Top NHL Defensemen by Plus/Minus

2023-24·Regular Season·20+ GP

Gustav Forsling (FLA) leads NHL defensemen with +56 plus/minus across 79 games, 10 ahead of Dylan DeMelo. Mattias Ekholm rounds out the top three at +44. 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
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
Dylan DeMelo DWPG#2	WPG	D	33	82	3	28	12	31	1.04	3.6%	55.4	50.3	+46	21.7	$3.00M
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
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
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
Josh Morrissey DWPG#44	WPG	D	31	81	10	59	28	69	2.11	5.1%	56.8	52.4	+34	24.2	$6.25M
Filip Hronek DVAN#17	VAN	D	28	81	5	43	14	48	1.52	3.4%	52.3	53.4	+33	23.4	$4.40M
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
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
Marcus Pettersson DPIT#29	PIT	D	30	82	4	26	8	30	0.97	3.8%	52.5	52.4	+28	22.7	$4.03M
Aaron Ekblad DFLA#5	FLA	D	30	51	4	14	6	18	1.02	4.1%	58.7	58.0	+27	20.9	$7.50M
Alexander Romanov DNYI#28	NYI	D	26	81	7	15	7	22	0.78	6.0%	48.3	45.7	+23	20.8	$2.50M
Brandon Carlo DBOS#25	BOS	D	29	76	4	10	8	14	0.56	5.1%	47.4	42.5	+23	19.9	$4.10M
Jonas Brodin DMIN#25	MIN	D	33	62	7	20	7	27	1.12	6.0%	54.5	51.1	+22	23.4	$6.00M
Chris Tanev DDAL#8	DAL	D	36	75	2	17	8	19	0.77	3.6%	54.3	51.4	+22	19.7	$4.50M
Mikey Anderson DLAK#44	LAK	D	27	74	2	16	8	18	0.71	2.2%	53.8	54.1	+22	20.6	$4.13M
Ryan Lindgren DNYR#55	NYR	D	28	76	3	14	5	17	0.69	4.1%	47.1	48.1	+22	19.4	$3.00M
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
Jaccob Slavin DCAR#74	CAR	D	32	81	6	31	11	37	1.31	4.0%	58.3	60.8	+21	20.9	$5.30M
Matt Roy DLAK#3	LAK	D	31	81	5	20	12	25	0.89	3.7%	53.1	53.3	+21	20.9	$3.15M
Jake McCabe DTOR#22	TOR	D	32	73	8	20	9	28	1.11	11.0%	54.0	50.9	+20	20.7	$4.00M
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
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
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
Ryan McDonagh DNSH#27	NSH	D	37	74	3	29	13	32	1.19	3.3%	57.4	53.1	+19	21.8	$6.75M
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
Hampus Lindholm DBOS#27	BOS	D	32	73	3	23	6	26	0.92	3.0%	52.1	49.9	+18	23.3	$6.50M
Brayden McNabb DVGK#3	VGK	D	35	82	4	22	9	26	0.98	4.7%	54.1	49.5	+18	19.4	$2.85M
TJ Brodie DTOR#78	TOR	D	36	78	1	25	11	26	0.92	1.9%	51.5	49.6	+17	21.7	$5.00M
Esa Lindell DDAL#23	DAL	D	32	82	5	21	8	26	0.93	4.4%	57.4	50.2	+17	20.5	$5.80M
Tyler Myers DVAN#57	VAN	D	36	77	5	24	12	29	1.19	5.4%	54.3	48.8	+16	18.9	$6.00M
Dylan Samberg DWPG#54	WPG	D	27	78	1	17	10	18	0.89	1.3%	53.0	52.8	+16	15.6	$1.40M
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
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
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
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
Dmitry Kulikov DFLA#7	FLA	D	35	76	1	19	12	20	0.96	1.4%	54.9	54.6	+15	16.5	$1.00M
Jack Johnson DCOL#3	COL	D	39	80	3	13	8	16	0.80	3.9%	48.5	48.6	+15	14.9	$775,000
Nick Leddy DSTL#4	STL	D	35	82	3	25	14	28	0.92	3.7%	44.3	44.1	+14	22.4	$4.00M
Henri Jokiharju DBUF#20	BUF	D	27	74	3	17	9	20	0.85	3.6%	47.9	48.4	+14	19.0	$2.50M
Radko Gudas DANA#7	ANA	D	36	66	6	12	4	18	0.84	6.8%	48.1	47.7	+14	19.5	$4.00M
Olli Maatta DDET#3	DET	D	32	72	4	14	4	18	0.93	8.3%	51.3	47.4	+14	16.1	$3.00M
Ryan Suter DDAL#22	DAL	D	41	82	2	15	7	17	0.66	2.0%	53.4	51.8	+14	18.9	-
Kris Letang DPIT#58	PIT	D	39	82	10	41	18	51	1.51	6.1%	50.0	50.8	+13	24.7	$6.10M
Nils Lundkvist DDAL#5	DAL	D	26	59	2	17	11	19	1.37	2.7%	51.9	53.1	+13	14.1	$925,000
Matt Grzelcyk DBOS#24	BOS	D	32	63	2	9	7	11	0.60	3.4%	48.6	44.6	+13	17.6	$3.69M
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
Noah Dobson DNYI#8	NYI	D	26	79	10	60	35	70	2.17	5.7%	48.2	48.9	+12	24.5	$4.00M
Cody Ceci DEDM#44	EDM	D	32	79	5	20	7	25	0.95	5.2%	51.7	50.9	+12	20.0	$3.25M
Connor Clifton DBUF#75	BUF	D	31	79	4	14	8	18	0.83	5.2%	46.4	48.8	+12	16.6	$3.33M

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