Top NHL Defensemen by Goals

2021-22·Regular Season·20+ GP

Cale Makar (COL) leads NHL defensemen with 28 goals across 77 games, 5 ahead of Roman Josi. Victor Hedman rounds out the top three at 20. Rankings cover the 2021-22 NHL season among qualifying defensemen.

Position: DefenseMin GP: 20+

Player	Team	Pos	Age	GP	G	A	A1	P	P/60	S%	xGF%	CF%	+/-	TOI	Cap Hit
Cale Makar DCOL#8	COL	D	27	77	28	58	29	86	2.61	11.7%	58.0	55.3	+48	25.7	$9.00M
Roman Josi DNSH#59	NSH	D	36	80	23	73	36	96	2.82	8.2%	50.4	51.3	+13	25.6	$9.06M
Victor Hedman DTBL#77	TBL	D	35	82	20	65	34	85	2.48	9.1%	53.8	53.3	+26	25.1	$7.88M
John Carlson DWSH#74	WSH	D	36	78	17	54	25	71	2.29	8.7%	50.3	50.7	+13	23.8	$8.00M
Justin Faulk DSTL#72	STL	D	34	76	16	31	8	47	1.60	9.6%	50.1	48.2	+41	23.2	$6.50M
Aaron Ekblad DFLA#5	FLA	D	30	61	15	42	13	57	2.25	8.3%	61.8	58.1	+38	24.9	$7.50M
Shea Theodore DVGK#27	VGK	D	31	78	14	38	22	52	1.73	6.8%	52.0	53.2	+6	23.1	$5.20M
Shayne Gostisbehere DARI#4	ARI	D	33	82	14	37	16	51	1.68	9.3%	42.0	43.8	−23	22.2	$4.50M
Devon Toews DCOL#7	COL	D	32	66	13	44	11	57	2.04	8.2%	56.8	56.1	+52	25.4	$4.10M
Rasmus Dahlin DBUF#26	BUF	D	26	80	13	40	21	53	1.66	7.6%	45.3	50.3	−22	24.0	$6.00M
Noah Dobson DNYI#8	NYI	D	26	80	13	38	21	51	1.78	6.8%	46.6	45.4	−3	21.5	$894,167
Alex Pietrangelo DVGK#7	VGK	D	36	80	13	31	17	44	1.34	5.7%	51.6	54.1	+7	24.6	$8.80M
Evan Bouchard DEDM#2	EDM	D	26	81	12	31	12	43	1.61	5.9%	52.3	55.5	+10	19.8	$863,334
Josh Morrissey DWPG#44	WPG	D	31	79	12	25	14	37	1.19	6.9%	54.2	52.4	−3	23.7	$6.25M
Dmitry Orlov DWSH#7	WSH	D	35	76	12	23	14	35	1.32	9.4%	52.8	52.0	+25	21.0	$5.10M
Adam Fox DNYR#23	NYR	D	28	78	11	63	33	74	2.38	7.0%	51.1	49.6	+18	23.9	$925,000
Zach Werenski DCBJ#8	CBJ	D	29	68	11	37	22	48	1.65	5.1%	47.2	50.5	−15	25.7	$5.00M
Damon Severson DNJD#78	NJD	D	32	80	11	35	18	46	1.46	7.0%	50.8	51.6	−14	23.6	$4.17M
Jacob Trouba DNYR#65	NYR	D	32	81	11	28	14	39	1.29	5.4%	47.7	48.5	+25	22.4	$8.00M
Brandon Montour DFLA#62	FLA	D	32	81	11	26	10	37	1.53	7.2%	56.1	56.2	+15	17.9	$3.50M
Mike Matheson DPIT#8	PIT	D	32	74	11	20	11	31	1.34	7.9%	56.4	53.6	+12	18.8	$4.88M
Adam Boqvist DCBJ#34	CBJ	D	26	52	11	11	4	22	1.49	17.2%	44.2	48.0	−11	17.0	$894,167
Kris Letang DPIT#58	PIT	D	39	78	10	58	34	68	2.03	4.7%	51.8	50.8	+20	25.8	$7.25M
