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NHL Entry Draft Combine Results

The annual NHL Entry Draft combine assessment involves interviews, medical screenings, and fitness tests over a four-day period. The combine has been held since 1993, though only the results from the most recent years have been made public. We have the top-10 results for the most important tests for the years 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023 and 2024. There was no combine held in 2020 and 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic. There is also a summary of results from 2004, 2005 and 2006. No results from 2007 and 2008 have been found.



Below are some of the average and best results for the fitness assessments over the last 10 years. Only limited data has been published online, so the information is not complete. The information here has been retrieved from several sources, and may not be completely accurate. If you have any information to add or corrections to make, it will be very welcome (contact).

Wingspan

Year Ave
(inches)
Best (inches) Player Notes
2009 74.10 80.0 Taylor Doherty & Brian Dumoulin  
2010 74.46 83.0 DYLAN MCILRATH  
2011 74.80 81.0 LAURENT BROSSOIT  
2012 74.40 81.0 Anthony Stolarz goalie from Corpus Christi (NAHL)
2013   81.0 Seth Jones & Jonathan Ismael-Diaby Portland (WHL) & Victoriaville (QMJHL)
2014   81.0 Beau Starrett  
2015   84.0 Daniel Vladar  
2016   82.75 Logan Stanley  
2017   81.29 Ratcliffe, Isaac  
2018   81.75 Kevin Bahl  
2019   80.75 Alex Vlasic  
2022   82.00 Noah Warren  
2023   82.51 Michael Hrabal  
2024   83.25 Dean Letourneau  

Skinfolds / Body Fat

Year Ave Score
(sum of 6 sites & %)
Lowest Score Player(s) Notes
2004 61.6 mm, 9.4%      
2005 64.3 mm, 9.9% 31.1 mm, 6.6%    
2006        
2007        
2008   7.1% Peter Delmas  
2009 63.6 mm, 9.8% 36 mm, 6.0% TONI RAJALA and Brian Dumoulin  
2010 57.0 mm, 9.2% 32.2 mm, 6.8% IVAN TELEGIN  
2011 55.2 mm, 9.0% 32.8 mm, 6.8% RYAN TESINK & ROCCO GRIMALDI  
2012 61.4 mm, 9.6% 35.0 mm, 7.0% Matt Tomkins & Kenton Helgesen from Sherwood Park (AJHL) and Calgary (WHL)
2013 - 7.3% Gabryel Paquin-Boudreau & Jan Kostalek Baie-Comeau (QMJHL) & Rimouski (QMJHL)
2014 9.8% 25.2 mm / 6.1 % Robert Fabbri  
2015   4.0% Jack Sadek  
2016   7.0% Maxime Lajoie  
2017 ?      
2018   7.0% Xavier Bouchard  
2019   6.80% Ryder Donovan  
2022   6.82% Noah Ostlund  
2023   3.64% Gracyn Sawchyn  
2024   6.84 Ethan Procyszyn  

Grip Strength

Right Hand Grip Strength (lbs)

Year Ave Score (lbs) Best Score (lbs) Player Notes
2004 129      
2005 129 174    
2006        
2007        
2008        
2009 127.6 167 Jared Cowen SPOKANE (WHL)
2010 129.7 185 DANNY BIEGA  
2011 125.2 177 JOSEPH MORROW  
2012 128 167 Morgan Rielly from Moose Jaw (WHL)
2013   169 Hudson Fasching USA U-18 (USHL)
2014   171 Alexander Peters  
2015   170 Jack Eichel  
2016   187 James Greenway  
2017   175 Stelio Mattheos, Nikita Popugaev  
2018   180 K’Andre Miller  
2019   170 Jayden Struble  
2022   165 Jeremy Langlois  
2023   185 Matteo Mann  
2024   175 Jett Luchanko  

Left Hand Grip Strength (lbs)

