Moritz
Seider
D · DET · Two-way · Elite
- PAL
- 96
- WAR
- 3.0
- Value
- 97
- PTS
- 60
2025-26№ 8 / 325
Moritz Seider (Detroit Red Wings) stats and profile: offensive production, ice time, advanced stats, WAR and PAL rating.
Moritz Seider
HEIGHT : 193 cm · WEIGHT : 96 kg · SHOOTS : R
Born : April 5, 2001 · Zell, Germany
Drafted : 2019 · DET · round 1, pick #6
Contract : $8,550,000 · 2024-25 → 2030-31 · Standard Contract (Extension) · UFAM-NTC
NHL record
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | Detroit Red Wings | 18 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 15 |
| 2025-26 | Detroit Red Wings | 82 | 10 | 50 | 60 | 57 |
| 2024-25 | Detroit Red Wings | 82 | 8 | 38 | 46 | 40 |
| 2023-24 | Detroit Red Wings | 82 | 9 | 33 | 42 | 51 |
| 2022-23 | Detroit Red Wings | 82 | 5 | 37 | 42 | 40 |
| 2021-22 | Detroit Red Wings | 82 | 7 | 43 | 50 | 34 |
| NHL totals | 428 | 39 | 211 | 250 | 237 | |
Honours
- 🏆 Calder Memorial Trophyonce · 2021-22
Moritz Seider: our analysis
2025-26 season: 82 GP, 10 G, 50 A, 60 PTS, +15 +/-, 25:40 TOI. WAR 3.0 (8th of 325) · PAL 96, elite.
In 2025-26, Moritz Seider, 25, posts a PAL Rating of 96 out of 100 (elite), and his WAR of 3.0 ranks 8th among 325 regulars, among the league's elite.
His strengths: possession (99, among the best in the league), defense (99, among the best in the league) and power play (94, among the best in the league). On the other hand, penalty kill (17, well below average) holds him back.
Breaking down his WAR (goals above average), his biggest contribution: EV defense (+8.4); his biggest cost: penalties (-1.0).
A clear step forward: his PAL went from 84 in 2024-25 to 96; his WAR went from 1.0 to 3.0.
Contract-wise, his Value score of 97 (exceptional value) weighs his output against what he costs: 50 is what that salary should buy.
Moritz Seider's story
Growing up in Zell and sharpened at EHC Erfurt, Moritz Seider earned early professional minutes with Adler Mannheim, appearing in DEL contests as a teenager and helping the club claim the German championship in 2019. Those formative seasons built his positional play and decision-making on the back end.
Regarded among the top European prospects for the 2019 NHL entry draft, he was taken sixth overall by the Detroit Red Wings on 21 June 2019 and signed a three-year entry-level contract with the organization on 14 July. Detroit assigned him to their American Hockey League affiliate, the Grand Rapids Griffins, as he transitioned toward North American pro hockey.
The pandemic altered his path in 2020–2021: initially loaned back to Adler Mannheim on 4 August 2020, his loan was ended on 8 October and he was sent to Rögle BK in the Swedish Hockey League for the season. His performance in the SHL earned him the league's defenceman of the year award at the season's close.
Seider made the Red Wings' opening roster for 2021–22 and played his first NHL game on 14 October 2021. He started strongly, being named NHL Rookie of the Month for October 2021, and finished his rookie campaign with seven goals and 43 assists. On 21 June 2022 he received the Calder Memorial Trophy as the NHL's top rookie for the season.
Internationally, he captained Germany's junior teams during their promotion through the World Junior ranks and earned IIHF recognition at the 2021 World Championship as Best Defenceman and a Media All-Star. He was part of Germany's run to the silver medal at the 2023 World Championship, setting up the opening goal in the final, and was again named to the Media All-Star Team. Seider's game blends controlled physicality, the mobility to activate plays from the blue line and reliable puck-moving ability.
Facts drawn from Wikipédia, told in our own words.
