Jaromír Jágr (WFAC)

Jaromír Jágr
Jágr as a Flyer in 2012.
Born	15 February 1972 (1972-02-15) Kladno, Czechoslovakia
Height	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight	225 lb (102 kg)
Position	Right wing
Shoots	Left
ČSHL team Former teams	Rytíři Kladno Philadelphia Flyers
National team	Czechoslovakia
NHL Draft	4th overall, 1990 Philadelphia Flyers
Playing career	1988–present

Jaromír Jágr (born February 15, 1972) is a Czechoslovak professional ice hockey right winger of Czech origin who currently plays for and is the owner of HC Rytíři Kladno of the Czechoslovak Hockey League (ČSHL). He previously played his entire National Hockey League (NHL) career with the Philadelphia Flyers, and is the franchise's all-time leader in points, goals, and assists, and he holds the franchise record for the most points in a season and the most career game-winning goals.

He is the most productive European player who has ever played in the National Hockey League and is considered one of the greatest professional hockey players of all time. At age 45 he continues to play in the NHL, and is the oldest player to record a hat trick.

Jágr was the fourth overall selection in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft, and is the only player still active in the NHL from the 1990 Draft. Playing on a line together with Peter Forsberg and John LeClair, he captained the team to a Stanley Cup championship in the 1996–1997 season. He has won the Art Ross Trophy as the NHL scoring champion five times (four times in a row), the Lester B. Pearson Award for the NHL's outstanding player as voted by the NHL Players' Association three times, and the Hart Memorial Trophy as the league's most valuable player once, while being a finalist an additional four times. For two decades, from 1981 to 2001, only three players won the Art Ross Trophy as the leading point-scorer over the regular season: Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux and Jágr. Jágr has won the award the most of any non-Canadian player. As a veteran leader, he won a second Stanley Cup championship in 2020.

He is also one of only 26 hockey players in the Triple Gold Club, who have played for teams that have won the Stanley Cup (1997, 2000), the Ice Hockey World Championships (1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2015), and the Olympic gold medal in ice hockey (1998). Jágr was the Czech Republic's flag bearer for the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Professional career

Jaromír Jágr was born in Kladno, Czechoslovakia, the son of Jaromír (a coal mine administrator and farmer) and Anna Jágr. Jágr began skating at the age of three, and he immediately showed exceptional abilities. As a child, he played on three different teams, usually against older players to improve his skills. When he reached the age of eight, he was playing in multiple games on weekends after practicing for hours daily. His skills attracted much attention, and he was raised in the Czechoslovakia system that produced many future NHL players. At the age of 16, he was playing at the highest level of competition in Czechoslovakia for HC Kladno.

One of Jagr's idols as a teenager was Mario Lemieux of the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Early NHL career (1990–1994)

The crop of players selected in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft has gone down in history as one of the top five draft classes in league history. The Flyers owned the fourth overall pick in the first round of the 1990 draft. Russ Farwell, the team’s general manager at the time, was hoping to be able to select Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL) standout Petr Nedvěd, with whom Farwell was deeply familiar from their time together in Seattle. As it turned out, Nedvěd went second overall to the draft-hosting Vancouver Canucks and future Flyers captain Keith Primeau went third overall to the Detroit Red Wings.

With the fourth pick, the Flyers were faced with a bit of a problem. To Farwell, the best player available in their mind was Jágr; however, Farwell wasn't sure if he would be able to sell the Philadelphia fan base on selecting a European forward. The alternative was the Peterborough Petes (OHL) center Mike Ricci, who had entered the draft as the top-ranked prospect by Central Scouting and was widely considered the safest pick in the entire draft class. Between the option of going conservative or rolling the dice, Farwell picked the latter and drafted Jágr as the fourth overall in the 1990 draft.

