Top NHL Defensemen by Goals

2022-23·Regular Season·20+ GP

Erik Karlsson (SJS) leads NHL defensemen with 25 goals across 82 games, 3 ahead of Dougie Hamilton. Brent Burns rounds out the top three at 18. Rankings cover the 2022-23 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
Erik Karlsson DSJS#65	SJS	D	36	82	25	76	42	101	2.89	12.0%	51.4	53.7	−26	25.6	$11.50M
Dougie Hamilton DNJD#7	NJD	D	33	82	22	52	27	74	2.49	8.0%	55.8	54.9	+23	21.8	$9.00M
Brent Burns DCAR#8	CAR	D	41	82	18	43	25	61	1.92	7.1%	58.6	61.5	+19	23.2	$8.00M
Roman Josi DNSH#59	NSH	D	36	67	18	41	21	59	2.10	6.7%	49.1	50.9	+5	25.2	$9.06M
Brady Skjei DCAR#76	CAR	D	32	81	18	20	8	38	1.29	9.6%	55.5	58.9	+7	21.8	$5.25M
Cale Makar DCOL#8	COL	D	27	60	17	49	29	66	2.50	9.7%	57.6	56.9	+16	26.4	$9.00M
Josh Morrissey DWPG#44	WPG	D	31	78	16	60	35	76	2.41	9.3%	52.1	51.2	+2	24.2	$6.25M
Brandon Montour DFLA#62	FLA	D	32	80	16	57	26	73	2.27	6.6%	53.5	52.5	+9	24.1	$3.50M
Rasmus Dahlin DBUF#26	BUF	D	26	78	15	58	35	73	2.18	7.4%	52.7	53.5	+12	25.8	$6.00M
Vince Dunn DSEA#29	SEA	D	29	81	14	50	24	64	2.00	9.3%	55.3	54.4	+28	23.7	$4.00M
Aaron Ekblad DFLA#5	FLA	D	30	71	14	24	15	38	1.37	6.5%	53.0	55.0	−14	23.4	$7.50M
Nikita Zadorov DCGY#91	CGY	D	31	82	14	7	4	21	0.82	10.8%	54.1	60.3	+10	18.7	$3.75M
Tyson Barrie DNSH#8	NSH	D	35	85	13	42	22	55	1.96	8.0%	50.4	47.7	−7	19.8	$4.50M
Noah Dobson DNYI#8	NYI	D	26	78	13	36	22	49	1.85	6.3%	51.5	51.3	+4	20.4	$4.00M
Gustav Forsling DFLA#42	FLA	D	30	82	13	28	16	41	1.28	6.2%	52.5	55.5	+19	23.4	$2.67M
Shayne Gostisbehere DCAR#4	CAR	D	33	75	13	28	15	41	1.58	8.4%	48.3	51.8	−5	20.8	$4.50M
Adam Fox DNYR#23	NYR	D	28	82	12	60	28	72	2.16	7.5%	56.0	54.3	+28	24.4	$9.50M
Darnell Nurse DEDM#25	EDM	D	31	82	12	31	15	43	1.34	5.9%	52.4	51.5	+26	23.5	$9.25M
Kris Letang DPIT#58	PIT	D	39	64	12	29	10	41	1.55	7.5%	52.6	52.0	−13	24.9	$6.10M
Seth Jones DCHI#3	CHI	D	32	72	12	25	11	37	1.26	6.7%	45.1	48.0	−38	24.5	$9.50M
Miro Heiskanen DDAL#4	DAL	D	27	79	11	62	34	73	2.17	5.3%	55.2	54.3	+12	25.5	$8.45M
Alex Pietrangelo DVGK#7	VGK	D	36	73	11	43	19	54	1.85	6.5%	52.8	48.0	+13	24.0	$8.80M
Justin Faulk DSTL#72	STL	D	34	82	11	39	20	50	1.56	5.6%	43.4	45.2	−4	23.4	$6.50M
