Top NHL Defensemen by Goals per 60

2025-26·Regular Season·20+ GP

Jakob Chychrun (WSH) leads NHL defensemen with 0.84 goals per 60 across 80 games, 0.04 ahead of Darren Raddysh. Shayne Gostisbehere rounds out the top three at 0.74. Rankings cover the 2025-26 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
Jakob Chychrun DWSH#6	WSH	D	28	80	26	34	13	60	1.93	11.8%	50.2	51.4	+20	23.3	$9.00M
Darren Raddysh DTBL#43	TBL	D	30	73	22	48	24	70	2.54	10.4%	56.1	57.2	+21	22.7	$975,000
Shayne Gostisbehere DCAR#4	CAR	D	33	55	13	37	17	50	2.84	11.2%	59.2	59.9	+11	19.2	$3.20M
Matthew Schaefer DNYI#48	NYI	D	19	82	23	36	17	59	1.75	10.4%	50.0	49.9	+13	24.7	$975,000
Zach Werenski DCBJ#8	CBJ	D	29	75	22	59	28	81	2.43	8.5%	55.3	53.8	+7	26.6	$9.58M
Cale Makar DCOL#8	COL	D	27	75	20	59	33	79	2.54	10.1%	57.0	54.3	+32	24.8	$9.00M
Evan Bouchard DEDM#2	EDM	D	26	82	21	74	33	95	2.82	9.5%	58.5	55.3	+25	24.7	$10.50M
Rasmus Dahlin DBUF#26	BUF	D	26	77	19	55	26	74	2.38	9.7%	53.3	51.5	+18	24.2	$11.00M
Justin Faulk DDET#72	DET	D	34	78	16	24	13	40	1.40	10.8%	44.6	46.5	−8	22.0	$6.50M
Rasmus Andersson DVGK#4	VGK	D	29	81	17	30	22	47	1.50	9.6%	50.1	50.3	+4	23.2	$4.55M
Denton Mateychuk DCBJ#5	CBJ	D	22	75	13	18	11	31	1.29	14.8%	51.3	51.2	+12	19.2	$886,666
John Klingberg DSJS#36	SJS	D	34	56	10	17	4	27	1.41	12.7%	48.0	49.0	−13	20.5	$4.00M
John Carlson DANA#74	ANA	D	36	71	14	46	23	60	2.19	9.1%	54.2	54.5	+9	23.2	$8.00M
Erik Karlsson DPIT#65	PIT	D	36	75	15	51	23	66	2.24	8.5%	50.8	53.8	+8	23.6	$11.50M
Jake Sanderson DOTT#85	OTT	D	24	67	14	40	17	54	1.95	9.5%	56.3	56.0	+16	24.8	$8.05M
Simon Nemec DNJD#17	NJD	D	22	68	11	15	9	26	1.17	10.9%	47.8	50.1	−11	19.7	$918,333
Jake Walman DEDM#96	EDM	D	30	53	8	12	7	20	1.21	8.3%	43.3	48.5	−17	18.8	$3.40M
Nick Blankenburg DCOL#3	COL	D	28	61	8	16	10	24	1.41	11.1%	50.6	53.9	−10	16.8	$775,000
Brent Burns DCOL#8	COL	D	41	82	12	23	13	35	1.36	7.0%	56.3	55.3	+33	18.9	$1.00M
Roman Josi DNSH#59	NSH	D	36	68	13	42	19	55	1.95	7.2%	48.4	50.7	−15	24.9	$9.06M
Brandon Montour DSEA#62	SEA	D	32	64	11	21	12	32	1.33	6.3%	46.4	48.2	−21	22.6	$7.14M
Brock Faber DMIN#7	MIN	D	24	80	15	36	19	51	1.55	8.7%	54.1	50.0	+18	24.7	$8.50M
Ben Hutton DVGK#17	VGK	D	33	55	6	9	3	15	1.12	8.5%	53.9	50.2	+2	14.6	$975,000