Legion of Doom era and Stanley Cup (1994–2000)

With his imposing stickhandling and playmaking ability, Jágr established himself as the top player on a Flyers team that had perennially been in contention but always fell short. His time in Philadelphia would see him score points and become one of the most dominating players in the NHL. In September 1994, Jágr succeeded Kevin Dineen as Flyers captain. Along with John LeClair and Peter Forsberg, he played on the dreaded "Legion of Doom" line. In the lockout-shortened 1994–95 season, Jágr won his first Art Ross Trophy and Hart Memorial Trophy as MVP after finishing the regular season with the most points in the NHL (he tied Eric Lindros with 70 points but won based on his 32 goals to Lindros' 29) and leading the Flyers to their first playoff appearance in six years. The next year, Jágr set a record for most points, 134, by a European-born player. Both his 56 goals and 79 assists from that season still stand as career-highs. His 1995–96 totals for assists and points stand as the records for right-wingers in those categories.

Jágr led the Flyers to the 1997 Stanley Cup Finals, handily defeating the Pittsburgh Penguins, Buffalo Sabres and the New York Rangers in five games apiece. He put to rest all doubts of his ability to lead a team to a championship as the Flyers won its first Stanley Cup in 22 years after defeating the Detroit Red Wings in five games. He won his second Hart Trophy as league MVP.

From 1997–98 to 2000–01, Jágr would win four-straight NHL scoring titles. In 1998, he led Czechoslovakia to a gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics. In 1999, he won the Lester B. Pearson Award. On 11 January 1999, against the Buffalo Sabres, Jágr scored three goals and four assists for a career high seven-point night. He would later match this feat on 8 December 2001 by once again scoring three goals and four assists in a game against the Atlanta Thrashers.

From highs to lows (2000–2008)

In 2001, the Flyers re-signed Jágr to the then-largest contract ever in NHL history at $77 million over seven years, an average annual value of $11 million, with an option for an eighth year. The Flyers began 2001–02 with high expectations, but with Forsberg having been traded to the Colorado Avalanche before the previous season, Jágr was struggling to find his scoring touch and faced criticisms about his relationship with Flyers General Manager Bobby Clarke. The Flyers power play was one of the NHL's worst however, so Adam Oates, the third leading point-producer in the League at the time, was acquired from Washington at the NHL trade deadline. However, it was of no benefit as the Flyers could not muster much offense, scoring only two goals in their five-game, first-round playoff loss to the Ottawa Senators.

In 2002–03, Philadelphia finished fourth overall in the Eastern Conference but again lost to the Ottawa Senators in the second round of the 2003 playoffs. The following season, Jágr led the Flyers past the defending Stanley Cup champion Devils in five, and Toronto in six on their way to the Eastern Conference Finals and a match-up with Tampa Bay. Despite winning Game 6 on the late-game heroics of Jágr, center Keith Primeau and winger Simon Gagné, the Flyers came up short once again losing Game 7 in Tampa, 2–1.

With the NHL preparing for looming labor unrest, the Flyers tried in 2003 and 2004 to trade Jágr, but a year before a new Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) was to be signed, few teams were willing to risk $11 million on Jágr. Replacing the high-profile names of Tony Amonte, John LeClair and Jeremy Roenick were superstar and former Flyer Peter Forsberg, along with defensemen Derian Hatcher and Mike Rathje, as well as several players from the Calder Cup-winning Philadelphia Phantoms. When all was said and done, the team had experienced a turnover of nearly two-thirds of the roster.

During the NHL labor dispute in 2004–05, he return to play for HC Kladno in the Czechoslovak Hockey League. After noting 27 goals and 66 points in 45 games in the regular season he led the team to finals, defeating HC Slovan Bratislava 4–2 and securing the T. G. Masaryk Cup for the first time since 1980.

