Top NHL Defensemen by Goals per 60

2022-23·Regular Season·20+ GP

Dougie Hamilton (NJD) leads NHL defensemen with 0.74 goals per 60 across 82 games, 0.03 ahead of Erik Karlsson. Bowen Byram rounds out the top three at 0.65. 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
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
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
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
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
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
Calle Rosen DSTL#43	STL	D	32	49	8	10	4	18	1.41	12.9%	49.4	46.5	+19	15.6	-
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
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
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
Michael Stone DCGY#26	CGY	D	36	48	6	5	3	11	1.03	6.5%	51.5	58.0	+2	13.3	$750,000
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Brad Hunt DCOL#17	COL	D	38	47	4	6	3	10	1.14	8.7%	48.7	53.4	+4	11.2	-
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
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
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
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
Tony DeAngelo DPHI#4	PHI	D	30	70	11	31	16	42	1.63	6.3%	45.6	49.0	−27	22.1	-
Connor Mackey DARI#14	ARI	D	30	30	3	4	1	7	1.00	9.7%	44.0	48.6	−4	14.0	-
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
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
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
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
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
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
Arber Xhekaj DMTL#72	MTL	D	25	51	5	8	5	13	1.00	6.7%	41.6	47.4	−9	15.3	$828,333
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
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
Justin Barron DMTL#20	MTL	D	24	39	4	11	5	15	1.42	10.0%	43.1	44.9	−2	16.3	$925,000
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
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
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
Nils Lundkvist DDAL#5	DAL	D	26	60	6	10	5	16	0.98	6.4%	53.3	52.1	−5	16.3	$925,000
Ben Hutton DVGK#17	VGK	D	33	31	3	5	2	8	0.97	5.8%	53.8	49.6	+1	16.0	$850,000
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
Torey Krug DSTL#47	STL	D	35	63	7	25	13	32	1.64	5.6%	44.7	49.1	−26	18.6	$6.50M
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
Adam Boqvist DCBJ#34	CBJ	D	26	46	5	19	11	24	1.68	7.4%	47.5	48.3	−12	18.6	$2.60M
Nick Blankenburg DCBJ#3	CBJ	D	28	36	4	10	5	14	1.22	8.0%	45.6	47.1	−16	19.2	$825,000
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
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
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
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

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