Morgan Rielly DTOR#44	TOR	D	32	82	10	58	32	68	2.10	4.5%	54.1	53.5	+16	23.7	$5.00M
Charlie McAvoy DBOS#73	BOS	D	28	78	10	46	16	56	1.75	6.0%	61.4	57.6	+31	24.6	$4.90M
Brent Burns DSJS#8	SJS	D	41	82	10	44	25	54	1.51	4.9%	46.4	44.9	−15	26.1	$8.00M
Tony DeAngelo DCAR#4	CAR	D	30	64	10	41	21	51	2.41	6.6%	54.9	54.1	+30	19.8	$1.00M
Noah Hanifin DCGY#15	CGY	D	29	81	10	38	12	48	1.67	5.3%	56.1	55.3	+27	21.3	$4.95M
Jared Spurgeon DMIN#46	MIN	D	36	65	10	30	16	40	1.75	8.6%	57.6	55.0	+32	21.2	$7.58M
Gustav Forsling DFLA#42	FLA	D	30	71	10	27	13	37	1.47	6.9%	57.4	55.4	+41	21.2	$2.67M
Erik Karlsson DSJS#65	SJS	D	36	50	10	25	13	35	1.79	8.5%	50.1	49.8	−14	23.5	$11.50M
Carson Soucy DSEA#4	SEA	D	32	64	10	11	7	21	1.11	10.3%	51.6	50.7	+7	17.7	$2.75M
Torey Krug DSTL#47	STL	D	35	64	9	34	14	43	1.96	7.6%	47.9	48.2	+23	20.6	$6.50M
Cam Fowler DANA#17	ANA	D	34	76	9	33	16	42	1.36	7.3%	50.5	50.7	−9	24.4	$6.50M
Brady Skjei DCAR#76	CAR	D	32	82	9	30	16	39	1.35	4.9%	53.1	54.8	+22	21.1	$5.25M
Darnell Nurse DEDM#25	EDM	D	31	71	9	26	12	35	1.18	4.4%	53.4	53.7	+18	25.0	$5.60M
Oliver Kylington DCGY#58	CGY	D	29	73	9	22	8	31	1.40	6.5%	55.8	53.6	+34	18.2	$750,000
Ivan Provorov DPHI#9	PHI	D	29	79	9	22	8	31	0.95	5.3%	46.8	47.7	−20	24.9	$6.75M
Dougie Hamilton DNJD#7	NJD	D	33	62	9	21	10	30	1.37	4.6%	50.6	52.1	−19	21.2	$9.00M
Ben Chiarot DFLA#8	FLA	D	35	74	9	17	11	26	0.92	6.3%	48.2	49.4	−14	22.9	$3.50M
Quinn Hughes DVAN#43	VAN	D	26	76	8	60	31	68	2.13	5.3%	49.9	52.6	+10	25.2	$7.85M
MacKenzie Weegar DFLA#52	FLA	D	32	80	8	36	17	44	1.41	3.9%	60.0	57.8	+40	23.4	$3.25M
Mark Giordano DTOR#55	TOR	D	43	75	8	27	15	35	1.34	5.3%	53.2	53.1	−9	20.9	$6.75M
Kevin Shattenkirk DANA#12	ANA	D	37	82	8	27	13	35	1.20	4.9%	45.8	46.2	−9	21.4	$3.90M
Erik Johnson DCOL#6	COL	D	38	77	8	17	7	25	1.13	5.8%	52.4	51.0	+22	17.3	$6.00M
Adam Larsson DSEA#6	SEA	D	33	82	8	17	10	25	0.82	6.7%	46.4	51.0	−23	22.3	$4.00M
Anton Stralman DARI#86	ARI	D	40	74	8	15	7	23	0.87	8.4%	42.8	44.2	−16	21.3	$5.50M
Zach Whitecloud DVGK#28	VGK	D	29	59	8	11	8	19	1.03	8.5%	54.0	52.5	+21	18.8	$725,000
Martin Fehérváry DWSH#42	WSH	D	27	79	8	9	6	17	0.66	8.3%	48.9	48.8	+15	19.7	$791,667
Moritz Seider DDET#53	DET	D	25	82	7	43	20	50	1.59	3.7%	46.4	46.8	−9	23.0	$863,334

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