Barrett
Hayton
C · UTA · Defensive · Very good
- PAL
- 73
- WAR
- -0.1
- Value
- 71
- PTS
- 25
2025-26№ 439 / 615
Barrett Hayton (Utah Mammoth) stats and profile: offensive production, ice time, advanced stats, WAR and PAL rating.
Barrett Hayton
#27CPlays: Centre · 80% of faceoffs
Utah Mammoth
HEIGHT : 185 cm · WEIGHT : 91 kg · SHOOTS : L
Born : June 8, 2000 · Peterborough, Canada
Drafted : 2018 · ARI · round 1, pick #5
Contract : $4,775,000 · 2026-27 → 2026-27 · Standard Contract · UFA · Signing bonus $3,925,000
NHL record
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | Utah Mammoth | 18 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 4 |
| 2025-26 | Utah Mammoth | 67 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 54 |
| 2024-25 | Utah Hockey Club | 82 | 20 | 26 | 46 | 45 |
| 2023-24 | Arizona Coyotes | 33 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 26 |
| 2022-23 | Arizona Coyotes | 82 | 19 | 24 | 43 | 42 |
| 2021-22 | Arizona Coyotes | 60 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 20 |
| 2020-21 | Arizona Coyotes | 14 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 2019-20 | Arizona Coyotes | 20 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| NHL totals | 376 | 67 | 98 | 165 | 205 | |
Playoffs
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Utah Mammoth | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-20 | Arizona Coyotes | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Playoff totals | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Barrett Hayton: our analysis
2025-26 season: 67 GP, 10 G, 15 A, 25 PTS, +3 +/-, 15:07 TOI. WAR -0.1 (439th of 615) · PAL 73, very good.
In 2025-26, Barrett Hayton, 26, posts a PAL Rating of 73 out of 100 (very good), and his WAR of -0.1 ranks 439th among 615 regulars, in the bottom half.
His strengths: possession (92, among the best in the league), defense (87, among the best in the league) and creation (82, well above average). On the other hand, discipline (13, among the weakest in the league) and offense (26, below average) hold him back.
Breaking down his WAR (goals above average), his biggest contribution: EV offense (+4.4); his biggest cost: finishing (-9.3).
A marked decline: his PAL was 88 in 2024-25, against 73 now; his WAR went from 1.2 to -0.1.
Contract-wise, his Value score of 71 (good value) weighs his output against what he costs: 50 is what that salary should buy.
Barrett Hayton's story
Raised in Peterborough, Barrett Hayton developed his hockey at local minor programs before moving into the Toronto Red Wings system and skating for Upper Canada College during the 2015–16 school year. His offensive output as a 15‑year‑old — 73 points in 59 games — attracted attention and led to his selection ninth overall in the 2016 OHL Priority Selection by the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds, with whom he signed to start major junior play in 2016‑17.
Hayton’s OHL progression was steady: a 27‑point rookie season over 63 games, then a near point‑per‑game campaign in 2017‑18 with 60 points in 63 contests. He received the Bobby Smith Trophy that season as the league’s scholastic player of the year. Strong performances raised his draft stock and he was picked fifth overall in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft.
Arizona signed him to a three‑year entry‑level deal on July 6, 2018. After brief NHL appearances early in 2018‑19 and a return to juniors where he served as captain, Hayton made his full NHL debut on October 10, 2019, collecting his first assist that night and scoring his first NHL goal on October 25 — a game‑winner. His professional path has included assignments to the AHL’s Tucson Roadrunners, a loan to Ilves in Finland in October 2020, recalls to the Coyotes and a wrist surgery in January 2022 that sidelined him for part of the season.
The 2022‑23 season produced career highs: he played all 82 games and registered 19 goals, 24 assists and 43 points while often centring a first‑line unit. The following year he was hampered by an upper‑body injury in November 2023 and later a lower‑body issue that ended his campaign early. After Arizona’s franchise suspension and the transfer of assets to the Utah Hockey Club, Hayton signed a two‑year contract with the club, renamed the Utah Mammoth, on July 8, 2024; an offer sheet from New Jersey in 2026 was matched by Utah.
Internationally, Hayton led Canada in goals at the 2017 Ivan Hlinka tournament, played at the 2019 World Juniors and served as Canada’s captain at the 2020 World Junior Championship, where he scored a third‑period tying goal in the final and was named to the tournament Media All‑Star team. His game is marked by hockey sense in the middle of the ice, playmaking ability and versatility as a centre.