Advanced stats
- TOI/GP
- 25:54
- PP TOI/GP
- 3:43
- SH TOI/GP
- 2:40
- Pts/GP
- 0.56
- EV points
- 6
- Hits
- 28
- Blocks
- 53
- Takeaways
- 8
- Corsi % (SAT)
- 51.1 %
- Off. zone starts
- 28.2 %
Stats and photos: NHL (NHL.com)
2026-27 projection
Projected points
56between 37 and 73 (80% range)
- Goals
- 7
- Assists
- 48
- Games
- 83
So far: 10 pts in 18 games. The team has played 18 of 84 games. Projected pace: 0.71 pts per game (last season: 0.73).
Three straight seasons of growth. Since 2018, of 97 players in that spot, 23 kept improving the next season; on average, their pace fell back to 90% of their best season.
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
Trending up
- Points per game: 0.51 in 23-24, 0.73 in 25-26
- PAL Rating: 84 → 96
Outlook, age included
↑ Trending upAge 25: 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 88 %
93
Star
- SK
- Skating
- 77
- Confidence 73 %
- ST
- Strength
- 67
- Confidence 90 %
- EN
- Endurance
- 92
- Confidence 80 %
- DU
- Durability
- 97
- Confidence 77 %
- CK
- Checking
- 83
- Confidence 90 %
- FG
- Fighting
- 76
- Confidence 67 %
- DI
- Discipline
- 82
- Confidence 90 %
- FO
- Faceoffs
- —
- PA
- Passing
- 88
- Confidence 88 %
- SC
- Scoring
- 78
- Confidence 88 %
- DF
- Defense
- 89
- Confidence 86 %
- PS
- Penalty shot
- 67
- Confidence 8 %
- EX
- Experience
- 61
- Confidence 100 %
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SK — Skating77
- Top speed (35 %)35.8 · 80
- Bursts > 20 mph /60 (30 %)1.32 · 65
- Distance /60 (20 %)14.4 · 79
- Speed consistency (15 %)34.9 · 78
ST — Strength67
- Contact absorbed /60 (50 %)3.365 · 61
- Body mass (50 %)0.729 · 80
EN — Endurance92
- Ice time per game (45 %)22.8 · 93
- Total ice time (20 %)2,007 · 98
- Shift length (15 %)50.4 · 83
- Lowest recent ice time per game (15 %)20.8 · 88
- Special-teams time per game (5 %)4.382 · 91
DU — Durability97
- Share of games played (100 %)0.9 · 97
CK — Checking83
- Hits /60 (70 %)4.981 · 84
- Lowest seasonal rate (20 %)3.674 · 80
- Season volume (10 %)4.86 · 87
FG — Fighting76
- Fights per 82 games (100 %)0.839 · 76
DI — Discipline82
- Net penalty value /60 (50 %)-0.019 · 82
- Penalties taken /60 (30 %)0.721 · 70
- Penalties drawn /60 (20 %)0.607 · 86
PA — Passing88
- Primary assists /60 (40 %)0.618 · 87
- Secondary assists /60 (20 %)0.655 · 88
- Offensive creation (RAPM) (20 %)0.061 · 81
- Power-play points /60 (10 %)5.686 · 91
- Assist consistency (10 %)0.412 · 87
SC — Scoring78
- Goals /60 (25 %)0.267 · 79
- Individual xG /60 (20 %)0.25 · 80
- Finishing (goals − xG per shot) (20 %)0.199 · 75
- High-danger chances /60 (15 %)0.078 · 70
- xG per shot (10 %)0.034 · 70
- Shot attempts /60 (10 %)11.2 · 81
DF — Defense89
- RAPM defense /60 (35 %)0.182 · 90
- Relative xG against (20 %)-0.321 · 94
- On-ice xG against /60 (15 %)2.514 · 81
- Penalty kill /60 (10 %)-0.442 · 48
- Takeaways − giveaways /60 (10 %)-1.604 · 84
- Shot attempts against /60 (5 %)55.6 · 86
- Blocked shots /60 (5 %)5.597 · 86
PS — Penalty shot67
- Shootouts (60 %)32 · 65
- Penalty shots (40 %)26.7 · 76
EX — Experience61
- Career regular-season games (65 %)85
- Career playoff games (25 %)0
- NHL seasons (10 %)61
OV — Overall93
- DF · Defense (30 %)89
- PA · Passing (22 %)88
- SK · Skating (12 %)77
- SC · Scoring (12 %)78
- EN · Endurance (9 %)92
- ST · Strength (6 %)67
- DI · Discipline (5 %)82
- CK · Checking (4 %)83
| Season | OV | SK | SC | DF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 93 | 77 | 78 | 89 |
| 2024-25 | 88 | 79 | 77 | 76 |
