- Creation
- 80
- Shooting
- 78
- Possession
- 98
- Defense
- 96
- Discipline
- 62
- Power play
- 99
- Penalty kill
- 38
From 0 to 100; 50 is the average player at the same position, adjusted for ice time.
| Season | Team | WAR | PAL | Value | Cap hit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | NYR | 3.7 | 99 | 99 | 9.50 M$ |
| 2024-25 | NYR | 3.0 | 99 | 100 | 9.50 M$ |
| 2023-24 | NYR | 5.1 | 100 | 100 | 9.50 M$ |
| 2022-23 | NYR | 3.3 | 100 | 98 | 9.50 M$ |
Hockey IQ, 2025-26
Rankings and method →The quality of the player's decisions with and against the puck at 5-on-5, against regulars at the same position (50 = average). PAL measures output; IQ measures how the player plays.
Overall IQ
87/ 100
Very good
better than 87% of defensemen, offense and defense combined
Offensive IQ
39/ 100
Below average
passing, shots, puck
Defensive IQ
98/ 100
Elite
takeaways, discipline, own zone
Overall IQ isn't an average of the two scores: it's the player's rank with offense and defense combined, 29 of 225 defensemen.
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Offense
- Playmaking passes
- 81
- Shot selection
- 38
- Penalties drawn
- 52
- Puck management
- 18
Defense
- Takeaways
- 98
- Discipline
- 67
- Safe zone exits
- 87
Percentiles: 80 means better than 80% of regulars at the same position. Play without the puck (positioning, coverage) isn't measured: the NHL doesn't publish that data.
| Season | Team | IQ | Off. | Def. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | NYR | 87 | 39 | 98 |
| 2024-25 | NYR | 97 | 98 | 90 |
| 2023-24 | NYR | 99 | 97 | 97 |
| 2022-23 | NYR | 99 | 87 | 99 |
WAR, 2025-26
How it's calculated →Wins added to the team, compared with a replacement-level player called up from the AHL.
3.7
wins above replacement
2.4 to 4.6 — 90% interval
3 of 325 defensemen
+19.5 goals above replacement
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- EV offense
- +8.7
- EV defense
- +4.2
- Power play
- +2.0
- Penalty kill
- +0.1
- Shooting
- +2.4
- Penalties
- -0.5
- Average → replacement
- +2.6
In goals.
| Season | Team | GP | WAR | 90% interval | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | NYR | 55 | 3.7 | 2.4 to 4.6 | 3/325 |
| 2024-25 | NYR | 70 | 3.0 | 1.7 to 4.9 | 4/314 |
| 2023-24 | NYR | 72 | 5.1 | 3.4 to 6.7 | 1/316 |
| 2022-23 | NYR | 82 | 3.3 | 1.7 to 5.1 | 2/334 |
Player tracking (NHL EDGE)
League EDGE leaderboards →Speed, shot power, distance covered, time by zone: measured by chips in the puck and shoulder pads. 90th percentile = better than 90% of players.
- Hardest shot
- 133.2 km/h21st percentileleague avg. 139.7 km/h
- Top skating speed
- 33.6 km/h39th percentileleague avg. 34.0 km/h
- Bursts over 20 mph, season
- 752nd percentileleague avg. 8
- Offensive zone time
- 47.4 %96th percentileleague avg. 42.4 %
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- Total distance, season
- 87.1 km87th percentileleague avg. 56.1 km
- Distance, single-game high
- 5.50 km70th percentileleague avg. 4.98 km
- Offensive zone at 5v5
- 45.4 %95th percentileleague avg. 42.8 %
- Neutral zone time
- 17.1 %11th percentileleague avg. 16.9 %
- Defensive zone time
- 35.4 %95th percentileleague avg. 40.8 %
Shooting
| Shots on goal | Goals | Shooting % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All | 2482nd percentile | 287th percentile | 8.3 %64th percentile |
| High danger | 175th percentile | 084th percentile | 0.0 %60th percentile |
| Mid range | 366th percentile | 190th percentile | 33.3 %95th percentile |
| Long range | 1691st percentile | 195th percentile | 6.3 %77th percentile |
Shots on goal by zone
2026-2027 regular season. Measured by puck and player tracking chips; the percentile ranks the player within the league.
Game log, 2026-27
🔥 3-game point streak
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BOSAdam Fox: frequently asked questions
How many goals does Adam Fox have in 2026-27?
Adam Fox has 2 goals and 22 points (20 assists) in 18 games in 2026-27.
How old is Adam Fox?