Facts drawn from Wikipédia, told in our own words.
Advanced stats
- TOI/GP
- 14:22
- PP TOI/GP
- 0:47
- SH TOI/GP
- 0:33
- Pts/GP
- 0.56
- EV points
- 7
- Hits
- 3
- Blocks
- 14
- Takeaways
- 5
- Corsi % (SAT)
- 57.5 %
- Off. zone starts
- 23.7 %
- Faceoffs
- 52.1 %
Stats and photos: NHL (NHL.com)
2026-27 projection
Projected points
34between 18 and 50 (80% range)
- Goals
- 10
- Assists
- 24
- Games
- 73
So far: 10 pts in 18 games. The team has played 18 of 84 games. Projected pace: 0.43 pts per game (last season: 0.37).
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
Slight decline
- Points per game: 0.30 in 23-24, 0.37 in 25-26
- PAL Rating: 88 → 73
Outlook, age included
↘ Slight declineAge 26: 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 81 %
82
Very good
- SK
- Skating
- 79
- Confidence 73 %
- ST
- Strength
- 78
- Confidence 84 %
- EN
- Endurance
- 75
- Confidence 80 %
- DU
- Durability
- 72
- Confidence 77 %
- CK
- Checking
- 66
- Confidence 84 %
- FG
- Fighting
- 74
- Confidence 62 %
- DI
- Discipline
- 70
- Confidence 84 %
- FO
- Faceoffs
- 81
- Confidence 89 %
- PA
- Passing
- 77
- Confidence 81 %
- SC
- Scoring
- 78
- Confidence 81 %
- DF
- Defense
- 79
- Confidence 77 %
- PS
- Penalty shot
- 67
- Confidence 8 %
- EX
- Experience
- 69
- Confidence 100 %
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SK — Skating79
- Top speed (35 %)36.4 · 79
- Bursts > 20 mph /60 (30 %)7.071 · 79
- Distance /60 (20 %)16.3 · 73
- Speed consistency (15 %)35.7 · 78
ST — Strength78
- Contact absorbed /60 (50 %)4.278 · 76
- Body mass (50 %)-0.103 · 76
EN — Endurance75
- Ice time per game (45 %)15.3 · 77
- Total ice time (20 %)985 · 72
- Shift length (15 %)43.1 · 67
- Lowest recent ice time per game (15 %)14.5 · 78
- Special-teams time per game (5 %)2.608 · 77
DU — Durability72
- Share of games played (100 %)0.797 · 72
CK — Checking66
- Hits /60 (70 %)2.607 · 67
- Lowest seasonal rate (20 %)1.957 · 66
- Season volume (10 %)3.555 · 66
FG — Fighting74
- Fights per 82 games (100 %)0.804 · 74
DI — Discipline70
- Net penalty value /60 (50 %)0.014 · 74
- Penalties taken /60 (30 %)0.93 · 59
- Penalties drawn /60 (20 %)1.011 · 86
FO — Faceoffs81
- Faceoff % (85 %)52.2 · 80
- Faceoffs /60 (15 %)45.9 · 81
PA — Passing77
- Primary assists /60 (40 %)0.539 · 66
- Secondary assists /60 (20 %)0.523 · 77
- Offensive creation (RAPM) (20 %)0.251 · 89
- Power-play points /60 (10 %)3.732 · 62
- Assist consistency (10 %)0.373 · 69
SC — Scoring78
- Goals /60 (25 %)0.752 · 73
- Individual xG /60 (20 %)1.008 · 85
- Finishing (goals − xG per shot) (20 %)-1.627 · 37
- High-danger chances /60 (15 %)1.936 · 89
- xG per shot (10 %)0.089 · 90
- Shot attempts /60 (10 %)13.1 · 79
DF — Defense79
- RAPM defense /60 (35 %)0.077 · 82
- Relative xG against (20 %)-0.12 · 79
- On-ice xG against /60 (15 %)2.574 · 77
- Penalty kill /60 (10 %)-0.158 · 61
- Takeaways − giveaways /60 (10 %)-1.282 · 77
- Shot attempts against /60 (5 %)56.5 · 81
- Blocked shots /60 (5 %)2.9 · 79
PS — Penalty shot67
- Shootouts (60 %)32 · 65
- Penalty shots (40 %)26.7 · 76
EX — Experience69
- Career regular-season games (65 %)83
- Career playoff games (25 %)30
- NHL seasons (10 %)71
OV — Overall82
- SC · Scoring (20 %)78
- PA · Passing (20 %)77
- DF · Defense (20 %)79
- SK · Skating (12 %)79
- FO · Faceoffs (10 %)81
- EN · Endurance (8 %)75
- DI · Discipline (5 %)70
- ST · Strength (3 %)78
- CK · Checking (2 %)66
| Season | OV | SK | SC | DF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 82 | 79 | 78 | 79 |
