# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/adam-oates
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:39:34.535Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/adam-oates"
name: "Adam Oates"
slug: "adam-oates"
description: "Adam Robert Oates is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player, former co-head coach for the New Jersey Devils and former head coach for the Washington Capitals. He played 19 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Detroit Red Wings, St. Louis Blues, Boston Bruins, Washington Capitals, Philadelphia Flyers, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and Edmonton Oilers from 1985 to 2004. Known as an elite playmaker, Oates's career total of 1,079 assists was the fifth-highest total in NHL history at the time of his 2004 retirement. He has the second highest number of games played and points scored among undrafted NHL players with 1,337 and 1,420, respectively."
tagline: "Canadian ice hockey player and coach"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Adam_Oates_in_2012.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1962-08-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.86
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.148284
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/theadamoates"
    handle:    "theadamoates"
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BC_%D0%9E%D1%83%D1%82%D1%81"
    title: "Адам Оутс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D8%AF%D9%85_%D8%A3%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B3"
    title: "آدم أوتس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "آدم اوتس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Oates"
    title: "Adam Oates"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Oates"
    title: "Adam Oates"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Oates"
    title: "Adam Oates"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Oates"
    title: "Adam Oates"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Oates"
    title: "Adam Oates"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%93%D7%9D_%D7%90%D7%95%D7%98%D7%A1"
    title: "אדם אוטס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Oates"
    title: "Adam Oates"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%80%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%84"
    title: "アダム・オーツ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D1%83%D1%82%D1%81%2C_%D0%90%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BC"
    title: "Оутс, Адам"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Oates"
    title: "Adam Oates"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Oates"
    title: "Adam Oates"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q350538"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump