Top NHL Defensemen by Goals

2023-24·Regular Season·20+ GP

Roman Josi (NSH) leads NHL defensemen with 23 goals across 82 games, 2 ahead of Cale Makar. Rasmus Dahlin rounds out the top three at 20. Rankings cover the 2023-24 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
Roman Josi DNSH#59	NSH	D	36	82	23	62	38	85	2.53	8.6%	53.0	53.8	+12	24.6	$9.06M
Cale Makar DCOL#8	COL	D	27	77	21	69	28	90	2.83	9.1%	55.5	53.2	+15	24.8	$9.00M
Rasmus Dahlin DBUF#26	BUF	D	26	81	20	39	24	59	1.72	8.5%	52.8	54.0	−3	25.4	$6.00M
MacKenzie Weegar DCGY#52	CGY	D	32	82	20	32	14	52	1.66	9.6%	49.0	53.8	+2	22.9	$6.25M
Evan Bouchard DEDM#2	EDM	D	26	81	18	64	25	82	2.64	8.2%	64.0	60.0	+34	23.0	$3.90M
Quinn Hughes DVAN#43	VAN	D	26	82	17	75	35	92	2.73	8.5%	54.6	56.9	+38	24.7	$7.85M
Adam Fox DNYR#23	NYR	D	28	72	17	56	25	73	2.59	12.4%	53.3	53.5	+21	23.4	$9.50M
Drew Doughty DLAK#8	LAK	D	36	82	15	35	14	50	1.42	11.1%	55.1	54.5	+15	25.8	$11.00M
Thomas Harley DDAL#55	DAL	D	25	79	15	32	14	47	1.70	10.4%	54.9	55.7	+28	21.0	$863,334
Jakob Chychrun DOTT#6	OTT	D	28	82	14	27	11	41	1.34	6.9%	46.9	50.5	−30	22.4	$4.60M
Victor Hedman DTBL#77	TBL	D	35	78	13	63	32	76	2.36	7.7%	51.6	51.6	+18	24.8	$7.88M
Noah Hanifin DVGK#15	VGK	D	29	80	13	34	19	47	1.49	7.9%	50.7	51.1	+19	23.6	$4.95M
Brady Skjei DCAR#76	CAR	D	32	80	13	34	16	47	1.66	7.0%	53.2	58.5	+15	21.3	$5.25M
Devon Toews DCOL#7	COL	D	32	82	12	38	16	50	1.56	7.5%	55.7	53.7	+28	23.4	$4.10M
Charlie McAvoy DBOS#73	BOS	D	28	74	12	35	16	47	1.53	9.0%	51.6	48.2	+4	24.8	$9.50M
Jake Walman DDET#96	DET	D	30	63	12	9	2	21	1.01	11.1%	41.8	45.3	−2	19.8	$3.40M
Mike Matheson DMTL#8	MTL	D	32	82	11	51	24	62	1.78	5.9%	45.3	43.1	−24	25.6	$4.88M
Zach Werenski DCBJ#8	CBJ	D	29	70	11	46	19	57	2.00	5.4%	49.0	48.5	0	24.5	$9.58M
Erik Karlsson DPIT#65	PIT	D	36	82	11	45	24	56	1.69	5.2%	54.3	54.6	+4	24.3	$11.50M
Vince Dunn DSEA#29	SEA	D	29	59	11	35	19	46	2.03	9.2%	50.9	52.0	+8	23.1	$7.35M
Mattias Ekholm DEDM#14	EDM	D	36	79	11	34	23	45	1.62	6.2%	63.5	59.9	+44	21.0	$6.25M
Bowen Byram DBUF#4	BUF	D	25	73	11	18	6	29	1.17	13.1%	47.4	49.1	0	20.3	$3.85M
Noah Dobson DNYI#8	NYI	D	26	79	10	60	35	70	2.17	5.7%	48.2	48.9	+12	24.5	$4.00M
Josh Morrissey DWPG#44	WPG	D	31	81	10	59	28	69	2.11	5.1%	56.8	52.4	+34	24.2	$6.25M