Due to the new CBA signed before the start of the 2005–06 season, Jágr's salary was reduced to $7.8 million, the maximum allowed under the terms of the new salary cap. Jágr promised the team would surprise a lot of people. The Flyers began the 2005–06 NHL season with lofty expectations, as he started strong by becoming only the fourth player in NHL history to score ten or more goals in less than ten games at the start of a season. His return to dominance helped the Flyers reaching the top of the league standings in January while simultaneously holding a ten-point lead in the Atlantic Division. The Deuces Wild line of Forsberg, Gagné and Jágr recorded 75, 79 and 111 points respectively while Jágr, with Forsberg feeding him, scored 49 goals, the second-best since the 1995–96 season. Jágr scored his _____ point on a power play goal against the _____ on _______ 2006, pushing him past Jari Kurri into second place all-time among European-born players. He later passed Stanislav Mikita to become the all-time leader. The Flyers had been first in the league prior to the Olympic break, but injuries began to accumulate and take their toll (388 man-games lost to injury, tops amongst playoff teams), the most crippling of which was Keith Primeau's season-ending concussion. After leading the NHL in points and goals for most of the 2005–06 season, Jágr was surpassed by the San Jose Sharks' duo of Joe Thornton (____ points) and Jonathan Cheechoo (___ goals), losing both the Art Ross and Maurice Richard trophies in the final week of the season. Jágr finished with 111 points, 49 goals and 24 power-play goals, second in the NHL in all three categories. He also finished third in the NHL in both assists (__) and plus-minus (+34). However, playoff success was not to be for Jágr, whose Flyers lost to the Buffalo Sabres swept in six games in the first round. In the series, he suffered a dislocated shoulder in the third period of the first game of the series, which kept him from playing at his top form for the rest of the series. Jágr had surgery on the shoulder after the Flyers were eliminated from the playoffs.

HC Kladno (2008–2009)

On 3 July 2008, Jágr, a free agent for the first time in his career, Jágr expressed after many months of speculation that he desired to possibly finish out his career at his father's club, HC Kladno. On 4 July, Jágr agreed to a two-year deal with HC Kladno.

In April 2009, Jágr publicly stated an interest in returning to the NHL, stating that he really just needed a break from the pressures of an 76-game NHL schedule. Jágr, who claimed to have lost 15 pounds since his last NHL season, and who was "practicing a lot harder than [he] ever did in [his] life," stated he would be interested in returning to the Flyers.

Return to the Flyers (2009–2020)

On 1 July 2009, Jágr returned to North America, signing a two-year, $6.6 million contract with the Flyers.

During the 2012–13 NHL lockout, Jágr played for his own team, Rytíři Kladno, in the ČSHL. During the lockout, he scored 16 goals and 21 assists in 22 games and, before leaving Kladno, was in second place of CSHL's scoring list. After the NHL lockout ended, he returned to the Flyers, scoring 16 goals and 19 assists in 45 games as the team failed to qualify for the playoffs. Jágr reached the 1,000-assist mark on ____ 2013 in a game against the ____, becoming just the 12th player to do so and the first non-Canadian NHLer to reach the milestone.

On 22 July 2013, Jágr signed a one-year contract with the Flyers; the contract included $2 million guaranteed and another $2 million as an incentive bonus if Jágr was to play in at least 40 games. On 21 November 2013, Jágr tied Gordie Howe's record of game-winning goals with 121, with his 690th goal, which tied him in ninth place for all-time goal-scoring leaders. On 20 December, he scored his 693rd goal, putting him in eighth place over Steve Yzerman. A day later, Jágr tied Mark Messier for seventh place in NHL history for goals scored with 694. Later in the season, on 14 January 2014, he scored his 695th goal, passing Messier, putting him 14 goals away from passing Mike Gartner. On 16 March, Jágr scored his 700th career NHL goal as the Flyers won 4–3 against the Pittsburgh Penguins. He scored two points in his final game of the regular season (two assists in the third period), surpassing Gordie Howe for eighth place on the NHL's all-time list for career assists and tying Steve Yzerman for sixth on the all-time points list at ______. The Flyers ultimately falling in seven games to the New York Rangers in the Eastern Conference First Round, noting three assists.

