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Mikko Lehtonen

#44 ZSC Lions / NL - 25/26

1-time World Championship Best Defenseman

Date of Birth

Jan 16, 1994

Position

Age

Height

6'0" / 182 cm

Place of Birth

Turku, FIN

Weight

196 lbs / 89 kg

Nation

Finland

Shoots

Youth Team

Kiekko-67

Contract

27/28

Agency

PREMIUM

Brother: Matias Lehtonen

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Mikko Lehtonen Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-		POST	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
2009-10	TPS U16	U16 SM-sarja Q	8*	4*	7*	11*	2*	-*	\|
	TPS U16	U16 SM-sarja	27*	5*	16*	21*	20*	-*	\|	Playoffs	7	2	1	3	4	-
	TPS U17	U17 SM-sarja	1*	1*	0*	1*	0*	-*	\|
	Finland U16 (all)	International-Jr	1*	0*	1*	1*	0*	-*	\|
2010-11	TPS U18	U18 SM-sarja Q	9*	3*	9*	12*	14*	-*	\|
	TPS U18	U18 SM-sarja	18*	8*	15*	23*	14*	-*	\|	Playoffs	12	0	3	3	20	-
	TPS U20	U20 SM-liiga	12*	1*	5*	6*	2*	5*	\|
	Finland U17	WHC-17	5*	1*	1*	2*	4*	-*	\|
	Finland U17 (all)	International-Jr	15*	2*	3*	5*	2*	-*	\|
2011-12	TPS U18	U18 SM-sarja Q	1*	0*	1*	1*	0*	-*	\|
	TPS U18	U18 SM-sarja	1*	0*	1*	1*	6*	-*	\|	Playoffs	8	1	2	3	6	-
	TPS U20	U20 SM-liiga	39*	8*	19*	27*	24*	15*	\|
	TPS	SM-liiga	12*	0*	0*	0*	2*	-4*	\|
	Finland U18	WJC-18	7*	0*	1*	1*	0*	4*	\|
	Finland U18 (all)	International-Jr	11*	0*	2*	2*	2*	4*	\|
2012-13	TPS U20	U20 SM-liiga	39*	6*	23*	29*	30*	12*	\|	Playoffs	9	1	1	2	16	-2
	TPS	SM-liiga	13*	0*	1*	1*	2*	-1*	\|
	Finland U19 (all) “A”	International-Jr	7*	0*	2*	2*	6*	-2*	\|
	Finland U20 (all)	International-Jr	8*	0*	1*	1*	2*	3*	\|
2013-14	TUTO Hockey	Mestis	46*	5*	13*	18*	14*	22*	\|	Playoffs	12	1	7	8	20	0
	Finland U20	WJC-20	7*	0*	1*	1*	4*	0*	\|
	Finland U20 (all)	International-Jr	8*	1*	1*	2*	2*	-*	\|
2014-15	TPS	Liiga	37*	0*	2*	2*	8*	-10*	\|
	TUTO Hockey	Mestis	19*	0*	9*	9*	4*	6*	\|	Playoffs	15	3	6	9	8	-1
2015-16	KooKoo	Liiga	60*	12*	10*	22*	16*	-6*	\|
	Finland (all)	International	5*	0*	2*	2*	2*	1*	\|
2016-17	KooKoo	Liiga	43*	6*	19*	25*	20*	-11*	\|
	HV71	SHL	9*	0*	0*	0*	0*	0*	\|	Playoffs	16	0	4	4	4	7
	Finland	WC	10*	2*	0*	2*	0*	-3*	\|
	Finland (all)	International	16*	2*	1*	3*	4*	-1*	\|
2017-18	Tappara	Liiga	55*	12*	17*	29*	24*	4*	\|	Playoffs	16	1	3	4	10	-1
	Finland	OG	1*	0*	0*	0*	0*	-1*	\|
	Finland (all)	International	5*	0*	1*	1*	2*	1*	\|
2018-19	HV71	SHL	52*	5*	19*	24*	30*	9*	\|	Playoffs	9	1	4	5	6	1
	Finland “A”	WC	10*	1*	6*	7*	0*	5*	\|
	Finland (all)	International	23*	5*	14*	19*	2*	9*	\|
2019-20	Jokerit	KHL	60*	17*	32*	49*	20*	26*	\|	Playoffs	6	1	3	4	12	1
	Finland (all)	International	3*	1*	1*	2*	0*	0*	\|
2020-21	Jokerit	KHL	17*	8*	9*	17*	6*	4*	\|
	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL	9*	0*	3*	3*	4*	1*	\|
	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	17*	0*	3*	3*	4*	-3*	\|
2021-22	SKA St. Petersburg	KHL	15*	1*	7*	8*	2*	7*	\|	Playoffs	15	1	6	7	2	-2
	Finland	OG	6*	1*	3*	4*	4*	7*	\|
	Finland	WC	10*	2*	10*	12*	2*	7*	\|
	Finland (all)	International	24*	3*	16*	19*	8*	4*	\|
2022-23	ZSC Lions	NL	52*	7*	23*	30*	24*	4*	\|	Playoffs	9	2	3	5	0	1
	Finland	WC	8*	2*	3*	5*	0*	1*	\|
	Finland (all)	International	15*	2*	8*	10*	2*	2*	\|
2023-24	ZSC Lions	NL	51*	4*	26*	30*	10*	28*	\|	Playoffs	15	0	2	2	6	2
	Finland “A”	WC	8*	1*	2*	3*	0*	1*	\|
	Finland (all)	International	10*	1*	3*	4*	0*	1*	\|
2024-25	ZSC Lions	NL	50*	5*	19*	24*	8*	11*	\|	Playoffs	16	1	8	9	4	2
	Finland “C”	WC	8*	3*	5*	8*	4*	7*	\|
	Finland (all) “C”	International	11*	4*	6*	10*	8*	10*	\|
2025-26	ZSC Lions	NL	32*	6*	10*	16*	12*	-2*	\|
	Finland (all)	International	6*	1*	3*	4*	22*	-2*	\|
	Projected	NL	50*	9*	16*	25*	19*	-3*	\|

