Top NHL Defensemen by Goals

2024-25·Regular Season·20+ GP

Cale Makar (COL) leads NHL defensemen with 30 goals across 80 games, 7 ahead of Zach Werenski. Jakob Chychrun rounds out the top three at 20. Rankings cover the 2024-25 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	80	30	62	34	92	2.68	12.2%	57.8	56.2	+28	25.7	$9.00M
Zach Werenski DCBJ#8	CBJ	D	29	81	23	59	32	82	2.27	7.7%	52.3	52.3	+12	26.7	$9.58M
Jakob Chychrun DWSH#6	WSH	D	28	74	20	27	15	47	1.81	11.2%	47.8	52.0	+17	21.1	$4.60M
Brandon Montour DSEA#62	SEA	D	32	81	18	23	10	41	1.32	7.8%	47.4	48.5	−22	23.0	$7.14M
Rasmus Dahlin DBUF#26	BUF	D	26	73	17	51	27	68	2.31	8.5%	52.1	55.0	+11	24.2	$11.00M
Quinn Hughes DVAN#43	VAN	D	26	68	16	60	34	76	2.61	8.3%	54.7	56.0	+2	25.7	$7.85M
Thomas Harley DDAL#55	DAL	D	25	78	16	34	14	50	1.64	9.4%	53.2	52.1	+32	23.4	$4.00M
Colton Parayko DSTL#55	STL	D	33	64	16	20	10	36	1.42	12.8%	51.8	47.3	+12	23.8	$6.50M
Victor Hedman DTBL#77	TBL	D	35	79	15	51	26	66	2.17	8.3%	54.2	52.0	+18	23.1	$7.88M
Mikhail Sergachev DUTA#98	UTA	D	28	77	15	38	22	53	1.64	11.4%	53.8	54.1	−8	25.1	$8.50M
Evan Bouchard DEDM#2	EDM	D	26	82	14	53	14	67	2.09	6.0%	57.8	59.6	+14	23.5	$3.90M
Josh Morrissey DWPG#44	WPG	D	31	80	14	48	19	62	1.91	8.1%	54.8	51.1	+17	24.4	$6.25M
Jackson LaCombe DANA#2	ANA	D	25	75	14	29	18	43	1.54	10.4%	48.5	49.2	0	22.3	$925,000
Jake Sanderson DOTT#85	OTT	D	24	80	11	46	20	57	1.75	5.6%	50.5	50.8	−14	24.4	$8.05M
Erik Karlsson DPIT#65	PIT	D	36	82	11	42	17	53	1.67	5.8%	48.2	51.8	−24	23.2	$11.50M
Vince Dunn DSEA#29	SEA	D	29	62	11	28	12	39	1.71	8.0%	50.2	51.0	−3	22.1	$7.35M
Rasmus Andersson DCGY#4	CGY	D	29	81	11	20	7	31	0.96	6.7%	45.8	49.9	−38	24.0	$4.55M
Gustav Forsling DFLA#42	FLA	D	30	80	11	20	10	31	1.01	5.6%	54.2	56.3	+33	22.9	$5.75M
Adam Fox DNYR#23	NYR	D	28	74	10	51	30	61	2.13	7.4%	52.7	56.0	+9	23.2	$9.50M
Devon Toews DCOL#7	COL	D	32	76	10	34	14	44	1.41	7.2%	56.3	56.3	+30	24.6	$7.25M
Noah Dobson DNYI#8	NYI	D	26	71	10	29	16	39	1.42	5.1%	54.9	53.0	−16	23.3	$4.00M
Noah Hanifin DVGK#15	VGK	D	29	80	10	29	17	39	1.36	6.9%	54.6	52.9	+8	21.6	$7.35M
Neal Pionk DWPG#4	WPG	D	31	69	10	29	17	39	1.54	8.1%	51.6	50.8	+21	22.1	$5.88M
Brady Skjei DNSH#76	NSH	D	32	82	10	23	10	33	1.10	6.4%	49.6	50.7	−24	21.9	$7.00M
