Kailer
Yamamoto
R · UTA · Defensive · Elite
- PAL
- 90
- WAR
- 2.1
- Value
- 98
- PTS
- 23
2025-26№ 62 / 615
Kailer Yamamoto (Utah Mammoth) stats and profile: offensive production, ice time, advanced stats, WAR and PAL rating.
Kailer Yamamoto
#56RPlays: Right wing · 9% of faceoffs
Utah Mammoth
HEIGHT : 175 cm · WEIGHT : 81 kg · SHOOTS : R
Born : September 28, 1998 · Spokane, United States
Drafted : 2017 · EDM · round 1, pick #22
Contract : $1,750,000 · 2026-27 → 2027-28 · Standard Contract (Extension) · UFA
NHL record
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | Utah Mammoth | 9 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 |
| 2025-26 | Utah Mammoth | 59 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 14 |
| 2024-25 | Utah Hockey Club | 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 2023-24 | Seattle Kraken | 59 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 18 |
| 2022-23 | Edmonton Oilers | 58 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 24 |
| 2021-22 | Edmonton Oilers | 81 | 20 | 21 | 41 | 40 |
| 2020-21 | Edmonton Oilers | 52 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 26 |
| 2019-20 | Edmonton Oilers | 27 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 12 |
| 2018-19 | Edmonton Oilers | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 2017-18 | Edmonton Oilers | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| NHL totals | 383 | 76 | 91 | 167 | 144 | |
Playoffs
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Utah Mammoth | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| 2022-23 | Edmonton Oilers | 12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 18 |
| 2021-22 | Edmonton Oilers | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 |
| 2020-21 | Edmonton Oilers | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019-20 | Edmonton Oilers | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Playoff totals | 40 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 38 | |
Kailer Yamamoto: our analysis
2025-26 season: 59 GP, 13 G, 10 A, 23 PTS, +11 +/-, 11:48 TOI. WAR 2.1 (62nd of 615) · PAL 90, elite.
In 2025-26, Kailer Yamamoto, 28, posts a PAL Rating of 90 out of 100 (elite), and his WAR of 2.1 ranks 62nd among 615 regulars, in the top quarter.
His strengths: defense (98, among the best in the league), possession (92, among the best in the league) and shooting (87, among the best in the league). On the other hand, power play (7, among the weakest in the league) and penalty kill (32, below average) hold him back.
Breaking down his WAR (goals above average), his biggest contribution: finishing (+4.9).
A clear step forward: his PAL went from 58 in 2023-24 to 90; his WAR went from 0.4 to 2.1.
Contract-wise, his Value score of 98 (exceptional value) weighs his output against what he costs: 50 is what that salary should buy.
Kailer Yamamoto's story
Growing up in Spokane, Kailer Yamamoto moved from California youth programs to major junior ranks after making a name for himself in tournaments and with the Los Angeles Jr. Kings. Selected in the WHL bantam draft by the Spokane Chiefs, he joined the club as a teenager and quickly became a primary offensive option, turning the jump to the WHL into a platform for higher-level attention.
In Spokane he developed into a prolific scorer and playmaker. As a rookie he posted 57 points in 68 games, and a few seasons later reached a 99-point campaign that put him on the Western Conference Second All-Star Team and earned weekly league recognition after a seven-point stretch. His output at the 2016 U18 World Championship—seven goals and 13 points—was a notable international showing that factored into his draft profile.
Edmonton selected him 22nd overall in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft. After an impressive training camp he made the Oilers' opening-night roster, recorded his first NHL point and later his first NHL goal, then spent time alternating between the NHL and junior development before establishing himself more regularly with Edmonton. He signed a two-year contract extension in August 2022, but also faced stints on injured lists and periodic rehabilitation during his tenure with the club.
Highlights from his time with the Oilers include quick offensive bursts on returns from injury and a series-clinching goal in a first-round playoff win over Los Angeles. A trade to Detroit was followed by a buyout process, and he then signed a one-year deal in Seattle for 2023–24, where he played 59 games and recorded a career-low 16 points. In September 2024 he accepted a professional tryout with Utah, performed well in the preseason and signed a one-year contract with the team in October 2024. While assigned to Utah’s AHL affiliate, he served a one-game suspension after a spearing incident.
