Last updated: March 20, 2026

Chest Injuries in Professional Sports (2026)

Chest injuries are among the most tracked in professional sports. Our database contains 692 recorded chest injuries across the NBA, NFL, MLB, NHL, and EPL. The average recovery time is 52 days. Players miss an average of 17 games.

Recovery Statistics

Average Recovery Time: 52 days
Average Games Missed: 17 games
Total Cases in Database: 692

Chest Injuries in the NFL (338)

Average recovery in the NFL: 54 days.

Jake Hansen — Houston Texans — Dec 28, 2026 → Returned Jan 11, 2027 (14 days)
Mario Edwards — Houston Texans — Dec 21, 2026 → Returned Jan 11, 2027 (21 days)
Brandon Jones — Denver Broncos — Dec 21, 2026 → Returned Jan 11, 2027 (21 days)
Greg Dortch — Detroit Lions — Dec 7, 2026 → Returned Jan 11, 2027 (35 days)
Andre Cisco — New York Jets — Nov 9, 2026 → Returned Jan 11, 2027 (63 days)
Nick Niemann — Green Bay Packers — Nov 2, 2026 → Returned Jan 11, 2027 (70 days)
Mike Gesicki — Cincinnati Bengals — Oct 19, 2026 → Returned Nov 23, 2026 (35 days)
Damar Hamlin — Buffalo Bills — Oct 12, 2026 → Returned Jan 11, 2027 (91 days)
Javontae Jean-Baptiste — Washington Commanders — Oct 5, 2026 → Returned Jan 11, 2027 (98 days)
Marcus Davenport — Detroit Lions — Sep 28, 2026 → Returned Nov 30, 2026 (63 days)
Chris Board — New York Giants — Sep 21, 2026 → Returned Jan 11, 2027 (112 days)
Calijah Kancey — Tampa Bay Buccaneers — Sep 21, 2026 → Returned Jan 4, 2027 (105 days)
James Daniels — Miami Dolphins — Sep 14, 2026 → Returned Jan 11, 2027 (119 days)
Christian Haynes — Seattle Seahawks — Sep 7, 2026 → Returned Nov 16, 2026 (70 days)
John Ridgeway — New Orleans Saints — Sep 7, 2026 → Returned Oct 26, 2026 (49 days)

Chest Injuries in the NBA (9)

Average recovery in the NBA: 33 days.

Cade Cunningham — Detroit Pistons — Mar 19, 2026
Anfernee Simons — Chicago Bulls — Nov 13, 2024 → Returned Nov 21, 2024 (8 days)
Luke Kennard — Atlanta Hawks — Nov 6, 2022 → Returned Nov 6, 2022
Tristan Thompson — Sacramento Kings — May 15, 2021 → Returned May 16, 2021 (1 days)
Tristan Thompson — Sacramento Kings — May 5, 2021 → Returned May 6, 2021 (1 days)
Damian Jones — Los Angeles Lakers — Dec 3, 2018 → Returned Apr 10, 2019 (128 days)
Greg Monroe — Toronto Raptors — Oct 29, 2017 → Returned Nov 6, 2017 (8 days)
Damian Jones — Los Angeles Lakers — Oct 25, 2016 → Returned Dec 9, 2016 (45 days)
Kendrick Perkins — New Orleans Pelicans — Nov 1, 2015 → Returned Dec 11, 2015 (40 days)

Chest Injuries in the NHL (25)

Average recovery in the NHL: 21 days.