Alexander Nikishin DCAR#21	CAR	D	25	81	11	22	12	33	1.34	9.0%	54.4	58.6	+18	18.2	$925,000
Josh Morrissey DWPG#44	WPG	D	31	77	14	41	22	55	1.73	9.6%	50.0	49.2	+6	24.7	$6.25M
Mattias Samuelsson DBUF#23	BUF	D	26	78	13	28	12	41	1.38	11.9%	50.2	46.9	+41	22.8	$4.29M
Dougie Hamilton DNJD#7	NJD	D	33	77	12	27	10	39	1.41	5.9%	51.3	54.6	−2	21.5	$9.00M
Vladislav Gavrikov DNYR#84	NYR	D	30	82	14	21	9	35	1.08	11.8%	48.5	50.8	−8	23.7	$7.00M
Logan Stanley DBUF#8	BUF	D	28	76	9	17	7	26	1.23	9.4%	46.1	47.6	+3	16.7	$1.25M
Adam Fox DNYR#23	NYR	D	28	55	9	44	17	53	2.45	9.9%	55.4	55.9	+5	23.6	$9.50M
Ryker Evans DSEA#41	SEA	D	24	67	8	9	5	17	0.86	17.4%	49.9	44.9	+5	17.8	$2.05M
Morgan Rielly DTOR#44	TOR	D	32	78	11	25	10	36	1.31	7.8%	46.0	48.0	−18	21.1	$7.50M
Noah Dobson DMTL#8	MTL	D	26	80	12	35	18	47	1.57	7.6%	48.4	47.3	+5	22.5	$9.50M
Charlie McAvoy DBOS#73	BOS	D	28	69	11	50	30	61	2.17	9.9%	49.6	48.8	+13	24.4	$9.50M
Ryan McDonagh DTBL#27	TBL	D	37	48	6	15	9	21	1.36	15.4%	55.6	50.0	+14	19.3	$6.75M
Axel Sandin-Pellikka DDET#-	DET	D	21	68	7	14	7	21	1.14	10.3%	44.6	50.5	−20	16.2	$918,333
Zayne Parekh DCGY#89	CGY	D	20	37	4	5	3	9	0.85	8.2%	40.6	49.4	−9	17.1	$942,500
Vince Dunn DSEA#29	SEA	D	29	81	11	33	18	44	1.50	6.1%	43.7	45.7	−24	21.7	$7.35M
Shea Theodore DVGK#27	VGK	D	31	70	10	29	14	39	1.46	7.7%	57.0	54.3	+19	22.8	$7.43M
Lane Hutson DMTL#48	MTL	D	22	82	12	66	31	78	2.40	9.7%	55.0	52.4	+36	23.8	$950,000
Bowen Byram DBUF#4	BUF	D	25	82	11	31	15	42	1.38	10.1%	48.7	48.9	+15	22.3	$6.25M
Pavel Mintyukov DANA#34	ANA	D	22	73	8	14	4	22	0.98	10.1%	49.8	50.0	−3	18.4	$918,333
Shakir Mukhamadullin DSJS#85	SJS	D	24	50	5	7	3	12	0.84	10.2%	44.8	44.5	−3	17.1	$1.00M
Seth Jones DFLA#3	FLA	D	32	52	7	25	11	32	1.56	8.0%	49.0	51.3	−3	23.7	$9.50M
Mason Lohrei DBOS#6	BOS	D	25	73	7	19	10	26	1.26	9.7%	47.0	47.1	+17	16.9	$3.20M
Uvis Balinskis DFLA#26	FLA	D	30	54	5	10	5	15	1.02	7.6%	48.4	51.3	−13	16.4	$850,000
Travis Sanheim DPHI#6	PHI	D	30	81	11	26	13	37	1.13	11.6%	53.1	48.0	+12	24.2	$6.25M
Simon Edvinsson DDET#77	DET	D	23	72	9	16	9	25	0.93	10.2%	52.1	51.8	+12	22.4	$894,167
Sam Malinski DCOL#70	COL	D	28	82	8	32	19	40	1.66	4.9%	62.0	58.7	+43	17.6	$1.40M
Matthew Kessel DSTL#51	STL	D	26	29	2	1	1	3	0.50	10.0%	45.3	45.8	+1	12.5	$800,000

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