| 2023-24 | 77 | 76 | 76 | 66 |
| 2022-23 | 82 | 76 | 67 | 80 |
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
3.0
wins above replacement
8 of 325
PAL Rating
96/ 100
Performance · Elite
10 of 250 at the position
Value Rating
97/ 100
Exceptional value
8.55 M$ · expected PAL 73
ProfileTwo-wayStrong at both ends
- Offense
- 90
- Defense
- 98
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- Offense
- 91
- Creation
- 67
- Shooting
- 70
- Possession
- 99
- Defense
- 99
- Discipline
- 71
- Power play
- 94
- Penalty kill
- 17
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 | DET | 3.0 | 96 | 97 | 8.55 M$ |
| 2024-25 | DET | 1.0 | 84 | 57 | 8.55 M$ |
| 2023-24 | DET | -0.0 | 47 | 56 | 0.86 M$ |
| 2022-23 | DET | -0.1 | 51 | 62 | 0.86 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
59/ 100
Average
better than 59% of defensemen, offense and defense combined
Offensive IQ
67/ 100
Average
passing, shots, puck
Defensive IQ
46/ 100
Average
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, 92 of 225 defensemen.
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Offense
- Playmaking passes
- 39
- Shot selection
- 46
- Penalties drawn
- 85
- Puck management
- 56
Defense
- Takeaways
- 50
- Discipline
- 32
- 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 | DET | 59 | 67 | 46 |
| 2024-25 | DET | 84 | 90 | 52 |
| 2023-24 | DET | 71 | 62 | 71 |
| 2022-23 | DET | 62 | 55 | 63 |
WAR, 2025-26
How it's calculated →Wins added to the team, compared with a replacement-level player called up from the AHL.
3.0
wins above replacement
2.0 to 4.2 — 90% interval
8 of 325 defensemen
+15.7 goals above replacement
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- EV offense
- +4.2
- EV defense
- +8.4
- Power play
- -0.1
- Penalty kill
- -1.0
- Shooting
- +0.9
- Penalties
- -1.0
- Average → replacement
- +4.2
In goals.
| Season | Team | GP | WAR | 90% interval | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | DET | 82 | 3.0 | 2.0 to 4.2 | 8/325 |
| 2024-25 | DET | 78 | 1.0 | -0.2 to 1.9 | 53/314 |
| 2023-24 | DET | 82 | -0.0 | -1.1 to 0.9 | 212/316 |
| 2022-23 | DET | 82 | -0.1 | -1.1 to 0.7 | 239/334 |
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
- 155.0 km/h94th percentileleague avg. 139.7 km/h
- Top skating speed
- 34.6 km/h68th percentileleague avg. 34.0 km/h
- Bursts over 20 mph, season
- 1989th percentileleague avg. 8
- Offensive zone time
- 42.8 %68th percentileleague avg. 42.4 %
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- Total distance, season
- 105.3 km98th percentileleague avg. 56.1 km
- Distance, single-game high
- 6.87 km95th percentileleague avg. 4.98 km
- Offensive zone at 5v5
- 42.0 %52nd percentileleague avg. 42.8 %
- Neutral zone time
- 16.9 %4th percentileleague avg. 16.9 %
- Defensive zone time
- 40.3 %52nd percentileleague avg. 40.8 %
Shooting
| Shots on goal | Goals | Shooting % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All | 3290th percentile | 049th percentile | 0.0 %27th percentile |
| High danger | 051st percentile | 084th percentile | 0.0 %0th percentile |
| Mid range | 889th percentile | 073rd percentile | 0.0 %50th percentile |
| Long range | 1893rd 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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TBL
FLA
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CHI
EDM
CGY
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NYRMoritz Seider: frequently asked questions
How many goals does Moritz Seider have in 2026-27?
