David
Jiricek
D · PHI · Limited · Very poor
- PAL
- 1
- WAR
- -0.4
- Value
- 7
- PTS
- 0
2025-26№ 287 / 325
David Jiricek (Philadelphia Flyers) stats and profile: offensive production, ice time, advanced stats, WAR and PAL rating.
David Jiricek
HEIGHT : 193 cm · WEIGHT : 93 kg · SHOOTS : R
Born : November 27, 2003 · Klatovy, Czechia
Drafted : 2022 · CBJ · round 1, pick #6
Contract : $1,500,000 · 2026-27 → 2027-28 · Standard Contract (Extension) · RFA · Signing bonus $450,000
NHL record
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | Philadelphia Flyers | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-26 | Philadelphia Flyers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025-26 | Minnesota Wild | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 2024-25 | Minnesota Wild | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024-25 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2023-24 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 43 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 22 |
| 2022-23 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| NHL totals | 94 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 46 | |
David Jiricek: our analysis
2025-26 season: 1 GP, 0 G, 0 A, 0 PTS, 0 +/-, 19:37 TOI. WAR -0.4 (287th of 325) · PAL 1, very poor.
In 2025-26, David Jiricek, 22, posts a PAL Rating of 1 out of 100 (very poor), and his WAR of -0.4 ranks 287th among 325 regulars, in the bottom quarter.
On the other hand, discipline (3, among the weakest in the league) and offense (3, among the weakest in the league) hold him back.
Breaking down his WAR (goals above average), no component is positive; the costliest: penalties (-1.0).
A marked decline: his PAL was 14 in 2023-24, against 1 now; his WAR, though, went from -0.4 to -0.4.
Contract-wise, his Value score of 7 (very poor return) weighs his output against what he costs: 50 is what that salary should buy.
David Jiricek's story
Growing up in Klatovy, David Jiříček moved quickly through youth ranks and earned ice time with HC Škoda Plzeň as a teenager. Strong productions at under‑16 and under‑20 levels paved the way for his professional debut in the 2019–20 Extraliga season, where he began to establish himself against seasoned competition.
In his first full Extraliga campaign, Jiříček posted steady offensive numbers from the blue line and was recognized as the league’s top rookie. He attracted attention outside Europe as well, being selected in the CHL Import Draft, but it was his play in Plzeň that set him up for the NHL draft. Heading into 2022, he was widely regarded among the top European defense prospects.
Columbus picked him sixth overall in the 2022 NHL Entry Draft. Jiříček started his North American pro career with the Cleveland Monsters in the AHL and earned callups to the NHL during his first season. His AHL performances showed an ability to drive play and produce points among rookie defenders, and he eventually logged his first full NHL season before being traded to the Philadelphia Flyers in March 2026.
Internationally, Jiříček has represented the Czech Republic at various age levels and stepped into the senior national team by the 2022 IIHF World Championship, where the country won bronze. He was also a central figure for the Czech junior squad at the 2023 World Junior Championship, helping the team to a silver medal and receiving tournament recognition.
On the ice, Jiříček blends physical frame with mobility and a willingness to join the attack. He tends to carry the puck out of the defensive zone, generate plays from the point and chip in offensively while maintaining the positional and physical elements required of a top‑end defenseman.
Facts drawn from Wikipédia, told in our own words.
Advanced stats
- TOI/GP
- 14:48
- PP TOI/GP
- 2:07
- SH TOI/GP
- 0:00
- Pts/GP
- 0.11
- EV points
- 0
- Hits
- 11
- Blocks
- 13
- Takeaways
- 4
- Corsi % (SAT)
- 48.3 %
- Off. zone starts
- 29.0 %
Stats and photos: NHL (NHL.com)
2026-27 projection
Projected points
4between 1 and 10 (80% range)
- Goals
- 0
- Assists
- 3
- Games
- 32
So far: 1 pts in 9 games. The team has played 19 of 84 games. Projected pace: 0.11 pts per game (last season: 0.00).
