Quinton
Byfield
R · LAK · Balanced · Excellent
- PAL
- 81
- WAR
- 2.6
- Value
- 68
- PTS
- 49
2025-26№ 43 / 615
Quinton Byfield (Los Angeles Kings) stats and profile: offensive production, ice time, advanced stats, WAR and PAL rating.
Quinton Byfield
#55RPlays: Centre and right wing · 84% of faceoffs
Los Angeles Kings
HEIGHT : 196 cm · WEIGHT : 104 kg · SHOOTS : L
Born : August 18, 2002 · Newmarket, Canada
Drafted : 2020 · LAK · round 1, pick #2
Contract : $6,250,000 · 2024-25 → 2028-29 · Two-Way Contract · UFA · Signing bonus $5,500,000
NHL record
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | Los Angeles Kings | 13 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| 2025-26 | Los Angeles Kings | 79 | 24 | 25 | 49 | 46 |
| 2024-25 | Los Angeles Kings | 81 | 23 | 31 | 54 | 46 |
| 2023-24 | Los Angeles Kings | 80 | 20 | 35 | 55 | 42 |
| 2022-23 | Los Angeles Kings | 53 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 30 |
| 2021-22 | Los Angeles Kings | 40 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 20 |
| 2020-21 | Los Angeles Kings | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| NHL totals | 352 | 79 | 118 | 197 | 186 | |
Playoffs
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Los Angeles Kings | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 2024-25 | Los Angeles Kings | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| 2023-24 | Los Angeles Kings | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 2022-23 | Los Angeles Kings | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| 2021-22 | Los Angeles Kings | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Playoff totals | 23 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 18 | |
Quinton Byfield: our analysis
2025-26 season: 79 GP, 24 G, 25 A, 49 PTS, -2 +/-, 20:01 TOI. WAR 2.6 (43rd of 615) · PAL 81, excellent.
In 2025-26, Quinton Byfield, 24, posts a PAL Rating of 81 out of 100 (excellent), and his WAR of 2.6 ranks 43rd among 615 regulars, in the top quarter.
His strengths: penalty kill (86, among the best in the league), discipline (84, well above average) and power play (81, well above average).
Breaking down his WAR (goals above average), his biggest contribution: EV offense (+3.3).
A season in line with 2024-25 (PAL of 81); his WAR went from 2.0 to 2.6.
Contract-wise, his Value score of 68 (good value) weighs his output against what he costs: 50 is what that salary should buy.
Quinton Byfield's story
Growing up in a Toronto suburb after his birth on August 19, 2002 in Newmarket, Quinton Byfield learned hockey on the backyard rink his family put in so local kids could skate. He attended St. Maximilian Kolbe Catholic High School (class of 2020) and moved through the Toronto-area minor system, joining Gary Roberts’s development program while playing AAA as a 15-year-old.
Byfield was taken first overall by the Sudbury Wolves in the 2018 OHL draft and made an immediate impact as a rookie. In 2018–19 he scored 29 goals and finished with 61 points in 64 games, performances that earned him both OHL Rookie of the Year honours and the CHL Rookie of the Year award and established him as a top young centre.
Chosen second overall in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft by the Los Angeles Kings — the highest draft position achieved by a Black player in league history — he signed a three-year entry-level contract on October 16, 2020. He began the 2020–21 season in the AHL, skating on a line with Akil Thomas and Devante Smith‑Pelly; that trio became the first all-Black line in professional hockey since the 1940s. Byfield made his NHL debut on April 28, 2021 and recorded his first NHL point on May 5, 2021.
An ankle fracture in October 2021 delayed his full-time arrival with the Kings, but he returned to the NHL on January 20, 2022 and scored his first NHL goal a week later on January 27, 2022 against the New York Islanders. He netted his first playoff goal on April 25, 2023 versus the Edmonton Oilers. On July 15, 2024, as a restricted free agent, he signed a five-year contract extension with Los Angeles worth 31.25 million dollars.
Internationally, Byfield earned silver at the 2019 Hlinka Gretzky Cup, won gold with Canada at the 2020 World Junior Championship (one assist in seven games) and claimed silver at the 2021 World Juniors, posting two goals and five assists for seven points in seven games. Listed as a centre, his junior and international numbers reflect his role as an offensive contributor at the middle of the ice.
