Josh
Morrissey
D · WPG · Offensive · Very good
- PAL
- 70
- WAR
- 2.4
- Value
- 52
- PTS
- 55
2025-26№ 12 / 325
Josh Morrissey (Winnipeg Jets) stats and profile: offensive production, ice time, advanced stats, WAR and PAL rating.
Josh Morrissey
#44D
Winnipeg Jets
HEIGHT : 183 cm · WEIGHT : 88 kg · SHOOTS : L
Born : March 27, 1995 · Calgary, Canada
Drafted : 2013 · WPG · round 1, pick #13
Contract : $6,250,000 · 2020-21 → 2027-28 · Standard Contract (Extension) · UFANMC / M-NTC
NHL record
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | Winnipeg Jets | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 2025-26 | Winnipeg Jets | 77 | 14 | 41 | 55 | 30 |
| 2024-25 | Winnipeg Jets | 80 | 14 | 48 | 62 | 22 |
| 2023-24 | Winnipeg Jets | 81 | 10 | 59 | 69 | 44 |
| 2022-23 | Winnipeg Jets | 78 | 16 | 60 | 76 | 41 |
| 2021-22 | Winnipeg Jets | 79 | 12 | 25 | 37 | 66 |
| 2020-21 | Winnipeg Jets | 56 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 25 |
| 2019-20 | Winnipeg Jets | 65 | 5 | 26 | 31 | 24 |
| 2018-19 | Winnipeg Jets | 59 | 6 | 25 | 31 | 14 |
| 2017-18 | Winnipeg Jets | 81 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 47 |
| 2016-17 | Winnipeg Jets | 82 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 38 |
| 2015-16 | Winnipeg Jets | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NHL totals | 743 | 94 | 337 | 431 | 353 | |
Playoffs
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | Winnipeg Jets | 12 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 8 |
| 2023-24 | Winnipeg Jets | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| 2022-23 | Winnipeg Jets | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020-21 | Winnipeg Jets | 8 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| 2019-20 | Winnipeg Jets | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2018-19 | Winnipeg Jets | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017-18 | Winnipeg Jets | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Playoff totals | 54 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 26 | |
Josh Morrissey: our analysis
2025-26 season: 77 GP, 14 G, 41 A, 55 PTS, +6 +/-, 24:43 TOI. WAR 2.4 (12th of 325) · PAL 70, very good.
In 2025-26, Josh Morrissey, 31, posts a PAL Rating of 70 out of 100 (very good), and his WAR of 2.4 ranks 12th among 325 regulars, among the league's elite.
His strengths: offense (92, among the best in the league), shooting (88, among the best in the league) and creation (65, above average). On the other hand, power play (0, among the weakest in the league) and defense (36, below average) hold him back.
Breaking down his WAR (goals above average), his biggest contribution: finishing (+5.7); his biggest cost: power play (-1.5).
A marked decline: his PAL was 89 in 2024-25, against 70 now; his WAR went from 2.7 to 2.4.
Contract-wise, his Value score of 52 (fair value) weighs his output against what he costs: 50 is what that salary should buy.
Josh Morrissey's story
Growing up in Calgary, Josh Morrissey came through local minor programs and earned early recognition at events such as the Quebec pee-wee tournament; his play among bantams in southern Alberta marked him out as a top defensive prospect. That background led to selection in the WHL Bantam Draft and a steady climb through the junior ranks.
Taken sixth overall in the 2010 WHL Bantam Draft by Prince Albert, Morrissey split time between midget and junior before establishing himself with the Raiders. He was named captain ahead of 2013–14 and signed a three-year, two-way deal with Winnipeg on 3 October 2013, returning to junior that season and producing 73 points in 59 games. In December 2014 he was traded to the Kelowna Rockets, with whom he won the WHL title and reached the 2015 Memorial Cup final.
Morrissey’s professional career began in the AHL with St. John’s and later Manitoba, with an NHL debut coming on 5 March 2016 against Montreal. His first NHL goal arrived 15 November 2016 in a 4–0 win over Chicago. In his first full NHL season he recorded 6 goals and 20 points in 82 games, and followed that with 26 points in 81 games the next year; he was suspended for one game during the 2018 first-round playoff series.
Winnipeg rewarded him with an eight-year, $50 million extension signed on 12 September 2019, and named him an alternate captain on 1 October 2019. A milestone came in the 2025–26 campaign, when he became the Jets’ all-time leading scorer among defencemen after the 7 March game versus Vancouver.
