Eliteprospects
Sweden Johan Fransson
#10 Leksands IF / SHL - 22/23
1-time World Championship Gold Medal 1
1-time World Championship Bronze Medal 1
1-time Spengler Cup Winner 1
Date of Birth
Feb 18, 1985
Position
D
Age
40
Height
6'2" / 187 cm
Place of Birth
Kalix, SWE
Weight
198 lbs / 90 kg
Nation
Sweden
Shoots
L
Youth Team
Kalix HF
Status
Retired
Drafted
2004 round 2 #34 overall by Dallas Stars

Fransson is known as an offensive-minded defenseman. He is a terrific, agile skater and can join the rush in a pinch. Owns a hard, accurate shot from the point. Defensively, Fransson can improve further. He is not afraid of physical play, though.
- Elite Prospects (2015)

Son: Troy Fransson

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Johan Fransson Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
2000-01 Kalix HF Division 1 19* 0* 6* 6* 8* -* |
2001-02 Luleå HF J18 J18 Allsvenskan 5* 2* 0* 2* 0* -* | Playoffs 3 0 0 0 0 -
Luleå HF J20 J20 SuperElit 29* 4* 4* 8* 28* -* | Playoffs 2 0 0 0 4 -
Sweden U17 (all) International-Jr 6* 3* 4* 7* 0* -* |
Sweden U18 (all) International-Jr 4* 0* 0* 0* 0* -* |
2002-03 Luleå HF J18 J18 Allsvenskan 2* 0* 0* 0* 2* -* |
Luleå HF J20 J20 SuperElit 22* 2* 4* 6* 65* -* |
Luleå HF Elitserien 3* 0* 0* 0* 0* 0* |
Sweden U18 (all) International-Jr 4* 0* 0* 0* 33* -* |
2003-04 Luleå HF J20 J20 SuperElit 5* 0* 2* 2* 10* -* |
Luleå HF Elitserien 44* 3* 3* 6* 28* 9* | Playoffs 2 0 0 0 4 -1
Sweden U20 WJC-20 6* 3* 0* 3* 2* -2* |
Sweden U20 (all) International-Jr 12* 3* 3* 6* 10* -* |
Sweden (all) International 1* 0* 0* 0* 4* -* |
2004-05 Luleå HF J20 J20 SuperElit 1* 1* 1* 2* 0* -* | Playoffs 7 1 2 3 4 -
Luleå HF Elitserien 43* 1* 6* 7* 30* 4* | Playoffs 3 0 0 0 0 -3
Sweden U20 WJC-20 6* 0* 0* 0* 12* -2* |
Sweden U20 (all) International-Jr 14* 0* 0* 0* 14* -* |
2005-06 Luleå HF Elitserien 50* 3* 5* 8* 74* -10* | Playoffs 6 1 1 2 6 -7
2006-07 Frölunda HC Elitserien 35* 0* 6* 6* 18* 2* |
Ässät SM-liiga 6* 0* 1* 1* 2* -5* |
Linköping HC Elitserien 8* 0* 0* 0* 4* -3* | Playoffs 15 0 0 0 2 0
2007-08 Linköping HC Elitserien 48* 5* 9* 14* 24* 0* | Playoffs 16 0 5 5 16 -1
Sweden (all) International 3* 0* 1* 1* 2* -1* |
2008-09 Linköping HC Elitserien 40* 3* 7* 10* 24* -4* |
HC Lugano NLA 7* 2* 3* 5* 2* -* | Playoffs 4 2 0 2 0 -
Sweden (all) International 10* 0* 1* 1* 2* -3* |
2009-10 Luleå HF Elitserien 54* 11* 19* 30* 26* -4* |
Sweden (all) International 5* 1* 0* 1* 2* 1* |
2010-11 SKA St. Petersburg KHL 38* 6* 10* 16* 22* 5* | Playoffs 11 0 2 2 2 1
2011-12 Luleå HF Elitserien 48* 1* 19* 20* 12* -7* | Playoffs 5 1 1 2 2 -1
2012-13 Luleå HF Elitserien 55* 3* 8* 11* 12* 6* | Playoffs 15 0 10 10 6 9
Sweden WC 10* 1* 4* 5* 4* -2* |
Sweden (all) International 16* 2* 5* 7* 8* -3* |
2013-14 Luleå HF SHL 38* 5* 10* 15* 20* 10* | Playoffs 2 0 0 0 2 -2
Sweden WC 10* 0* 0* 0* 4* 3* |
Sweden (all) International 17* 0* 1* 1* 4* 5* |
2014-15 Rapperswil-Jona Lakers NLA 32* 4* 16* 20* 22* -20* | Relegation 7 0 2 2 12 1
Rapperswil-Jona Lakers NLA Q -* -* -* -* -* -* | Qualification 2 1 2 3 0 -2
Sweden (all) International 9* 2* 3* 5* 2* 8* |
2015-16 Genève-Servette HC NLA 39* 7* 15* 22* 12* 6* | Playoffs 11 0 1 1 18 2
Sweden WC 7* 0* 3* 3* 2* 2* |
Sweden (all) International 16* 1* 7* 8* 2* 3* |
2016-17 Genève-Servette HC NLA 45* 5* 10* 15* 52* -8* | Playoffs 4 0 3 3 0 -1
2017-18 Genève-Servette HC NL 40* 0* 19* 19* 38* -9* | Playoffs 4 1 0 1 4 2
Sweden OG 4* 0* 2* 2* 2* 3* |
Sweden (all) International 10* 0* 2* 2* 2* 4* |
2018-19 Genève-Servette HC NL 30* 6* 12* 18* 14* 3* | Playoffs 6 1 3 4 2 -1
2019-20 Leksands IF SHL 41* 3* 8* 11* 24* -11* |
2020-21 Leksands IF SHL 22* 1* 4* 5* 8* 9* | Playoffs 2 0 0 0 0 0
2021-22 Leksands IF SHL 0* 0* 0* 0* 0* 0* |
2022-23 Leksands IF SHL 0* 0* 0* 0* 0* 0* |