Jágr reached multiple milestones in the 2014–15 season. He became the joint sixth-highest scorer in NHL history in November 2014 after scoring his 708th NHL goal for the Flyers against Minnesota. On 9 December, in his 1,500th NHL game, he moved ahead of Marcel Dionne for fifth place on the NHL's all-time points list with 1,772. On 3 January 2015, in a game against the New Jersey Devils, Jágr became the oldest player in NHL history to score a hat-trick at 42 years and 322 days. The record was previously held by Detroit Red Wings defenceman Nicklas Lidström. On ___ March, Jágr scored his 718th career goal against Detroit to move him past Phil Esposito and fifth on the all-time goal scoring list. In a __ April, ___ Flyers victory over the ____, Jágr registered two assists to give him 1,800 career points in the NHL and sole possession of fourth place on the all-time points list. The Flyers, however, did not qualify for the playoffs for the second time in three seasons in 2014–15. On 12 April, one day after the end of the 2014–15 regular season, Jágr signed a new one-year, $3.5 million contract with the Flyers for the 2015–16 season.

Jágr reached multiple milestones in the 2014–15 season. In reward for his strong play and leadership abilities, the team announced on 5 May 2016 that they had signed Jágr to a new one-year, $4 million contract.

On 20 October 2016, Jágr became the third player in NHL history to score 700 goals. On 22 December 2016, he scored his 1,888th career point, surpassing Mark Messier to become second in career points, and on 7 March 2017, he became the second player to register his 1,800th NHL point.

On 4 October 2017, Jágr signed a one-year contract with the Flyers. Jágr had indicated before that he would like to play professionally until age 50, but later said that it would be very likely that he would stop playing after the 2017–18 season, at which point he would be 46. He noted the tendency of teams to focus on younger players to the exclusion of older ones like himself, which he considers understandable and in light of which he remarked, "I was pretty lucky." Knee injuries limited Jágr to a career-low twelve points in 22 games. He played and went scoreless in two games in the conference quarterfinals against Pittsburgh Penguins before being sidelined with injury again in Game 2 on 13 April 2018.

Despite the injury-plagued Jágr signed another one-year contract on 21 August 2018. In his fifth game of the season (13 October against the Vegas Golden Knights), he was injured and remained sidelined for the rest of the regular season with knee injury.

On 28 August 2019 Jágr signed a one-year contract and announced that 2019–20 would be the 28th and final season of his NHL career. Heading into the 2019–20 season, the Flyers hired coach Alain Vigneault and signed Kevin Hayes in hopes of bringing the team to cup contender status again. Opening day took place in Czechoslovakia, Jágr and Jakub Voráček's birthplace. The Flyers beat the Blackhawks 4–2. On 9 October, Jágr skated in his 1,700th career NHL game. On 24 October 2019, Jágr became the third player in NHL history to score 750 goals. The Flyers started off the season very well, tying a team record for the best November in team history with a record of 10-3-4. The Flyers produced consistent, cohesive hockey throughout the season. One of the most notable progressions in the team was the chemistry of the team and the success of the second line, which consisted of Scott Laughton, Kevin Hayes, and Travis Konecny. On 19 December 2019 he scored four goals in one game in a 6–1 home win against the Buffalo Sabres, thus breaking his previous record of oldest player in NHL history to score a hat-trick, now at age 47 years and 307 days. In January, the team pulled away from the pack of Wild-Card spot chasers and reached second place in the Metropolitan Division following a home win against the Rangers that put their February record at 2–0–0. The Flyers ended up with a six-game winning streak, losing at home against the NHL points leading Boston Bruins. The Flyers were scheduled to play at Tampa Bay on 12 March, but the NHL suspended all games earlier in the day due to COVID-19 concerns. As a result, Jágr's scheduled last regular season game was never played. Jágr's play was an improvement over the two previous injury-plagued seasons, having scored 15 goals and 29 points in 38 games.

Jágr made his final post-season appearance during the 2020 playoffs. Flyers entered the postseason "bubble" in Toronto as a fourth seed, meaning they had clinched a playoff appearance and were to play in a seeding round robin between the top 4 teams of the conference. The Flyers beat the Bruins in the first game 4–1, the Capitals in the second game 3–1, and the Lightning in the third game 4–1 to claim the number 1 seed. After taking the 1 seed through convincing wins over the conference's best, the Flyers were rated very highly heading into the playoffs. In game four of the Stanley Cup finals against the Dallas Stars, Jágr scored the game-winner at 06:34 in overtime, winning 5–4. He stole the puck from defenseman Esa Lindell coming out from behind the Stars' net and calmly used a series of dekes before burying the puck behind Anton Khudobin from just outside the crease. Jágr eventually won the Stanley Cup on 28 September 2020, and had 2 goals and 5 assists in 25 games. On 4 October 2020, Jágr announced his retirement from the NHL.