Internationally, Morrissey has represented Canada at U18 level (gold in 2013), at the World Juniors in 2015 (gold and a place on the All-Star First Team), and at the senior World Championship in 2017 (silver). He also took part in the 2025 4 Nations Face-Off and was named to Canada’s Olympic roster on 31 December 2025; he left Canada’s Olympic run after the opening game due to an injury as the team went on to earn silver. Morrissey’s game is defined by strong skating, smooth puck movement and an ability to join the attack from the blue line.
Facts drawn from Wikipédia, told in our own words.
Advanced stats
- TOI/GP
- 20:04
- PP TOI/GP
- 2:20
- SH TOI/GP
- 0:28
- Pts/GP
- 0.75
- EV points
- 1
- Hits
- 1
- Blocks
- 5
- Takeaways
- 0
- Corsi % (SAT)
- 50.0 %
- Off. zone starts
- 49.3 %
Stats and photos: NHL (NHL.com)
2026-27 projection
Projected points
59between 38 and 78 (80% range)
- Goals
- 14
- Assists
- 45
- Games
- 86
So far: 3 pts in 4 games. The team has played 0 of 84 games. Projected pace: 0.69 pts per game (last season: 0.71).
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: 0.85 in 23-24, 0.71 in 25-26
- PAL Rating: 89 → 70
Outlook, age included
↓ DecliningAge 31: the age when production usually declines
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.
Injured reserve· Wrist· expected back November 10
OV · OverallConfidence 88 %
87
High-end
- SK
- Skating
- 79
- Confidence 73 %
- ST
- Strength
- 56
- Confidence 90 %
- EN
- Endurance
- 92
- Confidence 80 %
- DU
- Durability
- 87
- Confidence 77 %
- CK
- Checking
- 66
- Confidence 90 %
- FG
- Fighting
- 67
- Confidence 66 %
- DI
- Discipline
- 83
- Confidence 90 %
- FO
- Faceoffs
- —
- PA
- Passing
- 90
- Confidence 88 %
- SC
- Scoring
- 89
- Confidence 88 %
- DF
- Defense
- 73
- Confidence 86 %
- PS
- Penalty shot
- 76
- Confidence 0 %
- EX
- Experience
- 88
- Confidence 100 %
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SK — Skating79
- Top speed (35 %)35.6 · 78
- Bursts > 20 mph /60 (30 %)1.663 · 73
- Distance /60 (20 %)14.9 · 89
- Speed consistency (15 %)34.5 · 75
ST — Strength56
- Contact absorbed /60 (50 %)3.314 · 59
- Body mass (50 %)-0.448 · 66
EN — Endurance92
- Ice time per game (45 %)22.8 · 92
- Total ice time (20 %)1,832 · 89
- Shift length (15 %)51.5 · 86
- Lowest recent ice time per game (15 %)22.2 · 93
- Special-teams time per game (5 %)3.451 · 85
DU — Durability87
- Share of games played (100 %)0.88 · 87
CK — Checking66
- Hits /60 (70 %)1.939 · 65
- Lowest seasonal rate (20 %)1.556 · 64
- Season volume (10 %)3.611 · 70
FG — Fighting67
- Fights per 82 games (100 %)0.71 · 67
DI — Discipline83
- Net penalty value /60 (50 %)-0.017 · 83
- Penalties taken /60 (30 %)0.52 · 80
- Penalties drawn /60 (20 %)0.422 · 77
PA — Passing90
- Primary assists /60 (40 %)0.708 · 89
- Secondary assists /60 (20 %)0.728 · 89
- Offensive creation (RAPM) (20 %)0.224 · 90
- Power-play points /60 (10 %)4.625 · 86
- Assist consistency (10 %)0.522 · 90
SC — Scoring89
- Goals /60 (25 %)0.402 · 88
- Individual xG /60 (20 %)0.302 · 87
- Finishing (goals − xG per shot) (20 %)0.771 · 90
- High-danger chances /60 (15 %)0.151 · 82
- xG per shot (10 %)0.037 · 86
- Shot attempts /60 (10 %)12.1 · 85
DF — Defense73
- RAPM defense /60 (35 %)-0.029 · 69
- Relative xG against (20 %)0.081 · 68
- On-ice xG against /60 (15 %)2.596 · 76
- Penalty kill /60 (10 %)0.169 · 87
- Takeaways − giveaways /60 (10 %)-1.779 · 80
- Shot attempts against /60 (5 %)56.6 · 81
- Blocked shots /60 (5 %)3.857 · 67
PS — Penalty shot76
- Shootouts (60 %)32.7 · 76
- Penalty shots (40 %)26.7 · 76
EX — Experience88
- Career regular-season games (65 %)93
- Career playoff games (25 %)76
- NHL seasons (10 %)84
OV — Overall87
- DF · Defense (30 %)73
- PA · Passing (22 %)90
- SK · Skating (12 %)79
- SC · Scoring (12 %)89