Facts drawn from Wikipédia, told in our own words.
Advanced stats
- TOI/GP
- 19:12
- PP TOI/GP
- 3:50
- SH TOI/GP
- 0:40
- Pts/GP
- 0.46
- EV points
- 3
- Hits
- 2
- Blocks
- 2
- Takeaways
- 13
- Corsi % (SAT)
- 56.9 %
- Off. zone starts
- 39.5 %
- Faceoffs
- 56.0 %
Stats and photos: NHL (NHL.com)
2026-27 projection
Projected points
58between 34 and 81 (80% range)
- Goals
- 29
- Assists
- 29
- Games
- 95
So far: 6 pts in 13 games. The team has played 0 of 84 games. Projected pace: 0.64 pts per game (last season: 0.62).
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
Stable
- Points per game: 0.69 in 23-24, 0.62 in 25-26
- PAL Rating: 81 → 81
Outlook, age included
↗ Slightly upAge 24: 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 83 %
86
High-end
- SK
- Skating
- 94
- Confidence 73 %
- ST
- Strength
- 89
- Confidence 86 %
- EN
- Endurance
- 85
- Confidence 80 %
- DU
- Durability
- 81
- Confidence 77 %
- CK
- Checking
- 70
- Confidence 86 %
- FG
- Fighting
- 59
- Confidence 64 %
- DI
- Discipline
- 79
- Confidence 86 %
- FO
- Faceoffs
- 62
- Confidence 85 %
- PA
- Passing
- 77
- Confidence 83 %
- SC
- Scoring
- 75
- Confidence 83 %
- DF
- Defense
- 84
- Confidence 80 %
- PS
- Penalty shot
- 56
- Confidence 25 %
- EX
- Experience
- 75
- Confidence 100 %
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SK — Skating94
- Top speed (35 %)37.2 · 91
- Bursts > 20 mph /60 (30 %)10.4 · 92
- Distance /60 (20 %)16.9 · 94
- Speed consistency (15 %)36.7 · 92
ST — Strength89
- Contact absorbed /60 (50 %)4.633 · 81
- Body mass (50 %)1.792 · 91
EN — Endurance85
- Ice time per game (45 %)17.4 · 87
- Total ice time (20 %)1,526 · 93
- Shift length (15 %)47.6 · 81
- Lowest recent ice time per game (15 %)13.8 · 76
- Special-teams time per game (5 %)3.15 · 84
DU — Durability81
- Share of games played (100 %)0.858 · 81
CK — Checking70
- Hits /60 (70 %)3.314 · 69
- Lowest seasonal rate (20 %)2.99 · 71
- Season volume (10 %)4.205 · 75
FG — Fighting59
- Fights per 82 games (100 %)0.667 · 59
DI — Discipline79
- Net penalty value /60 (50 %)0.038 · 80
- Penalties taken /60 (30 %)0.856 · 67
- Penalties drawn /60 (20 %)1.078 · 86
FO — Faceoffs62
- Faceoff % (85 %)46.1 · 61
- Faceoffs /60 (15 %)35.8 · 72
PA — Passing77
- Primary assists /60 (40 %)0.689 · 76
- Secondary assists /60 (20 %)0.495 · 77
- Offensive creation (RAPM) (20 %)0.129 · 79
- Power-play points /60 (10 %)3.785 · 65
- Assist consistency (10 %)0.551 · 77
SC — Scoring75
- Goals /60 (25 %)0.905 · 74
- Individual xG /60 (20 %)0.897 · 77
- Finishing (goals − xG per shot) (20 %)-0.146 · 70
- High-danger chances /60 (15 %)1.538 · 80
- xG per shot (10 %)0.081 · 78
- Shot attempts /60 (10 %)14.4 · 76
DF — Defense84
- RAPM defense /60 (35 %)0.116 · 88
- Relative xG against (20 %)0.021 · 74
- On-ice xG against /60 (15 %)2.418 · 86
- Penalty kill /60 (10 %)0.066 · 85
- Takeaways − giveaways /60 (10 %)-1.174 · 82
- Shot attempts against /60 (5 %)57.9 · 77
- Blocked shots /60 (5 %)1.978 · 68
PS — Penalty shot56
- Shootouts (60 %)29.8 · 53
- Penalty shots (40 %)26.7 · 76
EX — Experience75
- Career regular-season games (65 %)82
- Career playoff games (25 %)60
- NHL seasons (10 %)66
OV — Overall86
- SC · Scoring (28 %)75
- PA · Passing (22 %)77
- DF · Defense (18 %)84
- SK · Skating (12 %)94
- EN · Endurance (8 %)85
- DI · Discipline (5 %)79
- ST · Strength (4 %)89
- CK · Checking (3 %)70
| Season | OV | SK | SC | DF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 86 | 94 | 75 | 84 |
| 2024-25 | 89 | 95 | 75 | 88 |
| 2023-24 | 88 | 89 | 78 | 87 |
