Top NHL Defensemen by Plus/Minus

2022-23·Regular Season·20+ GP

Hampus Lindholm (BOS) leads NHL defensemen with +49 plus/minus across 80 games, 3 ahead of Matt Grzelcyk. Brandon Carlo rounds out the top three at +44. 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
Hampus Lindholm DBOS#27	BOS	D	32	80	10	43	24	53	1.71	6.3%	57.4	52.7	+49	23.2	$6.50M
Matt Grzelcyk DBOS#24	BOS	D	32	75	4	22	9	26	1.21	3.9%	53.4	50.5	+46	17.2	$3.69M
Brandon Carlo DBOS#25	BOS	D	29	75	3	13	6	16	0.68	3.2%	56.2	49.6	+44	18.8	$4.10M
Devon Toews DCOL#7	COL	D	32	80	7	43	16	50	1.49	4.2%	57.6	54.4	+39	25.1	$4.10M
Ryan Graves DNJD#27	NJD	D	31	78	8	18	5	26	1.00	5.7%	52.9	51.6	+34	19.9	$3.17M
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
Alec Martinez DVGK#25	VGK	D	39	77	3	11	4	14	0.57	3.9%	51.3	45.1	+30	19.2	$5.25M
Charlie McAvoy DBOS#73	BOS	D	28	67	7	45	20	52	2.09	6.7%	55.9	52.5	+29	22.3	$9.50M
Esa Lindell DDAL#23	DAL	D	32	82	8	16	7	24	0.88	6.9%	50.6	48.0	+29	19.9	$5.80M
Ryan Lindgren DNYR#55	NYR	D	28	63	1	17	10	18	0.91	1.3%	54.8	53.8	+29	18.8	$3.00M
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
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
Mattias Ekholm DEDM#14	EDM	D	36	78	9	23	16	32	1.15	6.7%	55.9	54.1	+28	21.5	$6.25M
Adam Larsson DSEA#6	SEA	D	33	82	8	25	12	33	1.02	5.6%	53.7	54.4	+27	23.6	$4.00M
Mark Giordano DTOR#55	TOR	D	43	78	4	20	8	24	0.97	3.7%	58.6	51.3	+27	19.0	$800,000
Jonas Siegenthaler DNJD#71	NJD	D	29	80	4	17	7	21	0.78	4.8%	55.8	52.9	+27	20.2	$1.13M
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
Timothy Liljegren DTOR#27	TOR	D	27	67	6	12	6	18	0.90	7.1%	55.8	50.3	+24	17.9	$1.40M
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
Colin Miller DDAL#6	DAL	D	33	79	6	15	7	21	0.95	5.7%	53.6	53.2	+23	16.8	$1.85M
Jalen Chatfield DCAR#5	CAR	D	30	78	6	8	5	14	0.76	6.5%	58.9	60.0	+23	14.1	$762,500
John Marino DNJD#6	NJD	D	29	64	4	14	11	18	0.80	6.0%	53.8	52.7	+21	21.1	$4.40M
Connor Clifton DBOS#75	BOS	D	31	78	5	18	9	23	0.99	5.4%	51.5	48.4	+20	17.9	$1.00M
Mikey Anderson DLAK#44	LAK	D	27	77	5	15	4	20	0.72	5.6%	54.2	51.7	+20	21.7	$1.00M
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
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
Jake McCabe DTOR#22	TOR	D	32	76	3	22	10	25	1.01	3.1%	49.1	48.0	+19	19.5	$4.00M
Calle Rosen DSTL#43	STL	D	32	49	8	10	4	18	1.41	12.9%	49.4	46.5	+19	15.6	-
Jaccob Slavin DCAR#74	CAR	D	32	76	7	20	10	27	0.97	5.3%	59.3	61.2	+18	22.0	$5.30M
Jani Hakanpää DDAL#28	DAL	D	34	82	6	10	5	16	0.61	7.0%	49.5	47.3	+18	19.3	$1.50M
Carson Soucy DSEA#4	SEA	D	32	78	3	13	5	16	0.76	3.4%	50.0	51.6	+18	16.3	$2.75M
Brayden McNabb DVGK#3	VGK	D	35	82	1	16	7	17	0.63	1.1%	53.0	49.8	+17	19.8	$2.85M
Joshua Mahura DFLA#28	FLA	D	28	82	4	12	8	16	0.83	5.1%	57.4	56.1	+17	14.0	$750,000
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
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
Quinn Hughes DVAN#43	VAN	D	26	78	7	69	35	76	2.28	4.5%	50.4	51.8	+15	25.7	$7.85M
MacKenzie Weegar DCGY#52	CGY	D	32	81	4	27	9	31	1.09	2.5%	56.9	61.7	+15	21.1	$3.25M
Adam Pelech DNYI#3	NYI	D	32	61	6	15	6	21	0.95	6.2%	51.1	51.4	+15	21.7	$5.75M
Nate Schmidt DWPG#88	WPG	D	35	71	7	12	5	19	0.87	6.9%	52.2	51.8	+15	18.5	-
Justin Holl DTOR#3	TOR	D	34	80	2	16	2	18	0.67	3.3%	53.6	50.0	+15	20.2	$2.00M
Jake Middleton DMIN#5	MIN	D	30	79	3	12	6	15	0.60	3.8%	48.6	46.8	+15	19.0	$2.45M
Vincent Desharnais DEDM#5	EDM	D	30	36	0	5	3	5	0.62	0.0%	55.5	49.3	+15	13.5	$762,500
Radko Gudas DFLA#7	FLA	D	36	72	2	15	7	17	0.82	1.8%	57.7	55.6	+14	17.4	$2.50M
Mattias Samuelsson DBUF#23	BUF	D	26	55	2	8	3	10	0.49	2.6%	49.4	47.9	+14	22.2	$925,000
Mikhail Sergachev DTBL#98	TBL	D	28	79	10	54	28	64	2.04	6.4%	54.1	52.3	+13	23.8	$4.80M
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
Alexander Romanov DNYI#28	NYI	D	26	76	2	20	11	22	0.89	2.0%	46.2	46.7	+13	19.4	$2.50M
Ian Cole DTBL#28	TBL	D	37	78	3	14	7	17	0.67	2.8%	54.4	51.3	+13	19.4	$3.00M
Jonas Brodin DMIN#25	MIN	D	33	60	3	11	2	14	0.61	3.3%	51.9	51.9	+13	22.9	$6.00M

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