Yamamoto's game is defined by quickness and puck skill. He seeks space in high-danger areas and relies on agility and playmaking instincts to create opportunities, traits that made him a valuable offensive contributor at junior international tournaments and at the NHL level.
Facts drawn from Wikipédia, told in our own words.
Advanced stats
- TOI/GP
- 14:29
- PP TOI/GP
- 0:57
- SH TOI/GP
- 0:02
- Pts/GP
- 0.78
- EV points
- 5
- Hits
- 18
- Blocks
- 6
- Takeaways
- 2
- Corsi % (SAT)
- 58.7 %
- Off. zone starts
- 26.8 %
- Faceoffs
- 42.9 %
Stats and photos: NHL (NHL.com)
2026-27 projection
Projected points
23between 10 and 36 (80% range)
- Goals
- 10
- Assists
- 12
- Games
- 47
So far: 7 pts in 9 games. The team has played 18 of 84 games. Projected pace: 0.42 pts per game (last season: 0.39).
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
Slightly up
- Points per game: 0.27 in 23-24, 0.39 in 25-26
- PAL Rating: 58 → 90
Outlook, age included
↗ Slightly upAge 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.
Injured reserve· Upper Body· expected back November 11
OV · OverallConfidence 71 %
80
Very good
- SK
- Skating
- 74
- Confidence 73 %
- ST
- Strength
- 71
- Confidence 75 %
- EN
- Endurance
- 64
- Confidence 75 %
- DU
- Durability
- 61
- Confidence 77 %
- CK
- Checking
- 73
- Confidence 75 %
- FG
- Fighting
- 72
- Confidence 54 %
- DI
- Discipline
- 78
- Confidence 75 %
- FO
- Faceoffs
- 68
- Confidence 30 %
- PA
- Passing
- 69
- Confidence 71 %
- SC
- Scoring
- 77
- Confidence 71 %
- DF
- Defense
- 93
- Confidence 67 %
- PS
- Penalty shot
- 89
- Confidence 29 %
- EX
- Experience
- 80
- Confidence 100 %
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SK — Skating74
- Top speed (35 %)36 · 74
- Bursts > 20 mph /60 (30 %)5.96 · 78
- Distance /60 (20 %)15.9 · 70
- Speed consistency (15 %)35.3 · 76
ST — Strength71
- Contact absorbed /60 (50 %)4.919 · 84
- Body mass (50 %)-1.587 · 55
EN — Endurance64
- Ice time per game (45 %)13.1 · 64
- Total ice time (20 %)688 · 64
- Shift length (15 %)44.2 · 67
- Lowest recent ice time per game (15 %)12.2 · 67
- Special-teams time per game (5 %)1.406 · 63
DU — Durability61
- Share of games played (100 %)0.694 · 61
CK — Checking73
- Hits /60 (70 %)4.326 · 75
- Lowest seasonal rate (20 %)3.16 · 72
- Season volume (10 %)3.871 · 69
FG — Fighting72
- Fights per 82 games (100 %)0.769 · 72
DI — Discipline78
- Net penalty value /60 (50 %)0.031 · 78
- Penalties taken /60 (30 %)0.675 · 74
- Penalties drawn /60 (20 %)0.858 · 78
FO — Faceoffs68
- Faceoff % (85 %)48.8 · 71
- Faceoffs /60 (15 %)15.9 · 51
PA — Passing69
- Primary assists /60 (40 %)0.612 · 70
- Secondary assists /60 (20 %)0.378 · 65
- Offensive creation (RAPM) (20 %)0.099 · 77
- Power-play points /60 (10 %)3.653 · 62
- Assist consistency (10 %)0.389 · 69
SC — Scoring77
- Goals /60 (25 %)0.961 · 76
- Individual xG /60 (20 %)0.804 · 70
- Finishing (goals − xG per shot) (20 %)0.648 · 83
- High-danger chances /60 (15 %)1.527 · 80
- xG per shot (10 %)0.085 · 87
- Shot attempts /60 (10 %)10.7 · 51
DF — Defense93
- RAPM defense /60 (35 %)0.136 · 88
- Relative xG against (20 %)-0.313 · 93
- On-ice xG against /60 (15 %)2.353 · 89
- Penalty kill /60 (10 %)0.068 · 85
- Takeaways − giveaways /60 (10 %)-0.462 · 97
- Shot attempts against /60 (5 %)54.9 · 90
- Blocked shots /60 (5 %)2.126 · 72
PS — Penalty shot89
- Shootouts (60 %)35.8 · 90
- Penalty shots (40 %)26.7 · 76
EX — Experience80
- Career regular-season games (65 %)84
- Career playoff games (25 %)70
- NHL seasons (10 %)78
OV — Overall80
- SC · Scoring (28 %)77
- PA · Passing (22 %)69
- DF · Defense (18 %)93
- SK · Skating (12 %)74
- EN · Endurance (8 %)64
- DI · Discipline (5 %)78