- EN · Endurance (9 %)92
- ST · Strength (6 %)56
- DI · Discipline (5 %)83
- CK · Checking (4 %)66
| Season | OV | SK | SC | DF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 87 | 79 | 89 | 73 |
| 2024-25 | 89 | 80 | 89 | 71 |
| 2023-24 | 86 | 77 | 89 | 65 |
| 2022-23 | 86 | 75 | 92 | 63 |
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
2.4
wins above replacement
12 of 325
PAL Rating
70/ 100
Performance · Very good
68 of 250 at the position
Value Rating
52/ 100
Fair value
6.25 M$ · expected PAL 68
ProfileOffensiveValue comes mostly from offense
- Offense
- 80
- Defense
- 42
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- Offense
- 92
- Creation
- 65
- Shooting
- 88
- Possession
- 62
- Defense
- 36
- Discipline
- 65
- Power play
- 0
- Penalty kill
- 58
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 | WPG | 2.4 | 70 | 52 | 6.25 M$ |
| 2024-25 | WPG | 2.7 | 89 | 77 | 6.25 M$ |
| 2023-24 | WPG | 1.1 | 87 | 70 | 6.25 M$ |
| 2022-23 | WPG | 1.8 | 96 | 89 | 6.25 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
77/ 100
Very good
better than 77% of defensemen, offense and defense combined
Offensive IQ
74/ 100
Very good
passing, shots, puck
Defensive IQ
72/ 100
Very good
takeaways, discipline, own zone
Why 77, higher than both scores? Overall IQ isn't an average, it's a rank: 51 of 225 defensemen. Few players are good at both ends at once; being so puts Josh Morrissey ahead of almost everyone else.
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Offense
- Playmaking passes
- 92
- Shot selection
- 75
- Penalties drawn
- 60
- Puck management
- 22
Defense
- Takeaways
- 27
- Discipline
- 77
- Safe zone exits
- 77
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 | WPG | 77 | 74 | 72 |
| 2024-25 | WPG | 94 | 77 | 94 |
| 2023-24 | WPG | 98 | 99 | 85 |
| 2022-23 | WPG | 93 | 98 | 46 |
WAR, 2025-26
How it's calculated →Wins added to the team, compared with a replacement-level player called up from the AHL.
2.4
wins above replacement
1.3 to 3.5 — 90% interval
12 of 325 defensemen
+12.7 goals above replacement
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- EV offense
- +5.3
- EV defense
- -0.3
- Power play
- -1.5
- Penalty kill
- +0.4
- Shooting
- +5.7
- Penalties
- -0.7
- Average → replacement
- +3.9
In goals.
| Season | Team | GP | WAR | 90% interval | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | WPG | 77 | 2.4 | 1.3 to 3.5 | 12/325 |
| 2024-25 | WPG | 78 | 2.7 | 1.7 to 3.9 | 9/314 |
| 2023-24 | WPG | 81 | 1.1 | 0.1 to 2.6 | 41/316 |
| 2022-23 | WPG | 78 | 1.8 | 0.2 to 3.6 | 18/334 |
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
- 143.1 km/h57th percentileleague avg. 139.7 km/h
- Top skating speed
- 32.6 km/h15th percentileleague avg. 34.0 km/h
- Bursts over 20 mph, season
- 222nd percentileleague avg. 8
- Offensive zone time
- 45.8 %93rd percentileleague avg. 42.4 %
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- Total distance, season
- 19.2 km15th percentileleague avg. 56.1 km
- Distance, single-game high
- 5.92 km83rd percentileleague avg. 4.98 km
- Offensive zone at 5v5
- 42.5 %58th percentileleague avg. 42.8 %
- Neutral zone time
- 17.0 %6th percentileleague avg. 16.9 %
- Defensive zone time
- 37.2 %88th percentileleague avg. 40.8 %
Shooting
| Shots on goal | Goals | Shooting % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All | 1246th percentile | 049th percentile | 0.0 %27th percentile |
| High danger | 051st percentile | 084th percentile | 0.0 %0th percentile |
| Mid range | 366th percentile | 073rd percentile | 0.0 %50th percentile |
| Long range | 651st 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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BOSJosh Morrissey: frequently asked questions
How many goals does Josh Morrissey have in 2026-27?