Brock Faber DMIN#7	MIN	D	24	78	10	19	6	29	0.87	8.1%	45.7	46.6	−2	25.5	$925,000
Thomas Chabot DOTT#72	OTT	D	29	80	9	36	18	45	1.47	5.0%	52.0	52.7	+17	23.0	$8.00M
Cam Fowler DSTL#17	STL	D	34	68	9	31	17	40	1.64	10.2%	52.0	50.1	+12	21.5	$6.50M
Dougie Hamilton DNJD#7	NJD	D	33	64	9	31	14	40	1.89	4.8%	51.7	52.1	+8	19.9	$9.00M
Roman Josi DNSH#59	NSH	D	36	53	9	29	19	38	1.72	6.0%	51.9	55.8	−26	25.0	$9.06M
Seth Jones DFLA#3	FLA	D	32	63	9	27	17	36	1.39	7.0%	44.9	48.8	−24	24.6	$9.50M
Mattias Ekholm DEDM#14	EDM	D	36	65	9	24	9	33	1.37	6.3%	59.2	60.2	+11	22.2	$6.25M
Kris Letang DPIT#58	PIT	D	39	74	9	21	8	30	1.03	5.5%	47.6	49.4	−15	23.5	$6.10M
Dante Fabbro DCBJ#15	CBJ	D	28	68	9	17	5	26	1.10	10.1%	51.6	50.6	+20	20.9	$2.50M
MacKenzie Weegar DCGY#52	CGY	D	32	81	8	39	15	47	1.44	4.3%	52.2	54.8	+18	24.2	$6.25M
Moritz Seider DDET#53	DET	D	25	82	8	38	14	46	1.34	4.9%	49.6	49.9	−5	25.1	$8.55M
Travis Sanheim DPHI#6	PHI	D	30	82	8	22	9	30	0.90	5.8%	54.7	49.0	−6	24.5	$6.25M
Philip Broberg DSTL#6	STL	D	25	68	8	21	10	29	1.25	8.2%	54.4	47.5	+21	20.5	$4.58M
Jake Middleton DMIN#5	MIN	D	30	67	8	13	7	21	0.86	8.2%	45.8	45.2	+11	21.9	$2.45M
Shea Theodore DVGK#27	VGK	D	31	67	7	50	28	57	2.32	5.5%	54.2	52.2	+18	22.0	$5.20M
Shayne Gostisbehere DCAR#4	CAR	D	33	70	7	38	12	45	2.08	5.7%	59.9	62.7	+1	18.5	$3.20M
Luke Hughes DNJD#43	NJD	D	23	71	7	37	21	44	1.76	5.8%	51.3	53.2	−9	21.2	$925,000
Morgan Rielly DTOR#44	TOR	D	32	82	7	34	17	41	1.40	5.6%	50.3	47.8	−8	21.4	$7.50M
Owen Power DBUF#25	BUF	D	23	79	7	33	16	40	1.43	5.0%	48.6	51.7	−13	21.3	$8.35M
Jake Walman DEDM#96	EDM	D	30	65	7	33	16	40	1.62	4.3%	48.1	50.5	+4	22.8	$3.40M
Bowen Byram DBUF#4	BUF	D	25	82	7	31	14	38	1.23	7.4%	48.0	48.8	+11	22.7	$3.85M
Ivan Provorov DCBJ#9	CBJ	D	29	82	7	26	12	33	1.03	7.0%	47.0	47.8	+11	23.4	$6.75M
Jared Spurgeon DMIN#46	MIN	D	36	66	7	25	11	32	1.42	6.5%	52.5	51.2	+8	20.5	$7.58M
Simon Edvinsson DDET#77	DET	D	23	78	7	24	14	31	1.13	8.1%	48.4	48.4	+12	21.1	$894,167
Michael Kesselring DUTA#-	UTA	D	26	82	7	22	16	29	1.20	4.7%	53.5	53.6	+4	17.7	$1.40M
Adam Larsson DSEA#6	SEA	D	33	82	7	21	9	28	0.97	6.2%	48.8	48.4	+22	21.2	$4.00M

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