Top NHL Defensemen by Points per 60

2021-22·Regular Season·20+ GP

Roman Josi (NSH) leads NHL defensemen with 2.82 points per 60 across 80 games, 0.21 ahead of Cale Makar. Victor Hedman rounds out the top three at 2.48. 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
Roman Josi DNSH#59	NSH	D	36	80	23	73	36	96	2.82	8.2%	50.4	51.3	+13	25.6	$9.06M
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
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
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
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
John Carlson DWSH#74	WSH	D	36	78	17	54	25	71	2.29	8.7%	50.3	50.7	+13	23.8	$8.00M
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
Quinn Hughes DVAN#43	VAN	D	26	76	8	60	31	68	2.13	5.3%	49.9	52.6	+10	25.2	$7.85M
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
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
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
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
Drew Doughty DLAK#8	LAK	D	36	39	7	24	10	31	1.85	7.1%	55.6	59.1	+4	25.7	$11.00M
Bowen Byram DCOL#4	COL	D	25	30	5	12	6	17	1.81	10.2%	52.7	53.2	+7	18.8	$894,167
Erik Karlsson DSJS#65	SJS	D	36	50	10	25	13	35	1.79	8.5%	50.1	49.8	−14	23.5	$11.50M
Noah Dobson DNYI#8	NYI	D	26	80	13	38	21	51	1.78	6.8%	46.6	45.4	−3	21.5	$894,167
Tyson Barrie DEDM#8	EDM	D	35	73	7	34	17	41	1.78	4.7%	49.0	50.0	+3	19.0	$4.50M
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
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
Shea Theodore DVGK#27	VGK	D	31	78	14	38	22	52	1.73	6.8%	52.0	53.2	+6	23.1	$5.20M
John Klingberg DDAL#36	DAL	D	34	74	6	41	24	47	1.72	4.3%	50.9	49.3	−28	22.2	$4.25M
Chris Wideman DMTL#6	MTL	D	36	64	4	23	12	27	1.70	5.3%	48.7	50.4	−25	14.9	$750,000
Shayne Gostisbehere DARI#4	ARI	D	33	82	14	37	16	51	1.68	9.3%	42.0	43.8	−23	22.2	$4.50M
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
Rasmus Dahlin DBUF#26	BUF	D	26	80	13	40	21	53	1.66	7.6%	45.3	50.3	−22	24.0	$6.00M
Zach Werenski DCBJ#8	CBJ	D	29	68	11	37	22	48	1.65	5.1%	47.2	50.5	−15	25.7	$5.00M
Michael Del Zotto DOTT#4	OTT	D	36	26	3	10	4	13	1.64	8.6%	46.6	47.5	−4	18.3	$2.00M
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
Evan Bouchard DEDM#2	EDM	D	26	81	12	31	12	43	1.61	5.9%	52.3	55.5	+10	19.8	$863,334
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
Moritz Seider DDET#53	DET	D	25	82	7	43	20	50	1.59	3.7%	46.4	46.8	−9	23.0	$863,334
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
Brent Burns DSJS#8	SJS	D	41	82	10	44	25	54	1.51	4.9%	46.4	44.9	−15	26.1	$8.00M
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
Seth Jones DCHI#3	CHI	D	32	78	5	46	18	51	1.50	2.6%	47.8	49.3	−37	26.2	$5.40M
Adam Boqvist DCBJ#34	CBJ	D	26	52	11	11	4	22	1.49	17.2%	44.2	48.0	−11	17.0	$894,167
Thomas Chabot DOTT#72	OTT	D	29	59	7	31	14	38	1.48	4.0%	49.0	49.9	−3	26.2	$8.00M
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
Damon Severson DNJD#78	NJD	D	32	80	11	35	18	46	1.46	7.0%	50.8	51.6	−14	23.6	$4.17M
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
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
Vince Dunn DSEA#29	SEA	D	29	73	7	28	9	35	1.39	5.8%	48.0	51.5	−21	20.7	$4.00M
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
Dougie Hamilton DNJD#7	NJD	D	33	62	9	21	10	30	1.37	4.6%	50.6	52.1	−19	21.2	$9.00M
Cam Fowler DANA#17	ANA	D	34	76	9	33	16	42	1.36	7.3%	50.5	50.7	−9	24.4	$6.50M
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
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
Mark Giordano DTOR#55	TOR	D	43	75	8	27	15	35	1.34	5.3%	53.2	53.1	−9	20.9	$6.75M
Alex Pietrangelo DVGK#7	VGK	D	36	80	13	31	17	44	1.34	5.7%	51.6	54.1	+7	24.6	$8.80M
Brad Hunt DVAN#17	VAN	D	38	50	3	14	8	17	1.34	4.5%	48.4	49.8	−3	15.3	-

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