| 2022-23 | 77 | 84 | 64 | 79 |
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
2.6
wins above replacement
43 of 615
PAL Rating
81/ 100
Performance · Excellent
80 of 476 at the position
Value Rating
68/ 100
Good value
6.25 M$ · expected PAL 68
ProfileBalancedNeither end dominates
- Offense
- 68
- Defense
- 84
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- Offense
- 53
- Creation
- 64
- Shooting
- 59
- Possession
- 77
- Defense
- 76
- Discipline
- 84
- Power play
- 81
- Penalty kill
- 86
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 | LAK | 2.6 | 81 | 68 | 6.25 M$ |
| 2024-25 | LAK | 2.0 | 81 | 65 | 6.25 M$ |
| 2023-24 | LAK | 1.2 | 89 | 96 | 0.89 M$ |
| 2022-23 | LAK | -1.1 | 36 | 47 | 0.89 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
67/ 100
Average
better than 67% of forwards, offense and defense combined
Offensive IQ
64/ 100
Average
passing, shots, puck
Defensive IQ
57/ 100
Average
takeaways, discipline, own zone
Why 67, higher than both scores? Overall IQ isn't an average, it's a rank: 138 of 424 forwards. Few players are good at both ends at once; being so puts Quinton Byfield ahead of almost everyone else.
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Offense
- Playmaking passes
- 27
- Shot selection
- 47
- Penalties drawn
- 87
- Puck management
- 51
Defense
- Takeaways
- 95
- Discipline
- 18
- Safe zone exits
- 53
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 | LAK | 67 | 64 | 57 |
| 2024-25 | LAK | 45 | 60 | 34 |
| 2023-24 | LAK | 96 | 84 | 93 |
| 2022-23 | LAK | 19 | 84 | 3 |
WAR, 2025-26
How it's calculated →Wins added to the team, compared with a replacement-level player called up from the AHL.
2.6
wins above replacement
1.2 to 3.9 — 90% interval
43 of 615 forwards
+13.9 goals above replacement
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- EV offense
- +3.3
- EV defense
- +2.5
- Power play
- +1.5
- Penalty kill
- +0.2
- Shooting
- +0.6
- Penalties
- +1.9
- Average → replacement
- +4.0
In goals.
| Season | Team | GP | WAR | 90% interval | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | LAK | 79 | 2.6 | 1.2 to 3.9 | 43/615 |
| 2024-25 | LAK | 78 | 2.0 | 0.5 to 3.5 | 74/596 |
| 2023-24 | LAK | 80 | 1.2 | -0.4 to 2.1 | 127/608 |
| 2022-23 | LAK | 53 | -1.1 | -1.5 to -0.2 | 610/617 |
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
- 138.4 km/h73rd percentileleague avg. 130.1 km/h
- Top skating speed
- 36.1 km/h76th percentileleague avg. 35.2 km/h
- Bursts over 20 mph, season
- 3684th percentileleague avg. 21
- Offensive zone time
- 47.5 %95th percentileleague avg. 43.1 %
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- Total distance, season
- 63.2 km58th percentileleague avg. 52.2 km
- Distance, single-game high
- 6.11 km92nd percentileleague avg. 4.52 km
- Offensive zone at 5v5
- 44.0 %91st percentileleague avg. 42.4 %
- Neutral zone time
- 18.8 %79th percentileleague avg. 16.8 %
- Defensive zone time
- 33.7 %98th percentileleague avg. 40.1 %
Shooting
| Shots on goal | Goals | Shooting % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All | 3276th percentile | 474th percentile | 12.5 %48th percentile |
| High danger | 1382nd percentile | 274th percentile | 15.4 %37th percentile |
| Mid range | 1179th percentile | 288th percentile | 18.2 %68th percentile |
| Long range | 593rd 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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COLQuinton Byfield: frequently asked questions
How many goals does Quinton Byfield have in 2026-27?