F Joshua Dunne — Buffalo Sabres — Jan 15, 2026 → Returned Feb 25, 2026 (41 days)
Conor Timmins — Buffalo Sabres — Dec 20, 2025
F Jason Zucker — Buffalo Sabres — Dec 9, 2025 → Returned Jan 6, 2026 (28 days)
Alexandar Georgiev — Buffalo Sabres — Nov 23, 2025
Michael Kesselring — Buffalo Sabres — Nov 17, 2025 → Returned Dec 17, 2025 (30 days)
Rasmus Dahlin — Buffalo Sabres — Nov 7, 2025 → Returned Nov 16, 2025 (9 days)
F Jason Zucker — Buffalo Sabres — Nov 4, 2025 → Returned Nov 21, 2025 (17 days)
C Tyson Kozak — Buffalo Sabres — Oct 25, 2025 → Returned Nov 6, 2025 (12 days)
Mattias Samuelsson — Buffalo Sabres — Feb 4, 2025 → Returned Feb 22, 2025 (18 days)
C Tyson Kozak — Buffalo Sabres — Feb 3, 2025 → Returned Mar 15, 2025 (40 days)
C Jiri Kulich — Buffalo Sabres — Jan 8, 2025 → Returned Jan 20, 2025 (12 days)
C Sam Lafferty — Buffalo Sabres — Dec 5, 2024 → Returned Dec 5, 2024
C Tage Thompson — Buffalo Sabres — Nov 15, 2024 → Returned Nov 27, 2024 (12 days)
F Zemgus Girgensons — Buffalo Sabres — Nov 20, 2023 → Returned Nov 22, 2023 (2 days)
F Tage Thompson — Buffalo Sabres — Nov 12, 2023 → Returned Nov 14, 2023 (2 days)

Chest Injuries in the MLB (301)

Average recovery in the MLB: 64 days.

Parker Dunshee — Rochester Red Wings — Nov 6, 2025 → Returned Nov 6, 2025
Tyler Schoff — Rochester Red Wings — Nov 6, 2025 → Returned Nov 6, 2025
Kyle Luckham — Rochester Red Wings — Sep 26, 2025 → Returned Sep 26, 2025
Michael Cuevas — Rochester Red Wings — Sep 22, 2025 → Returned Sep 22, 2025
J.T. Arruda — Rochester Red Wings — Sep 22, 2025 → Returned Sep 22, 2025
Joan Adon — Washington Nationals — Sep 22, 2025 → Returned Sep 22, 2025
Marquis Grissom Jr. — Rochester Red Wings — Sep 22, 2025 → Returned Sep 22, 2025
Andrew Pinckney — Rochester Red Wings — Sep 22, 2025 → Returned Sep 22, 2025
Christian Franklin — Rochester Red Wings — Sep 19, 2025 → Returned Sep 19, 2025
Kyle Luckham — Rochester Red Wings — Sep 19, 2025
J.T. Arruda — Rochester Red Wings — Sep 13, 2025
Andrew Pinckney — Rochester Red Wings — Sep 13, 2025
Christian Franklin — Rochester Red Wings — Sep 7, 2025
Seth Shuman — Rochester Red Wings — Sep 5, 2025 → Returned Sep 5, 2025
Juan Yepez — Rochester Red Wings — Sep 2, 2025 → Returned Sep 2, 2025

Chest Injuries in the EPL (19)

Average recovery in the EPL: 32 days.

Jorginho — Arsenal — Apr 13, 2025 → Returned May 6, 2025 (23 days)
Lewis Dunk — Brighton & Hove Albion — Feb 8, 2025 → Returned Apr 2, 2025 (53 days)
Mark Flekken — Brentford — Jan 31, 2025 → Returned Feb 14, 2025 (14 days)
Callum Wilson — West Ham United — Feb 11, 2024 → Returned Apr 15, 2024 (64 days)
Ossama Ashley — West Ham United — Sep 20, 2023 → Returned Jan 6, 2024 (108 days)
Filip Benkovic — Leicester City — Apr 24, 2023 → Returned May 1, 2023 (7 days)
Wojciech Szczęsny — Arsenal — Apr 13, 2023 → Returned Apr 15, 2023 (2 days)
Guglielmo Vicario — Tottenham Hotspur — Mar 3, 2023 → Returned Apr 29, 2023 (57 days)
Jack Price — Wolverhampton Wanderers — Aug 10, 2022 → Returned Sep 8, 2022 (29 days)
Harry Maguire — Manchester United — Jan 1, 2022 → Returned Jan 14, 2022 (13 days)
Jordan Pickford — Everton — Jan 28, 2021 → Returned Feb 18, 2021 (21 days)
Liam Cooper — Leeds United — Dec 21, 2020 → Returned Jan 15, 2021 (25 days)
Phil Bardsley — Burnley — Nov 24, 2020 → Returned Dec 13, 2020 (19 days)
Mark Noble — West Ham United — Oct 25, 2020 → Returned Nov 21, 2020 (27 days)
Frédéric Guilbert — Aston Villa — Oct 2, 2020 → Returned Dec 11, 2020 (70 days)