Top NHL Defensemen by Plus/Minus

2025-26·Regular Season·20+ GP

Sam Malinski (COL) leads NHL defensemen with +43 plus/minus across 82 games, 1 ahead of John Marino. Josh Manson rounds out the top three at +42. 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
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
John Marino DUTA#6	UTA	D	29	80	4	32	15	36	1.34	7.3%	55.1	54.0	+42	20.2	$4.40M
Josh Manson DCOL#42	COL	D	35	79	5	26	13	31	1.32	3.9%	58.3	57.0	+42	17.8	$4.50M
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
J.J. Moser DTBL#90	TBL	D	26	79	7	22	7	29	1.02	6.3%	54.7	56.7	+41	21.6	$3.38M
Devon Toews DCOL#7	COL	D	32	68	3	21	9	24	0.95	2.6%	60.2	57.2	+37	22.4	$7.25M
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
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
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
Mattias Ekholm DEDM#14	EDM	D	36	82	6	35	14	41	1.46	4.6%	58.6	56.1	+32	20.6	$6.25M
Nate Schmidt DUTA#88	UTA	D	35	82	5	17	8	22	0.82	5.8%	55.4	55.0	+31	19.7	$3.50M
Ryan Shea DPIT#5	PIT	D	29	80	6	29	20	35	1.39	8.3%	52.6	48.3	+30	18.9	$900,000
Esa Lindell DDAL#23	DAL	D	32	82	6	26	11	32	1.01	7.2%	54.9	47.8	+30	23.2	$5.25M
Jonathan Aspirot DBOS#76	BOS	D	27	61	3	10	2	13	0.76	6.4%	50.2	47.7	+30	16.7	$775,000
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
Artem Zub DOTT#2	OTT	D	31	81	5	25	13	30	1.07	5.4%	54.1	51.3	+22	20.8	$4.60M
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
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
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
Jonas Brodin DMIN#25	MIN	D	33	62	4	14	10	18	0.86	5.3%	55.1	48.7	+19	20.3	$6.00M
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
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
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
Damon Severson DCBJ#78	CBJ	D	32	71	8	24	12	32	1.28	8.6%	56.9	54.4	+18	21.1	$6.25M
Nikita Zadorov DBOS#91	BOS	D	31	81	2	20	10	22	0.78	1.9%	46.5	48.1	+18	20.9	$5.00M
Matt Roy DWSH#3	WSH	D	31	79	2	17	11	19	0.70	2.1%	49.3	49.7	+18	20.6	$5.75M
Parker Wotherspoon DPIT#29	PIT	D	29	80	3	27	12	30	1.12	4.3%	51.0	52.0	+17	20.2	$1.00M
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
Samuel Girard DPIT#49	PIT	D	28	60	3	16	6	19	1.05	7.3%	56.7	53.4	+17	18.1	$5.00M
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
Ian Cole DUTA#28	UTA	D	37	82	3	20	10	23	0.92	4.8%	52.1	50.1	+16	18.3	$2.80M
Zach Metsa DBUF#-	BUF	D	27	43	2	4	0	6	0.76	8.3%	50.7	45.1	+16	11.0	-
Moritz Seider DDET#53	DET	D	25	82	10	50	26	60	1.71	5.3%	55.1	53.0	+15	25.7	$8.55M
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
Jordan Spence DOTT#21	OTT	D	25	73	7	24	8	31	1.36	6.5%	60.5	60.3	+15	18.7	$1.50M
Martin Fehérváry DWSH#42	WSH	D	27	81	5	22	7	27	1.04	6.8%	50.1	47.0	+15	19.3	$2.68M
Jalen Chatfield DCAR#5	CAR	D	30	72	2	15	6	17	0.70	2.0%	53.0	58.3	+15	20.1	$3.00M
Emil Andrae DPHI#36	PHI	D	24	61	2	11	9	13	0.83	5.6%	54.3	49.4	+15	15.3	$903,333
Emil Lilleberg DTBL#78	TBL	D	25	50	4	8	3	12	0.83	9.3%	54.5	51.2	+15	17.3	$800,000
Philip Broberg DSTL#6	STL	D	25	81	6	28	14	34	1.08	6.1%	51.5	46.3	+14	23.4	$4.58M
Ivan Provorov DCBJ#9	CBJ	D	29	82	9	22	13	31	0.91	5.7%	51.0	50.0	+14	24.8	$8.50M
Joel Edmundson DLAK#6	LAK	D	33	82	2	21	8	23	0.91	1.9%	48.7	50.6	+14	18.5	$3.85M
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
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
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
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
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
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
Nils Lundkvist DDAL#5	DAL	D	26	52	3	8	4	11	0.77	6.5%	52.1	48.6	+12	16.5	$1.25M
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

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