Every Zach Werenski number in one place, from Belle Tire and Michigan through ten seasons in Columbus.
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Zach Werenski Current Season Stats
Zach Werenski NHL Stats by Season
Columbus is the only NHL club he has played for.
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| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | PPG | SHG | GWG | S | S% | TOI/GP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-17 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 78 | 11 | 36 | 47 | +17 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 188 | 5.9 | 20:55 |
| 2017-18 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 77 | 16 | 21 | 37 | +8 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 207 | 7.7 | 22:35 |
| 2018-19 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 82 | 11 | 33 | 44 | -12 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 168 | 6.6 | 22:54 |
| 2019-20 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 63 | 20 | 21 | 41 | +9 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 187 | 10.7 | 23:59 |
| 2020-21 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 35 | 7 | 13 | 20 | -9 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 79 | 8.9 | 24:22 |
| 2021-22 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 68 | 11 | 37 | 48 | -15 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 216 | 5.1 | 25:40 |
| 2022-23 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 13 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 7.3 | 23:36 |
| 2023-24 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 70 | 11 | 46 | 57 | +0 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 202 | 5.4 | 24:27 |
| 2024-25 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 81 | 23 | 59 | 82 | +12 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 298 | 7.7 | 26:45 |
| 2025-26 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 75 | 22 | 59 | 81 | +7 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 260 | 8.5 | 26:37 |
| NHL Career | 642 | 135 | 330 | 465 | +11 | 164 | 29 | 2 | 19 | 1,846 | 7.3 | 24:12 |
Zach Werenski Playoff Stats
All four of his postseason trips came in his first four seasons.
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | PPG | SHG | GWG | S | S% | TOI/GP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-17 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7.1 | 23:29 |
| 2017-18 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | +0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5.6 | 24:11 |
| 2018-19 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 10 | 1 | 5 | 6 | +3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 6.7 | 26:37 |
| 2019-20 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 3.8 | 30:03 |
| Playoff Career | 29 | 4 | 9 | 13 | +2 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 73 | 5.5 | 26:58 |
Zach Werenski International Stats
Two World Juniors, three World Championships, the 4 Nations Face-Off and an Olympic gold medal.
| Year | Event | Team | GP | G | A | P | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | World Juniors | USA | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 2016 | World Juniors | USA U20 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 |
| 2019 | World Championship | USA | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | World Championship | USA | 8 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 |
| 2024 | International | Team USA | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | World Championship | USA | 7 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 |
| 2025 | 4 Nations Face-Off | United States | 4 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 |
| 2026 | Winter Olympics | USA | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
| Total | 40 | 7 | 30 | 37 | 22 |
Zach Werenski College, Junior, Youth and AHL Stats
The table reaches back to bantam hockey in suburban Detroit and ends with the Calder Cup run in Cleveland.
| Season | Team | League | Type | GP | G | A | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-10 | Belle Tire Bantam Minor AAA | T1EMBHL | Regular | 31 | 16 | 19 | 35 |
| 2010-11 | Belle Tire Bantam Major AAA | T1EBHL | Regular | 27 | 10 | 15 | 25 |
| 2011-12 | Det. B. Tire U16 | T1EHL | Regular | 35 | 8 | 20 | 28 |
| 2011-12 | Det. B. Tire U16 | T1EHL | Playoffs | 7 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2012-13 | Det. L.C. U18 | HPHL | Regular | 28 | 7 | 14 | 21 |
| 2013-14 | USNTDP | USHL | Regular | 35 | 6 | 13 | 19 |
| 2013-14 | USNTDP | U-17 | Regular | 16 | 2 | 11 | 13 |
| 2014-15 | U. of Michigan | Big Ten | Regular | 35 | 9 | 16 | 25 |
| 2015-16 | Lake Erie | AHL | Regular | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015-16 | Univ. of Michigan | NCAA | Regular | 36 | 11 | 25 | 36 |
| 2015-16 | Lake Erie | AHL | Playoffs | 17 | 5 | 9 | 14 |
Zach Werenski Awards
One trophy so far.
| Trophy | Times Won | Seasons |
|---|---|---|
| James Norris Memorial Trophy | 1 | 2025-26 |
Zach Werenski Highlights
Zach Werenski Stats FAQ
Werenski has 465 career regular season points in 642 NHL games, all of them with the Columbus Blue Jackets. That total is second in franchise history behind Rick Nash and first among Blue Jackets defensemen by a wide margin.
His career total sits at 135 goals, the most by a defenseman in Blue Jackets history and fifth on the club list at any position. He has scored 20 or more three times, in 2019-20, 2024-25 and 2025-26.
Yes. He won the James Norris Memorial Trophy for the 2025-26 season, taking 113 of 198 first-place votes and 1,589 voting points. Cale Makar finished second with 1,191 and Rasmus Dahlin was third. Werenski had finished second to Makar in the 2025 vote. He is the only Norris winner in Blue Jackets history and the sixth American-born defenseman to win it, after Rod Langway, Chris Chelios, Brian Leetch, Adam Fox and Quinn Hughes.
Werenski is 29. He was born July 19, 1997 in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, and Columbus took him eighth overall in the 2015 draft.
He put up 82 points in 81 games in 2024-25 and 81 in 75 games in 2025-26. Both are Blue Jackets single-season records for a defenseman, and both rank among the three highest single seasons by any Columbus skater. His 59 assists in each of those years tied Artemi Panarin’s club record.
He has 13 points in 29 playoff games across four postseasons, all of them between 2017 and 2020. Columbus has missed the playoffs in each of the six seasons since.
Yes. He had a goal and five assists in six games for the United States at the 2026 Milan Games and was plus-8, and he assisted on Jack Hughes’ overtime winner in the 2-1 gold medal game against Canada. He also had six assists in four games at the 2025 4 Nations Face-Off.
He played two seasons at Michigan, wearing 13 and putting up 36 points in 36 games as a sophomore. He then joined Lake Erie of the AHL for the 2016 Calder Cup playoffs at 18, scoring 14 points in 17 games as the Monsters swept Hershey in the final. Before that he came through Belle Tire and the U.S. National Team Development Program.
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Stats last updated August 26, 2026. Source: NHL official statistics.