Year Ave Score (lbs) Best Score Player Notes
2004 125      
2005 126 158    
2006        
2007        
2008        
2009 123.6 156 Carter Ashton LETHBRIDGE (WHL)
2010 124.2 176 DANNY BIEGA  
2011 119.2 162 MARK MCNEILL  
2012 123 155 Andrey Vasilevskiy & Chris Calnan from Ufa 2 (RUS-JR.) and Nobles (HIGH-MA)
2013   166 Ryan Pulock Brandon (WHL)
2014   164 Alexander Peters  
2015   180 Luke Opilka & Samuel Dove-McFalls  
2016   169 Trent Frederic  
2017   170 Scott Reedy  
2018   170 K’Andre Miller  
2019   160 Jayden Struble & Brett Leason  
2022   160 Jack Hughes, Maveric Lamoureux & Ty Nelson  
2023   182 Matteo Mann  
2024   172 Jett Luchanko  

Upper Body Push Strength

Year Ave Score
(lb)
Best Score Player Notes
2004 233      
2005 229 315    
2006        
2007        
2008   424 Brandon Burlon  
2009 241.1 352 Carter Ashton  
2010 237.3 329 DANNY BIEGA  
2011 228.1 366 MARK MCNEILL  
2012 222 333 Jake Pateson from Saginaw (OHL)
2013   341 Tyler Lewington Medicine Hat (WHL)

Upper Body Pull Strength

Year Ave Score Best Score Player Notes
2004 258      
2005 258 425    
2006        
2007        
2008   305 Brandon Burlon  
2009 230.7 309 Kyle Palmieri  
2010 253.6 328 DANNY BIEGA  
2011 241.6 323 TYLER BIGGS  
2012 251 312 Thomas Wilson & Branden Troock from Plymouth (OHL) & Seattle (WHL)
2013   344 Viktor Crus Rydberg Linkoping Jr. (SWE-JR)

Pull-Ups

conducted since 2014

Rank Score Player
2014 13 JOSHUA HO-SANG
2015 14 Dennis Yan
2016 15 Jonathan Ang
2017 13 Jack Rathbone, Nico Hischier, Antoine Morand
2018 15 Jacob Bernard-Docker
2019 16 Cole Caulfield, Nils Hoglander, Artemi Kniazev & Mikhail Abramov
2022 19 Jack Hughes
2023 15 Nick Lardis
2024 16 Zeev Buium

Bench Press Reps

In 2015, the test was changed from being the number of reps at 150 lbs to the number of reps at 70-80% of body weight. In 2018 it was changed again, maximum power measured at 50% bodyweight.

Year Ave Score Best Score Player Notes
1994   26 Brad Symes http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/the-evolution-of-the-nhl-draft-combine/
2004 10      
2005 8 19    
2006        
2007     Yannick Weber  
2008   21 Colin Wilson  
2009 10.7 18 Jordan Szwarz, Ryan O'Reilly and Carl Klingberg  
2010 10.8 20 DANNY BIEGA  
2011 6.5 13 ADAM CLENDENING, LUKE LOCKHART, TOMAS JURCO & MARK MCNEILL  
2012 7 17 Mike Winther from Prince Albert (WHL)
2013   16 Tyler Lewington Medicine Hat (WHL)
2014   19 JULIEN PELLETIER  
2015   20 Jesse Gabrielle  
2016   15 Samuel Girard  
2017   17 Dayton Rasmussen  
2018   8.25 watts/kg Rasmus Kupari protocol change
2019   9.42 Jayden Struble  
2022   9.43 Filip Mesar  
2023   8.39 Axel Sandin Pellikka  
2024   8.71 Cole Beaudoin  

Pro-Agility (left)

Year Best Score Name
2014 4.25 Jayce Hawryluk
2015 4.34 Colin White
2016 4.30 Matthew Cairns
2017 4.19 Joshua Norris
2018 4.20 Jonathan Tychonick & Liam Foudy
2019 4.25 Alex Newhook
2022 4.33 Michael Fisher
2023 4.04 Easton Cowan
2024 4.12 Stian Solberg

Pro-Agility (right)

Year Best Score Name
2014 4.25 Brandon Hickey
2015 4.21 Colin White
2016 4.19 Luke Green
2017 4.19 Joshua Norris
2018 4.20 Jonathan Tychonick
2019 4.28 Samuel Bolduc
2022 4.25 Michael Fisher
2023 4.09 Easton Cowan
2024 4.08 Stian Solberg

Curls Ups (maximum number)

Year Ave Score Best Score Player Notes
2004 24      
2005 25 82    
2006        
2007        
2008   76 Jacob Deserres goaltender
2009 19.6 72 Sami Vatanen JYP JR. (FINLAND-JR.)
2010 16.1 48 CURTIS HAMILTON  
2011 24.1 70 MIIKKA SALOMAKI  
2012 ?      

