Top NHL Defensemen by Plus/Minus

2024-25·Regular Season·20+ GP

Ryan McDonagh (TBL) leads NHL defensemen with +43 plus/minus across 82 games, 1 ahead of Brayden McNabb. Esa Lindell rounds out the top three at +34. 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
Ryan McDonagh DTBL#27	TBL	D	37	82	4	27	12	31	1.11	5.1%	53.0	48.2	+43	20.4	$6.75M
Brayden McNabb DVGK#3	VGK	D	35	82	5	15	7	20	0.73	5.2%	55.8	51.0	+42	20.1	$2.85M
Esa Lindell DDAL#23	DAL	D	32	80	5	21	12	26	0.88	5.1%	51.2	45.7	+34	22.2	$5.80M
Dylan Samberg DWPG#54	WPG	D	27	60	6	14	10	20	0.95	6.3%	54.3	52.0	+34	21.1	$1.40M
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
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
Dylan DeMelo DWPG#2	WPG	D	33	82	3	16	7	19	0.65	4.0%	54.4	49.6	+31	21.5	$4.90M
Chris Tanev DTOR#8	TOR	D	36	75	3	15	7	18	0.73	7.0%	55.7	47.1	+31	19.7	$4.50M
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
Erik Cernak DTBL#81	TBL	D	29	76	3	18	8	21	0.91	4.7%	51.9	47.5	+29	18.3	$5.20M
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
Vladislav Gavrikov DLAK#84	LAK	D	30	82	5	25	9	30	0.95	4.5%	57.4	54.6	+26	23.1	$5.88M
Nikita Zadorov DBOS#91	BOS	D	31	81	4	18	6	22	0.79	3.8%	50.1	47.7	+25	20.6	$5.00M
Joel Edmundson DLAK#6	LAK	D	33	73	6	14	6	20	0.80	6.6%	49.1	50.5	+25	20.6	$3.85M
Jordan Spence DLAK#21	LAK	D	25	79	4	24	11	28	1.27	4.7%	57.1	56.5	+23	16.8	$1.50M
Jake McCabe DTOR#22	TOR	D	32	66	2	21	10	23	0.97	2.7%	53.6	48.1	+23	21.5	$4.00M
Adam Larsson DSEA#6	SEA	D	33	82	7	21	9	28	0.97	6.2%	48.8	48.4	+22	21.2	$4.00M
Jalen Chatfield DCAR#5	CAR	D	30	79	7	11	4	18	0.72	6.1%	55.5	59.1	+22	18.9	$3.00M
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
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
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
Trevor van Riemsdyk DWSH#57	WSH	D	35	82	1	20	9	21	0.87	1.2%	51.6	48.3	+20	17.7	$3.00M
J.J. Moser DTBL#90	TBL	D	26	54	2	12	4	14	0.83	4.2%	51.7	50.2	+20	18.9	$3.38M
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
Shea Theodore DVGK#27	VGK	D	31	67	7	50	28	57	2.32	5.5%	54.2	52.2	+18	22.0	$5.20M
MacKenzie Weegar DCGY#52	CGY	D	32	81	8	39	15	47	1.44	4.3%	52.2	54.8	+18	24.2	$6.25M
Martin Fehérváry DWSH#42	WSH	D	27	81	5	20	10	25	0.97	6.6%	51.8	50.6	+18	19.0	$2.68M
Matt Roy DWSH#3	WSH	D	31	69	3	21	13	24	1.05	3.6%	49.0	48.3	+18	19.9	$5.75M
Nick Jensen DOTT#3	OTT	D	36	71	3	18	7	21	0.88	3.9%	50.9	50.7	+18	20.2	$4.05M
Scott Mayfield DNYI#24	NYI	D	33	66	3	6	3	9	0.48	5.9%	48.4	46.7	+18	17.0	$3.50M
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
John Carlson DWSH#74	WSH	D	36	79	5	46	24	51	1.64	3.0%	53.5	53.8	+17	23.6	$8.00M
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
Thomas Chabot DOTT#72	OTT	D	29	80	9	36	18	45	1.47	5.0%	52.0	52.7	+17	23.0	$8.00M
Mikey Anderson DLAK#44	LAK	D	27	77	6	18	6	24	0.82	7.1%	56.7	51.2	+17	22.7	$4.13M
Dmitry Orlov DCAR#7	CAR	D	35	76	6	22	9	28	1.11	5.1%	55.8	59.6	+16	20.0	$7.75M
Jaccob Slavin DCAR#74	CAR	D	32	80	6	21	7	27	0.94	5.5%	55.8	58.1	+16	21.6	$5.30M
Kaedan Korczak DVGK#6	VGK	D	25	40	0	10	5	10	1.00	0.0%	55.1	48.4	+15	15.1	$825,000
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
Oliver Ekman-Larsson DTOR#95	TOR	D	35	77	4	25	9	29	1.07	3.4%	50.4	48.5	+14	21.1	$3.50M
Brandt Clarke DLAK#92	LAK	D	23	78	5	28	15	33	1.56	3.8%	54.2	53.5	+13	16.3	$863,334
Rasmus Sandin DWSH#38	WSH	D	26	82	4	26	14	30	1.14	5.1%	53.0	49.2	+13	19.2	$4.60M
Henri Jokiharju DBOS#20	BOS	D	27	60	3	7	3	10	0.56	5.1%	50.2	51.4	+13	17.8	$3.10M
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
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
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
Simon Edvinsson DDET#77	DET	D	23	78	7	24	14	31	1.13	8.1%	48.4	48.4	+12	21.1	$894,167
Niko Mikkola DFLA#77	FLA	D	30	76	6	16	3	22	0.86	5.2%	54.2	55.1	+12	20.2	$2.50M
Dmitry Kulikov DFLA#7	FLA	D	35	70	4	9	2	13	0.58	6.2%	51.7	53.2	+12	19.3	$1.15M
Simon Benoit DTOR#2	TOR	D	28	78	1	9	4	10	0.46	2.1%	44.1	42.2	+12	16.5	$1.35M

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Green: Above 50% (league avg)

Red: Below 50%