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Anze Kopitar
Анже Копитар
- Position: center
- Player status: active player
- Gender: male
- Nationality: Slovenia
- Birth date: 24.08.1987 (38 years)
- Birth place: Jesenice, Slovenia, Yugoslavia
- Height: 193 cm / 6' 4"
- Weight: 102 kg / 225 lbs
- Shoots: left
- Draft 1: Los Angeles Kings, year: 2005, round: 1, position: 11
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- Trivia:
Top scorer DPS 2003-04
Top goal scorer WJC18 D1A 2004-05
Most assists WJC18 D1A 2004-05
Top scorer WJC18 D1A 2004-05
Top scorer J20 SuperElit 2004-05
Top goal scorer WJC D1B 2004-05
Top scorer WJC D1B 2004-05
Drafted 2005, 2 #59 by Regina Pats in the CHL Import Draft
Named to NHL YoungStars roster 2006-07
Best +/- rating World Championships D1B 2006-07
Most assists World Championships D1B 2006-07
Top scorer World Championships D1B 2006-07
Named to NHL All-Star game 2007-08, 2010-11, 2014-15, 2017-18, 2019-20
Top goal scorer NHL playoffs 2011-12
Most assists NHL playoffs 2011-12, 2013-14
Top scorer NHL playoffs 2011-12, 2013-14
Named NHL Gentleman Conduct award 2015-16, 2022-23, 2024-25
Named NHL Top Defensive Forward award 2015-16, 2017-18
Most assists World Championships D1A 2018-19
Top scorer World Championships D1A 2018-19
Won NHL Mark Messier Leadership award 2021-22
Player national stats
| Season | Team | League | # | GP | G | A | P | PIM | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 | Slovenia | Olympic Qual. | 11 (C) | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| 2018-19 | Slovenia | World Championship d1A | 11 (C) | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 |
| 2018-19 | Slovenia | National team games | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2016-17 | Team Europe | World Cup of Hockey | (C) | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 2016-17 | Slovenia | Olympic Qual. | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2016-17 | Slovenia | National team games | |||||||
| 2014-15 | Slovenia | World Championship | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | -2 | |
| 2013-14 | Slovenia | Olympics | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | |
| 2007-08 | Slovenia | World Championship | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | -1 | |
| 2006-07 | Slovenia | IHWC d1 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 9 | |
| 2005-06 | Slovenia | World Championship | 6 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | -2 | |
| 2005-06 | Slovenia | WJC d1 (U20) | 5 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | |
| 2004-05 | Slovenia | World Championship | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -6 | |
| 2004-05 | Slovenia | WJC d1 (U20) | 5 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 8 | |
| 2004-05 | Slovenia | WJC18 d1 (U18) | 5 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -1 | |
| 2003-04 | Slovenia | WJC d1 (U20) | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2003-04 | Slovenia | WJC18 d1 (U18) | 5 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2002-03 | Slovenia | WJC18 d1 (U18) | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | -5 |
Player club stats
| Season | Team | League | # | GP | G | A | P | PIM | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 |  Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 11 (C) | ||||||
| 2024-25 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL (Play-off) | 11 (C) | 6 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0 | -6 |
| 2024-25 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 11 (C) | 81 | 21 | 46 | 67 | 4 | 14 |
| 2023-24 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL (Play-off) | 11 (C) | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 2023-24 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 11 (C) | 81 | 26 | 44 | 70 | 22 | 11 |
| 2022-23 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL (Play-off) | 11 (C) | 6 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2022-23 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 11 (C) | 82 | 28 | 46 | 74 | 4 | 20 |
| 2021-22 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL (Play-off) | 11 (C) | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | -6 |
| 2021-22 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 11 (C) | 81 | 19 | 48 | 67 | 14 | -6 |
| 2020-21 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 11 (C) | 56 | 13 | 37 | 50 | 10 | -7 |
| 2019-20 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 11 (C) | 70 | 21 | 41 | 62 | 16 | 6 |
| 2018-19 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | (C) | 81 | 22 | 38 | 60 | 30 | -20 |
| 2017-18 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL (Play-off) | (C) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017-18 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | (C) | 82 | 35 | 57 | 92 | 20 | 21 |
| 2016-17 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | (C) | 76 | 12 | 40 | 52 | 28 | -10 |
| 2015-16 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL (Play-off) | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2015-16 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 81 | 25 | 49 | 74 | 16 | 34 | |
| 2014-15 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 79 | 16 | 48 | 64 | 10 | -2 | |
| 2013-14 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL (Play-off) | 26 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 14 | 9 | |
| 2013-14 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 82 | 29 | 41 | 70 | 24 | 34 | |
| 2012-13 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL (Play-off) | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | -3 | |
| 2012-13 |  Mora IK | Allsvenskan | 31 | 10 | 24 | 34 | 14 | -2 | |
| 2012-13 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 47 | 10 | 32 | 42 | 16 | 14 | |
| 2011-12 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL (Play-off) | 20 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 9 | 16 | |
| 2011-12 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 82 | 25 | 51 | 76 | 20 | 12 | |
| 2010-11 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 75 | 25 | 48 | 73 | 20 | 25 | |
| 2009-10 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL (Play-off) | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | -1 | |
| 2009-10 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 82 | 34 | 47 | 81 | 16 | 6 | |
| 2008-09 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 82 | 27 | 39 | 66 | 32 | -17 | |
| 2007-08 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 82 | 32 | 45 | 77 | 22 | -15 | |
| 2006-07 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 72 | 20 | 41 | 61 | 24 | -12 | |
| 2005-06 | Södertälje | Allsvenskan (Play-off) | 10 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 7 | |
| 2005-06 | Södertälje | Elitserien | 47 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 28 | -12 | |
| 2004-05 | Södertälje | Elitserien (Play-off) | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | |
| 2004-05 | Södertälje | Elitserien | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | |
| 2004-05 | Södertälje | J20 SuperElit (U20, Play-off) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2004-05 | Södertälje | J20 SuperElit (U20) | 30 | 28 | 21 | 49 | 26 | 29 | |
| 2004-05 | Södertälje | J18 Allsvenskan (U18, Play-off) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2004-05 | Södertälje | J18 Allsvenskan (U18) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2003-04 | Hit Casino Kranjska Gora | DPS (Play-off) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2003-04 | Hit Casino Kranjska Gora | DPS | 21 | 14 | 11 | 25 | 10 | ||
| 2003-04 | HK HIT Casino Kranjska Gora | Junior League (SLO) (U20, Play-off) | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2003-04 | HK HIT Casino Kranjska Gora | Junior League (SLO) (U20) | 20 | 30 | 24 | 54 | 16 | ||
| 2002-03 | Hit Casino Kranjska Gora | DPS | 11 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | ||
| 2002-03 | HK HIT Casino Kranjska Gora | Junior League (SLO) (U20, Play-off) | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | ||
| 2002-03 | HK HIT Casino Kranjska Gora | Junior League (SLO) (U20) | 16 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 4 |
Note: All games might not be included
| Date | League | Teams | Score | G | A | PIM | +/- | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug. 29 2021 12:00 | Olympic Qual. | Group F | Slovenia South Korea | 4-1 | | | 1 | | | 3 | | | | | 2 | |
| Aug. 27 2021 21:00 | Olympic Qual. | Group F | Norway Slovenia | 7-4 | | | | | 2 | | | | | -1 | ||
| Aug. 26 2021 15:00 | Olympic Qual. | Group F | Denmark Slovenia | 4-3 | | | | | 1 | | | 2 | | | -1 |
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