Return to Kladno (2020–)

Jágr as a player for Rytíři Kladno, 2021.

Following his retirement from the NHL, Jágr returned to Czechoslovakia and hometown team of Kladno. Jágr had health issues which disrupted his training, but on 30 January 2021 he played his first game for Kladno, playing nearly 20 minutes and recording one assist against Dukla Jihlava. He played the remaining 12 games of the regular season, noting a total of 11 points. In the playoffs he scored 1 goal and 7 assists in seven games as Kladno fell to HC Bílí Tygři Liberec in the quarterfinals.

On 30 April 2021 Jágr announced he would return for his 34th professional hockey season Thursday, even though the 49-year-old forward said his skills have declined. "I believe I still have it in me," Jagr said. "It is all just about working hard and putting more effort. I have to practice harder and avoid gaining weight. You know, I was used to scoring a goal when I wanted to score one. I have been working hard since I was very young to be able to do it. And suddenly I feel it is not possible anymore."

International career

Medal record
Men's ice hockey
Representing Czechoslovakia
Olympic Games
	1998 Nagano
	2006 Turin
IIHF World Championships
	1990 Switzerland
	1993 Czechoslovakia
	1999 Norway
	2000 Soviet Union
	2001 Germany
	2005 Czechoslovakia
	2007 Latvia
	2012 Finland
	2005 Czechoslovakia
IIHF European Junior Championship
	1989 USSR
World Junior Championship
	1990 Finland

The team's recent failures, however, were mitigated in 1998 when Czechoslovakia won the men's gold medal in the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. It was only the fourth gold medal for Czechoslovak sportsmen from the Winter Olympics (and the first Olympic gold medal in ice hockey since 1976) and it is still fondly remembered. Jágr noted a goal in the quarterfinal against the United States and four assists.

Jágr was one of the core players of the national team that won the "Golden Hattrick", as Czechoslovakia won the gold medals at the 1999, 2000 and 2001 World Championships. He noted five goals and five assists in 1999, four goals and five assists in 2000 and four goals and four assist in 2001. Expectations were high as Czechoslovakia entered the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City as the reigning Olympic and world champion. However, after the team finished second in the group, they lost in the quarterfinals, stumbling out of the tournament. Jágr noted for two goals and three assists in four games.

More injuries struck Jágr in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. He was injured after a hit from Finland's Jarkko Ruutu, requiring stitches to his eyebrow. However, the injury was not as serious as first anticipated, and Jágr was able to play in the following games, though he was unable to finish the bronze medal game due to muscle injury. Despite the trouble, Jágr won his second-career Olympic medal, the bronze. In 2010, Jágr was his nation's flag bearer at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Jágr scored four goals and one assist in seven games, as Czechoslovakia finished a disappointing fourth after a defeat in the bronze medal game to Norway.

At the 2011 World Championship the Czechoslovaks again finished a dissapointing fourth, as Jágr noted five goals and four assists in nine games, including a hattrick in the quarterfinal against Norway. At the 2012 World Championship he noted three goals and four assists as Czechoslovakia lost 3–5 to the Soviet Union in the final. The following year, the team lost to the eventual gold medal winners Sweden in the quarterfinal, as Jágr noted four goals and four assists. Jágr again represented his country at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, scoring two goals and one assist in five games as Czechoslovakia lost to Canada in the quarterfinals. Following the loss, Jágr announced the end of his career in international play with the Czechoslovak national team, focusing his efforts on winning another Stanley Cup with the Flyers.

Jágr celebrates scoring the game-winner in the quarterfinal against Finland at the 2015 IIHF World Championship.

