Top NHL Defensemen by Goals per 60

2024-25·Regular Season·20+ GP

Cale Makar (COL) leads NHL defensemen with 0.87 goals per 60 across 80 games, 0.11 ahead of Jakob Chychrun. Zach Werenski rounds out the top three at 0.64. 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Jack Thompson DSJS#26	SJS	D	24	31	4	6	4	10	1.23	9.8%	46.7	46.4	−9	15.8	$828,333
Adam Boqvist DNYI#34	NYI	D	26	35	4	10	5	14	1.71	10.0%	50.4	50.3	−9	14.1	$775,000
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
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
Erik Brannstrom DVAN#26	VAN	D	27	28	3	5	3	8	1.15	9.1%	48.1	49.1	−4	14.9	-
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
Lian Bichsel DDAL#6	DAL	D	22	38	4	5	2	9	0.95	10.3%	50.8	50.3	+2	14.9	$918,333
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
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
Sean Durzi DUTA#50	UTA	D	27	30	4	7	3	11	1.07	10.3%	52.1	53.4	+4	20.6	$6.00M
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
Jordan Oesterle DNSH#82	NSH	D	34	37	4	6	3	10	0.95	10.5%	46.8	49.9	0	17.2	-
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
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
Alec Martinez DCHI#25	CHI	D	39	44	5	7	0	12	0.87	13.2%	39.8	41.1	−15	18.7	$4.00M
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
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
Olen Zellweger DANA#51	ANA	D	23	62	7	13	8	20	1.02	5.4%	46.8	48.2	+1	19.0	$844,167
Charlie McAvoy DBOS#73	BOS	D	28	50	7	16	7	23	1.17	7.1%	51.7	50.5	0	23.7	$9.50M
Dennis Cholowski DNJD#44	NJD	D	28	39	3	7	2	10	1.18	10.0%	49.2	44.8	−3	13.1	$775,000
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Justin Barron DNSH#20	NSH	D	24	62	6	7	3	13	0.72	8.2%	51.3	53.0	−18	17.4	$1.15M
Drew Doughty DLAK#8	LAK	D	36	30	4	13	3	17	1.41	8.7%	52.0	49.9	+9	24.1	$11.00M
Nick Perbix DTBL#48	TBL	D	28	74	6	13	7	19	1.05	9.1%	51.4	51.6	+8	14.7	$1.13M
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
Louis Crevier DCHI#46	CHI	D	25	32	3	1	0	4	0.43	10.7%	42.6	40.9	−6	17.3	$775,000
Tyler Tucker DSTL#75	STL	D	26	38	3	4	1	7	0.76	9.1%	51.5	50.3	+4	14.6	$800,000
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
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
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
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

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