| 2024-25 | 82 | 73 | 83 | 74 |
| 2023-24 | 74 | 67 | 76 | 74 |
| 2022-23 | 78 | 66 | 78 | 74 |
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
-0.1
wins above replacement
439 of 615
PAL Rating
73/ 100
Performance · Very good
119 of 476 at the position
Value Rating
71/ 100
Good value
2.65 M$ · expected PAL 53
ProfileDefensiveValue comes mostly from defense
- Offense
- 60
- Defense
- 90
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- Offense
- 26
- Creation
- 82
- Shooting
- 30
- Possession
- 92
- Defense
- 87
- Discipline
- 13
- Power play
- 76
- Penalty kill
- 62
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 | UTA | -0.1 | 73 | 71 | 2.65 M$ |
| 2024-25 | UTA | 1.2 | 88 | 90 | 2.65 M$ |
| 2023-24 | ARI | -0.4 | 43 | 44 | 1.78 M$ |
| 2022-23 | ARI | 1.3 | 59 | 59 | 1.78 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
29/ 100
Below average
better than 29% of forwards, offense and defense combined
Offensive IQ
79/ 100
Very good
passing, shots, puck
Defensive IQ
11/ 100
Low
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, 299 of 424 forwards.
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Offense
- Playmaking passes
- 22
- Shot selection
- 89
- Penalties drawn
- 44
- Puck management
- 75
Defense
- Takeaways
- 27
- Discipline
- 15
- Safe zone exits
- 32
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 | UTA | 29 | 79 | 11 |
| 2024-25 | UTA | 95 | 99 | 43 |
| 2023-24 | ARI | 73 | 95 | 20 |
| 2022-23 | ARI | 53 | 91 | 16 |
WAR, 2025-26
How it's calculated →Wins added to the team, compared with a replacement-level player called up from the AHL.
-0.1
wins above replacement
-0.8 to 0.7 — 90% interval
439 of 615 forwards
-0.3 goals above replacement
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- EV offense
- +4.4
- EV defense
- +2.1
- Power play
- +1.1
- Penalty kill
- -0.1
- Shooting
- -9.3
- Penalties
- -1.0
- Average → replacement
- +2.6
In goals.
| Season | Team | GP | WAR | 90% interval | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | UTA | 67 | -0.1 | -0.8 to 0.7 | 439/615 |
| 2024-25 | UTA | 78 | 1.2 | 0.0 to 3.1 | 134/596 |
| 2023-24 | ARI | 33 | -0.4 | -1.0 to 0.2 | 541/608 |
| 2022-23 | ARI | 82 | 1.3 | -0.1 to 2.9 | 105/617 |
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
- 133.3 km/h54th percentileleague avg. 130.1 km/h
- Top skating speed
- 36.2 km/h77th percentileleague avg. 35.2 km/h
- Bursts over 20 mph, season
- 4591st percentileleague avg. 21
- Offensive zone time
- 43.7 %70th percentileleague avg. 43.1 %
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- Total distance, season
- 68.4 km67th percentileleague avg. 52.2 km
- Distance, single-game high
- 4.34 km42nd percentileleague avg. 4.52 km
- Offensive zone at 5v5
- 43.8 %89th percentileleague avg. 42.4 %
- Neutral zone time
- 17.3 %17th percentileleague avg. 16.8 %
- Defensive zone time
- 38.9 %59th percentileleague avg. 40.1 %
Shooting
| Shots on goal | Goals | Shooting % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All | 3581st percentile | 254th percentile | 5.7 %13th percentile |
| High danger | 1174th percentile | 274th percentile | 18.2 %49th percentile |
| Mid range | 1590th percentile | 054th percentile | 0.0 %32nd percentile |
| Long range | 153rd percentile | 092nd percentile | 0.0 %87th 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
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CHIBarrett Hayton: frequently asked questions
How many goals does Barrett Hayton have in 2026-27?