Shayne Gostisbehere DDET#4	DET	D	33	81	10	46	18	56	2.17	7.2%	46.9	49.4	−16	19.1	$4.13M
John Carlson DWSH#74	WSH	D	36	82	10	42	16	52	1.47	5.7%	47.6	47.7	−7	25.9	$8.00M
Kris Letang DPIT#58	PIT	D	39	82	10	41	18	51	1.51	6.1%	50.0	50.8	+13	24.7	$6.10M
Travis Sanheim DPHI#6	PHI	D	30	81	10	34	17	44	1.37	6.8%	53.4	51.0	−20	23.8	$6.25M
Brent Burns DCAR#8	CAR	D	41	82	10	33	14	43	1.46	5.4%	57.0	60.5	+19	21.5	$8.00M
Gustav Forsling DFLA#42	FLA	D	30	79	10	29	17	39	1.34	6.2%	58.1	58.1	+56	22.1	$2.67M
Jake Sanderson DOTT#85	OTT	D	24	79	10	28	12	38	1.24	6.3%	52.7	53.6	+8	23.2	$925,000
Darnell Nurse DEDM#25	EDM	D	31	81	10	22	11	32	1.08	5.5%	53.3	52.9	+3	21.9	$9.25M
Cam York DPHI#8	PHI	D	25	82	10	20	5	30	0.97	7.5%	52.8	50.7	−13	22.6	$1.60M
Sean Walker DCOL#26	COL	D	31	81	10	19	9	29	1.12	6.7%	53.2	53.7	+11	19.2	$2.65M
Colton Parayko DSTL#55	STL	D	33	82	10	16	8	26	0.80	6.5%	44.3	44.1	+4	23.9	$6.50M
Miro Heiskanen DDAL#4	DAL	D	27	71	9	45	22	54	1.86	5.6%	57.5	57.2	+8	24.5	$8.45M
Luke Hughes DNJD#43	NJD	D	23	82	9	38	16	47	1.60	6.7%	50.6	54.8	−25	21.5	$925,000
Moritz Seider DDET#53	DET	D	25	82	9	33	17	42	1.37	6.7%	44.6	45.8	−7	22.4	$863,334
Sean Durzi DARI#50	ARI	D	27	76	9	32	11	41	1.42	6.3%	50.1	51.4	−1	22.7	$1.70M
Rasmus Andersson DCGY#4	CGY	D	29	78	9	30	14	39	1.26	5.7%	48.6	50.6	−11	23.8	$4.55M
Oliver Ekman-Larsson DFLA#95	FLA	D	35	80	9	23	10	32	1.30	7.3%	55.3	56.3	+10	18.4	$2.25M
Thomas Chabot DOTT#72	OTT	D	29	51	9	21	9	30	1.53	7.6%	53.3	52.9	−3	23.0	$8.00M
Damon Severson DCBJ#78	CBJ	D	32	67	9	19	9	28	1.19	10.2%	48.7	51.2	−10	21.1	$6.25M
Brock Faber DMIN#7	MIN	D	24	82	8	39	18	47	1.38	5.9%	50.5	47.9	−1	25.0	$925,000
Brandon Montour DFLA#62	FLA	D	32	66	8	25	6	33	1.28	4.8%	51.9	55.5	+1	23.4	$3.50M
Seth Jones DCHI#3	CHI	D	32	67	8	23	12	31	1.09	4.7%	45.2	46.9	−15	25.5	$9.50M
K'Andre Miller DNYR#79	NYR	D	26	80	8	22	5	30	1.04	8.3%	47.1	48.5	+5	21.6	$3.87M
Jake McCabe DTOR#22	TOR	D	32	73	8	20	9	28	1.11	11.0%	54.0	50.9	+20	20.7	$4.00M
Josh Manson DCOL#42	COL	D	35	76	8	17	9	25	1.11	6.5%	52.0	55.5	+11	17.8	$4.50M
Jalen Chatfield DCAR#5	CAR	D	30	72	8	14	4	22	1.21	8.9%	59.6	61.1	+15	15.2	$762,500

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