Top NHL Defensemen by Goals per 60

2021-22·Regular Season·20+ GP

Cale Makar (COL) leads NHL defensemen with 0.85 goals per 60 across 77 games, 0.11 ahead of Adam Boqvist. Roman Josi rounds out the top three at 0.68. 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
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
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
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
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
Bowen Byram DCOL#4	COL	D	25	30	5	12	6	17	1.81	10.2%	52.7	53.2	+7	18.8	$894,167
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Drew Doughty DLAK#8	LAK	D	36	39	7	24	10	31	1.85	7.1%	55.6	59.1	+4	25.7	$11.00M
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
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
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
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
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
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
Jakob Chychrun DARI#6	ARI	D	28	47	7	14	7	21	1.17	5.0%	44.8	47.5	−20	23.0	$4.60M
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
Brendan Smith DCAR#2	CAR	D	37	45	4	4	2	8	0.77	6.3%	55.7	57.1	+6	13.9	$800,000
Joel Edmundson DMTL#6	MTL	D	33	24	3	3	2	6	0.77	9.4%	42.4	43.9	−1	19.6	$3.50M
Michael Del Zotto DOTT#4	OTT	D	36	26	3	10	4	13	1.64	8.6%	46.6	47.5	−4	18.3	$2.00M
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
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
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
Alec Martinez DVGK#25	VGK	D	39	26	3	5	1	8	0.94	9.4%	53.5	51.5	+6	19.5	$5.25M
Lucas Carlsson DFLA#36	FLA	D	29	40	3	6	3	9	1.06	7.3%	58.2	56.1	+3	12.7	$750,000
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
Caleb Jones DCHI#82	CHI	D	29	51	5	10	3	15	1.06	8.8%	46.2	45.8	−3	16.7	$850,000
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
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
Rasmus Sandin DTOR#38	TOR	D	26	51	5	11	5	16	1.11	10.9%	59.5	54.8	+9	17.0	$894,167
Joshua Mahura DANA#28	ANA	D	28	38	3	4	2	7	0.79	8.3%	46.0	45.3	−14	14.1	$750,000
Ethan Bear DCAR#25	CAR	D	29	58	5	9	6	14	0.90	5.2%	56.1	56.9	+1	16.1	$2.00M
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
Mathew Dumba DMIN#3	MIN	D	32	57	7	20	12	27	1.23	6.0%	52.1	49.6	+9	23.1	$6.00M
Cam York DPHI#8	PHI	D	25	30	3	7	5	10	1.05	9.1%	46.2	47.5	−14	19.1	$880,833
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
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

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