- ST · Strength (4 %)71
- CK · Checking (3 %)73
| Season | OV | SK | SC | DF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 80 | 74 | 77 | 93 |
| 2023-24 | 74 | 71 | 74 | 88 |
| 2022-23 | 77 | 69 | 74 | 85 |
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
2.1
wins above replacement
62 of 615
PAL Rating
90/ 100
Performance · Elite
41 of 476 at the position
Value Rating
98/ 100
Exceptional value
0.78 M$ · expected PAL 32
ProfileDefensiveValue comes mostly from defense
- Offense
- 65
- Defense
- 96
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- Offense
- 61
- Creation
- 38
- Shooting
- 87
- Possession
- 92
- Defense
- 98
- Discipline
- 75
- Power play
- 7
- Penalty kill
- 32
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 | 2.1 | 90 | 98 | 0.78 M$ |
| 2023-24 | SEA | 0.4 | 58 | 46 | 3.10 M$ |
| 2022-23 | EDM | 0.7 | 69 | 60 | 3.10 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
95/ 100
Elite
better than 95% of forwards, offense and defense combined
Offensive IQ
92/ 100
Elite
passing, shots, puck
Defensive IQ
87/ 100
Very good
takeaways, discipline, own zone
Why 95, higher than both scores? Overall IQ isn't an average, it's a rank: 20 of 424 forwards. Few players are good at both ends at once; being so puts Kailer Yamamoto ahead of almost everyone else.
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Offense
- Playmaking passes
- 69
- Shot selection
- 96
- Penalties drawn
- 56
- Puck management
- 36
Defense
- Takeaways
- 92
- Discipline
- 48
- Safe zone exits
- 62
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 | 95 | 92 | 87 |
| 2023-24 | SEA | 93 | 75 | 92 |
| 2022-23 | EDM | 92 | 94 | 59 |
WAR, 2025-26
How it's calculated →Wins added to the team, compared with a replacement-level player called up from the AHL.
2.1
wins above replacement
1.0 to 3.3 — 90% interval
62 of 615 forwards
+11.2 goals above replacement
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- EV offense
- +1.2
- EV defense
- +2.7
- Power play
- -0.0
- Penalty kill
- +0.0
- Shooting
- +4.9
- Penalties
- +0.7
- Average → replacement
- +1.8
In goals.
| Season | Team | GP | WAR | 90% interval | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | UTA | 59 | 2.1 | 1.0 to 3.3 | 62/615 |
| 2024-25 | UTA | 9 | 0.0 | -0.2 to 0.2 | 372/596 |
| 2023-24 | SEA | 59 | 0.4 | -0.4 to 1.0 | 240/608 |
| 2022-23 | EDM | 58 | 0.7 | -0.2 to 1.6 | 187/617 |
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
- 126.2 km/h27th percentileleague avg. 130.1 km/h
- Top skating speed
- 33.8 km/h15th percentileleague avg. 35.2 km/h
- Bursts over 20 mph, season
- 1749th percentileleague avg. 21
- Offensive zone time
- 45.8 %86th percentileleague avg. 43.1 %
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- Total distance, season
- 33.2 km28th percentileleague avg. 52.2 km
- Distance, single-game high
- 4.32 km41st percentileleague avg. 4.52 km
- Offensive zone at 5v5
- 45.0 %97th percentileleague avg. 42.4 %
- Neutral zone time
- 17.6 %27th percentileleague avg. 16.8 %
- Defensive zone time
- 36.7 %83rd percentileleague avg. 40.1 %
Shooting
| Shots on goal | Goals | Shooting % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All | 2153rd percentile | 366th percentile | 14.3 %57th percentile |
| High danger | 1485th percentile | 386th percentile | 21.4 %59th percentile |
| Mid range | 656th percentile | 054th percentile | 0.0 %32nd percentile |
| Long range | 031st percentile | 092nd percentile | 0.0 %0th 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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BUFKailer Yamamoto: frequently asked questions
How many goals does Kailer Yamamoto have in 2026-27?