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
Declining
- Points per game: 0.23 in 23-24, 0.00 in 25-26
- PAL Rating: 14 → 1
Outlook, age included
↘ Slight declineAge 22: usually still improving
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 53 %
39
Replacement or prospect
- SK
- Skating
- 50
- Confidence 73 %
- ST
- Strength
- 78
- Confidence 59 %
- EN
- Endurance
- 50
- Confidence 67 %
- DU
- Durability
- 41
- Confidence 73 %
- CK
- Checking
- 70
- Confidence 59 %
- FG
- Fighting
- 77
- Confidence 35 %
- DI
- Discipline
- 56
- Confidence 59 %
- FO
- Faceoffs
- —
- PA
- Passing
- 65
- Confidence 53 %
- SC
- Scoring
- 70
- Confidence 53 %
- DF
- Defense
- 61
- Confidence 49 %
- PS
- Penalty shot
- 76
- Confidence 0 %
- EX
- Experience
- 46
- Confidence 100 %
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SK — Skating50
- Top speed (35 %)33.7 · 47
- Bursts > 20 mph /60 (30 %)1.294 · 64
- Distance /60 (20 %)14 · 69
- Speed consistency (15 %)31.8 · 49
ST — Strength78
- Contact absorbed /60 (50 %)5.651 · 79
- Body mass (50 %)0.37 · 75
EN — Endurance50
- Ice time per game (45 %)15.8 · 51
- Total ice time (20 %)310 · 35
- Shift length (15 %)47.2 · 74
- Lowest recent ice time per game (15 %)13.8 · 51
- Special-teams time per game (5 %)1.424 · 57
DU — Durability41
- Share of games played (100 %)0.55 · 41
CK — Checking70
- Hits /60 (70 %)2.892 · 73
- Lowest seasonal rate (20 %)2.053 · 69
- Season volume (10 %)2.197 · 50
FG — Fighting77
- Fights per 82 games (100 %)0.862 · 77
DI — Discipline56
- Net penalty value /60 (50 %)-0.094 · 56
- Penalties taken /60 (30 %)0.989 · 57
- Penalties drawn /60 (20 %)0.433 · 78
PA — Passing65
- Primary assists /60 (40 %)0.315 · 70
- Secondary assists /60 (20 %)0.324 · 63
- Offensive creation (RAPM) (20 %)-0.027 · 71
- Power-play points /60 (10 %)4.143 · 76
- Assist consistency (10 %)0.087 · 57
SC — Scoring70
- Goals /60 (25 %)0.168 · 68
- Individual xG /60 (20 %)0.185 · 72
- Finishing (goals − xG per shot) (20 %)0.145 · 73
- High-danger chances /60 (15 %)0.089 · 72
- xG per shot (10 %)0.034 · 75
- Shot attempts /60 (10 %)9.495 · 75
DF — Defense61
- RAPM defense /60 (35 %)-0.042 · 68
- Relative xG against (20 %)0.082 · 68
- On-ice xG against /60 (15 %)2.84 · 58
- Penalty kill /60 (10 %)-0.017 · 71
- Takeaways − giveaways /60 (10 %)-2.62 · 57
- Shot attempts against /60 (5 %)60.6 · 60
- Blocked shots /60 (5 %)4.216 · 73
PS — Penalty shot76
- Shootouts (60 %)32.7 · 76
- Penalty shots (40 %)26.7 · 76
EX — Experience46
- Career regular-season games (65 %)63
- Career playoff games (25 %)0
- NHL seasons (10 %)55
OV — Overall39
- DF · Defense (30 %)61
- PA · Passing (22 %)65
- SK · Skating (12 %)50
- SC · Scoring (12 %)70
- EN · Endurance (9 %)50
- ST · Strength (6 %)78
- DI · Discipline (5 %)56
- CK · Checking (4 %)70
| Season | OV | SK | SC | DF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 39 | 50 | 70 | 61 |
| 2023-24 | 63 | 57 | 68 | 71 |
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
-0.4
wins above replacement
287 of 325
PAL Rating
1/ 100
Performance · Very poor
246 of 250 at the position
Value Rating
7/ 100
Very poor return
0.92 M$ · expected PAL 39
ProfileLimitedBelow average at both ends
- Offense
- 5
- Defense
- 5
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- Offense
- 3
- Creation
- 15
- Shooting
- 25
- Possession
- 20
- Defense
- 5
- Discipline
- 3
- Power play
- 53
- Penalty kill
- 44
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 | PHI | -0.4 | 1 | 7 | 0.92 M$ |
| 2023-24 | CBJ | -0.4 | 14 | 25 | 0.92 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
0/ 100
Low
better than 0% of defensemen, offense and defense combined
Offensive IQ
23/ 100
Below average
passing, shots, puck
Defensive IQ
1/ 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, 224 of 225 defensemen.
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Offense
- Playmaking passes
- 7
- Shot selection
- 32
- Penalties drawn
- 60
- Puck management
- 38
Defense
- Takeaways
- 36
- Discipline
- 4
- Safe zone exits
- 4
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 | PHI | 0 | 23 | 1 |
| 2023-24 | CBJ | 4 | 13 | 3 |
WAR, 2025-26
How it's calculated →Wins added to the team, compared with a replacement-level player called up from the AHL.