Rasmus Andersson DCGY#4	CGY	D	29	79	11	38	23	49	1.55	6.9%	51.9	53.1	+5	24.1	$4.55M
Tony DeAngelo DPHI#4	PHI	D	30	70	11	31	16	42	1.63	6.3%	45.6	49.0	−27	22.1	-
Thomas Chabot DOTT#72	OTT	D	29	68	11	30	12	41	1.45	6.7%	52.3	51.5	−11	25.0	$8.00M
Jared Spurgeon DMIN#46	MIN	D	36	79	11	23	11	34	1.18	7.4%	52.2	49.8	+32	21.8	$7.58M
Mikhail Sergachev DTBL#98	TBL	D	28	79	10	54	28	64	2.04	6.4%	54.1	52.3	+13	23.8	$4.80M
Hampus Lindholm DBOS#27	BOS	D	32	80	10	43	24	53	1.71	6.3%	57.4	52.7	+49	23.2	$6.50M
Cam Fowler DANA#17	ANA	D	34	82	10	38	21	48	1.45	7.7%	42.3	43.8	−23	24.2	$6.50M
John Klingberg DMIN#36	MIN	D	34	67	10	23	15	33	1.43	8.9%	39.3	43.1	−25	20.6	$7.00M
Neal Pionk DWPG#4	WPG	D	31	82	10	23	7	33	1.10	7.0%	50.0	49.2	−12	21.9	$5.88M
Bowen Byram DCOL#4	COL	D	25	42	10	14	8	24	1.57	15.4%	51.8	50.6	+7	21.9	$894,167
Drew Doughty DLAK#8	LAK	D	36	81	9	43	14	52	1.47	6.2%	54.0	52.6	+12	26.2	$11.00M
Victor Hedman DTBL#77	TBL	D	35	76	9	40	23	49	1.63	4.9%	50.8	50.3	+10	23.7	$7.88M
K'Andre Miller DNYR#79	NYR	D	26	79	9	34	14	43	1.49	8.0%	51.0	51.7	+12	22.0	$925,000
Filip Hronek DVAN#17	VAN	D	28	64	9	30	13	39	1.68	7.3%	47.9	45.3	+7	21.7	$4.40M
Sean Durzi DLAK#50	LAK	D	27	72	9	29	11	38	1.60	8.2%	51.1	51.6	−12	19.8	$1.70M
Jakob Chychrun DOTT#6	OTT	D	28	48	9	24	7	33	1.82	6.2%	48.3	50.6	+7	22.7	$4.60M
Mattias Ekholm DEDM#14	EDM	D	36	78	9	23	16	32	1.15	6.7%	55.9	54.1	+28	21.5	$6.25M
John Carlson DWSH#74	WSH	D	36	40	9	20	9	29	1.86	7.3%	49.5	51.1	−7	23.4	$8.00M
Matt Roy DLAK#3	LAK	D	31	82	9	17	7	26	1.01	6.7%	55.1	52.4	+8	18.8	$3.15M
Jamie Oleksiak DSEA#24	SEA	D	33	75	9	16	6	25	1.04	11.8%	51.7	51.9	+13	19.3	$4.60M
Jake Walman DDET#96	DET	D	30	63	9	9	5	18	0.87	6.4%	53.1	50.1	+10	19.7	$1.05M
Shea Theodore DVGK#27	VGK	D	31	55	8	33	15	41	2.09	5.9%	52.9	50.4	+16	21.4	$5.20M
Evan Bouchard DEDM#2	EDM	D	26	82	8	32	11	40	1.58	5.1%	57.7	57.1	+6	18.5	$863,334
Mike Matheson DMTL#8	MTL	D	32	48	8	26	18	34	1.74	6.3%	44.2	46.6	+7	24.5	$4.88M
Adam Larsson DSEA#6	SEA	D	33	82	8	25	12	33	1.02	5.6%	53.7	54.4	+27	23.6	$4.00M
Jacob Trouba DNYR#65	NYR	D	32	82	8	22	12	30	1.04	4.0%	49.5	50.8	+7	21.2	$8.00M
Ryan Graves DNJD#27	NJD	D	31	78	8	18	5	26	1.00	5.7%	52.9	51.6	+34	19.9	$3.17M

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