Adam Fox is 28 years old: he was born on February 17, 1998.
How tall is Adam Fox, and how much does he weigh?
Adam Fox is 5'11" (180 cm) and weighs 183 lb (83 kg).
Where is Adam Fox from?
United States: Adam Fox was born in Jericho, New York, United States.
What team does Adam Fox play for?
Adam Fox plays for the New York Rangers in the NHL, at D, wearing number 23.
Is Adam Fox injured?
No: Adam Fox is not on the latest NHL injury report. This answer is updated throughout the season.
How good is Adam Fox?
Adam Fox produced 3.7 wins above replacement (WAR) in 2025-26, 3rd of 325 players at his position in the NHL. His PAL rating is 99 out of 100: elite for his position.
How much does Adam Fox make?
Adam Fox earns $9.5M for the 2025-26 season. His Value Rating is 99 out of 100 (exceptional value): it measures the on-field return for that salary, compared with players at his position.
When does Adam Fox's contract end?
Adam Fox's contract runs through the 2028-29 season; he will then be an unrestricted free agent. It includes a NMC / M-NTC clause.
Is Adam Fox overpaid?
No, he gives more than he costs. His Value rating is 99 out of 100 (exceptional value), where 50 is the output expected for his salary, compared with players at his position.
Is Adam Fox a top-10 player at his position?
Yes: by WAR, he ranks 3rd of 325 players at his position in the NHL in 2025-26. Our comparison tool puts him side by side with any other player.
Is Adam Fox getting better?
He is holding steady: his PAL rating went from 99 in 2024-25 to 99 in 2025-26 (out of 100, 50 = average player at his position).
How has Adam Fox played lately?
Over his last 10 games, Adam Fox has 14 points (2 goals, 12 assists).
What are Adam Fox's career stats?
Over his NHL career, Adam Fox has 504 games, 74 goals, 370 assists and 444 points. His best season: 2021-22, with 74 points in 78 games.
Where was Adam Fox drafted?
Adam Fox was drafted 66th overall (round 3) by Calgary Flames in 2016.
Is Adam Fox better at home or on the road?
At home: in 2026-27, he averages 1.30 points per game at home (13 in 10 games) and 1.13 on the road (9 in 8 games).
How does Adam Fox perform in the playoffs?
In the playoffs, Adam Fox has 46 games and 39 points in his career. His pace (0.85 points per game) is similar to his regular-season pace (0.88).
Which player is most similar to Adam Fox?
Brandt Clarke: he is the player at his position whose PAL profile (the 0-to-100 dimensions) is closest to his in 2025-26.
Brandt Clarke's page →Is Adam Fox a good fantasy pick?
Yes, a top-tier pick: our projection has him at 74 points in 2026-27, or 1.04 points per game.
Does Adam Fox have siblings?
Yes: his older brother Andrew Fox (investment banker).
What is Adam Fox's nationality?
Adam Fox is American. Internationally: United States: gold medal at the 2017 World Junior Championship, bronze medal at the 2016 IIHF U18 World Championship and bronze at the 2018 World Junior Championship; selected to the United States senior team for the 2019 World Championship.
What awards has Adam Fox won?
James Norris Memorial Trophy (NHL's best defenseman) — 2021 ; Lars-Erik Sjöberg Award (Rangers' top rookie in training camp) — 2019 ; Steven MacDonald Extra Effort Award (Rangers) — 2021 ; IIHF U18 World Championship — Best Defenseman — 2016 ; U18 World Hockey Championships Media All-Star Team — 2016 ; ECAC Rookie of the Year — 2017 ; Ivy League Rookie of the Year — 2017 ; Hobey Baker Award finalist — 2019; and more.
How many championships has Adam Fox won?
6: World Junior Championship — Gold medal with the United States — 2017; IIHF U18 World Championship — Bronze medal with the United States — 2016; World Junior Championship — Bronze medal with the United States — 2018; Beanpot — Winner with Harvard — 2017; ECAC Hockey Championship — Winner with Harvard — 2017; Ivy League title — Winner with Harvard — 2017.
What is Adam Fox's nickname?
He is nicknamed "Foxy".
Where did Adam Fox play before turning pro?
U.S. National Team Development Program (USNTDP) in Plymouth, Michigan — 2014–2016; Harvard University (Harvard Crimson) — 2016–2019.
How many points is Adam Fox projected to score in 2026-27?
Our projection has him at 74 points in 71 games in 2026-27 (52 to 89 points, 80% interval), based on his recent seasons, age and role.
See also: his New York Rangers teammates
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