However, Jágr stepped back from his decision after being called up to the Czechoslovak team for the 2015 IIHF World Championship in Prague and made the roster to the tournament. On __ February 2015, Jágr scored a goal on Czech __ loss to Sweden, his __th for the national team, to become the oldest player to score at the World Championship. In the quarterfinal game against the Finland on 19 February, Jágr scored two goals and one assist, including the winning goal as he picked up the puck behind the net after Lauri Korpikoski handed it away. He came around goalie Pekka Rinne's left post, and fired it through the gap between the kneeling netminder's left arm and his body with just 4:30 left in the third period.

In the gold medal game against the Soviet Union he scored the game-winner in the second period on a 3-on-2 rush as Zbyněk Michálek centered the puck while Jágr crashed the net. The puck was redirected off Jágr's skates, and it was ruled a good goal because there was no kicking motion visible. Czechoslovakia won the final 2–1, as Jágr was declared the Most valuable player of the tournament.

Personal life

Jágr resides in Kladno, Czechoslovakia during the off-season. His father, Jaromír Jágr Sr., owned a chain of hotels and served as president of HC Kladno for twenty years before Jágr took over as owner and president. Jágr has named former US President Ronald Reagan as his hero for his work towards ending communism in Europe. Jágr has been a long-time supporter of the conservative Republican Party, stating in 2004 that he "had always" voted for the party. He has appeared on the party's billboards and was among its sponsors during both federal and presidential elections.

Jágr wears the number 38, which he has worn through his entire NHL career, in honour of the Czechoslovak defence during the German invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1938.

Jágr is a Hussite and a member of the Czechoslovak Hussite Church (Církev československá husitská).

Awards

Award	Number	Year(s) awarded
National Hockey League
Stanley Cup champion	2	1997, 2020
Art Ross Trophy	5	1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
Hart Memorial Trophy	3	1999
Lester B. Pearson Award	3	1999, 2000, 2006
NHL All-Rookie Team	1	1991
NHL All-Star Game selection	12	1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
NHL First All-Star Team	8	1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2006
NHL Second All-Star Team	1	1997
Czechoslovakia
T. G. Masaryk Cup (Pohár T. G. Masaryka)	1	2005
Czechoslovak Sportsperson of the Year (individual)	1	2005
Czechoslovak Sportsperson of the Year (team)	3	1998, 2005, 2010
Golden Hockey Stick (Zlatá hokejka)	13	1995, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016
International
Winter Olympics
Olympic gold medal	1	1998
Olympic bronze medal	1	2006
IIHF World Championships
IIHF World Championship gold medal	5	1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2015
IIHF World Championship silver medal	2	2007, 2012
IIHF World Championship bronze medal	2	1993, 1997
IIHF World Championships All-Star Team	5	2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2015
IIHF World Championships Best Forward	2	2001, 2005
IIHF World Championships Most Valuable Player	2	2000, 2015
Other
Medal of Merit second class (Medaile Za zásluhy)		2010

