Joe Thornton Net Worth and Biography

Joe Thornton is a Canadian professional ice hockey player, with an estimated net worth of $60 Million. He has previously played for the Boston Bruins, San Jose Sharks, Toronto Maple Leafs, and Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League (NHL). He is widely regarded as one of the best passers of all time, and he is one of only 13 players in history with 1,000 NHL assists.

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Biography

Joe Thornton was born July 2, 1979, in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada. He grew up playing minor hockey in his hometown for the St. Thomas Travellers. He played “AA” hockey for the Travelers and in peewee won an Ontario Minor Hockey Association (OMHA) championship in 1992–93.

During his bantam year, he appeared in six games for the Junior B St. Thomas Stars of the Ontario Hockey Association (OHA), scoring eight points in six games as a 14-year-old. The following season, Thornton joined the Stars full-time and reeled off 104 points over 50 games as a 15-year-old, and was subsequently drafted second overall in the 1995 OHL Draft to the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds.

Beginning in 1995–96, Thornton began a two-year career in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) with the Greyhounds. He posted a 76-point season in his first year, earning both OHL and CHL Rookie of the Year honors. The following season, Thornton improved to 41 goals and 122 points, second overall in league scoring, and was named to the OHL Second All-Star Team.

Career

After his second OHL season, Joe Thornton was selected first overall in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft by the Boston Bruins. He went on to play seven seasons with the club, three as its captain. During the 2005–06 season, he was traded to the San Jose Sharks, where he spent 14 seasons, including four seasons as team captain and a run to the 2016 Stanley Cup Finals

During the 2004–05 NHL lock-out, Thornton went abroad to play for HC Davos of the Swiss National League A (NLA). He played on a line with fellow NHL players Rick Nash and Niklas Hagman, helping HC Davos to win the League championship and the Spengler Cup.

In October 2020,  Thornton signed a one-year, $700,000 contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs. Prior to that, he had returned to HC Davos of the National League on October 15, 2020, for a third stint. He also signed a one-year, contract with the Florida Panthers in August 2021, playing his 24th NHL season

Intentionally, Thornton has represented Canada on numerous occasions. He was a member of championship teams at the  1997 World Junior  Championships as well as the 2004 World Cup of Hockey.  He also won the 2010 Winter Olympics gold medal and the 2016 World Cup of Hockey with Team Canada.

Thornton and fellow veteran Zdeno Chára are the last active players in the National Hockey League who played in their respective leagues in the 1990s. Thornton also stands as the earliest-drafted first-overall selection still active.

Honors and Award.

During the 2005–06 season, Joe Thornton received the Art Ross and Hart Memorial Trophy as the league’s leading point-scorer and most valuable player, respectively. He has been selected into the National Hockey League All-Star Game, 6 times, captaining the team in 2009.

Joe Thornton is widely regarded as one of the best passers of all time, and he is one of only 13 players in history with 1,000 NHL assists. He is also the third player in NHL history to record back-to-back 90-assist seasons behind the legendary Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux.

Thornton is San Jose Sharks’ all-time leader in assists ( 745) and points per game (1.01). He presently holds the record for the most games played by the first overall selection in the NHL Entry draft. He was named to the NHL First All-Star Team in 2006 and Second All-Star Team in 2003, 2008, and 2016.

Joe Thornton Net Worth

Joe Thornton is one of the richest Hockey players in the world, with an estimated net worth of $60 Million. He is one of the highest-paid Hockey players of all time. He has presently earned a total of  $110,222,561 in his entire career ranking #12 in NHL / hockey career earnings.

Prior to the 2005-2006 season, Thornton signed a three-year contract with the Boston Bruins for $20M. In 2007, he signed a three-year contract extension worth US$21.6 million that kept him with the Sharks until June 2011 Before the 2010–11 season, he signed a three-year, US$21 million contract extension with the Sharks, after replacing Rob Blake as the captain.

He re-signed to a one-year, $2 million contract on September 6, 2019, to remain with the Sharks. In October 2020, Thornton signed a one-year, $700,000 contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs and a one-year, $750,000 contract with the Florida Panthers in August 2021.