Kailer Yamamoto has 3 goals and 7 points (4 assists) in 9 games in 2026-27.
How old is Kailer Yamamoto?
Kailer Yamamoto is 28 years old: he was born on September 29, 1998.
How tall is Kailer Yamamoto, and how much does he weigh?
Kailer Yamamoto is 5'9" (175 cm) and weighs 179 lb (81 kg).
Where is Kailer Yamamoto from?
United States: Kailer Yamamoto was born in Spokane, Washington, United States.
What team does Kailer Yamamoto play for?
Kailer Yamamoto plays for the Utah Mammoth in the NHL, at R, wearing number 56.
Is Kailer Yamamoto injured?
Yes: Kailer Yamamoto is on injured reserve (upper body). He is expected back around November 11.
How good is Kailer Yamamoto?
Kailer Yamamoto produced 2.1 wins above replacement (WAR) in 2025-26, 62nd of 615 players at his position in the NHL. His PAL rating is 90 out of 100: elite for his position.
How much does Kailer Yamamoto make?
Kailer Yamamoto earns $775K for the 2025-26 season. His Value Rating is 98 out of 100 (exceptional value): it measures the on-field return for that salary, compared with players at his position.
When does Kailer Yamamoto's contract end?
Kailer Yamamoto's contract runs through the 2027-28 season; he will then be an unrestricted free agent.
Is Kailer Yamamoto overpaid?
No, he gives more than he costs. His Value rating is 98 out of 100 (exceptional value), where 50 is the output expected for his salary, compared with players at his position.
Is Kailer Yamamoto a top-10 player at his position?
No: by WAR, he ranks 62nd 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 Kailer Yamamoto getting better?
Yes: his PAL rating went from 58 in 2023-24 to 90 in 2025-26 (out of 100, 50 = average player at his position).
How has Kailer Yamamoto played lately?
Over his last 9 games, Kailer Yamamoto has 7 points (3 goals, 4 assists).
What are Kailer Yamamoto's career stats?
Over his NHL career, Kailer Yamamoto has 383 games, 76 goals, 91 assists and 167 points. His best season: 2021-22, with 41 points in 81 games.
Where was Kailer Yamamoto drafted?
Kailer Yamamoto was drafted 22nd overall (round 1) by Edmonton Oilers in 2017.
How does Kailer Yamamoto perform in the playoffs?
In the playoffs, Kailer Yamamoto has 40 games and 17 points in his career. His pace (0.43 points per game) is similar to his regular-season pace (0.44).
Which player is most similar to Kailer Yamamoto?
Parker Kelly: he is the player at his position whose PAL profile (the 0-to-100 dimensions) is closest to his in 2025-26.
Parker Kelly's page →Is Kailer Yamamoto a good fantasy pick?
Probably not, except in deep leagues: our projection has him at 23 points in 2026-27, or 0.49 points per game.
Does Kailer Yamamoto have siblings?
Yes: his brother Keanu Yamamoto (was taught to skate, with Kailer, by Tyler Johnson's mother and trained with Tyler Johnson in the offseason).
Is Kailer Yamamoto married?
Yes, married to Bailey Williams in 2025.
What is Kailer Yamamoto's nationality?
Kailer Yamamoto is American. Internationally: United States — bronze medal at the 2016 IIHF U18 World Championship (Grand Forks); bronze medal at the 2018 World Junior Championship (Buffalo).
What awards has Kailer Yamamoto won?
WHL Player of the Week (week ending October 30, 2016) ; WHL Western Conference Second All-Star Team (2016–17).
Where did Kailer Yamamoto play before turning pro?
Los Angeles Selects (Quebec Pee-Wee Tournament 2011); Los Angeles Jr. Kings (Tier 1 Elite Hockey League, 40 points in 34 games); selected in the 5th round (105th overall) of the 2013 WHL bantam draft by the Spokane Chiefs; Spokane Chiefs (rookie 2014–15: 23 goals, 57 points in 68 games; 2016–17: 99 points).
How many points is Kailer Yamamoto projected to score in 2026-27?
Our projection has him at 23 points in 47 games in 2026-27 (10 to 36 points, 80% interval), based on his recent seasons, age and role.
See also: his Utah Mammoth teammates
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