Josh Morrissey has 0 goals and 3 points (3 assists) in 4 games in 2026-27.
How old is Josh Morrissey?
Josh Morrissey is 31 years old: he was born on March 28, 1995.
How tall is Josh Morrissey, and how much does he weigh?
Josh Morrissey is 6'0" (183 cm) and weighs 194 lb (88 kg).
Where is Josh Morrissey from?
Canada: Josh Morrissey was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
What team does Josh Morrissey play for?
Josh Morrissey plays for the Winnipeg Jets in the NHL, at D, wearing number 44.
Is Josh Morrissey injured?
Yes: Josh Morrissey is on injured reserve (wrist). He is expected back around November 10.
How good is Josh Morrissey?
Josh Morrissey produced 2.4 wins above replacement (WAR) in 2025-26, 12th of 325 players at his position in the NHL. His PAL rating is 70 out of 100: very good for his position.
How much does Josh Morrissey make?
Josh Morrissey earns $6.3M for the 2025-26 season. His Value Rating is 52 out of 100 (fair value): it measures the on-field return for that salary, compared with players at his position.
When does Josh Morrissey's contract end?
Josh Morrissey's contract runs through the 2027-28 season; he will then be an unrestricted free agent. It includes a NMC / M-NTC clause.
Is Josh Morrissey overpaid?
Neither: he delivers about what his salary should buy. His Value rating is 52 out of 100 (fair value), where 50 is the output expected for his salary, compared with players at his position.
Is Josh Morrissey a top-10 player at his position?
No: by WAR, he ranks 12th 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 Josh Morrissey getting better?
No, he is slipping: his PAL rating went from 89 in 2024-25 to 70 in 2025-26 (out of 100, 50 = average player at his position).
How has Josh Morrissey played lately?
Over his last 4 games, Josh Morrissey has 3 points (0 goals, 3 assists).
What are Josh Morrissey's career stats?
Over his NHL career, Josh Morrissey has 743 games, 94 goals, 337 assists and 431 points. His best season: 2022-23, with 76 points in 78 games.
Where was Josh Morrissey drafted?
Josh Morrissey was drafted 13th overall (round 1) by Winnipeg Jets in 2013.
How does Josh Morrissey perform in the playoffs?
In the playoffs, Josh Morrissey has 54 games and 20 points in his career. His pace (0.37 points per game) is lower than his regular-season pace (0.58).
Which player is most similar to Josh Morrissey?
Owen Power: he is the player at his position whose PAL profile (the 0-to-100 dimensions) is closest to his in 2025-26.
Owen Power's page →Is Josh Morrissey a good fantasy pick?
A useful depth pick: our projection has him at 59 points in 2026-27, or 0.69 points per game.
Is Josh Morrissey married?
Yes, married to Margot.
What is Josh Morrissey's nationality?
Josh Morrissey is Canadian. Internationally: Represented Canada: gold at the IIHF World U18 Championships (2013); gold at the IIHF World U20 Championships (2015); named to the World Junior All-Star First Team (2015); silver at the IIHF World Championship (2017); participated in the 4 Nations Face-Off (2025); silver at the Olympic Games (2026).
What awards has Josh Morrissey won?
Named to the World Junior All-Star First Team (2015).
How many championships has Josh Morrissey won?
1: WHL championship with the Kelowna Rockets (2015).
Where did Josh Morrissey play before turning pro?
Calgary Royals Gold (youth); Calgary Royals midget AAA; Prince Albert Raiders (WHL) — selected in the 2010 WHL Bantam Draft, made WHL debut in 2010 and named captain for 2013–14; Kelowna Rockets (traded December 10, 2014) — 2014–15 season..
How many points is Josh Morrissey projected to score in 2026-27?
Our projection has him at 59 points in 86 games in 2026-27 (38 to 78 points, 80% interval), based on his recent seasons, age and role.
See also: his Winnipeg Jets teammates
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