Push Ups (maximum number)

Year Ave Score Best Score Player Notes
2004 24      
2005 24 41    
2006        
2007        
2008   49 Brandon Burlon  
2009 26.1 41 Kyle Palmieri USA U-18 (USDP)
2010 26.2 40 MICHAEL BOURNIVAL  
2011 29.9 45 MICHAEL MORRISON  
2012 30 52 Chandler Stevenson from Regina (WHL)
2013 - 42 Tyler Lewington Medicine Hat (WHL)


Seated Medicine Ball Throw (4kg)

Year Ave Score
(inches)
Best Score Player Notes
2004 200      
2005 181.89 238    
2006        
2007        
2008        
2009 200.2 243 Matt Clark  
2010 207.1 261 DANNY BIEGA  
2011 198.7 248 ADAM CLENDENING  
2012 198 253 Dane Fox from Erie (OHL)
2013   246 Nick Moutrey Saginaw (OHL)

Standing Long Jump

Year Ave Score (inches) Best Score (inches) Player Notes
2004 100      
2005 96.9 110    
2006        
2007        
2008        
2009 103.3 119 Mac Bennett. HOTCHKISS SCHOOL (HIGH-CT)
2010 102.8 116 JOHN MCFARLAND  
2011 103.8 119.3 JONATHAN RACINE  
2012 103.8 119 Michael Matheson from Dubuque (USHL)
2013   117 Zach Nastasiuk Owen Sound (OHL)
2014   118 SHANE GERSICH  
2015   122 Brendan Guhle  
2016   120.0 Julien Gauthier  
2017   118.0 Joshua Norris  
2018   118.8 Liam Foudy  
2019   117.8 Jayden Struble  
2022   117.5 Maveric Lamoureux  
2023   118.0 Charlie Stramel  
2024   123.0 EJ Emery  

Vertical Jump (no pause)

In 2015, a new method of measuring vertical jump height was introduced. Previously a Vertec® apparatus was used, now they use a force plate. The recent scores are significantly lower.

Year Ave Score (inches) Best Score (inches) Player Notes
? 23.6      
2004 25      
2005 22 28    
2006        
2007        
2008        
2009 26.1 34.0 MAC BENNETT HOTCHKISS SCHOOL (HIGH-CT)
2010 ? 31.8 MARK ALT  
2011 24.7 30.5 MAXIMILIEN LE SIEUR  
2012 24.7 32.5 Chris Calnan Nobles (HIGH-MA)
2013   ?    
2014   35.0 SHANE GERSICH  
2015   28.74 Austin Wagner  
2016   28.98 Luke Kunin  
2017   26.19 Joshua Norris  
2018   27.65 Liam Foudy  
2019   26.05 Marshall Warren  
2022   21.73 Isaiah George  
2023   25.49 Nick Lardis  
2024   27.23 EJ Emery  

Hand-Eye Coordination

Year Ave Score Best Score Player Notes
2009 36.2 26.9 TAYLOR DOHERTY KINGSTON (OHL)
2010 37.6 31.6 SAM BRITTAIN  
2011 31.5 22.4 CHRISTOPHER GIBSON  
2012 28.6 21.4 Francois Tremblay from Val-d'Or (QMJHL)
2013   ?    
2014   12.3 SHANE GERSICH the score for this test was much lower than previously, maybe the test protocol had changed.