-0.4
wins above replacement
-0.5 to -0.2 — 90% interval
287 of 325 defensemen
-1.9 goals above replacement
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- EV offense
- -0.2
- EV defense
- -0.7
- Power play
- 0.0
- Penalty kill
- -0.0
- Shooting
- -0.6
- Penalties
- -1.0
- Average → replacement
- +0.7
In goals.
| Season | Team | GP | WAR | 90% interval | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | PHI | 26 | -0.4 | -0.5 to -0.2 | 287/325 |
| 2024-25 | MIN | 12 | 0.1 | -0.2 to 0.4 | 167/314 |
| 2023-24 | CBJ | 43 | -0.4 | -0.8 to 0.0 | 273/316 |
| 2022-23 | CBJ | 4 | -0.1 | -0.2 to 0.0 | 219/334 |
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
- 150.6 km/h84th percentileleague avg. 139.7 km/h
- Top skating speed
- 30.9 km/h3rd percentileleague avg. 34.0 km/h
- Bursts over 20 mph, season
- 00th percentileleague avg. 8
- Offensive zone time
- 43.0 %69th percentileleague avg. 42.4 %
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- Total distance, season
- 30.0 km24th percentileleague avg. 56.1 km
- Distance, single-game high
- 4.02 km20th percentileleague avg. 4.98 km
- Offensive zone at 5v5
- 41.3 %40th percentileleague avg. 42.8 %
- Neutral zone time
- 17.7 %29th percentileleague avg. 16.9 %
- Defensive zone time
- 39.3 %64th percentileleague avg. 40.8 %
Shooting
| Shots on goal | Goals | Shooting % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All | 624th percentile | 049th percentile | 0.0 %27th percentile |
| High danger | 051st percentile | 084th percentile | 0.0 %0th percentile |
| Mid range | 136th percentile | 073rd percentile | 0.0 %50th percentile |
| Long range | 543rd percentile | 077th percentile | 0.0 %67th 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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TBLDavid Jiricek: frequently asked questions
How many goals does David Jiricek have in 2026-27?
David Jiricek has 0 goals and 1 point (1 assist) in 9 games in 2026-27.
How old is David Jiricek?
David Jiricek is 22 years old: he was born on November 28, 2003.
How tall is David Jiricek, and how much does he weigh?
David Jiricek is 6'4" (193 cm) and weighs 205 lb (93 kg).
Where is David Jiricek from?
Czechia: David Jiricek was born in Klatovy, Czechia.
What team does David Jiricek play for?
David Jiricek plays for the Philadelphia Flyers in the NHL, at D, wearing number 5.
Is David Jiricek injured?
No: David Jiricek is not on the latest NHL injury report. This answer is updated throughout the season.
How good is David Jiricek?
David Jiricek produced -0.4 wins above replacement (WAR) in 2025-26, 287th of 325 players at his position in the NHL. His PAL rating is 1 out of 100: very poor for his position.
How much does David Jiricek make?
David Jiricek earns $918K for the 2025-26 season. His Value Rating is 7 out of 100 (very poor return): it measures the on-field return for that salary, compared with players at his position.
When does David Jiricek's contract end?
David Jiricek's contract runs through the 2027-28 season; he will then be a restricted free agent.
Is David Jiricek overpaid?
Yes, his output falls short of what his salary should buy. His Value rating is 7 out of 100 (very poor return), where 50 is the output expected for his salary, compared with players at his position.
Is David Jiricek a top-10 player at his position?
No: by WAR, he ranks 287th 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 David Jiricek getting better?
No, he is slipping: his PAL rating went from 14 in 2023-24 to 1 in 2025-26 (out of 100, 50 = average player at his position).
How has David Jiricek played lately?
Over his last 9 games, David Jiricek has 1 point (0 goals, 1 assist).
What are David Jiricek's career stats?
Over his NHL career, David Jiricek has 94 games, 2 goals, 12 assists and 14 points. His best season: 2023-24, with 10 points in 43 games.
Where was David Jiricek drafted?
David Jiricek was drafted 6th overall (round 1) by Columbus Blue Jackets in 2022.
How does David Jiricek perform in the playoffs?
David Jiricek has not played in the NHL playoffs yet.
Which player is most similar to David Jiricek?
Vincent Iorio: he is the player at his position whose PAL profile (the 0-to-100 dimensions) is closest to his in 2025-26.
Vincent Iorio's page →Is David Jiricek a good fantasy pick?
Probably not, except in deep leagues: our projection has him at 4 points in 2026-27, or 0.13 points per game.
Does David Jiricek have siblings?
Yes: his brother Adam Jiříček (drafted 16th overall by the St. Louis Blues in 2024).
What is David Jiricek's nationality?
David Jiricek is Czech. Internationally: Czech Republic: bronze medal at the 2022 IIHF World Championship (senior); silver medal at the 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship (junior).
What awards has David Jiricek won?
Czech Extraliga Rookie of the Year (2020–21 season) ; AHL Rookie of the Month — December 2022 ; IIHF Directorate Best Defenceman, 2023 World Junior Championship ; IIHF World Junior Championship Media All‑Star Team, 2023.
Where did David Jiricek play before turning pro?
HC Škoda Plzeň — professional debut 2019–20; first full season 2020–21.
How many points is David Jiricek projected to score in 2026-27?
Our projection has him at 4 points in 32 games in 2026-27 (1 to 10 points, 80% interval), based on his recent seasons, age and role.
See also: his Philadelphia Flyers teammates
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