Top NHL Defensemen by Goals per 60

2023-24·Regular Season·20+ GP

Jacob MacDonald (SJS) leads NHL defensemen with 1.03 goals per 60 across 34 games, 0.31 ahead of Dougie Hamilton. Roman Josi rounds out the top three at 0.68. 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
Jacob MacDonald DSJS#4	SJS	D	33	34	7	2	1	9	1.32	14.3%	38.3	48.5	−14	12.0	-
Dougie Hamilton DNJD#7	NJD	D	33	20	5	11	4	16	2.29	8.2%	54.0	59.9	−8	21.0	$9.00M
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
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
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
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
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
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
Sam Malinski DCOL#70	COL	D	28	23	3	7	1	10	1.83	9.7%	47.1	47.7	+3	14.2	$850,000
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
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
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
Justin Barron DMTL#20	MTL	D	24	48	7	6	2	13	0.87	11.7%	48.2	46.5	−3	18.6	$925,000
John Ludvig DPIT#3	PIT	D	26	33	3	2	1	5	0.77	12.5%	46.9	52.1	−12	11.8	$775,000
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Tony DeAngelo DCAR#4	CAR	D	30	31	3	8	4	11	1.48	6.8%	46.7	56.1	−7	14.3	$1.68M
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
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
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
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
Marc-Edouard Vlasic DSJS#44	SJS	D	39	57	6	6	2	12	0.78	8.3%	37.0	42.6	−27	16.3	$7.00M
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
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
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
Spencer Stastney DNSH#24	NSH	D	26	20	2	2	1	4	0.75	18.2%	56.8	51.4	+9	16.0	$925,000
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
Kevin Shattenkirk DBOS#12	BOS	D	37	61	6	18	14	24	1.50	7.7%	53.4	49.0	−2	15.8	$1.05M
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
Justin Schultz DSEA#4	SEA	D	36	70	7	19	8	26	1.35	7.0%	51.9	53.6	−23	16.5	$3.00M
Daniil Miromanov DCGY#62	CGY	D	29	24	3	4	2	7	0.84	6.5%	53.8	57.0	−2	20.7	-
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
Johnathan Kovacevic DMTL#8	MTL	D	29	62	6	7	4	13	0.76	13.0%	45.6	47.2	+11	16.5	$766,667
Declan Chisholm DMIN#47	MIN	D	26	31	3	6	4	9	1.05	10.3%	53.5	51.6	−7	16.5	$775,000
Mason Lohrei DBOS#6	BOS	D	25	41	4	9	3	13	1.12	9.3%	46.3	45.7	−2	17.0	$925,000
Mike Reilly DNYI#2	NYI	D	33	61	6	18	9	24	1.38	4.8%	52.2	51.0	−1	17.2	$1.00M
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
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
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
Brenden Dillon DWPG#5	WPG	D	35	77	8	12	4	20	0.83	10.1%	51.7	48.9	+20	18.7	$3.90M
Colin Miller DWPG#6	WPG	D	33	46	4	5	3	9	0.75	5.8%	51.2	54.3	+8	15.7	$1.85M
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
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
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

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