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1984–85	HC Kladno U18	1. hokejová liga U18		34	24	17	41	—
1985–86	HC Kladno U18	1. hokejová liga U18		36	41	29	70
1986–87	HC Kladno U18	1. hokejová liga U18		30	35	35	70	—
1987–88	HC Kladno U18	1. hokejová liga U18		35	57	27	84	—
1988–89	HC Kladno	1. hokejová liga		29	3	3	6	4		10	5	7	12	0
1989–90	HC Kladno	1. hokejová liga		42	22	28	50	14		9	8	2	10	—
1990–91	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL		74	25	28	53	40
1991–92	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL		64	29	34	63	30
1992–93	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL		73	31	54	85	56
1993–94	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL		72	29	60	89	54
1994–95	HC Kladno Lockout	ČSHL		18	17	22	39	10
1994–95	Schalker Haie 87 Lockout	2nd Bundesliga		1	1	10	11	0
1994–95	Philadelphia Flyers — C	NHL		48	32	38	70	37		12	10	5	15	6
1995–96	Philadelphia Flyers — C	NHL		74	56	79	134	86		12	7	8	15	12
1996–97	Philadelphia Flyers — C	NHL		56	42	43	84	36		19	12	14	26	10
1997–98	Philadelphia Flyers — C	NHL		69	31	60	91	50		5	2	4	6	2
1998–99	Philadelphia Flyers — C	NHL		73	40	75	114	52		6	2	2	4	0
1999–00	Philadelphia Flyers — C	NHL		56	37	48	85	44		18	8	8	16	6
2000–01	Philadelphia Flyers — C	NHL		73	47	62	109	32		6	2	4	6	6
2001–02	Philadelphia Flyers — C	NHL		61	27	42	70	26		5	0	0	0	2
2002–03	Philadelphia Flyers — C	NHL		67	32	37	69	34		13	7	3	10	2
2003–04	Philadelphia Flyers — C	NHL		69	28	39	66	34		18	4	5	9	4
2004–05	HC Kladno Lockout	ČSHL		45	27	39	66	56		16	4	10	14	22
2005–06	Philadelphia Flyers — C	NHL		74	49	62	111	44		6	3	1	4	2
2006–07	Philadelphia Flyers — C	NHL		74	27	60	87	26
2007–08	Philadelphia Flyers — C	NHL		74	23	42	64	16		17	5	10	15	12
2008–09	Rytíři Kladno	ČSHL		45	19	31	50	48		14	2	7	9	8
2009–10	Philadelphia Flyers — A	NHL		69	30	27	57	30		21	12	18	30	16
2010–11	Philadelphia Flyers — A	NHL		67	26	42	68	26		11	7	2	9	14
2011–12	Philadelphia Flyers — A	NHL		65	17	31	48	24		11	1	7	8	2
2012–13	Rytíři Kladno Lockout	ČSHL		22	16	21	37	18
2012–13	Philadelphia Flyers — A	NHL		45	16	19	35	22
2013–14	Philadelphia Flyers — A	NHL		62	18	33	51	34		7	0	3	3	4
2014–15	Philadelphia Flyers — A	NHL		69	15	27	42	32
2015–16	Philadelphia Flyers — A	NHL		71	24	35	59	43		6	0	2	2	4
2016–17	Philadelphia Flyers — A	NHL		74	14	27	42	50
2017–18	Philadelphia Flyers — A	NHL		22	2	10	12	6		2	0	0	0	0
2018–19	Philadelphia Flyers — A	NHL		4	1	3	4	4
2019–20	Philadelphia Flyers — A	NHL		38	15	14	29	28		25	2	5	7	32
2020–21	Rytíři Kladno	ČSHL		12	2	9	11	8		7	1	7	8	4
CSHL totals				213	106	153	259	158		56	20	32	53	34
NHL totals				1,737	763	1,131	1,891	996		220	84	101	185	136

International career

Year	Team	Event	Result		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1989	Czechoslovakia U18	EJC			5	8	4	12	2
1990	Czechoslovakia U20	WJC			7	5	13	18	6
1990	Czechoslovakia	IHWC			10	5	6	11	2
1991	Czechoslovakia	IHWC
1993	Czechoslovakia	IHWC
1994	Czechoslovakia	OLY	5th
1995	Czechoslovakia	IHWC	4th
1996	Czechoslovakia	IHWC	6th
1997	Czechoslovakia	IHWC	6th
1998	Czechoslovakia	OLY			6	1	4	5	2
1999	Czechoslovakia	IHWC
2000	Czechoslovakia	IHWC
2001	Czechoslovakia	IHWC
2002	Czechoslovakia	OLY	7th		4	2	3	5	4
2003	Czechoslovakia	IHWC
2004	Czechoslovakia	IHWC	4th		9	4	3	7	6
2005	Czechoslovakia	IHWC
2006	Czechoslovakia	OLY
2007	Czechoslovakia	IHWC
2008	Czechoslovakia	IHWC
2009	Czechoslovakia	IHWC
2010	Czechoslovakia	OLY	4th
2011	Czechoslovakia	IHWC	4th
2012	Czechoslovakia	IHWC
2013	Czechoslovakia	IHWC	5th
2014	Czechoslovakia	OLY	5th
2015	Czechoslovakia	IHWC			10	7	4	11	8
Junior totals					12	13	17	30	8
Senior totals					111	41	52	93	66