Johan Fransson Tournament Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
2000-01 Norrbotten TV-Pucken 8* 2* 3* 5* 8* 5* |
2007-08 Sweden EHT 3* 0* 1* 1* 2* -1* |
2008-09 Linköping HC Champions HL 4* 1* 0* 1* 0* 0* |
Sweden EHT 6* 0* 1* 1* 0* -5* |
2009-10 Sweden EHT 3* 1* 0* 1* 0* 1* |
2010-11 SKA St. Petersburg Spengler Cup 4* 1* 0* 1* 4* -* |
2011-12 Luleå HF ET 8* 0* 4* 4* 2* -* | Playoffs 3 1 0 1 2 1
2012-13 Luleå HF ET 7* 0* 2* 2* 4* -* | Playoffs 3 0 1 1 4 -
Sweden EHT 6* 1* 1* 2* 4* -1* |
2013-14 Luleå HF ET 6* 0* 2* 2* 2* -* | Playoffs 2 0 0 0 0 -
Sweden EHT 6* 0* 0* 0* 0* -1* |
2014-15 Rapperswil-Jona Lakers Swiss Cup 3* 0* 0* 0* 0* -* |
HC Davos Spengler Cup 3* 0* 0* 0* 2* 1* |
Sweden EHT 9* 2* 3* 5* 2* 7* |
2015-16 Genève-Servette HC Champions HL 4* 1* 2* 3* 2* -1* |
Genève-Servette HC Swiss Cup 1* 0* 0* 0* 2* -* |
Sweden EHT 3* 1* 2* 3* 0* 1* |
2016-17 Genève-Servette HC Swiss Cup 4* 3* 2* 5* 0* -* |
2017-18 Genève-Servette HC Swiss Cup 2* 0* 0* 0* 0* -* |
Sweden EHT 3* 0* 0* 0* 0* 1* |
2018-19 Genève-Servette HC “A” Swiss Cup 2* 1* 1* 2* 0* -* |

