- Jaromir Jagr has skipped Kladno’s training camp and all three preseason games
- The 54-year-old said a miracle would be required to get him back on the ice
- Read below for his last game, his last point and when the Hall of Fame can call
Jaromir Jagr’s playing career looks like it is finally over.
Jagr took the question head on during a live Q&A on his own Instagram account on February 20, when a fan asked whether anyone would see him play again. His answer, as transcribed by Hokej.cz, left almost no wiggle room:
“The fans won’t see me anymore. A miracle would have to happen. God would have to enter me and make me fifteen years younger. I go skating occasionally. I’m still keeping myself in shape, but I’m not training as if I were going to play.”
Everything since then has lined up with that answer. The 54-year-old has not skated in Kladno’s training camp and sat out all three of the club’s preseason games this month, a full reversal from last summer, when he did both at 53.
He was supposed to be chasing a 39th professional season, a number that stops making sense the longer you look at it.
His last competitive game came on December 21, 2025, a 4-1 Kladno loss at Bili Tygri Liberec. Jagr played 7:38, took a hooking minor in the second period and did not register a point.
Six games and one assist made up his entire 2025-26 season.
That assist arrived on October 31, 2025, on Adam Bares’ power-play goal in an 8-3 loss at Dynamo Pardubice. Watch the last point of 38 pro seasons:
Kladno still lists him at No. 68 among its forwards on the 2026-27 A-team roster, but the club carries 16 names up front and has no hole to fill. iSport wrote on August 25 that the deeper lineup argues against a comeback.
Stepping back from playing does not mean stepping away from the game. Jagr skated in Zdeno Chara’s farewell game in Trencin earlier this month, and he still owns a 20 percent stake in Kladno after selling the majority share to businessman Tomas Drastil in early 2025.
Add it all up and the resume is absurd. Across the NHL, the Czech and Czechoslovak leagues, the KHL and a handful of European stops, he piled up 961 goals and 1,436 assists for 2,397 regular-season points in 2,255 games.
If he never plays again, Jagr becomes eligible for the Hockey Hall of Fame after the 2028-29 season, at 57 years old.
