Top NHL Defensemen by Plus/Minus

2021-22·Regular Season·20+ GP

Devon Toews (COL) leads NHL defensemen with +52 plus/minus across 66 games, 4 ahead of Cale Makar. Justin Faulk rounds out the top three at +41. 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
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
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
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
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 Goligoski DMIN#33	MIN	D	41	72	2	28	11	30	1.32	2.5%	54.9	52.1	+41	18.9	$5.00M
MacKenzie Weegar DFLA#52	FLA	D	32	80	8	36	17	44	1.41	3.9%	60.0	57.8	+40	23.4	$3.25M
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
Jaccob Slavin DCAR#74	CAR	D	32	79	4	38	14	42	1.36	2.4%	56.7	55.5	+35	23.5	$5.30M
Chris Tanev DCGY#8	CGY	D	36	82	6	22	11	28	1.00	6.8%	55.9	53.5	+35	20.5	$4.50M
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
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
Nick Jensen DWSH#3	WSH	D	36	76	5	16	7	21	0.86	5.7%	51.1	49.4	+32	19.3	$2.50M
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
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
Rasmus Andersson DCGY#4	CGY	D	29	82	4	46	21	50	1.61	2.6%	56.4	54.9	+30	22.7	$4.55M
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
Radko Gudas DFLA#7	FLA	D	36	77	3	13	7	16	0.69	3.0%	56.6	54.5	+27	18.0	$2.50M
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
Alexandre Carrier DNSH#45	NSH	D	30	77	3	27	13	30	1.11	3.2%	48.0	47.2	+26	21.0	$733,333
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
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
Jan Rutta DTBL#84	TBL	D	36	76	3	15	5	18	0.87	3.5%	53.4	51.7	+25	16.4	$1.30M
Brian Dumoulin DPIT#2	PIT	D	35	76	3	15	4	18	0.65	3.3%	51.9	48.5	+24	21.8	$4.10M
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
Dmitry Kulikov DMIN#7	MIN	D	35	80	7	17	11	24	0.99	9.5%	52.2	49.6	+23	18.2	$2.25M
Matt Roy DLAK#3	LAK	D	31	67	2	19	16	21	0.90	1.3%	53.7	55.4	+23	21.0	$3.15M
K'Andre Miller DNYR#79	NYR	D	26	82	7	13	7	20	0.71	6.9%	48.7	50.0	+23	20.6	$925,000
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
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
Matt Grzelcyk DBOS#24	BOS	D	32	73	4	20	9	24	1.05	3.4%	58.6	55.5	+22	18.7	$3.69M
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
Kris Letang DPIT#58	PIT	D	39	78	10	58	34	68	2.03	4.7%	51.8	50.8	+20	25.8	$7.25M
TJ Brodie DTOR#78	TOR	D	36	82	4	24	11	28	0.96	5.9%	54.1	52.7	+20	21.3	$5.00M
Adam Pelech DNYI#3	NYI	D	32	78	3	25	10	28	1.01	2.9%	51.5	49.9	+20	21.3	$5.75M
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
Darnell Nurse DEDM#25	EDM	D	31	71	9	26	12	35	1.18	4.4%	53.4	53.7	+18	25.0	$5.60M
Alexander Edler DLAK#2	LAK	D	40	41	3	16	7	19	1.51	5.6%	56.1	56.1	+18	18.5	$3.50M
Ryan Lindgren DNYR#55	NYR	D	28	78	4	11	6	15	0.57	5.5%	49.9	47.7	+18	20.1	$3.00M
Marco Scandella DSTL#6	STL	D	36	70	3	11	5	14	0.66	3.9%	47.2	43.3	+17	18.1	$3.28M
Olli Maatta DLAK#3	LAK	D	32	66	1	7	2	8	0.40	1.6%	51.8	52.7	+17	18.3	$4.08M
Morgan Rielly DTOR#44	TOR	D	32	82	10	58	32	68	2.10	4.5%	54.1	53.5	+16	23.7	$5.00M
Colton Parayko DSTL#55	STL	D	33	80	6	29	10	35	1.11	4.4%	47.3	43.8	+16	23.6	$5.50M
Brenden Dillon DWPG#5	WPG	D	35	79	3	17	5	20	0.81	3.5%	49.6	47.8	+16	18.8	$3.90M
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
Ryan McDonagh DTBL#27	TBL	D	37	71	4	22	9	26	0.98	4.7%	50.2	47.2	+15	22.4	$6.75M
Timothy Liljegren DTOR#27	TOR	D	27	61	5	18	6	23	1.38	6.3%	57.1	54.9	+15	16.4	$863,334
Duncan Keith DEDM#2	EDM	D	43	64	1	20	10	21	1.00	1.3%	48.8	51.6	+15	19.7	$5.54M
Jon Merrill DMIN#4	MIN	D	34	69	4	16	7	20	1.02	6.8%	49.7	48.0	+15	17.1	$850,000
Ian Cole DCAR#28	CAR	D	37	75	2	17	6	19	0.89	2.6%	57.3	57.9	+15	17.2	$2.90M
Tyler Myers DVAN#57	VAN	D	36	82	1	17	8	18	0.60	0.8%	50.3	48.9	+15	22.0	$6.00M

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