Wingate Test - Peak Power Output

Year Ave Score
(watts/kg)
Best Score Player Notes
2004 12.0      
2005 11.1 14.9    
2006        
2007        
2008 13.2      
2009 13.4 15.6 Jordan Szwarz SAGINAW (OHL)
2010 13.4 16.2 JOHN MCFARLAND  
2011 13.4 15.9 TY RATTIE & JONATHAN RACINE  
2012 13.2 15.6 Alex Galchenyuk from Sarnia (OHL)
2013 - 15.8 Samuel Morin & Shea Theodore Rimouski (QMJHL) & Seattle (WHL)
2014   17.5 WILLIAM NYLANDER  
2015   19.9 Brendan Guhle  
2016   21.1 Alex Nylander  
2017   19.5 Joshua Norris  
2018   19.8 Liam Foudy  
2019   17.2 Nils Hoglander  
2022   18.3 Cutter Gauthier  
2023   22.4 Samuel Honzek  
2024   18.3 AJ Spellacy  

Wingate Test: Mean Power Output (watts/kg)

Year Ave Score Best Score Player Notes
2004 9.4      
2005 9.1 11.7    
2006        
2007        
2008 10.2      
2009 10.3 11.8 Burke Gallimore SASKATOON (WHL)
2010 10.2 11.7 MARK PYSYK  
2011 10.2 11.9 LUCAS LSSIO  
2012 10.1 11.4 Chris Calnan Nobles (HIGH-MA)
2013   ?    
2014   11.6 WILLIAM NYLANDER  
2015   13.8 Jesse Gabrielle  
2016   12.5 Jonathan Ang & Jesper Bratt  
2017   12.8 Morgan Frost  
2018   17.2 Gabriel Fortier  
2019   11.7 Jayden Struble  
2022   13.5 Calle Odelius  
2023   14.3 Noah Dower Nilsson  
2024   12.9 Jett Luchanko  

Wingate Test: Fatigue Index

Year Ave Score
(%)
Best Score Player Notes
2004 39.6      
2005 35.7 18.0    
2006        
2007        
2008        
2009 50.3 37.1 BRAYDEN MCNABB KOOTENAY (WHL)
2010 57.0 28.5 MAXIM KITSYN  
2011 49.5 33.7 NICK COUSINS  
2012 49.7 32.3 James Melindy from Moncton (QMJHL)
2013   ?    
2014   37.3 CHRISTIAN DVORAK  
2015   26.4 Jesse Gabrielle  
2016   29.9 Michael Graham  
2017   22.8 Stelio Mattheos  
2018   13.3 Joseph Veleno  
2019   38.1 Ilya Nikolaev  
2022   38.6 Marco Kasper  
2023   34.8 Koehn Ziemmer  
2024   35.1 Ollie Josephson  

AEROBIC FITNESS - VO2max

Year Ave Score
(ml/kg/min)
Best Score Player Notes
2004 57.8      
2005 53.4 65.5    
2006        
2007        
2008 56.3      
2009 56.8 68.9 Sami Vatanen JYP JR. (FINLAND-JR.)
2010 56.3 72.3 JAKUB CULEK  
2011 56.4 68.7 SVEN BAERTSCHI  
2012 55.9 65.7 Tomas Hertl Slavia (CZREP)
2013   ?    
2014   67.4 MICHAEL BUNTING  
2015   70.0 Matthew Spencer  
2016   65.0 Carter Hart  
2017   68.0 Kailer Yamamoto  
2018   65.0 Cameron Hillis  
2019   62.0 Egor Afanasyev  
2022   63 Brennan Ali & Topi Ronni  
2023   66.0 Nico Myatovic  
2024   65 Ollie Josephson  

VO2max test duration (min:sec)

Year Ave Score Best Score Player Notes
2009 11:33      
2010 11:18.1 14:15 MARTIN MARINCIN  
2011 10:24.6 14:00 DAVID MUSIL & ADAM LARSSON  
2012 10:31 14:40 Hampus Lindholm from Rogle JR. (SWE-JR.)
2013 - 14:30 Mirco Mueller & Chris Bigras Everett (WHL) & Owen Sound (OHL)
2014   15:00 Clark Bishop  
2015   12:15 Jack Eichel  
2016   12:30 Logan Stanley  
2017   16:45 Shane Bowers  
2018   16:45 Xavier Bouchard  
2019   15:45 Yegor Spiridonov  
2022   15:30 Owen Pickering  
2023   13:48 Jordan Tourigny protocol change
2024   13:45 Cole Beaudoin  

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