Quinton Byfield has 4 goals and 6 points (2 assists) in 13 games in 2026-27.
How old is Quinton Byfield?
Quinton Byfield is 24 years old: he was born on August 19, 2002.
How tall is Quinton Byfield, and how much does he weigh?
Quinton Byfield is 6'5" (196 cm) and weighs 229 lb (104 kg).
Where is Quinton Byfield from?
Canada: Quinton Byfield was born in Newmarket, Ontario, Canada.
What team does Quinton Byfield play for?
Quinton Byfield plays for the Los Angeles Kings in the NHL, at R, wearing number 55.
Is Quinton Byfield injured?
No: Quinton Byfield is not on the latest NHL injury report. This answer is updated throughout the season.
How good is Quinton Byfield?
Quinton Byfield produced 2.6 wins above replacement (WAR) in 2025-26, 43rd of 615 players at his position in the NHL. His PAL rating is 81 out of 100: excellent for his position.
How much does Quinton Byfield make?
Quinton Byfield earns $6.3M for the 2025-26 season. His Value Rating is 68 out of 100 (good value): it measures the on-field return for that salary, compared with players at his position.
When does Quinton Byfield's contract end?
Quinton Byfield's contract runs through the 2028-29 season; he will then be an unrestricted free agent.
Is Quinton Byfield overpaid?
No, he gives more than he costs. His Value rating is 68 out of 100 (good value), where 50 is the output expected for his salary, compared with players at his position.
Is Quinton Byfield a top-10 player at his position?
No: by WAR, he ranks 43rd 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 Quinton Byfield getting better?
He is holding steady: his PAL rating went from 81 in 2024-25 to 81 in 2025-26 (out of 100, 50 = average player at his position).
How has Quinton Byfield played lately?
Over his last 10 games, Quinton Byfield has 4 points (3 goals, 1 assist).
What are Quinton Byfield's career stats?
Over his NHL career, Quinton Byfield has 352 games, 79 goals, 118 assists and 197 points. His best season: 2023-24, with 55 points in 80 games.
Where was Quinton Byfield drafted?
Quinton Byfield was drafted 2nd overall (round 1) by Los Angeles Kings in 2020.
Is Quinton Byfield better at home or on the road?
At home: in 2026-27, he averages 0.57 points per game at home (4 in 7 games) and 0.33 on the road (2 in 6 games).
How does Quinton Byfield perform in the playoffs?
In the playoffs, Quinton Byfield has 23 games and 14 points in his career. His pace (0.61 points per game) is similar to his regular-season pace (0.56).
Which player is most similar to Quinton Byfield?
Valeri Nichushkin: he is the player at his position whose PAL profile (the 0-to-100 dimensions) is closest to his in 2025-26.
Valeri Nichushkin's page →Is Quinton Byfield a good fantasy pick?
A useful depth pick: our projection has him at 58 points in 2026-27, or 0.61 points per game.
What is Quinton Byfield's nationality?
Quinton Byfield is Canadian. Internationally: Canada — silver medal at the 2019 Hlinka Gretzky Cup; gold medal at the 2020 World Junior Championships; silver medal at the 2021 World Junior Championships.
What awards has Quinton Byfield won?
2018–19 — OHL Rookie of the Year ; 2018–19 — CHL Rookie of the Year.
How many championships has Quinton Byfield won?
3: 2019 — silver medal, Hlinka Gretzky Cup (with Canada); 2020 — gold medal, World Junior Championships (with Canada); 2021 — silver medal, World Junior Championships (with Canada).
Where did Quinton Byfield play before turning pro?
Sudbury Wolves (OHL), drafted first overall in the 2018 OHL draft; 2018–19 season.
How many points is Quinton Byfield projected to score in 2026-27?
Our projection has him at 58 points in 95 games in 2026-27 (34 to 81 points, 80% interval), based on his recent seasons, age and role.
See also: his Los Angeles Kings teammates
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