Barrett Hayton has 2 goals and 10 points (8 assists) in 18 games in 2026-27.
How old is Barrett Hayton?
Barrett Hayton is 26 years old: he was born on June 9, 2000.
How tall is Barrett Hayton, and how much does he weigh?
Barrett Hayton is 6'1" (185 cm) and weighs 201 lb (91 kg).
Where is Barrett Hayton from?
Canada: Barrett Hayton was born in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.
What team does Barrett Hayton play for?
Barrett Hayton plays for the Utah Mammoth in the NHL, at C, wearing number 27.
Is Barrett Hayton injured?
No: Barrett Hayton is not on the latest NHL injury report. This answer is updated throughout the season.
How good is Barrett Hayton?
Barrett Hayton produced -0.1 wins above replacement (WAR) in 2025-26, 439th of 615 players at his position in the NHL. His PAL rating is 73 out of 100: very good for his position.
How much does Barrett Hayton make?
Barrett Hayton earns $2.7M for the 2025-26 season. His Value Rating is 71 out of 100 (good value): it measures the on-field return for that salary, compared with players at his position.
When does Barrett Hayton's contract end?
Barrett Hayton's contract runs through the 2026-27 season; he will then be an unrestricted free agent.
Is Barrett Hayton overpaid?
No, he gives more than he costs. His Value rating is 71 out of 100 (good value), where 50 is the output expected for his salary, compared with players at his position.
Is Barrett Hayton a top-10 player at his position?
No: by WAR, he ranks 439th of 615 players at his position in the NHL in 2025-26. Our comparison tool puts him side by side with any other player.
Is Barrett Hayton getting better?
No, he is slipping: his PAL rating went from 88 in 2024-25 to 73 in 2025-26 (out of 100, 50 = average player at his position).
How has Barrett Hayton played lately?
Over his last 10 games, Barrett Hayton has 4 points (1 goal, 3 assists).
What are Barrett Hayton's career stats?
Over his NHL career, Barrett Hayton has 376 games, 67 goals, 98 assists and 165 points. His best season: 2024-25, with 46 points in 82 games.
Where was Barrett Hayton drafted?
Barrett Hayton was drafted 5th overall (round 1) by ARI in 2018.
Is Barrett Hayton better at home or on the road?
No real difference: in 2026-27, he averages 0.50 points per game at home (3 in 6 games) and 0.58 on the road (7 in 12 games).
How does Barrett Hayton perform in the playoffs?
In the playoffs, Barrett Hayton has 4 games and 0 points in his career. His pace (0.00 points per game) is lower than his regular-season pace (0.44).
Which player is most similar to Barrett Hayton?
Marcus Foligno: he is the player at his position whose PAL profile (the 0-to-100 dimensions) is closest to his in 2025-26.
Marcus Foligno's page →Is Barrett Hayton a good fantasy pick?
Probably not, except in deep leagues: our projection has him at 34 points in 2026-27, or 0.47 points per game.
Is Barrett Hayton related to anyone famous?
Yes: Brian (father, defenceman for the Guelph Platers (1985–1988) and the Peterborough Petes (1988–1989), six-game professional stint in the AHL, coached the Kitchener Rangers (OHL) then became a teacher).
What is Barrett Hayton's nationality?
Barrett Hayton is Canadian. Internationally: Canada – 2017 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament (led the team in goals), 2019 World Junior Championship (6th place), 2020 World Junior Championship (captain, gold medal, named to the Media All-Star team).
What awards has Barrett Hayton won?
Bobby Smith Trophy (OHL Scholastic Player of the Year), 2017–18 season ; Media All-Star Team, 2020 World Junior Championship.
How many championships has Barrett Hayton won?
1: Gold medal with Team Canada, 2020 World Junior Championship.
Where did Barrett Hayton play before turning pro?
Minor hockey with the Peterborough Petes, then Toronto Red Wings (GTHL); Upper Canada College (2015–2016); selected 9th overall in the 2016 OHL Priority Selection by the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds; began major junior career in 2016–17 with the Greyhounds.
How many points is Barrett Hayton projected to score in 2026-27?
Our projection has him at 34 points in 73 games in 2026-27 (18 to 50 points, 80% interval), based on his recent seasons, age and role.
See also: his Utah Mammoth teammates
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