Mikko Lehtonen Tournament Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
2010-11	Finland U17	EYOF	3*	0*	0*	0*	0*	0*	\|
2011-12	TPS	ET	2*	0*	0*	0*	4*	-*	\|
	Finland U18	Ivan Hlinka Memorial	5*	0*	1*	1*	0*	0*	\|
2012-13	TPS	ET	8*	0*	0*	0*	6*	-*	\|
2014-15	TPS	Champions HL	8*	1*	0*	1*	0*	1*	\|
2015-16	Finland	EHT	1*	0*	0*	0*	0*	0*	\|
2016-17	Finland	EHT	6*	0*	1*	1*	4*	2*	\|
2017-18	Tappara	Champions HL	8*	2*	5*	7*	2*	4*	\|
	Finland	EHT	4*	0*	1*	1*	2*	2*	\|
2018-19	Finland	EHT	9*	2*	5*	7*	2*	3*	\|
2019-20	Finland	EHT	3*	1*	1*	2*	0*	0*	\|
2021-22	Finland	EHT	8*	0*	3*	3*	2*	4*	\|
2022-23	ZSC Lions	Champions HL	8*	1*	6*	7*	0*	10*	\|
	Finland	EHT	5*	0*	4*	4*	2*	1*	\|
2023-24	Finland	EHT	2*	0*	1*	1*	0*	0*	\|
2024-25	ZSC Lions	Champions HL	13*	2*	8*	10*	2*	5*	\|
	Finland “C”	EHT	3*	1*	1*	2*	4*	3*	\|
2025-26	ZSC Lions	Champions HL	8*	1*	4*	5*	4*	-1*	\|
	Finland	EHT	6*	1*	3*	4*	22*	-2*	\|