Moritz Seider has 0 goals and 10 points (10 assists) in 18 games in 2026-27.
How old is Moritz Seider?
Moritz Seider is 25 years old: he was born on April 6, 2001.
How tall is Moritz Seider, and how much does he weigh?
Moritz Seider is 6'4" (193 cm) and weighs 212 lb (96 kg).
Where is Moritz Seider from?
Germany: Moritz Seider was born in Zell, Germany.
What team does Moritz Seider play for?
Moritz Seider plays for the Detroit Red Wings in the NHL, at D, wearing number 53.
Is Moritz Seider injured?
No: Moritz Seider is not on the latest NHL injury report. This answer is updated throughout the season.
How good is Moritz Seider?
Moritz Seider produced 3.0 wins above replacement (WAR) in 2025-26, 8th of 325 players at his position in the NHL. His PAL rating is 96 out of 100: elite for his position.
How much does Moritz Seider make?
Moritz Seider earns $8.6M for the 2025-26 season. His Value Rating is 97 out of 100 (exceptional value): it measures the on-field return for that salary, compared with players at his position.
When does Moritz Seider's contract end?
Moritz Seider's contract runs through the 2030-31 season; he will then be an unrestricted free agent. It includes a M-NTC clause.
Is Moritz Seider overpaid?
No, he gives more than he costs. His Value rating is 97 out of 100 (exceptional value), where 50 is the output expected for his salary, compared with players at his position.
Is Moritz Seider a top-10 player at his position?
Yes: by WAR, he ranks 8th 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 Moritz Seider getting better?
Yes: his PAL rating went from 84 in 2024-25 to 96 in 2025-26 (out of 100, 50 = average player at his position).
How has Moritz Seider played lately?
Over his last 10 games, Moritz Seider has 5 points (0 goals, 5 assists).
What are Moritz Seider's career stats?
Over his NHL career, Moritz Seider has 428 games, 39 goals, 211 assists and 250 points. His best season: 2025-26, with 60 points in 82 games.
Where was Moritz Seider drafted?
Moritz Seider was drafted 6th overall (round 1) by Detroit Red Wings in 2019.
Is Moritz Seider better at home or on the road?
At home: in 2026-27, he averages 0.70 points per game at home (7 in 10 games) and 0.38 on the road (3 in 8 games).
How does Moritz Seider perform in the playoffs?
Moritz Seider has not played in the NHL playoffs yet.
Which player is most similar to Moritz Seider?
Adam Fox: he is the player at his position whose PAL profile (the 0-to-100 dimensions) is closest to his in 2025-26.
Adam Fox's page →Is Moritz Seider a good fantasy pick?
A useful depth pick: our projection has him at 56 points in 2026-27, or 0.67 points per game.
What is Moritz Seider's nationality?
Moritz Seider is German. Internationally: Germany national team: silver medal at the 2023 IIHF World Championship (first medal since 1953); first place at the 2019 World Junior Championship Division IA (promotion to top division).
What awards has Moritz Seider won?
SHL Defenceman of the Year (2020–21 season) ; NHL Rookie of the Month — October 2021 ; Calder Memorial Trophy — NHL rookie of the year (announced 21 June 2022) ; IIHF Directorate Award for Best Defenceman — 2021 IIHF World Championship ; Media All-Star Team — 2021 IIHF World Championship ; Media All-Star Team — 2023 IIHF World Championship.
How many championships has Moritz Seider won?
2: 2019 World Junior Championship Division IA — Germany: first place and promotion to top division; 2023 IIHF World Championship — Germany: silver medal.
Where did Moritz Seider play before turning pro?
Original club Adler Mannheim (mentioned as his original club); loaned to Rögle BK for the 2020–21 season.
How many points is Moritz Seider projected to score in 2026-27?
Our projection has him at 56 points in 83 games in 2026-27 (37 to 73 points, 80% interval), based on his recent seasons, age and role.
See also: his Detroit Red Wings teammates
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