Johan Fransson Career Totals

League Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/- | Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/-
Champions HL 2 8* 2* 2* 4* 0.50* 2* -1* | 0 * * * * * *
EHT 8 39* 5* 8* 13* 0.33* 8* 2* | 0 * * * * * *
ET 3 21* 0* 8* 8* 0.38* 8* -* | 3 8 1 * 1 * 2 * 0.25 * 6 * 1 *
Division 1 (HockeyEttan) 1 19* 0* 6* 6* 0.32* 8* -* | 0 * * * * * *
International 9 87* 6* 20* 26* 0.30* 28* 14* | 0 * * * * * *
International-Jr 4 40* 6* 7* 13* 0.33* 57* -* | 0 * * * * * *
KHL 1 38* 6* 10* 16* 0.42* 22* 5* | 1 11 0 * 2 * 2 * 0.18 * 2 * 1 *
SM-liiga (Liiga) 1 6* 0* 1* 1* 0.17* 2* -5* | 0 * * * * * *
NL (NLA) 6 193* 24* 75* 99* 0.51* 140* -28* | 6 36 4 * 9 * 13 * 0.36 * 36 * 3 *
NLA Q 1 -* -* -* -* -* -* -* | 1 2 1 * 2 * 3 * 1.50 * 0 * -2 *
OG 1 4* 0* 2* 2* 0.50* 2* 3* | 0 * * * * * *
SHL (Elitserien) 15 529* 39* 104* 143* 0.27* 304* 1* | 9 66 2 * 17 * 19 * 0.29 * 38 * -6 *
Spengler Cup 2 7* 1* 0* 1* 0.14* 6* 1* | 0 * * * * * *
Swiss Cup 5 12* 4* 3* 7* 0.58* 2* -* | 0 * * * * * *
TV-Pucken 1 8* 2* 3* 5* 0.63* 8* 5* | 0 * * * * * *
J18 Allsvenskan (U18 Nationell) 2 7* 2* 0* 2* 0.29* 2* -* | 1 3 0 * 0 * 0 * 0.00 * 0 * - *
J20 SuperElit (U20 Nationell) 4 57* 7* 11* 18* 0.32* 103* -* | 2 9 1 * 2 * 3 * 0.33 * 8 * - *
WC 3 27* 1* 7* 8* 0.30* 10* 3* | 0 * * * * * *
WJC-20 2 12* 3* 0* 3* 0.25* 14* -4* | 0 * * * * * *
* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Johan Fransson Career Highlights

Season
Awards by season
Transactions
DATE STATUS FROM TO SOURCE
07/25/2023
07/25/2023 Confirmed Leksands IF Retired
04/29/2019
04/29/2019 Confirmed Genève-Servette HC Leksands IF
11/16/2016
11/16/2016 Extension Genève-Servette HC Genève-Servette HC
05/28/2015
05/28/2015 Confirmed Rapperswil-Jona Lakers Genève-Servette HC
02/24/2015
02/24/2015 Extension Rapperswil-Jona Lakers Rapperswil-Jona Lakers
09/08/2014
09/08/2014 Confirmed Luleå HF Rapperswil-Jona Lakers
08/03/2011
08/03/2011 Confirmed SKA St. Petersburg Luleå HF
10/16/2010
10/16/2010 Loan Los Angeles Kings SKA St. Petersburg
06/15/2010
06/15/2010 Confirmed Luleå HF Los Angeles Kings
04/23/2010
04/23/2010 Extension Luleå HF Luleå HF
05/08/2009
05/08/2009 Confirmed HC Lugano Luleå HF
Player Biography and Trivia

Cult/Star player for Genève-Servette HC

Cult/Star player for Kalix HC

Cult/Star player for Kalix HF

Cult/Star player for Luleå HF

Career transactions
- 2016-11-16 • Signed to a two-year contract extension HC Genève-Servette
- 2015-05-28 • Signed to a one-year contract by HC Genève-Servette
- 2015-02-24 • One-year option exercised
- 2014-09-08 • Signed by SC Rapperswil-Jona
- 2011-08-03 • Returned to Luleå HF
- 2010-10-16 • Loaned to SKA St. Petersburg
- 2010-06-15 • Signed to a one-year contract by the Los Angeles Kings
- 2010-04-23 • Signed to a five-year contract extension by Luleå HF
- 2009-05-08 • Signed to a one-year contract by Luleå HF
- 2009-01-21 • Signed by HC Lugano
- 2007-01-31 • Traded to Linköping for Oscar Ackeström
- 2006-01-15 • Loaned to Ässät by Frölunda
- 2006-05-25 • Signed to a two-year contract by Frölunda HF