Mikko Lehtonen Career Totals

League	Years	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	\|	Years	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
Champions HL	5	45*	7*	23*	30*	0.67*	8*	19*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
EHT	10	47*	5*	20*	25*	0.53*	38*	13*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
ET	2	10*	0*	0*	0*	0.00*	10*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
EYOF	1	3*	0*	0*	0*	0.00*	0*	0*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
Ivan Hlinka Memorial (Hlinka Gretzky Cup)	1	5*	0*	1*	1*	0.20*	0*	0*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
International	10	118*	19*	55*	74*	0.63*	50*	25*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
International-Jr	5	50*	3*	10*	13*	0.26*	14*	5*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
KHL	3	92*	26*	48*	74*	0.80*	28*	37*	\|	2	21	2 *	9 *	11 *	0.52 *	14 *	-1 *
Liiga (SM-liiga)	6	220*	30*	49*	79*	0.36*	72*	-28*	\|	1	16	1 *	3 *	4 *	0.25 *	10 *	-1 *
Mestis	2	65*	5*	22*	27*	0.42*	18*	28*	\|	2	27	4 *	13 *	17 *	0.63 *	28 *	-1 *
NHL	1	26*	0*	6*	6*	0.23*	8*	-2*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
NL	4	185*	22*	78*	100*	0.54*	54*	41*	\|	3	40	3 *	13 *	16 *	0.40 *	10 *	5 *
OG	2	7*	1*	3*	4*	0.57*	4*	6*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
SHL	2	61*	5*	19*	24*	0.39*	30*	9*	\|	2	25	1 *	8 *	9 *	0.36 *	10 *	8 *
U16 SM-sarja	1	27*	5*	16*	21*	0.78*	20*	-*	\|	1	7	2 *	1 *	3 *	0.43 *	4 *	- *
U16 SM-sarja Q	1	8*	4*	7*	11*	1.38*	2*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
U17 SM-sarja	1	1*	1*	0*	1*	1.00*	0*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
U18 SM-sarja	2	19*	8*	16*	24*	1.26*	20*	-*	\|	2	20	1 *	5 *	6 *	0.30 *	26 *	- *
U18 SM-sarja Q	2	10*	3*	10*	13*	1.30*	14*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
U20 SM-liiga (U20 SM-sarja)	3	90*	15*	47*	62*	0.69*	56*	32*	\|	1	9	1 *	1 *	2 *	0.22 *	16 *	-2 *
WC	6	54*	11*	26*	37*	0.69*	6*	18*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
WHC-17	1	5*	1*	1*	2*	0.40*	4*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
WJC-18	1	7*	0*	1*	1*	0.14*	0*	4*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
WJC-20	1	7*	0*	1*	1*	0.14*	4*	0*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*

* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Mikko Lehtonen Career Highlights

Season

Awards by season

2009-2010
- U17 SM-sarja Champion
2010-2011
- EYOF Silver Medal
- U18 SM-sarja Silver Medal
2011-2012
- U18 SM-sarja Bronze Medal
- U20 SM-liiga Rookie of the Month (January)
2013-2014
2014-2015
- Finland2 (Mestis) Playoffs Most Points by Defenseman (9)
2016-2017
- SHL Champion
2017-2018
- Liiga Silver Medal
2018-2019
- World Championship All-Star Team
- World Championship Gold Medal
2019-2020
- KHL All-Star Game
- KHL Best Defenseman
- KHL Defenseman of the Month (January)
- KHL Defenseman of the Month (November)
- KHL Defenseman of the Month (December)
- KHL Most Assists by Defenseman (32)
- KHL Most Goals by Defenseman (17)
- KHL Most Points by Defenseman (49)
2021-2022
2023-2024
- NL Champion (ZSC)
- NL Media All-Star Team (ZSC)
2024-2025

Transactions

DATE	STATUS	FROM	TO
09/05/2025
09/05/2025	Extension	ZSC Lions	ZSC Lions
10/23/2023
10/23/2023	Extension	ZSC Lions	ZSC Lions
05/11/2022
05/11/2022	Confirmed	SKA St. Petersburg	ZSC Lions
10/17/2021
10/17/2021	Confirmed	Columbus Blue Jackets	SKA St. Petersburg
10/12/2021
10/12/2021	Confirmed	Columbus Blue Jackets	Unknown
07/30/2021
07/30/2021	Extension	Columbus Blue Jackets	Columbus Blue Jackets
03/12/2021
03/12/2021	Confirmed	Toronto Maple Leafs	Columbus Blue Jackets
08/01/2020
08/01/2020	Loan	Toronto Maple Leafs	Jokerit
05/04/2020
05/04/2020	Confirmed	Jokerit	Toronto Maple Leafs
04/09/2019
04/09/2019	Confirmed	HV71	Jokerit
05/20/2018
05/20/2018	Confirmed	Tappara	HV71
05/29/2017
05/29/2017	Confirmed	HV71	Tappara
02/14/2017
02/14/2017	Confirmed	KooKoo	HV71
05/06/2015
05/06/2015	Confirmed	TUTO Hockey	KooKoo
02/05/2015
02/05/2015	Confirmed	TPS	TUTO Hockey
01/02/2015
01/02/2015	Loan	TPS	TUTO Hockey
01/14/2014
01/14/2014	Extension	TPS	TPS
06/13/2013
06/13/2013	Loan	TPS	TUTO Hockey
08/05/2011
08/05/2011	Extension	TPS U20	TPS

Player Biography and Trivia

Cult/Star player for ZSC Lions